"Do not hurt him."
Riona spoke.
"You seem rather worried about him."
Amaya commented as she glanced at Riona.
"Well, he is one of my most Loyal subordinates, plus, I don't want you to do something that you might regret," Riona replied.
Amaya narrowed her eyes.
"I can see that in your expression, Amaya. I see a little reluctance but also a resolve in your eyes. I don't need much time to guess it,
Whatever you are planning for Kelton is something that might hurt him, you don't want to do it, however, it seems like you are forcing yourself to do it.
Trust me when I say it, these decisions are usually the ones that you will regret in the future, it is better to stop right now."
"…"
Amaya didn't say anything.
Nux and the others, however, were impressed, Amaya wasn't the one whose thoughts appear on her face, her face mostly remains neutral.
Although Nux was here, making that little poker face a little weaker, however, it still should not be that easy to read Amaya's expressions, especially to this degree.
"We will not hurt Kelton," Suddenly, Nux jumped in.
In truth, unlike Amaya, he didn't care about Kelton at all. He was the first one to suggest using Slave Seal on him because of how close he was with Amaya. Amaya, however, denied it before.
Nux also understood that she still wasn't happy that they were planting the Seal on him, however, he wasn't going to reject her idea.
Just like Amaya, he knew the importance of planting a spy in the Skadi Kingdom, the General he had planted inside the Solid Earth Kingdom is helping him a lot. Although Nux does not contact him very often, whenever he does, he learns new things.
Rejecting Amaya's offer would mean that he is underestimating Amaya's resolve, which would, of course, affect Amaya more, Nux, of course, wouldn't let that happen.
He would just make sure that Kelton is taken care of and does not go through much trouble.
Riona glanced at Nux and a smile appeared on his face.
'If he is as loyal as he claims to be, that is.'
Of course, he didn't say those words out loud.
"What are you planning?"
Riona questioned as she narrowed her eyes.
Nux just smiled.
There was no way he would tell her anything, that would ruin the whole point of this, won't it?
Riona raised her eyebrow,
"I have answered every question you had for me, don't you think it is unfair that you are still trying to hide things from me?"
"…"
Nux turned silent, but suddenly, Amaya walked forward.
"We are ensuring that he would be loyal to me, just like he was usually meant to be."
Nux frowned, Amaya, however, continued,
"Not only that, but we are also going make it like Kelton can contact any of us anytime without anyone else noticing,"
Nux's frown deepened, he couldn't understand why Amaya was telling her everything.
And as if knowing what he was thinking, Amaya used the connection to explain,
'We have already placed too much attention on Kelton, even if we hide it from her, she would still be wary of Kelton from now on, using Slave Seal on him would be useless, rather than that, it is better to place her on the spot.'
'On the spot?'
Nux frowned.
'If she knows that Kelton is our spy, she would try to avoid him, however, if she still wants to maintain a relationship with us, or if she 'only cares about her daughter' as she says she does, then her daughter's spy around her shouldn't bother her at all.
Now that she knows Kelton will be my spy, it would now confuse her, she wouldn't know how to handle and act around Kelton, whether she should avoid him, or keep him around, or whether she should feed him with false information,
She wouldn't know what to do and her real nature would finally be revealed.'
A cruel smile appeared on Amaya's face before it disappeared.
Nux raised his eyebrows in amazement.
He may have been praising Riona for a while now, however, in front of his wife, even someone like Riona was helpless.
"A way he can contact you anytime he wants without anyone noticing? A way to ensure his loyalty?"
Suddenly, a frown appeared on Riona's face.
Nux and Amaya looked at her, observing her expression,
Riona glanced at Amaya and questioned,
"Is it related to those weird magics of his?"
"You can say that, I can only tell you that it will be untraceable, even by Lord Amletus."
Amaya smiled lightly, enjoying this woman's confused expression.
It was high time she would pull the game back into her own hands.
However, contrary to Amaya's expectation, an excited smile appeared on Riona's face as she looked at Nux.
"Why didn't you say you had something like this before!?"
"Huh?" Amaya and Nux frowned.
Suddenly, Riona disappeared and appeared in front of Riona, she grabbed his shoulders and spoke,
"Kelton is not needed, use that magic on me!"
"W-What?"
Nux was taken aback.
