The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Xin slowly shifted her gaze to the bloody man, who indeed looked a little dazed. She stared at him for a long time, then asked in confusion:

"Although I'm not sure what Miss Wolf is going to do, but...why a snowman?"

"……what?"

"Why, a snowman?" Xin repeated.

"Well, well..."

Xitana's eyes gradually began to wander.

——She couldn’t say that she was just bored and building a snowman outside the fortress, and was discovered by a patrolling soldier, so she did this just to find an excuse.

It was all because of Anser! If she hadn't missed Anser so much and planned to build a snowman like Anser, she wouldn't have failed to notice the patrolling soldiers!

Although compared to Ming Fuluo who wanted to stay in the workshop for 24 hours, Xitana was somewhat suspected of being passive and lazy. But compared to the scholar who was isolated and helpless, Xitana had the support of almost the entire aristocracy of the empire. Even if the enemy was stronger, the pressure was much less overall.

The civilians on the northern border had been evacuated long ago, and those stationed on the border were all extraordinary people and soldiers. Xitana didn't know how Ming Furo defined "innocent people", but for her, innocent people referred to civilians.

More importantly, compared to Mingfulo, who is a "deus ex machina summoner", Xitana has an overwhelming... no, destructive manifestation of pure power.

Xitana liked to brag about her achievements to Anser, and sometimes even exaggerated a little, but there was absolutely no exaggeration in her description of the war in the North.

Only those who have seen with their own eyes how she turned those extraordinary people into blood foam in a flash and turned the battlefield into a slaughterhouse, know what kind of monster this tall, slender, beautiful and charming girl is.

At least in the North and near the border of the North, Xitana Lancemalos's reputation is more like a monster than Hydra.

After all, if the defensive pressure was not so small, Xitana would not have thought of summoning her monster friends, pushing all the way to the north, and capturing the two dukes and beating them up.

Such a powerful plan.

Facing Xin's puzzled look, Hitana, who was not very good at lying, looked around. Actually, Xin was fine, but she didn't want Anther to know that she was making a snowman alone like a child, or because she missed him too much.

This is too embarrassing. Ansel must not know about this... at least not in front of Xin!

Just as Xitana was thinking about how to find an excuse, Xin suddenly exclaimed.

"Ah, I know!"

She stared at Sitana, who was beginning to sweat profusely, very seriously:

"Ms. Wild Wolf, it's because you're too lonely, right?"

"?!"

You... do you dare to say that you didn’t use mind reading magic just now!

Xitana looked at Anser guiltily, only to find that Anser was concentrating on making a snowman and not looking at her.

Miss Wolf breathed a sigh of relief, then stiffened her neck and said, "I'm not lonely at all. I'm very busy every day, how could I be lonely!"

"If you keep busy... you won't feel lonely?"

"Of course! When you're busy, you don't have time to think about those things."

——This is of course a lie. After all, Shitana is either beating up the Duke's army or beating up monsters every day. This kind of unilateral violence of destroying the opponent always ends quickly.

"I see..." Xin nodded thoughtfully, "I thought Miss Wolf was making a snowman friend for herself because she had no friends."

Anser couldn't help laughing as he stuck the branch into the snowball as if it were a nose.

Anser, what are you laughing at! And why are you making a snowman too!

Anser, who noticed Xitana's gaze, clapped his hands and stood up, smiling and said, "I didn't expect Xier to be so childish."

"I do not--"

Xitana opened her mouth, looked at the innocent and stupid Xin, then looked at the smiling Anser, and finally she could only give up and agree:

"Okay, okay... I'm just being childish. I was bored and wanted to build a snowman. Is that okay?"

In fact, if the third party here was Ming Furo or even Ivora, she would admit without hesitation that she did such a childish thing because she missed Ansher, but the person standing next to her now was a fool, and Shitana didn't want to show her affection with Ansher in front of the fool at all, she always felt embarrassed.

