The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Until the curtain of pure malice fell, announcing the end.

"Although here, the power of the 'soldier' ​​can be absolute... but dear Xitana, you are still far from that absolute."

"Don't make the wrong choice again. This time, I won't be by your side."

The evil Hydra is ready to once again enjoy the drama he directed.

Chapter 44: Xitana's Bizarre Adventure Part 1

Sitana was sitting in her room.

Four or five hours had passed since she eavesdropped on the conversation between Ansher and Savile.

Having grown up a little, Xitana cleverly pretended to exercise for two or three hours, then went to Anser to discuss the holiday, and finally returned to the room, looking completely ignorant.

Facing the blank paper on the table, the girl frowned in thought.

Although she didn't understand most of what Ansher said, she grasped the key content that she wanted most.

[If Earl of Stone wants to continue oppression, let him do it]

What does this mean? This means that guy clearly doesn't care about the common people in the Red Frost Territory! He just wants to use all kinds of crooked ways to improve his reputation... although he doesn't know what the use is.

But it doesn’t matter. What’s important is that the opportunity to expose Hydra’s evil face has come!

"That Earl of Solid Stone wants to implement a policy of oppressing the common people... He is definitely not a good person."

The girl muttered and drew something on the paper. "And Hydra appears to be doing things that benefit the civilians, but in fact he doesn't care whether his policies will be implemented or not."

She circled a, uh, "stone" that looked like a sea urchin, and then circled the crooked "snake".

"So..." Xitana's eyes gradually brightened. "As long as everyone knows these two things, Hydra's reputation will be ruined! That guy is so concerned about his reputation, and he likes to make up for it. When the time comes, he will immediately implement the policy to make up for it! Kill two birds with one stone!"

"Ahaha, I'm a genius!"

The wolf cub cheered excitedly, then immediately lowered his voice and looked around vigilantly for a while, and the excitement on his face gradually faded.

"...No, it doesn't seem that simple."

Xitana scratched her hair and said, "They have all been fooled by Hydra. Even Lina doesn't believe me. No one will listen to me... There must be evidence. Yes, evidence."

She quickly drew a piece of strange polygonal object on the paper.

"That crystal, yes, the Reflection Crystal... It's what Hydra used to deal with the Viscount. As long as we get that, and then secretly record Hydra's words..."

Sitana paused as she circled the "Shadow Crystal" and connected it with the "Snake". She suddenly frowned and painted over the line.

"No, no... Hydra is too cunning, and the old butler is elusive, so it's too easy to be discovered."

So, Xitana could only focus her attention on the "stone".

"…The Earl of Solid Stone."

The girl stroked her chin and said, "The defense of his manor is so bad that even a rubbish assassin can get in. Wouldn't it be easy for me to sneak in?"

She searched her mind for memories of the manor's topography, and recalled Anser's words - [He is a smart man and knows what to do]

"That is to say, Count Solidstone may have guessed what Hydra's intention is? If so, he may have more evidence or something like that!"

Miss Wolf Cub stood up and walked around the room excitedly, feeling extremely proud of her own extraordinary alertness and intelligence.

Ha, you guys want to cooperate? That's a nice thought!

"In that case, let's consider the time... We can't just leave the Shadow Crystal there for four or five days. We have to make sure when we can capture the key things..."

The girl was worried again, her shoulders drooped, and she looked annoyed: "But how should I know such a thing——"

"Xie'er."

Marina pushed the door open and walked in: "Mr. Hydra just gave me a bowl of fruit. You... Xier? What are you doing?"

The gentle and compassionate elder sister looked at her younger sister, who was lying on the small round table, with some surprise, wondering what she was doing.

"I'm...I'm stretching."

Shitana stretched her limbs with a dry laugh, rolled off the table, crumpled up her abstract plan and stuffed it into her pocket.

Marina looked her up and down for a while, without saying much, she brought the fruit to the table and said softly, "You just finished exercising not long ago, eat something first."