"You are still suspicious of me, correct? Then use this magic, this would ensure my loyalty to you, and I would also be able to talk to my lovely daughter anytime I want.
Fufufu~ This is just amazing~"
Riona smiled brightly.
"I-It is not as simple as you think it is. It might get painful, torturous even."
"Heh, it is not something I can't take."
"You can't, trust me."
Suddenly, Thyra jumped in as well.
As someone who has experienced everything firsthand, she knew just how horrifying the Slave Seal could be. To be honest, she still has a trauma deep in the corner of her mind.
Seeing Thyra's expression, Riona suddenly turned silent.
Nux saying it was different, however, she knew Thyra well. If even Thyra was saying it was painful, then…
Riona wouldn't even want to imagine how painful that would be for Thyra to make that expression.
However, a small smile then appeared on Riona's face and she spoke,
"If it is for my daughter, I will go through anything you throw at me."
She then looked at Nux and a determined look appeared on her face,
"Using that magic on me would be a lot better than using it on Kelton, won't it?
Do it."
"…" Nux didn't know what to do.
He turned towards Amaya and even she had a perplexed expression on her face.
Suddenly, Riona turned towards Amaya and spoke with a determined look on her face.
"Amaya, I only want to stay close to you, without any schemes going in both our minds.
I want a pure, mother-daughter relationship, and I know that somewhere in your heart, you want it as well.
This magic is the only way to achieve what the two of us want, please don't take this opportunity away from me,"
"…"
Amaya looked at Riona's face,
"You will become our servant if you allow this to happen."
Many may think that Amaya's tone was similar to before, cold and indifferent, however, Nux and Riona knew the truth.
Those little cracks in her voice told them that she was holding herself back.
Amaya was trying to put up a strong front, however, right now, tears would stream out of her eyes from even the lightest of push.
"I don't care."
Riona smiled as she glanced at Amaya.
Amaya looked at Nux, her expression was clear.
Nux took in a deep breath.
He doesn't want to do it, however, if he rejects it now, he knew Amaya could start crying, that was something he couldn't see.
He clenched his fist, then he took a deep breath again, and looked at Riona,
"Riona Skadi, are you willing to be my Slave?"
"Do not hurt him."
Riona spoke.
"You seem rather worried about him."
Amaya commented as she glanced at Riona.
"Well, he is one of my most Loyal subordinates, plus, I don't want you to do something that you might regret," Riona replied.
Amaya narrowed her eyes.
"I can see that in your expression, Amaya. I see a little reluctance but also a resolve in your eyes. I don't need much time to guess it,
Whatever you are planning for Kelton is something that might hurt him, you don't want to do it, however, it seems like you are forcing yourself to do it.
Trust me when I say it, these decisions are usually the ones that you will regret in the future, it is better to stop right now."
"…"
Amaya didn't say anything.
Nux and the others, however, were impressed, Amaya wasn't the one whose thoughts appear on her face, her face mostly remains neutral.
Although Nux was here, making that little poker face a little weaker, however, it still should not be that easy to read Amaya's expressions, especially to this degree.
"We will not hurt Kelton," Suddenly, Nux jumped in.
In truth, unlike Amaya, he didn't care about Kelton at all. He was the first one to suggest using Slave Seal on him because of how close he was with Amaya. Amaya, however, denied it before.
Nux also understood that she still wasn't happy that they were planting the Seal on him, however, he wasn't going to reject her idea.
Just like Amaya, he knew the importance of planting a spy in the Skadi Kingdom, the General he had planted inside the Solid Earth Kingdom is helping him a lot. Although Nux does not contact him very often, whenever he does, he learns new things.
Rejecting Amaya's offer would mean that he is underestimating Amaya's resolve, which would, of course, affect Amaya more, Nux, of course, wouldn't let that happen.
He would just make sure that Kelton is taken care of and does not go through much trouble.
Riona glanced at Nux and a smile appeared on his face.
'If he is as loyal as he claims to be, that is.'
Of course, he didn't say those words out loud.
"What are you planning?"
Riona questioned as she narrowed her eyes.
Nux just smiled.
There was no way he would tell her anything, that would ruin the whole point of this, won't it?
Riona raised her eyebrow,
"I have answered every question you had for me, don't you think it is unfair that you are still trying to hide things from me?"
