After my rebirth, Miss Saint turned evil

At that moment, Filia saw a ray of light.

The light slowly shot towards the window and shone on the blurry figure.

The inky black night seemed to be easily penetrated, and her heart seemed to be the same.

It wasn't her eyes that did it, nor was it the not-so-warm moonlight coming down from the sky, or the smile on the visitor's face.

In short, Filia Reinhardt unconsciously widened her eyes, her gaze fixed on that smile as if attracted.

She saw it.

Filia Reinhardt saw the person who shouldn't be there.

The strong man whom she had found to protect Candice; the swordsman hiding in the border town of Lars; the hateful man who seemed to have never known how to respect the nobility - Murphy.

He carried wings made of moonlight on his back, blocking out the darkness outside the window.

There he is.

(I'm currently owing four chapters. The author has to undergo a minor surgery tomorrow, a very small surgery, so I'll still post another chapter tomorrow. I'll make up for all the chapters I've owed in the past few days after I'm discharged from the hospital.)

Chapter 88 Lies

"Hey, Filia, you're such an arrogant idiot who only knows how to order people around. How come you've suddenly become a caged bird that dares not fly out?"

Obviously, this statement with a strong personal style is full of irony.

Filia couldn't help but stare at Murphy outside the window with her silver eyes, somewhat confused.

She had realized by now that the person coming was not an assassin or any other dangerous person, but the guy who had just appeared in her mind.

'How did he know this place? No... no, how did he end up here?'

Filia knew that Old Jed's power might have infiltrated the entire kingdom, so it wouldn't be difficult for Murphy to know where she lived.

And even if Old Jed didn't exist, the location of the Earl's mansion was not a secret to be hidden in this royal capital. He could find out where he was with a little investigation.

So Filia changed her mind, but her hesitation was still obvious. Her silver eyes were wide open, which showed that her mind was not functioning well.

"What? Don't you recognize me anymore?" Murphy waved his hand outside the window, as if trying to attract Filia's attention.

He succeeded, because Filia finally came to her senses after hearing the familiar voice again.

She walked slowly to the window and carefully observed Murphy through the transparent glass.

He was little changed from when we parted.

"why?"

"Ok?"

"Why are you here?" This was the question that just occurred in Filia's mind, but the voice coming through the window sounded a little unreal to Murphy.

"Actually..." He hesitated for a second and replied, "Well, actually, I'm not sure either. Anyway, let me in first, okay?"

"What..." Filia was not satisfied with the answer.

Her nimble fingers had been tangled up before, but despite this, after hearing Murphy's words, she slowly turned the window handle.

"What do you think?" Murphy turned over and jumped into the window. The warm environment in the house gave him goose bumps. It was almost autumn, and it was actually quite cold late at night in this season.

"what idea?"

"How do you feel about a princess being imprisoned in a high-rise building by her own father and forced to marry a man she dislikes?" Murphy shrugged, closed the window with his backhand, and slowly approached Filia.

Filia retreated in panic, but after two steps, she felt her back hit an obstacle.

She had been forced into a corner by Murphy, and there seemed to be a glimmer of darkness in those eyes that were so close to her.

"No... I'm not a princess, and I'm not imprisoned." Seeing that her retreat was cut off, Filia said this softly, with a hint of unwillingness hidden in her words.

She shook her head, letting her eyes meet Murphy's in the air, and added to what she had said before: "...I volunteered, that's all."

This is a lie.

There is no impurity at all, it is just a pure lie.

Of course Murphy saw it, because if Filia was not shaken at all, then when he approached her, he should have been responded with a flying iron fist instead of a cowardly step backward.

And that Filia, the one who never escaped and only resorted to force and violence to deal with her own confusion, actually turned her head away and looked away in front of her.

Ha! What a rare sight!

This woman, this Filia, seems to be no different from an ordinary woman now.

Was it a desire to seek revenge for past violence, or was it simply a desire to conquer the strong? In short, Murphy unconsciously had the urge to bully her.

But he didn't do that, because he didn't come here to bully Filia, but to clarify something.

Murphy took a few steps back and came to the window so that Filia would not feel so depressed and prevent her from being speechless.

Although Murphy thought this was unlikely, it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"Let's skip the engagement for now, but there's one thing I haven't figured out." Murphy stopped here, frowning, as if thinking about how to ask his question.

He waited until Filia could no longer help suppressing the subtle emotions in her heart and cast her gaze in his direction before he smiled and asked, "What do you mean by taking good care of Candice?"

After seeing Murphy's smile, Filia realized that the pause just now was to wait for her to adjust her mood. She looked away again: "...I mean it literally. I want to ask you to take good care of her for me."

After seeing this scene twice in a row, Murphy was no longer surprised. He just sighed in his heart: Filia has not grown up yet.

The current Filia is completely different from her past style. Her words and actions no longer have a sense of dominance. If Murphy had not seen her like that half a month ago, he might have thought that she was a fake.

He shook his head at Filia, indicating that he didn't understand what she meant: "What about you? You and she are friends, right?"

There seemed to be a trace of confusion in Filia's eyes, but she soon came to her senses: "I... I still have my own things to do."

"what's up?"

"...This is a private matter for my family."

"But you asked me to take care of Candice, so I at least need to know what happened to you."

Although Filia didn't want to answer, Murphy continued to ask questions without mercy because he knew that Filia would definitely answer him.

