The villain's way to tame the protagonist

He would never allow the destruction of his sister whom he hated... Any unexpected incidents would occur. The mad man said word by word with murderous intent: "Don't tell me... You can't imagine what kind of impact the church and the Triumph Family joining forces will have on you and me."

"..."

Lian De understood where Su Si Lun's anger came from.

Just as she was still worried about whether Anser would feel bad about her using Su Silun at this juncture, Su Silun was also worried about whether she could really get what she wanted through this cooperation.

The only difference was that Susilen could give an absolutely reliable and affirmative answer, but she... couldn't.

She still hadn't found the connection between Ellalo and the church, nor had she uncovered any conspiracy of the church. The reason she felt it was okay to maintain the status quo was not entirely because she could deal with the church later, but because of... personal feelings.

Because I don't want to kill all my friends.

Su Silun saw this and asked so angrily.

"If you still don't get an answer, that's okay."

After questioning, the little princess let go of Lian De expressionlessly: "Just change your strategy. I don't ask you to kill Elalo Triumph. At least... put the entire Triumph family in your hands."

"Then, exile that woman. No matter what the truth is, she cannot stay in East Port until everything is settled."

"Your original plan... was too naive and ridiculous."

Lian De's delicate long hair fluttered in the whistling wind.

She looked at Su Silun, who had no expression on her face, but remained silent.

There is no doubt that Su Silun is right. In the case of uncertainty as to whether Elallo is in collusion with the church, this is the best choice. If she guesses right, she can wipe out the church's huge help in Donggang; if she guesses wrong, it will only be a sacrifice of Elallo, and she doesn't even have to die for it.

How could Lian De not consider this level, but she... couldn't do it.

She has seen too many upright people die because of distortion, and too many noble people die because of meanness.

Ella's actions were indeed stupid and blind, but Lian De could feel... Ella's determination to never regret was unwavering and he would never regret it even if he died.

This determination is not wrong. It is precisely because this determination is not wrong that Lian De wants to correct Ella Luo's behavior and bring real order to Donggang.

So she didn't want her friend to lose everything because of that groundless speculation... reputation, dignity, family, relatives. Elalo made the wrong choice for the right decision, but she shouldn't pay such a price just because of the wrong choice.

Not only as a friend, but as a revolutionary soldier, she has been slandered by countless rumors, and her compatriots have to bear the infamy until their death. How could Lian De let this happen again?

The upright should be given fair judgment, and the noble should be given noble response.

So even if she made mistakes, Lian De hoped to give her friends and like-minded people a stable ending that could witness each other's dreams.

As long as she can do it and it won't affect the overall situation, this... is fine.

Lian De opened her mouth. She could have said that she was confident that she could control Elalo, and even if Elalo retained the power of the Triumph Family, everything would be under control - Lian De did have this ability, but there was no point in saying this at this time.

Such "empty words" could not be compared with the mark on Su Silun's belly.

Because Su Silun couldn't believe such empty words, she made her attitude clear and forced Lian De.

Originally, it was because of the appearance of Susilun that Lian De had the opportunity to seize power without hurting Ellalo, but this opportunity... now forced her to hurt Ellalo.

That's... ridiculous.

Lian De sighed helplessly in his heart.

That's not ridiculous, Ms. Spider.

Miss Xin, who watched the whole thing from beginning to end and captured the majority of people's opinions, finally figured out the situation.

This is all Mr. Devil's plan! It was Mr. Devil who made Miss Viper appear next to you, and then made Miss Viper force you to break up with Elalo.

Lian De's feelings for Elallo, her own persistence, and her fear of Ansher made it difficult for her to make the decision to replace Elallo, but the appearance of Susilun made it possible, and the mistakes made by Elallo made Lian De further determined.

If it weren't for Su Silun, Lian De might have missed the opportunity due to hesitation and then chose to give up.

But now, since the decision has been made, he must go all the way. However, at this last moment, Su Silun used this as a threat, forcing Lian De to make a choice without turning back.

Let Lian De...must destroy Elalo.

"In this case, Ms. Spider, who was originally just a possible enemy of Ms. Elalo, will now have to be hostile to Ms. Elalo."

Xin murmured to himself thoughtfully, "From possible to absolute, this really fits Mr. Devil's style."

From this, we can also infer what Su Silun meant by what she said last night.

Although in the conversation with Lian De, Su Silun took the premise of being an insurance, but in fact...Ella Luo is really a believer of the church!

Not only is he a believer of the church, but he is also a believer redeemed by the saint and destined to achieve great things!

