Reject me, you damn woman.

She looked at the lake-blue eyes that slowly turned around and looked into hers, and her mind went blank.

What kind of joke is he telling?

Am I asking him for help?

Am I asking Lynn Norton for help?

Would I actually do such a thing...

Theresa suddenly fell into a long silence.

Something seemed to break in her mind, and those things that were sealed in the dust and could be forgotten suddenly flowed out.

Humans have never mastered magic, but the magic network has favored humans.

The essence of arcane is that the magic network has found a suitable carrier in the context of reality.

Princess Historia, from the moment she was born, has been holding the great and unceasing fire inherited from her father and ancestors; Elena, who grew up in an inconspicuous corner, became the master of illusions because of her beautiful vision of the future; Novi, who only admired someone, spent her entire life just to become the light in her brother's palm.

Theresa's first attribute is the mind, which is the art of controlling memory and thoughts.

However, she did not want to be the kind of scheming person who could control everything with words and performances, nor did she have any interest in playing with everything in her hands by making her enemies kill each other with a whisper from thousands of miles away.

On the contrary, Theresa is a bit of a pragmatist like Lin. Only such a Theresa can use the Doom Bullet filled with her father's ashes without scruples.

But why is her first attribute heart?

Why is it that this strange attribute is so empty and exaggerated, and even has no direct damage ability, so that before being grounded by Lynn, Theresa was too lazy to exercise it?

The memories and emotions that had been sealed with clumsy methods suddenly flowed out under the violent emotional fluctuations, like an old black-and-white movie, slowly playing in Theresa's mind, and it seemed like a silent response to the question.

In a village ravaged by demons, a little girl hid in a closet, watching through the cracks as her father wailed while holding his head in his hands, injecting the last shot of medicine into her body without hesitation; a girl who was provoked and robbed of her mission by other bounty hunters, stuck her throat against the wall of a dark alley, spat on their cheeks, and was laughed at loudly; after the assassination, she concealed it from the interrogator, bit the wooden stick, and slowly removed the bullet from her abdomen with a sterilized dagger, with a facial expression as cold as a piece of iron...

There are so many memories hidden like this.

It was not the Weave's fault that Theresa had awakened the arcane arts of her mind.

It was because the person she needed to cast arcane spells on the most over the years was herself.

When you cast a spell on yourself, there will be no resistance, so you only need the strength of one ring, and you don't even need to train much.

Because she is a person who lives with hatred, there is no need for any emotion other than hatred to exist.

Therefore, she used the power of the arcane to hide those worthless memories, and also hid the most unnecessary emotion she had at that time besides hatred:

"Why, why did Dad become like this, please, can someone come, who can come and save us?"

"Whether it's God or the devil, if someone can kill these bastards at this moment, he will be... my God!"

"It hurts! My intestines seem to be leaking out. It's a bit...haha, what are you thinking? Never mind, let's use the sealing technique again."

The surging torrent of memories and the overflowing emotions suddenly surged up together. The pain was so severe that I could hardly breathe, but it didn't seem to be to the point where I couldn't bear it.

Because the memory sealing technology that had been used for most of Theresa's life had long gaps in the past few months.

During the several months that I was imprisoned by this man, it seemed that I had never used this magic of sealing my memory on myself once.

There were only the occasional taste of puffs and cream cakes, so sweet that one couldn't bear to savor them.

And the guy who would open the door after school humming a song and take out a cake with a smile.

If it were him, this guy who was always at ease, maybe he would have snatched his father's medicine and thrown it into the fire; he would have appeared at the end of the dark alley with a cane, followed by a few guards who were eyeing him eagerly; he would have helped him to send away the liaison officer with a smile while he was taking out the bullets, and then while laughing at his own poor skills, he would have taken out more professional surgical instruments from his arms.

deal?

Threat?

Why should I threaten the man in front of me?

That is just a subconscious beautification of the word.

Theresa just didn't want to admit the reality.

Because deep down in our hearts, those delusions are always just delusions.

She knew that once she asked, Lin En might agree, but the daily life of the two of them being equals, where they could enjoy desserts together and verbally attack each other, would be gone forever.

She was afraid that their relationship would change if she asked for help, so she was even willing to brainwash herself and use transactions to cover up her true thoughts.

But even for this reason, should we miss the chance to take revenge?

Just because I am reluctant and I want to still maintain my dignity in front of him?

In the end, Theresa made her own choice.

The black hair fell down, blocking her sight when the girl lowered her head. However, through the gaps between her hair, she still looked at the blond young man opposite with hope:

"Please, Lynn Norton....please, help me, I can do anything!"

However, under the girl's hopeful gaze, the young man, who was torn into pieces by the gaps in his hair, just shook his head slowly:

"No, Miss Theresa, this is not the answer I want."

As Theresa's hopeful gaze gradually solidified, Lynn even laughed out loud:

“I don’t know what Miss Theresa has figured out, but you don’t think of me as a savior or something like that, do you?”

"But that's a shame, I'm not that kind of person."

"Although you asked me for help, I don't think I have any obligation to help Miss Theresa in her predicament, right?"

"I do admire and respect Miss Theresa, but the person I admire and respect is the cold and proud Miss Theresa. When you gave up your dignity and asked me for help, those things no longer existed."

"Ms. Theresa, you haven't forgotten who I am, have you?"

"You are...a devil!"

Each of those cold and slightly sarcastic words was like a knife piercing Theresa's heart. The girl shed tears and spoke tremblingly.

But this sentence seemed to hit Lin En's funny spot, and he suddenly laughed happily... He was laughing wildly!

"Hahahahahaha!"

