Aske suddenly had an idea.

Pretending to be lovers with Maya, he could shift the girls' barrage in the team from "chasing him" to "assassinating Maya".

Of course, this widely popular trope in light novels and galgames was quite illogical in reality. The simplest issue being, why would Maya cooperate with you?

Secondly, if the girls in the team liked you and instead of explaining things properly, you resorted to a "fake girlfriend" ruse to deceive them, wouldn't that be a bit too much?

So after some thought, Aske ultimately discarded this flashy idea and honestly clarified to everyone: actually, the situation isn't what you all think.

"Oh, so that's how it is," Peggy sighed in relief, the dark glow between her hidden fingers fading silently.

"It seems we've all misunderstood," Medea also said with a smile, discreetly retracting the Mind Line—originally intended for a sudden attack on Maya's mind, in combination with Peggy's Curse Death for a lethal strike.

"It was you who misunderstood and fanned the flames in the first place!" Aske said irritably.

Eleanor and Nora also relaxed, whereas Thira still looked skeptical and asked Sigrdrifa beside her:

"Do you believe what they say?"

"Since the Squad Leader says so, of course, I believe the Squad Leader," Sigrdrifa answered earnestly.

If you really believed him, what was with your right hand gripping the axe handle the whole time? Thira thought to herself with sarcasm.

However, she probably understood the girls' feelings. After all, they were all from the same squad and knew each other well; if they were to lose to any of the girls, they would have to accept defeat gracefully (although that was not the case).

But if some random stray cat were to snatch him away, the girls would turn into demons wreaking havoc.

At The Azure Longsword side, the previously dangerous atmosphere relaxed, but on Queen Maya's side, the mood turned sour.

Of course, what made her upset was not the "misunderstanding being cleared up," but that Aske, in order to clarify the truth between them, had disclosed that she had never been in a relationship up to now.

The ultimate humiliation, the ultimate insult, damn!

"Cough, cough!" Maya coughed, explaining, "Actually, as a member of the Royal Family, many things are beyond my control, including marriage matters."

"That's the case, Maya," Miel climbed onto a nearby table and tenderly patted Maya's head, pitying her.

She knew that after Maya had separated from Rasul and the others, she had traveled westward to the Iberian Peninsula, where she encountered the Half-elf Royal Guard.

The Half-elves of Iberia had a very strange custom. Their kingship wasn't hereditary but chosen by the Guard from within the forest after the old queen's death, selecting the reincarnated Elf to come to the Royal City, Ailola, and ascend the throne.

These Elves believed that the Queen was chosen by the Elf Deity Sudawelkroel. As the old queen neared the end of her life, the deity would gradually extract the Spiritual Body from within her and transfer it to his appointed successor.

Once the Spiritual Body was completely withdrawn, the old Queen would officially pass away. As the reincarnated successor, the new Queen would inherit all the Talent and potential of the previous one, including her appearance and demeanor.

And Maya, it was said that she was almost a carbon copy of the previous Queen who had passed away.

Thus, she became the Elf Queen of Lusitania. Compared to Sherry, Derek, and Rasul, who started from scratch and fought hard to build their own foundations, everything Maya had seemed to have fallen out of the sky, but the corresponding price was unstable foundations.

Since she wasn't born in the Lucitania Great Forest, and if it were not for her striking resemblance in appearance and demeanor to the previous Queen, even the Elder Council would have once considered denying her reincarnated identity.

Ah, sister Maya must have gone through so much hardship over the years to gain the recognition of entire Lusitania.

Miel pondered with sympathy, gently stroking Maya's cherry blossom-colored, soft, long hair, while Maya first squinted her eyes comfortably like a cat but then suddenly realized something and awkwardly dodged Miel's touch.

Girls: ? ? ?

Maya's squinted expression just now was exactly like Miel's when she was being patted on the head by Aske, hilarious!

"Anyway!" As if to prove she wasn't a soft girl, Maya shouted loudly, "It's not that I can't find a boyfriend, so don't look at me like that! Haven't you guys also never dated?"

"Yes, we've never dated either," Nora sighed slightly, feeling a bit sorry for the young elf demigod, "It's okay, Maya."

Although we've never dated, we do have crushes... Demigod Lord, have you never even met someone you like?

"So stop looking at me like that!" Maya was almost at a loss for words.

"It's okay, it's okay." Since the other party was a friend of Miel, Mia also followed along, consoling her, "Look at Medea sister, she actually has androphobia, you know? The kind that explodes upon touching a male's body! But in the end, wasn't she cured by the Squad Leader? Compared to her, your situation is actually not bad at all!"

"Little Mia?" Medea's face was all smiles.

"Ah?" Mia was stunned.

"If you can't speak properly, you could say less," Medea's smile turned icy as her demeanor grew cold.

Whoa! Medea's cold laugh is scary! Mia immediately shrank her neck, not daring to make another sound.

Seeing the atmosphere became a bit awkward, Aske quickly used the Topic Shifting Technique again, asking:

"Right, you guys returned so soon? Are all the targets on the list taken care of?"

Good job, Squad Leader! The girls silently praised the Squad Leader in their minds, and then they heard Thira say:

"Not all. When dealing with the last few, we encountered a problem."

"What problem?"

"The remaining people on the list seem to have learned that their comrades were continuously being assassinated, so they have all fled to one place."

"They've gathered together?" Maya immediately perked up and asked, "Where?"

"Here." Eleanor spread out the map and pointed to a location.

Maya, the Queen, stepped forward to look and immediately recognized that it was indeed Elder Delar's residence.

In other words, the assassination operation had greatly destroyed the Conservative Party's will to resist, to the extent they even had to abandon their ongoing incitements and protests in the city and all huddle away to Elder Delar's place for shelter.

However, this also brought complications to the group's final mission.

Because Elder Delar was a true demigod, and even with Her Majesty the Queen leading the team herself, there was no guarantee that they could execute him on the spot.

"Given that, let's put a hold on the assassination operation for now," Aske nodded and said.

"Hey!" Maya protested discontentedly, "We should eradicate the evil completely! If the people on the list are not dealt with, I don't consider your contract to be completed!"

"Your Majesty, if there's a simpler way to achieve your ultimate goal, could we set aside this list for the moment?"

Aske suddenly asked.

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