Chapter 119 | Miss Destiny's Speedrun Manual

Law Freya signed the name 【Kelydla Lawrence】 on the contract. The moment the final stroke was completed, it signified that the contract had officially taken effect.

As if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders, the King's expression showed a mixture of loss and relief. He said, “I will prepare the abdication ceremony now. Therefore, this country is in your hands from now on, child.”

Then, the King turned to Trig and said, “In that case, can that Rank Seven potion be returned? Of course, not to me, but to this child. I no longer need that potion now.”

“Furthermore, the occult barrier sealing the city can also be deactivated, allowing the city to function once again. And let the news of the new monarch's ascension spread to every corner of the kingdom.”

Having said all this, how could the King not guess that the one who stole the potion was Trig?

Trig also nodded and said, “I will find a way to contact my collaborator later and have her return the potion.”

However, upon hearing this, Law Freya's expression stiffened slightly. Ever since the potion went missing, Kuro had been hiding all over the place, so Trig currently had no idea that the one who stole the potion wasn't Kuro.

But the problem was, she couldn't say the potion was on her right now, because she didn't have it on her person at all. That potion was on War Freya, inside the system save slot.

And once Trig actually contacted Kuro and found out the potion wasn't in her hands, he would likely continue the city lockdown and begin a genuine city-wide search for the potion.

But this was actually easy to handle. In reality, Law Freya could produce that Rank Seven potion. She could directly confess that she was the one who had “taken” the potion, which shouldn't have any impact on her subsequent ascension.

If the King and Trig asked, she could simply shift the blame to the Wheel of Destiny, pinning it on that non-existent great existence within it, 【Destiny】.

Alternatively, in reality, Law Freya could have Trig delay his actions for a few days. She could wait for Kuro to head to Euphy's house, reunite with the little catgirl, and rebuild her favorability. Then, Freya would hand the potion over to Kuro, allowing Kuro to deliver it.

Freya would say that a friend of hers had given it to her. However, seeing that Kuro was unable to complete her mission, Freya would reluctantly part with the potion to help Kuro fulfill her commission.

This way, she could also boost the catgirl's favorability. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

In that case, there was no real need to remain in this simulation any longer. Law Freya could directly exit the simulation, return to reality, and then replicate everything she had done in the simulation.

With this in mind, Law Freya silently commanded in her heart, “Exit simulation.”

The next second, a prompt appeared before her: 【Simulation complete. Duration: eleven days. Save this slot?】

Freya casually selected “No.” In reality, the current time was the day after Freya had met the King, which was also right before Law Freya set off for the Ashworth mansion to meet Trig in the previous simulation.

Thus, Freya immediately summoned Law Freya and had her set off right away. The subsequent events unfolded exactly as they had in the simulation. Two hours later, Trig arrived at the Ashworth mansion, and Law Freya completed the negotiations with him.

Although she had lamented during the simulation about whether she had bragged too much—to the point of making Trig abandon his ideas of becoming Regent and sincerely want to assist her—to prevent any unexpected changes, Law Freya still said the exact same things she did in the simulation. What if she stopped bragging and Trig ended up refusing to cooperate?

Therefore, it was safer to say exactly what she had said in the simulation.

Time passed to the night of the sixth day of the city lockdown. Freya ran into Kuro stealing food in the kitchen. After a brief conversation, she agreed to let Kuro stay in her room and promised to bring her food.

After all, she had already spent time with this catgirl once before, so boosting her favorability was much easier this time around.

Just like that, the tenth day arrived. This was when Trig had begun his operation in the previous simulation, but under Law Freya's suggestion, it was delayed by a few days. During this time, Law Freya chatted with Trig about the thief, only to discover that Trig had no idea Kuro was a member of the Society of Truth. He didn't even know the Society of Truth existed.

Trig had simply sent his people to find a powerful extraordinary of the Trick Pathway. His subordinate had found the catgirl and recommended her, and after a brief conversation, they finalized the commission.

In other words, if Freya wanted to establish a connection with the Society of Truth, Trig's side was a dead end. She could only build up her favorability with the catgirl.

Thus, on that very same day, while casually chatting with Kuro, Freya suddenly brought it up. “By the way, Kuro, your employer commissioned you to steal a Rank Seven Arbiter potion, right?”

The two tails behind Kuro swayed gently as she replied, “Yes, meow~”

Freya said, “Maybe I can help you?”

Kuro tilted her little head and looked at Freya in confusion without saying a word. Freya continued, “That potion seems to be in the hands of a friend of mine. Maybe I can ask her for it.”

As soon as those words were spoken, Kuro's constantly swaying tails froze. The entire cat went stiff for several seconds before stammering, “Meow... meow?”

Even though she was a bit silly, she knew a Rank Seven potion was incredibly precious. How could anyone just give it away for nothing?

Freya explained, “Mainly, my friend just stole it on a whim. The potion is completely useless to her, and she'd only keep it on display as a collectible at best. But if I give it to you, it can help you complete your commission.”

Since Trig had commissioned Kuro to steal a Rank Seven potion, the reward for the commission certainly wouldn't be much worse than the potion itself. Otherwise, Kuro could have easily abandoned the commission and run away with the stolen potion.

Besides, while a Rank Seven potion was indeed precious, it wasn't that precious in certain contexts. For instance, to an extraordinary who wasn't on the Arbiter Pathway, the thing was entirely useless. No matter how powerful it was, they could only stare at it; they couldn't drink it.

For example, if a Rank Six Trick potion and a Rank Seven Law potion were placed in front of Kuro, she would definitely choose the Rank Six one.

Thus, Freya's logic held up perfectly. She said, “I've already asked, and she doesn't mind at all. How about I go fetch it for you tomorrow?”

Kuro immediately pounced and hugged Freya, rubbing her cheek against Freya's. “Then... then... thank you so, so much, meow! I'll split half the commission reward with you when the time comes, meow!”