The Most Powerful Characters In The World Are Obsessed With Me

Meanwhile, at the same time, the Emperor was holding a final meeting with everyone except for Meldon and Dalia.

Lewayne stood on the podium and was about to speak.

The Emperor asked him a question first before he could speak.

“Lewayne, contrary to what you said, Aceras didn’t move last night. What do you think?”

“He gave up because he caught our intention. The ultimate pattern of behavior is the same.”

“Always confident.”

The Emperor shrugged his shoulders. He seemed to doubt whether he should continue to trust Lewayne.

Lewayne didn’t care.

“It will be revealed on its own when the time comes anyway. If everything I said is wrong even after this ball starts, I will take full responsibility then.”

“It’s too late to go back. All right. So be it.”

Lewayne nodded, hung up the map of the Imperial Palace, and began the briefing.

“As I’ve said before, what I’m about to tell has not been confirmed, but I will start by telling you in advance that there is a very high possibility that this will happen.”

“…….”

“Aceras and the Holy Empire plan to bomb all the transcendents of the Imperial Palace before and after the treaty talks. Now that they’re blocked from planting all the bombs, the only method they can use is with swords and bullets.”

The Emperor immediately pointed it out.

“The fanatics of the Holy Empire are normal human beings, not transcendents. They have no way to reach us.”

“It might be so, if the transcendents are united. But we’ll be scattered to prepare for simultaneous attacks. If it is one-to-many, you’ll be pushed behind in the battle.”

“…….”

“But Your Majesty is right. It’s better to do it as efficiently and quietly as possible. Since they would fake their identities and infiltrate the Imperial Palace pretending to be hired workers. Hiding a gun, dagger, and potion on their body.”

He picked up a pin with Adrisha’s name on it and inserted it into the Imperial Palace employee’s quarters.

“Now, here, Adrisha Beniter, go catch the fanatics of the Holy Empire, who hid their face and body, while pretending they are servants. Since you’re not a transcendent, their poison won’t work, and you’re sensitive to disguise.”

Adrisha nodded. Lewayne then put Hikan’s pin into the mountain behind the Imperial Palace.

“The other members of the Holy Empire will ambush here. These are kind of small armies. Armed with high-powered firearms and cannonballs, more than one transcendent will begin to run wild and was assigned to target other transcendents while the palace was in turmoil. You have to defeat them before that happens.”

“…….”

Hikan remained silent.

“Duke Pesteros alone will not be enough. So I consulted with His Majesty and called someone to help.”

Lewayne continued.

“Who is it?”

Adrisha asked as she had never heard of this.

Lewayne turned to look at her.

“It’s my mother.”

At that moment, the door to the meeting room opened and someone came in. It was a woman with thick brown hair and a white mask.

It was the former Duchess Mary Blueport.

“Thank you for not forgetting to call me. Since the Imperial Palace is in danger.”

She smiled, then proceeded to find a seat and sat down. Everyone looked at her in amazement.

Lewayne went on with the briefing regardless.

“First of all, my mother will guard Argel in prison during the ball. To tie the feet of the men that were assigned to kill him. I’ll join the rear once I’ve dealt with all those involved.”

Lewayne then pointed to a point.

“Your Majesty must be active here.”

“Where is that?”

It was a meeting room. There was a pin for Aceras.

“All that’s left is Aceras, who is the core and the initiator of this plan. He knows that too. Even if a few fanatics were dispatched, it is difficult to properly deal with one transcendent.”

“…….”

“In order for this plan to work properly, at least one transcendent must run wild first. That way they can slip during the chaos. Aceras is responsible for doing that.”

Lewayne looked at Cedric.

Cedric, who was leaning against the chair, felt the gaze and raised his head. A suspicious smile spread across his lips.

“Perhaps Aceras will be aiming for the His Highness Second Prince as soon as he succeeds in driving the other transcendents out of control at this meeting.”

“…… Because of Lady Dalia Pesteros?”

The Emperor asked. Lewayne nodded.

“Therefore, I will deal with Aceras first. It is in the same context that I will sit in the meeting room.”

“Deal with him…….you said before that you would break his soul. Sounds good, but how the hell are you going to deal with him?”

The Emperor touched his forehead. His eyes were on Cedric.

He loves his son.

Even if the worst of the worst comes, it will be him who will lose his life, not Cedric.

The Emperor looked at Lewayne again with some desperation. Lewayne looked at his hand.

He thought of Dalia. She didn’t despair even when her lover might die.

His heart was filled with courage when he thought of those confident eyes looking at him.

He opened his mouth.

“I will present my memories to him. A history of repeated mistakes and sins. And I will put him to sleep forever on the spot.”

Silence fell in the meeting room in an instant.

The Emperor, who had been lost in thought for a while, asked.

“……Does it have to be that way?”

“I don’t know any other way.”

