After my rebirth, Miss Saint turned evil

Murphy was quite happy, just like how he felt last night when he found out that he had defeated Filia in swordsmanship.

But he quickly shook his head to dispel the strange feeling.

He felt that this idea was not a good one, as if he was a psychopath.

Anyway, I have to discuss this matter with Old Jed first and see if he can help.

The main thing is to see if Old Jed can help himself and Filia to contain Patrick, or simply make a deal with him.

I’ll take a look at what Selena is writing now, and then weigh the pros and cons and try to choose the most perfect plan.

But if Old Jed is unwilling to help, or is willing to help but cannot, or if it will embarrass him, then he might as well just "steal" Filia out by himself and send her away.

Anyway, he is alone, so he is not afraid of implicating others even if Patrick finds out.

And now he is not planning to stay in Lars anymore. After sending Filia to a place where Patrick will not find her, he plans to travel alone and see the world.

As for where to send Filia, he actually already had a rough idea.

The requirements for that place are not many, just these three:

1. It can make Filia willing to settle down there and won't make her feel constrained;

2. To help Filia improve her swordsmanship, at least to a level stronger than her father's;

3. She will not be discovered by Patrick and his men, so Filia can live in peace.

There are quite a few places that meet these conditions, so Murphy has several options in his mind, but he hasn't decided which one to choose.

After all, it would be best if we could get old Jed's help and solve Patrick's troubles without having to flee far away.

The things I just thought about are actually only used in the worst situations.

And there was the promise that Murphy had made to Filia to help her take care of Candice.

Because he will not stay in Lars anymore, but plans to travel alone.

So in the event that he couldn't stay with Candice all the time, he had thought of several solutions.

If Candice is willing, then send her to Filia and let her take care of Candice herself. She will definitely be very happy.

If Candice doesn't want to leave and wants to stay in Lars... then she'll have to ask the old man to take care of her.

Murphy believed that the old man could definitely take good care of Candice, after all, he was Lars's underground king;

In addition, as a local S-level adventurer in Lars, Candice also has great influence there. The Adventurer's Guild and the Magician's Association are on her side.

In fact, Murphy couldn't think of anyone or anything that could threaten Candice, so he didn't understand why Filia asked him to take care of Candice.

For a winner in life like this who has money, a house and strength, does she really need the care of an ordinary person like me?

But since I have promised others, I must do it. When the time comes, I will ask Old Jed for help. However, I have to ask him for help in the form of a commission, otherwise I will feel a little guilty.

After all, I have received a lot of favors from him so far.

Well, I don’t have to worry about the compensation. After all, I didn’t spend much of the money I earned before, so there’s still a lot left.

In addition, after leaving Lars, the house left by his parents was actually of no use and could be sold for some money.

If that's still not enough, then just run in and steal some valuables and sell them when you send Filia away.

It is an earl's mansion after all, and the Reinhard family is not poor now under Patrick's rule, so there must be a lot of valuable things in that mansion. It would be a waste not to take it.

Since your daughter has already stolen something, it’s okay for her to take some valuable things along the way, right?

The money added together is definitely enough. The old man’s help will not be in vain, nor will he suffer any loss.

Murphy sat in the chair and planned his next move, but his hands never stopped moving.

Selena, who was sitting on him and had already written all the content, was enjoying his head patting service without saying a word.

Chapter 96 Current Situation

Murphy sat in the chair and planned his next move. Although his brain was working at top speed, his hands never stopped moving.

Selena, who was sitting on him and had already written all the content, was pretending to be still working hard on it. She squinted her eyes and enjoyed his head patting service without saying a word.

Just now, just for a short while, let her be slightly satisfied.

However, although Selena wanted to stay in this warm and comfortable embrace forever, as mentioned before, she was a good child and she could distinguish the priorities of things.

So no matter how reluctant she was, she finally shook her body gently, in this way bringing Murphy's consciousness back.

