Mage Veigar

Chapter 462: Pulling the Ladder Up the Roof
Inside the office.

Shia was the first to notice Vega's anxious gaze.

She interpreted this look as concern, and her heart warmed at first, then she stuck out her tongue and said, "I, I just haven't seen you for too long, so I came here on my own initiative."

Just as Xia said.

Nothing happened on the East Coast this time, and she did come to the West Coast to meet Vega on her own initiative.

Of course this is not without reason.

The reason why Shia did something that was incomprehensible to Vega was because of the existence of Silis.

More than a month ago, when Sili brought Vega's letter to Saint Laurent, Xia felt uneasy instinctively. Later, when Sili brought the token she gave to her to go to the West Coast to find Vega, Xia's feeling of uneasiness had reached its peak.

But she still restrained herself.

She did not want to disobey Vega's order and run to the West Coast without permission, because she knew that such behavior would cause trouble for Vega and make Vega unhappy, so even though she was so uneasy that she couldn't sleep or eat, Xia did not take any action.

But just recently.

The moment she accidentally learned from the top talent brought by Silis that Silis was actually Vega's fiancée, Xia felt that the world had lost its color, and the sky and the earth collapsed at that moment.

Vega is her only support.

If Vega marries another woman, doesn't that mean that the only person she can rely on will drift away?

This huge fear and anxiety overwhelmed her reason. She gathered a few trusted guards, left a letter for Ilo, and secretly ran out of Saint Laurent City and came here.

Before entering the door, Xia was filled with anxiety.

After she calmed down, she realized how stupid she had been, but the arrow had been shot and there was no turning back.

Although she was afraid of being blamed by Vega, she still walked into the office.

But the first time she walked into the office, Xia began to feel fortunate for her recklessness this time, because she found that Vega was having dinner with Celis, and the atmosphere was quite good. The seat next to Vega originally belonged to her!
Xia's sense of crisis grew stronger and stronger.

It was this sense of crisis that made her hold her head high and stand proudly like a peacock.

So where is Vega at this time?

When he heard Xia's words, he was completely stunned.

Although he thought of countless possibilities such as Ilo's betrayal, Menno's surrender to the enemy, and the nobles' rebellion... he never thought that Xia ignored his plan for this reason and ran to the West Coast to cause trouble for him.

It's really causing trouble.

Let’s not talk about the powerful enemy at hand.

Because of the assassination by Old Scimitar, Vega was already struggling to take care of Silis, and now there is a bigger target, Shia, which makes him have no time to take care of the war.

Moreover, Shia's departure directly caused a loophole in Vega's plan.

Now he can only hope that Iroh can keep the secret of Shia's disappearance hidden and stabilize the situation before the war ends and Shia returns. Because Vega doesn't dare to let Shia return to the capital alone, he is afraid of accidents along the way.

"I was too superstitious about my plan."

Vega did not lose his temper with Xia. Instead, he reflected on his own arrogance. He thought that he had made a perfect plan and everything would really go according to the plan. Now it seems that he took it for granted.

But Vega was restraining himself.

Shia was his most important trump card, and he absolutely could not fall out with her. If he did it in front of everyone, it would not only lead to gossip, but it would also indirectly cause a rift in the relationship between him and Shia. Vega would never allow this to happen.

Therefore, after hearing Xia Ya's answer, he immediately bowed to Xia Ya and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for coming all the way from Saint Laurent to visit me. You must have been exhausted from the journey. Let Qi Lisi take you down and rest for a while."

"But……"

Xia didn't notice that Vega was suppressing his emotions. She naively wanted to stay with Vega for a while longer, even if it was just a few dozen minutes longer, but Silis was obviously much more mature.

Nothing understands women better than women.

At just the first glance, Qi Lisi saw through Xia's little girl's thoughts.

So she smiled and walked to Xia's side, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, General Vega is thinking about a strategy to defeat the enemy, and he has not slept all night. As a wise king, you will not disturb General Vega at this time, right?"

"Humph, of course."

Shiya opened her mouth and said to Vega: "General Vega, Shiya knows that I was a little willful this time. Next time, I will definitely obey your orders."

"I dare not."

Vega winked at Celis, indicating that she should deal with Xia. Celis saw Vega's hint and understood it, and left the meeting room with Xia.

When everyone left the meeting room.

Vega couldn't hold back his annoyance any longer and slammed his fist on the table, making a dull sound.

Fortunately he didn't use magic, otherwise the table would have been lost.

"Why!"

"One by one, they always fail to follow my orders."

Veigar paced back and forth, muttering to himself, "Is it because their execution ability is too poor, or is it because the plan has been going too smoothly, resulting in unexpected situations that I was not mentally prepared for at all?"

"If this happened in a war..."

Vega was shocked by his own thoughts. If these things were included in the war plan, these emergencies would probably make him run around in a hurry.

Vega frowned and couldn't help but reflect on his previous seemingly perfect plan.

Eventually, he discovered that there was no such thing as a perfect plan in the world, and any plan would have corresponding loopholes. If he was too superstitious about his seemingly perfect plan, it would most likely fail due to unexpected situations such as his subordinates' execution ability.

All great ways connect to each other, from here to there.

It was at this time that Vega came up with a plan to defeat the enemy.

Since Eskar is as confident and cautious as he is, it means that the other party is also extremely superstitious about his plan. So why doesn't he first guess Eskar's battle plan, and then follow his plan, and when Eskar thinks he has won, he will give him such an "emergency"?

It's the time to pull the ladder out after going up to the roof!

The so-called "pulling the ladder after climbing up the roof" means that the enemy wants to climb up the roof to kill Vega, but Vega secretly hands him the ladder. When the enemy is superstitious about his perfect plan and thinks that everything is going according to his plan, and finally climbs onto the roof, Vega takes the opportunity to pull out the ladder, letting him feel what "unexpected" means.

There is a difficulty with this plan, however.

That is, it is necessary to infer or obtain Eskar's complete battle plan for this war.

(End of this chapter)