Of course, there was one more thing Aslan didn't explain: pranking and toying with the gods also carried risks.
As happy as the gods would be when King of the End Spirit Status was revealed, that's how furious they'd be upon learning it was fake.
The retaliation received would likely be far worse than what Algol faced.
But Halloween Queen naturally knew this—what could the gods do even if they knew?
They couldn't beat Halloween Queen. They wouldn't dare come seeking accounts.
And who said Halloween Queen couldn't be a victim?
Even she had been pranked by her former disciple, Canaria.
"This plan, I approve."
Halloween Queen narrowed her eyes and smiled.
"Tell me, what help do you want from me? I hope my effort exceeds the pleasure it brings me."
Hearing that, Aslan looked deeply at Halloween Queen, then the corner of his mouth curved slightly, and he smiled.
"That's for sure. Your Majesty the Queen, please look forward to my performance."
He naturally didn't need Halloween Queen to give anything. The only help he needed was for her to appear and show her stance.
Best if she also allowed him to move freely under King Arthur's identity.
Then, subsequent matters would naturally be much simpler. He just needed to leverage his network and lobby Krishna and others.
For such things, he already had plenty of experience. At most, threaten and entice.
After that, Aslan switched to Arthur's Spirit Status and left happily with Shiroyasha.
But Shiroyasha's little hand was a bit dishonest before leaving.
After Aslan and Shiroyasha departed.
Halloween Queen, sitting before the stone table, propped her chin with one hand and said heavily.
"Scáthach, what method do you think I have to drive away that annoying white-haired little kid from my knight's side?"
Scáthach, standing beside her, changed expression upon hearing this.
Could she answer this question? Though in the community, her power and position were just below Halloween Queen.
Even in the Little Garden, she was an existence worth reckoning with.
But touching Shiroyasha's person? Poaching from a Two-Digit's hands? Forget it.
She also clearly knew Aslan wasn't the type who could be poached. He couldn't possibly be that ungrateful.
(And Your Majesty the Queen, why don't you think why he didn't come report to you, and why he created the King Arthur Spirit Status?)
(Wasn't it just to get rid of you?)
But faced with Queen Halloween's command, Scáthach couldn't refuse, only lowering her head and answering.
"Perhaps, Your Majesty the Queen, you could consider seducing with beauty. I think a young man Aslan's age wouldn't reject a beautiful girl."
"Beauty?"
Halloween Queen suddenly paused, recalling Aslan's experience in Arcadia, and suddenly understood something. This might be a good idea.
She looked at Scáthach, pondered a moment, and smiled.
"What if I gift you to him?"
"Eh?"
Scáthach instantly showed a shocked expression.
(Your Majesty the Queen, serious? Is this really allowed?)
She didn't care if she became someone else's concubine or not. That was mere physical pleasure.
But to leave Halloween Queen's side this way—that's what she wanted most.
How long had she wanted to quit this job.
Scáthach forcibly suppressed the joy in her heart, lowered her head, and answered in a low voice.
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen, this subordinate will immediately submit resignation to the maid department."
"No need. You can still be my maid while he serves as my knight."
"Hah?"
Scáthach instantly showed a confused expression.
What did this mean? Wasn't she supposed to be gifted and then leave Queen Halloween, living freely?
Halloween Queen gave that smile and spoke arbitrarily.
"I mean, I really want to see my knight and my maid together. Understand?"
These words went in Scáthach's left ear and out the right. She listened expressionlessly.
So, not only must she surrender herself, but also find a way to coax Aslan to come?
And make the other willing to become her knight… Better she just marry herself off.
(Stubborn unwanted person!!)
Scáthach angrily slammed thousands of punches at the Queen's illusion in her mind.
(No wonder lonely for life!)
Scáthach sour-faced, looked speechlessly and resigned at Halloween Queen. Finally, she lost under the other's smiling gaze.
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen."
In the end, she still couldn't oppose her. No one knew the consequences of opposing her better than she did.
Over thousands of years serving as Queen Halloween's maid, she had seen countless real examples.
At this moment, Scáthach saw a soul clump in Halloween Queen's palm that seemed newly born but suddenly died.
Looking at its Spirit Status origin, it seemed related to the Highland Pantheon.
When she realized this fact, Scáthach's breath instantly caught.
