A figured move hurriedly across the dimly lit hallways. The frantic pace the person threaded showed how troubled her emotions were. Eventually, she came to a room and quickly entered.
Removing her cloak the raven-haired beauty set her things on a table and removed the covering from a full-length mirror at the center of the room. The woman then lit candles at seven points on the floor.
As the woman came forth in front of the mirror the beautiful face of Crown princess Rhyne Fair Dominii was reflected for all to see.
Rhyne then wore a theater mask with a frowning face and kneeled on the floor. However, her reflection remained standing up but the mask the figure in the mirror had a smiling face instead. "Melpomene, greats the mistress. The true ruler of the regalia and goddess of Valorious."
The reflection moved to sit on an imaginary chair, displeasure evident in her voice as she answered.
"Child, why do you summon me?"
"Mistress Thalia, a worldwide announcement rang out a while ago. The message said Vaginarnis have descended."
"Ho? Someone actually managed to gather a group of Savior brats together? Do you know where?"
"Mistress my submissive witnessed their descent himself. According to him, it happened in Partisan, the crown prince's stronghold. The ones who summoned it were women and he said they created a giant array from [Malice] and summoned a giant three-headed wolf."
"Hmm. That mutt should be Fenrir the hound of the Regalia. Did your slave find out the identity and origin of the Vaginarnis candidates?"
"No mistress, he said a giant army of shadows soon arrived and swarmed the ritual. The army gave no experience, did not bleed, and couldn't even be seen by the system. Rather than waste time fighting them he escaped while destroying as much of Partisan as he could."
"Well, of course, they could not be killed. They don't exist after all. The shadows are merely constructs used to hide a mechanic a truth, not that it matters to us. At least your slave is smart enough to use the ritual as cover."
"Mistress, is this cause for alarm? We still have a decade before the invasion. What exactly are the Vaginarnis?"
Thalia crossed her legs in a seductive manner as she rested her arms on her imaginary chair. "They are a last-ditch effort of some fool from long ago. They are humans who offered their lives in exchange for becoming avatars of the regalia.
"However, unless the Heavenly Sword is present the Vaginarnis are mere candles that will die in under 10 years. What of the other matter? I gave you targets did I not?"
"Yes Mistress, I have successfully eliminated almost 90% of the ten thousand transmigrators on your list. The Convent is trying to weed out the reincarnators but we should be able to kill them all within the decade."
Rhyne then felt a weight suddenly smash her head to the floor. The impact caused her teeth to fall off and her face almost deformed from the pressure. No matter how much she tried to lift her head and struggled, her face remained glued to the floor.
"Almost? Should? Melpomene did I grant you your power for such vague words? Who is it that allowed you to survive the battle of succession? Who silenced both your enemies and the ones who wanted to kill you? Shouldn't you be grateful that you are still breathing? When you almost died from being poisoned who was it that saved you?"
With tears in her eyes, the saint of the Dominii gritted her remaining teeth as she tried to answer. "It was you, mistress Thalia. You granted me power and I am alive only because of your intervention."
"Didn't I tell you to stop playing with the savior candidates? You even tried to rope another useless man into your battle harem. If you just killed him immediately you would not have had to deal with the Alabarda! How stupid can you be? Because of your negligence, he almost grew up into a threat!"
"I did it because I knew he was a stupid virgin simp mistress! Didn't you see how my husbands perform? Please don't be angry! Didn't I get to kill the Servant of Eternity? I was able to bait him to come out by using the transmigrator! I did good didn't I?"
Thalia stood up from her seat and walked towards the mirror, she eventually left the reflection and came in front of Rhyne. She then stepped on the princess's head burying her heel into Rhyne's cheek.
"Killing patches is due to my planning Melpomene. Every one of your achievements is only because I laid everything out for you. Stop trying to think you are something special. You are not only a failure but a bastard no one even wanted. No one loved you before and no one ever will. Without me you are nothing. My patience with you is at its limit."
Teary-eyed, Rhyne then sobbed as she begged. "I am sorry mistress! All I longed for is your praise! I only did it to please you. I am nothing but dirt on the floor. Please don't abandon me! I will never disobey again! Please forgive me!"
Thalia then removed her foot off the princess and canceled the pressure. She then brushed the pitiful princess's hair like a loving mother.
"My child, remember that you have no one else but me. If you forget your place, I will leave and you will be all alone. Do you want that? Forget not what you are, you are but my pet nothing more, nothing less. I am being magnanimous and will give you another chance."
Rhyne's mistress then raised the princess's face and healed her injuries. "I only gave you one mission. That is the only reason you are alive. Now tell me my pet what is your purpose?"
Ecstatic from the touch of the one she loved the most, Rhyne made a loving smile as she answered. "To murder all the Heavenly Sword candidates and turn them into Heralds if possible."
"Correct. Every transmigrator and reincarnator holds the possibility of becoming the Heavenly Sword. But we do not know who will actually become one. So we will kill them all before they mature. In the majority of the realities, the one to do is Hiroyuki Mitsurugi.
"Patches and the Heir of Dragonblood are normally the ones who protect him but as you began murdering them proactively we can no longer use them as a guide. Those fated to him we have similarly targeted but in this reality that turned out to be useless.
"Unlike the other times for some reason he was far too weak when he transmigrated here. Thus it means Hiroyuki Mitsurugi is not the Heavenly Sword in this reality. Stop wasting time with his wives and hunt for the real candidate understood? This is the last stretch my pet, we cannot afford to be careless."
Like a lovesick puppy, Rhyne nodded her head and rubbed her face into Thalia's palm. "Yes master, there are less than 100 names I have yet to find. Once I kill them all, your command will finally be finished. I long to see you for real my mistress."
"All in due time Melpomene, without the heavenly sword the invasion in ten years will return this continent to the age of demons. We will meet again during that time. So do you best for me okay?"
"Yes, mistress! With this reality being the last, once the candidate here is killed, none may stop your arrival. "
"I do not want any mistakes Melpomene, kill every transmigrator and reincarnator in this world including your husbands. Are we clear? I will get you new ones when I arrive."
"Yes, mistress!"
