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Following the directions given by Earl Timoti, I managed to create an attack path that involved surprise attack and swift movement.

"This attack plan is quite good, Lily-sama. It just needs to be considered in backup plan of the ever-changing conditions on the battlefield."

"For example, like what happened in this place... previously this place was filled with thick and cold white snow, but now it has changed into a place with spring. Winter and spring have a different tactics when war happens."

"Its not bad and already perfect, but it should be remembered that this is a battle plan used as a reference for simulation in actual battlefield conditions."

I nodded hearing the attention from Earl Timoti who praised the results of my hard work in processing the topographic map wrapped in my rough attack plan to be carried out by the stealth slime.

It was approaching evening and the cold winter air could be felt in this open space.

The sudden spring seemed unable to lie to the winter that was still happening. Thanks to the blessings given by Ciel and Sia, we at least had a supply of warm air to get through the night that should have been cold like this.

Accompanied by the light of the lanterns that began to light up, I watched the shadows of the sunlight slowly disappear, replaced by the darkness of the night.

"Will this crude attack plan work for a bunch of stealth slimes who don’t seem to understand detailed commands like this?" an unexpected voice came from Alyssa who had suddenly stood beside me.

Because my brain was too focused on studying Earl Timoti’s military attack tactics, I didn’t notice my surroundings which were now filled with my family and the distinguished guests who had suddenly come to visit.

Besides Alyssa, Princess Anastasia was also paying attention to the topographic map that I had made with my own two hands.

"Not a bad plan, Lily," said Princess Anastasia with her eyes moving as she read my entire attack plan.

"In addition to creating surprise attacks and quick attacks, you also seem to have considered a backup attack plan in case one of the attack plans is delayed or fails," Princess Anastasia read the flow of my attack plan and noticed another plan that served as a backup.

"I don’t know what to do if one of those attacks fails to be carried out by the stealth slimes. No matter what, their enemy is the Golden King Bear. If bears generally hibernate during the winter, they mate throughout the winter to expand their colony," I said while giving some general information that the bears are led by the Golden King Bear.

"Onee-sama, rather than doing something troublesome like this. Wouldn’t it be better to jump straight into the battlefield and slaughter them with a single slash of your katana?" Alice’s words had caught everyone’s attention.

Not only my family, but other peoples like Earl Timoti’s private troops also seemed interested in hearing my answer.

In the shadow of the darkness of the night that had just appeared, I lowered my face into the shadow of my military cap.

A wide smile that looked like a troublemaker and a sweet villainess was reflected in my facial expression.

"Isn’t it much more interesting if I could control monsters to the point where they could be used like this?"

"I’m not a monster tamer... but I can tame slimes like this and they can carry out simple orders from me. Isn’t it already very fun when one of the forest monster herds is under the control of the Marquess Rommel family?"

My face which was covered by the shadow of the military cap immediately lifted and revealed my entire cold facial expression.

"If possible, I want to manage the resources of the monsters that have allied with the Marquess Rommel family."

"I thought about this during our vacation, the fruits we picked from the deepest forest have a high level of quality in terms of purity and freshness. If only they could give me fruit… uhh… I mean help me enjoy fresh fruit like that every day. That would be beneficial for me… Ahh… I mean it would be beneficial for the Marquess Rommel Family who can enjoy fruit that is guaranteed to be fresh by the nature!" I shouted with my words almost showing my true intentions.

My facial expression which had changed with the leak of my heart’s intentions returned to an expressionless face.

"Onee-sama, so that’s your real goal…"

"Lily-nee, if you want to enjoy fresh fruit every day in the forest. I can bring it for you…"

Alice and Alyssa who knew my true intentions had leaked it to everyone.

My father and mother who knew this just nodded as if they agreed with my plan and intention to make stealth slime a courier for fruits from the forest where they live.

"It’s okay, Nee-san... I know why you like fresh fruits that are eaten after being picked directly from the forest. Even in a banquet to worship my Goddess, they bring clean up fresh fruit offerings to be given as a tribute to my Goddess," said Ciel who wiggled her fox tail after understanding my heart’s intention expressed by my twin step-sister.

