Sophia Demiurge

Chapter 192: It’s Raining Hot Ladies Recently

"B-but you have a lover already...?"

I asked in "apprehension", though of course I knew that she would never do something like that, but hey, having fun in these tumultuous times is a must, so you know...

Sipnayan also knew of this, so she ignored my antics (or she's afraid of me) and started explaining.

"No, Lady Sophia, that's not what I meant."

She slightly shook her head and then continued.

"You see, during the defense of Bulawan against the invading forces of the humans and elves, I have stumbled upon a very unstable general named Sisa, she has a very good way of using space magic, though inferior to you, can forcefully open the 4th dimension using small cube-like mana constructs that has another cube on it... I believe that in our mandatory science class, it's called a tesseract, and in my experience, she uses her affinity to seemingly all of elemental magics to simulate a playground that she will then use to kill her enemies, it was effective, so effective in fact that upon investigating, we realized that before her defeat in my hands, she is only the second assassin to have a 100% fatality rate in her missions, the first one is Hebi Tsukaiza."

I nodded at this, however, I can't help but notice that the face of Sipnayan started to morph into a frown, clearly, she was nowhere near proud of her exploits and was even disgusted by how she have won the fight... well, if the opponent is unstable, that means she used deception and took advantage of her crazy state to jab a sneaky one to the opponent, something that her, someone with aversion to fighting will naturally find repulsive, I bet if it's not for my illusions earlier, she will never go to the frontlines of the invasion of Apolaki.

I can't help but feel a little pity, like her, I was also at one point in a field very opposite on what I wanted to do and the only thing that makes me go forward is the slowly twisting mind of mine as I see news of depressed old people that lost against me in chess, making me a sadistic genius trope character, similarly, Sipnayan is only fighting because she wanted to protect her pride as a living martial.

Of course, I have no intention of saying my contemplation and letting the strongest chef in the world continue her explanation.

"Coincidentally, when I scanned her body after I defeated her, I reckoned that you might fancy her... in more ways than one, so I have requested to seal her artificial hero prospect crystal and make you meet her personally."

I nodded at this as I appreciated the deed of such a considerate subordinate, for despite her aversion to the deceptions of war, Sipnayan was able to think for the well-being of her queen, such loyalty and dedication to me is truly remarkable, yes, it's all about dedication and loyalty, not because I will once again meet another hot woman and possibly becoming my 6th one on my growing list of wives and mistresses.

Yep, not at all.

_But still, it seems like it's raining hot ladies recently... I mean, from 2 to 6 is crazy work... well, Eris is still pending, but as long as she acted as conceited as always... Ah, I shouldn't count chickens before they eggs cracked._

In any case, after seeing me contemplate for a second, Sipnayan continued speaking.

"She's in a special chamber in the gallows if you're interested."

Like hell I'm not, is what I wanted to say but of course, as a queen, I shall maintain my composure, so I nodded lightly and let Sipnayan lead the way, it took just well over 10 minutes to get to the special cell of the war prisoner, in there laid a bed with long chains that has shackles in their ends, there is also a sink and a table that are used for either those vulnerable elderly prisoners or those that are temporarily detained, but as evident of it's clean appearance, it was a fact that the woman inside is the first one to use this facility, actually not monsters, but humans, the prisoners of war are the ones that have the test run of all this underground prison.

Well, who in the world will commit a crime in a country that has a nuking leader, right?

Such were my thoughts as we entered the spacious cell, and there laid a woman, her hair is long, estimated to be dangling down the floor if she walked, it covers her whole body of immaculate proportions, her hands are in a reverse V-shape due to her not being able to consciously fight gravity in her sealed state whilst her feet is dangling out of the bed's bounds because of her long legs.

"So this is Sisa..."

I muttered, besides admitting how beautiful she is, I can't help but wonder how in the gods coincidences this world had someone called Sisa who is crazy and is looking for her children?

"Is her children named Crispin and Basilio?"

I unconsciously asked, and to my surprise, Sipnayan nodded.

"We have interrogated some soldiers and confirmed that every outburst of their general, she will always shout those names, unfortunately, after the incident of massacre of the army that killed her children, I think it's safe to say that they are gone forever... unless of course, Lady Sophia thinks so otherwise."

It seems like Sipnayan misunderstood my question, honestly, I got a bit excited with this and got out of it lucky because my subordinates normally doesn't question my words, anyway with Sisa here, there should also be Clara, Crisostomo, Linares or even Damaso... which is not a surprise given my nationality and the love of the time loop for timely coincidences, I would not be surprised when upon using [Perfect Simulation], I would see these people in the battlefield.

I would normally ask for information about the generals of the enemy, but I had to fight the world's smartest man at that time, so I had no choice but to abandon this kind of precaution.

_Holy shit, they are really here._

I can't help but sigh in excitement, being able to see the esikai parody of the characters of one of the goated novels in my previous world is something that I would pay for.

But on a serious note, before everything, of course I want to have Sisa as my other one (among others), so I have to make sure that I can help her in the first place, so I used [Perfect Simulation] to confirm the condition of her two sons... I had a feeling that if Urduja is involved in a massacre, children will be spared. That person seems to be overprotective of children, she even has an orphanage that has unconsciously become the treasure trove of competent civil officials and militants.

