The next morning.
Perhaps he had received a message from the Queen, the demigod in charge of guarding the prison happened to be "out on business" today, and he also spoke to the people of the Blue Sword in the prison.
So, while the demigod was away, everyone returned to Hearthfire Island, and Ask arranged new tasks.
"Assassination?" Eleanor was a little surprised.
"Yes, assassination." Ask said calmly.
"Do you remember that we once accepted the 'persuasion mission' from the Falcon Family in the Principality of Swabia in the Holy Roman Empire? In fact, the current situation of the Lusitanian half-elves is quite similar to that of the Falcon Family back then."
"On the one hand, they all faced severe external crises: the Falcon family encountered a power vacuum in the Duchy of Swabia, so they had to fight against the surrounding military nobles for territory and resources; the Lusitanian half-elves encountered the Iberian War, when the undead and humans were fighting each other outside, and the half-elves had to choose sides during this period, otherwise they would fall into a diplomatic dilemma after the war."
"On the other hand, the power within both parties has not yet been fully integrated, and there are a lot of conflicts and disagreements. Since the Falcon family is a community of interests, the contradictions they face are relatively simple: should they actively expand or be conservative and defensive?"
"The current problems of the half-elves are even more complicated. The combination of isolationism, conservatism, and racial discrimination makes it difficult for the half-elves to trust the outside world. Before this, Lusitania maintained a detached attitude and remained neutral in the Iberian Peninsula."
"Therefore, before they take action, they must first integrate the internal forces and factions. The solution chosen by the Falcon Family at the beginning was 'persuasion', which is Medea's psychological brainwashing method. This is based on the fact that the Falcon Family is relatively unfamiliar with psychics."
"As for the half-elves, they have a deeper understanding of supernatural powers, and using 'mental persuasion' is likely to leave loopholes and flaws. Therefore, Her Majesty the Queen and I discussed it and decided to use the method of 'assassination'."
"Wait, Captain, you are having a secret meeting with the Half-Elf Queen? Why don't we know about it?!" Peggy yelled in disbelief.
"Shut up, that's not the point." Ask said unhappily, "The reason we chose assassination is because the Queen's political enemies took the lead in using despicable assassination tactics in an attempt to put the blame on us."
"Therefore, we will also fight back with assassination tactics and kill all the important high-ranking officials in the opposing camp. Then Her Majesty the Queen will mobilize public opinion and put the blame on the undead from the outside world. This will help her integrate her forces and whitewash her motives at the same time."
"Wait, you mean..." Sheila asked in confusion, "Pretending to be an undead to assassinate the conservatives among the half-elves?"
"That's right." Ask said calmly, "The current situation is that our employer, Her Majesty the Queen, is the leader of the reform camp's open-minded faction, and her political enemy is the isolationist in the conservative camp."
"They are trying to incite the half-elves to hate humans by framing us, so we will do the same to them and transfer the half-elves' hatred from humans to the undead."