I was raised in the simulator, and I’m really not a bad woman in Ark!

Even Theresa didn't know why she thought this way subconsciously.

But after thinking for a while, Theresa finally decided to respect her intuition. In the past two hundred years, her intuition has guided her and Kazdel towards the future and victory more than once, avoiding disasters time and time again, and fighting against suffering time and time again.

So this time Theresa still chose to trust her intuition.

Finally, they dressed up nicely and received Sakota, who came from afar, in the same manner as they had received envoys from other countries.

As the crisp sound of high heels hitting the floor was echoing, Theresa, followed by many guards, came to the prepared reception room surrounded by her own servants.

After an operator respectfully opened the door, Theresa smiled and thanked him, then walked into the door of the reception room that was filled with light.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room which was neither too big nor too small and whose decoration was simple but not shabby, the dark-haired beauty was seen with a look of curiosity and a bit of nervousness.

Is that Luciana?

What a beautiful lady, and brave enough too.

Theresa thought so as she looked at the black halo that appeared above the other person's head.

After all, although Babel Tower was willing to provide this lady with sufficient security and personal protection, Theresa had also dispatched and deployed reception personnel at the agreed location on the border in advance, regardless of whether Luciana would come or not.

But that is only limited to the territory of Kazdel.

As for the long journey from Lateran to Kazdel, Theresa knew very well that there was no order in that wasteland, and the area located between national borders and disputed borders was always in a lawless state.

Sarkaz refugees, bandits, thieves, primitive creatures, natural disasters, Originium jungles...

These are things that are never lacking in that wasteland.

And Luciana can rely on an off-road vehicle and come to the land of Kazdel as a Sakota.

It was indeed a brave act, and he really deserved Theresa's respect.

At the same time, while Theresa was looking at Luciana, Luciana was also looking at Theresa who walked in from the door with the same carefulness.

how to say?

It cannot be said that there is any difference between Theresa and Luciana's imagined images, but they are completely different.

After all, the so-called devil, no matter how you think about it, should be a being with a hideous face and abominable expression, right?

Even though Thearesia's identity among the Sarkaz was known as the so-called 'Pure White Demon King' or 'Merciful Demon King'.

But he is still a demon king after all.

In addition, the Sarkaz are more or less demonized in Lateran or the entire Terra.

Under the influence of what she saw and heard, Luciana also wanted to think about Theresa's affairs in the most objective and fair manner possible.

But humans are ultimately subjective creatures, and it is inevitable that they will be influenced by emotions and environment.

Therefore, although Dusouhao felt a little sorry, Luciana had to admit that she had previously imagined Theresa to be a being with at least three completely different expressions and faces, with a muscular body, at least three meters tall, dark skin, at least eight arms, smelling of sweat and blood, and a chain made of biological bones hanging around her neck.

But now...

Looking at Theresa in front of him, she naturally exudes the temperament of a monarch from the inside out and seems to have a gentle aura in her bones.

Luciana looked at the other person's delicate face, long, smooth cherry-white hair, beautiful eyes, slender figure, pure white robe, exquisite jewelry, and the elegant temperament that seemed to be born with her.

The woman from Lateran could only say: It's nice to watch, I love it, and I hope there will be more of this kind of demon king.

If every Sarkaz had the same appearance as the prince in front of him.

I'm afraid that in the whole of Terra, as long as people's eyes are not blind, there won't be so many rumors about the strange demonization of the Sarkaz, right?

There are also rumors about this demon king. I will make sure to correct them after I return to Lateran.

How could such a beautiful and gentle lady be a muscular freak? I don't know who made up this rumor...

Muttering in her heart, Luciana withdrew her gaze from Theresa, stood up and straightened her clothes a little, obviously intending to say hello to the demon king in front of her.

After seeing this scene, Theresa also tacitly withdrew her gaze, although for some reason there seemed to be a familiar aura on the other person.

However, because the breath was a little faint and seemed to be somewhat different from what she remembered, Theresa could not remember where the familiarity of this breath came from for a moment.

So Theresa, who came with serious business, didn't plan to continue wasting time. Looking at Luciana who was about to greet her, she smiled gently and said first:

"Hello, brave lady. I am Theresa, the leader of the Tower of Babel, the Demon King of the Sarkaz, and the one who invited you here. Welcome to the Tower of Babel, a place full of hope and vision."

