Chapter 634 - Theos Scheme (1/2)

After returning to the city, Ana took the Poison Fruit with her and returned to Russia. Lorenzo had promised her to send the package over after they processed them.

Agata and Ava returned to the mansion and had a rest for the day. Theo decided to bring Nella around, showing her the city while enjoying his time.

At some point, Theo revealed his plan that he had mentioned back in the Dark Poison Swamp. Nella was dumbstruck as she never expected Theo to be giving her this kind of plan. However, there was no reason for her to reject his plan.

After all, Theo wanted to mess the Griffith Family up while Nella wished to weaken the elders, so Ray Griffith could fully take over the family, and she would be the sole successor without any more threats.

Everything went smoothly for a few days until the empress called Ana and Alea.

In a small pavilion, Ana and Alea were sitting next to each other as they were exchanging looks. They thought the empress was angry and planned to punish them for any problem she found in the mission.

”Cough.” The empress let out a cough to grab their attention.

Ana and Alea immediately straightened their backs and looked at the white-haired woman in front of them. Despite her age, she looked like a woman in her thirties. Her braided silver hair rested on her chest as she was looking at a piece of paper. She had been staring at this paper for a while, making them look nervous because they thought this was a report from someone else.

The moment she opened her mouth, they felt chill down their spines.

”As much as I want to say good job, I can't.” The empress squinted her eyes. ”There are too many things that I need to address to both of you.”

”What is it, Mother?” Ana gulped down as she carefully asked.

”Well, I shouldn't scold both of you too much since even I wouldn't be able to think something like this. Even if I'm there, I won't be able to know it easily. This little bastard is like that old fox, Leonardo. Though, this one is more shrewd.” The empress fell silent for a moment. ”If Leonardo is a strategist that creates a path to victory, this little bastard is a man who uses chaos for his victory.”

”Are you talking about Theo, Master?” Alea asked for confirmation.

”Who else?” The empress pinched the bridge of her nose. ”After listening to your report about the mission and seeing this, I have realized a few things. First of all, he's like an angel to his friends and a demon to his enemies. That's for sure.

”After all, he could create something like this on the spot…” The empress bit her lips. ”He used the entire process to get your trust in his plan. Then he utilized that trust to his advantage and got what he wanted. Ana, have you ever thought why Alea is getting the second farthest fruit?”

”Eh?” Ana was taken aback by the question and looked down, contemplating her answer.

While waiting for her, she turned to Alea, ”Alea. Tell me why he's not using his clone the whole time? He can simply use his clone to get all the fruits.”