In order not to arouse her sister's suspicion, Hitana could only sit down obediently and pick up the fruit to eat. While eating, her eyes rolled around quietly.

Marina was a little absent-minded and didn't notice anything strange about Sitana at all.

"Lina, Lina Lina!"

Xitana reached out and shook her sister's shoulder vigorously: "Why are you in a daze?"

"...No, I just thought that Mr. Hydra would be very busy recently, and it seems that I can't help him."

Marina sighed, "Lord Hydra's decree is about to be implemented, but when I was studying just now, he told me... many nobles will not obey his orders, either explicitly or implicitly."

Upon hearing this, Xitana's face was immediately filled with displeasure. She thought that the hypocritical guy was lying again, and couldn't help but say, "Why is he worried? He even killed the Red Frost Count casually, and those nobles are scared of him. If Hydra really wants to do something, how can it be difficult?"

"Xi'er, politics is not that simple... Problems cannot be solved by killing and violence alone."

Marina looked helplessly at Xitana, whose mouth was full of juice and pulp, and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief: "Lord Hydra can intimidate many nobles, but if the nobles who have formed factions unite, he will not be able to execute anyone at will. If everyone dies, who will manage the territory?"

——Of course, this is just common sense. In fact, the nobles who have a little bit of brains are so afraid of Hydra that if Anser is determined to forcefully implement his decree, he can indeed succeed.

This is what Anser calls the "absolute".

And Marina... obviously didn't know Ansher's true face as well as Hitana. The conclusion just now was not told to her by Ansher, but was deduced by Marina based on her current knowledge and vision.

At this point, Marina sighed again: "Earl Stone is obviously very close to Lord Hydra... Why did he suddenly become the biggest opposition? I heard from Lord Hydra that Earl Stone will summon many nobles to discuss the decree tomorrow. After all, the deadline for implementation has come. I don't know how Lord Hydra plans to deal with it-"

"Lina!"

Sitana yelled, interrupting Marina, startling her sister.

"What, what's wrong?"

"What did you just say?!" The girl stood up by holding onto the table. "What will Earl Hardstone do tomorrow?"

"A meeting... to convene the nobles to discuss policies... what's wrong?" Looking at Shitana's excitement, Marina, who knew her very well, suddenly had a very bad premonition in her heart.

What does Xier want to do?

"Oh...oh! I see. Um, ahem, it's okay. I'm just a little curious."

Realizing that her reaction was indeed a bit excessive, Hitana laughed. Since she couldn't think of a suitable reason at the moment, she just made one up.

She grabbed the fruit from the basket and immediately prepared to run out.

"Xie'er!"

Marina called her loudly, her expression extremely serious: "What do you want to do?"

“Go out and exercise!”

Using this excuse that Marina couldn't find any problem with, Sitana ran out excitedly.

Now, there's just one thing to take care of.

Miss Young Wolf clenched her fists secretly.

Get that damned Reflection Crystal!

Chapter 45: Xitana's Bizarre Adventure Part 2

Shadow Crystal... Before meeting Anser, Xitana had only heard of it from her noble "classmates" in the Skyfrost Tower.

Interesting, ingenious, and expensive gadget.

When rushing out of Anser's mansion, the stupid little wolf girl finally realized that she didn't seem to have the money to buy that thing!

Not only did she have no money, she also had no channels. This made Xitana look uncertain as she walked on the street.

Now that everything is ready, how could she miss such a good opportunity because of a broken stone?

There is no doubt that Sitana is a fool.

But with her extremely sharp intuition, she can always catch a glimpse of a ray of inspiration in the chaos.

"Many nobles are afraid of Hydra." The girl whispered to herself, "So if Earl Solidstone wants to convince them to oppose Hydra together, he must give sufficient reasons."

"Among these reasons, there may be... loopholes that Hydra deliberately left for Earl Solidstone. Otherwise, how can he say that Earl Solidstone will understand?"

But after thinking about it, she still didn't know how to get the Shadow Crystal.

"It's definitely impossible to buy it."