She can really bring great help to the church, and everything is just as Susilen inferred. With the existence of Ellalo, the church, which may have been isolated and helpless and unable to achieve anything even if it has made contributions, will experience unprecedented prosperity.

But if Elalo was exiled or even died, then nothing could be said about it. Lian De would definitely stay with Susilun and keep Donggang firmly in his hands.

Add to that her huge hostility towards the church, and you can imagine what Donggang, which has the most influence from the church, will face after this.

This is the butcher knife that Anser wielded against the church.

The only thing that could not be answered was the reason why Ansher did this... He should have no reason to target the church, but now was not the time to think about it, it was too late.

Anser set the time limit too tightly, and Susilun chose to force Lian De at this time. At this point, Lian De could no longer give in for Ella Luo.

unacceptable.

The Saint Lady's eyes became sharp!

It is absolutely unacceptable that Elalo was exiled like this.

The church's power in Donggang cannot be weakened. She has tasted the sweetness of using the church. Weakening the church is equivalent to weakening herself and weakening the possibility of redeeming Mr. Devil!

"The best way... is to have Elallo distance himself from the church and create evidence that would leave Miss Viper speechless."

From Xin's perspective, she could see it clearly.

If he could provide proof that even Susilun could not refute, then even if Susilun still forced Lian De to exile Elalo in order to complete the task, Lian De would not obey Susilun's orders.

After all, they are in a cooperative relationship, not a superior-subordinate relationship, and you have to know... becoming the controller of East Port is itself one of Anser's tasks.

Su Silun didn't dare to risk failing both missions and falling out with Lian De, so... as long as Ella Luo could prove her "innocence", Ella Luo would be fine.

Prove your innocence...

Oh, that's not difficult. Just let Ms. Spider see Miss Elalo destroying a statue of God with her own hands. Well, just destroy the church.

Anyway, God doesn't care about such vain things that are meaningless to Him.

The saint who had already cast aside her faith thought so without any psychological barriers.

And this is also for the church and for me.

Chapter 5: The Sin of Pride (K)

Elalo has a secret, a secret that no one, including blood relatives, servants, friends... knows.

At the age of sixteen, she became a believer in God, and she has maintained her devout and firm faith until today. Eight years have passed, and it is almost the ninth year.

Born into an extremely prominent grand duke family, with such brilliant glory as [Triumph], wealth, power, status, strength... even if he was just one of many heirs, these things were within Ellalo's reach.

Why would such a person become a believer?

If Elalo were asked to answer, she would probably answer with a question.

Why do some people have to suffer in this world?

The situation in Donggang has been in dynamic balance for nearly a thousand years since the establishment of the empire. Countless marine resources, the only shipping route connecting to the other side of the continent, and countless port cities connected to the empire's shipping have all contributed to the prosperity of Donggang and the stability that prosperity brings.

Under this stability, even if the three grand duke families still have conflicts, they have always kept them within a stable range. As the family that opened up the route to the theocracy, the Triumph family has occupied a dominant position in East Port for a long time. In the generation of grand dukes that have all perished, the Triumph family's dominance was rarely taken away.

Therefore, this generation of the Triumphant Grand Duke had extremely strict requirements for his offspring. Elalo grew up in this strict environment, and at the same time... became more and more confused about this world.

People will not think about something for no reason. Only when they accept morality will they believe that evil deeds need to be punished, and only when they have wisdom will they find fools unbearable.

Because his talent in the realm of the supernatural was mediocre, Elalo had strictly required himself to be perfect in other areas since he was a child. He learned how to maintain his rule, how to bring prosperity, and what were the obligations of a ruler.

Similarly, under the strict premise of restoring the family's glory, such learning will never come only from the contents of textbooks and the instructions of teachers.

When Elalo was seven years old, he worked as a child laborer in a bakery in the outer city of Kaixuan Port.

As the daughter of an archduke, there was no need for her to go to such lengths, but the family atmosphere forced the young girl to make a choice. Her mother and her mother's family urged her to stand out from her brothers and sisters, even if it was too early.

So Elalo worked as a child laborer in that bakery for a month, living in a simple apartment in the outer city with his servants. Every day he left his room of only ten square meters and walked for an hour to work in the bakery.

This month, Ella Luo did a good job because her purpose was clear - she never came here to suffer, but to observe how people at the bottom of society actually live.

In the aristocratic art of ruling, "how should the lower class survive" is a very important topic.

Their meager incomes provide little wealth, but they are wealth itself—providing labor and pleasing the upper classes.

