You call this the mastermind?

This matter is actually very strange.

Let alone that it was a reincarnated Holy Spirit, even if we only look at the superficial identity of the leader of the Scarlet Cross, it seems abnormal that he was only imprisoned for two days and wanted to surrender to Melen.

So Melen ignored the other party's thoughts before.

Even if the other party really wanted to serve, he might not accept it.

After all, it involves the conspiracy to set off the demon tide. Who knows if there will be any pits waiting for him to jump in.

However, it seems that he also noticed that Melen had no idea about this, and then another sentence came from the other side.

"Although the adult in your teacher's body has his own followers, there are always things that they are not convenient to deal with, and the teacher is the teacher's person after all. If you can have some forces that can be used in your own hands, then no matter what you want to do in the future, it will be much more convenient than now."

It seems that this person noticed something during the imprisonment, and even the words were very straightforward.

Melen understood.

The one he really wanted to be loyal to was the one in the lady's body, but he also knew that his existence was a "stain" in a sense, and he would definitely not be accepted if he went directly to that person.

So he turned around and began to contact Melen, who was a student.

"We are just working for you unilaterally. We will not trouble you with our own affairs, and we will not implicate you if we fail."

"The binding force of the eternal contract is much stronger than the blood contract of human wizards. After signing, I can't regret it at all, let alone violate the rules."

After this sentence, there was no more movement from the other side.

Melen began to think about it.

If it is really like what the other party said, all the dirty work is handed over to them, and then the power of the contract is used to limit the connection between the two parties so that the third party does not know, then this matter is not a bad thing.

The other party obviously did not know that the relationship between him and the Holy Spirit was not very good, so he had the possibility of "conquering" by taking advantage of the situation without knowing it, which was a big bargain.

Melen was quite interested in this, because he actually had a lot of things to ask the leader.

For example, the birth of Alyssa, the nun and her husband, and the specific plan for restarting the magic tide.

But after thinking about it, he didn't ask anything, nor did he reply whether it was okay or not.

Instead, he sent the matter to Mrs. Chelsea in its entirety, along with the fact that he had mastered the location of the library.

Apart from that, he didn't say any nonsense, let alone ask for any suggestions.

Then Melen began to wait patiently.

…

On the other side, the lady disguised as a black-haired girl was sitting on the bed in the four-person dormitory, quietly reading a book, and occasionally glancing at her daughter Alyssa who was also reading a book not far away.

Although she was busy with many things, the lady always paid attention to her daughter, and even knew clearly how her daughter performed in class today.

There was nothing else, but what concerned her was that her daughter seemed to have something on her mind.

She was so absent-minded all day long.

But according to her intelligence, Alyssa didn't encounter any special situation at all-except for meeting Melen at noon.

But that is not special at all...

"Or is she tired of being pestered by Kevin?"

The lady pondered.

When she was in Graham City, her daughter stayed in the manor all day long. Although Kevin, her fiancé, tried his best to please her, he might not see Alyssa for half a month.

Now there is no such obstacle. The two have become classmates. Basically, they see each other every day. After a while, it is normal to say that she is tired.

However, the girl was sometimes melancholy, sometimes sad, sometimes expectant and even shy...Why does she look more like she is thinking about love?

She was a little wary of this.

When entering a new environment for the first time and meeting many unfamiliar peers, it is normal to fall in love with a boy.

After all, her daughter has rarely come into contact with outsiders since she was a child, and her mind in some aspects is like a blank sheet of paper...

But who is this person?

She first ruled out Mellen.

Apart from anything else, the daughter said in front of Mellen that she, as a mother, liked him. This, combined with some things that happened in the past, was enough to prove that the daughter wanted Mellen to be her stepfather.

Secondly, Kevin was ruled out as a fiancé.

There was no need to say more about the reason.

However, apart from these two people, the lady had no impression of others.

After all, she was too busy, so how could she have the energy and time to observe outsiders?

"The intelligence did record several boys approaching."

While lowering her eyes and retracting her gaze from observing her daughter, the lady thought silently: "It seems that I need to take some time tomorrow to check it out."

She made this decision, but her current thoughts are somewhat different from before.

On the one hand, she knew Alyssa's background.

On the other hand, she found other ways to solve her daughter's bloodline problem besides marrying Kevin.

Although it is not certain whether this method can succeed, at least it will not leave her without any room for tact in this regard.

So if her daughter really met true love, then she thought it would be okay to start considering breaking off the engagement with the Felix family.

But...

She unconsciously thought of some of the past situations between Mellen and Alyssa, and the lady inexplicably felt like she had stolen her daughter's boyfriend.

But then she changed her mind and realized that it was not herself who really snatched her daughter's boyfriend away, but Juliana... So her originally smooth train of thought suddenly got stuck.

However, before the lady could get rid of some complex emotions, a special feeling suddenly emerged from the bottom of her heart.

This feeling came from a contact marked as "special attention".

After taking out the secret book and reading it, Mrs. Chelsea's slightly absent-minded demeanor suddenly became formal.

She saw the messages sent by Mellen.

But what's interesting is that after squinting her eyes, the lady's next behavior was the same as Mellen.

Not only did she not reply to any words, but she continued to read the book lightly, as if she had never seen anything.

Or in other words, it had nothing to do with her.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour...

In less than an hour, someone finally "couldn't sit still".

"A Holy Spirit who is willing to sign an eternal contract to show his loyalty is very helpful to me. If he can sign a contract with your student instead of me, this help will be even greater."

The hoarse voice of the Holy Spirit emerged from the bottom of his heart, "So, what do you want?"

Take the initiative to reveal your own needs, like a fool.

But after the voice's narration, it gives people a sense of noble arrogance.

The Holy Spirit who calls herself Christine has always been in this attitude, as if she disdains to entangle with ordinary people for interests.

