I really want to punch this woman in the face… but I won't since I'm such a nice person.

"Aren't you the arrogant one? Requesting a conversation with the empress… Nobody's ever done that before," She muttered and stood up as she walked around her throne.

"Anyway, I'm here to discuss the food that we are served as gladiators. That shit is vial, and we deserve some actual good food," I said.

The empress looked at me with surprise before furrowing her eyebrows.

"Fufufufu… I'm just kidding. I came to discuss the gods…." I said, and the empress suddenly released a wave of bloodlust that tried to eat me from the inside out.

But, I quickly stopped it by using my own bloodlust to force it out of my own body, just barely managing to save my own life.

"Geez, what the fuck. You almost killed me," I muttered as I took a knee from exhaustion.

She was strong, way too strong… And there was no way I could beat her right now, and outsmarting her might be possible, but I also doubt it would be easy.

She seems like more of a fighter than a strategist, but to become the empress, you have to have some brain at least.

"What do you know about the gods?" She asked with a glare so sharp it could cut through steel itself.

"I know lots of information, but probably less than you. I'm not very inept in that field of area, so I was hoping you could teach me some things," I said before getting up and sitting on a throne of ice that I created myself.

She stared me down once again before leaning over her throne.

"Who is the creator of your system?" She asked, and my thoughts slowly began to drift away as there was an unexpected turn of events.

So she doesn't have the normal system, huh… then she is just like me…

"And why should I answer you?" I replied as even though she was terrifying, I had a feeling that informing her of the ancient being I had would lead to something terrible.

All of a sudden, daggers of ice had swarmed my neck like a collar, and I was forced to tilt my chin up; otherwise, I would've just died.

I tried to control them with my level of ice control, but nothing happened, so I just let her do her thing as she tried to interrogate me.

"Tell me bitch… I can make your life a living hell if you don't tell me," She said, and that practically confirmed everything that I needed to know.

She clearly can't kill me; otherwise, she probably would've done it right away, but the reason as to why she can't remains unknown.

I guess a little investigation is due… should I provoke her more in order for her to try and slip something up, or should I proceed calmly.

I'm sure she can't kill me, but I think it's because she will be punished, so I should still proceed with some caution.

"If you tell me your god first, then I'll tell you mine," I finally responded, and the empress looked as if she was about to explode from anger.

But before she reached her breaking point, she let out a long sigh and then calmed herself down.

"Let's see… What do you need from me? You wouldn't have agreed unless you actually needed something from me," I continued to taunt her.

"*sigh*... Begone," She said, but just before she could wave her hand, I caught it with my own hand, and just like I had expected again, that motion was the trigger.

I then grabbed her hand tightly, and just as she stood up, I spun around to behind her and pinned her arm behind her back before pressing my chin against her shoulder.

My lips were just inches away from her ear, and it looked as if I was about to seduce her or something like that.

"Hey, why don't you tell me?" I whispered into her ear, and I visibly saw her shiver for some reason.

"Your breath is cold as fuck," She muttered before snapping her fingers with her other hand, sending me back down into the arena where I met my opponent again.

That's a bit disappointing… I kind of wanted to tease her a bit more before questioning her again…

"ARGHHHHHH!" My opponent cried out as she took a swing at me, but,

BAM

I swung my fist at him, and he exploded into chunks of flesh that scattered across the arena, solidifying my not-so-good mood.

"Empress~! If you ever want to talk again, you know where I am~! I shouted up at the curtained booth before letting the colosseum attendees take me away.

…

As I sat in my cell, I connected my eyes with one of my undead rats and quickly shuffled over to Cora's cell, where I found her eating peacefully.

She had a large smile on her face as she consumed the food with pure joy, and it also made me smile.

The only time I had seen her smile was when I was coming back into our shared room while we were both injured after getting a checkup and saw her peacefully eating the stale loaf of bread she had.

Despite how terrible the bread was, she never lost that amazing smile as she genuinely enjoyed the food.

Of course, that flipped all of a sudden once I had entered the room, and she returned to her regular stoic expression.

"Heh… What a cute girl," I muttered, and my maid beside me just glared.

"I'm telling Mia once we get back. You have not only tried to seduce another woman, but you also called another woman cute," My maid then smirked as if she was trying to get back at me for something.

"First of all, the seduction was just part of the job, and second of all, I can't call another woman cute?"

"Indeed… But, I would be willing to let this slide if you give me some of that steak right there,"

This girl…

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