349 3 Months [3]

"Was it a good idea to just let them go like that?"

Demon Queen Eliza's voice broke the silence that enveloped the dining hall.

"Why? Didn't you hear what I said?" Eden responded with a smile.

"Tch. It's been so many years, don't think I don't know your true nature by now. Just tell it to me straight instead of speaking in riddles."

The Demon King's smile became odd. "It's fine to let them go. In the end, their use has already passed. In the coming days, their interference will only become an unreliable variable instead of something helpful. As for what we do now, I didn't lie to the boy. 

"There are only three months left until they leave this realm. Until that time, we wait patiently and grow our strength. Don't you know the nature of this realm? The Divinities will focus their gazes away from our world as those kids move on to further trials. Without His constant surveillance, we can perform the Ancestral Ritual without interference."