The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Anser, who was leaning against the railing, shook the bottle of wine and said to himself with emotion: "If I hadn't made preparations in advance, the plan would have failed before it even started."

He raised his head and gazed at the clear and bright moon in the sky. He put the bottle to his lips and let the spicy wine flow down his throat, freeing him from the absurd and childish mind in the dream.

——Anser hypnotized himself.

The word hypnosis may not be appropriate, because this method still cannot hide the power that Xin possesses. The Anser in the dream just now was completely Anser himself, but... mentally, he was a little less mature.

He rolled his mental state back to when he was twelve years old.

It sounds like something incredible, but it is no longer a difficult task for Anser now, because he has a very useful... a little too useful helper.

Xin is the first of the four heroes to reach the fifth level, and was also the strongest hero in the early days, but she is still no match for Ansher now. Even so, her tricky spiritual essence is still very unreasonable.

However, in the dream just now, the twelve-year-old Ansel performed very well. The image of that very contradictory child must have left a very deep impression on the Saint Lady.

She should be full of curiosity and confusion about this "Mr. Devil"...

What Ansel wanted was her curiosity and confusion.

In addition, due to the mentality and reactions of the young Ansel, and the sin called "lust", there was also... subtle guidance.

Regarding Xin's training, it is the only important plan of Anser that has been successful for no more than 60% so far.

The difficulty of this plan may be very simple, or it may be so difficult that it has no possibility of being realized.

Apart from the fact that he did not know the past and present life of Saint Xin as thoroughly as he knew Xitana and Ming Furo, there were also some personal problems on his part that might cause unexpected events during the implementation of this plan.

It can be said that if it were the hesitant Anser during the Western Kingdom period, there would be 100% certainty of an accident.

"anyway……"

The devil raised the gorgeous wine bottle towards the moon, letting the moonlight shine through the bottle and the wine onto the ground, reflecting a mottled, shimmering glow.

"Anyway, let's first let our Saint Lady make a good and reliable friend."

He murmured softly and drank the wine mixed with moonlight.

*

Mr. Devil is really weird.

Xin didn't need to sleep. She hadn't slept since she became a saint. She walked the earth all day, looking for sins that needed to be atonement. So after waking up from Ansel's dream, she had been thinking about the various problems she felt in the dream, as well as the lingering... sense of disharmony.

But Miss Xin is not good at thinking about these issues, or in other words, when performing her duties in the past, Xin never considered them, let alone had the need to consider them.

She is a person blessed by God, a messenger born to spread God's will and bathe the world and its people in God's glory and grace. The bishops educated her in this way, teaching her that she only needs to use her strength to fulfill her duties.

As mentioned before, Miss Xin often messed up things since she was a child. Some small things would fail because of distraction or trance, so Xin began to focus wholeheartedly on the task itself when doing things.

In addition to the teachings of the bishops, Xin never cared about why sinners were sinners or why they became sinners during these nine years, because she had no time and no need to think about these things, because she was blessed by God and she would never make mistakes in judging sins.

Facing Anser, it was the first time that Xin was unable to make a decision directly with her own power, so for the first time she began to think, to ponder, to be curious... but no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't come up with anything.

So she chose to give up, after all, she had another very important task today.

The Saint Lady, who had been working in a single thread for more than ten years, was somewhat uncomfortable with dual-thread work. She couldn't figure out Ansel's thoughts at all, so she kept thinking until dawn, and then she suddenly realized that she had to go to save people.

So, Sina's phantom, which disappeared and reappeared at any time, once again appeared very rudely in the Hydra Manor in the imperial capital.

She originally wanted to follow the guidance of sin to find Ansher, but the moment she arrived at the manor, her expression became unusually tense.

"You've been discovered so quickly. You're worthy of being the Saint."

The slightly hoarse and charming female voice seemed to come from all directions, from the shadows that were everywhere.

The dark witch emerged from the shadows opposite Xin. She lifted her skirt gracefully and saluted, showing a sweet and calm smile to the saint who came to save her:

"Hello, I am--"

"crow……"

In her vision, the greed and sin that entangled the person in front of her had become so huge that it had turned into a flock of crows that could cover the entire Hydra Manor in shadow.

Xin was very shocked and said:

"What a greedy...crow!"

Chapter 11: Great Wisdom and Great Wisdom

The greed of the woman before him was something Xin had never seen before in his life.

