The villain's way to tame the protagonist

"never mind."

The Shadow Crystal made Hitana feel annoyed. She simply threw it into her tool bag and ignored it. "You should go and train. If you are not strong enough, you can't help Hydra..."

The girl stood up, stretched, and muttered, "Come to think of it, these past few days, it was Lina who was helping him, and I didn't do much for Hydra... It really doesn't seem good."

Feeling a little more guilty, Hitana quickly changed into her exercise clothes, took out a collar from the jewelry cabinet under the dressing table, and fastened it on herself very skillfully.

The training plan that Anser customized for her included a program that required her to endure low-voltage electric current to strengthen her body - she didn't know how this thing worked anyway, so she could just tell Anser before exercising.

After fastening her collar, Hitana was about to close the jewelry cabinet when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a ring inside.

The ring inlaid with emerald gemstone that she picked up from the Red Frost Manor was very beautiful from the perspective of a normal woman.

"Didn't Hydra say... that you should be mentally prepared when wearing this thing?"

Xitana picked up the ring and tilted her head to examine it for a while: "What do you mean, is there any negative effect? ​​Is it suitable for weight training?"

She actually wanted to wear it for fun a few days ago, but she didn't know where she lost it. It turned out that she put it in a jewelry box.

Based on the principle that "Hydra will not harm itself", the curious young wolf girl put it on her index finger without thinking.

All I can say is that this is the kind of person that Shitana is. With Ansher helping her deal with any subsequent troubles that might arise, her already poor and impulsive brain has almost given up working most of the time, completely shutting down and driving her body entirely on instinct.

"hiss!"

An intense pain and tearing sensation ravaged Hitana's brain for a few seconds. The girl covered her forehead and frowned. It took her about ten seconds to recover.

"……Gone?"

Apart from the pain after contractions, there was no special reaction, which made Hitana a little strange.

“Uh…ha!”

The girl yelled and punched forward.

Unfortunately, the light waves she expected were not emitted.

"Tsk, boring. Let's go ask Hydra later."

Xitana dropped her arms in disappointment, grabbed some fruit from the basket that was always replenished, and walked out the door carelessly while eating.

She hadn't taken two steps when a maid came towards her and bowed to her with a gentle smile.

Sitana was about to nod in response, but then she heard—

"The wolf is so rude and disrespectful, and has no ladylike manners at all. Why does the owner dote on her so much?"

"puff--"

Xitana sprayed the fruit pulp and juice in her mouth all over the floor, looking at the maid in disbelief as the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

"You...what did you say?!"

Rude and unladylike, that's fine, I don't care, but what does "wild wolf" mean? No honorific, not even a name!

The maid's expression froze. "What... did you say? Miss Sitana, I didn't say anything?"

At the same time, Xitana heard words with the same tone but completely different content.

[What is she doing? It's really annoying. She almost vomited on my clothes.]

Miss Young Wolf's expression gradually became gloomy. She stared at the maid for a while, then quickly looked away and fixed her gaze on the ring on her index finger.

"..."

Without saying a word, she ran straight to where Anser's study was.

She met many maids along the way, and without exception, the words Xitana heard were all -

[The wolf is running around without manners again, why doesn't the owner punish her?]

[So noisy... I hope I didn't disturb the owner]

[She probably didn’t go out and run around and get her shoes dirty]

[They are sisters, why is there such a big gap between Wild Wolf and Ms. Marina?]

[If someone must be favored by the master, I would rather it be Miss Marina]

Not only were there a variety of disgusting words with different tones but the same starting point, Shitana also felt... their emotions.

Boredom, envy, jealousy, numbness, and even more radical hatred... there is not a single positive emotion.

This mansion seemed to have turned into a terrifying cage lined with blades, leaving no space for Shitana to stand.

She tried to take off the ring, but found it stuck firmly on her knuckles, not moving at all.

Overwhelmed by such a huge amount of emotions and disturbed by so many negative words, Shitana clenched her teeth. Even though she wanted to scream and glare at those annoying maids, she held it all back.

Because Shitana has long been accustomed to other people's bad comments. Although she always seems to overreact, that is just her instinctive, vengeful counterattack. It does not mean that she will care too much about everyone's evaluation of her.

Especially these maids! They just clean the table and mop the floor every day... Lina washes my clothes for me, okay! What does it have to do with you? Why are you arguing?

Anyway, Shitana never wanted to have a good relationship with these maids, so it doesn't matter at all.

But if I can't take this thing off, it would be too annoying to listen to these nagging women arguing every day! And I don't have the low-level habit of snooping into other people's thoughts, so I have to ask Hydra how to take this thing off.

Our young Miss Wolf is either acting recklessly or on her way to paying the price for her recklessness every day.

Xitana soon arrived in front of the study. The closed door made her unhappy, but she still knocked hard:

"Hey, Hydra! I need your help!"

"...Shitana, have you forgotten what I promised Marina yesterday?" Ansel's voice came from the study.

There was a warning tone in his voice, and the seriousness and earnestness in it made the girl even more uncomfortable.

"But it is indeed an important matter!" Xitana, who had never been rejected by Anser, felt a little aggrieved, "I, I am in some trouble."

After two or three seconds, Xitana heard a helpless sigh from inside.

"Marina, please open the door."

