Chapter 43: The detailed planing

[Haha, good you get the root of everything. So what do you think is the answer to the first key?]

<Mm, it looks like there will be no third-party involvement. She may be doing all that because of hate.>

[Good try but you missed one important point.]

<What?>

[You made an early judgment. Sure the big guns will not get involved, but what about the small ones in the pre-academy?]

[Not her, but those under her or those under Blake. Don't you think they will get praise for using their brains for this incident.]

[It is risky but you know it's completely different when those inner family kids used her as a strategic tool. I think many from the family will like that kind of cunningness.]

<Ah, it isn't clear. I can't predict if she will just vent out her injustice or if it is someone's plan.>

[That's why I tell you the first key to all the plan is to find what her motive is. Will she do that out of spite or there is some other intention?]

[We will meet her at the bottom of the stairs. From that 1 minute on the stairs and 1 more to reach the classroom. Let's divide the time into two equal parts for both keys.]

He grabbed his head and asked in doubt,<Can we really pull off all that in two minutes?>

[Not normally, but if we work on all the pairs of keys, then it is possible.]

[Motivation and Response. For every motivation, we need to prepare a response that makes her not cry in class?]

His head hurt just thinking about the amount of work that would require. He knew, though tedious, that this was the best plan they could work on.

Still, there was one doubt in his mind, <I get everything, but can we really convince her? What if she is the stubborn type? I don't think one minute of our begging and ranting will do much then.>

[Hehe, don't worry, we are going to use the 4 ultimate ways to deal with each of the situations.]

<Ultimate ways? > It sounded extremely creepy, but it was not like he knew much. Not wasting time he said, < Whatever, let's start.>

[mm. For the first part, it is just talking and finding her intent. There is no need to think much about that. A minute is sufficient for this task. ]

<Okay>

[Now the response key is most important. In one minute we need to make sure she stopped and listened to us.]

<Yup. Let's start with the first scenario there is no one involved with her. In this case, what do you think will be her motivation?]

He thought for a moment and said, <Could be 2 things. 1st she just saw me and became emotional. 2nd she is looking for revenge on me.>

[There can be a 3rd reason, she may want to get some reward by doing this. Like gaining everyone's sympathy to get in a better team or something like that.]

[The first case. Here her mental state is in chaos and sad. She is sad about her sister's death and does not want to see you. No matter what you say to her, she is not going to respond to you, and your speaking to her may worsen the situation.]

<Wait, something did not add up. How can you say she is trying to avoid me?>

[Well, this is the only case where she is not actively looking for you. She will be sad but not angry with you. There can be multiple reasons, like fear or maybe she knew something. But whatever the case, she is an emotional bomb that gonna bust in the class.]

He realized that if that was the case, then the best response was to not meet her at all, but that would be leaving an emotional bomb in the class.

He could imagine a situation where she saw him in the class and started crying, destroying everything. The more he thought about this case, the more hopeless it seemed. < This is the worst case.>

[Nope, this is the ideal case for us.]

<Ah, how can I convince her when she is not even listening to me?>

[We will use the 1st way 'to explain'. You are going to drop some tears there. Tell her how relieved you are that at least she is safe and then explain her truth.]

[Sigh. think she saw a boy that she hated for her sister's death crying in front of her, maybe acting, but then that boy is happy that she is safe. If it is fear, then this much should be sufficient, but if she knew something, then the truth from the boy would definitely make her stop and she would burst there.]

He took his time trying to create that situation in his mind and it kinda makes sense to him to deal emotions with emotions.

Kane did not stop there but even explained how the maid must feel about him and how she might mention all that to her family as well.

After taking all that into account, this sure could be an ideal case where he could be perceived as a victim. With all this cleared, he asked, <So what is that truth I am going to tell her?>

[Just tell her how others blackmail her, and she died trying to protect you and so on. She wants to know the answer and we are going to give her that.]

He nodded, < I think I get it. Let's move to the second case.>

[well this one is the worst case, so let's leave it for last.]

<ok, so 3rd case where she wants some gain. I think she did not care about the reason here.>

[Well, think about her mental state here. You will find greed and desperation. If she is more greedy, then threatening may work here but if it is the opposite, then the plan will backfire.]

<Yeah, threatening a desperate person will only make her suicidal. Then?>

[The best solution here is to 'give her gains'. You need to act as if you are repenting for your mistake and are helping her as much as you can.]

<Wait, that is not permanent. She can blackmail us again and betray us once she gains many things.>

[Well, for the first few days we need to give her many rewards, but once we build some connection with the protagonist squad, the reward will change into us promising her a position in some high-level team.]

[Give her some points or mana arts. I will tell you some ways to earn points when needed.]

[Yeah, but very few know about it. We are not going to face any problem with this plan.]

[Let's start with another situation. Here she already met with a third person.]