The defeated saint is also on the way to tame the evil god today

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　Diana stopped writing and looked up:

　"It's for you, Alice."

　"If you do this, the Pushet family will inevitably be implicated, but we are not afraid. After all, there is no family bigger than ours in the city."

　"But the problem is that your personal life will be greatly threatened, especially when the enemy seems to be unscrupulous."

　"Whether it was Ophelia or some faction among the Golden People who caused this plane crash, they could only have one purpose."

　"First, muddy the water."

　"Secondly, unite their strength."

　"As long as there is a common enemy, scattered factions can become allies. This is the same for Ophelia Sean and her followers, as well as the Golden People."

　"At this time, you stepped forward and prevented the conflict from breaking out, which means..."

　Diana closed the pen cap and threw it aside. She propped her chin up with both hands and looked directly at her daughter.

　"You'll become the public enemy."

　"I'm not afraid," Alice shook her head. "At this point... I can't care about too much anymore..."

　"How about you team up with Yike, notify Xiaomo, and get rid of Ophelia directly?"

　Diana picked up the pen and twirled it between her fingers.

　"what do you mean..."

　"You can do whatever you want, sink her into the bay, or make her unable to speak forever, it's all fine."

　"This is the enemy's method, not ours. If we abuse violence and supernatural powers in the name of Xiaomo, how can we unite the people of the Academy?"

　Alice shook her head.

　"Actually, I've considered having the First Department accuse Ophelia of a crime and then throw her straight into jail."

　"and after?"

　"Later, Angelica investigated Ophelia's interpersonal relationships and discovered that most of the Citadel's council members had become... her lackeys."

　"Some people are motivated by profit, some by the Sean family's reputation, and some are intimidated. Perhaps many of Ophelia's actions have already spread underground. It's just that I haven't paid attention to the affairs of the parliament for too long, so the intelligence is lagging behind."

　"After all, Ophelia Sean is a descendant of the First Saint. Even if we only mention her surname, she is enough to hold great power in the Citadel. She may seem like an ordinary person, but behind her lies the three thousand years of faith of the Folk of the Mist—the Sean family's protection of the Citadel."

　"From the outside, if we imprison or assassinate Ophelia, what they will see is: Bishop Roberts Thane fought for the Citadel until the very end, his descendant Ophelia fought for those Citadel residents killed by the Golden People, and then the Pushit family attacked Ophelia..."

　"Putting aside other things, if this continues, the Citadel will surely be plunged into civil unrest. Those councillors under Ophelia's command have already been given enough leverage to justify their defection. So..."

　"...If Ophelia is touched, the Citadel will be in turmoil again."

　Alice sighed softly and glanced out the window.

　It's raining heavily, as it always does lately.

　"The result is that I found that Ophelia couldn't move at all. She placed herself at the heart of the Citadel."

　"If she is injured, it will be a serious blow to the entire city."

　"At this juncture, our forces can no longer be dispersed. Xiaomo is concentrating on her own affairs and can't come back to calm the situation, and I also have my own things to do..."

　"And Ophelia... although she doesn't want to admit it, she has now become the person who can help us focus our strength."

　"Do you want to find someone to represent you?" Diana raised her chin. "For example...me?"

　"No...no way..."

　Alice's tone seemed a little tough when she said this.

　She recalled the past when she was under investigation and that young and reliable junior took over the burden of her investigation.

　Dawn, he died, and died in such despair.

　Alice no longer wanted to let others suffer her fate.

　Seeing her like this, Diana sighed softly:

　"I'm worried about you, baby, if this goes on..."

　"Don't worry, Mom," Alice whispered, "I'll be fine."

　She leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes, and listened to the sound of rain outside the window.

　"I've already asked Angelica and Dawn to investigate the crash site. From now on, I'll devote more time to dealing with matters at the Citadel..."

　"Mom, just take care of the family affairs and take good care of little Faye. Don't let her get hurt."

　"Leave the rest to me!"

　At this moment, the sound of flapping wings was heard in the sky.

　Alice stood up suddenly and ran towards the door.

　"Let's go, Mom!"

　"Watch yourself——"

　"Bang!"

　The door closed and Alice ran away as fast as she could.

　Looking at the closed door, Diana sighed helplessly.

　The child has grown up...