It is better to be treated as if you have no friends than to be treated like an abandoned puppy, drooping in the snow and digging for snowflakes.

Although whenever I think of Anser in this desolate place covered by blizzard, Xitana does look exactly like a dejected puppy.

"Can I build a snowman with you, Miss Wolf?"

Xin squatted down, and the white silk dress that fit her body perfectly outlined her figure, which was much fuller than Shitana's. Even Miss Wolf, whose figure was already perfect after being reshaped by the Head of Strength, was amazed by the sudden round and wide curve under her slender waistline.

The saint lady, who had such a sinful body, used her hands, which were whiter than snow, to awkwardly push a snowball on the ground. She looked up at Sitana and said, "Now, you won't be bored anymore, will you?"

As she said this, she looked at Anser, who was using Gleipnir to carve the snowman into a lifelike dog with upright legs.

"Because you saw Mr. Devil making a snowman, and he seemed very happy."

"That's because Anser..."

Hitana originally wanted to say that Anser was different and that she was happy to see Anser do anything, but she swallowed her words back involuntarily halfway through.

She looked at Xin who was squatting on the ground making a snowball, so she squatted down and helped Miss Saint push the snowball.

"...Ms. Wild Wolf?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to build a snowman with me?"

Although she felt something was a little strange, Xitana still scratched her head and said, "Then let's go together."

Xin was stunned for a few seconds, then nodded gently, and there seemed to be a bit more excitement in his indifferent holy blue eyes.

What? It turns out you were the one who wanted to pile it up.

How come she has become so pitiful and neglected after following Anser in Donggang for such a long time? Didn’t Anser do this and that to her?

Xitana thought of Ming Fuluo's words, and then looked at Xin who seemed a little lonely now...

I see! I understand!

Did Anser always care about Ming Fuluo in Donggang and ignore Xin who was pestering him, so Xin felt that she was, uh... useless? Or what? Anyway, no matter what, she must have felt that she was thrown aside and had no friends, so she felt even more lonely, right?

...Hey, wait a minute?

How could I have thought of this?

Xitana's spirits suddenly lifted because she found that she could easily understand Xin's emotions.

Oh... No, it’s not that I’ve become stronger, it’s that Xin is too stupid... No, it’s that Xin is too naive!

But she soon realized that it was not because her IQ had suddenly made a qualitative leap, but simply because the saint lady in front of her was as innocent as a blank sheet of paper.

After all, she has been killing or beating people all the time during this period, so there is no chance to increase her IQ - in terms of self-knowledge, Shitana has made very obvious progress.

However, this did not prevent Hitana from feeling a little secretly happy from such thoughts.

So this is what it feels like to take care of other people's emotions... Not bad!

Xitana only cared for others physically, and psychologically and emotionally, she was mostly the one being taken care of. But now, she felt a sense of tolerance from Xin's innocence, which was not unpleasant.

There was an illusion that she was becoming like an older sister.

The more I think about it, the more I feel sorry for Xin... But, there's no way Anser wouldn't do something to Xin, right?

Xitana subconsciously shifted her gaze to Anser and found that Anser was also looking at her.

Master Hydra pointed at her hand with a smile... or to be more precise, the snowball that she and Xin had been rolling for who knows how long.

"Wooah! No need to rub it so big, Shin!"

"Oh, really? I don't think Miss Wolf has any intention of stopping."

Xin looked at the half-man-high snowball, rubbed it gently, and found that it was not stained with a single snowflake. It was even still as white and tender as before. His hands were not red. He tilted his head and looked at Xitana: "Did I do a bad job?"

"Not really... Hey, why do you think there's something wrong with you right away? It doesn't matter, just rub your head a little bigger and it will be fine."

It was clearly just her own imagination, but Xin still thought it was her fault... Although there was nothing wrong with making a snowman, it was precisely these meaningless details that made Hitana feel a long-lost...sincerity.

