The villain's way of taming the protagonist

"first."

He stood up and looked at every nobleman: "I think everyone should be very clear about one thing—Master Anser is a special Hydera, and no one should have any objection to this."

Hiding in the roof compartment - In the last assassination, Anser killed an assassin hiding here with a hand cannon, allowing Sitana to find this perfect hiding spot.

In short, Hitana curled her lips in disdain. Everyone around her said that Hydera was like a super monster. If she hadn't posted a piece with that guy yesterday, she might have believed it.

That's... just the pectoral and abdominal muscles, just a little firmer.

The nobles who listened to Earl Jianshi's words nodded one after another. Of course, Anser is special, too special.

"He will not be like his ancestors, as long as he finds a reason, he will swing the butcher's knife. He is more inclined to talk to us, negotiate, and practice the ancient art that each of us has studied. In the confrontation and game of words, we have achieved What I want."

Earl Jianshi pointed to his own brain: "He hates killing, because he thinks it is a waste to deprive a person of his life, and only those who are absolutely worthless or who really offend him will be sanctioned by him. On this point, I I hope you will remember."

After imprinting the mark of "Hydera will not kill people casually" for the nobles present, he continued: "On this basis, you should find out, Your Excellency Hydera...what exactly do you want."

"Money? Extraordinary materials? Or interfere with the game between the two grand dukes? No...Neither, although it is absurd and incomprehensible, but from the current appearance, that Your Excellency only cares about one thing."

Earl Jianshi raised his index finger: "His reputation in Chishuang."

"Perhaps the mysterious Miss Lance Mallos can be counted as half, but in general, his attention and all his actions are aimed at enhancing his reputation in the Scarlet Frost Territory."

This point, many nobles are very clear, their staff is not for nothing, after all, Anser's policy of bloodletting himself, except for fame... There is no other gain.

"Then it's easy."

Earl Jianshi smiled calmly: "Since Your Excellency Hydera wants fame, we will give it to him. As long as he gets what he wants, how can this Hydera, who doesn't like killing, easily swing the butcher knife at us? "

"Earl Jianshi, isn't this back to the original point?" Some nobles were dissatisfied, "If you don't implement the decree of that lord, how can you improve his reputation?"

The leader of the council chuckled, happily and confidently.

"Guys, do you still remember the night when His Excellency Hydera discussed the decree with us?"

The aristocrats looked terrible, and it seemed that no one could get over the bad night.

"Although Your Excellency Hydera put us under strong pressure and ordered us to do this, everyone... please think about it carefully—"

Earl Jianshi knocked himself on the head: "That night, did he ask you to announce to your retainers and subjects that Chishuang will usher in a new decree?"

"After that day, did he publicize that he would issue a new decree that would be beneficial to the civilians, just like the speech he gave to the civilians before killing Earl Scarlet Frost?"

"no!"

His voice suddenly rose: "He obviously can do this. Immediately after the death of Earl Chishuang, he announced that he would improve the treatment of civilians, which would undoubtedly greatly improve his reputation in Chishuang, but he did not do so. So far...Your Excellency Hydera has only made the most basic improvements, and although the effect is outstanding, isn't the news about his radical new decrees just rumors?"

At this moment, some nobles understood the meaning of Earl Jianshi, and he stood up excitedly: "You mean, since Your Excellency Hydera has never officially announced what he will do—"

"Then for him, there is no such thing as 'broken promise'."

Earl Jianshi nodded with satisfaction: "So even if we didn't follow his decree, as long as we don't make public the parliament that day and the decree arranged by His Excellency Hydera, His Excellency Hydera will not embarrass us and will not care about us at all. There will be no loss of his reputation - after all, this situation has been going on in Chishuang Territory for hundreds of years, hasn't it?"

He smiled calmly: "Your Excellency Hydera is trying to make improvements, how can he be reviled for hypocrisy and break his promise?"

In the compartment, Xitana, who was holding the Yingying crystal, was dumbfounded.

"So... so it is like this!" She muttered to herself, and then her eyes became extremely fierce, "Hydera... that guy really didn't plan to do things seriously in the first place! So it was already done!"

The nobles erupted, cheering that they had found a way to protect their own interests, but among them, a very few who were more sensible stood up eagerly and asked: "But your Excellency, I think this is not enough. Your The idea is to let Your Excellency Hydera have 'no loss', and he originally wanted to use this to earn more fame."

"Baron Heifeng, it's because you are too nervous."

Earl Jianshi smiled and shook his head: "Since Your Excellency Hydera has not said anything, it is natural that the right to disseminate news has been handed over to us by default. Does he want fame? It's too simple. We can refer to the decree of that Your Excellency, but Changing the various amounts in it, just these changes, is enough to make those civilians feel grateful-then, what shall we say?"

