Chapter 341 Knowing One Better Than Yourself
?Lunaria stared at Erich with a deep sense of curiosity. It had been some time since she met with a member of the Germanic Military. Not only was Erich's age unusual for his position, but his demeanor was respectful to her, too respectful.
He had gone out of his way to call her his empress and had bowed before her not out of obligation but genuine respect. There was not a hint in his unusual silver eyes, a condition that undoubtedly meant that this man had suffered great difficulty on his path to power. The initial posting of this chapter occurred via N0v3l.B11n.
This caused a look of admiration to appear in Lunaria's eyes as she spoke to Erich, and not his superior.
"Field Marshal Jaeger... How interesting... Prove yourself worthy to me and I may remember the name... Now tell me Field Marshal, what exactly is going on with this little alliance of yours? I have known for some time now that the Germanic Star-Empire was on favorable terms with the Great Oni Empire, but not to this extent...
Not to mention the inclusion of the Dvrakian Consortium in this little alliance... You wouldn't be thinking about being rebellious towards me now would you?"
Erich stood fast in his devotion to Lunaria. Though she did not know that they had been lovers in the previous timeline, he was determined to make it a thing in this one. And thus he put on a perfect display of loyalty to the woman as he assured her this alliance was for their own protection.
Erich wore a smug smile on his face as he patted his superior's shoulder, while letting him in on a secret that nobody could confirm in his past life, but many had come to suspect.
"I'll let you in a little secret. In my past life, I was Lunaria's lover... I know that woman better than I know myself. We spent decades together, and with that said I obviously know how to lie to her..."
Supreme Leader Hans Epp looked at Erich, trying desperately to tell if the man was lying to him or not. He could not believe such an absurd comment, and was quick to call Erich out on what the man perceived to be bullshit.
"You and the Alfheim Empress? Lovers? Boy, the heat death of the universe would sooner occur than that!"
Erich scoffed and shook his head, shrugging off the Supreme Leader's disbelief, but leaving behind a solemn vow before disappearing from the man's sight.
"Believe me... Don't believe me, I really don't care. But I spoke the honest truth with you just now, and if I am to be honest further, I intend to reclaim her as my woman in this life as well... The alliance we were about to build would have forever changed the balance of power in the galaxy... And if not for some unfortunate circumstances, like the invasion of the Extragalactic Naraku fleets, then we could have accomplished great things together."
The Supreme Leader was left in a state of complete and utter disbelief. He honestly had no idea with Erich was fucking with him. After all, the Alfheim Empress had maintained her purity for longer than recorded history. But she gave it away to someone like Erich... It couldn't be that she knew about his abilities, and the plot of the Germanic Star-Empire all along, right? No.... That was unthinkable... Nobody could have possibly alerted the ancient empress to their schemes...
As for Erich, he was indeed determined to win back Lunaria, but he would not be compelled to take her as his one and only life in this timeline like he had tried to do in his past, there were many women who he needed to make things up to, and Lunaria was just one of them. Thus, Erich's plan from this day forward was to begin approaching Mirage and trying to reconnect with her in a far less toxic way than he had done in the previous timeline.