Although he was somewhat curious about what had happened between Filia and Patrick, including their past lives and this life.

But that was the curiosity that everyone would have, not any gossip, so this was not the main reason why he questioned the other party.

In fact, what he said was what he really thought in his heart: If you ask me for help, you have to tell me the reason.

Indeed, she and I can be considered good friends now, and we even had a deeper bond in our previous life.

But that doesn't mean you can accept the other party's request without knowing the reason. At least you have to understand the reason behind the matter.

The reasons he gave to Filia were correct and irrefutable, so he firmly believed that the other party would definitely answer his question.

Sure enough, after a visible struggle, Filia sighed helplessly.

(I'm currently 7 updates behind. The doctor said I can be discharged on the 27th.)

Chapter 89 The Difference Between the Past and the Present

Filia slowly walked to the bed and pointed to the sofa beside her, asking Murphy to sit down.

Murphy nodded. He didn't hesitate and walked to the direction of Filia's finger and sat down on the expensive and comfortable sofa.

He raised his head and turned his gaze to Filia, who was sitting on the bed with her head lowered, waiting for her confession.

"You should know my father, right? He's the Earl Patrick you mentioned." Filia finally spoke, and the first sentence she said was similar to what Murphy had guessed.

At this point in time, the one who had conflicts with Filia was Patrick, and this has never changed, either in the past or now.

After seeing Murphy nod, Filia raised her head and continued, "I was chosen by my father to be the heir to the family. Although I certainly won't inherit the title directly, I also have to learn things that I haven't been exposed to before, so I won't have the opportunity to go out for a long time."

After Filia continued speaking until this point, she lowered her head and stopped talking.

Murphy, who was sitting on the sofa, did not respond. He was waiting for the other party to catch his breath, and then continued to say the follow-up.

But he didn't wait for the follow-up. He couldn't see the expression of Filia, who was sitting on the bed with her head down, so he didn't know what the other party meant.

Did he finish what he was saying, or did he think of something else and forget about it for the time being?

In the end, Murphy chose to ask Filia to remind her to come back to her senses.

"......Then what?"

"No more, that's all."

After Murphy's reminder, Filia did respond this time, but her answer made Murphy stunned, and also made him feel a little surprised.

"Just... like this?"

"Ah."

Murphy has always thought that the conflict between Filia and Patrick should not be a trivial matter, otherwise how could the father and daughter draw swords against each other?

But on second thought, Murphy figured out the real reason for the fight between Filia and Patrick.

Although I have affected some world lines in this life, it should not have had much impact on Filia, and nothing with far-reaching impact should have happened between us.

So, excluding the influence of myself, what is the difference between Filia in this life and her previous life?

The difference is: she didn't return to the royal capital in the past, but she has returned now.

So what is the most crucial factor that leads to these two differences? And how did the things that Filia experienced before returning to the capital differ from her past?

Yes, the answer is simple - brave.

Everything points to that brave man.

In her previous life, Filia met a brave man. In order to lead the brave man to find other team members, she did not go to the royal capital, but wandered around the earldom.

I think she had already been selected into the team of heroes at that time.

Later, Patrick escaped from the control of Leyden XIII through a series of his own plans and successfully returned to Wilfridsburg, where he also met his daughter Philia again.

I'm afraid that after seeing her, Patrick also asked her to give up her freedom, or simply locked her up in her room to learn knowledge that she didn't like.

But how could Filia be willing to be bound by her own father?

She once said: Strength is the means to break the stronger, it is the basis for embracing freedom, and it is the foundation for being unrestrained.

This shows how much she desires power, which ultimately comes down to freedom.

So she rejected her father's arrangement for her and challenged him, and the two of them drew their swords.

But...since she rejected Patrick in the past, why didn't she resist this time?

Murphy frowned and looked at Filia again.

She still lowered her head, looking timid.

This somewhat cowardly look reminded Murphy of Candice, and also made him understand why Filia did not resist Patrick's arrangement.

The fact that she did not resist her father was probably still related to the hero, or perhaps it was related to the fact that she had not seen the hero.

In the past, after meeting the hero and being selected by him to join the hero team, Filia found her own direction and the reason to no longer be bound by her father.

But now she has not met the hero, so the things that can help Filia make up her mind to resist Patrick, such as the direction to move forward and the reasons for not being bound, will naturally no longer appear.

After all, it was me she met, and I didn't have the ability to help her build up the determination to disobey her father's orders.

But maybe a few words of caution...

"Filia."

"...What's wrong?" Filia raised her head and looked at Murphy who called her name with a puzzled look.

"Why don't you try to resist? I remember your family seemed to be able to defend their ideas through duels?"

"..."

Filia stopped talking again. She lowered her head and sighed deeply.

Seeing this, Murphy asked again: "Why...uh, is what I heard false? Is there no such thing?"

"Of course there is, and how could I not know what you are talking about? But what good would it do even if I knew? I——"

This time, Filia answered quickly, but halfway through, she sighed again and interrupted herself.

She hesitated for a long time before continuing to give her answer: "I... I can't beat my father, and..."

Filia's answer was a little hesitant at first, and she seemed reluctant to admit it.

It is understandable. After all, for a competitive person like her, it is really difficult to ask her to admit her failure.

But what surprised Murphy was that she started to give up on herself at the end.