Don't tell me Halloween Queen wanted to train a brave hero who could use Kusanagi Sword?
And as her thoughts churned, she heard Queen Halloween's murmur.
"Should I add that Aslan's blood to this little child?"
"But if so, he could really achieve a Star Spirit Grand Slam. No, must not."
Halloween Queen looked hesitant, as if unsure whether to give blood to this little child.
But if given, it was too disadvantageous. She planned to train her as her own Child God.
Siblings killing each other—this was also a drama she had long anticipated. She was curious who Kusanagi Sword would ultimately choose.
If Aslan were still here, he might guess who the fragile soul in Halloween Queen's hand was.
The original protagonist's twin younger sister, Kudou Asuka, who died before birth due to maternal malnutrition, Kudou Ayato.
This was the result of the discarded Arcadia executives' efforts back then to return to the Little Garden and create the dream of a new great Floor Master alliance Arcadia.
The result of those efforts was the birth of the prodigy Candidate King of the Nameless Pantheon Gods, exploiting the void in Japanese society during World War II, combined with their own Gifts, and blessed by time, place, and people.
Namely, the twin sisters Kudou Asuka and Kudou Ayato. However, as the price of the miracle, before the twins' birth, backlash had already struck both in the womb, causing the two children to devour each other, and only Asuka was born.
While Ayato, who died in the womb, was summoned by Halloween Queen.
For information, the Takamagahara Pantheon back then nearly sacrificed the entire Chinese Pantheon worldview to create the Two-Digit Kusanagi Sword. The current Highland Pantheon no longer existed in the Little Garden.
There might be remaining existences, but they had long joined Buddha with Shinto, like Isanaten, one of the Heavenly Army's Twelve Guardian Gods, the Far East God.
The current Little Garden had absolutely no Highland Pantheon, only Island Shinto under Buddha.
Of course, Halloween Queen wouldn't stoop to seizing someone else's planned ace player. She accidentally found the suddenly dead Ayato's soul.
She summoned her to the Little Garden and gave her Spirit Status and a physical body to successfully survive.
If she wanted to seize someone, she generally seized in front of others.
But after thinking repeatedly, Halloween Queen finally restrained the idea of giving Aslan's blood to Ayato.
First, Aslan's essence was a bit too high. At most she could only give blood in a biological sense, or create a Pseudo-Dragon with part of Aslan's awakening Dragon Race blood.
Not to mention this would contaminate her core essence as the Highland Pantheon center and lose the possibility of inheriting Kusanagi Sword. Too much loss.
Second, Aslan was just her knight. Though she doted on him greatly, she had no intention of devoting herself.
She, the Sun and Gold Star Spirit, Halloween Queen, had no intention of dedicating herself to her knight.
Even if Aslan would surely surpass her in the future, the future was just the future. She was still one of the current eighteen strongest rulers in the Little Garden.
But becoming his mother-in-law might not be impossible.
Thinking this, a drop of golden god blood seeped from Halloween Queen's fingertip and gently floated into Ayato's fragile soul.
Giving her the Halloween Child God Spirit Status and a resilient physical body.
Thinking this, Halloween Queen exhaled and said.
"Scáthach."
"Yes."
"Take this child and train her well. Hope Aslan will like his little junior."
"Yes."
Scáthach licked her dry lips.
Raising children—that was what she was least skilled at. And would she really not be swayed by Aslan?
But fortunately, the other was given Halloween Child God Spirit Status. She wouldn't grow from infancy like a normal human child.
Instead, she would have naturally inherited knowledge, born knowing, with rapid mental and physical development.
Perhaps it wouldn't take long to grow into a normal teenage girl.
Thinking this, Scáthach's weary heart felt slightly comforted.
She gently stepped forward, took a white cloak from a Gift Card, and wrapped it around the little girl.
In just a few minutes, Ayato had grown from a baby into a little girl. Even Scáthach had to admit her astonishing talent.
Looking at the little girl in her arms looking around confusedly and uttering baby words like "ah, ah".
Even Scáthach couldn't help showing a slight maternal smile.
But who told her to be found by Halloween Queen?
Thinking this, Scáthach's expression couldn't help carrying slight pity.
"Faceless, that's her name."
Halloween Queen sipped her tea lightly and said casually.