Chapter 327
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Chapter 327: The Best and Worst Timing
I remember having seen this mail address…but where was it?
Once I looked up the mail address in the inbox of my mail account, the answer immediately became clear. Laplace3298＠free.com is the mail address used by the administrator of Laplace.
Now knowing the sender, I opened the mail.
『
Dear Saburou (ID536)-sama
Thank you kindly for always using this site.
This time I’m writing to you, Creator Shion-sama――also known as the Supreme Ruler of Hokuriku――as I have a proposal to make.
In case you’re willing to accept my proposal, please click the link below:
hOOps://code.me/Q/onmessage/34612 (T/N: I invalidated the link so that no one clicks on it by accident. But it’s a dead link anyway ;-))
This URL will connect you to a streaming software allowing you to talk with me while meeting face to face. Moreover, my proposal includes the following:
My forces will form a permanent partnership with the Aster Empire from now on. By concluding a friendly relationship with my forces, you will be able to escape your current predicament. I believe this proposal will bring huge benefits to both sides.
【Important】
Please understand that you will be permanently banned from accessing Laplace in case you refuse my proposal after following the link above.
– Laplace Administrator
』
I see…the timing for this offer is perfect and at the same time terrible. Right now I, or rather Aster, is facing a problem that’s difficult to resolve.
Since a method to solve this very issue has suddenly cropped up, you could call it the best possible timing, but…at the same time you could also call it the worst timing as it comes with potential with us starting from an inferior position into this alliance.
Even the option of just listening to their side…rejecting has been cut off.
Now then, what should I do? It’s seriously terrible timing. I don’t even have the time to consider it carefully.
Then again, this is an unexpected proposal. I haven’t included it in any of my calculations. Even if I succeed or fail in the defense, I can always go back to my own pace, if I refuse the offer.
Refusing, huh…?
However, the proposal is far too attractive, too.
Why did they choose a timing like this? If the timing would have been different, I’d have likely agreed to it right away. That’s how powerful the influence of Laplace’s administrator is.
What should I do?
There are advantages and disadvantages if I accept the proposal, just as there are advantages and disadvantages if I refuse it.
I simulated those inside my head.
Laplace’s administrator knows my current situation. In short, he’s watching from nearby…?
――No! They’d be able to grasp something like that even from a distance, if only they looked it up online.
But, I’ll be able to escape my current predicament…if I accept the proposal of Laplace’s administrator…? What does this mean?
Are they going to order all the demon kings on Laplace to launch an all-out attack on the humans?
――No! They hold a position allowing them to manage Laplace, but the administrator has absolutely no authority to order any of its participants and even if they made such an order, I can’t believe that the other demon kings would obey just like that.
In that case, the answer I can deduce from this is――Laplace’s administrator is close to the Aster Empire. The candidates for possible locations would be the Fukui, Shiga, and Mie Prefectures which still have demon kings, the Niigata Prefecture which we are invading, the Nagano Prefecture which is ruled by Secret, and the Aichi Prefecture which is ruled by Storm.
As a dark horse, my current ally Kaoru would be possible too, but…since Kaoru has already formed an alliance with me, the probability is close to zero, I think.
All the demon kings in Fukui are small timers. They don’t possess the strength to save me. Likewise, I don’t have any information of demon kings, who would be powerful enough to overturn the current war situation, residing in Mie and Shiga either.
In that case, the real identity of Laplace’s administrator can be narrowed down to either Nina or Sati.
If I judge by tone and personality…neither fits the image of being Laplace’s administrator. Even if the administrator were to be part of the Upper Class Demon Kings’ thread…Seven or Ikkoku would come to mind first.
Having said that, I doubt Seven who resides in Tohoku, or Ikkoku who resides in Chugoku, would be able to help Aster out of its current predicament.
As a result of considering various elements and facts in my head, Nina would fit the bill the most. Assuming Nina to be the administrator of Laplace, I would form a partnership with the Thirteen Evil Star ruling over the Nagano Prefecture.
The benefit of that would be quite big.
The locational relationship with Aster, their character as demon king, and as secondary special benefit, their position as administrator of Laplace; all of these would bring unfathomable blessings to Aster in the future.
What could be considered a demerit…would be the relationship with the demon kings, except for Nina, in the Upper Class Demon Kings’ thread. If they hear about Nina and I having formed a cooperative alliance, what will the other demon kings in that thread think about it?
Probably nothing good. It’s also possible that the entire thread with its high utility value dies away.
But, that’s not the only demerit.
This time I’ll be in an inferior position. I don’t know what conditions will be set for the cooperation to come into existence.
Moreover, I don’t think Laplace’s administrator is as lame as Motoki, but…they’re a demon king making this offer at such a terrible timing.
It’s unclear how far they can be trusted.
Hmm. Ultimately, it’s just my guess that Nina hides behind the name of Laplace’s administrator. It’s more than possible that they’re actually nothing more than some random small demon king in the area, even if that would be ridiculous after all my considerations.
It’s truly the best and worst timing…
I wrecked my head over this difficult decision.
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