"I'm going to let them think they're winning. Let the Dukes scramble to prove their innocence. Let the Church think I'm too distracted to notice their movements. And then—"
She opened the door to her chambers.
"—when they're confident and exposed, I'll crush them completely."
The System looked at his Host with a mixture of admiration and concern.
"Host... you're really scary sometimes."
"Thank you," Heena said pleasantly. "Now, I need to bathe. Blood is sticky and annoying."
She walked into her bathing chamber, leaving the System floating in the main room, processing everything he'd just learned.
In the distance, church bells rang for the midday prayers.
And Heena smiled to herself as she began removing her blood-stained clothes.
Soon the System sighed and went to work. This was his assigned task—Heena had given him the job of monitoring the female lead's movements and activities. So he left to do his surveillance.
