Lord Shadow

He is the only one that would be referred to as a regent. Sasha could not help but narrowed her eyes when listening that it concerned Loki the Trickster

This is a man that Sasha very much do not want to fight. Yet, Loki had always clashed with her. He is really making it hard for Sasha to doing her job

When Death Monarch left, he had given the position of Regent to Loki. 

Loki had strengthened the military, yet at the same time weakening the military faction on the court, balancing the court and cooperate with the great powers.

He had been quite the reformer. 

If Death Monarch is known for his non action methods, in which he rarely makes his move, Loki on the other hand could be described as a very active ruler.

Since he is the Regent, he could very well have the power to command the Head Keeper of the Palace. 

Sasha was not that close with Loki. 

And she and her people was not in Pandemonium during the regency of Loki. They were doing something else. She even clashed with Loki people at that time

Of course, Loki did not mean to harm then. 

He just wanted to know what they were doing. Even better, if he could control her people. That is not something that Sasha would allow and so they stay out of each other way

The thing was, what she was doing, clashed with what Loki was trying to do. Loki is now the enemy of the world after that announcement by the Mind Master.

But Sasha knows the truth. 

This matter did not originate from Loki. 

Yet, Loki is not saying anything and Death Monarch is not saying anything. Those in the know also did not say anything. 

Since that is the case, why should she stuck out her neck?

Since everybody wanted to pretend not to know, not to hear, not to see and not to speak, she would also do the same thing

Who would have thought? The three monkey wisdom could also be applied outside of the Palace. 

Sasha did not immediately accept the envelope. Instead, she looks around the room first. Then she narrowed her eyes.

Looking back at Lukas, she then asked.

‘This room….is it his handiwork?’

Lukas sighed and nodded

‘Why should this be hidden?’ Lukas close his eyes for a second and then open it back up. He then said

‘Because I don’t know what is in the letter. He knows that I would be fearful of doing such a thing, keeping a secret from Death Monarch’

‘But he manages to convince me and he even create this room for me so that I would not be fearful of reading the letter’ 

‘But probably because he knows me, he knows I am never going to open the letter and probably waited until you return to give you this letter to you. He predicted that the day Death Monarch return is the day you would also returns. And his prediction has come to pass’

Then he sighed. 

There are a few seconds of silence before he then said.

‘The relationship between Death Monarch and the Trickster has always been complicated. For those who work inside the Court, it is even more so’

Sighing, he continued

‘At times, they fought like they were enemies. But, if Death Monarch really thinks of Loki as his enemy, he would not have left Pandemonium on his hand. It might appear at times, that Pandemonium is a burden to him’

‘But, it is a burden he willingly bears. Maybe, there is affection in his heart for the people living in Pandemonium. Or maybe he wanted to protect the power he got from having a large organization at his beck and call’ 

‘Or maybe, just like other leaders and dictators of the world, he just like the feeling of being worshiped. Whatever the case was, Death Monarch really wanted to protect Pandemonium. I think we both can agree on this, right?’

Sasha nodded. She let him continue

Sighing again, Lukas then said

‘Before Death Monarch return home, a month before, Loki had given this letter to me. I did not understand it back then with the word saying that when the world blames him for something, to be ready and to give this letter to you. I did not predict that such day would happen’

‘But here I am. And here you are. The world is now blaming Loki for the Multiversal Convergence. And you are back. And so, I accidentally seem to get a clue about the events of today from the words of Loki, a month ago. I might not get all the answers, but I am pretty sure that I know some of the truth’

Pausing for a second, he looks at Sasha with a solemn look and said

‘looking at today matters, I now understand. He had been planning for this since that time. Loki is not responsible for the Multiversal Convergence did he?’

Sasha frowned. She did not know whether she should answer him or not. And while she was shocked at the letter, she was even more shocked with what Lukas is saying

A month ago? That was before Death Monarch returns.

Then she thought again and she sighed inwardly

If time travel is possible, why not this? she thought to herself. Though, it did give Sasha a little bit more hint about Loki

Did he cooperate with the Oracle? This is another individual that Sasha has been trying to track.

She still unable to track her as she has been missing for years. 

But considering that Antonius sometimes would appear in the world stage and do thing for the Oracle, Sasha is pretty sure that the Oracle is not yet dead

If not that, could it be that Loki also has the ability to look at the future? Sasha did not know the Grand Path of Loki. But it did not look like Loki had clairvoyance power.

It is something that she had to take into account of later if she were ever to clash with Loki once again.

She then shakes her head to shake off the thought from her head. Lukas look at Sasha and then said

‘Courtesy among colleagues should be maintained. I don’t think it would be that bad to tell me what really happened’ Sasha reaction looks like she did not want to tell him what happened when she is actually still thinking about Lukas word.

But Sasha quickly get her bearings. And she knows that Lukas wanted to know whether Loki was responsible or not.

She nodded. 

‘It really was not him’ Lukas smiles bitterly. 

‘As I thought. Quite a pity though. Having to take the blame for Death Monarch’ Lukas could easily understand what happen. 

There is only one person that Loki would take the blame for

And that would be Death Monarch

Sasha then said

‘It is probably not something Death Monarch wanted’

Lukas only smiles bitterly at this.

Seconds passes and then Lukas said

‘Regardless, a month ago, Loki gave me that letter. He said it is something that you would need to read so you could prepare for some of the things he is going to do.’

What he is about to do?’ Sasha asked, her eyebrows raised. Anything that Loki would do would surely not be something that is insignificant.

Considering the fact that he would create even this room and the secrecy around it Sasha could deduce that Loki is about to do something big.

Lukas then said

‘I ask him then at that time. Why would he want me to give the letter instead of…’? Lukas did not finish his word like he was thinking better of it.

And Lukas sighed

Then he continued 

‘He could give it to you yourself’ he smiles bitterly at this. Then he added

‘Of course, I know at that time, he sent his people to hunt you. So, I could guess that whatever he is going to say might not be something you might want to hear’

Sasha snorted. Thinking back at those times, she really did not appreciate Loki sending his hunting dog to capture her

She was forced to stand in the middle of the personal clash between Death Monarch and the Trickster.

It is not a good position to be in

‘But as you may know, Loki would not kill you. At most he would imprison you for a while to not meddle with his matters. Haish’ he sighed

‘It surely is not for the lack of trying’ Sasha said sarcastically. 

Lukas did not say anything on this. 

After all, he is not the one affected. There are many things in the court that he is aware of. But there is also a lot of things in the court he is not aware of.

And of the many things he could claim not to know in great details it would be about the matters of the Shadow Guards and the clash between Death Monarch and the Trickster.

While it is true, that it doesn’t seem that Loki is intending to kill her, the fact that Sasha could not use the resources of the Shadow Guards and practically barred from entering Pandemonium during the regency of Loki had made her a fugitive.

Because while she has enemies in Pandemonium, most of the enemy she had in Pandemonium rarely could do anything to her because of the protection of Death Monarch

Outside of Pandemonium however……she is fair game. 

Not to mention the already bad blood between Pandemonium and the Crime Alliance, there is other organization that wanted her head, either for some posted bounty on some secret tavern, for fame or for the information that she had.

There is also the fact that there is a rumor that she has the Death List. Who knows who spread that rumor?

Though, Lukas had a suspicion that the rumor probably springs out from Loki himself