"That's right, Miss Theresa. Even the Cardinal suspects me. I might really be a devil."

"But I'm not just a devil."

Lin En's eyes suddenly became sharp, and his lazy mood was swept away.

"I am not only a devil, I am also the third prince of this empire. I am the biggest villain and evildoer in this land. Saving others out of mercy is not what I should do!"

There was a hint of contempt in Lin En's eyes. He looked down at Theresa who was stunned by his laughter and said slowly:

"Only God can redeem, so I don't redeem, I only do business."

"But you are not worthy of trading with me. Pick up your dignity, Miss Theresa."

Theresa just stared at Lin En, looking into those cold lake blue eyes. It was only a moment, but in Theresa's mind, it seemed that many things were picked up and put down.

Then, the corners of her lips raised and she smiled.

This...is not frank, man!

Lin En also laughed. The perpetual motion machine almost became a useless puppet, and I resolved another crisis of increasing favorability. I am worthy of being me!

"That's true. I was really confused just now. I actually wanted to ask a bastard for help. I shouldn't have any good feelings towards you because of this transaction."

"Is such that."

Lynn nodded happily.

At this moment, both of them finally got the answer that was somewhat unexpected but what they wanted most.

Next, let’s move on to more serious topics.

Lin En said seriously:

"I am going to deal with Mordiana only because she annoyed me on my territory. We have a common enemy. However, since you were the first to make an enemy of her, I still understand the rule of first come first served."

"what do you mean?"

"I won't deal with her 'for' you, I will only 'help you'."

"Also, I think your revenge plan can be slightly changed. You know, I'm a conservative and don't like overly radical ideas."

“That’s how it should be.”

Theresa nodded slowly.

At this point, Theresa finally regained her cool as a killer.

She was really overwhelmed by the suppressed emotions and hatred, and even had the overly radical idea of ​​making Mordiana suffer a great loss here and then get out.

She, who was observing the outside world through Lynn's brooch, of course knew that within the castle today, the empress, who was the most capable of confronting Mordiana head-on and even suppressing the other party, had just maintained the consumption of the city protection barrier for a long time. Even if the barrier had been lifted, the consumption still existed.

Not to mention, she also had to reserve enough energy to guard against Zijinhua's second-in-command, Duke Reinhard of the North.

The old lion was the one that Theresa observed the most, but he still had a sitting back attitude until now. He actually accepted the responsibility of guarding the empress and did not stab her in the back. He also turned a deaf ear to the fate of his allies, the eight major families.

Now, even Theresa, an outsider, doesn’t know what the other party is doing. He is called an old lion, but in fact, the old turtle is more suitable for him.

Then, the plan needs to be modified accordingly.

It would be considered a success if we could ensure that everyone in the castle except the eight major families could escape safely.

Think about it from another angle, why did Mordiana open the shadow barrier with such fanfare here, risking being righteously beaten by the legendary masters of Purple Gold Flower?

Isn't it just to destroy this disobedient empire with great fanfare and to enhance one's own prestige?

But in the end, because of Lynn Norton, a small three-ring trash, the Demon Army suffered heavy losses but achieved almost no results, which was embarrassing enough.

If Mordiana could ensure that the other people in the castle escaped safely, then it would be equivalent to having no record of victory.

A man named Huan ran to another country's imperial capital and claimed that he wanted to assassinate the emperor of that country, but in the end he failed and the empress ran away.

If it were any other ring, they might not care. After all, they are not gods, and mission failure is normal.

And the Demon Clock Tower won't really blame them.

But Mordiana is different.

Given her personality, she had a very bad reputation in the Magic Bell Tower. When Theresa was in the Magic Bell Tower, she had heard some of her colleagues who had come into contact with her secretly criticizing the ambitious Lord Huan, but due to his achievements and status, no one spoke out against it.

This humiliating defeat will cause Lady Mordiana to be criticized in the Magic Bell Tower for the rest of her life!

Moreover, the Demon Bell Tower would not formulate a battle plan that would obviously anger the royal family of the continent. This must be Mordiana's own decision.

The combination of the two is enough to make Mordiana the first ring to start preparing for the Sage election.

Thinking of this, Theresa began to feel secretly happy.

As for what to do next, since I already know who my enemy is and have formed an alliance with Lin En, I can make long-term plans.

"Okay, it seems like you have it all figured out. You must have had a backup plan. Let me guess, is it a magic scroll that can teleport everyone away, or something else?"

Theresa, who had regained her former vitality, sneered.

However, her words aroused Lin En's doubts:

"Run? Why should we run? I really have a way to get everyone to run away together. Why would we go to so much trouble to destroy that shadow singularity?"

Theresa suddenly fell silent.

"So what is the more conservative plan you're talking about?"

"I have always felt that keeping Mordiana is equivalent to leaving a disaster behind for both the empire and you and me. I don't want to be constantly on the mind of an eight-ring strongman, not to mention that she is also very good at space-related arcane magic."

"So, for the sake of safety, while her real body is here,"

Lin En formed his palm into a knife and made a downward chopping motion.

"Let's kill her."

Looking at Theresa who didn't know what expression to use to face all this, Lily, who had actually already destroyed the body and covered up all the evidence, but was very considerate and stood aside silently listening to the conversation between the two, couldn't help but curl her lips.

Young people are often surprised by things they have never seen before.

For Lily, who watched Lin En's performance in the holy test, she knew that Lin En was indeed a conservative.

He always felt that the radicals were acting too conservatively.

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ps: Sorry everyone, I didn’t update late on purpose. Something happened at home yesterday and I really didn’t write it down. I have used up all my leave notes for this month. I will update steadily in the future.