"This reminds me of one thing. Does my sweet little sister want to taste a peach that grows in the seventh heaven?" Sia suddenly asked a question that caught everyone’s attention.

Ciel suddenly looked serious after hearing Sia say that.

"Sia, that’s not a fruit that can be eaten by humans. Don’t you remember when that peach seeds alone made humans fight each other?" replied Ciel with an uncomfortable expression on her face.

"Isn’t that okay? After all, the one who ate it was one of the Saintesses just like us. Oh! That right! Hey little girl... do you want to taste it too?" Sia’s gaze was fixed on Hana who was sitting still with dark eyes that looked like she was remembering something.

"Huumm? Hana?" I said to Hana. Seeing her flat facial expression filled with darkness, invited various questions from her.

I stepped my feet to where Hana was sitting.

She who was sitting quietly without making many movements seemed to be trying to remember something.

"Oh, is she seeing what happened to the peach seed that grew in the seventh heaven?"

"Seeing her overprotective Goddess like that. I can understand if the sight in her mind would shake her," said Sia who accompanied me to Hana.

"Do you know what’s happening to Hana?" I asked Sia who seemed to understand Hana’s attitude who had become quiet like this.

Behind Hana’s quiet attitude, I could feel her blue eyes filled with holy magic energy that made her pupils golden.

"Ahh, it seems like I know what happened to Hana," I continued to say, answering the curiosity of the people around me.

"The Goddess Aurora is giving her a vision of the situation in the past, right?" I said calmly and returned to my place which contained a topographic map to a rough plan of my attack simulation.

"I don’t want to interfere in a conflict that seems dangerous. But if you want to give it, make sure it’s not known by others, Sia," I gave a small warning to Sia to be more careful when she wanted to give me an object that might become a source of trouble in the future.

"Huuftt… a war between humans almost happened again, Luckily Nee-san didn’t get caught up in Sia’s dangerous actions like that," Ciel stroked her chest and moved her tail after hearing my decision.

"Ueeh? What’s wrong with that? I just want to share that special peach with my little sister," Sia answered Ciel’s words by looking like she wanted to do something to her tail but was restrained by my cold attitude that ignored them.

I quickly returned to my place and looked at the arrangement of wooden blocks that formed the stealth slime attack simulation.

"Earl Timoti, do you think this can still be improved with the information being investigated by the stealth slime? I do hope that they can infiltrate and conduct spy activities. However, I also do not expect their information to be detailed to show the main fighting power of the Golden King Bear. Their intellectual have their limits, right?"

Hearing my words about the conflict that would occur between the stealth slime herd and the Golden King Bear herd, Earl Timoti just stroked his hair as if he was unsure of what to answer.

"That is quite difficult for me to answer, Lily-sama."

"The instincts possessed by monsters and humans are very different."

"For example, the simulated attack tactics created by Lily-sama on a map like this. For the size of human understanding and intelligence, they will fill in the gaps in information quickly. However, for a monster that has a fighting instinct to solve problems. Perhaps it would be better if Lily-sama did not expect detailed information from the stealth slime."

The answer given by Earl Timoti is quite clear.

Human logic and reasoning are far superior to monsters.

"Oh! But there are subhuman monsters that have intelligence that cannot be underestimated. Like goblins and kobolds. Their physical form is almost the same as humans and their behavior always makes it difficult for the kingdom’s soldiers who are undergoing apprenticeship training to kill them."

"There was even a record where a group of goblins managed to occupy a village and impregnate all the women in the village."

Thuuuutt...

Earl Timoti’s words immediately made the fine hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

My dirty mind began to imagine an illicit relationship between humans and monsters.

My logic and reasoning overlapped on this matter.

Maybe I shouldn’t underestimate monsters that have human-like body shapes.

"Ahem! Earl Timoti, I think that makes us feel a little uncomfortable," Princess Anastasia expressed her awkwardness when she heard that a group of goblins were able to impregnate a village woman.

"Forgive my impudence, Princess Anastasia," Earl Timoti bowed respectfully for his impudence.

The night that was increasingly showing its existence was greeted by a strange voice walking towards me.

Boinnggg...

Boiingg...

It seems they have succeeded in carrying out my orders.