The villain's way to tame the protagonist

"Your Majesty, I don't think this is fair."

"..."

The nobles were frightened by these words and broke out in cold sweats. Even the grand dukes, who were usually calm and composed and never showed their emotions, twitched their eyes.

Efesand slowly turned his head and stared at Anser's face: "Anser, what did you say just now?"

"I say, this is not fair." The young Hydra said calmly.

"Fairness...Hahahaha, fairness? Anser, are you sure you want to talk to me about fairness?"

Efesand laughed wildly, and in this laughter, the anger that made the ministers tremble was so obvious.

"Of course." Anser said frankly, "Because this is not fair to Your Majesty."

Sir Anser, please stop being so...

……Um?

Under the dull gaze of the ministers, the young Hydra said to the emperor who was also slightly stunned:

"From the battle just now, the result is very obvious. You have already won."

"..." Ivora was stunned for half a second, then roared angrily, "Anser, you fart! What are you talking about-"

"Shut up." The emperor interrupted Ivora with a cold and cruel look and words, then turned to look at Anser, cleared his throat slightly, and said in a much better tone, "Anser, continue."

"First of all, we can be sure of one thing, and that is the strength of the Black Knight."

Anser smiled calmly: "If they hadn't been too dramatic, then Watson would have been completely wiped out in the first place. No one can refute this."

The emperor nodded: "As it should be."

"But Your Majesty is merciful and tolerant. This war, um... the drama of the game, we will temporarily regard it as Your Majesty's mercy to Watson County. It is an opportunity for you to give them mercy."

The old emperor changed his posture slightly. She held her chin with one hand, and the corner of her mouth slowly rose: "You are right. If it is not so, it would be too boring."

“Even so.” Anser smiled. “Captain Watson used up all his extraordinary people, but still couldn’t shake the Black Knight at all. Even though Babel Tower used special weapons, it still fell into the trap of the Ether Institute in the end.”

"It's just that it's because of some...technological errors of the Ether Institute?"

His words made the faces of the members of the Ether Academy present change, but Anser continued to say nonchalantly: "Let things turn out like this."

"In other words, what happened next was just an uncontrollable accident."

The young Hydra raised his index finger and said with a gentle smile, "Because Watson Territory did not 'defeat' Linghu Territory at all. After all, even if the Black Knights were defeated, the extraordinary people in Linghu Territory would be enough to crush Watson Territory."

"Since Watson didn't even defeat the other side, how can we talk about victory?"

"Go to hell, Anser!" Ivora looked as if he wanted to eat Anser alive. "War never has an outcome until the very last moment!"

"But this is not a war, Your Highness." Anser spread his hands helplessly. "The Black Knight is the main reason why the war situation has become so chaotic, but is it Your Majesty who made the Black Knight like this? Is Your Majesty wrong? The Black Knight... wasn't it built by the Ether Academy with a large amount of resources from Your Majesty?"

"So how could it be Your Majesty who was wrong and failed?"

sophistry.

This is obvious and unmistakable sophistry.

"..."

Ivora stared at Ansel for a long time and suddenly stopped talking.

Yes, this is sophistry, but so what? The emperor doesn't care, or is it that she is now too stupid to hear that this is sophistry and takes it seriously?

Isn't this even better?

On the surface, His Majesty thought he had won and suppressed his daughter's arrogance, and felt physically and mentally happy about it.

In fact, the eldest princess knew that she had won. Although it seemed difficult on the surface, she still managed to save her face under such difficult and unfair circumstances. Everyone knew it.

Isn’t this a win-win situation!

As for the Ether Courtyard... we have a large fortune and it doesn't matter if it is burned down by His Majesty, since it's not me who is burned anyway.

This result is obviously much better than giving both sides a way out and allowing them to move forward on the surface, but with the bomb still buried there.

Seeing the increasingly comfortable smile on the emperor's face, the ministers and nobles all sighed in their hearts - as expected, Lord Anser is still the most reliable one. It would be better if the process was not so scary.

"Hehehe...Anser, you are the one who knows best who will win and who will lose in this game."

The emperor looked at his daughter with contempt, and seeing the latter bow her head and remain silent, she felt even more pleased. She turned her gaze to Anser and said kindly: "This game makes me so satisfied, and you are the main contributor. Although Flamel can give you everything you want, I must also reward you. Tell me, what do you need."