Xitana rubbed her cheeks, squatted by the road, and watched the gray puppy stagger by.

"If I use the name of Hydra, they might give me... Pah! I'm not that shameless."

When the second thought came to her mind, Shitana pinched her arm hard and her face looked terrible.

"So the only option is...stealing?"

After much thought, the clueless Miss Wolf could only think of such a despicable and ridiculous approach.

She looked at the gray puppy running towards her with a gloomy expression: "At worst, I won't steal from the store, I'll steal from the bastard nobles... Hey, don't eat garbage!"

The girl grabbed the dog by the scruff of the neck and slapped it in the face very skillfully: "Spit it out! Eating garbage will make you sick, stupid dog!"

"…Wait, that's garbage."

As Xitana looked at the garbage that the dog spit out innocently, her eyes gradually brightened.

"Yeah, if I want to steal, why don't I try my luck in the 'garbage dump' first?"

*

Late at night, at the Earl of Red Frost's Manor.

In the verdict on Count Cantrell of Red Frost at that time, all of Anser's judgments were directed at Count Cantrell personally.

Chishuang Manor is considered the family property of the Chishuang family. It does not belong to Earl Chishuang alone. When Earl Chishuang's descendants inherit the title, they will also inherit the manor.

Similarly, although all of Earl Chishuang's own property was plundered, no, it was confiscated, the "family property" in the manor was sealed.

As for how the family property was divided... that was some other dirty aristocratic politics that was unknown to the public.

Because of this, the layout of the Grand Duke of Grey Tower in the Red Frost Territory did not suffer further damage, and Anser also held the most powerful bargaining chip. The conversation between them in Howling Wind Castle ended in a seemingly peaceful atmosphere.

Under the cover of night, Anther stood in the distance and looked at the dead silent Red Frost Manor. The people of the Red Frost family were qualified to continue living there, but due to the "arrangement" Anther had given to Savile, after the trial of Earl Red Frost was over, they all moved out, leaving behind this empty manor.

And there is the extremely tempting... "family property".

As for why the Chishuang family is willing to do so, on the one hand, this is a tacit understanding and rule among the nobles. When the entire existence of the "family" has not reached a truly desperate situation, everyone will retain some final dignity and will not offend to death or take advantage of it.

On the other hand, when Anser wanted to do this, it had nothing to do with whether they were willing or not.

Moreover, normal guard rotations have been arranged, and the Grand Duke of Grey Tower wants to use these assets to continue his layout in the Red Frost Territory. From any perspective, no one would be bold enough to touch anything in this manor.

And tonight, not only did such bold people appear, but also... two groups appeared.

"Is Sitana here?" Ansor, who was alone, suddenly asked.

"Ms. Xitana is on her way." Xavier appeared behind Anser and bowed his head slightly. "However, her handling of her whereabouts is a bit... rough."

"Have you helped her deal with it?"

"do not worry."

No matter how hard she tried, Hitana could never have imagined that all her thoughts and choices, all her possible actions... none of them escaped Anther's consideration.

——Ansir Hydra is the person in the world who knows Xitana Lancemalos best. The fact is a hundred times more profound than this sentence itself.

Countless days and nights of repeated research, countless plans being scrapped and restarted... Under Anser's gaze, the only thing more unstoppable than fate was in his control.

This kind of control is reflected in the fact that Anser has never been the kind of person who makes a plan, sits back with a glass of wine and watches events happen, and then smiles confidently, saying "everything is under control." In his opinion, that is not confidence, but stupidity.

In all of Shitana's training and planning, Anser was always on guard against any influence that might change the plan, and would even make corrections before that influence occurred.

Otherwise, he would not have borrowed the most special Savile from his father.

——Among the seven existing heads of Flamel Hydra, Xavier is the weakest in overall strength, and is also the one who can least guarantee Anser's safety.

But he is the one who can best help Anser and ensure that all plans are carried out to the end according to his will.

From the beginning to the end, Xitana was under his absolute control, but Miss Wolf Cub never realized it.