He spoke plainly.

Dalia will do her best to save Aceras. So he, too, had to do his best to save the one she loves.

There’s only one way that he knows.

Lewayne looked at Adrisha. To put Aseras to rest, he needed Adrisha’s cooperation.

* * *

Dalia was taken to the waiting room by Merida, whom she met by chance, and tied her hair back.

It was because there were still traces of Beolde when she touched her hair as she pleased.

“You look pretty free-spirited, Miss Dalia. Is the style for today inspired by horseback-riding ladies?”

With that said, Merida quickly led her to the women’s lounge.

“Miss Merida, you’re here today?”

“Of course. All families from the capital must have come.”

Merida decided to change her hairstyle drastically at this point and tied her hair up in a ponytail.

Dalia liked this even more.

“What is Miss Adrisha doing without taking care of these things. Anyway, have a good time, Miss Dalia.”

Merida, as always, cynically criticized Adrisha and disappeared.

Dalia remained alone in the lounge and glanced at her watch. If she goes out, Meldon will be waiting for her.

‘Is the meeting over by now?’

Lewayne said he had used all the manpower he could in preparation for today.

‘It would be nice if Duchess Mary Blueport could come too.’

She was still thinking of Mary Blueport.

After she went down to the local estate, they never saw each other again, although they did exchange letters from time to time.

It was because Dalia was afraid deep down that she would meet Lewayne in the Blueport Dukedom. So she avoided it the whole time.

She belatedly regretted it. She should have met her earlier and told more good things to her.

“Dalia.”

Then, like a miracle, she heard the voice of the person she was thinking about.

She looked up in surprise.

“I missed you.”

A slender stature with thick brown hair, a familiar mask. She is still Dalia’s one and only mother after all these years.

Standing before her eyes was Mary Blueport, the former Duchess.

“Du, Du, Du, Duchess? How are you here?”

“I’m no longer a Duchess.”

Mary Blueport opened her arms to Dalia.

“You didn’t miss me?”

Tears welled up in her eyes. Dalia ran to her and hugged her neck right away.

“……I missed you so much.”

She was so happy and her heart was pounding that her words came out in gibberish.

“I was just thinking that I wanted to see the Duchess. But you were right in front of me, it’s so, so…….”

“I love it too.”

Mary Blueport gave her a warm hug. Her heart warmed up instantaneously.

“If I knew it would be this precious, I would have gone to see you sooner. I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine. Dalia has had a hard time too.”

“No. I’m sorry.”

After meeting her like this, she felt like an idiot for not going because of her trivial fear.

Dalia felt like she was going to cry.

After a long hug, Dalia separated from Mary. Then she removed her ring and purified her. She let out a smile.

“I didn’t expect to experience this feeling again. I haven’t used much of my ability in the meantime, but I missed Dalia’s love.”

Dalia laughed along. Seeing her again after a long time made her feel at ease. She felt as if all her worries were gone.

“By the way, Duchess, what brings you here?”

Clearly, not long ago, Mary said she was planning to retire to her estate because of her bad image in the capital due to the mana explosion incident.

Besides, the capital reminds her of bad memories.

‘It must have been very difficult for her to come.’

Mary Blueport smiled softly.

“They said there was a problem in the capital right now, right? So I’m here to help.”

“Ah……”

“My goodness, my son did the briefing earlier.”

Dalia nodded slightly. Then Mary, thrilled, took out her handkerchief and wiped her eyes under the mask.

“I didn’t know my son would grow up like that. This is all thanks to Miss Dalia.”

Anyway, it was a pleasure because she seemed so touched.

Dalia decided to keep quiet about the various Lewayne’s eccentricities hidden behind her.

At that time, the maid who entered the lounge hurriedly approached Mary Blueport and whispered.

“Your Excellency, former Duchess, you must go now.”

“Ah, it’s already time…….”

She looked at her watch and let out a small sigh.

“I think I have to go now, Dalia. I have something else to do at this ball.”

Dalia held her hand, feeling reluctant.

“Where are you going?”

“Ah.”

The Duchess leaned slightly and whispered into Dalia’s ear.

“I will be watching over Argel during the ball.”

“…….”

“Shouldn’t I also get revenge on our dear Aceras?”

Saying that, she let out a light laugh. But Dalia’s heart was pounding. The other day Mary almost died because of him. Is this really, really okay?

“……Don’t get hurt, Duchess. If you get hurt again, I…….”

Dalia couldn’t let go of her hand, which she had grabbed earlier because of her anxiety.

Mary Blueport smiled, and put her hand on top of hers.

“Yes. I’ll be careful.”

Leaving those words behind, she left the lounge with the maid.

Dalia looked at her for a moment and then jumped up from her seat.

‘I have to work hard too.’

Everyone is working hard, and Dalia can’t just sit still.