After my rebirth, Miss Saint turned evil

"Oh, right, this matter is related to your enemy...um...who is it? Anyway, it has something to do with him."

"...Blanco?" Murphy was a little surprised. He didn't expect that a dead Blanco would have an impact on the struggle between the king and the earl.

Old Jed nodded. "Well, didn't you kill him? It seems that guy used this matter to drag on for a few days. I don't know what he said specifically."

"Actually, what I mean is: there's still plenty of time. You should think it over carefully. It's not too late to come and discuss it with me when you're ready."

Just like before, Old Jed began to tap his fingers on the table again, and the implication of his words was obvious: he was leaving now.

Just after the conversation just now, his urge to smoke came back, and there was nothing to eat in the restaurant. After all, neither Murphy nor Wood smoked.

He now had only one thought in mind, to quickly go back and get his cigarettes, then take a few good puffs and make up for what he owed.

However, although he was really itching to do it, Murphy still didn't let him get his wish.

The "nodding in agreement" answer he had imagined did not appear.

Quite the opposite is——

"Master, I have made up my mind."

Under Old Jed's listless gaze, Murphy shook his head slowly but firmly, and then gave the answer that the other party did not want to hear at all.

Sure enough, the moment he said it, Old Jed sighed helplessly.

"I want to take her out." Perhaps feeling that this answer was really unconvincing, Murphy quickly explained: "Although... although I can't directly say why I do this, this is what I really think in my heart."

"I want her to leave Patrick. I want her to pick up her sword again. If that's not possible—"

Murphy interrupted himself and looked at Old Jed with determination in his eyes: "If I don't do this, I will definitely regret it in the future."

Old Jed didn't meet his gaze, but simply turned his head away.

There was no doubt about Murphy's determination. Those eyes and those words said it all. He didn't need to confirm it anymore.

Although Old Jed felt a little helpless, he just sighed slightly in his heart and did not show it.

"Since my disciple has said so, it would be a bit ungrateful for me, as their master, to advise him further." He shrugged and continued, "Although you said you wanted to do it, do you have a plan now? You don't have any idea at all, do you?"

"If that's the case, then I'll have to strengthen my education of you again."

Old Jed's expression gradually became serious. It seemed that he really took this matter to heart and was indeed prepared to discuss it with Murphy to see if he could help.

In response to his inquiry, Murphy nodded seriously and said, "Yes, and I have thought about it a lot before."

After Murphy finished speaking, Old Jed was obviously relieved. He was afraid that Murphy would come without thinking about it. After all, it is not an easy task to plan everything from scratch.

He nodded with satisfaction, and said to Murphy, who was sitting opposite him, with a little pride: "That's good. It seems that my education was quite successful."

"Yes, thanks to your teaching." Murphy said this with a serious look on his face, without any hint of sarcasm.

Old Jed laughed, "Haha", and it was unclear whether he was sneering or satisfied with Murphy's compliment.

From this point of view, these two people are indeed master and apprentice.

After the inevitable awkwardness, Old Jed spoke first to break the silence.

Just like before, he coughed twice to break the frozen air, then said, "Well, um... you wait here for a moment. I'll be out for a while. It won't take long."

"...Okay." Murphy nodded. Although she didn't know what Old Jed was going to do, since he specifically mentioned it, it must be something important.

Old Jed left the room after he responded. What he was going to do now was indeed important, at least very important to him.

smoke.

He really couldn't help it.

People who don't smoke may not know this, but for old Jed, an old smoker, it would be better to be killed than to have no cigarettes to smoke.

Although he had patiently talked to Murphy for a while before, he knew that he couldn't continue like that.

He left the room before the formal discussion began, actually so that Bray could run errands to get the cigarettes back for him.

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There will be two more chapters later, but it's very late, so let's go to bed first_(:з」∠)_

Chapter 103 I Believe in Her

"Master, do you think Patrick will still listen to your requests now?"

Although he knew it was impossible, Murphy still asked Old Jed who had returned with a hopeful thought.

"Listen to me? Just him? Haha."

