After my rebirth, Miss Saint turned evil

The reason why he took the initiative to cook was very simple - because Selena's previous actions made him unable to concentrate, but he didn't know how to say it, and he was worried that if he refused, it would make Selena sad.

So he used the excuse of "I want you to taste the food I cook" to successfully escape from Selena's hands.

Although he and Selena returned to the bedroom after dinner, this time he took the initiative, holding a notebook in one hand and touching his head with the other, so as to prevent Selena from doing anything and save himself from torture.

They lived in peace for a while, and then Old Jed came back.

The efficiency can be said to be quite fast. Murphy asked Selena to contact her around noon, and old Jed came back in the afternoon of the same day, still sitting in the carriage driven by Bray.

"What's wrong, kid? Why did you call me back so suddenly?" Old Jed, who was standing in the kitchen, sounded a little dissatisfied, perhaps because Murphy had interrupted something good that had happened to him.

This made Murphy, who left Selena's bedroom after receiving Wood's notice, feel a little embarrassed. After all, this time he was disturbing the other party for his own personal matters.

He gave Old Jed a somewhat embarrassed laugh, scratched his head, and said, "There's something I can't make up my mind about, and I need to borrow your wisdom, Master."

Although he often bickered with Old Jed, most of the time he was somewhat humble in front of him.

"You kid can say such things... Humph, I guess it's not good." Old Jed glanced at Murphy, clicked his tongue, and then said: "If you have something to say, just say it quickly. I have to go out for a drink tonight."

Although his tone sounded a little impatient, he couldn't hide the slightly raised corners of his mouth, which showed that Murphy's words just now actually benefited him a lot.

"Thank you, Master." Murphy smiled, but he did not answer Old Jed's question. Instead, he turned to Wood who was waiting on the side and said, "Wood, can I borrow your room?"

"Okay, Brother Murphy." Wood showed his signature honest smile and nodded.

"Thank you." Murphy also thanked him, then waved to old Jed, left the kitchen first, and walked into Wood's bedroom.

As for why Wood's room was used instead of Selena's...

Let me make it clear first, it’s not that Murphy dislikes old Jed.

Although Selena's room is not as pink and tender as most people imagine a girl's room to be, it is just a little cleaner and tidier.

But Murphy still felt that if old Jed was allowed in, the painting would become very strange.

And although Selena would never refuse this matter, she would probably feel a little unhappy.

Murphy doesn't want this.

Chapter 98 The fulfilled promise

Murphy and old Jed were the only two people in Wood's room, sitting opposite each other on opposite sides of the table.

Selena is not here. This is Murphy's request. He doesn't want Selena to worry about him.

Although he acted nonchalant when talking to Filia, the danger of this matter was not small anyway, after all, they had to bring people out of the royal capital.

Not to mention that the person to be taken away is Filia, the daughter of the Reinhard family in the royal capital. Her long silver hair is not something you can see everywhere here.

If the guard saw it, the news would probably be passed to the Knights in the next second.

Selena is not a fool. She understands the danger of doing such things. It is not certain whether she will dissuade others at that time, but she will definitely be worried.

So no matter how unhappy Selena was, Murphy chose to exclude her and let her wait in her room while she negotiated with old Jed.

"Just tell me what you want to say. Why are you being so mysterious?" Old Jed spoke first. Maybe it was because Murphy's cautious behavior aroused some interest in him, but his tone was no longer as impatient as before, but became a little curious.

"Um... let's talk about Selena and Wood first." In fact, Murphy originally planned to discuss the matter directly with old Jed.

But before he opened his mouth, he suddenly remembered the promise he made to Selena a few days ago, so he decided to tell Old Jed about it first to prevent himself from forgetting the promise in the end.

"What's the matter?"

"I think... Actually, they can go back to Lars now. Since the noble has already escaped."

Old Jed glanced at him in surprise and said, "That's it?"

"Yeah." Murphy nodded.

"Although I don't care, but——" Old Jed shrugged his shoulders and then reached for his waist.

But he didn't touch anything. It was only then that he remembered that his pipe was still thrown in the pub of his old friend.

Old Jed was a little depressed. He was smoking and drinking with old friends whom he hadn't seen for a long time, but suddenly he received a call from Selena, saying that there was a very urgent matter.

Thinking that something had happened to Murphy, he hurriedly asked Bray to send him back. As a result, he was so anxious that he even left his pipe on the table and forgot to bring it back.