　After rushing out of the bedroom, Alice went straight to the living room.

　The door was already open, her long silver hair fluttered in the wind, and her ice-blue eyes sparkled.

　Those were the king's eyes, but when they met the girl with flaming red hair, they softened instantly.

　"Alice! I—eh?"

　Before Vivian could finish her cool words, Alice rushed over and hugged her.

　She patted Alice's back in a panic, stammering:

　"What...what happened? What the hell? Did someone bully you?"

　At this moment, all the emotions that had been pent up in my heart burst out like a flood.

　"fine..."

　Alice raised her head and smiled happily at Vivian.

　"fine..."

　"Boom!"

　Heavy rain, thunder and lightning.

　Alice took a sip of hot coffee and turned to look at Vivian who was slumped on the bed.

　She reached out and rubbed Vivian's shoulders, and said softly:

　"weak."

　Vivian glanced at Alice angrily, not even realizing that saliva was still hanging from the corner of her mouth.

　"So you were wronged outside and took it out on me!"

　"No way, this is a fair duel," Alice exhaled hotly, "How's Yan Xia doing?"

　"Huh? How can we get down to business so soon?"

　"Hasn't the real work been done? Now it's time for the post-event chat." Alice smiled faintly.

　Vivian glared at Alice, angrily.

　Then, he recounted everything that had happened to Yan Xia.

　When Alice heard that all the nine sons except Qiuniu had died, she sighed softly.

　"Even such an ancient dragon king can die?"

　"No matter how ancient something is, as long as it's alive, it can be killed," Vivian blinked. "Anyway, after this is over, I'm going to lead my men to the front lines. Xiaomo's situation is almost done too."

　"Don't worry, I'll take care of the rest." Alice nodded.

　"What about you? You haven't told me what happened on your end?"

　"Here I am..."

　Alice hesitated to speak.

　She was silent for a while, but finally told Vivian everything Ophelia had done.

　"That's it..."

　Vivian sat up and leaned against the wall.

　There was a hint of icy flame in her ice-blue eyes. In fact, just now, Vivian subconsciously wanted to get angry.

　But she didn't. This was not the kind of emotion an...emperor should display.

　"Are you going to kill her?" Vivian whispered.

　"No, her presence now is actually beneficial to us."

　Alice sighed.

　"At least...she actually managed to bring all those people in the council together."

　"During this period, the parliament has been exceptionally harmonious, with most forces being consolidated under Xing Sui's faction."

　"Over at the port, the Steam Spider has already finished assembling. The military steam airships and transport ships are ready to go. As soon as Xiaomo gets the information, the army will begin a large-scale sea crossing."

　"Furthermore, Ophelia manipulated the parliament to send a group of troops across the sea in advance. If this had happened in the previous parliament...it would have been impossible to achieve such efficiency."

　Alice closed her eyes and recalled the scene in the rainstorm.

　Ophelia held her wand against her chest without fear, even though it burned her.

　That's a serious injury.

　"Everything she did...at least for now, it seems, was selfless and all for the benefit of the Academy."

　"But even so...her actions..."

　Alice recalled Tolum's expression before he boarded the spaceship, and recalled the children with confused eyes.

　"At least for now, in my opinion, there's no solution to all of this. We can only guard against her further expansion of her ambitions... At the same time, we should try our best to consolidate the limited power in our own hands and prevent the White Tower Council from becoming her one-man show."

　"That's easy," Vivian said softly, "I'll just leave two Pale Soldiers with you."

　"Does it work?"

　"These two demigods who obey your command may lack intelligence, but they are valuable because you can command them. Moreover, even if Ophelia really wants to do something strange... the Pale Army will let me know, and by then..."

　Vivian snuggled into Alice

　's arms, and gently licked her cheek:

　"I'm here to save you."

　Looking at Vivian's glowing ice-blue eyes, Alice felt warm inside.

　"Little demon dragon."

　She threw Vivian to the ground and pulled the quilt over her.

　It was still raining heavily outside the window.

　“It’s raining so hard!”

　Among the hills, Angelica wiped the rain from her face with her hands.

　In this kind of heavy rain, holding an umbrella is almost like deceiving yourself.

　Albus next to her was much smarter. He didn't bring an umbrella at all and just put on a raincoat.

　"Ling said, it's over there."