She spoke slowly, her gentle figure was like the soft song of a nightingale. Theresa's gentle temperament coupled with her ethereal and beautiful figure seemed to give people an exquisite ear massage.

It was enough to make anyone who had no ill will towards Theresa feel a newfound fondness for the gentle Theresa at this moment, regardless of race, gender or age.

"Hello, Her Highness Theresa. I am Luciana, a former Lateran Foreign Ministry envoy from Lateran and now a freelance war correspondent for Lateran Newspaper. Thank you for your invitation and Operator Babel's protection along the way. I look forward to our future interactions."

Luciana answered neither humbly nor arrogantly, but she did give Theresa the respect that a monarch deserved.

The experience and mature diplomatic skills she had accumulated as a member of Lateran's diplomacy became her advantages at this moment. Her impeccable words also earned her a lot of favor from Theresa.

It also made the operators who were standing in the corner like sculptures to protect Theresa's safety have a better impression of Luciana.

After all, most of the people and operators here are Sarkaz.

Just as Lateran’s propaganda about the Sarkaz is somewhat demonized.

Although the Sarkaz don't have any special large-scale propaganda activities due to poverty and chaos.

However, in the eyes of the older generation and word of mouth, the image of Ratlan in the eyes of the Sarkaz is naturally associated with traitors, betrayers, and shameless people.

Therefore, the degree of demonization can be said to be exactly the same, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is even more exaggerated.

However, Luciana's performance has now made the guards, who had a lot of prejudice against Sakota, have a slightly better impression of her.

People who are polite and know how to speak will never suffer any loss.

This obviously also applies to Kazdel, at least it definitely applies to Theresa.

"It's just my job. After all, I invited you. If I'm not responsible for your safety, then I, as the leader of the Tower of Babel, would be negligent in my duty." Theresa's impression of Luciana increased a lot. She could see that there was no false emotion in Luciana's words. However, she declined Luciana's thanks. After all, Luciana came to such a dangerous place as Kazdel, and even the former Theresis had to arrange protection for Luciana.

This is a respect for other people's courage, an invitation to oneself, and even a maintenance of one's own dignity.

Theresa didn't think that such protection was worthy of any gratitude from the other party.

At least the person you should be thanking shouldn't be yourself.

"If you really want to thank someone for this, then thank the Sarkaz who protected you against the Tower of Babel."

"I just did some insignificant things. The ones who really worked hard and deserve your gratitude are always the ones who really helped you, right, Ms. Luciana?"

Theresa said this while smiling gently at Luciana.

Luciana was stunned for a moment when she heard Theresa's gentle words, although she was not sure how much sincerity and falsehood there were in Theresa's words.

But just talking about her attitude towards her subordinates, Luciana felt that Theresa was much better than most of the rulers and leaders of organizations she had ever met.

The pure white devil, the merciful devil?

Is that what you mean? It really fits the character of this prince.

I couldn't help but think in my heart that Luciana seemed to have a new understanding of the name Theresa passed down by word of mouth in the Sarkaz.

After a brief moment of shock, Luciana was able to conceal her abnormality well with her good diplomatic qualities, and then said with a decent smile:

"...Yes, we should thank them very much."

"But as their leader, Your Highness Theresa still deserves my gratitude. After all, there is an old saying in Yan Country, 'If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked.' Those mercenaries were very friendly when they protected us. Therefore, if it weren't for your influence, I think we would definitely have encountered a lot of trouble because of our status."

Although it was a question, Luciana used an affirmative tone, obviously confirming this point, and pointed a finger at the halo above her head.

His tone was sincere, his eyes were clear, without any falsehood.

"...Haha, is that so? Then I will accept your compliment for the time being, Ms. Luciana."

Theresa looked at Luciana who was pointing at the halo in front of her, and the corners of her mouth could not help but slightly rise. She chuckled softly, and finally stopped refusing, and accepted Luciana's compliment for the time being, and then said:

"However, in exchange, Miss Luciana, you can just call me Theresa. You don't need to add the honorific of Your Highness. You are not my subject, but my guest. Therefore, it is enough for you to spend more time with me as a friend."

"This... this is inappropriate, right?" Luciana subconsciously wanted to refuse. Although she had met polite people like Theresa before, Luciana instinctively felt that those people were just being polite.

