Athena entered Arethya's room, and found Arethya sitting on a chair with a large glass orb in front of her
"So, what do you think of the offer?"
"What offer?"
"The offer made by the human, Mina."
"She sighed, I don't know if he's a fool or pretending to be one."
"What do you mean?"
"All his answers to any question I ask him are foolish."
"Then tell me everything after you took him to the palace."
Arethya told her everything, and Athena stood there astonished, as she had not expected these answers from someone with her own power.
"Look, even you are astonished by everything you heard."
Athena awoke from her astonishment and said, "So what are we going to do about him?"
"I put a little of my mana inside his body to use as a tracking device, and I'm also watching him with the glass orb."
Athena looked at the glass orb in front of Arethya which was showing Mina sleeping on the bed.
"Since he says that when he woke up, he found himself with this power, it's impossible for him to remove my mana from his body. If he removes it, then he's lying because it's impossible for a beginner to succeed in removing it. If he removes it, you and I will kill him."
"Look, it's an excellent plan but it needs a long time to succeed, and we don't have time. Also, if the nobles spread the word that you protected a human, the people might get angry and rebel."
"She sighed, you're right, but this is the plan I came up with. I can't put my trust in someone I just met to solve a problem, especially when he's a human."
"Look, I have a plan to find out if he's telling the truth or lying, and it doesn't need a long time to show the result."
"Okay, what's the plan?"
"First, I want you to ask him to come to your room tonight, and I want you to step out of the queen's role and wear comfortable clothes and..."
Arethya interrupted Athena as she was explaining her plan and said, "Don't tell me you want me to seduce him."
"Who said anything about seduction? I want you to wear normal, comfortable clothes and forget that you're the queen, to lower his guard, and I'll be there too. I'll bring some strong wine that can affect us. We'll make him drink until the wine starts to affect him, then we'll pretend that the wine is strong for us and we'll lose consciousness, and we'll see how he acts. If he's pursuing a certain goal, then taking the queen of the elves or the commander responsible for the army and the kingdom's safety as hostages will make it easy for him to reach his goal and we'll reveal the location of the Mother Tree, in case that's what he's after. So, what do you think of the plan?"
"It's a good plan, but will it succeed? And if it succeeds, will we truly know if he's telling the truth or lying?"
"Yes, don't worry, and I'll bring what's needed to execute this plan."
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