The villain's way to tame the protagonist

"It would be great if...

Ansher picked up Xitana, put her on the soft and warm bed, gently covered her with a quilt, sat down beside her, and stared at her soft and pitiful sleeping face in silence.

His expression changed noticeably, and this extremely distinct fluctuation of emotion almost never appeared on Anser's face.

The boy's fingers lightly touched the girl's tender cheek, and his look was so close yet so far away, as if he wanted to cover her hand, but also seemed to want to pull his fingers away.

After a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind and pulled his hand away.

"Good or bad, good or evil, good or evil... under the watchful eyes of the ruthless fate, what difference does it make, Sitana."

Hydra whispered faintly: "You will eventually understand this, and I will make you understand it."

The indifference in his eyes swallowed up any illusory warmth that might have existed.

Ps:

There are already 1.1 words, and 1 more to go!

Although it seems that Xi Gougou's progress bar has reached the end, there are still two hurdles to complete the training. Just wait and see! The mental shock she received has not come yet.

Chapter 52: Xitana's New Ambition

Shitana suddenly jumped up from the bed with a look of horror.

She first carefully touched her whole body, and after she breathed a sigh of relief, her expression continued to be terrified.

What did I say yesterday! What did I say to that Hydra guy!

Her strong body with no blind spots also means that Hitana has an extraordinary memory. Although she was so tired that she fainted, she still remembered every word she said clearly.

"Ahhhh!"

Miss Wolf Cub curled up in the quilt and screamed: "How could this happen? No, no! It shouldn't be like this! Calm down, Shitana, calm down..."

"Did Hydra secretly poison me, or did he use some strange tool I don't know about... Probably not."

"I think I wanted to say those words myself. I wanted to say..."

Thinking of this, Hitana hit her head hard again, completely ignoring the pain in her body.

"Why would I want to say those words! Damn it! No! Calm down, Sitana!"

The girl forced herself to calm down again. This time she didn't think about anything else. Instead, she faced her complicated emotions and words at that time.

"That feeling...the reason why Hydra and I said those things."

With a slightly red face, Xitana sat up cross-legged, trying to stay calm: "I felt that he was very good to me at that time...Okay, I admit that he has always been very good to me. Every time I get into trouble, it's all my own fault!"

"Every time he finishes teaching me a lesson, he always gives me some advice. Even though I don't want to listen... it's still useful. He always tolerates me and never lies to me... Even Lina would lie to me!"

"So...so..."

Shitana's eyes suddenly lit up, and she pounded her fists hard on her palms. She understood, understood everything, it must be like this!

"That's right! I treat him as a family member! Absolutely!"

"Is this what it feels like to have a brother... Ugh! I don't have such a sinister brother!"

After figuring out what was going on with her complicated emotions at the time, Hitana became a little depressed again.

Ansel's silence at that time, which represented that he would never lie, made her feel helpless and relieved.

"You have to do bad things."

The girl pounded the bed board in dissatisfaction: "I've bowed my head so low, and I didn't even open my mouth... ah."

Hitana really couldn't understand why Ansor just wouldn't be more open and honest?

If you want fame, why not just do something practical? Why do you have to... wait.

The wolf cub scratched his chin and said, "He seems to be doing real things... Then why did I get so angry when I thought of him before? Even if he is hypocritical, he did something after all."

She carefully recalled the reasons why she was so upset with Anser before: "If the starting point is not good, the final result will not be good either... Oh, yes, that's it!"

Xi Gougou herself didn't know how she came up with such a high-sounding reason at the time. Now that she thinks about it carefully, it doesn't seem that there is anything wrong with it.

She sat on the bed in silence for a moment, and finally sighed:

"So, after all, we still have to go against Hydra."

Just as Anther would never lie to Sitana no matter what, Sitana's nature would not be shaken by the change in her feelings for Anther.

She rarely has contact with the outside world and is often oppressed by various harsh policies. She almost always lives with wild beasts during years of hunting.

Therefore, the wildness rooted in her soul makes her concepts of good and evil and her thinking patterns as pure, simple and extremely dualistic as the law of survival of the fittest among wild beasts.

Without the careful teaching of her parents and Marina, she might have become a super egoist who is much more terrifying than any "evil party".

In short, there is no need to talk about growth for Hitana, who has not experienced the countless tragic and bloody events in the original world line. Things that are not brutal and cruel, and have a great impact, cannot change her ideas at all. Just as Anther's initial evaluation of her, well... stupid.

"The plan needs to continue. Continue... um, use the Shadow Crystal to secretly photograph Count Solidstone. His meeting will start tomorrow. Oh no, today."

The girl snapped her fingers and fell silent.

"today!?"

She jumped up with a scream and tried to jump off the bed, but because of the severe pain in her body, she tripped over her left foot and fell to the ground.

“Hiss… huh…hiss…”

Hitana had no idea how long she had been lying there and no longer cared about the pain. She was afraid that she would miss the meeting called by Count Solidrock. This was one of the few times Hydra would reveal a flaw. If she missed it, she didn't know when the next time would be!

In a hurry, Hitana put on her clothes and reached into her pocket, her heart sank immediately.

Where are the crystals! Where are my crystals?! I grabbed a bunch of them!

The pockets of the coat she wore yesterday were empty, with nothing left, which made Xitana dazed.

"Hydra...you can't be so insidious!"

The girl who was grabbing her hair was furious: "I clearly said that it's up to me if I want to go against you!"

Not knowing what to do, she walked around the room anxiously. After walking around once, she suddenly saw something on the coffee table.

A piece of paper, a ring, a crystal, and a bottle of potion.