But from Theresa's words, Luciana instinctively felt that the other party seemed to really have this attitude. She had no intention of pretending to be nice, but was simply expressing her own thoughts.

It seemed as if the other party didn't care about his identity as the Demon King at all.

It's very strange, but it is indeed easy to win people's favor. After all, who doesn't like an approachable and gentle demon sister?

"There's nothing inappropriate about it. I invited you and you're my guest, so it's appropriate, isn't it?"

Theresa smiled and shook her head, obviously accepting the way Luciana addressed her.

Seeing this, Luciana stopped struggling. After thinking for a while, she nodded and agreed to Theresa's request.

After all, as the Demon King, she has taken the initiative to allow you, a foreigner, to call her by her real name. It would be impolite if you continue to refuse.

Around them, the Sarkaz guards were all sweating profusely after hearing the conversation between Luciana and Theresa.

Although most of them do not have the cultural level to understand the meaning of "the upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked".

But from the conversation between the two women, they could hear what Luciana meant!

Then they thought back to their previous rejection and disdain for Luciana, combined with what the other party had said.

The Sarkaz guards were sweating profusely to some extent. After all, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked. If the lower beams are crooked, how can the upper beam be straight?

Fortunately, they had restrained themselves and remained silent, otherwise it would have embarrassed Theresa.

They didn't care about their own face at all, but they were afraid that their actions might eventually affect Theresa's image.

There's nothing you can do about it, Theresa's charm is just that powerful.

After all, he is the light of the Sarkaz and the true king in the hearts of all Sarkaz.

She deserves to be respected and loved like this.

Chapter 162: The So-Called Benevolent Devil

After changing the way Luciana addressed herself, Theresa chatted with the Sakota woman in front of her about many things.

However, they talked about trivial matters and topics that did not contain much information or nutrition, such as the hardships Luciana had experienced in coming to Kazdel. In fact, both Luciana and Theresa knew that the greetings between them at the moment were meaningless, but they did so out of understanding and for the purpose of getting to know each other's personalities through communication.

They all need to communicate for some time.

And after a period of half-polite and half-sincere communication.

The two people who had a pleasant conversation had a rough idea of ​​each other's personalities, or rather, Theresa completely understood Luciana's character, but Luciana only saw Theresa's gentleness and kindness on the surface, and did not notice Theresa's hidden side as the queen.

But it’s not a big problem. After all, no one can usually see the Queen’s twisted and paranoid side.

To be honest, even the change in Theresa today was due to the influence of that sealed side and the interference of memories brought by dreams.

Therefore, Luciana actually basically recognized Theresa's truest side.

Finally, after all this, the topic between the two of them was back on track.

"Phew... It's really a pleasure to communicate with you, Luciana, but we also need to discuss some important matters. As the leader of the Tower of Babel, I don't have much time. I hope you can understand."

After Theresa finished talking with Luciana about clothing, she breathed a sigh of relief and decided to get to the point.

Although the communication with Luciana made her feel comfortable after a long time, it had been a long time since Theresa had experienced daily communication without being deliberately respected and loved.

But she still had many things to deal with, including the meeting at the Tower of Babel, the reform of the Babel army, the purge of internal forces, and her own agent after her "death".

What Theresa needs to do is really no less than what her brother who is planning a blitzkrieg on Londinium needs to do.

Although according to the information in Tracy's mind, Tracy has now led his elite troops and the Royal Guard to Londinium at the invitation of the Duke of Victoria.

However, in order to preserve the scale of the Tower of Babel to the greatest extent and to achieve the re-takeover of the entire Kazdel on Silent Paper.

Theresa felt that she might be busier than her brother who was preparing to usurp Londinium.

Because Tracy even left all the tasks of rebuilding Kazdel, resettling the poor, and attracting exiled Sarkaz to himself, under the pretext that he had to look for the Duke and was busy.

In fact, from Theresa's perspective, it was simply that her brother didn't want to work overtime and take care of the mess.

So Theresa is really busy and distressed.

"Oh, I see... I understand you, Theresa. Everyone has things to do and missions to fulfill on this earth. You and I are both part of this. We should indeed talk about some important things."

Luciana was obviously a little disappointed, but she also understood.

Who made Theresa the leader of the Tower of Babel, the demon king of the Sarkaz clan, and also in the middle of the civil war in Kazdel?