The girl's nervous expression relaxed a lot at once. She crossed her arms and happily waited for the door that would never close for her to open.

You said it so seriously... but you still opened the door in the end. Well, I won't bother you unless it's something super important next time -

As the door of the study opened, Ms. Marina, who was wearing a black butterfly hairpin, had her usual simple braids turned into long, smooth straight hair. Her eyelashes and eyeliner seemed thicker, and she looked like a new person. She smiled at Sitana:

"Don't be impatient, Xi'er, come in and talk slowly."

But Xitana's thoughts, along with the smile on her face, froze there.

Because she heard it.

The first time she saw Marina's warm smile, she heard... the words in her sister's heart.

Numb and indifferent.

[What a hassle, Shetana]

ps:

This chapter is 3K, and there is also a QQ group at night.

Chapter 4: Hydra's Script (K)

Anser held his chin with his hand, admiring the scene of sisterly affection in front of the door.

He was happy that Xitana would grow step by step in pain, not that he was happy about this distortion... Well, actually a little bit.

In fact, this ring was indeed Earl Red Frost's, and had nothing to do with Anser. He just asked Savile to make it appear in front of the greedy little wolf at the right time when Xitana was looting gems.

However, no matter who the ring belongs to, it is the most important part of Anser's plan. Even if Earl Chishuang does not have it, he will find a way to get it, or directly ask his father to make something with the same effect.

Although the effect is simple, it will destroy everything about Sitana - it is not just as simple as making Sitana recognize herself.

This is about the final stage of training and Ansher's...enlightenment.

"Xi'er, what's wrong with you?"

Marina looked at her sister with concern. Although she was annoyed by her recklessness and unreasonableness, she was no longer overly excited about it.

She has faced the reality and found a goal to strive for, and is no longer confused.

[So, Xier, no matter how ridiculous you are, I won't care. After all, you are someone recognized by His Excellency Hydra. I don't need to, and I don't have the time, to care about you anymore.]

[After all, you never care]

Thinking this, Marina reached out to touch Sitana's shoulder, but ended up... touching nothing.

The girl, whose eyes kept trembling, took a half step back, her mouth opening and closing slightly, but she didn't say anything.

"…Xi'er?"

Marina, who was keenly aware of Shitana's abnormality, finally felt a little worried, but as soon as she expressed her doubts, Shitana suddenly grabbed her shoulders and pushed her out without saying a word.

boom!

Sitana slammed the door unreasonably and gasped for breath.

"Why are you so embarrassed, Sitana?"

Anser smiled and deliberately cast his eyes on the ring on her index finger: "Oh... So you put that thing on. Didn't I tell you that you have to be mentally prepared in advance?"

Shitana covered her fingers, ignored the knocking and shouting outside, and didn't say anything, just stared at Ansher.

The young Hydra shrugged and tapped the table with his index finger. "If you have anything to say, don't worry. Marina can't hear you."

“…What the hell is this.”

After hearing this, Shitana relaxed a little. The young wolf didn't want Marina to know that he had just... heard her thoughts. He didn't want that at all.

"What on earth is this?"

"I took a look when I brought you back that day. It was probably Earl Chi Shuang's gadget. It was recovered in time by the Chi Shuang family and left in the treasure house."

Ansor answered leisurely and did not lie. What he stated were all "real facts" and he just concealed some information. Even so, as long as Shitana asked, he would answer truthfully.

However, it was impossible for Hitana to think of this at this time.

"It allows the holder to hear the voices of all those whose Transcendent rank is lower than his own, and at the same time sense their emotions."

"And facing a higher level of transcendental beings..."

Anser stood up and walked towards Xitana, who was gradually sliding down to the ground and leaning against the door. "You can listen if you want, but you have to get my consent. Otherwise, I will just feel that you are being harassed continuously."

"I……"

Sitana's already fragile thinking ability was already in chaos under the blow of Marina's voice. She clenched the ring on her finger, lowered her eyes and murmured, "I don't want to hear this. Please help me take off this ring, take it off immediately."

"Take it off?"

The devil's mouth corners raised slightly.

He leaned over and whispered in Xitana's ear: "Why do you want to take it off? Don't you want to hear how others see you?"

"I do not want it!"

Xitana shouted at first, and then, as if afraid of being heard by Marina, she whispered, "I don't have such a...bad hobby."

"No, no, no, Xitana, it's not that you don't have this hobby, you resist it just because you can't control it."

There are only a very few people in this world who can resist the temptation to pry into other people's hearts.

Today, Hitana has not yet embarked on the path of a tyrant who despises everything. She is now just a 16-year-old genius girl, and she is completely different from the original world line. She has not encountered any hardships, but has absolute resource support and a great backer.

As such, she is very sensitive to outside evaluations.

She can sneer at comments that despise and hate her, but before the criticism is made, whether good or bad, she definitely "wants to hear" it.

Most people are the same in this regard, but it is particularly obvious in Hitana.

"This isn't some particularly advanced etheric device, so it won't be too difficult to operate."

Anser took up Xitana's delicate white hand and gently stroked the ring: "It's not difficult to remove its lock. Just find a skilled alchemist in the Red Frost Territory."

"So……"

The evil Hydra bared its fangs for the umpteenth time.

【Which one do you want to choose? 】

The sudden voice in her heart made Xitana shiver.