Although Old Jed didn't answer directly, his answer was already obvious.

"I think so too." Murphy was not disappointed. After all, it was expected.

He briefly gathered his thoughts and said, "Actually, my initial plan revolved around making a deal with Patrick, like offering him a chance to return to Wilfred Castle in exchange for Filia's freedom. But then I thought about it more carefully... and I felt the chances of success weren't high."

Old Jed's attitude towards Murphy's idea could only be described as disdainful. He curled his lips and said, "The possibility is not high? The possibility is zero. You don't know that guy. He is not someone who is easy to talk to. And do you think he will need your help?"

"Yeah, that's what I thought." Murphy nodded, agreeing with Old Jed's opinion. "So I changed my mind later. Since negotiation doesn't work, I can only resort to force."

"Do you mean just take them away?" Old Jed knew what Murphy meant by "taking things by force." He said with some concern, "But what about that girl..."

Murphy nodded and explained, "Actually, I went to the Earl's Mansion last night and found a chance to talk to Filia for a while. She also didn't want to be tied up."

"Will that girl lie to you?" Old Jed frowned and made a bold guess.

In fact, he had a pretty good impression of Filia, at least much better than his father Patrick, but when it came to matters related to Murphy's safety, he would still assume the greatest malice towards the other party.

After all, Filia is Patrick's daughter, and Old Jed doesn't have a good impression of Patrick. In his opinion, the saying "If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked" is not groundless.

"Speaking of which, if she really was lying to you, then you who went to so much trouble to rescue her, wouldn't that be the same as what you said..."

Old Jed first thought about how to say that word, then he glanced at Murphy, hesitated for a moment, and finally said the next words: "If that's the case, then there's no difference between you and the clown."

"..."

Murphy was stunned. He never thought that one day he would hear such "trendy" words from Old Jed.

He recalled carefully and found that it seemed that he was the first to spread the news when he was drinking and chatting with the group of mice.

Murphy thought that as this word spread, it would eventually reach old Jed's ears.

He really shot himself in the foot... Murphy sighed helplessly in his heart, but he did not look abnormal on the surface, instead he looked calm.

He simply calmed himself down and said firmly, "No, what's the point of Filia lying to me?"

"Just like what you said, Master, she must be making some money by doing this, right?" In order to make his statement more convincing, Murphy even quoted the original words spoken by Old Jed.

"...You kid." Old Jed smiled and shook his head.

In fact, this should be enough, because Old Jed should not mention the fact that Filia lied to him again.

But I don't know whether it was to make his words more convincing, or simply to protect Filia's reputation.

Murphy couldn't help but say, "And she...and Filia would never lie to me about something like this. I'm sure she's not someone who would do that."

"So Master, I think you're thinking too much."

His tone was full of confidence, and after hearing his rebuttal, Old Jed laughed as expected: "Hey, you've only known each other for a few days? You talk like you know each other very well."

"This is my intuition, I trust her." Murphy shrugged calmly. This was the situation he had thought of just now.

"Forget it. You have a pretty good eye for people. Just assume she really didn't lie to you." Old Jed stopped saying bad things about Filia.

Because just as he said, he believed in Murphy's vision, otherwise he would not have given Murphy the task of purchasing slaves.

In old Jed's eyes, Murphy seemed to have inherited his "eagle eyes" and was very accurate in judging people.

And in this regard, he has never made a mistake so far. For example, Selena and Wood, as well as several people he bought before, are all good little guys.

"So what? What exactly are you going to do?" Old Jed asked again.

Although they said they were going to discuss it at the beginning, up to now it was basically Murphy who was talking alone, while he was listening on the side and asking his own questions.

But he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, because he knew very well that Murphy would definitely have something to ask of him in the end, and now he was just putting forward his own ideas.

Murphy nodded and directly raised the crux of the matter to Old Jed: "There is no doubt that we need to bring the people out. There is nothing much to say, but there are actually two other problems here."

"The first thing is to get the person out without Patrick finding him. The second thing is, after getting him out, we have to at least take him to a place where Patrick can't find him at all."

