The villain's way to tame the protagonist

When she thought of her sister who still loved her but had changed, Xitana couldn't help but sigh: "If she didn't seem so busy and happy, I would have arrested her and let her have a good rest."

"Ansel, Ansel, what has Lina been busy with recently?" Xitana, who said she wanted to relax, couldn't help but ask serious questions after mentioning her sister.

"As for her... I have given her full authority over some of the city's affairs, and told her that she doesn't need to report anything to me. Marina is the only one who knows what she is busy with."

"That sounds amazing..."

Xitana imagined her sister looking so majestic in front of the nobles, and said with envy, "I envy Lina so much, she's so smart!"

"...Xitana." Anser touched the girl's head, "Don't tell Marina that you envy her."

"Huh? Why?" Xitana asked stupidly, "But Lina is indeed smarter than me. And not only smarter than me, but also smarter than most people in the world."

"You'll find out later."

"I know, I know... Why do you use the tone of speaking to a child like that?"

Xitana bit Anser's throat indignantly, blushing and whining, "I, I am also an adult who can make you feel comfortable, Anser!"

The battle-hardened Hydra couldn't help laughing: "Then you are still far from being an adult, dear Xitana."

"Anser!!"

In such a cheerful atmosphere, Xitana and Anser spent a fulfilling and happy day.

Because of Anser, the girl regained healthy and correct confidence in her abilities and talents. Under Anser's guidance, she steadily expanded her fighting skills and became more accustomed to thinking calmly and facing the enemy correctly in battle, instead of relying on her beast-like intuition to engage in crazy fights as before.

Hitana firmly believed that she would be able to easily ascend the throne, would be able to respond to Hydra's expectations, complete her transformation in this sublimation, and become a powerful figure whose reputation would resound throughout the empire.

With this confidence, time passed day by day, and Hitana became more and more adept at dealing with Anther's tests. In more than a month, she passed Anther's four tests perfectly.

However, Hitana's self-confidence did not grow with her success. Instead, it became increasingly sluggish and weak, even to the point of becoming a little... panicked.

Because at this moment when the Red Ice Python is about to wake up——

The road to the throne was never open to her.

PS:

I have pinned the skirt number in the comment section, please add it. In addition to adding chapters, I will try to write something powerful. Of course, the best way to avoid being censored is to read it as soon as possible...

Those two chapters have been reviewed several times in a row and have been sent in, but they don't say what needs to be changed. I'll ask the editor again when he gets to work on Monday. My head hurts.

Chapter 1: The Overlord and the Ruler () (Reward Available)

The slender and powerful thighs drew arcs in the air, like a blade slashing and a heavy hammer sweeping. The seemingly weak flesh and blood body hit the cold and hard iron armor, but it made a low roar that chilled people's backs.

The man who was kicked and flew seven or eight meters away staggered to his feet, took off his helmet, and forced a little compliment on his palpitating face: "Lord Lance, you are getting stronger and stronger. As far as I know, no one can have such a powerful strength as you in the Crystal Ladder."

"..."

Xitana slowly retracted her legs, not feeling any complacency or joy at the compliment, and her eyes even looked a little gloomy.

"Shitana." Marina, who looked elegant, appeared at the entrance of the courtyard. "Are you done here?"

"……Um."

Xitana nodded, walked up to the man who was ostensibly her sparring partner but was actually being beaten up by her, and patted his shoulder: "Thank you for your trouble."

The man stared blankly at the girl walking away. He couldn't help but shudder when he thought of her fierce and violent fighting style just now, yet she was as devilish as him and knew everything.

Lord Hydra... where did you find this monster?

"How is it?" Marina tilted her head and looked at her sister, her tone calm, "Did you find the feeling?"

"No."

Xitana gritted her teeth, her face full of resentment that she had not shown just now: "Not at all! Damn it...what the hell is going on!"

Another victory, one that didn't bring any feeling to Sitana.

She was clearly getting stronger, and was becoming more and more adept at testing Anser. She had even fought in most of the Red Frost Territory, and no third-stage throne could defeat her.

Be it an experienced warlock or an armored warrior, once Sitana's terrifying fighting talent sees through the situation, they will end up in defeat.

The crystal ladder swept across the throne, which was a fantasy that would be laughed at anywhere. However, Sitana, who accomplished this fantasy, was not at all satisfied with it.

The Red Frost Territory is just a border territory in the north. Apart from the Red Ice Python, it has almost no resources worth mentioning. The extraordinary people who stay here to serve the nobles are naturally the lower class. What's more, Shitana also felt that many people held back in the battle with her... There is nothing to boast about these achievements.

What's more, she fought these people in order to find an opportunity to break through to the throne, but gained nothing.

The wild beast living deep in her soul seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, and no matter how Shitana tried to mobilize her emotions, it no longer appeared.

