The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Xin couldn't continue to deceive himself and indulge in the illusion created by the devil. Even if he didn't delve into it, and thought that the tenderness brought by the devil was sincere, Xin couldn't do it.

Anser would care for her from the bottom of his heart...this thing itself is impossible.

If it were a need, Xin could still find a reasonable reason to convince himself, but now, Xin could not find any reason other than deception that could make Anser favor him like this.

The devil is not even willing to create a more oppressive occasion, a more confusing atmosphere, or a situation that makes it more difficult for people to think deeply. Instead, he tries to conquer the hearts of the audience with sloppy and deliberate lines, just like performing a third-rate play on stage.

Mr. Devil... you don't even bother to deceive me.

This made Xin feel numb, a numbness that made him feel like he didn't care even though he now said he fully supported the church's actions.

"...Okay, now that you've said that, I can't possibly kill you as well."

Miss Wolf quickly relaxed after focusing her attention on Anser, and took the opportunity to say things she didn't normally have the chance to say: "Then let her talk, and see what excuses she can come up with to lie."

"..."

Xin Wei raised her head from her lowered eyes and glanced at Xitana. The look in her eyes made Miss Wolf feel a little scared.

Xitana was about to speak when she couldn't stand it any longer. Xin said softly, "It was the bishop's idea to hand over the refugees to the Grand Duke of Grey Tower. There was no deal involved."

"The reason is just... for Mr. Devil."

"…For Anser?"

"Bishop Ji believes that if Mr. Devil wanted to change Miss Wild Wolf like he did Miss Doll, he would not have allowed the refugees to evacuate one by one without any disturbance. He would have let Miss Wolf face difficulties so that she would have the possibility of changing."

"We have to follow Mr. Devil's ideas, so even if Mr. Devil's Hercules believes in the church, we have to hand over the refugees to the Grand Duke of Gray Tower and create trouble for Miss Wild Wolf."

Her words reminded Hitana of the past that was still extremely bad for her, and the anger that was already somewhat acted turned into absolutely real hatred in an instant.

"Would you believe such words?" The wolf beast had no expression on its face, and there was a ferocity in its eyes as thick as blood.

"Or, you know that Anser is just playing house with you, but you are still having so much fun?"

If Xin relied on this argument, it would prove that she knew in her heart that Anser's needs were nothing more than deception. Then the peace of mind and peace Xin had gained on this basis was a complete joke.

So, after a long silence, Xin gently shook his head: "I don't believe Mr. Devil would do this."

Maybe Xin really didn't think Ansel would do such a thing, or maybe he didn't want to accept that he had once again exchanged his sincerity for a lie.

"Then what did you say?" Xitana's temper never subsided. "If you don't agree with this statement, then why did you let the Grand Duke of the Grey Tower take the refugees away without even telling Anser?"

"Because... there are other reasons."

Xin stared into Xitana's eyes, his voice a little hoarse:

"Hercules... Mr. Devil, needs to be a hero. And you are the biggest obstacle in his path to becoming a hero."

"…Are you crazy?"

Xitana was even more confused. She had no idea what Xin was talking about. As the head of wind and force, she was an obstacle to Hydra? Was this a new joke?

Oh...it's an obstacle for Hercules, but what does this have to do with Hercules? He and I are not enemies.

"You have taken away all the glory that should have belonged to Mr. Devil, so we must create opportunities for Mr. Devil to shine brighter than you... If we just let the refugees evacuate step by step, Mr. Devil will definitely not be able to defeat you."

"..."

This reason was obviously even more unbelievable to Hitana. She even couldn't understand what "stealing all the glory" meant.

After a long while, she asked in confusion, "What do you mean by stealing the limelight? Anser, Anser? Oh, stop acting! She called you directly. I can't act anymore. I'm so tired."

The young man who maintained the image of Hercules was silent for a few seconds, and then he sighed helplessly, "Xi'er, it would have been better if you had cooperated a few more times."

"Eh? Is that so? Then let's, uh... do it again?"

Anser dispersed the light in his hand and shook his head with amusement: "Forget it, didn't you say you were tired of acting?"

"That's more like it. So what do you mean by stealing the spotlight? Are you saying that I stole your limelight?"

Hydra sat down on the sofa leisurely: "What else could it mean?"

"Wait, wait, wait..."

Sitana covered her forehead with her hands, looking like she was thinking seriously.

About half a minute later, she cried out in disbelief:

"Because I stole your limelight, you can't be a hero anymore?"

"Are the people in the church mentally ill? Their standard for judging heroes is who is more prominent?"

The false hero in reserve tilted his head slightly and glanced at the silent saint: "You should ask Miss Xin about this. After all, it was she and the bishop who made the decision."