Old Jed, who couldn't find a pipe, naturally couldn't smoke either. He frowned helplessly and sighed, then continued the topic he had left off with a somewhat depressed tone, "————Actually, the way I think about it...they're doing well here now, and I think they can do even bigger things in the future."

"I guess you'll need their help a lot in the future, so there's no need to ask them to go back and start over."

Having said that, he looked up at Murphy.

Of course, Murphy noticed Old Jed's gaze, which was asking Murphy whether she would still stick to her decision after hearing what he had just said.

"...I still think they should go back, and this is also what the brother and sister want." Murphy's answer was very clear. This was something that had been decided long ago, and it was also the promise he had made to Selena and her brother.

After hearing this, Old Jed knew that Murphy had no intention of changing his mind.

He shook his head and said, "Since you've made up your mind, I won't say much. They are your team after all, so do whatever you want. I'll arrange for two people to come over and take over in a few days."

"Thank you, Master."

Old Jed laughed dryly and said nonchalantly, "Although they do a good job here, they are not indispensable."

"And with their abilities... even if they went back and started over, it wouldn't be that difficult for them to achieve their current status there."

Old Jed paused, and Murphy took advantage of the opportunity to say, "Then Master, can you——"

But he only said the beginning, because Old Jed interrupted him directly: "But let me make it clear first, I won't take care of them just because they are your subordinates. Although I will give them opportunities, in the end, they still have to rely on themselves."

"Hehe, that's all, just give him a chance." Murphy laughed awkwardly. He didn't expect that old Jed could see through his intentions at a glance.

But it doesn't matter. As long as they are given a chance, he believes that Selena and Wood will not let him down.

"Thank you, Master." He thanked Old Jed again.

Old Jed waved at him.

Then, the room suddenly became quiet.

After thanking him, Murphy stopped talking. He was thinking about how to tell Old Jed about Filia.

After all, although he has his own reasons, they are also based on his experiences in his previous life.

But to those who didn't know, like Old Jed, what he was about to do was like gambling his life for a woman he had just met.

So Murphy was not very good at speaking. He was thinking about which reason to use. He thought of several reasons in the morning, but he was not very satisfied with any of them.

How should I put it... Although those reasons sound reasonable and well-founded, if you think about it carefully, you will find that after putting aside those gorgeous appearances, there are only four words left - lust at first sight.

As for Old Jed, he was waiting for Murphy to say the next thing, because he believed that Murphy would not call him back just for such a trivial matter as transferring personnel, and this was not a secret matter that needed to be discussed in a room.

The room fell into silence for a while, and finally it was old Jed, who was feeling a little uneasy because he had no cigarettes, who spoke first and broke the silence in the room.

He cleared his throat, attracted Murphy's attention, and said, "Is there anything else? If not, I'm going to go drink. There are people waiting."

Hearing this, Murphy hurriedly said: "Indeed, there is..."

"If you have to fart, fart quickly." Old Jed glared at him, and his right hand couldn't help but knock on the table - because he had no cigarettes to smoke, the hand that usually held the pipe could not be idle.

In order to avoid Old Jed feeling impatient, Murphy simply organized his words this time and said directly: "It's just... Master, did you know that Patrick before?"

After hearing this question, Old Jed was stunned.

He was visibly shaken, for even the tapping of his hands on the table stopped.

Chapter 99: Targeted Questions

If Murphy had asked, "Master, do you know Patrick?" Old Jed would actually understand.

After all, it was he who asked Murphy to come to the capital to watch the show, and one of the protagonists of this show was Patrick.

But Murphy's question was so targeted that Old Jed had never expected it. He had never expected that he would ask him this.

No... Actually, it's not that I didn't expect it. After all, the relationship between old Jed and Patrick is not a secret that needs to be buried.

So many people in the organization actually know about the relationship between the two men, as well as the past event that is not easily mentioned - the two bosses of the organization, Gerard Kaliba and Patrick Reinhart parted ways.

For example, the first group of veterans who followed him into the organization all knew Patrick, and some of them even drank with Patrick as brothers, so they knew very well the cause and result of the incident.

Old Jed actually didn't deliberately hide this matter from Murphy, so it's not impossible for Murphy to know about it, and it's normal for him to ask about it after knowing it.

But what can I say... People who know about this matter are basically very secretive about it. After all, it is not something good to talk about.

