Ch 111: Letting The Tiger Return To The Mountain

After recalling Aguena’s experiences, Bal now had a headache.

“What is your purpose?”

“To investigate the Dragonkin experiment subject D001, and to find the user of Divine Magic here.”

Bal finished listening to the puppet Aguena’s words, and he felt very puzzled. Is this person really a spy? So honest, answering everything.

Phia woke up from Bal’s arms, she stretched and rubbed her eyes. Bal glared fiercely at Randall; he was protective of his food, he didn’t like others seeing his wife just after waking up.

Randall also wisely covered his ears and turned his back, waiting until Phia meowed awake, after which Bal patted his shoulder before he turned around.

“Mistress, good afternoon.”

“Mmm… Good afternoon meow.”

Phia, having just woken up, sat on Bal’s chair. She took a deep breath, yawned, and casually responded after hearing Randall’s greeting.

“Okay, wake up quickly, I need you for something.”

Bal took a wet towel and wiped Phia’s face. After Phia woke up, she took the towel and carefully wiped her face before looking at Aguena kneeling before her.

“She has a curse on her.”

“Who cast the spell?”

“Herself.”

“Ah?”

Bal and Randall were both dumbfounded. There was such a spy, she could use curses to control others, and then this spy had a problem with her brain, controlling herself?

“Are you two alright?”

Phia looked at the two people who were about to open their minds and think about the universe, and asked with concern.

“Don’t bother me, I’m grilling.”

“Huh? Don’t grill anymore, let me explain to you.”

Phia pressed Bal down onto the chair and sat on Bal’s lap to explain.

“Randall, do you remember where your armor came from?”

“I remember buying it from the Guild… Could it be a problem with the armor?”

“Smart, it’s related to your armor. Although I’m very sorry to Anda, I still have to say it. After Anda received your armor order request, she found me and asked Grandpa Kofit and me to find a way to enhance the armor’s defense. Grandpa Kofit forged this set for you using high-quality ore, and he also engraved a magic formation on the armor. I did the same, placing an anti-control magic formation on the armor. This woman probably wanted to control you, and then was backlashed by the magic formation I added to the armor.”

After hearing Phia’s explanation, Bal and Randall both suddenly understood. They looked at Aguena with doubtful eyes. Why provoke the disciple of the most untouchable person in town? Now it’s good, infiltration into the investigating officer, huh?

“I’m curious about that Dragonkin experiment subject D001. Aguena, is that experiment subject a five-year-old black-haired young Dragonkin girl?”

“Yes. That’s a new generation Dragonkin hatched from a Dragonkin egg found by Lord Guda in the ruins.”

“Were any modifications made?”

“It is said that during incubation, the egg was deliberately exposed to an environment with high-intensity magic fluctuations, so that the hatched Dragonkin could learn magic faster.”

“…No wonder. I don’t have anything else to ask, how about you?”

After Phia finished asking about the things she was interested in, she looked up at Bal. Bal patted her head, hugged her into his arms, and looked at Aguena.

“You said you have another mission, right?”

“Yes. More than two months ago, someone detected the use of Divine Magic here. Because it was only a brief moment, it was only analyzed recently. My other mission is to find the user of this Divine Magic and bring them back to the God’s Country to replace the escaped Nia as the new Divine Child.”

Bal was numb, how come both of her missions were targeting his own family? One mission was to take away his daughter, the other was to take away his sister.

“Sigh, Randall, go to the hall and wait for a while, I have something to do.”

“Yes, Master.”

Randall left Bal’s office and went to the hall.

“What to do?”

After confirming that Randall had left, Bal looked at Phia with a serious expression.

“We can’t kill her, if we kill her, the God’s Country will send a new spy, and I can’t guarantee that everyone from the God’s Country is as stupid as she is. We have to send her back.”

“I thought the same, let’s do it.”

Phia stood up and approached Aguena, who was kneeling on the ground, and used Sleep Magic to put her to sleep. Then Phia reached out her hand, and a magic formation appeared on her hand.

Half an hour later, seeing the magic formation on Phia’s hand dissipate, Bal walked to Phia’s side.

“How is it?”