"…"
Nux turned silent, but suddenly, Amaya walked forward.
"We are ensuring that he would be loyal to me, just like he was usually meant to be."
Nux frowned, Amaya, however, continued,
"Not only that, but we are also going make it like Kelton can contact any of us anytime without anyone else noticing,"
Nux's frown deepened, he couldn't understand why Amaya was telling her everything.
And as if knowing what he was thinking, Amaya used the connection to explain,
'We have already placed too much attention on Kelton, even if we hide it from her, she would still be wary of Kelton from now on, using Slave Seal on him would be useless, rather than that, it is better to place her on the spot.'
'On the spot?'
Nux frowned.
'If she knows that Kelton is our spy, she would try to avoid him, however, if she still wants to maintain a relationship with us, or if she 'only cares about her daughter' as she says she does, then her daughter's spy around her shouldn't bother her at all.
Now that she knows Kelton will be my spy, it would now confuse her, she wouldn't know how to handle and act around Kelton, whether she should avoid him, or keep him around, or whether she should feed him with false information,
She wouldn't know what to do and her real nature would finally be revealed.'
A cruel smile appeared on Amaya's face before it disappeared.
Nux raised his eyebrows in amazement.
He may have been praising Riona for a while now, however, in front of his wife, even someone like Riona was helpless.
"A way he can contact you anytime he wants without anyone noticing? A way to ensure his loyalty?"
Suddenly, a frown appeared on Riona's face.
Nux and Amaya looked at her, observing her expression,
Riona glanced at Amaya and questioned,
"Is it related to those weird magics of his?"
"You can say that, I can only tell you that it will be untraceable, even by Lord Amletus."
Amaya smiled lightly, enjoying this woman's confused expression.
It was high time she would pull the game back into her own hands.
However, contrary to Amaya's expectation, an excited smile appeared on Riona's face as she looked at Nux.
"Why didn't you say you had something like this before!?"
"Huh?" Amaya and Nux frowned.
Suddenly, Riona disappeared and appeared in front of Riona, she grabbed his shoulders and spoke,
"Kelton is not needed, use that magic on me!"
"W-What?"
Nux was taken aback.
"You are still suspicious of me, correct? Then use this magic, this would ensure my loyalty to you, and I would also be able to talk to my lovely daughter anytime I want.
Fufufu~ This is just amazing~"
Riona smiled brightly.
"I-It is not as simple as you think it is. It might get painful, torturous even."
"Heh, it is not something I can't take."
"You can't, trust me."
Suddenly, Thyra jumped in as well.
As someone who has experienced everything firsthand, she knew just how horrifying the Slave Seal could be. To be honest, she still has a trauma deep in the corner of her mind.
Seeing Thyra's expression, Riona suddenly turned silent.
Nux saying it was different, however, she knew Thyra well. If even Thyra was saying it was painful, then…
Riona wouldn't even want to imagine how painful that would be for Thyra to make that expression.
However, a small smile then appeared on Riona's face and she spoke,
"If it is for my daughter, I will go through anything you throw at me."
She then looked at Nux and a determined look appeared on her face,
"Using that magic on me would be a lot better than using it on Kelton, won't it?
Do it."
"…" Nux didn't know what to do.
He turned towards Amaya and even she had a perplexed expression on her face.
Suddenly, Riona turned towards Amaya and spoke with a determined look on her face.
"Amaya, I only want to stay close to you, without any schemes going in both our minds.
I want a pure, mother-daughter relationship, and I know that somewhere in your heart, you want it as well.
This magic is the only way to achieve what the two of us want, please don't take this opportunity away from me,"
"…"
Amaya looked at Riona's face,
"You will become our servant if you allow this to happen."
Many may think that Amaya's tone was similar to before, cold and indifferent, however, Nux and Riona knew the truth.
Those little cracks in her voice told them that she was holding herself back.
Amaya was trying to put up a strong front, however, right now, tears would stream out of her eyes from even the lightest of push.
"I don't care."
Riona smiled as she glanced at Amaya.
Amaya looked at Nux, her expression was clear.
Nux took in a deep breath.
He doesn't want to do it, however, if he rejects it now, he knew Amaya could start crying, that was something he couldn't see.
He clenched his fist, then he took a deep breath again, and looked at Riona,
"Riona Skadi, are you willing to be my Slave?"
