Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 375 - 173: Conversation List

Leaving Rasul and Agrippina, Aske once again fell into contemplation.

The turning point that would decide the outcome of the civil war within the Empire was actually the Swabian Duchy’s defection.

When the Falcon Family took control of the Swabian Duchy and declared their allegiance to the Emperor Camp, the end of the civil war had already started its countdown.

Of course, killing Alberto, the "Hidden Strings" demigod of the Wolf Family, would only make the Wolf Family surrender and capitulate even faster, which would objectively hasten the end of the civil war.

However, killing a demigod... that was no trivial matter.

Demigods usually refrained from acting simply because they did not want to squander their Spirituality unnecessarily. Once someone endangered their life, they would naturally spare no effort, and the lethality they unleashed was incredibly shocking.

Fortunately, with the support of Agrippina, another demigod, Rasul had designed an assassination plan specifically for demigods, which seemed feasible... Aske looked at the heavy Dragon Bone Longsword at his waist, his thoughts slightly heavy.

Would Agrippina tell a lie? If the poison infused in this longsword could not exhaust the Spirituality of Hidden Strings, then he, the one finally making the move, would be like walking into a tiger’s den, delivering himself up on a platter.

Of course, Aske soon dismissed this hypothesis; Agrippina had no reason to deceive him:

First, there was currently no conflict of interest between them, hence no reason for hostility. After all, he was a Constantinopolitan, deemed a member of Solomon’s people by the other party; under normal circumstances, there was no need for fratricide.

Second, if she really wanted to harm him, she wouldn’t need to resort to such despicable methods. With her unexpected disguising techniques and poisoning skill, who could escape from her?

It was only because she relied on her demigod status the previous time and did not choose assassination but a frontal attack that The Azure Longsword’s people were able to cope. Subsequently, as he arranged for Peggy to form a master-disciple relationship with her, the hostile situation finally dissolved.

Another uneliminable possibility was that Agrippina and Rasul had conducted "selective lying" with him.

"Selective lying" meant that out of ten parts of a conversation, nine were true and one was false. Thus, when the persuaded party contemplated and analyzed, most hypotheses about "the other party lying" clearly did not match the "nine parts of truth," leading them to subconsciously conclude that everything said was true.

In reality, that "one part falsehood" was the most critical.

If it was selective lying, where exactly was that "one part falsehood"?

For example, could the opponent still possess the power for a counterstrike at the moment of assassination by poisoning?

(However, if he died, Peggy would inevitably become hostile to Agrippina, so this possibility was quite low)

Alternatively, maybe there wasn’t an issue with the assassination itself, but since he, himself, would carry out the stabbing, would the Wolf Family identify him as the murderer?

(This was more likely, but after all, he came from a Mercenary Group; he could simply avoid approaching Burgundy territory in the future. Moreover, after the civil war ended, it would be time to move south to attack the Church Court, and the Wolf Family, being on the losing side, wouldn’t be able to spare the time to trouble him soon)

Having pondered all imaginable possibilities, Aske felt that this mission was still acceptable.

Of course, since this would expedite the end of the civil war, bringing forward the campaign against the South Expedition Church, he still had to discuss it with the girls.

Speaking of which, it was necessary to mention the common practice among esports players: before especially crucial major competitions, the team leader must have a private chat with each player when drafting the list of participants.

The specifics of the talk were naturally about how important and challenging the upcoming critical match was, asking how they were feeling, whether they were confident, how they were handling the pressure, and if they felt they couldn’t handle it, they should speak up now while the list was still undecided, so someone else could take their place.

Generally, the person being talked to would say "I’m fine." This was an application of psychology, creating a ritualistic inquiry and receiving an affirmative response, which fortified the interviewee’s belief in themselves, thus reducing the chances of underperforming on the competition day.

Of course, if there truly were any psychological issues, like too much pressure or a lack of confidence, it would most likely be observable during the talk, thereby avoiding a potential time bomb on the day of the competition.

As for the order of names on the talk list, Aske had it ready too; he would go from the oldest to the youngest.

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Medea.

"What’s wrong?" Medea was somewhat surprised.

The Squad Leader had actually taken the initiative to ask her out, could wood actually bloom?

"I have something important to tell you," Aske said seriously.

"I’m willing!" Medea interrupted him, agreeing without hesitation.

Aske: ............

"Not that," Aske chuckled through his frustration, "it’s about the future direction of our team."

"Oh." Medea’s interest immediately waned.

Beside them was a garden carefully cultivated by Nora, where Medea sat on a bench at the edge of the garden, casually crossing one leg over the other, resting her chin on one hand, and staring blankly at the distant soil.

Aske looked at her delicately made-up profile, and for a moment he found himself at a loss for words...

Wait, I actually came to discuss serious matters!

"Do you still remember Rasul? The assassin instructor we met in Olympia City?"

"Remember, the assassin leader from Ilania," Medea glanced over, "Has he shown up in the city?"

"He also brought up a suggestion," Aske said, "inviting me to participate in assassinating the Demigod Hidden Strings."

"The commander of the Wolf Family’s army attacking Bavaria," Medea mused, "So, they must have proposed a feasible plan."

"Yes." Aske went through the detailed plan, and finally summarized, "Based on the information provided, there seems to be no major problem with the plan itself."

"What worries me are the series of impacts after the plan’s success."

"The civil war would end sooner, and the South Expedition would come earlier," Medea said.

"Exactly," Aske nodded. Being with someone who can read minds, there never are communication issues.

"So what?" Medea yawned, "If you decide to take part in this battle..."

"I don’t know about others, but I will definitely be with you," she said, looking into Aske’s eyes unusually seriously, "I’ve already betrayed my country, betrayed my father. If I can’t stay by your side, where else can I go?"

Aske was stunned for a moment.

That’s actually true, Medea has already sacrificed so much for me... Shouldn’t I at least consider her feelings towards me...

"Stop." Aske suddenly snapped back to reality, "You’re implanting thoughts in me again, aren’t you?"

"Tsck." Medea turned her head.

"Can you show some integrity? Can you?" Aske was utterly exasperated.

"What’s wrong with pursuing the person I like? What’s wrong with chasing true love?" Medea retorted.

"Is pursuing true love about implanting thoughts and brainwashing?" Aske questioned.

"Don’t you know that for true love, a woman can be unscrupulous?" Medea pulled out a woman’s innate ability—being unreasonable.

Aske: ..........

I’m literally speechless!

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