The villain's way to tame the protagonist

The woman responded in a trance: "I heard it."

"Then... let's hold the duel tomorrow."

His Royal Highness the Regent said generously: "I feel that both of you need some time to calm down and rest now."

Lian De calmly bowed to Ansher and took his leave, while Ella Luo, after being stunned for a long time, tried his best to muster the last bit of rationality and left.

This farce seemed to have ended in such an incredible way.

...Eh, eh?

The Saint Lady stared blankly at everything in front of her, her brain a little overloaded.

Why did it turn out like this, what on earth happened?

Chapter 7: The Sweetness of Pain Part (K)

The steel-forged birds of prey shuttled through the streets of Triumph Port City. The common people were unaware of the strange creatures flying by, but the extraordinary people who could vaguely feel the ether fluctuations in them were extremely fearful.

Triumphant Harbor City is the most complete city in the entire East Harbor defense system. Anser can control all kinds of weapons and machinery in a moment. So as the only one with the authority of the central control system, our Regent Prince is having a lot of fun.

If he didn't want to make too much noise, he would have wanted to operate the city defense cannon a few times and fire it to try it out.

"A Luo is such a great genius..."

Anser let a small reconnaissance aircraft engraved with multiple concealment spells fall into his palm and looked at it with interest: "Although it is my contribution, being able to make a prototype just based on the concept is a talent that is even more exaggerated than cheating."

He turned his head to look at Xin who was following silently behind him, and asked with a smile: "What do you think, Miss Xin?"

Xin looked a little dazed, as if he had not heard what Anser said, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.

"Ms. Xin? Your Excellency the Saint? What's wrong? Are you shocked?"

It was not until Anser repeated his call several times tirelessly that Xin came to his senses and looked at Anser in a daze.

"Strike... no."

Xin realized it later and shook his head: "I was just wondering what Mr. Devil was going to do."

"Oh? So you were reflecting after class. I was wondering why you were in a daze. After all, you shouldn't be so fragile."

Anser smiled casually, but his attention was always on the reconnaissance machine in his hand, and he didn't even look at Xin.

"…I was never a match for Mr. Devil. It's only natural that I failed."

Although his tone was very calm and his words were modest and cautious, the way Xin lowered his eyes did not seem as frank as he said.

If everything was as she realized belatedly, and Elalo was exposed because of the secret identity of the leader of the Liande Revolutionary Army, then Xin would not have felt this way. However, Anser's sudden appearance and a series of subsequent behaviors that she could not see through at all caused the strange emotions that had been suppressed to grow again.

People can often remain calm when they accept their mistakes, but when others carelessly crush them in other ways, they will not be able to accept their own weakness.

"Has Mr. Devil known all this?"

Xin couldn't help but ask, "Since you deliberately talked to Miss Viper in front of me, did you know what I was going to do?"

"Oh... is this the structure inside? I never thought that such a sophisticated design could be mass-produced. Even my father shouldn't be able to find fault with it. Luo seemed to have said that this is only a second-generation model, which means there is still room for improvement. With her own efforts? This is really..."

Anser disassembled and observed the machine in his hand with great interest. He talked to himself for a long time before coming back to his senses. However, he still asked without turning his head: "Excuse me, Miss Xin, what did you ask me just now?"

...Mr. Devil, you're not looking at me.

At this time, and at this time before, shouldn't Mr. Devil point out my mistakes and teach me what to do next?

Xin's eyes, which took in Anser's joy and enthusiasm, gradually became deeper. She always felt that something had changed.

Ever since that gambling game, no...it should be since she came back from her short break, Anser seemed to no longer be so enthusiastic about her.

It must be an illusion. Mr. Devil is always busy.

Miss Saint told herself this in her heart, and then she repeated what she had just said honestly and obediently: "You know what I am going to do, right?"

"Ok?"

Anser raised his eyebrows slightly: "Know what?"

Looking at Mr. Devil's slightly surprised expression, Xin was stunned.

Mr. Devil...don't know what I'm going to do?

