Chapter 537: Half Tactile Sense
“The other half of the tactile sense is that woman, right?” Igor said. “Can tactile senses be divided into two?”
“Each Kingdom can only have one tactile sense; this is an unchangeable rule,” Mercury Trojan Horse explained. “But the Four Pillars have four, and there can only be one tactile sense, so they sometimes have disagreements.”
“Even though the Four Pillars favor you greatly, the other one receives almost as much affection. Without a consensus among the Four Pillars, both of you have been made half of the tactile sense until they agree, or until one option remains, at which point the true tactile sense will be chosen.”
“So for you, it remains good news-at least that person is not a complete tactile sense yet and cannot command the Four Pillars Cult to protect themselves.”
“The bad news is that we can’t command the Four Pillars Cult either,” said Igor, evenly. “Since Ashe is not a complete tactile sense, he cannot automatically become the leader of the Four Pillars Cult, which is why you’re delighted-until the birth of the true tactile sense, you still control the Four Pillars Cult!”
“Yes,” Mercury Trojan Horse chuckled, “even though my tactile sense will gradually fade, the cult I built singlehandedly will still operate according to my will.”
For Mercury Trojan Horse, this truly is the best situation. Whether Ashe or that person becomes the tactile sense means she would have to relinquish power over the Four Pillars Cult, and being such a power-driven monster, on top of having built the cult in Senlo from the ground up, how could she willingly hand over her painstakingly established domain?
For her, the shift in tactile sense is an unforeseeable accident. Who would have thought the Four Pillars would redirect focus after a massacre (killing even the cultists of the Four Pillars Cult)? Mercury Trojan Horse must feel unhappy about it, but to survive, she must cut her losses.
With the tactile sense not yet established, Mercury Trojan Horse has more time to prepare for her exit. How could she not be pleased? However, Igor is sure she won’t gracefully bow out. While she may not dare kill Ashe or that woman (since either’s death would bring about a new tactile sense), she will certainly find ways to prolong this standoff.