I feel compelled to use the [Perfect Simulation] as to why she is like this, but I had this cold chilling premonition that seems to tell me that I would not like this curiosity to be fulfilled...

Anyway, there is no time for that as I once again relived, using my brain processing power, the one-sided war, and it can be called the last aggressive intervention of a god against humanity.

I skipped the details and confirmed the identity of the two assassins that are leading the scouts and creates target plans against the opposite side, after which, I went to the tragic end of the army of Tydings, at that moment, it seems as if the heavens itself have been razed asunder, three suns, as big as the capital of Kamatayan descending at the top of the soldiers that of course, can't do anything but pray that their idiot god of the underworld to protect them from the solar level airstrike, in front of them... Urduja is not there, because Sinag is the one who dropped those suns. Instead, she was holding a large shield and had two children in her cradle that she had abducted; they were unconscious due to mild strokes caused by the intense heat of the slowly descending sun.

After that incident, the King of Gjallarhorn is the one who executed the negotiations while Urduja secretly healed their children through Aoi, making them her subordinates in the process.

"Yes... Like I said, Crispin and Basilio are alive..."

I smiled faintly at this, causing Sipnayan to be quite shocked, but soon she sighed, admiring my mysterious means, which is just thinking... at the same rate as time.

"Ask the scientists in my lab to arrange an arc reactor and bring it here, also ask the hospital to give me operation tools, I will change the heart of Sisa."

Sipnayan smiled a little, her guilt of deceiving the woman here is decreasing ever so slightly, now I get to help her before going to resurrect Yamato.

As an orphan, I felt compelled that I should prioritize the reunion of Sisa and her children above anything else, and well, I have confirmed that this is again somehow part of the original plot of the time loop, so I shouldn't have any problem doing this kind of good Samaritan work.

Yes, this is good Samaritan work, that's right, that's right.

As I was waiting for my arrangements to be fulfilled, I decided to have a chat with Sisa, the poor mother, I unsealed the artificial hero prospect crystal inside her, causing it to burst with mana once again... this is a very cumbersome prototype of my arc reactor, why is it blasting mana instead of administering it? I don't have the time to ponder such questions as my patient suddenly bolted half her body up, causing the shackles in her hands to clang violently, her eyes have this black colored tint that seem to be made out of ink, for intimidation purposes, I presume, she panted quite heavily, evident of her experiencing a literal meet and greet with the grim reaper for 4 days.

"My... children... that green woman... she said... said..."

Sisa's voice have a hint of sadness, desperation and hope, an evidence of how mad she had become since knowing (mistakenly) that her children are now dead, there is also the fact that the artificial hero prospect crystal makes the wielder drunk, so her mental problems was piling up every second she breathes.

Well, like I said, I will help her with all I got, and if I said with all I got, that is a lot of "got", so I used the non-dark magic illusion to invade her mind and fight the tumultuous thoughts in it, with my natural strength over humans, I naturally, albeit temporarily suppressed her mental problems, though I need someone like Aoi or Momoiro to properly check, which will take time, because I have to of course use her in the war as a unit, using her sense of gratitude towards me and Urduja, yes, like I said, heavy is the head of the one who wears the crown.

After much invasion of the aurora of illusions, clarity began to appear in the eyes of Sisa. She looked at me in bewilderment and sudden realization, ignoring the smile I just gave her, which stung quite a bit; however, because of her circumstances, I ignored it.

"That... that woman... she... she tricked me... right?"

She looked at her hands that are trembling under the immense metaphorical weight of all these realization, and before she can even realize it, in Sisa's hands, a drop of tear fell, followed by another, and then another, until she shouted and cried like how should normally a mother will react upon losing her children... how envious, really, I didn't linger on this thoughts as I let her cry whilst I said:

"I am Sophia Demiurge, the leader of the country that the humans of Tydings and Elves of Stardust have opposed. As it's a war, I will not be apologizing for the methods of my subordinate, however, I do have some good news for you, if you want to hear it."

The woman continued to cry as if not listening to me, but she slowed down, even though it just slightly made me hopeful about what I was about to say.

"In the ranks of Urduja's assassin, there are two people called Crispin and Basilio, and according to our investigation, they have pretty much the same experience as your sons would have if they were alive."

As expected, upon hearing this, Sisa's crying halted, she slowly looked at me as if her neck became that of a marionette, she then opened her mouth, but then, I continued.

"I... am pretty confident of my investigation skills, if not, I would not have defeated Aerendil just like that... so, I would like to help you if you want."

The two of us remained silent, and as we did, the doctors prepared an operating table for me, as I am the only one, as of now, that can be trusted for the transplant of a heart for the arc reactor, so I had to be the one to do it. Of course, this proposition of mine and the fact that Sisa would dive on a volcano while livestreaming to get her children back, the hope in her eyes rekindled.

People are very simple sometimes.

"Will you... Will you really help me find my children?"

I smiled at her and nodded, I made my face as reassuring as always.

"Of course, I will."