On the contrary, to put it nicely, this is a dispute over ideas between the two bosses in the organization, and to put it bluntly, the top leaders of the organization have fallen out.

The eventual result of that incident was that the two bosses of the organization parted ways, and one of them, Patrick, left the organization.

In fact, this was partly the reason why the organization's subsequent development was extremely difficult, because the power of one person is limited after all, and old Jed at that time was actually just a newcomer. It was difficult for him to maintain the entire organization by himself.

And it has to be said that Patrick's ability to make money is really strong.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to lead the Reinhardt family out of the predicament of not being able to support themselves in just a few years after inheriting the title and the position of head of the family, and even to develop rapidly.

Fortunately, Dickens brought his belongings to Lars to take over the position of city lord, which gave the organization a stable source of funds. Otherwise, Old Jed's organization might have died when it was still a seedling, and would never have grown into the towering tree it is today.

To those in the organization, Patrick wasn't someone they could talk about with a smile.

After all, because of his sudden departure, the rats at that time really suffered a lot of unnecessary suffering, so even the veterans who knew this matter very well would rarely mention it during conversations.

Therefore, it had been a long time since Old Jed had been specifically asked about his relationship with Patrick, so when Murphy asked so specifically, he was stunned for a moment.

But it was only for a moment, and he quickly withdrew his thoughts and thought about how to answer Murphy's question.

"Um... which Patrick?" Although Patrick was a close friend who parted ways with old Jed and made him extremely disappointed, this was not a topic that could not be mentioned, so he could answer Murphy's question.

But for some reason, after a long period of hesitation, he finally chose to play dumb and tried to get away with it in this way.

"He's one of the earls who was imprisoned in the royal capital by Leighton XIII - Patrick Reinhardt, the current head of the Reinhardt family. Master, do you know him?" Murphy continued to ask relentlessly. It was obvious that he didn't want to give Old Jed a chance to fool him.

Old Jed felt helpless, he knew he couldn't escape this time.

...Huh? Dodge? Why should I dodge? Is this something unspeakable?

Old Jed was stunned again, and he suddenly realized that his previous behavior was an escape.

This made him feel confused and a little unhappy at the same time - it was as if he was deliberately avoiding his past.

However, after coming to his senses, he still did not directly answer Murphy's question, but instead asked the other party: "...Why are you asking this? What does this have to do with you?"

Murphy nodded. There was no need for him to hide anything, so he explained directly to Old Jed: "Because I have something to discuss with you, and it is related to Patrick."

"..." Old Jed didn't respond. He narrowed his one eye and looked towards Murphy.

Murphy had no intention of avoiding it. He held his head high and looked into Old Jed's eyes, accepting his scrutiny calmly.

The two looked at each other for a while. Perhaps feeling Murphy's determination, Old Jed finally looked away.

He sighed and said, "I did know him, a long time ago."

After hearing this, Murphy felt that "it's as expected".

In fact, he had this guess since the first time he met Filia. After all, Filia actually sat next to old Jed... No matter how he looked at it, he would feel a strange sense of incongruity.

Filia and Old Jed should have no connection at all, so he guessed that Filia's elders must have known Old Jed, and they should have a good relationship - after all, the two of them seemed to have had a pretty good chat before.

But at that time, Murphy and Patrick had no relationship, so he neither asked Filia and Old Jed nor went out of his way to inquire about this matter.

On the day he just arrived in the royal capital, after hearing Old Jed's ridicule of Patrick, Murphy both confirmed his thoughts and realized that his guess might be a little wrong.

Old Jed did know Filia's elder, that person was Patrick, but the relationship between the two of them was probably not very good.

Otherwise, Old Jed wouldn't have smiled so happily when he knew Patrick had suffered a loss.

Of course, there is also a possibility: Old Jed and Patrick are actually good friends.

Just like a normal friend will help you up after you fall.

But if your best friend sees you fall, he will definitely not help you up first. Instead, he will stand aside and laugh, and only lend you a hand when he is happy enough.

Thinking of this, in order to confirm his own thoughts and to choose the direction of his next action, Murphy no longer hesitated and asked Old Jed directly: "Master, how is your relationship with Patrick?"

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Chapter 100 Sincerity is always the ultimate weapon

"Master, how is your relationship with Patrick?"

After hearing Murphy's question, Old Jed fell silent again, but this time his expression was a little different from the previous times he was silent.

His previous silence was spent thinking about why Murphy asked this question and whether he should answer his question;