Author's Note: There is a bit mistake with the last chapter in the last part. If you have time, just read the last paragraph before continuing to this chapter xD
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Ria became obedient after I gave her meat, just like Nina had said. We teleported to the Capital City, on the empty lot where there weren't too many people, and proceeded to where Beatrice kept the assassin.
I hoped she had at least begun the interrogation and already got some information that Ria could confirm when we arrived.
"Is it here?" I muttered as I looked at a building that looked like it had been abandoned for a while.
A part of the building was destroyed. Actually, I recognized this building.
'Isn't this the one I accidentally destroyed when I was searching for Milea?' I thought. A wry smile crept onto my face.
"Let's go," I said to Ria, who munched the second meat I gave her just now, and she followed me silently.
I found Beatrice on the ground floor, in the room located in the corner. The assassin was tied to the chair, looking dazed as he spoke without even realizing it. It seemed like Beatrice also used her skill to make him more honest.
When she heard our footsteps, Beatrice turned around. Her bat wings and ponytailed purple hair fluttered from her movement.
"How is it?" I asked as I stopped beside her, looking at the pitiful assassin. "Did he spew out some useful things?"
"A few things," Beatrice answered as she snapped her fingers. The dazed assassin's body became limp, and he lost consciousness as if he were a doll whose string was cut.
The primordial Succubus looked at me with a smile, purposely ignoring Ria, who stood in fear behind me.
"First of all, his goal is indeed poisoning the Queen. He didn't plan to kill her and only used the poison to threaten her safety. His employee wanted to give a warning to you, Master. The detail still needed to be dug, as he seemed to be trained with a brainwash, so it's a bit tricky."
I nodded at Beatrice. It was just as I initially expected. It also matched the information given to Queen Eve by Duke Applewell, whom Beatrice ordered to swear loyalty to the Queen.
"Where does he come from?"
"An Underground City called Assassin's Den." She answered while looking at the unconscious assassin, H. "Talk about a simple name. It's located a little bit northwest of the Capital City, but he didn't tell me the exact location."
"He probably doesn't even know it and only enters and exits using [Teleportation Gem]." I guessed.
This trick was used a lot to hide a hiding place's secret location and was the safest way to enter and exit. Although it was extravagant, I would certainly choose to hide my hideout's location by spending more money than getting it known by anyone and inviting the danger of getting the location leaked out.
'Quite smart.' I silently praised whoever had this idea and turned to Ria.
"Do you know its location?" I asked.
"Huh?" The red-haired wolf girl raised a confused voice as two pairs of eyes landed on her. "The Assassin's Den's location?"
"Of course. If it's a whore house, Master doesn't need one. He already has a lot of girls loving him." Beatrice remarked with an antagonizing tone, making Ria shrink back slightly from fear.
The wolf girl seemed to remember what happened to the bar and developed some kind of fear toward the primordial Succubus. No wonder. Her boss was turned into a dog who could only bark for Beatrice now. Getting scared was normal.
However…
"Beatrice. Shut up."
This primordial Succubus didn't need to be that sarcastic and hostile to Ria. Her superiority complex showed up again, just like before I dominated her.
"M-My apologies, Master." She bowed her head deeply. Her boobs bounced thanks to her movement, and her tail fell limp, unenergetic.
After she shut up, I gestured to Ria to answer my previous question.
"The Raven Group had trade with them in the past. We provided them with weapons and p-prostitution." Ria started with a low tone, seemingly hesitant to say the truth.
The last word she said before stopping while looking up at me was disturbing. Did that mean the Underground City also dealt with a slave? I thought they didn't want to touch that part.
'It's darker than I thought.'
I meant I knew that I shouldn't expect legal things from the Underground City. But the fact they also dealt with slaves surprised me slightly.
Of course, I wouldn't be a hypocrite and say that every slavery should be undone. I knew some deserved to be enslaved, and they didn't affect me a little. I also had a slave, namely Beatrice, though I did that to keep her on the leash.
But this… I could maybe also use this and save them to further boost Queen Eve's reputation.
'It sounds like great publicity.'
"Continue," I ordered Ria, and she nodded awkwardly.
"Our trades usually happen once a year or when they have a big job. They are called assassins, but their main jobs are usually to threaten people and kidnap some Noble's sons. Also, they have a Revival chamber they stole from the church a few decades ago; that's why they can do their work."
"A Revival chamber?" I raised my brows in question.
'How the heck did they manage to steal one?' This was a question I wanted to ask.
But then, I remembered that not all Humans believed in the Goddess after all. It began when the balance collapsed, and those beings from Hell crawled out.
It matched with what she said about them stealing the device a few decades ago. Only the church and a few individuals knew how to create a Revival chamber. There was a magic item involved in it.
Probably, it was the era of the first Paladin. From what I read and heard, he looked like a person full of ambition and had a pipe dream of creating peace between the two Kingdoms. He also disappeared after making Alesia believe in his dream.
As I fell into a deep thought, Ria answered my question.
"Yes. R-Raven and I had visited them once. And…" Her words trailed as her eyes widened in confusion. She looked at me and blinked repeatedly; a realization flashed in her eyes. "Why should I tell you this? You made Raven strange and put me through he–"
"Sit."
"Wau!"
Before she finished her sentence, I ordered her, and she fell to her butt, her wolf tail wagging around happily as she stuck her tongue. Her loyalty toward Raven seemed to be strong. While Nina's training worked wonderfully, a part still made Ria not follow my order.
As she sat down and wagged her tail, her mind snapped once again, and she growled in anger.
"You!!"
"Tell me everything, or I won't give you the friends you wanted. I will also free the collar and won't give you strange commands anymore. I did promise you, right?"
"I know! But… But it's not fair!"
"Not fair? Should I kill Raven and make him a vegetable instead to make it fair? If you do everything I told you to, I will also turn him back to normal… Maybe not that normal, but I will order Beatrice to lift her skill."
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