Chapter 332: Yulie (4)
In a cottage located in a forest leading to Marik, on the border of Hadecaine, I was facing Sophien through a mirror.
— ... This is my final command as your Empress.
The Empress reflected in this transparent mirror now somehow appeared as her distant past self—a young Sophien who endlessly repeated death and was floundering in regression.
— Here, with me... let us play a match in the game of Go.
Sophien wanted to play a match of Go with me, like the times when we could comfortably face each other, and like the days when we didn’t have to worry about the continent’s destruction, with her voice delicate and more like a favor than a command, as if she were asking me for a favor.
“Your Majesty,” I said, looking at Sophien without any expression.
However, I offered no answer and merely delivered my intended words in a dry manner.
“The Intelligence Agency’s speculation is correct.”
At that moment, Sophien gritted her teeth and, glaring at me, muttered.
— They are correct?
“Yes, I will commit an act of betrayal against Your Majesty.”
Sophien closed her eyes for a moment.