In this messed up world, Xitana has seen too many disgusting bastards. Except for Ansher, whom she changed into a good person, even Ming Fuluo's temper would occasionally annoy her.

And the only person who once made her feel that there was still hope for this world...is no longer the same as before.

The pure peace and kindness that Shetana felt from Xin unconsciously softened her emotions. Perhaps it was due to her simple personality, or perhaps it was just... the longing for that gentle figure she once had.

"When the blizzard comes, won't it blow the snowman away?"

"Huh? Not even a snowman doused in my blood would. Snowstorms are also afraid of my blood."

"Oh... Miss Wild Wolf is so amazing."

"Hey hey hey~"

Anser looked at the two girls squatting on the ground, making snowballs without any ladylike manners, and just smiled.

The impact of Ming Furo's confession to him actually far exceeded Ming Furo's imagination.

[Do what you want to do, no matter what happens to me]

Ansel told Ming Furo at the time that he was just making a confirmation. No matter what answer Ming Furo gave, he would still do it according to his plan. However, making up one's mind to implement it and making a decision in hesitation are two different things.

Hydra looked at Xitana's smiling face, Ming Furo's firm yet gentle words echoed in his ears, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

He knew that if it were Xitana, she would give the same answer as Ming Furo.

"Anser, you come and join us!"

“I’ve piled it up.”

"How can you call that a snowman? You can't make it look so pretty. It's against the rules!"

"Ms. Wild Wolf, can't a snowman be made very pretty?"

"Not really, but how can a normal person make a dog... Anser, come here!"

Finally, the monster from the abyss, the thriving beast king, and the saint full of faith, three big men who could overturn the entire empire, built a whole row of snowmen on the northern border where snow and wind blew from time to time.

*

“Oh… so cool~”

Shitana immersed her body in the misty bath, stretched out her limbs lazily, and squinted her eyes in comfort, looking like a dog lying in the sun.

"...Will it be comfortable to soak in hot water?" Xin did not take off her silk underwear. She sat on the edge of the bathtub with her snow-white feet immersed in the water.

"Taking a bath is the first... no, the second happiest thing in the world."

Xitana's lazy and drawn-out voice echoed in the bathtub: "Xin, aren't you going to come down?"

Xin shook his head: "I don't have this kind of physical reality. There is no need."

"Hmm?" Sitana opened her eyes a little, "But you can make a snowman, and I can even touch you."

“This entity can still do it.”

"There is a physical body but no feeling?" Sitana's eyes gradually widened.

Xin gently swung her feet, and the ripples of the water hit the fruit that was floating on the water due to the buoyancy of Xitana and bounced back. She looked at Xitana in confusion:

"Any questions? Miss Wolf."

“Isn’t that a big problem?”

Xitana stood up with a bang and looked at Xin in shock: "No feeling... Can you taste the food you eat? How about smelling it?"

Xin shook his head.

"What about sleeping? Do you feel comfortable when you sleep?"

"I don't need sleep, Miss Wolf."

"Neither warm nor cool?"

"Why do we need warm and cool if there is no hot and cold?"

"The feeling of the wind on my skin, the touch of the fur of the little animals, and... the comfortable feeling when someone touches my head... don't you have any of them?"

"…Would it feel good to be touched on the head?"

Looking at Xin with a confused face, Xitana's mood became heavy for the first time in a long time.

No taste, no smell, no touch, no need for sleep, no feeling of cold or heat... What kind of life is she leading?

No, is it necessary to continue living like this? What is the meaning of living without any ability to perceive anything in this world except hearing and seeing?

Xitana simply couldn't imagine how Xin got here. Isn't this... isn't this the same as living like a moving sculpture?

Hitana suddenly understood why Anser seemed to have no action towards Xin. Knowing Anser's sexual preferences, she knew very well that a certain Hydra master would never be interested in such a person... or in other words, she didn't know whether it could still be considered a human "thing".

After the shock, Xitana slowly sank into the bathtub and asked in a low voice: