The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Chapter 5: As Powerful as She Is (K)

In fact, the territories granted by the empire to the nobles, especially the high-ranking nobles such as dukes and marquises, were so vast and rich that they were no different from kingdoms.

It’s just that the emperor does not allow any so-called kingdoms to exist within the empire. Every emperor has such a huge desire for control, just like the empire has no name, it is just the empire - carrying the great ambition of the Xiangyan royal family to dominate the entire world. This great country does not need any name, just like the continent is just the continent and the world is just the world. In the future, the empire is destined to become such a common-sense noun, without any extra footnotes.

Let's get back to the point. Because of this, although the Red Frost Territory is only a "territory", it is considered rich in the "wild land" of the North. In addition, it has its own special features, and there are many northern nobles who have taken root here, as well as merchants. Therefore, even though it has only been half a day since the death of Earl Red Frost, many people who are uneasy about the future have had to pay the high teleportation fee to come to Earl Hardstone's manor.

——Why are you so anxious? Of course, everyone is afraid of death. Those who are not afraid of death are still hanging at the door of Mr. Hydra's mansion.

What's more, if you are afraid of death, you may end up hanging there.

So the moment Anther stepped into the main hall, men and women dressed so gorgeously that it made Hitana's eyes hurt swarmed up to him. And she was very honest as she had said before, she had no idea how to do the guarding job, and she just stood beside Anther like a wooden stake, watching them surround her.

No matter what, those who can come here are people with some power and vision, and they naturally know the default principles of "upper society" social interaction. Although Hydra's notoriety made the scene not very good at the beginning, making everyone look like prostitutes in a brothel, the rules forged by thousands of years of social evolution still made the scene quickly restore order.

The first group of people who came into contact with Anser were naturally the nobles second only to Earl Red Frost in the Red Frost Territory. The nobles who had always been able to call the shots in the Red Frost Territory or their own small territories were now so humble that even Hitana shivered and rubbed her arms as she moved away.

Anser stroked his snake-headed cane with a slight smile on his lips. To others, it was just a friendly smile. He talked to the nobles around him with a brisk and approachable tone. Even when he was chatting with four or five people at the same time, no one felt isolated.

Our white-haired guard lady was very conflicted at the moment. Anser's order prevented her from going too far away, but the stench of these nobles made her nose a little sore.

Rotten, sour, pungent, and a bad smell that Xitana couldn't describe. Some people had a stronger smell, while others had a weaker smell, but every one of them had some of these smells.

She looked at Anser, who was surrounded by these bad guys and still chatting and laughing, and crossed her arms and moved as close to the side as possible, sneering.

Although there's nothing bad about this sissy, but since he's so close to these guys, how could he be a good person?

……and many more.

The girl's fingers tapped her arms like playing a piano, and her sharp canine teeth revealed their shining tips.

What a great opportunity this is! A chance for Lina... no, more than that, for everyone to see this guy's true nature! Ha! I'll write down everything you said and tell them again!

"... I'm also very sorry about what happened to Count Scarlet Frost. The rest of the Scarlet Frost family will be treated well, I promise." - Regret? See, he's just as bad as that guy!

"Your Majesty, let me act as the lord for now. There will be many subsequent orders that will require your cooperation." - Isn't this just hanging out with the nobles! Sure enough, he has no good intentions! He killed Earl Chishuang just to replace him!

"Specific content? Well... it's not inconvenient to disclose. How about we hold a brief meeting after the banquet to discuss it in detail?"

Then there was another round of rubbish that was meaningless to Xitana, about how good the wine from so-and-so was, how good so-and-so's paintings were, who got some strange things, etc. However, although these words were meaningless, in Xitana's opinion, one thing was certain:

——This Hydra is no different from other nobles! He still looks down on the common people and doesn't care how they live. He only cares about their nobility and splendor. It's just that other nobles never pretend in front of the common people, but he does.

When she thought of this, Hitana became happy. She finally had a reason to refuse to follow this guy. Lina was the most reasonable person. If she knew the true identity of this Hydra, she would not let her continue.

The girl glanced at the young noble who dominated the banquet. He accepted everyone's compliments without showing any pride. Everyone who talked to him seemed to feel happy and relaxed from the bottom of their hearts. He wandered in the complex network constructed between people, and read everyone's thoughts and feelings easily like turning the pages of a book. Whether it was his image or his conversation, whether it was his manners or his demeanor, even Xitana, who hated Anser very much and had almost zero aesthetic ability, had to admit that this guy was indeed quite...capable.

But the more she thought about it, the more irritated and unhappy Shitana became, and she became more and more annoyed with Anser.

Time passed bit by bit, and the upper class people in the banquet enjoyed the delicious food and wine, and admired the beauties singing and dancing in the flickering light of the magic crystal. It seemed that no one was unhappy, and it seemed that everyone who came here with fear had now cleared the haze in their hearts.

Xitana, who was standing next to Anser, felt out of place in such happiness. She was eagerly and anxiously waiting for the approach of prey and enemies - if these guys didn't come, wouldn't she have suffered in vain for so long?