Anser smiled and said, "I actually do need to ask you for something."

"what?"

"Spirit Lake Territory."

The young Hydra said gently, "I think it's time to expand Hydra's territory. We need a group of residents and capable people. Although Linghu Territory won, the final result still tarnished your glory. Stripping his territory, retaining only his title, and then merging him and his people into my territory can not only meet my needs, but also be regarded as a punishment for Robbie."

"It's that simple." The emperor frowned slightly, as if he was unhappy that Anser asked for too little. "But you do like to manage the territory. Well, then let's do this--"

She suddenly paused, her eyes lingered on Susilun, who had been keeping her head down and silent, for a moment, then moved to Ivora, and a smile appeared on her face again.

"No, how can the reward that makes me so happy be so shabby?"

Efesande held his chin with one hand and said with a happy smile: "You need someone capable, right, Anser."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Then I'll give you the Tower of Babel."

At this moment, the temperature in the entire hall rose by at least twenty degrees.

Ivora, who had been lowering his head since he "lost", slowly raised his head, and the ferocity and madness in his eyes were clearly visible:

"What are you going to give him?"

"Ivora... who taught you to face me with this attitude?"

Ivola's chest kept rising and falling, and the entire hall began to burst into blazing flames, but Efesand had no intention of stopping her. Instead, she just looked at her with a sneer, as if she was enjoying the ridiculous look of her daughter's impotent rage.

Finally, without saying a word, Ivola turned into flames and disappeared in the hall.

"Hehehehe... Just a child who hasn't grown up."

The emperor laughed happily a few times, then turned to look at Anser: "Don't worry about her, from now on, the Tower of Babel will be yours."

"Thank you for your grace."

Anser bowed slightly and saluted the emperor.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the quiet and dignified little princess, who blinked at him.

This absurd war... no, game, finally came to a perfect end under the mediation of our kind and sensible Lord Anser. And everything that follows is what the nobles need to consider.

The emperor has reached the brink of collapse, and she is destined to devote herself to Yuanyan. This is a choice that every generation of emperors must make. After Ivora comes to power, no one wants to become the old dynasty replaced by the new one.

Considering the situation, the current situation of Hydra is not optimistic, and he seems to have arrived in the imperial capital. We have to find time to contact him.

As for the two next generation of Spiritual Deities...

After this incident, the relationship seems to have hit rock bottom.

*

"Anser...Anser! My good man!"

At this time, the two people, whose relationship was considered to have reached rock bottom by the ministers and nobles, were kissing passionately by the door.

To be precise, Ansel was pressed against the door and forcefully kissed by Ivora.

The fiery princess was wearing a light red semi-transparent veil. She pushed Anser against the door very forcefully, and called Anser's name in a sensational and ambiguous way.

Anther wanted to resist at first, but gave up after symbolically resisting twice. About five minutes later, when Ivora had begun to move south and was about to break through Anther's line, the young Hydra reached out to stop him.

"Your Highness, if you go any further you will cross the line."

"...Tsk." Ivora frowned, "Can't I just burn it clean and not leave any of it inside?"

Anser smiled brightly and said, "I'm sorry, I don't believe it."

"You are really cautious...to the point of being annoying. You need to change your character, Anser."

Anser's answer obviously made Ivora lose interest, but she didn't change into other clothes. She just pulled Anser and sat on the sofa in the room - well, this was actually Anser's room, but Ivora was very familiar with it.

The woman skillfully opened the bottle of wine on the table and poured it for Ansel and herself. She leaned back on the sofa with great satisfaction and shook the wine glass slightly.

She stared at the wine and couldn't help but sneer:

"Those two idiots, do they still think they have won?"

"Be careful with your words, your highness."

"I never act cautiously around you." Ivola shook his hair, took a sip of wine, then supported his chin with one hand and looked sideways at Anser. His bright red hair fell to one side, revealing his snow-white and smooth neck.

She exhaled a sweet breath with a hint of alcohol towards Anser, "I really can't think of any reason to be wary of you."

Anser couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then Your Highness should be careful not to be betrayed by me."

"Hahahaha, that's perfect." Ivora laughed loudly, not hiding his greed and desire. "This way I will have a reason to destroy you and then imprison you for my enjoyment day and night."