Xitana looked at Xin as if he was mentally retarded. Because the facts were so absurd, she couldn't even get angry. "So, you let the Grand Duke of Grey Tower take the refugees away just to make Anser more famous? What's wrong with your brains-"

"No."

Xin suddenly said, "No, because of this - for me, this decision was not made because I wanted Mr. Devil to be a hero who is better than you."

Xin had been watching Xitana the whole time. Xin saw how Xitana and Anser could get Anser to cooperate with her with just a few words. Xin saw how Xitana and Anser were so naturally harmonious and close to each other. Xin just watched from afar and could never intervene. He said in a calm voice:

"Because I don't want you to win."

At that time, Xin could never understand why he silently agreed to Ji's decision.

She didn't admit that Anser was deceiving her, so she couldn't accept that Anser deliberately created trouble in order to change Xitana.

She had heard Hercules' understanding and explanation of heroes from his own perspective, so she didn't believe that Hercules would accept the title of hero obtained in such a despicable way.

So why on earth would she agree to it?

At this moment, Xin seemed to have known it.

Because she didn't want Shitana to win, and didn't want Shitana, who was so doted on and received so much attention from Anther, to become a hero so naturally under Anther's arrangement. So she wanted to bring trouble to Shitana, that's all.

It had nothing to do with the church, faith, justice, or anything. It was just a woman who couldn't take deception seriously, and she was just jealous of another woman who seemed to be the luckiest in the world.

However, this time, the sin that was rekindled was not Xin's devilish way of thinking to emphasize that Ansel was trying to degenerate himself, and he twistedly used this as motivation to continue to perform his duties.

Just pure jealousy.

Jealous like humans.

Chapter 144: Fruit

Hitana was stunned by the obvious jealousy flashing in Xin's eyes.

Just as Ansher was shocked by Ivora's resentful attitude before, Miss Wolf's brain also went into a brief downtime at this moment.

"You—no, wait."

The girl held her forehead with her hand, looking as if she had seen a ghost.

"You... don't want me to win, so you deliberately go against Anser?"

The church is secretly in contact with the Grand Duke of the Grey Tower. Whether this is considered to be against Anther or in compliance with Anther's ideas, the answer is different from different perspectives.

The two bishops believed that Anther's purpose had not changed, he was still sharpening his blade, but the location had changed from East Port to the North, so they only needed to create trouble for Hitana - after all, Ji did the same thing in East Port, and Anther did not pursue it at all.

From Hitana's perspective, the church and Xin undoubtedly betrayed Anther's trust. This was a shameful and unforgivable betrayal - because Anther definitely wanted those refugees to return safely.

But Xin was not one of them. She didn't want to think that Anser was deceiving herself in order to sharpen Xitana, but at the same time, she didn't subjectively want to let Anser down. Rather than a betrayal, it was more of a... venting.

A saint shouldn't have such emotions, but if the innocent lamb has walked into the world and transformed into a human, it is not surprising.

"Is it not possible?" Xin asked back expressionlessly.

"You're still asking me if it's okay? Where did you come from?"

Xitana screamed in disbelief: "You pushed those refugees to the Grey Tower Grand Duke just to disgust me? Are you sick in the brain?"

"Yes."

Xin's clear, short and powerful answer made Xitana fall into daze and silence again.

Yes, as a saint, Xin does not have the logic and thinking of ordinary people, let alone moral concepts.

Even if they take judgment and redemption as their lifelong beliefs, they never think about the deeper meaning behind these beliefs; even if they have seen so much joy and sorrow, life and death, they remain indifferent to the complexity of human good and evil.

Even if the body has no perception of the outside world, it doesn't matter. Even if it lives like a machine, it feels that its life is glorious and noble. For such a... monster, morality is nothing more than a speck of dust floating in the wind.

"..."

Xitana was speechless for a moment. Xin's answer made her realize that perhaps this woman's life had been on this twisted, chaotic, and inhuman path since the moment she was born.

But even so, the wolf would not stop calming down her anger - whether Xin was mentally ill or a psychopath had nothing to do with her. If this woman needed psychological treatment, Xitana would not mind letting Anser teach her a lesson, but no matter what, she had to pay the price for her actions.

"I don't care whether you have a problem in your brain or not. You just need to know that since you have done this, I will never let you stay with Anser with peace of mind again!"

Hitana, who had come to her senses, also responded coldly. The two women were confronting each other here, one out of protection for Ansher and the other out of pure jealousy.

"I'll let you know..." Her murderous intent flared up again, "What is the price of trampling on those innocent people!"

While defending Anther, Hitana was also defending her own morality. She should have had the upper hand in momentum, but Xin was not at all inferior.

