In a village sowhere within the demon's continent. Inside a rundown bar was a small group of people. These people were all wearing hoods covering their faces.
''All clear, we can remove our hood now.'' Among them, one spoke; it was a woman's voice.
After hearing that it was okay to open their hoods, the others relaxed and finally removed their hoods.
''Thank you, Alice.'' Lilith thanked Alice the mont they removed their hoods. Alex's subordinate nodded her head while staring at the rest of the group. There were lots of familiar faces in this group.
Starting from Lilith, there was Sera, Lilith's sister, Noire, Pandora (Forr era), and two loyal subordinates of Lilith.
The group was larger than this, but those missing had been sent on a mission across the demon's continent.
''All preparations are ready; we shall begin our counterattack soon,'' Lilith said after observing everyone's reaction.
Nobody said anything until Althea, Lilith's big sister, opened her mouth and asked.
''Out of the eight dukes, six are loyal to the emperor. Are we going to kill them all? Won't you be at a disadvantage afterward?"
Lilith understood where this question was coming from. Lilith's goal after killing her brother was to take over the throne to rule the empire temporarily, so naturally, by eliminating six of the eight dukes who are the backbone of the empire, they would be weakened.
This might cause serious internal and external issues, so it was natural for Althea to be worried; however, Lilith was not worried as she had plans.
''Don't worry, Alpha, I have a plan,'' Lilith responded without too much change in expression. She didn't even call her sister by her na, only using her codena to reply to her.
''It's that so? I understand.'' Althea smiled bitterly, and the others sighed, looking at those two.
Althea's goal with that question could not be more obvious; how hadn't she thought that her clever little sister would have a solution? She knew she must have one but still asked anyway. Althea did this to get closer to her sister; since she appeared and told Lilith her identity, there hadn't been any change. Although she had accepted Althea's story, their relationship did not make any progress.
All those present knew Althea's identity; it was why they could understand what Althea was trying to do; unfortunately, Lilith seed unresponsive to her sister's attempt to close the distance between them. They had tried various thods to make them closer, but none worked, so they could only give up and let the sisters figure out a solution between themselves.
Sensing the weird atmosphere brewing, Sera raised a question.
''Lucifer must be aware by now that sothing is not right? He will be on guard. Should we wait more before attacking?"
Everybody present knew Sera's question was an attempt to alleviate the mood.
''Don't worry, it's exactly what I want; maybe if we are lucky enough, the one backing him will show up. We will use this opportunity to deal them severe damage.'' Lilith explained.
One of her plans was to lure out mbers from the Chaos organization, the organization backing her brother. She could have attacked right away from the day she infiltrated the empire; she could have used the commotion created by Alex after causing the downfall of an empire.
Still, no, Lilith decided to wait, to slowly infiltrate the empire leaving behind few clues; these clues would lead to her brother becoming suspicious that sothing was not right; smart as he is, he would understand that it was her sister's doing, the latter must be confident enough to plot sothing like this.
In this situation, Lucifer would either try to deal with her alone, or he would try to ask for the Chaos organization's assistance.
Lilith was sure that her brother, who likes to rely on external forces, would ask for help. While the Chaos organization wouldn't send their strongest man, they wouldn't want to lose this valuable chess piece.
There was another reason why Lilith did not imdiately attack upon reaching the demon's continent; it was because she was raiding dungeons, trying to regain her forr strength; while she was still not close to her forr level, she was getting closer to the peak of the Demi-God realm, she had nothing to fear even if she were to face Lucifer likely at the peak of Demi-God realm.
''Can you give us a little bit of space?" Suddenly, Althea, who couldn't take it anymore, asked the others, who nodded and left the two alone.
Once they were alone, Althea stared at Lilith before sighing, and she began to talk.
''I rember you used to be a cry baby back then. You always ran to whenever the others bullied you. I was your haven, your protector, your guardian. You even joked one day, saying that once you grew up, I should beco your guardian angel for eternity.''
Lilith said nothing and continued to stay silent.
''You were more expressive back then, but now you rarely smile. I know you might not have forgiven , but at least please let be your protector; I want to go back to that past where we used to be close. We don't have anyone left except for us three. While it's impossible to let that scum live, we sisters must be united. So, Lilith, please give us a chance.''
Silence.
This silence continued for a mont before Lilith opened her mouth.
''Sigh! I understand your point, I do, but emotions are hard to control. While I'm happy that you're alive and co back to , I couldn't accept that you didn't co sooner. Even if you regained your mories only recently, you should have co to . Do you know how hard it was for to shoulder all those hatreds alone? I might be a reincarnated goddess, but I'm still a creature with emotions.
Do you think I want to be like this? Never smile; no, it was because you left shoulder everything; I want to be like others, have a loving family, have a normal childhood, and fall in love, but no, I didn't get any of these things. Just why? Tell why I've to endure all of this? Why I'm this unlucky? I lost my comrades in my past life, and in the new one, I lost my parents, brothers, and sister.
Just why? Tell why? Why weren't you there? Why?"
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