And Hitana did not tell Anser about this.

She didn't want the promise she made to become an empty promise, and she didn't want to disappoint Ansel again.

The confused Hitana can only turn to her sister for help, hoping that Marina's wisdom can show her a clear path.

The sisters walked side by side on the corridor. They were now in Fengjing City, one of the three territorial cities that allowed all the poor to die in the great cold wave.

During this period, Marina took Xitana to many territories under the pretext of going out for work, and let Xitana fight with different extraordinary people, trying to help her regain the feeling of touching the throne, but she never succeeded.

"You still can't describe the feeling at that time?" Marina frowned slightly and said worriedly.

“…I, I don’t know.”

Xitana scratched her hair vigorously: "Anyway, it's just a feeling... I'm very powerful and no one can stop me. I don't know how to explain it."

Although she was deeply impressed by the emotions she felt at that time, she was also extremely excited because of the interweaving of various emotions. With Xitana's language organization ability, it was too difficult for her to describe such a feeling.

Marina remained silent. She didn't know what happened between Ansor and Sitana, nor did she know about the topics related to fate and the future. Naturally, she didn't know what was special about her sister. Even though she had studied a lot of knowledge about extraordinary people, she still found it extremely difficult.

"...Xier." The girl sighed, "Tell Mr. Anser, he won't blame you."

"But, but——" Xitana bit her lip unwillingly, "I don't want to cause trouble for Anser, nor do I want to...lose that opportunity and qualification."

She was clearly getting stronger, able to see through her opponent's every move in battle, and even easily predict the initiative, but Hitana had no feeling at all about such a cold victory. In Hitana's eyes, each battle became boring calculations and analysis. She could not gain even a little bit of value from such a battle, and even felt... bored.

Is this really a good idea? Is fighting this way really the best option for me?

This thought had occurred to Hitana more than once.

However, her unconditional trust in Anther and the fact that he was indeed gradually becoming stronger made Hitana suppress this thought again and again.

She was sure that the path pointed out by Anser was the right one, but she did not find what she needed on this right path.

Xitana was extremely upset. The opportunity to become Anser's chief was right in front of her. Xitana believed that Anser would never give up on her. But she couldn't accept that she couldn't even overcome such an obstacle... She licked Anser's face, not relying on her strength, but relying on consuming Anser's feelings for her to become the chief.

She stood by Anther to provide him with strength and become an absolute force that could clear obstacles for him. How could she do the opposite... and ask Anther for strength?

but……

However, if he continued to act on his own and did not seek Ansher's help for the sake of his self-esteem, when the Red Ice Python awakened, he would not have enough strength to fight it. Then how would he deal with the damage caused by that monster?

Wasn't this another mistake she made because of her stubborn self-centeredness and foolish arrogance? Wasn't that just because she hadn't made any progress at all?

As a result, Shitana was caught in a dilemma that made her increasingly anxious. As time got closer to the date of the Red Ice Python's awakening revealed by Ansher, Shitana's mood became more and more unstable.

Marina heard that Xitana's breathing became rapid due to anxiety, and was about to say something to comfort her when she saw a tall and thin man in gorgeous clothes and with an anxious expression walking towards her.

Her expression instantly returned to calm and indifferent, and she walked towards the man with steady steps.

"Ms. Marina." He greeted Marina first, then bowed slightly to Sitana, "Lord Lance, I'm sorry to bother you two."

It looked rather odd that the man was clearly respectful to Marina, but used a more respectful title for Sitana.

Marina raised her hand, indicating that he didn't need to say such meaningless words anymore.

When the girl made such a move, she already had a natural aura. Facing the man who was almost a head taller than her, her manner and expression seemed to reverse the host-guest relationship between the two, and she easily took control of the conversation.

There are two things in this world that can most change people - knowledge and power.

After making up her mind to devote everything to serving Anser, the things Marina came into contact with the most were these two things.

"Mr. Fengjing." Marina said calmly, "It seems you need some help."

"Yes, it is."

The owner of Fengjing City was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly: "My guards found two rebels."

"According to Lord Hydra's request, I certainly didn't do anything to them, except..."

The aristocrat, who was obviously self-indulgent in illegal drugs and looked very listless and thin, whispered: "The trading chain you helped me to build with Lord Soul Eater under Grand Duke Iron Blade a week ago may be damaged because of this..."

Xitana tutted in dissatisfaction: "That's your business, why are you looking for us?"

Although she was not quite sure what Marina had done for the nobles, Hitana knew her sister very well. The current Marina was different from the future Madam Violet who would sacrifice everything to climb up, and she would not do anything that was against the law.

But when she thought about doing things for the nobles and then having to clean up their mess, Hitana felt extremely unhappy.

