Chapter 246: Alesia's Confession

Alesia was long since she had been a headmistress of the Virtue Royal Academy.

Since a long time ago, she has guided many students. Some were successful enough to become officials in the Royal Castle, such as the prime minister and the Queen. Some settled into normal lives, such as Vivian.

Most of her students, however, ended up teaching in the Royal Academy or the other Academies as teachers, following the elf's steps to build a better future for this world.

As someone who had lived long enough, she also lived to witness the appearance of the first Paladin. An unfortunate man who only lived a short life before the Goddess took his life to accompany her.

That man had a massive influence on Alesia, as she was still a young girl then. He gave her a dream, something that was seemingly impossible. She had worked hard toward that dream, but the opportunity never presented itself until the 2nd Paladin showed up in the world.

So she carried on the dream, wanting to make it come true in the next decade. And that was to build a school in the Sin Kingdom as well as stop the needless war between the two countries.

Above was the description I got when I used 'Requirement Appraisal' on Alesia. As for the requirement to dominate her, it was simple, as simple as Lucy.

Sins needed to dominate her: 500

Requirements:

1. Help her to achieve her dream (Ongoing)

I currently had 505 Sins from all my activities with the girls, and I apparently had helped her achieve her dream slowly since the description showed (ongoing) instead of having no status at all.

What her plan was, I still had no idea. But I knew it was related to why she was with Duke Blacktomb that night and introduced him to me. She was trying to make a connection with the Sin Kingdom and used this opportunity to get along with the Duke.

"As you have said, I have wanted your help since the beginning and dragged you a little by provoking you. For that, I apologize. I need to ensure you are truly the way I think you are."

At the start, she apologized and bowed her head slightly.

"Because no harm happened to me or my beloved, I forgive you."

'Though I will appreciate it if you don't seduce me again. I would attack you if I wasn't satisfied and lost my self-control.' I added in my mind.

"Thank you."

Alesia smiled radiantly, and her long ears flapped slightly. Was that a sign of happiness and relief?

"I will tell you about my plan. I can't keep it in the dark anymore, or you will hate me. Or so is what I think. Am I wrong?"

"Almost." I shrugged my shoulders. "If you don't tell me your plan today, I might think of you as my enemy. I am glad that will not be the case here."

"I made the correct decision then. If you make me your enemy, I think Juriel will also hate me. I don't want my old friend to feel that way." The headmistress nodded softly.

'Old friend, huh?' My focus was on that word.

That meant the Pope was at least older than she appeared to be. My memory about her was blurry, except I remembered she wore a blindfold, had lustrous blonde hair, and her breasts were as big as Bishop Ertha's.

"I think I stray from the original topic. Let's talk about my plan. You were aware of the past meeting in the Royal Capital?"

"I am aware." I nodded.

I dealt with Beatrice and found out she had charmed 2 Nobles in Capital City on top of Duke Bluerose and Baron Rose at that time, so I knew quite a bit.

"I found 2 charmed people." Alesia continued, "At first, they are moving quite strangely, and I am about to subdue them. But their movement changed once again after I heard teacher Emilia's report about you subduing the Succubus. I thought that you dominated the Succubus, so I let them be."

Her guess was somehow on the point that it was ridiculous. Her experience in life and her [Observer] title might help her in her deduction.

However, I didn't deny or confirm it as a primordial Succubus was something a bit sensitive in this world. Only a few from the Border City, including Emilia and probably Sana, knew that I had taken control of Beatrice and dominated her.

Even Sana only knew that I would take care of the primordial Succubus, and she didn't know I had dominated her yet.

'Alesia thought Beatrice as a simple Succubus and not a primordial one.'

"I will take your silence as yes," Alesia concluded.

"So I moved after that, getting close to Duke Blacktomb to know his goal of coming to the Virtue Kingdom and collected information from another source. Thankfully, he has the same goal as me, peace between two Kingdoms because a Paladin has appeared."

"Me?"

"Yes. The Sin Kingdom apparently doesn't want a war to run when a Paladin is still alive. They do not have enough power to fight you, considering the destruction the first Paladin brought to them. So they offered a cease-fire for 100 years.

"That gives me time to actualize my dream, to build an Academy in the Sin Kingdom and connect the two Kingdoms together to stop the meaningless war between us. And before you say something, I believe some sacrifices are necessary. I had Sinned too."

Without her saying what kind of sacrifices those were, I could guess some.

'She's the one who told the Princess about the Border City, huh?' I guessed. 'What a scary woman.'

Alesia loved her Academy and family more than anything.

Somehow, I could connect everything now.

If Alesia had helped the Princess, it explained how the Princess could influence Mia to provoke me. However, the headmistress probably didn't expect that Mia would choose Milea to kidnap, as at that time, I still punished the cheeky nun for what she did to Tristan.

Then she changed her approach. With her [Observer] title, using her skill <Clairvoyance> to peek at the situation in the Border City for a while wasn't impossible. The reason why she told me not to create a war between the church and the government was clear now.

'She wants to deal with her mistake, the Princess, by herself.'

Thankfully, I also made a countermeasure. The news about my feat in defeating the scary monster, Scylla, had now spread all over the Kingdom.

'While Alesia doesn't know I am the one who controls Border City from the shadows now, I think she knows my relationship with them. That's why she knew I was the one who made the Princess disappear.'

"Your influence is also bigger than I thought." Alesia continued with a stoic expression. "That's why I came clean like this and offered what I treasured the most, my own self, to get your help in realizing my dream.

"What do you think? If you agree to help me, I can tell you about my future plan, and we can talk about it today. And I will help you with your plan as long as it's within my capability."

I didn't answer immediately. Alesia just knew too much about me, so leaving her alone was bad. If I agreed to help and dominate her, that would erase the possibility of her spreading news about me and destroy my reputation as a kind and good Paladin.

And if I accepted her offer, I would get an open gate to the Sin Kingdom while maintaining my anonymous state of the real leader of the Border City.

That and I could get the headmistress' help for my plan in the near future about the Princess.

'The benefit of helping her is worth the risk. With Duke Blacktomb's help, I can also go to the Sin Kingdom as a guest. Considering her personality and attitude toward me, Goddess Lilith would probably just laugh and tell me to conquer the Sin Kingdom's women.'

After considering it carefully, I nodded my head and extended my hand.

"Let's make an Academy in the Sin Kingdom."

Alesia looked at my hand for a second before beaming with a wide smile.

"It will be a long-term plan, so we don't need to rush. But I really appreciate your help in the future. Thanks."

"You're welcome."

And so we talked more about Alesia's plan for the future on connecting with the Sin Kingdom without any problem. I also told her that I would need a little help in the near future, and she agreed to help me after I explained it. She said it might be the best way to realize her plan faster.