This is what Mrs. Chelsea despises her most, especially when the two sides had a quarrel at noon.

So after hearing this, she said lightly: "I can't make the decision on this matter, you go to Mellen to discuss it."

"He is your student, how can you not make the decision?"

The Holy Spirit said in an unhappy tone: "It's nothing more than bargaining, vulgar, I will give you more concessions."

The lady smiled when she heard this, and did not refute. After thinking for a moment, she asked: "Since you can use the Bloody Cross to place Alyssa next to me, I think you should have a certain control over this organization. Why are you moved by this?"    "Control does not mean that I can completely control this organization."

The Holy Spirit responded very straightforwardly, "This leader is actually not simple."

"That's it."

The lady nodded in understanding, and then said: "He will not be your mouthpiece, so you can only go to someone else to sign this contract."

If Mellen did not reveal this matter and signed the contract directly with the leader, then this would be considered a bargain. After all, the leader did not explain the matter thoroughly, and he was really loyal to Mellen.

But Melen's doing this now has already shown that he does not want to take advantage of this, but wants to use it to make a deal with Christine.

Since it is a deal, the leader of the Scarlet Cross is not loyal to Melen, but to this Christine, but this Holy Spirit obviously does not want to have direct contact with the leader.

So the details here need to be discussed.

"These are easy to talk about."

The Holy Spirit answered very straightforwardly, "Since he did not hide this matter, even if he wants to stay out of it, I will not let him down."

When she said this, she felt a little strange, as if she had never thought that the human boy who did disgusting things to her could be so "honest".

However, the next words of the lady made her emotions disappear instantly.

"In that case, go and discuss it with him."

The lady said, "Except for this being the bottom line, I have no other objections."

"...Are you kidding me?"

The hoarse voice of the Holy Spirit was filled with anger, "Either discuss it with you or discuss it with him. You just discussed a sentence here, and you want me to discuss it with him again. What does this count as?"

"It's okay if everything I just said here doesn't count."

Mrs. Chelsea replied frankly, "But I think Mellen and I have the same idea, so it doesn't really make any difference."

"..."

"What are you afraid of? It's just a meeting. He won't eat you?"

"..."

"As a Holy Spirit, in terms of seniority, you can be his grandmother, right?"

"..."

After a while of silence, the Holy Spirit cursed a bitch, and then there was no sound at all.

The lady didn't care about being scolded. While she raised the book in her hand and continued to read, she was a little absent-minded.

She didn't deliberately tease the other party, but because she really didn't know what the student wanted -

He could send this information, obviously he had a request and wanted to trade with him.

If I, as a teacher, act as a mouthpiece between the two parties, I can know the specific details.

But the lady is not willing to do so.

Because Melen has not told her, there must be a reason. If I insist on knowing, it will seem petty.

She has always had this attitude, curious about some secrets of her students, but not asking.

She still has this attitude now.

However, unlike in the past, her curiosity is particularly strong now, even to the point where it affects her normal thinking, but she is still unaware...

...

On the other side, Melen, who had waited for nearly an hour, did not wait for a reply from the teacher.

But a strange contact appeared on his secret book.

"What do you want?"

This sentence was rather abrupt, and Melen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw it.

Then he asked back, "What can you give me?"

"A way to solve the hidden dangers of breathing techniques?"

"When this hidden danger only exists in your mouth, I don't think it can be regarded as a bargaining chip."

Mellen replied, "Besides, even if it's a bargaining chip, it's not enough."

"Your teacher doesn't want you to get involved in all this, so I'll send someone else to sign the contract."

The other person said: "But I can promise you that after the contract is signed, you can use all the power of the Scarlet Cross to do whatever you want without any consequences or costs."

Her previous hesitation was not reflected in the current communication, and her proposal seemed very good.

Without directly accepting the allegiance of the Scarlet Cross, you can still use its power to do things for yourself, and you don't need to "pay wages", which is a great deal.

After all, it is impossible for this organization to be simple despite being able to leverage a world-class demonic tide.

However, in this regard, Melen actually has no demands, otherwise he would not use it as a bargaining chip in the transaction.

"Not enough."

He replied, but it didn't seem too excessive, "Don't forget, I also know the location of the library."

The other party was silent for a moment, and then said: "In addition to the above conditions, I can also tell you some secrets about the Fountain of Heaven. Aren't you very curious about this?"

These words made Mellen raise his eyebrows.

In fact, what he wanted most was this, but he didn't expect that the other party would actually propose it.

Thinking about it carefully, this doesn't seem to be an accident.

Because when he was being tortured, he did ask about the fountain of heaven many times.

But the reply he got was not nutritious. This person seemed not to have a deep understanding of the existence that the Holy Spirits call the Great Mother.

However, now the other party said this instead...

"You can indeed lie."

Melen had a sneer on his face.

"This is not lying, just selective concealment." The other party responded.

"So that means that you seemed to be unable to help yourself and said whatever I asked you, but in fact you stayed awake and induced me to keep asking?"

Mellen quickly wrote: "It's so shameless, inside and out, it turns out I am the victim!"

The Holy Spirit was speechless.

This is of course not to say that this is the truth, but because this matter is not a topic that can be discussed in depth!

In your defense, no?

Then you have to admit that you can’t help yourself.

Directly admit it? Doesn't that mean she deliberately seduced this guy?

"You are truly worthy of being master and disciple."

She then responded seemingly calmly, "Each one makes me sicker than the last."

"I don't think you're a good person either."

Mellen replied unceremoniously: "I have been pretending to have no scheming all day long, but in fact, whether it is Alyssa, the nuns, or the Scarlet Cross, they were all clearly arranged by you."

"I even suspect that what happened now was actually what you expected!"

Holy Spirit: "..."