Revenge On Love Rats After Rebirth by Olivia Marsh

Chapter 1651 - Setting up a scam by deliberately causing accidents Gaia stared at Selena with her vast, starry eyes without moving. The information flow on the screen seemed to stutter for a second before a line of text appeared.

"[Highest level confidential file detected. No one has permission to view unless Her Majesty is present.]" Selena thought, "Has my father really taken precautions against me?" But Gaia was created by her and she had the highest level of authority. Even her father couldn't surpass her.

Moreover, he said "Her Majesty," not "monarch." There was only one possibility left...

Selena's eyes widened slightly. She realized that she had sealed this information herself through Gaia and ordered that no one could access it unless the Empress herself was present.

But Selena knew clearly that she never implanted any restrictions regarding this matter into Gaia. If she had, then she would have suspected the identity of that big brother long ago.

There was only one possibility left...

She was betrayed by her father! Selena had been the Empress for thirteen years, and she was cautious of everyone except her father. Without her knowledge, he took the highest level of authority from her and used it in this situation. And now, here they were.

Gaia knew that Selena was the Empress, but her body wasn't hers anymore, so she couldn't execute commands.

Unless she could find a way to retrieve her old body and merge it with her soul again to become a complete Selena, she would never be able to access files related to this matter.

This was what they called "digging your own grave." Selena's face darkened with clouds of anger.

Sensing the mood of its master's depression, Gaia looked at Selena on the screen and another line appeared: [Upgrade intelligent Al implanted with higher authority; forcefully destroy limiting programs.] Selena saw this as an option. But Gaia controlled all aspects of normal operations within the alliance including defense on land, sea and air lines especially in military technology which is almost entirely ruled by it alone.

Forcing destruction of limiting programs would inevitably affect internal system operations which could alarm those old men and women in charge of the alliance - especially since she still held this embarrassing identity...

This could turn into a big mess! Moreover if enemies caught wind that Gaia had vulnerabilities then they might take advantage leading to even greater disaster.

She couldn't risk the safety of the entire empire for her own selfish desires.

Selena took a deep breath. "I'll think of another way." With that, she turned and started walking towards the door. But just as she took her first step, something soft wrapped around her calf.

Lowering her head, Selena saw a silver-haired doll in a black robe swinging on her skirt with great effort. It looked exactly like Gaia behind her, only in miniature form.

As Selena finally noticed it, the little guy's delicate face twisted into an incredibly demonic expression of crying and accusation.

Its deep and eerie eyes stared straight at Selena as if looking at a super villainess.

Selena said nothing as she looked at the doll and finally remembered its origin: it was Stanley's birthday gift to her on her 18th birthday - a mini Gaia that could move freely.

Although it didn't have Gaia's powerful ruling ability, it had some of its permissions. As Selena was not well enough to visit Gaia in person all the time, Mini-Gaia acted as an intermediary to solve many problems for them both.

Stanley spent countless hours creating this gift for Selena privately; however, on the same day she received this gift there was an emergency crisis at the empire border requiring immediate support.

She left little Gaia in the care of Wang Ting and stepped onto the battlefield with determination.

Later on, she remained there forever.

Selena lowered her head and picked up the little creature, rubbing its head as she chuckled, "I'm back." Little Gaia sat upright in her palm, crying pitifully with a face that said "comfort me." Selena pinched its cheek playfully and said, "I shouldn't have been gone for so long. | apologize." In an instant, little Gaia stopped crying and broke into a smile. With big eyes bent upwards and two small paws grabbing Selena's fingers tightly, it let out a soft whimper before biting down on her finger and hanging there motionless.

Selena looked at the small creature hanging from her hand - a professional freeloader if ever there was one - not feeling any pain but realizing that this little thing had completely latched onto her now. However, given Selena's current awkward status as an outsider who resembled the empress herself and had just been taken in by those two people as their adopted daughter; if she were to take little Gaia out openly where anyone who knew about it could see them... well then anyone would suspect that she had ulterior motives! If things got too big then people might even start to wonder whether or not Gaia had betrayed them...

As Selena walked out of the door, she couldn't help but think about how to convince the researchers at the institute to let her take Gaia with her. The little creature seemed to sense her thoughts and scurried down her dress before running off towards a corner of the room.

After a moment, Gaia returned with a pure white mini mask held high above its head. It tugged at Selena's skirt and climbed into her arms, deftly placing the mask on its face before looking up at Selena expectantly.

Selena was mesmerized by the two eyes peering out from behind the mask and fell into a deep silence. Seeing that she hadn't agreed yet, Gaia tilted its head and placed an expression on its delicate face that could make anyone want to cry for it.

Finally relenting, Selena said "Okay fine. You win." She then sternly warned Gaia not to show its face in front of other people.

Gaia immediately burst into laughter before putting the mask back on and happily perching itself on Selena's shoulder as they left through the front gate.

As they walked away from their home towards their destination, Selena contemplated how best to persuade those at work that taking Gaia with her was necessary for success in their research endeavors.

After Selena went in, the guards outside were still pondering over Gaia's unusual behavior. They looked at Stanley standing at the door. The young master of the Soo family was well-known among nobles and rarely unknown to anyone. And with the monarch's handwritten approval for his entourage, there should be no problem. But Gaia's emotions were too abnormal.

The guards hadn't figured out why yet when they saw Selena had already come out of the maze. She still wore her sunglasses, covering most of her face and looking like nothing was wrong.

But...

All the guards’ eyes collectively fell on Selena's shoulder, on that small doll, their expressions freezing along with their thoughts.

If Stanley hadn't stepped forward to block her first, they would definitely have been unable to control themselves and instinctively aimed their guns at her.