Before Xin came to her senses, Anser revealed a look of understanding: "Oh... No wonder our Triumphant Guild suddenly went crazy, it turned out to be your credit, Miss Xin."

"...Mr. Devil, you really don't know?"

Hearing this, Anser finally turned around and looked at Xin, laughing brightly:

"How could I have thought that you would do such a stupid thing?"

"..."

Ansher, who didn't know where to go, shook his head and shifted his gaze back to the machines surrounding him. This time he used the system to call for a floating cannon. If it weren't for the spell of cognitive obstruction, such a lump of iron floating in the air would have caused chaos in the streets long ago.

While carefully observing the muzzle of the cannon, Anser said nonchalantly: "You have a very high opinion of me, Miss Saint. I told you that your growth has surprised me."

"I asked you to meet Su Silun yesterday, not because I wanted to plot something, but because I didn't care what you heard - because in my opinion, you should know what is the right choice."

Mr. Devil did not explain with a gentle gaze or a patient tone. Instead, his casual and unfocused look almost had the word "perfunctory" written all over his face.

Xin...doesn't like this feeling.

But even so, Xin had no way to do anything, or she didn't know what to do. She could only give her own answer as usual in this class that was no longer as comfortable as before:

"I should... do nothing."

"Yeah, shouldn't you do nothing?"

Anser, who was busy tinkering with the machine, asked curiously: "One night, half a day, what can you do? What can you change? And..."

The boy glanced at the part floating on his fingertips, then tilted his head slightly and glanced at Xin out of the corner of his eye.

"Letting believers destroy the church is not something you can do, Miss Saint."

The corners of his mouth slowly rose, revealing a hint of joking: "Why, have you completely given up your faith in God?"

Xin's fingertips trembled slightly, but this tiny tremor could not reflect the panic surging in her heart.

It was another case of being slow to realize it. No... She hadn't noticed it until Anser reminded her.

If this plan was uncovered, it would mean that she had instructed Elalo to destroy the church.

In this way...wouldn't the previous disguise collapse in an instant!

No, there is room for explanation, there are other possibilities that make Mr. Devil think that I still maintain that belief... There must be!

At this moment, Xin's thoughts existed in two extreme states: calm and panic.

"I didn't instruct her." Without leaving a long, suspicious silence, Xin answered almost immediately, "She... wanted to do this herself."

After she finished speaking, her words gradually became smoother: "It was Miss Elalo. She thought...she shouldn't just leave like this. If she could preserve her strength and not be expelled, she could keep her followers secret and rely on the power of the church and the Triumph Family to continue to work for her ideals."

"Oh..." Mr. Devil nodded in understanding, "So you didn't know she wanted to do this? You were planning to use other methods to prevent this from happening?"

Xin knew that he now had to make a very dangerous choice.

Under normal circumstances, she would have hesitated to say this, but just now, the indifference and casualness revealed by Ansel rekindled the restlessness in Xin's soul that had finally been calmed down.

She did not accept Ansel's "indifference". Ansel could laugh at her, tease her, or even insult her, but he could never not care about her like he did just now.

"I know."

Xin lowered his head slightly and answered with great difficulty: "I know that Miss Elalo wants to do this."

"But you didn't stop it?"

Even without meeting those ocean-blue eyes, Xin could feel the gaze on him become more serious, as if it had returned to its former self.

"Yes, Mr. Devil."

The Saint Lady raised her face, revealing deep thought and deep sorrow: "Although I still haven't got the answer, I can't tell myself... everything you said is wrong."

Deception, lies, disguise... When Xin put all her burning passion into it, she felt an unprecedented smoothness and naturalness. She even thought that this was what she had originally thought.

"So... even though Miss Elalo's behavior was so outrageous and blasphemous, I, who saved her and knew her determination better than anyone else, was unable to stop her in the end."

There was no falsehood or hesitation in those holy blue eyes. Anyone who looked into their eyes would probably feel guilty first.

Anser looked at her for a long time, then smiled with satisfaction: "Isn't this great, Miss Xin? This is a remarkable improvement."