But the hostility she perceived still kept a... uh, safe distance from Anser?

A bunch of rubbish!

The hostile guy closest to Anther was in the crowd thirteen meters behind Xitana. If Anther hadn't "ordered" her not to leave his side, Xitana would have rushed over and twisted the guy's arm and knocked him down.

After this long and tormenting time, the banquet finally...ended.

Xitana looked at Count Stone standing on the stage and loudly announcing the end of the banquet, her face full of disbelief.

Like this? Like this? She was forced to stay in the same room with a bunch of shitty nobles and money-stained lackeys for so long, and nothing happened?

The event ended successfully, and both the host and the guests were delighted. Only the girl, who was barefoot and wearing a brown hunter's outfit, seemed to be out of tune with this world and was grinding her teeth. Her ferocious and savage eyes made every noble and merchant who said goodbye to Anser break out in cold sweats.

"Well, my Lords, you have the noble blood of the Empire flowing in your veins."

At this time, Anser also stood up and smiled at the nobles around him who had the most say in the Red Frost Territory:

"Our next conversation will determine the future of the Scarlet Frost Territory in the coming years. I am not good at governance, so I hope you will speak freely and give me some valuable advice."

"You are joking, Lord Hydra." Earl Solidstone was the first to speak. "Everyone knows that the territory under Hydra's rule is a beautiful paradise on earth. How can we be qualified to instruct you? We should ask you to guide us."

All the nobles echoed in unison. In such a joyful atmosphere, Anser, led by Earl of Stone, walked into the prepared meeting room.

Glancing at the motionless guard lady, Anser tapped the ground lightly with his cane: "Xitana, it's time to go."

"Ah...ah? Gone? Hurry up then!"

"I mean, it's time to move on to the next part. Follow me. Have you forgotten my orders?"

"..."

The nobles observed the stunning snow-haired girl with either obscure or direct gazes - as if the damn banquet was fooling her, the inexplicable extra tasks, and now the cheap gazes of those looking at the items, made it difficult for Xitana to restrain the raging anger in her heart. She stared at Anser's back and said word by word:

"You better expect someone to come and kill you, Hydra."

These words scared the other nobles silly. Even Count Solidstone, who had witnessed the strange relationship between Ansor and Sitana before, had his brain freeze for a second or two.

After the shock came anger. In the eyes of the nobles, the perfect Hydra was the representative of their noble blood. Someone immediately shouted at Xitana:

"You lowly servant, who gave you the guts to speak rudely to Lord Hydra! Kneel down and slap yourself in the face!"

The corners of Hitana's mouth twitched unnaturally, and a wild and ferocious sound, like the howl of a wild beast, squeezed out from between her bared teeth.

She could not forget the humiliation she felt at that time - being slaughtered, dominated, and bullied, and the humiliation of her own sister asking her to apologize in an extremely humble manner.

The two words "slap in the mouth" are the fuse that can immediately make Hitana furious and lose her mind.

And Anther had already placed the snake-headed staff across Hitana's body, and his meaning was clear.

——You must not cross the line.

"Hai...de——"

"Viscount Wocher."

Before Xitana could utter her hateful roar, Ansher had already spoken to the Viscount who had just stood up with a smile.

The Viscount who was called responded excitedly: "Yes, Lord Hydra! May I ask you——"

"What gave you the courage to overstep your bounds?"

Anser interrupted him kindly.

Earl of Stone shook his head slightly and looked at the young viscount with pity.

Viscount Wocher's expression became stiff, and then he showed great fear and panic: "No, I'm not..."

"Is it my kindness or your stupidity?"

Anser walked up to Viscount Wocher and looked gently at the young man who was speaking for him.

At this moment, all the nobility and prominence of the viscount disappeared, or rather... were destroyed.

Destroyed by the younger Hydra with gentle words.

"Kneel down."

He spoke in a forgiving and kind tone, laying his cane on Viscount Wocher's shoulders.

"Catch yourself."

The young noble, whose face and lips had lost all color, fell to his knees as if a tremendous burden had been placed on him, and slapped himself hard with his trembling hands.

"Once the Viscount realizes his mistake, he can stop - and you, Sitana."

Anser tilted his head slightly and glanced at Xitana, whose tyranny had subsided a little, still maintaining an approachable and elegant smile:

"When you go back, be prepared to be punished."

"……whispering sound."

After teaching the two ignorant young men a lesson, Anser looked at Lord Stone as if nothing had happened and said, "Please lead the way, Lord Stone."

Count Solid Stone reacted immediately and started the conversation among the nobles with the topic of wine and art. The noble bloods of the empire once again happily talked about gorgeous things that had nothing to do with the human world and went away.

As Hitana looked at Anser, who had never shown any dissatisfaction from beginning to end and was having a pleasant conversation with the nobles, she felt a strong sense of disgust.

How could a person be so hypocritical? Wouldn't he feel disgusted by his own face? Did he think his behavior was fair? Could he be grateful for just a few words?

Nameless anger burned Hitana's internal organs. In her eyes, everything Ansher did was so disgusting, just like her inexplicable hatred for Ansher.