Someone has to do some of the hard work in the mud, and someone has to satisfy the empty hearts of the wealthy elites. Ella's parents and teachers all told her that this is the value of the common people.

To maximize their value, they must be ruled in a reasonable way. They should not be allowed to feel comfortable, nor too desperate. Each of them should be tired of coping with life, but not to the point of losing faith in life.

So, Elalo knew before all her brothers and sisters that civilians only needed to eat two pieces of bread sprinkled with coarse salt a day to survive.

Naturally, she was puzzled by such a life, and even more puzzled by what her parents and teachers said.

I don’t understand why some people’s meaning of life is to suffer, and I don’t understand why it is right for them to suffer.

According to normal procedures, the innocence and confusion of the young noble lady would soon be destroyed by the ideas that were repeatedly instilled in her. But I don’t know whether to say it is fortunate or unfortunate, Ella Luo... is not qualified.

She chose to try to overtake others in this area because of the mediocrity of her extraordinary talent, but to this world, extraordinary is everything.

Her efforts were more of a struggle than an effort. Compared to her older brothers and sisters who displayed great talent and strength, her efforts were not worth her father's attention. Her mother also recognized the reality and chose to give up.

Because she was an unimportant offspring, it didn't matter what she thought. Although the teacher would try to correct Ella's thoughts and blood relatives would occasionally sneer at Ella's confusion, no one would instill and reshape Ella's ideas day after day because there was no point.

Moreover, "compassion and compassion for civilians" could have been considered part of their game.

So Ellalo grew up slowly in this confusion. As his cognition became more solid and his wisdom increased year by year, confusion turned into anger, and anger turned into despair.

She realized that she could not change anything and could only do trivial things in vain in distress and suffering day after day that could not change the overall situation. If she had not become friends with Lian De, who was a little older than her, and got help from her during this period, Ella Luo would probably have given up long ago and lived a life of drifting.

Therefore, it is not surprising that she became a believer.

When she was sixteen years old, a bishop secretly visited Eastport and met Ellalo by chance.

The girl, who was unable to realize her long-cherished wish and desire and was imprisoned in a cage, became a believer under the guidance of the bishop.

Faith is for satisfaction, and Elalo, who was powerless to change anything at the time and happened to be at the most sensitive and fragile age of sixteen, found satisfaction and salvation from her faith.

That bishop changed her extraordinary qualifications.

Although it didn't bring about earth-shaking changes, it was already much better than my original mediocre self.

Elalo deservedly received more attention and support. Although he was still not very prominent in the family, he was no longer a marginal person.

But Elalo didn't care about this. What she cared about was that she finally had more ability and confidence to do what she wanted.

Although as time went by, the dreams of the past were ultimately defeated by reality, and pure goodness eventually succumbed to the desire for power, but Ella's faith never wavered - because if it were not for God, she would have lived a more obscure and meaningless life.

And now, with the redemption of the saint and his awakening from decadence, Ellalo's firmness in faith has reached an unprecedented peak.

She firmly believed that God would eventually bring true justice to the whole world, and believed that under the mediation of God, all sins would eventually be cleansed, and all evil deeds would eventually disappear... Even if they were destined to come back, at least there would be no eternal, unchangeable tragedy in the world.

Like every believer, Elalo worships such a great and kind God.

"So go destroy a church, Miss Elalo."

Under Ella's dull gaze, Xin whispered, "This is also for the church and God."

"Destroy... the church and the statue of God." The Duke of Triumph, who was no longer worthy of his title, repeated the Saint's absurd words. She stared at Xin in a daze, "Is it for... the church and God?"

"Yes." Xin looked at Elalo as if it was a matter of course, "I should have made it clear to you."

Xin did analyze Lian De's hesitation, Su Silun's coercion, and the power the church needed very clearly, and Ella Luo was not unable to understand what Xin meant.

But understanding never means acceptance.

"Saint... Your Excellency."

Elalo knelt in front of Xin, making a prayer gesture, his voice trembling slightly: "Can... you do it another way?"

"Another way? But we don't have time."

Xin tilted her head and said, "Ms. Spider will come to you soon. If you can't immediately produce evidence that you have no connection with the church, she will have no choice but to exile you under the coercion of Ms. Viper."

Before Elalo could speak, Xin continued, "The reason is also very simple. Just say that you found traces of suspected revolutionary soldiers in that church, and to prevent them from escaping, you directly bombarded the church. As for which church to choose... to increase the persuasiveness, just pick the largest church in Kaixuan Port City."

"..."

Elalo was a little dazed.

She really couldn't understand why the saint could say "destroy the largest church" in such a calm and natural tone.