"Hmm? Ah, thank you for your hard work, Selena." Murphy quickly reacted. He stretched out his free hand to take the notebook handed to him by Selena: "Thank you."

Selena smiled at him and then left the bedroom.

She should have sent someone to contact Old Jed.

Murphy thanked her again softly from behind, and after she closed the bedroom door, Murphy opened the notebook and began to read it carefully.

He planned to get a good understanding of Patrick's current situation, and then determine the next means of negotiation with the other party based on his current circumstances.

And when Old Jed comes, he can also use this information to discuss things with the other party.

Even if Old Jed can't help for various reasons, with his experience, he should be able to give me some good advice, right?　

Murphy read for a long time this time because what Selena wrote was so detailed.

She even wrote down the reasons for the conflict between Patrick and Leyden XIII.

Ever since Patrick inherited the title and showed unnecessary ambition, conflicts began to arise between him and Leyden XIII and intensified.

Although there are two large families in the Kingdom of Leiden, the Reinhardt family, which is more powerful, is definitely more threatening to the safety of the kingdom than the Achborn family, which has outstanding political skills.

In fact, before Patrick inherited the title, the Reinhard family posed no threat to the kingdom. After all, it was just a family that could barely support itself and all its members were idiots with swords.

Moreover, the heads of the Reinhard family have never shown ambitions that match their status. They are only focused on honing their swordsmanship.

Therefore, for the kings of all generations, the Reinhard family was not even as threatening as the Ashburn family.

However, this historical part is not very important, nor is it the information that Murphy wants to know, so he just glanced at it and skipped it all.

Apart from eliminating the information that was of little help to him, his main focus was on: the methods Patrick had used before, the arrangements he had made in secret, and his current allies and enemies.

It is indeed as Old Jed said, Patrick seems to have suffered some minor losses at the hands of Leyden XIII, but overall Patrick still has some advantages in the overall situation.

As for why Old Jed obviously hates Patrick, but Patrick is now in the upper hand, he can still laugh so happily.

Murphy guessed that he was probably just unhappy with Patrick and hoped that he would suffer more losses.

He didn't care who won or lost between Patrick and Leyden XIII; it had no effect on him.

Back to this fight, now another earl family, the Ashburn family, is on Patrick's side, which has also led to the group of small nobles who have always followed the Ashburn family to all stand in line.

This was not the result of the marriage. Filia was just a small earl's daughter. She did not have the power to get such a large interest group to help Patrick rebel against the king.

Harrison Ashburn is clearly very smart.

He knew very well that if he chose to stand on the king's side or simply remain neutral and not help either side, then when Leighton finally defeated Patrick at the age of thirteen, he, who had the same status as Patrick, would inevitably be directly liquidated by the king on the grounds of "preventing the next turmoil."

By then, even if he wanted to resist, he probably wouldn't be able to do it, because apart from the church that never interfered in political affairs, the Kingdom of Leiden had always been in a state of three-way balance of power and mutual restraint.

So Harrison lined up in advance and chose to join Patrick in rebelling against Leyden XIII.

In fact, he was forced into this situation by Patrick, because sooner or later he would be liquidated by Leyden XIII.

Nothing could be a greater threat to the kingdom than a family of earls with vast territories, not to mention the precedent of Patrick.

But in fact he also has his own ambitions, he has always wanted to get rid of the king's control.

This is a good opportunity. If he succeeds in the end, he may be able to take the opportunity to return to his territory with his family and no longer have to worry about it all the time like in the past.

Therefore, the engagement between Kelson Ashburn and Filia is more the result of the alliance than the condition for the alliance between Harrison and Patrick.

In addition to the Ashburn family as an ally, Patrick seemed to have other backup plans: he once assigned a mission to his brother's son, Rayleigh Reinhardt.

Selena did not write clearly what the specific mission was, but Rayleigh should have gone directly to the Giant Kingdom in the north after going to Lars.

