After his time with Evileye, Arthur was sitting in his study with a relaxed expression. As he flicked through the pages of some parchment, Demiurge gesticulated.
"Now then, Friday, what was the result of the grouping?" Arthur asked without taking his eyes from the parchment.
Since infinity can't be seen, what Friday suggested as a countermeasure was a grouping of possibilities that have happened repeatedly in the infinite span of time. Through which Arthur can identify what the common methods his children will use to exploit Nazrick will be and also find common causality.
Because there are infinite branches of time, sorting such information will take time. For humans, even if they took all their life, they would only be able to clear at most ten. But for Friday, within the past week, she was able to cover a billion possible futures.
[There are only two possibilities, Sir. First, you kill them. Letting them live only brings more destruction and suffering. And also death.]
Friday didn't specify which death, as she didn't have to for Arthur; any death related to any of his lovers is on the same wavelength, which he needs to prevent. Even though he can resurrect, when someone accepts Arthur into their life, their life is his responsibility. Which means he didn't allow them to have death because of some family feud. It's his responsibility to protect them from harm.
"So what is the other method?" Arthur asked, still reading the parchment with a relaxed face.
[It would be to use {Atlas} on them.]
{Atlas}—a world-class item, to be more precise. Just like Gargantua, Atlas is also a golem, meaning it doesn't have a consciousness of its own, and its primary purpose isn't for war or anything flashy; instead, it's to keep the promises or contract that are made within Nazarick.
Of course, there are conditions; the most important one is the promise must be made to the holder of the artifact, that is, to Arthur.
And the contractor can control, restrict, or ban an action from the contractee. In simple terms, the contractee will become a slave to the contractor. If the promise is made about loyalty or something along the line.
The reason why Arthur didn't use it previously was because he didn't want to make his children slaves who didn't even have freedom of their own, but now he didn't think much of it, probably something related to his recent change to Doppelganger and back.
"So a slave life, huh?" Arthur murmured as he looked up from the parchment for the first time and walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside.
[Either that or Death, Sir. There are no other options. They know their ambition; words wouldn't change them and can't change them. They are loyal to the cause. To usurp the throne, they will stop at nothing. Their perseverance is commendable. They are, without a doubt, your offspring.]
"Right," Arthur said with a smile; to say he is not proud would be a lie. If they are some cowardly bastards who show their belly at the moment of trouble, then Arthur doesn't think he would love them like he currently does.
But what can he say? A fire gives rise to embers, after all.
[You seem extremely proud of the children, who are rebellious against you, Sir. Are you perhaps a closet Mastocrist?]
"I AM FUCKING NOT." Friday's comment breaks the tranquility Arthur holds in the room. "Why do you say that?"
[Well, I see that you already completed all the role-play; I think you need to clutch up to the next level, Sir. You have talent.] Friday said in her usual monologue tone, to which Arthur still couldn't understand if she was joking, sarcastic or serious.
"Please tell me you are joking, Friday."
[I am joking...]
"Right, I know..."
[...For now.]
"What the fuck does that mean? Am I going to Mascoticrist's future? Please tell me no. Fuck that, Friday, delete all possibilities."
[...] Friday didn't say anything hearing Arthur's outburst, but Arthur can imagine she is enjoying this torturous moment of depriving Arthur of his future sleep.
[By the way, Sir. Kokabiel will make his entry very soon. If you take him as a joke, then Sono Sitri will die. And Expect changes from the original plot.]
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