"Hmm...?"
"I’ll speak frankly. The situation is already over, and there’s no way to struggle."
Since Sharmia had a look of not understanding, I added an explanation.
"Taeheo planned this situation from long ago. If that thing was an incomplete existence, there might have been another way. But I doubt there’s such a flaw in a method established by an outer god over thousands of years."
"Th-then, what countermeasure are you preparing?"
"There is none. At first, I thought of buying time with you, Princess, and thinking of something, but no matter how I think, it’s impossible that the thing didn’t consider what I came up with."
"Ah..."
It was a reality with no way out. Taeheo's wariness was extremely sensitive, and the point when it began to act was when the conclusion was already decided. After that, its actions were paranoid, like grinding an already shattered glass in a mortar.
'I still don't know the reason for that behavior...' Why did it guard against me so much even after securing victory? I had guesses but no certainty.
Therefore, I had to gather information.
"Therefore— I wish for Your Highness to create a countermeasure."
"...You mean to go back to the past and create a crack in Taeheo's plan."
"No." The Emperor, who had been silently listening to Sharmia's determined expression, spoke.