The villain's way to tame the protagonist

"You brought this to me." Anser looked up at her with amusement, "If you don't believe me, try it yourself."

He put the plate on his lap and pointed.

Xitana hesitated for a moment, then moved closer to Ansel's legs and carefully sniffed the plate of mushy liquid food.

"yue!"

The wolf cub almost vomited on Anther's dinner, luckily she didn't eat anything today.

"You...if you have no sense of taste." Xitana covered her nose and stepped back, "Why do you eat so well?"

"Who told you I have no sense of taste?"

"Can anyone with a sense of taste eat this?"

"So, do you have a choice?" Ansher asked her back, while scooping another mouthful into his mouth and swallowing it without changing his expression.

"I... I can choose not to eat." Xitana gritted her teeth and said very firmly.

"That's for you."

Xitana could clearly see Anser's throat twitch, but before she could gloat over his misfortune, she heard the boy, who remained calm and composed, say:

"But as for me, Xitana - I told you that if you made a mistake, it means that I didn't discipline you strictly. Even if there is no law and no one has the right to ask me to do this, I will accept the punishment I deserve."

"Just because I tolerate your rudeness towards me doesn't mean I tolerate your wanton and arrogant attitude towards everything."

He pointed at the thing on the plate that made Xitana feel sick at the sight of it: "This is one of the punishments."

Hydra stared at Xitana calmly: "This is my choice."

"As for you." He lowered his head and continued reading, saying in a nonchalant tone, "You can continue to ignore the dish. If you think it is an unnecessary punishment, no one cares about your choice, including me."

There was silence in the cell.

Xitana stared blankly at Anser who was reading quietly and no longer saying anything. She could not utter the word "hypocrisy" no matter what.

She felt that she was a real asshole for saying such things at this time.

wow-

Amid the sound of chains colliding, the girl suddenly stood up.

She picked up her dinner, walked over to Anser without saying a word, snatched his food away and poured it directly onto her plate.

Then, without hesitation, he tilted his head back and poured the entire plate of liquid food into his mouth.

"Hmm! Gulp—"

The girl's face was horrible and twitching. After only a few seconds, she ran to the small bucket, picked it up, and forced all the liquid food into her stomach.

After drinking the whole bucket of water, Xitana half-lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

"What do you mean... you didn't discipline me properly... My business is my business. The good ones have nothing to do with you, but the bad ones..."

The wolf cub wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, turned his head, and stared fiercely at Anser who was unshakable: "It's not your fault if you are bad!"

She covered her stomach, sat back in the corner where she had been, curled up, and silently folded her cloak around herself.

At this time, Hitana suddenly realized that the comfortable and warm clothes she was wearing, which made her not feel very cold in the cell, were all prepared for her by Ansher.

The girl secretly looked at the young nobleman sitting on the hardwood bed. He was still wearing clothes that looked very expensive, but he didn't care at all about the dirt and stench on the bed that even Xitana couldn't stand... and there were rats.

This is my choice

Anser's calm gaze and voice emerged in Xitana's mind.

"..."

The girl clenched her teeth, and a feeling of absurdity and guilt surged into her heart uncontrollably.

Hydra is a liar, but he would never lie to me.

He was... serious, and he saw my crime as his mistake.

Why? I clearly... I clearly never treated him well. It clearly had nothing to do with him, so wasn't he just using me? Using my talent... Did he really regard me as his own?

Maybe he is trying to bribe me.

As soon as this chaotic thought appeared, it was extinguished by the guilt and complex emotions that dominated Sitana.

There were too many people who wanted to bribe her. She had once made a big splash in the Skyfrost Tower, and as Anser said, she had received too many olive branches from nobles, but all of them were rejected by Shitana.

How could someone go to such lengths to bribe me?

In other words, if he was willing to bribe her to this extent, why would she refuse?

Chapter 41: The Quiet Cell

Only when you don’t sleep do you realize how long the night is.

Ansher and Hitana are both people who have experienced this long process. The former is accustomed to it through day-to-day training and learning, while the latter has waited for dawn countless times to ambush prey.

Now, in this cell, Anser, who brought the book with him, had no intention of sleeping, and the cold, dark, moldy and smelly cell also made it difficult for Hitana to sleep normally.

The two of them seemed to be getting along peacefully, one sitting on the edge of the bed, the other huddled in the corner, waiting for the twelve hours of punishment to be over.

But Anser knew very well how complicated Xitana's emotions were at the moment, and he was just calculating the time while reading and thinking.

He came here to receive the same punishment as Sitana. This was not false. This was indeed the rule he set for himself. But at the same time... the little training and punishment he prepared for this was, of course, also real.

After all, there is no conflict between the two.

"Xitana." Anser gently turned a page of the book, "Do you remember the reward?"

When the girl in the corner heard Anser calling her name, her ears half-hidden by her fine hair trembled immediately. When she heard Anser mention the word "reward", she was confused for a moment and then quickly reacted.

"…Reward, you mean punishment?"

Xitana didn't have much resistance now. When it came to education, she couldn't deny that Ansel had broadened her horizons and thinking. If it weren't for him, she would have died that night.

No! If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have to be beaten!

When she thought of this, the girl turned her head away angrily and stared at the wall.

"We'll talk about that later."

Anser closed the book temporarily and looked at Xitana with a gentle smile: "I just want to ask you, do you still remember what reward I promised you?"

