You call this the mastermind?

The rough wooden dining table was placed on the old strip floor, near the square-shaped log window.

The sunlight and breeze from outside kept seeping in from the open window, shining warmly and naturally on the men and women sitting on both sides of the dining table chatting, as if they were a couple who respected each other.

In fact, the two parties were indeed playing a couple in this storybook world.

However, if we consider the words they were talking about at the moment, they were actually more like father and daughter.

"Because I can see some of the usual scenes here, I feel that there is something wrong here, and I have investigated that those wizards with enhanced talents generally do not live long. This is very strange, and then I explored it step by step, and brought it out."

In her well-behaved voice, she couldn't hide her happiness, as if she felt that she had done something worthy of praise.

In fact, when she blinked her big eyes and looked at Melen, she did have an implicit expectation, like a child who urgently needed affirmation.

However, Melen did not want to do as she wished.

"Very impressive." He said, "But there are some risks. Why didn't you tell me and your mother before doing this?"

"I don't think it's a big deal."

The voice was a little weak, as if he had been hit.

"You can't rely on your feelings when doing things. What if something unexpected happens?" Melen continued to frown.

"Okay, I'm sorry..."

At this time, Alyssa had become timid, and her hope to be praised had turned into a child who had done something wrong.

But Melen still didn't let her go.

"Apologizing is not the purpose, you have to promise that there won't be a next time."

His tone was very stern, and even scared Alyssa.

"I promise, don't be angry, okay?"

Seeing her nervous face, Melen nodded with satisfaction.

Then he began to affirm her gains this time.

...

In this way, dissatisfaction with Alyssa's reckless behavior is one aspect, but more importantly, it is actually because of her personality that is slightly different from her previous well-behaved appearance.

Normally, when encountering such a thing, even if Alyssa doesn't tell Mrs. Chelsea, she will definitely tell Melen.

But before that, he didn't get any wind.

This may be because the girlfriend in front of him wanted to give him a surprise, and even hoped to get his praise.

But Melen believed that the influence of bloodline was the main reason for her to do this.

So Melen would beat her like this.

The purpose was not really to teach her a lesson, but to use his influence on her to suppress her bloodline - in a sense, how much influence this bloodline can exert is closely related to Alyssa's own will.

But on the other hand, her gains this time are indeed worthy of praise.

Just now, while talking, the book held in Melen's hand would be brought close to Alyssa from time to time, and then he could feel a certain fear coming from the book from the inside out.

If the distance is pulled away, this emotion will turn into relief.

After several attempts back and forth, it began to get angry and embarrassed, and it was very spiritual, as if there was a human soul in it.

Considering the source of the storybook, Melen even suspected that this might be Robin Refaeli, who claimed to be the first alchemist in history, and the ancestor of the Refaeli family who had been destroyed by the True Christians.

This suspicion is not groundless. Apart from the fact that the storybook itself was created by this Robin, Melen understood that Robin's main research direction in his later years was life restart, reincarnation and other life extension fields.

Although he failed in the end, this is just a written record.

Perhaps the reason for leaving this storybook is not to seek any benefits for the descendants of his Refaeli family, but to plant the seeds of "rebirth"?

If this is true, then Alyssa's approach is tantamount to removing a hidden danger from the storybook world.

And the soul of an alchemist master may be very useful.

But relatively speaking, Melen pays more attention to Alyssa's performance in this matter.

No matter what is in this book, it is obviously not a harmless mascot. If it is really the alchemist himself, the home advantage in this storybook world must be very strong.

However, now, no one knows what Alyssa has done. In addition to acting as a book, it can't do anything...

Melen was amazed at this.

This strange book is not afraid of Alyssa at all, but fearful.

It is obviously afraid of Alyssa.

However, the interesting thing is that as the person involved, Alyssa seems to have no idea of ​​her own strength...

"Really no awareness?"

Looking at the red-haired young woman who was so happy because of the praise that she even took the initiative to sit in his arms, Melen suddenly had doubts in his heart.

Was Alyssa reckless or confident in doing this?

This thought only existed for a moment, and was thrown behind Melen's mind. After all, in his opinion, Alyssa has always been a well-behaved and honest little girl. Although she has done many extreme bad deeds in the past, she has already reformed herself.

Moreover, the young woman in his arms looked so shy and bashful at this moment, with a blushing face. How could she be scheming or suspicious?

On the contrary, she looked very tempting...

Mellen's thinking is a little different now.

At the beginning, he still held the idea of ​​"breaking up" with the girl after the novelty wore off.

