A Demon's Journey

Within the Walsh Dukedom's Territory, Sinyalian Kingdom.

Currently, Edwin was in the Walsh Dukedom's mansion. There was a serious look on his face as he continued to read the information he had acquired from his spies.

His plan had partially failed.

Edwin's plan was to annihilate the Radiant Church of the entire Kingdom and destroy Roger Dukedom's prestige.

He accomplished a single objective from this. The destruction of the Radiant Church that was.

The Roger Dukedom had been ready for the battle against Radiant Church. The fact they had set up a Visionary Connecting Array was out of his expectation.

Using this Visionary Connecting Array, the Roger Dukedom had shown how they had tried to help the Angels, but the Angels had stabbed them in the back after receiving their assistance.

It showed the Angels and even the Radiant Church in a bad light.

This caused the Roger Dukedom to have a lot of sympathizers.

These sympathizers were now battling against the Radiant Church's followers. This could be considered a Civil War but much smaller than what Edwin had in mind.

This Visionary Connecting Array was truly the best possible method to counter Edwin's plan. It felt as though the Roger Dukedom knew just what would be the next step of Edwin's plan. Such foresight was truly annoying.

In reality, this interference wasn't something that annoyed Edwin. It was just that he didn't expect such a person within the Roger Dukedom. It annoyed him that he had no clue about this person's identity.

Edwin had no spies in the Roger Dukedom. Otherwise, he would have received some clues about this person by now.

At the least, his appearance or his title would be known. It would make things a lot easier for Edwin.

Siluca wasn't so disappointed with how everything turned out, though. The primary reason for this was because she had no idea how bad things had turned out for them.

If not for that final move from Edwin, the Walsh Dukedom would be in deep trouble right now.

It was noon time, and Siluca was in her office. Instead of moving out to have lunch, she remained in that office and continued to give instructions to her subordinates.

The entire Walsh Dukedom was going to be very busy for the next couple of days. She wanted to take complete advantage of the current situation.

Firstly, she had to legally take over all the land and spots possessed by the Radiant Church. It wouldn't be very difficult since the majority of it was within her territory.

She had even hired some mercenaries to use them and deal with any troublesome characters popping up in her way.

While Siluca dealt with the aftermath of the Radiant Church's destruction, she also sent multiple messages to other territories and Noble Houses.

Although the Roger Dukedom's prestige hadn't been destroyed, it had been significantly lowered. Thus, using diplomacy to take complete advantage of this situation would be best, in her opinion.

She had initially asked Edwin's assistance over this matter, but he was more interested in reading all the information their spies had collected.

She didn't understand why Edwin was so worried. They had come out on top with so many advantages.

There was no need to be worried anymore.

Ironically, this was true.

The one who had benefited the most from this situation wasn't Edwin, Shun, or the Roger Dukedom. It was Siluca.

She didn't actually want to destroy the Roger Dukedom, making the entire Sinyalian Kingdom weaker. Her objective to destroy the Radiant Church had been accomplished, however.

And no one was pointing fingers at the Walsh Dukedom. She could take complete advantage of this situation.

What Edwin wanted was to use this event and trigger a civil war in the Sinyalian Kingdom.

However, the civil war had only been triggered against the Roger Dukedom. Moreover, if things continued like this, it would be resolved soon.

Edwin soon let out a sigh as he didn't find anything from the spies' information.

He then began to think deeply about this entire situation. Since the event had passed, it was time to look objectively at the situation.

'I have managed to get control over the Walsh Dukedom. If Siluca plays her cards right, the Walsh Dukedom can double its influence. Using this influence might be helpful in the war against the Glerian Kingdom.'

This entire information was sent to Azaroth.

He was mildly disappointed that the Sinyalian Kingdom had managed to avoid a civil war inside itself owing to certain unforeseen factors.

If a civil war had broken out in the Sinyalian Kingdom, the Glerian Kingdom would have delayed everything and attack this Kingdom.

Azaroth wasn't going to blame his clone. This was the best he could have done with his power.

Azaroth was also mildly surprised to find out that his clone had seduced the duchess.

This woman was completely intoxicated with Edwin right now.

He knew what Edwin was planning to do next. This forced Azaroth to alter his future plans for the Glerian Kingdom.

Once the two cut off their connection, Edwin left his room and walked towards Siluca's office.

His relationship with Siluca was still very much a secret from everyone else in the Walsh Dukedom.

If news of his relationship spread, it would be hard to keep his identity concealed. Once his identity was revealed, Jonas was sure to suspect him and take action against him.

Edwin soon entered Siluca's office.

He glanced at her and noticed that her emotions were chaotic as she laid her eyes on him.

Edwin raised his hand and signaled her to send out her servants as well as the guards.

Siluca blushed a bit as she thought he had something romantic in his mind. She spoke with a commanding tone, "Everyone, leave. I have something important to talk about with him."

The servants and guards were used to leaving the two alone in the office. They didn't question her and immediately left the office.

Once all her servants and her guards had left, Edwin spoke with a solemn voice, "I will be leaving in a couple of days."

Those words startled Siluca. Those words were so unexpected that she stood up and asked him with a shocked expression, "What happened? Are you not happy with anything here? Did someone annoy you? Tell me, I will immediately deal with him."

Her voice was filled with anxiety and dejection.

Edwin shook his head and replied, "Now that the Radiant Church has been destroyed, I need to focus on other things."

"W-what?" Siluca was absolutely devastated to hear him say that.

She wanted to ask him what he thought about their relationship but was scared of his answer. Hence, she stayed quiet.

Edwin noticed her expression and added, "I was initially thinking of taking you along, but you need to stay here and manage the entire situation so that the opportunity doesn't slip from your fingers."

Siluca's gloomy heart was soothed by these words. She was relieved to learn that Edwin was really considering taking her along as well. Only because she was preoccupied, he had made a different decision.

"Where are you going?" Siluca asked him softly.

"To the Mesenana City," Edwin replied.