"As for the second point, I already have an idea. The empire in the west, the free city of Crossmaria on the southern border, the great forest further south, or even the demon territory would all be good options. Patrick shouldn't have a hard time finding them in these places."

Although the Garcia Empire and the Kingdom of Leiden are both human kingdoms, the relationship between them is actually not good. Therefore, as the Earl of the Kingdom of Leiden, it is indeed difficult for Patrick to reach out there.

The Free City of Crossmaria refers to a city located at the junction of the Garcia Empire, the Kingdom of Leiden, and the Great Forest.

Crossmaria is a free city characterized by respect for cultural and racial differences. Due to the unique location of its location and the autonomy it has gained due to its rapid development, it is difficult for other forces to intervene here.

As for the demon territory and the big forest, there is no need to mention it. Patrick does not have the ability.

"We can discuss the specific destination later. Right now, the main problem is how to take Filia away without being discovered, and how to get her out of the capital safely."

After saying this, Murphy stopped talking.

Old Jed knew it was his turn.

Chapter 104 Chaos

As expected by Old Jed, the moment his eyes met Murphy's, the other party asked, "Master, do you have any ideas?"

He did not answer Murphy's question directly, but stroked his beard and pondered.

Murphy was very patient and did not interfere because he knew that old Jed needed some time to think about the answer.

He actually has his own answer in his heart, which is——

"confusion."

Old Jed finally spoke and gave his answer.

Upon hearing this answer, Murphy laughed happily: "Great minds think alike, Master."

Old Jed glanced at him and said nothing more.

"Actually, I think it's not difficult to take Filia away——"

Murphy just started to express his thoughts when Old Jed interrupted him: "Don't you think it's difficult?"

Murphy was stunned. Looking at the sneer on Old Jed's face, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what exactly was wrong.

But since Old Jed said so, it is definitely not groundless.

"What do you mean?"

"It's okay if you think you can do it, but do you think that girl can do it?" Old Jed didn't keep him in suspense, but spoke directly to resolve his doubts.

Murphy's expression stiffened unconsciously, and he finally understood what Old Jed meant.

He hadn't thought of that at all until Old Jed reminded him.

Although Filia has not fully grown yet, in Murphy's opinion, it is only a matter of time. It can even be said that he still assumes that Filia is the stronger one in the past.

So he also tacitly thought that taking Filia away would be a very easy thing.

Although neither he nor Bryce was discovered by the people who were stalking around the Earl's Mansion, apart from himself, Bryce was a professional who had been trained in the organization a long time ago - those who were sent to gather information were basically the best among their peers.

As for Filia... although she is very skilled in swordsmanship, swordsmanship and stealth are two completely different things.

Murphy now began to doubt whether he could get her out.

"But it's not a big problem. As long as we can create chaos, it doesn't matter what the girl's ability is."

Maybe because Murphy's face really didn't look very good, Old Jed spoke to comfort her, but what he said was not made up.

As long as the situation is chaotic enough, it wouldn't be difficult to take Filia away directly, and basically no one would be able to find out.

Even if they were discovered, it would be difficult to see the characteristics of the person in the chaos.

Murphy slowly calmed down. He nodded and agreed with Old Jed: "...Indeed."

"Well, the key now is how to cause chaos in the royal capital." Old Jed proposed the key.

"I think... maybe we can take advantage of this fight between him and the king." Perhaps because he was afraid that what he said would be denied by Old Jed, Murphy hesitated for a while before giving the answer he had thought of before.

But Old Jed didn't refute his idea this time. Instead, he asked, "What are you going to do?"

"..." Murphy did not answer the question directly, but stared at Old Jed's face.

In fact, he hoped that Old Jed would offer to help, but to his disappointment, the other party did not give any response. He just kept tapping the table with his fingers in a very rhythmic manner as before.

Helplessly, facing the unmoved old Jed, Murphy had to give her own answer: "I think the best time is the moment Patrick starts to run away."

Although there is currently no sign that Patrick is about to leave the royal capital, and even Murphy herself only knows about it based on her past memories, this is actually a conclusion that can be easily deduced.