"How could I not remember this!"

Every time Anser punished or rewarded her, he always hit Hitana's soft spot. The girl said unhappily, "Let me go back to the village, and provide me with exercise materials for free for seven days!"

Anser looked at Miss Wolf Cub huddled in the corner. She looked really furry in her black velvet cloak. She looked a little unhappy, but not angry. She had a look that was a bit like she was sulking, which made her look very cute.

The young Hydra coughed lightly and wagged his nonexistent tail with a smile: "What if I say I promise to give you this reward?"

"..."

Sitana turned her head somewhat foolishly, facing Anser with her slightly puffed cheeks, looking stupid.

"You...what did you say?" After a long while, she screamed in disbelief, "Are you serious?"

Anser raised an eyebrow: "Do I often joke with you?"

"But... no, that's not right. Why are you so nice to me for no reason?"

Xitana stared at Anser with great vigilance: "Are you planning something again? What do you want to do while I'm away?"

The handsome young noble couldn't help but laugh: "What can you do if I want to do something while you are here, Miss Sitana?"

Teasing this majestic, strong and aloof female wolf until her face turns red always makes Anser happy. He continued with a smile, "As for the reason, it's of course what you did today."

"What did you do today?"

Sitana, who was confused, pointed at herself and said, "You said I got into trouble, and you still want to reward me?"

"I mean, your subsequent response measures."

Anser said leisurely: "You insisted on being severely punished according to the law, but in the process, not only did I not give you any protection, but I took the initiative to accept the same punishment as you."

He crossed his legs, propped his chin on his hands, and smiled with narrowed eyes: "The jailers are all witnesses."

"I think tomorrow morning, my reputation will rise to another level."

"Dear Xitana..." The great liar Hydra tilted his head, "You gave me such a good opportunity, how can I not reward you?"

"you you!"

Miss Wolf Cub stood up suddenly, her chains rattling, and she shouted angrily, "You said you came in just for me!"

"But I did come in for you. That was just a byproduct."

Anser's eyebrows slightly raised, his expression somewhat amused: "What's wrong, Xitana, isn't it because of you that you can't accept my suffering?"

Sitana, who didn't fully understand the meaning of this sentence, didn't even think twice and answered directly: "Nonsense! I don't want to be used by you! You clearly said you wouldn't lie to me!"

This time it was Ansel's turn to be stunned. He looked at Sitana's angry face for about two or three seconds, and then a rare smile appeared on his face... a pure smile without any unnecessary emotions, just representing happiness - although it only lasted for a moment.

"Of course." The boy's voice softened. "I won't lie to you, Sitana. I promise."

"...That's pretty much it."

The girl muttered to herself and sat down again. She seemed only upset that Anser might have deceived her, and she didn't care that Anser was using her to enhance his reputation.

In the light of Miss Wolf's simple and innocent ideas, Anser could do this...it couldn't be considered hypocritical.

——She still feels sick because of that damn liquid food! That guy can eat it without changing his expression, he is not a human being at all! This is not just a little bit bitter.

"So..." Sitana, who rested her chin on her knees, glanced at Anser secretly, "I can go back anytime."

"As soon as possible." Anser replied, "There are some arrangements for you later."

"Then let's go tomorrow."

The impetuous Xitana said without hesitation: "Remember to prepare the supplies for me."

Ansher nodded, the smile on his face became brighter, but at the same time, it also made Hitana vaguely feel a little danger.

"Then we should talk about 'punishment' next."

"..." The happy expression on the girl's face suddenly froze. She looked at Anser, then at the guy sleeping in the cell opposite, "Here?"

"You're leaving tomorrow, aren't you?"

"I……"

Xitana bit her lower lip and uttered a weak voice from her throat: "Tomorrow, or later tomorrow."

"But I think it's good now." Anser looked at her with a smile, "What do you think I will do, Xitana?"

"You...you are not allowed to do what you did last time, and the thing before that!"

Being stared at in such a meaningful way, Xitana suddenly panicked: "It's ok if it's just you, but I don't want to show it to anyone else! Absolutely not!"

"If...if there is anyone else besides you! I will fight you now!"

The wolf cub with a red face howled, as if she was going to die together with Anser.

Ansher looked at her nervous expression and just stared at her quietly.

"Ms. Sitana," he suddenly said, "are you expecting me to do something very unhealthy to you?"

"What do you mean by expectation!"

Xitana was so angry that she jumped up and down twice: "You can obviously only do that kind of thing!"

"But I didn't say I was going to do that." Anser supported his chin and asked with a smile on his face, "Why did you think of that first, Xitana?"

The evil-minded snake laughed happily: "Isn't this... another kind of expectation?"

Miss Wolf Cub was shaking with anger, and at the same time she felt weak as she recalled the previous two punishments.

They were stripped naked and rubbed with strange whips; they were injected with drugs and could not move, and were manipulated like dolls...

Expect...what to expect! How is it possible! That bastard Hydra is talking nonsense again!

Anser realized that Xitana's rampage value had reached a critical point, and quickly interrupted her thoughts: "Don't worry, it's just a simple matter."

As he said this, he extended a hand toward Sitana.

"Come here," Anser said.

Shitana first looked at the cane placed aside vigilantly, then stared at Ansel's palm carefully, fearing that there might be something strange there. After about four or five seconds, she approached cautiously.

"Do, do what?"