Baron Fengjing looked at Xitana and tried to put on a smile: "You are right, Lord Lance. It's just that my ability is really limited, and there is also Lord Hydra's request..."

"Okay." Marina glanced at Baron Fengjing and said in a cold voice, "Where are they? Xitana and I will take care of it."

Shitana was stunned for a moment and was about to say something, but after seeing her sister's indifferent and cold profile, she suppressed her unhappiness.

*

"Lina, what's the use of helping that noble?" Hitana, who was squatting on the side of the road, held her chin with both hands and asked her sister in a puzzled tone, "Also, did Anser do anything weird again?"

"Most of the poor people in Fengjing City died in the great cold wave." Marina's eyes swept across the depressed streets. "As punishment, he must hand over his city to the revolutionary army."

"...Is there such a thing?"

Hitana scratched her head. She didn't think that it was a good thing for the Revolutionary Army to take over the city. Just looking at that psychopathic snow monster, she knew that those guys only had a little more bottom line than the nobles.

"What is this transaction chain that guy is talking about? Do we have to handle it?"

A sneer appeared on Marina's pretty face, which was becoming more and more mature. "Baron Fengjing is a short-sighted idiot who is addicted to banned drugs. I helped him connect with the people under Archduke Tieren, and he thought it was a gift from Mr. Anser, but he never thought... Why would Mr. Anser waste resources and time on a city that is about to change hands?"

Xitana became more and more confused as she listened: "So, so what does this have to do with us?"

Marina touched Xitana's head and smiled: "This is a gift I want to give to Mr. Anser, so I need your help, Xier."

Upon hearing this, Xitana stood up immediately, rubbing her hands and said, "Lina, why didn't you tell me earlier? I don't understand those weird plans. As long as I can help Anser, it's fine!"

She waved her fist excitedly: "Is it enough to just knock down those two revolutionaries?"

"Let them go," Marina said. "No need to keep them."

According to the information provided by Baron Fengjing, the two revolutionary soldiers who sneaked into Fengjing City as scouts and insiders were hiding in a small house across the street. Xitana rubbed her neck and strode across the street.

Marina looked at Shitana's back, the smile on her face disappeared, and her expression gradually became worried - although she had not shown it from the beginning until now, Marina had been thinking all the time, thinking about why Shitana had never touched the third level.

"Xi'er thought she was hiding it very well, but there's no way this could be hidden from Mr. Anser."

The girl lowered her eyes and murmured to herself, "Mr. Anser is tacitly agreeing to this happening. Is it that it doesn't matter if Xier doesn't advance to the third level, or is it..."

"...Mr. Anser, you already knew that Xi'er would not be able to advance to the third level, and you also knew the reason that prevented her from advancing, but...did you deliberately not tell Xi'er?"

Without the key information, Marina could no longer deduce the matter. She closed her eyes and could only sigh softly.

"Mr. Anser will not harm Xier. Even if he does so, there must be an important reason."

The slight confusion caused by her thinking was dispelled in an instant, and Marina's expression returned to calm, staring at the small house across the street.

At this time, Hitana, who had already walked to the front of the house and kicked the door to pieces, had no idea that her sister had thought of something crucial. Her single-threaded thinking only contained Marina's words and the results derived from these words.

Lina wants to do this because she has a gift for Ansel → If you do this, Ansel will be happy!

As long as there is such simple logic and such meaning of action, Xitana's punches and kicks can be full of power.

"Hey, rat of the Revolutionary Army."

Standing in the living room, the girl in a black cloak put one hand on her waist and raised her chin slightly. Her arrogant and sarcastic expression made her look like a complete villain: "I'll give you two choices."

She imitated what the bastard Wendigo had said to her and returned it to the Revolutionary Army:

"First, get out of here with your head in your hands right now."

"Second, wait for me to break your arms and legs and then throw you out."

Sitting in the living room, the two revolutionaries who disguised themselves as a couple and sneaked into Fengjing City were stunned. They looked at Xitana intently - there was no ether fluctuation emanating from the inside out, so she was not at the third level?

The two’s first reaction was: Oh no, we’re surrounded!

Then the second reaction was: Finding this kind of idiot as bait, taking us for fools?

The man and the woman looked at each other, and instantly made a division of labor in tacit understanding. They didn't chat with Xitana, and there was no extra nonsense. The man flew to the window and intended to evacuate immediately, while the woman raised her hand and squeezed it hard. Countless sharp spikes flew out from the flower beds, boxes, boxes... and various decorations in the living room, and shot towards Xitana from all directions!

The rain of spikes tore the floor into pieces, but Hitana, who was supposed to be standing there, was nowhere to be seen. The female warlock, who had just made such a handsome move, was now flying in the air and smashed into the back of the retreating male revolutionary army like a cannonball.