"We shouldn't mention anything about the decree. The news we want to spread is that His Excellency Hydera expects the civilians to live a better life, so he gave us strong pressure. He forced us to change the policy—and It’s not that he’s issued an order and just watched with apathy that we don’t implement it.”

The man talked eloquently, and said with great confidence: "If you connect the previous assassination against Lord Hydera together, those civilians will think of it by themselves. But we only lost some benefits, a small amount of benefits."

"Look... the reputation that His Excellency Hydera wants, isn't this here?"

The council hall fell into a long silence.

Then, after the first person stood up and applauded, the entire council hall burst into thunderous applause.

"You are truly a genius, Your Excellency the Earl!" the nobles exclaimed, "It's so perfect! Such a perfect solution, the fool Earl Chishuang would never have thought of it!"

"No no no..."

Earl Jianshi shook his head humbly: "We should thank Your Excellency Hydera, do you think this is just a coincidence, is it a loophole I drilled?"

He was extremely impressed, and said in a tone of 12 sincerity:

"That is the kindness he gave us, everyone. He is not tyrannical, nor is he completely negotiable. He bestows his kindness on those who can seize the opportunity—as I said...negotiation, game, In the words and deeds of that Excellency, it is an extremely perfect and convincing art."

The nobles were silent, but what each of them thought was the same as Earl Hardstone.

"He is a nobleman among the nobles." Someone said with great admiration, "I have seen the performance of that lord at the 20th birthday party of the eldest princess. To put it disrespectfully, his brilliance is comparable to that of the eldest princess."

"Yes, I heard that His Excellency Hydera is still an honorary master of the Banqueters Association. He passed the most difficult examination when he was 13 years old."

"He is also a top pianist and violinist! His music can shock the soul! If you have the opportunity, you must go to the imperial capital to listen to His Excellency Hydera's concert!"

Sitana watched all this blankly, watching them start to praise Hydra blankly.

praise what?To praise everything that has nothing to do with her life, with the lives of all ordinary people, with his skill at deceiving people, with his tricks, call it an art? !

When did this world become so absurd?Are lies beautiful, even great?Deceit is wonderful, an incomparably ancient art?

In the eyes of these people, all the civilians who are struggling with food and clothing and fighting the cold wind are not worthy of living a good life?

The anger that had been silent in Xitana's heart for a long time swept over in an instant, almost condensing into a substantial fire in her dark red eyes. The raging flames burned the pup's reason, making her selectively forget The Earl of Hard Rock once mentioned that "Hydera is improving the Scarlet Frost Territory", but she did not see... the cold and stern gaze that the Earl of Hard Rock looked at other nobles with disdain to be with them.

Marina, is this what you say is correct?

"Hydera, as you said, I will never object to me being against you."

Sitana clenched her fists and spit out pure hatred from her throat:

"Then watch carefully... Watch carefully, how can I ruin your reputation based on lies and viciousness!"

Ps:

Finally, the 2W word is done, it’s about to burn out (crap)

Chapter 55 Hydra's Malice

Anser and Marina stood outside the fence of the orphanage, looking at the children playing inside.

"Marlena."

Anser said suddenly, "What kind of person do you think Earl Stone is?"

After a period of time, Marina, who finally got rid of the painful and gloomy mood, thought for a while: "It should be... a slightly better nobleman."

After Anser allowed her to have access to a wider range of documents, her understanding of the Scarlet Frost Collar became more comprehensive. Coupled with Anser's explanation, the current Marina is almost better than most of the nobles in the Scarlet Frost Collar. Learn more about Chishuang collar.

Compared with other nobles, the actions of the Earl of Hard Rock are obviously more like nobles in the true sense-that is, to bear the glory and provide shelter.

For example, this orphanage was built by Earl Jianshi, and helped many orphans and abandoned babies in the outer city of Chishuang City.

This can also be seen from his own words, deeds and style. Compared with the heinous nobles in Sitana's eyes, the image of the Earl of Hard Rock is obviously more traditional.

"Then what do you think is the reason why he became the better one among the nobles?"

Anser asked this while smiling at a little girl who found him in the yard.

The little girl's face turned red, she ran away covering her face, she was extremely cute.

Marina fell into deep thought. She really hoped that she would fall into thinking and use thinking to escape the nightmare that made her despair.

"I don't think it's because of how kind he is."

The girl was thinking about what Anser had taught her just now—the implementation of policies is ultimately for the sake of people, so who is this "person"... and which side is it?

"He didn't want to make Chishuang collar better from the bottom of his heart."