"..." The young Hydra sighed, "I don't want to hear such dangerous fantasies after working with you."

"You also said that it was just a fantasy."

She said nonchalantly, handing the glass to Anser: "But our cooperation is real."

Cooperation, this game that seemed to have caused Ivora to fail miserably, was actually the product of cooperation between her and Anser.

On that day, when Anser asked Ivora to let Ming Furo go, he told Ivora that he would tell her a secret about Susilen.

And the secret is... Susilen has established contact with Efesand, and she is now the third person in the entire empire who can enter Anticheg, besides Efesand and Ivora.

In other words...she could keep Efesand informed of Ivora's situation at any time.

That's why our Emperor knew about the weapon so quickly and decided to punish Ivora.

Unfortunately, Anther told Ivora about this matter, and Ivora, in extreme anger, did not hesitate to ask Anther for help.

Anser agreed, and then... the scene at the court meeting that day took place.

——Ivola, contrary to his usual behavior, irrationally provoked Efesandr in public, causing the Emperor to fall into a dangerous state of rage. At this time, Ansher appeared at the right time, and after controlling the entire situation, he directed the conflict between the two to the Tower of Babel and the Ether Court, and induced them to win by a duel between the two.

The death row prisoner was just a bait. Anser knew very well what kind of person Efesande was now. She would definitely look forward to a more grand and cruel scene, even if it was just to warn Ivora.

Moreover, even if the emperor agreed to use death row prisoners for the duel, Anser also had a second plan.

In short, the whole situation was moving in an orderly manner in the direction of Anser's plan.

"Speaking of which, how did you make that black knight lose control?"

Ivora, who placed his feet between Anser's legs, asked curiously, "That Nidhogg? Didn't that idiot Zeg fail?"

The Black Knight's loss of control is undoubtedly the key to the chaotic and ambiguous final result. After all, even if the Black Knight was defeated, Watson would not have the extraordinary person to continue fighting. It was its sudden "rampage" that unconditionally annihilated everyone that made the ending so ridiculous.

Anser smiled and said, "First of all, it wasn't out of control. If it was, how could the two earls survive? As for the method, it's just a little secret of mine. I made a small deal with Robbie. As long as he puts some gadgets in the cockpit of the Black Knight, I will give him what he needs most."

"He needs it most..." Ivola was stunned for two seconds, then said in disbelief, "Is this why you incorporated him into the Hydra territory?"

The young Hydra smiled but said nothing.

"...I knew it. I knew you wouldn't want to expand your territory for no reason."

The woman came to her senses and couldn't help laughing. "Punishment... Yeah, how can merging into Hydra's territory be considered a punishment? Only that crazy old man would believe your nonsense!"

Hydra's territory is recognized by the entire empire as the most perfect, a territory that is so perfect that it is like a paradise on earth, whether it is resources or order, environment or rules... Everyone is flocking to Hydra's territory, and countless people want to flock in every day.

Linghu Territory, a place whose etheric veins were polluted and almost ruined, was originally looking for a new territory, but now there was a chance to merge it into Hydra's territory? The Earl of Linghu was grinning so hard that his face was crooked. How could he not agree?

Even though this was a very risky thing... but if he succeeded, he would have absolutely no worries in the future - which Grand Duke would dare to go to Hydra Territory to do experiments? After failing, he would just say "I'll take care of it" and then walk away?

Moreover, Anser probably promised him to continue to manage his subjects, which meant he would only lose his status as a great lord. You know, being in Hydra's territory means becoming a vassal of Hydra, exchanging the status of a great lord for the status of a vassal of Hydra... it's a huge profit!

"You are truly...a genius, Anser, my genius, my devil."

Ivora sighed softly, exhaled hot breath, poured the wine on Ansel's neck, put his arms around his shoulders, lowered his head and gently sucked and licked his throat and collarbone.

Since Susilen tipped off Effisand, conflict between her and the old man was inevitable.

This time it was mechanical equipment, and next time it would be something else. After all, the conflict between Ivora and Efesand was too deep.

And she couldn't easily touch Susilun, after all, that would mean that the old gods and the young gods had completely torn their relations.

So... to solve the urgent problem, it is better to ignite the conflict first.