She once made the old and wealthy man of the Church, who used young boys and girls to prolong his life, cry and repent. At that time, she believed that the greed that entangled the skinny old man was the most horrible sin of greed she had ever seen in her life.

Marina looked at Xin who interrupted her self-introduction, smiled nonchalantly, and said again: "I am Marina Lancemalos. I am grateful to Mr. Anser for his kindness. Thank you for your care."

"only……"

She changed the subject and looked a little apologetic: "Something happened in the capital recently that I need to deal with. I may not be able to cooperate with your treatment these days. I am really sorry."

Xin, who was half a head taller than Marina, tilted his head: "But you're going to die, is this okay?"

"Life is a precious thing," she advised earnestly, "it would be a waste to give it up like this."

Marina, with her graceful posture, raised her head slightly and looked at Xin's face. Even though she had followed Ansher and had seen countless beauties, she had to admit that Xin was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. From a purely visual point of view, the two girls closest to Ansher were not her match.

Xitana's beauty is her heroic wildness and freedom, Ming Furo's beauty is her clear and cold intellect and calmness, and the beauty of this saint lady... is a kind of beauty that cannot be said to be outstanding in any way or has any characteristics, it is simply absolute and without blind spots.

A kind of divine beauty that seemed to radiate brilliance as long as she lowered her eyes and remained silent.

However, she didn't look divine at all, but rather had a strange honesty and dullness.

Xitana and Ming Furo did not get any news about Xin from Ansir, and the same was true for Marina.

To be honest, she was not in a hurry to solve the problem of her soul. Of course, staying alive was the prerequisite for doing her best for Ansher, but Marina had absolute confidence in Ansher. As long as Ansher did not really order her to save her broken soul, Marina would not stop for a moment because of death until the last moment before destruction.

Since Anser used her to lure Xin here, there must be a far-reaching purpose. In this case, Marina would not gamble on Xin's ability, but would use all means to keep this saint lady before Anser achieves his goal.

"As you said, life is a very precious thing."

Miss Witch responded gracefully and calmly: "So I should use it to do something valuable. You can rest assured that I will not die willingly before realizing my vision."

"That might be a little difficult." Xin looked up at the flock of crows that covered the sky and the sun, which only he could see, and then shook his head. "Your greed will never be satisfied, but if..."

She raised her hand and tried to touch Marina's forehead: "If you are willing to cooperate with me--"

The shadow tentacles that rose from the ground bound Xin's arms. Marina stepped back a body position on the wriggling shadows, and her smile remained the same, but it had a more eerie look.

"Although I don't know what you want to do...but please don't do anything else unnecessary."

"I see. That's a pity."

Xin put his hand down very politely and didn't do anything else.

There was a look of regret on her face, but not for Marina, but for herself.

A kind of regret as if one had missed something good.

Facing Xin, who did not hide his psychological changes at all, Marina naturally saw the regret clearly. She folded her hands in front of her lower abdomen, maintaining a ladylike posture, and gently stroked the snake ring on her ring finger with one finger, looking at Xin with a different look in her eyes.

You advised me to cherish my life before, but now you don’t feel sorry for me, but for... not being able to fulfill your duties?

This Saint Lady...seems to have some big problems.

Could this be something Mr. Anser wanted to obtain, or take advantage of?

Marina, who was keenly aware that Xin seemed to have some strange psychology, slowly smiled. Even the black lines on her left cheek could not reduce the friendliness in this smile: "Besides that, I don't mind communicating with you more. Speaking of which...if you have time, you can go with me to investigate."

She made the invitation generously: "Would it be helpful to the treatment if you could understand me better?"

“…Ah, huh?”

Xin responded in a daze. She came back to her senses without knowing when she was distracted. She shook her head and said, "Don't bother. I've already taken care of it."

The smile on Marina's face froze for a moment.

"Your soul is indeed like what Bishop Mu said. It looks like it will break if touched, but..."

The Saint Lady, who possessed a power that even Anser had to be cautious about, looked Marina up and down:

"But no matter how you look at it, it's just that your soul is too fragile to withstand the erosion of the abyss."

Xin muttered to himself in confusion: "With such severe erosion...how do you maintain your current sanity? It's really strange..."

The one who felt even more strange now was Marina.

In just a few words and a few glances, this mysterious saint who had almost no record in the archives of Shadow Swamp and Garden had completely understood his situation?

Bishop Mu, who was considered the top among the fifth-level extraordinary people, had to prepare himself when trying to observe her soul, and was frightened by the aura of the abyss that entangled her. However, Xin saw through her problem so casually and got to the root of the problem as if he was squatting down and scanning the flowers in the flower bed.