“I’ve successfully altered her memories. Now she only remembers that she found Philia’s remains, and because of the monsters, she couldn’t retrieve them. I also modified the part about Nia, she found the user of Divine Magic, but that person resisted too fiercely and committed suicide.”

“We also need to give her a suggestion, to make her subconsciously want to kill Guda.”

“No problem, it’s already added.”

“That’s good, let’s lock her up for a while, and then let her go back.”

After saying that, Phia used Teleportation Magic to send Aguena to the Self-Defense Force’s prison. Bal greeted the Self-Defense Force and asked them to keep a close watch on this woman, and he would deal with her later. After everything was done, the two returned to the Guild.

“Thank you, Anda.”

“It’s good that you’re okay, Randall.”

As soon as Bal and Phia entered the Guild, they saw the two holding each other’s hands, looking at each other affectionately.

“Ahem.”

“Whoa! Mr. Buck, you’re back.”

Hearing Bal’s cough, Randall and Anda quickly withdrew their hands, and the two looked at Bal and Phia awkwardly.

“It’s still working hours, let’s talk after work.”

“Yes… understood.”

Bal didn’t say much more and returned to the office with Phia.

“The people from the God’s Country are really troublesome.”

Phia leaned on Bal, recalling Aguena’s words.

“Why is the High Command of every country like this, ambitious, and unscrupulous?”

“Wouldn’t the Demon Race be like this?”

Bal looked down at the former Demon King.

“No. The Demon Race is a race that values strength, as long as you are strong enough, you can win the position of Demon King by fighting.”

“How come I remember those Demon Race we met on the way to Temur City were different from what you said?”

“…Right! Why did they do that!”

Phia suddenly remembered something, she got up from Bal’s lap and paced back and forth in the office.

“Could it be that there are Humans interfering?”

“Hey hey, you’re sitting in front of a Human.”

“You’re not that kind of person. Forget it, anyway, I’m married to you, the Demon Race should have chosen a new king, I shouldn’t have to worry about it.”

“Is it really okay? Isn’t the Cat Demon Tribe still in hot water?”

“Right! Husband, after this is over, accompany me back to my Homeland.”

Phia walked back to Bal’s side and looked at Bal expectantly. Bal pinched Phia’s face and hugged her.

“Everything is up to my wife.”

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Twenty days later, Aguena returned to the Fral God Kingdom.

“Lord Guda, I’m back.”

Aguena knelt before Guda, trembling all over, as if she had done something wrong.

“How is it?”

“I was too late, D001 was killed by monsters. The user of Divine Magic was unwilling to come to the God’s Country and committed suicide.”

Aguena reported the false memory Phia created for her. Guda, sitting on the chair, turned black in the face, he immediately stood up and scolded.

“Useless! I valued you so much, and this is how you repay me? I should have thrown you onto the street to fend for yourself!”

Guda turned his back and didn’t look at Aguena, he was thinking about how to make a comeback. Aguena slowly stood up, after being scolded by Guda, Phia’s suggestion took effect. She took out the dagger hidden behind her and slowly approached Guda.

“Get out!”

Guda turned his back to Aguena and told her to leave. But after a long time, there was no sound from the door, he turned around, and Aguena looked at him with a very terrifying expression. Guda was frightened by Aguena’s appearance, but his strong self-esteem made him unwilling to be outdone, he reached out and slapped her.

“I told you to get… out…”

Guda’s slap didn’t hit Aguena, he saw his hand severed at the wrist, his face turned pale, and he started shouting.

“Come… someone! Quickly come!”

The subordinates at the door heard Guda’s voice, they immediately entered the room, and then they saw Aguena precisely using the dagger to slash Guda’s throat, kicking Guda down and mounting him, stabbing Guda’s chest hard with the dagger.

“Stop!”

The subordinates at the door immediately stepped forward and knocked Aguena off Guda, they hit Aguena hard on the back of her head, and Aguena immediately collapsed and lost consciousness.

“Lord Guda? Lord Guda!”

A subordinate went to check on the seriously injured Guda, he took a look and immediately ran out to find help, but it was too late, Guda had already died in his office.

The next day, major news came from the Fral God Kingdom. An assassin infiltrated the Great Temple and assassinated Lord Guda, Lord Guda died on the spot, and the assassin has been arrested and will be executed on a later date.