While Austin was trying his hardest to win over a capture target, within the depths of the Ezraeil palace, there were a few girls grouped sitting surrounding a table.
If Austin were here, then he would identify all of them. Among them, on one side sat Olivia, and behind her stood three girls, and one of them was Nora.
On the other side sat a girl of 10 years old wearing a dark black and blue gown. Her dark black hair fell to her back, her black eyes seemed like the void with no end, and her beauty was comparable to the moon.
If Olivia was a shining sun that attracted others to follow her, then this girl was the moon shining up in the sky, causing others to come under her light.
"Looks like your party is going well, I presume?" It was the girl who spoke first.
"Yeah, it's going well, but dealing with all those nobles is just so boring."
Unlike how she was acting in the banquet, Olivia right now was relaxed and carefree. After all, she didn't need to act so high in front of her friends.
Yup...friends.
The person in front of her was the princess of the Twilight Empire, Carmel Twilight. Just like Nora, she had also inherited her founding Emperor's bloodline.
What's happening right now was just the meeting between different friends, where each of the gathered girls' statuses could shake the world.
The Carmel in front of her was just a projection. After all, this was an organization formed by all the girls of the Sylvia realm.
Yup...girls.
Being of the high standing they are, the friends they could openly talk with are limited. So all of them came together to talk and spend time as friends.
"I don't understand why you all have to go through all this for a bet. Why don't all of you fight it out?" A girly voice was then heard from one of the screens-like projections in the room. Oh...right, there were a few "screens" being projected on the room. These were just magical communication tools used to chat with each other. Using magic was possible, but the cost was high, but it was nothing to the girls gathered here.
"Well, this is important. We must decide the next leader amongst us today."
For their organization, the position of leader was always for 2 years, and it was always passed among each other. Right now, they are here to decide the leader amongst both the princesses of the Empire, so they come together to decide it through a game of...chess. The rules were simple: both the princesses would bring their subordinates who would play a match, and the best of the three would win.
"So, Olivia, I hope you are ready to lose."
"Hump, you have no idea what I can do." Olivia snorted at Carmel's words.
Thus, both sides brought out their players. From Olivia's side came a 10-year-old red-haired and red-eyed girl. She looked cute and gave off a feeling of an intellectual. From Carmel's side came an 11-year-old girl with blob-like orange hair and mesmerizing brown eyes which seemed to contain some spark in them.
Both of them moved forward and began their game. Pieces started moving and falling. Finally, after 10 minutes, the orange-haired girl declared, "Checkmate," her voice breaking the solemn atmosphere within the room. The red-haired girl had a disbelieving face. She couldn't understand how she lost; it was as if she was playing for her opponent to win.
Nora had a frown on her face. She could see that the orange-haired girl had some ability that let her win, but she couldn't complain as it was just part of her power.
"Calculations," the orange-haired girl spoke, her eyes shining. "I can predict and move before my opponents make one," her words answered the doubts of the people gathered there.
'That's an ability to cheat in a chess game,' Nora thought. She couldn't help in any way right now. Suddenly, she thought of a certain silver-haired boy.
'Maybe Austin can...?'
While Nora was thinking, the second person moved to play, who also lost much earlier than the first one, bringing a heavy atmosphere to the room.
"Looks like this is what you all have," the orange-haired girl smiled with a smug face, her arrogance slipping out of her. The words she spoke brought a frown to both Olivia and Carmel before they could speak; someone else made a move.
"Don't be so arrogant. You won't be able to win against the person I will bring."
Nora's voice echoed in the room, bringing all the attention to her.
"Oh? Then I would like to see this person you speak of," the orange-haired girl spoke.
"Your Highness, give me a chance. I will bring you a champion." Olivia looked into Nora's eyes for a few minutes before nodding.
15 minutes later...
Austin was now looking at the surroundings in which he was brought.
'Wait, what happened? Why am I here? What kind of heaven is this?'
A few moments ago, he was spending time with Emily, racking up a lot of affection, playing, and teasing her, bringing in a lot of points. Though not love, he had at least got her to have a crush on him and was sure that it could later develop into love. So before leaving her, he had given her a communication tool connecting to him.
Just as he was happily humming and going back, he was caught by his sister Nora, who had pulled him without any words and brought him to this room... no correction, heaven.
Currently, he was seated in front of an orange-haired girl, and surrounding him were different girls, all of them being captured targets.
'Holy moly, did I win a lottery today?'
At first, he looked towards the black-haired girl.
[
Name: Carmel Twilight
Sex: Female
Age: 10
Species: Human
Talent: 10/10
Power: Origin level 0 - Tier 2
Title: Princess Twilight, The foodie
Love: 0%
Description: Currently hoping to win the seat of the leader She loves sweets Difficulty: SS (try your best)
]
'Yup, just as I thought, another major capture target.'
Another one that comes under the top 5 in the capture target list. Conquering her too is difficult.
After that, he looked towards the girl in front of him.
[
Name: Ella Croftmen
Sex: Female
Age: 10
Species: Human
Talent: 8/10
Power: origin level 0- Tier 1
Title: The intellectual, smartass
Love: 0%
Description: due to her high intelligence she looks down on others
>wants to win this match no matter what
Difficulty: AA ]
'Sigh...another one.'
Who would have thought that there was such a place in the game? If the players knew, they would have done everything to get in here.