At home, as the person responsible for going to the market to buy and sell items, Marina has a meticulous and keen grasp of people's hearts. She frowned slightly and whispered in a not very sure tone: "It's in a... like a responsibility things, or...respect? Aristocratic decency?"

"That's a good word." Anser applauded lightly. "Decent, it is very suitable as the starting point of the Earl of Stone. His family has a long history, and his ancestors had glory. Although it is declining now, the purer 'Aristocratic heritage' has not changed."

"Remember Bernal? His ancestor was originally a retainer of the Jianshi family, but he chose to leave for some reason. Not only did the Jianshi family not pursue it, but they have always supported him. Until now, the Earl of Jianshi has also treated him well."

The young Hydera stroked her snake head ring: "You know, things like retainers don't just leave when they say they leave, sometimes, no matter how rich the reason is... For the nobles they serve, this is equivalent to betray."

"After all, in the eyes of most nobles, the subjects, retainers, and everything these people have is given by them."

"So——" he turned his head to look at Marina, encouraging her with a gentle and hearty smile, "It's good that you can point out that his 'kindness' is out of decency at the very beginning, as I told you Talented as well, isn't it?"

"...no, well, I mean...thank you for your compliment."

Marina, who subconsciously wanted to deny herself, blushed slightly, lowered her head, and answered in a low voice shyly.

In this world, the person who found her and was willing to trust her absolutely is His Excellency Hydera.

Even if he is... an ordinary person who can't even compare to a mayfly in this world, he is still willing to give such pure and sincere recognition and respect.

Standing beside His Excellency Hydera, I feel at ease.

Thinking of this, Marina couldn't help but her heart beat faster, and she kept saying that she had no shame.

"Except, other than that." She dodged her eyes, trying to calm herself down by diverting her attention, "I also think that this is, it is a means to compete with Earl Scarlet Frost."

"Um……"

Anser didn't comment, because he focused his attention on the yard beyond the fence. The little girl who had just trot away with a blushing face came back with a flower in her hand.

With a red face, she cautiously leaned against the fence, looked up at Anser, and said timidly, "You are...Master Hydera, right?"

Anser squatted down, put his hands through the fence, and touched her head with a smile: "It's me, cute little girl, what's your name?"

"Li, Lilyka."

The girl enjoyed Hydera's touch very much, and then quickly realized her impoliteness. She closed her eyes, her voice trembling, extremely shy, and nervously handed the little flower in her hand to Anser.

"I, my auntie dean, said that you gave us a lot of coal, otherwise we would be frozen in a few days. This is, this is a gift for you!"

"Thank you, I accept it."

An Se said softly, reaching out to touch her forehead: "Close your eyes first, let me think..."

"Marlena."

He stood up and whispered in the snow-haired girl's ear. The hot and humid breath made Marina's body tremble slightly, and the roots of her ears felt hot.

"Do you have any little gifts for this lovely girl?" Anser asked softly, with a rustling voice, "I will pay you back."

"me……"

Anser's voice, Anser's breath, Anser's smell, Anser's temperature... All these made Marina gradually dizzy. She groped up and down nervously, and finally took off the hair accessories on top of her head in a hurry. He distanced himself from Anser, but he didn't want to leave this warmth just like that.

With trembling fingers, she put the hair ornament into Anser's palm: "Please give this, give it to her."

"Thank you for your generosity, Miss Marina." Anser's fingertips lightly brushed Hitana's palm, and he smiled briskly, "I owe you once, remember to find me."

He stuffed the hair accessory into the girl's little palm, rubbed her hair again amid the cheers of the latter, and then left with Marina.

The young aristocratic master didn't say much, just strolled along the street with the girl who kept her head down and her hands clasped together in front of her.

Until the surging emotions in Marina's heart gradually subsided, until Marina hoped that this road would never end.

She wants to get closer, and then get closer. It is best to make her shoulders and Lord Hydera's shoulders close to each other, touching and separating from time to time.

Before the girl had time to act on her thoughts, Hydera, who was walking with her, suddenly said:

"Marlena, so what do you think... how respectable is Earl Stone?"

"..."

This question stunned Marina for a few seconds, not because of the difficulty of the question, but because of the meaning of the act of "asking a question".

Yeah... what am I thinking?Your Excellency Hydera brought me out to increase my knowledge, how can I still have the time to think about those things.

... How am I qualified to think about those things?

In the short silence, the gentle and kind girl collected her emotions, not letting her sentimentality and loss be revealed, she replied softly but forcefully:

"I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

"Even if he doesn't really care about the common people, even if he only cares about his noble glory, even if he is like other nobles... he doesn't take us seriously, just treat us as ants."

"But at least he did something. Even if his 'decency' helped one more person survive the cold winter, it would be valuable."