"...I hope you are right, Mr. Devil." Miss Saint was still a little worried.

And beneath this sorrow lies the joy and satisfaction that makes Xin intoxicated.

Mr. Devil...believed it.

I know, I know that Mr. Devil actually doesn't believe that my opinion of Xinyang has not changed at all after I disappeared for a while, so at this time, it is correct to show that my faith is shaken.

Sure enough... this is what Mr. Devil wanted to see. I succeeded, once again... I tricked Mr. Devil.

Mr. Devil, in a place you don’t know, I——

Anser still wasn't looking at her.

"That makes sense. I thought you had done something so stupid, Ms. Xin."

Although he was talking about her, Ansher never looked at her. His attention was all on the new equipment created by Ming Furo.

"So..." Hydra said thoughtfully, "I almost forgot one thing - I want to go to the Grand Duke of Triumph to discuss something. Do you want to come with me, Miss Xin?"

"Why is Mr. Devil looking for her?" Xin said this, her eyes falling on the strange creation in Anser's hand. She didn't understand...what was so special about these things that worthy Anser's attention.

It's just an alchemical device.

"You saw it too." Anser waved his wrist and chuckled. "I came here this time to debug and run the entire defense system for A'Luo in advance. According to the original plan, Lian De would choose to abolish the Triumph Family under the pressure of Susilun, and the original heirs who did not accept A'Luo as the head of the family... would definitely not sit still and wait for death. They would make a desperate fight."

"I will appear at that time to suppress the Kaixuan family, test the effectiveness of this defense system, and protect Kaixuan Port City at the same time."

Is this why Mr. Devil showed up? He really... didn't think I would do that.

"During that time, I also chatted with the old priest for a while."

Master Anser, who was busy with work, spread his hands and said, "After losing to you last time, I became quite interested in Miss Elalo, or more precisely, the redeemed Miss Elalo. Plus, her life was about to come to an end, so I went to the old priest to learn about her situation. I didn't expect..."

He sighed with emotion and said, "I didn't expect this to become her fatal flaw."

Xin stared at Anser for a long time, and then suddenly said:

"Is it really such a coincidence?"

She seemed to still be staring at Anser, no... she was probably staring at the alchemical equipment in Anser's hand. Her holy blue eyes gradually became deeper: "Mr. Devil, you should have other plans, right? You were... lying before, you actually thought I would do this, but for some purpose, you chose to expose Miss Elalo's identity in this way, and this was ultimately for-"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Xin's response was a happy and hearty laugh.

"Ms. Xin, you think of me as something so sinister and profound... It's quite pleasing."

Laughing heartily, Anser clapped the strange instrument in his hand and said, "Especially when it is clearly a coincidence, you still think so, which makes me even happier."

In Xin's slightly dull silence, Mr. Devil said briskly: "But unfortunately, this is just a coincidence - don't forget who I am doing these things for."

He pointed to the creation in his hand that had opened up a whole new world in the field of alchemy, and did not hide his pride and love in his words:

"This is all for my amazing A-Luo."

At this time, he finally turned his gaze to Xin's face and winked at her: "You know how important she is to me, right?"

"Ah, if that's the case, it's not a coincidence." Xin's tone was not fluctuating at all. "If it's for Miss Doll, Mr. Devil would indeed do this."

...I should have thought of the answer, why did I still ask that question?

While Xin was thinking, Anser had brought her to a dangerous seaside cliff outside the city of Triumph Port in a few flashes. A figure stood on the edge of the cliff.

"So, you can think of it, Miss Xin."

As Anser slowly walked towards the edge of the cliff, he suddenly turned to look at Xin. The unstoppable smile on his face explained the real reason why he had just laughed.

"So... you are not doubting the coincidence, but wishful thinking that I did this for--"

"Oh, he ran away."

Xin fled before Anser could utter the last word.

At this time, the evil devil put away the ether machine with a relaxed look on his face and whistled leisurely.

"This kind of ignorant shyness is really irresistible... But for the Saint Lady, it should not be called shyness, it should be another... sin that she cannot accept."

"Escape is a good thing."