Patrick also made other arrangements, large and small, such as:

Send someone to secretly commission the adventurer to do something in secret;

Spend money to mobilize the wanderers and bandits around the capital, contact the major forces in the slums other than Wood and Selena, and disrupt the law and order near the capital;

Send people to the Grand Cathedral in the royal capital to try to persuade the old Pope who is determined to wipe out the demons.

There are actually some more besides these.

When Murphy saw the last page, he suddenly found that Filia had apologized to him.

Because what she wrote in the notebook seemed incomplete, she didn't know what other arrangements Patrick had made, and her subordinates were unable to investigate it all.

Of course, Murphy did not blame Selena for this idea. He knew very well that it was impossible to know everything.

Not to mention the royal capital, which has not yet been completely infiltrated by the rats, even in Lars, who is completely controlled by Old Jed, it is impossible for him to know everything.

Chapter 97 Strange Techniques

As Murphy watched, he was also thinking about whether he could use this information to do something beneficial to himself.

So it took him a long time, so long that Selena had already left and returned.

And because he was watching so carefully and seriously, Murphy didn't even notice that Selena had returned.

It wasn't until Selena walked over to him and snuggled into his arms again that he reacted slightly.

He lowered his head and said to Selena, "Thank you for your hard work, Selena."

This was Murphy's habitual way of saying thank you, and after noticing Selena nodded in response, he turned his full attention back to the notebook.

This made Selena, who was sitting in his arms waiting, a little dissatisfied, because Murphy did not take the next step according to her idea.

She puffed out her lips and hummed softly, somewhat unhappily.

But she also knew that Murphy was busy with her own things, so she didn't disturb her with any violent movements.

But she had nothing to do and couldn't just sit there doing nothing, so she picked up Murphy's free right hand and began to rub it gently.

This movement also made Murphy lower his head to look at his hand. After finding out that it was Selena who did it, he stopped paying attention to it.

It’s not difficult to turn the pages with one hand anyway, so let Selena do whatever she wants... Thinking of this, Murphy focused on the notebook again.

But soon, he realized something was wrong.

Because, um, how should I put it, the way Selena rubbed it seemed a bit... strange.

She first tickled Murphy's palm with one hand, and with the other hand she grasped his index finger and kneaded it gently.

Then, Selena began to rub the inside of his right thumb with this hand, while the other hand began to draw circles in the palm of her hand.

Selena's hands were small, soft, and smooth, and she didn't use much strength. Although she was the one being kneaded, the tingling sensation still made Murphy feel very comfortable.

But gradually, Selena's hands began to warm up, and in the end she even sweated a little.

That... wet and hot feeling made Murphy feel something was wrong.

He temporarily withdrew his thoughts from the notebook and looked down.

From this bird's-eye view, the short Selena's face couldn't be seen at all. Murphy could only see the top of her head and the back of her head.

But if you look closely, you can see that her ears seem a little red.

And Selena was still rubbing her right hand in that strange way.

And compared to what I felt just now, if I look directly at that place with my eyes――

Hiss, this...why does it feel a little creepy?

Murphy's eyes kept switching between Selena's slightly red ears and his right hand that she was playing with, and he himself was also confused.

He felt that this rubbing technique was wrong, very wrong.

But in the final analysis, Selena was just rubbing his right hand, and he had never experienced such a thing before, so he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Murphy's thoughts began to wander to strange places, but he quickly threw away all those unrealistic thoughts.

Damn, what a beast... He cursed himself fiercely in his heart as a condemnation of his dirty thoughts just now.

Then he tried to divert his attention from Selena's ears and his own hands and began to concentrate on reading the book.

But for some reason, he just couldn't concentrate.

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If Murphy and Selena were not in the capital a few days ago but stayed in the restaurant, Wood would usually make some food and bring it in for them during his free time when there were fewer customers.

But today, Murphy volunteered to go into the kitchen, and used the ingredients and extra pots in the restaurant to stir-fry a few side dishes. Then he had dinner with Selena and Wood, and successfully conquered their taste buds.