And... he did this without Marina even noticing.

Not only is it problematic, it's also very dangerous.

When Marina narrowed her eyes slightly, Xin suddenly took another step forward. The serious look on his face was in stark contrast to the swaying flesh wrapped in the silk cloth.

"Your soul..." The depths of her holy blue eyes seemed to light up, "It seems to be possessed by some strange power... Huh?"

Before the Saint Miss finished her words, she was stunned for a moment, then she rubbed her eyes with her hands, and rubbed her eyes again, the confusion on her face becoming more and more intense.

"Why...it's gone."

She leaned forward suddenly, her nose almost touching Marina's, and stared straight at the patient.

Marina seemed to be looking at her calmly, but in fact she was constantly trying to spread the tentacles of her soul to sense that chilling power.

Marina, who repeatedly reinforces her own beliefs through the Abyss Sermons in an almost buggy way, has never thought of giving up her life in order to implement Ansher's will, let alone relying solely on Ansher's salvation. After putting on the ring of the Devourer's Head, she has been studying soul spells, and some time ago, she seemed to have broken through a bottleneck, and her attainments in soul spells made rapid progress.

Even so, she, who was able to borrow fifth-order power and even abyss elements, was still unable to find any trace left by Xin. It seemed that she really did not use any magic, but was simply looking at herself with those divine holy blue eyes.

As if turning the pages of a book, looking at himself calmly.

After all, how could a book and the words printed in it know that it was being read?

Is there really such an exaggerated... gap that is not in the same dimension?

The two of them stared at each other in silence for a long time, until Xin stepped back because he really couldn't perceive anything anymore, ending this meaningless "fight".

“This is… so weird.”

Miss Xin, who obviously possessed divine charm and a mature and beautiful body, but whose demeanor and words were like those of a child, circled around Marina twice, repeating words like "It's so weird" over and over again.

Marina originally wanted to take her along for the investigation. After all, it was obvious to the naked eye that this saint lady did not look very smart. With Marina's current ability and moral standards, she could simply hold her in the palm of her hand and rub her at will.

But now, because the not-so-bright Saint Lady showed an unknown ability that was too powerful, Marina was in a state of hesitation.

Her soul was like an exhibit in a cupboard, open to the other party. The condition of her soul didn't matter, but what if she could see more? Could she see the depths of the soul, the essence of the soul, see... what was in her heart?

Ansher taught her that the most perfect and unsolvable conspiracy is to achieve absolute crushing advantage due to information gap.

But if you are facing an opponent who can peek into your heart and your soul without you being aware of it... the information gap does exist, but the people standing on a high position and the people standing on a low position have to switch positions.

"Ms. Crow."

Just like calling Anser Mr. Devil, Xin also called Marina with a strange name: "You just said that you would take me with you to do some investigation, right?"

She seemed to be still observing Marina's soul without stopping, but Marina still had no perception at all.

"So are you going to start now? Where are we going?"

"..."

Facing Xin's question, Marina, who already had another answer in mind, smiled and said, "I think--"

"Oh! Here it is!"

But as soon as she opened her mouth, she was interrupted by a surprised cry from afar.

A tall and muscular figure came running from a distance, and in just a moment, she brought with her a hurricane that made Marina and Xin's skirts flutter, making an appearance that was very much in line with her style.

"Finally found you...sneaky guy."

Xitana put one hand on her waist and raised her eyebrows at the woman who was only a little shorter than her: "You sneak into someone else's house again, how shameless!"

"But this Miss Crow needs treatment, and this is my mission." Xin said somewhat strangely, "Of course I will come."

"I'm not forbidding you to come. Do you have any manners? Don't you know how to be polite when you come to someone else's house? Don't you even tell them in advance?"

When she thought about last night, how her mood was ruined by this guy who suddenly appeared from the bedroom, Hitana was very angry - mainly because she, who claimed to be the strongest leader of Anser, did not take this guy down on the spot, and her murderous aura that always worked did not work, which made this lady of disaster a little embarrassed.

Xin looked at Xitana who was furious, and said earnestly: "You are angry again, Miss Wolf."

"I am not angry!"

Xitana did not object to the latter name. After all, Ming Fuluo always called her dog or bitch, and wild wolf sounded much better than that.

But this guy keeps talking about sin, rage, calmness and so on, which makes people uncomfortable.