"Will the Apocalypse Faction be enough?"
"The Apocalypse Faction is only the first step. We uncovered many secrets in the last raid, but neither the college nor even the Secret Party currently has the strength to cast a net that wide." Lu Mingfei finally revealed his next plan to Angers. "We need help from national organizations."
"Flamel and I activated EVA on a handful of occasions before, and one of the scenarios we simulated was disclosing information about dragons to human society." Angers frowned. "Of the thirty-odd possibilities, humanity united in only two. Most of the other twenty-odd possibilities led to the situation spiraling out of control, or worse."
"We don't need everlasting peace, only a rising tide," Lu Mingfei said evenly. "Create an opportunity that forces them to make their final choice. Take Herzog. His original plan was to use Erii as a Vessel, but once I pressured him, then gave him hope, he followed the path I had laid out."
"When do you plan to act?"
"Soon, if everything goes smoothly."
In Norton Hall, Erii sat obediently in the main hall, a row of exquisite pastries in various colors before her. Uesugi Yue had wrangled S-Rank privileges out of Angers, then had the cafeteria send over a menu for Erii to choose from.
Ever since learning that he had a daughter and two sons, Uesugi Yue had devoted practically all his attention to Erii. As for Gen Chisei, who was struggling to hold things together at the Sheqi Eight Clan, and Minamoto Chisei, who had turned into crystal, he did spare a moment to miss them... whenever Erii was too busy to pay attention to him.
Melina's doll body sat on top of Erii's head, with a book borrowed from the Library using Lu Mingfei's privileges floating