"You agree, don't you, Your Majesty?"
Hearing Abner's words, the girl "Jessica" revealed an extremely surprised expression and asked with a frown, "How did you guess?"
"It's simple. There weren't many people in the Einhorn Family who could take out '0-41,' and even fewer who could catch the Twilight Hermit Order's eye while possessing your kind of bearing...
"Of course, the main reason was that my main body was a Dominator of Mysteries. Even if we had only met once, a disguise at your level would find it difficult to fool me." Abner ignored the damage to his chest and merely smiled as he explained.
The so-called "Jessica" was none other than the current Empress of the Feysac Empire, Sophia II.
"I don't recall ever meeting you, Viscount Braine... Besides, an ordinary Dominator of Mysteries definitely wouldn't have such ability!" Jessica—no, Sophia II—said with a faint smile. "However, now that you've been pierced by the Sword of Eternal Sleep, even if you're only a mechanical clone, part of your spirit has fallen into our hands. And you can't sever your connection to it unilaterally.
"I advise you to give up your plans to advance to Sequence 2 for the time being... Otherwise, at the critical moment of your advancement, we can directly interfere through our influence over this spirit!
"In that case, even your best outcome would be Loss of Control..."
"Sophia!" Before she could finish, Boris Vassika interrupted her, clearly feeling that she had said too much.
"Thank you for your advice, Your Majesty. I have some guesses about the function of '0-41.'" Abner first nodded to Sophia II, then turned his gaze toward the four-meter-tall Giant on the other side and asked calmly, "Your Highness Vassika, why have you kept targeting me... Is there some grudge between us?"