The intense emotions surging in those holy blue eyes were like the ebb and flow of the sea tide. Anser stared at the profile of the saint. He had never seen someone so emotional and yet so...human.

The devil sighed somewhat melancholy. At this moment, he didn't know whether he should be thankful or alert. This was the best solution he could make to defuse this time bomb that could explode at any time.

If Xin really liked him, then she would definitely be jealous of Xitana as a woman - not a saint, not a messenger of God, not a believer, but as a pure woman, with the same pure jealousy without any other elements.

If Xin was replaced by Xitana, Miss Wolf might just whimper and complain a few times before reluctantly accepting it; if it was replaced by Ming Fuluo, she probably wouldn't even waste her time on the emotion of jealousy.

But Xin had neither a colorful childhood nor the ambition to change the world. She was just a saint who followed God's will and fulfilled her duties. And when she began to doubt even this duty... jealousy was the only thing left for her.

The good news is that Anser's inference is correct; the bad news is that even if the biggest trouble is dealt with, the current situation is not what he wants.

The devil should replace God in the saint's heart. He should be an existence as great, noble and correct as God in Xin's eyes. That's why Ansher teaches so wholeheartedly, not only to help Xin break the false god, but also to replace it.

But now...it has become this kind of emotion that Anser really doesn't want to deal with.

Love is really troublesome. If Ansel had enough understanding of this emotion, how could he lose to Sitana and then to Ming Furo?

When the situation changes from known to unknown, the advantage of fate will be infinitely magnified. But Anser had to do this. After all, if Anser didn't let Xin's mentality change like this, no matter how hard Anser tried to comfort her, it would only be a matter of time before she lost control.

Create an absolutely unacceptable condition, then give another condition that is troublesome but better than the previous one, and then force the other party to choose between the two... Anser has used this method to defeat fate countless times, and this time, fate used this trick on him.

It is indeed a bit troublesome to take care of Xier and ensure the progress of Xin at the same time... But it is acceptable.

This level of counterattack is lighter than I expected. Although it is not as easy to control as faith, it is not a problem. The only problem is...

Anser looked at Xin who was confronting Xitana. His vigilance against fate never faded, but he did not put too much pressure on himself because of Xin's changes. For Anser, the only thing that made him unsure in the whole process was one thing - where did Xin's "like" come from.

He had thought about this question seriously before, but couldn't find the answer. Ansel still didn't think that he had revealed anything in the process of getting along with Xin that could make Xin "like" him. You know, before he deliberately destroyed Xin's faith and crushed Xin's mind, she was still a loyal servant of God, and even now she can still be considered a devout believer.

So even if Xin is abnormal, her abnormality should only develop in the direction of faith.

When did her faith in Ansel turn into that inexplicable love?

"You got one thing wrong from the beginning, Miss Wolf."

Compared to Shitana who was burning with rage, Xin allowed her jealousy to grow in her heart but did not show it. She looked at Shitana who might attack again at any time and seemed exceptionally calm.

"It was not my decision to hand over the refugees to the Grand Duke of Grey Tower."

"…You don't think that just because you admit that you have a mental problem, you can talk nonsense, right?"

"This decision was not proposed by me. From the beginning, I was planning to fulfill the agreement with Mr. Devil and let the church cooperate with Miss Crow's work."

Xin looked at Xitana without dodging: "But the bishops rejected my idea."

Xitana's blood pressure suddenly rose, and several blue veins popped out on her snow-white neck:

"Then what were you talking about? You said you didn't want me to win, so you did this!"

"My thoughts cannot influence the bishop's decision." Xin tilted his head slightly, "Ms. Wild Wolf, do you think they will change their minds for this reason, or do you think I will break my promise to Mr. Devil for this purpose?"

She used a clever gesture that was difficult to judge right or wrong to get herself out of it - and even emphasized that if the situation was not forced, she would not want to disappoint Ansel at all.

"I...I don't believe it!"

Xitana couldn't make up her mind for a moment. After all, if Xin's words were true, whether Xin supported it or not would not affect the bishop's decision. In other words, this matter itself had nothing to do with her.

"You are a saint, how could they not even listen to you?"

"The Saint does not interfere with the Bishop's authority, and will not get involved in such church affairs."

Xin lowered her head and looked at the dark thorns entangled on her pure white robe, wondering what she was thinking.

After a while, she said softly, "So, I will support them by default. Since I can't change anything, I might as well use this opportunity to... find a way to defeat Miss Wild Wolf."

——This is of course an excuse.

Although Xin did not lie and she could not change the bishop's decision, if she really cared about Anser, she could have told Anser in advance so that a large number of refugees would not be taken in by the Grand Duke of the Grey Tower.