The manic wolf cub restrained its claws and fangs as much as possible, suppressing the urge to beat up all the nobles who were talking nonsense, and silently followed Anser to the door of a council hall.

"I specially left a bottle of red ice python blood wine, and I hope that Your Excellency Hydra can taste it carefully."

With a smile on his face, Earl Hardstone waved his hand to signal his servant to open the door: "You must try the specialties of the Red Frost Territory..."

In the middle of his words, at the moment the door was pushed open a crack, an explosion that no one could hear was heard in the snowy night outside the manor.

Bang!

The Earl of Stone beside Anser was smashed directly into the door with a crack as if he was hit by a terrifying monster. In the blink of an eye, the beautiful snow color penetrated into the edge of Anser's vision.

The next moment, on the corridor in front of the door of the parliament hall, there was an extremely sudden and harsh friction sound, and a barely perceptible sound of flesh and blood breaking.

——The sharp triangular arrow stopped an inch in front of Anser’s nose and slowly stopped rotating.

Further in front, a slender white hand stretched out from the lower side and hovered there, with scarlet liquid slowly flowing down the back and palm of the hand, and the owner of this beautiful hand slowly straightened up from the rushing posture.

The teeth-grinding friction sound just now... turned out to be the sound made by Hitana using her metacarpal bones to tightly clamp the arrow that was about to pierce Anther's head!

“Hmph…hmph…hmph…”

Before the scream was heard, the girl's joyful laughter had already echoed in the corridor.

The two servants who opened the door were stunned for a moment, then rushed towards Anser who was standing still, and the dagger that slipped from their sleeves went straight for his throat and heart!

——Unfortunately, this is just their fantasy.

Because when they just took a step forward and had not yet had time to draw the sharp blade in her sleeve, Hitana had already pulled out the entire arrow on the spot in the direction it was shot from, and threw the arrow into the air amid the spurting blood, instantly shattering one person's knee!

Before the man could even howl in agony, the wolf cub with its claws bared howled in ecstasy and dove down, raising its palm to strike the assassin's chin. At the same time, its five fingers clenched together, and although it was only pinching his jaw, it was as if it was holding his entire head, lifting him up into the air, and then using his head as the landing point -

Crash down!

Amid the heart-throbbing heavy humming sound, another sharp arrow came through the air at the last second. Hitana, who was half-crouching, seemed to have foreseen it. She twisted her strong and flexible body, and her slender and powerful thighs lashed upwards diagonally, kicking out a "whoosh" sound of breaking the air!

The snow-white instep chopped on the black gold arrowhead like a blade. The rotating sharp arrowhead cruelly dug into Hitana's flesh, but at the same time, it was also kicked away by the extremely violent chopped attack with the foot as a blade, and nailed to the wall of the corridor.

"You should have let me deal with the guys outside first."

Xitana stood up and complained: "A noble young master who only causes trouble for me."

Anser, who seemed to be completely unaware that he had been on the verge of death three times, smiled and said, "So for our Miss Sitana, this is already an unsolvable problem?"

"Who are you looking down on!"

These words instantly made Hitana's hair stand on end. She stomped her bare foot, with a piece of flesh dug out of her instep, heavily on the ground. There was no trace of pain on the girl's face. She tore off the cloth from her sleeves and wrapped her feet skillfully. She stared at Anser coldly: "It will be the same even if ten more archers come. I have shot and killed hundreds and thousands of times more prey than them!"

"Well... I don't think it would be a good choice for you to continue using your hands and feet to block arrows."

"Because you're standing there like an idiot and getting shot at!"

Hitana was furious and roughly pulled Ansher away from the door. Then she took out two daggers from the arms of the assassin disguised as a servant in front of the door and threw them twice.

"I'm not used to it... Never mind, I can just use it to block arrows."

She kicked the heavy double doors open with one foot, raised the dagger in her hand, and blocked the arrow that was shot at her again with incredible ease.

"Finally you're here, you bastards."

The girl standing in front of Ansher licked the cut on her palm. The blood on the tip of her teeth was just like the brutality and brutality that was sweeping around her at the moment, which was terrifying and murderous!

"Come."

The overjoyed wolf cub bared his fangs.

"Try to kill him before my eyes."

Chapter 11: She is so absurd

In the corridor behind Anther, the ceiling suddenly shattered, and four assassins wearing leather armor and holding scimitars fell from the sky. The cold light revealed in the smoke and wood chips went straight for Anther's head!

At this moment, Hitana, who was clearly facing the parliament hall, had fully anticipated their movements. Without any surprise or delay, she turned around and grabbed the assassin she had knocked unconscious, and used him as a throwing tool, swinging him into the air!

But the four assassins kicked each other to use the force to avoid Hitana's human cannonball, stepped on the walls of the corridor, kicked hard again, and slashed at Anther from four different directions.

Xitana grabbed Anther roughly again, trying to pin the young noble, who was half a head taller than her, under her body to protect him from being beheaded by a few swords. But the moment Anther was pulled by her, he took advantage of her force and turned around like a ghost, walked around her and went straight into the parliament hall.