"Mr. Hydra said that the crystal you brought back is not a good thing, Xier, and you can't use it casually, but he can give you one. That ring can only be worn by people with extraordinary abilities. Mr. Hydra didn't tell me what the effect is, but he asked me to remind you to be mentally prepared before wearing it."

"He said, Xier, you can do what you want, but you must remember what he said."

The writing on the paper stopped here, leaving a large blank line, and continued:

"The above is what Lord Hydra said to you, and I... Xier, I hope you won't do anything to cause trouble for Lord Hydra again."

"You probably don't want to listen to those words of teaching. So, I will only explain one thing to you."

"If you cause trouble to Lord Hydra again, I will do whatever it takes to gain his forgiveness."

Sitana finished reading the letter.

——Then he didn’t take Marina’s threat seriously at all.

Ha, what a joke, Hydra herself said it's up to me how I get pregnant, Lina, you're really nosy.

You're still unscrupulous. What do you want to do? Tie me to Hydra's bed?

The girl curled her lips and looked at the bottle of light green potion on the table.

"Don't forget his words...?"

The wolf cub's mouth curled up slightly: "I will not be allowed to fail without preparation. Humph, how could I forget."

She opened the bottle of medicine and drank it down in one gulp without hesitation.

A cool and comfortable feeling that made her skull feel refreshed spread through her throat and spread throughout her body. Shitana was pleasantly surprised to find that the soreness, numbness and pain she had felt when she woke up were rapidly subsiding. In a dozen seconds at most, she would be able to recover to perfect condition.

"Hehe, that guy never lies to me."

Sitana smiled happily as she picked up the new Shadow Crystal, then turned her attention to the ring.

"...What do you mean by a ring that only extraordinary people can wear and that you have to be mentally prepared for? Forget it, I won't need it now."

She just left the ring on the table and was ready to leave immediately, but she seemed to suddenly remember something. She rummaged around in the locker in the room and took out a simple telescope, as well as her homemade smoke bombs, bell bait, deodorant, and anesthetic darts, fully arming herself.

"Everything is ready...Okay, let's go!"

The young wolf, full of fighting spirit, waved his fist excitedly.

"I will definitely stop you, Hydra! From today on, let me help you change the Red Frost Territory!"

Chapter 53: Marina's Deep Despair

While our Miss Hitana was full of fighting spirit and ready to do something big, her new half-brother was shopping with her sister.

Ansel was indeed cultivating Marina seriously. No matter what the reason was, he had no reason to neglect this kind and gentle girl.

——By the way, it can also prevent Marina from hindering Sitana.

"Sitting in the study and office reviewing documents will not change anything in essence."

Anser said to Marina, who was following him obediently, "It's the same no matter how many books you read or how many theories you master."

"Marina, what do you think is the essence of all the empire's policies?"

Marina thought for a moment with her hands folded stiffly in front of her, then answered hesitantly: "The essence of policy should be... control over the country."

"So, what's next?"

Anser did not deny Marina's answer, but smiled gently: "What is the essence of state control?"

"This..." The limitations of her knowledge and vision made Marina unable to answer Anser's question. She shook her head helplessly, "Please give me some advice."

“Its essence is the management of people.”

"You have to understand one thing, Marina." Ansel strolled on the street, accepting the admiring gazes of passers-by and even their greetings in the street. He looked relaxed and well-groomed. Just by tilting his head and moving his gaze, he could make everyone who greeted him feel that they were being noticed.

“The concept of the state itself is not something great; it is just a tool, and its existence represents the greatest injustice—the class difference.”

Feeling Marina's blank gaze, Anser realized that he had said too much and smiled: "Don't worry, I said too much. This is some... not necessarily useful, but very remarkable knowledge. You don't have to understand it now."

"To put it simply, a country may sound huge and heavy, but it is ultimately made up of people. All the policies of the empire are ultimately based on the needs of people."

Marina understood what he said immediately and nodded, "So what you mean is that just reading books and reviewing documents cannot give us the most intuitive understanding of what people need, let alone formulating good policies."

The girl, who was only one year older than Xitana, looked at the increasingly prosperous Scarlet Frost Territory and said with admiration and admiration: "If there were more nobles like you... the empire would definitely become better."

"Is that right?"

Anser paused, turned to look at Marina with a half-smile: "Is this the answer you came up with?"

The girl was stunned at first when Anser looked at her like this, and then she said in a panic, "Did I...did I say something wrong?"

"From a normal perspective, your understanding is correct."

Anser's gentle tone calmed Marina down a lot. She murmured to herself, "Since there is no problem from the normal angle, then we have to try from an unusual angle..."

"Very, that is..."

Marina suddenly understood, and her fingertips became a little cold.

"……extraordinary."

She timidly uttered these two words that had nothing to do with her.

"Yes, extraordinary."

Anser nodded with satisfaction. "If there is no extraordinary element in this world, and there is no leap-forward difference between people in essence, then the policies formulated by the ruler of a country composed of groups, that is, the emperor, must be based on the composition of the subjects - that is, they must consider the majority of people."

"Otherwise, once the main body of the country is dissatisfied or even riots, the country will collapse. No matter how high the emperor is, he can't change anything, right?"

Ansher greatly simplified the knowledge he gained from that world so that Marina could understand it easily. At the same time, he did not hesitate to make casual comments about that great being, which frightened Marina a little.

“Yes… yes.” The girl nodded cautiously, “If there were no extraordinary beings, it should be… what you said.”

“But there are no ifs.”

Anser spread out his hands, and the exquisite cane instantly turned into a sharp blade: "The existence of extraordinary elements makes this theory unable to be applied normally, because the main body of the empire is not the people, but..."

Marina looked pale, terrified, and timid, but at the same time she whispered with reluctance:

"Yes... the Emperor."