In the pure-white void.
Cui Ciyou began following the "suggestion" the Human God had offered.
He worked through its logic.
And immediately found a glaring contradiction.
"Since you already know that Alice and I are officially engaged..."
Cui Ciyou spoke calmly.
As though he were stating an objective fact.
"Why are you still telling me to approach the king of the Dragon King Kingdom..."
"And use my status as a duke of the Asla Kingdom to ask him to marry his princess to me?"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Are you asking a princess to become my concubine when she knows perfectly well that I already have a fiancée?"
"Leaving aside whether Benedict herself would agree."
"Do you think that king, who values royal dignity more than his own life..."
"Would agree to such an absurd request?"
"Wouldn't that be a disgrace to him and the entire Dragon King Kingdom?"
Cui Ciyou looked at the Human God and gave a soft chuckle.
"Heh... so..."
"Your plan simply won't work."
Cui Ciyou's challenge was firm and forceful.
It was based on a basic understanding of this world's aristocratic system and human nature.
He seemed to have found the fatal logical flaw in the Human God's "perfect plan."
Yet after hearing Cui Ciyou out...
The Human God put a hand to his forehead.
In a helpless tone, the Human God said:
"Oh dear... my dear Ciyou..."
"It seems you still haven't learned enough about this world's customs, history, and culture."
"Though I suppose that's understandable."
"After all... you're an 'outsider' from another world."
The Human God continued teasingly:
"Ciyou, you've watched the Jobless Reincarnation anime."
"Then tell me, didn't its protagonist, Rudeus Greyrat..."
"At that point, at the end of the second season..."
"Have two wives?"
"One was his childhood friend,