However, with several contacts during the beginning of school, and continuous chatting with the book of secret words every day, he gradually fell in love with this well-behaved and sensible girl.

Of course, if you like her, you like her. Because of Mrs. Chelsea, Mellen had no urge to have a deeper relationship with her before.

Even if they were given the authority to breed with them, they would still be hesitant and full of worries.

Until tonight, the Holy Spirit mentioned the salvation plan related to reproduction, and hinted to Mellen that she would persuade the lady in this regard...

The reason for not persuading is on the one hand, mainly because the emergence of this incident made Mellen seem to have the buff of political correctness, or in other words, if he was really discovered, he would also have a reason to explain this behavior.

So now, when faced with temptation, he was no longer as passively resisting as usual.

I couldn't help hugging and kissing me, which made Alyssa's eyes so moist that they were almost sparkling with tears. The expression on her face was shy but joyful. Not only did she not resist at all, but she was also obviously dissatisfied with Mellen's behavior. Very happy.

But even though he started to use his hands and feet, Mellen didn't do anything too outrageous here tonight.

Mainly because his current image is not his true self.

Wearing a middle-aged bearded body, if you really do something too deep with a pure girl who is devoted to you, you will always feel very awkward.

…

In an extraordinary world, Mellen is not the only one who can do it 24 hours a day without rest. Athena Lesomore, who has been called a genius both inside and outside her family since she was a child, has been trying to practice a special meditation method in the past two years in order to continuously reduce her sleep time.

Because in her opinion, human life is not long in the first place, and it is simply too wasteful to spend half of it occupied by sleep.

She is a complete genius, no matter in any field. Although the meditation method has been practiced for a short time, she has practiced it to an extremely deep level.

Although she can't stop her from resting completely, as long as she takes a few naps for a minute or two each time during the day, it will be enough to maintain sufficient energy.

So tonight, when others fell asleep, she was always busy and seemed very diligent.

However, if anyone saw what she was busy with at the moment, they would not feel any admiration, but would only feel a sense of weirdness.

This famous genius in the wizarding world was standing in front of a mirror, muttering to herself, constantly practicing conversations with others.

"Yes, I am sure you must have a big secret, and I am very curious about it, so I want to get close to you. But this is not a bad thing for you at all, unless you think your secret will give you Bring harm.”

…

"You have many secrets, but more importantly, you have unlimited potential for the future. I like my aunt Juliana very much, but I would never want to experience what she experienced when she was forced to marry. So, If I can become your collaborator, it will be very important for my voice in the family. "

…

"As someone who has personally experienced the incident in the imperial military camp, I felt a very familiar aura on the dagger you enchanted, so I thought that you and the mysterious knight might be related. This is what I originally thought. The reason to be close to you.”

"But now, it has become one of the reasons."

"You are very good. I don't know when, but I have been deeply obsessed with you..."

…

The constantly changing words represent different ways of coping.

What happened to Mellen last night was rich, but for Athena, everything about last night was simple. She was only invited to have dinner with her aunt and "uncle", then turned her back to her aunt and made a private appointment with her uncle to meet early tomorrow morning.

The purpose is to talk carefully.

But it's a talk, but it's actually a showdown.

Athena understood that the future uncle was already a little impatient with her entanglement.

He wanted to solve his "trouble".

So this requires a reasonable word to explain to him.

But for Athena, what needs to be done is not just to reassure the uncle.

She hopes to use this opportunity to get as close as possible to her uncle!

"It's best if he can treat me as one of his own."

In the dim room, the petite girl murmured to herself, staring at herself in the mirror with an expressionless face, her gray eyes filled with a strange look.

She has had a special talent since she was a child, which made her already aware of her identity as the chosen one.

It is also because of the talent of being able to predict danger that Athena was deeply convinced that when others, even the truth believers, were not sure whether the Child of Destiny existed, the Child of Destiny would definitely come one day, and then be shocked. world.

It can be said that she has been looking forward to this for more than ten years, understood it for more than ten years, and even believed in it for more than ten years.

This belief is even deeper than her feelings towards her family.

Because she belongs to a group that values ​​interests more than family ties, her innate talent is the only way she can stand out and gain a special status.

So, despite her calm demeanor in front of Melen, Athena was actually so excited that she trembled all over when she discovered the suspicion on Melen.

Later, as Melen's suspicions grew, she was even more determined to get close to him and become his own.

For this, she would not hesitate to compete with her aunt.

Of course, becoming his person does not mean that she must become his woman. At first, Athena did not consider doing so. After all, she always believed that she was several sizes smaller than normal women, and she had no attraction to men.

Although she had never lacked suitors since she was a child, in her opinion, these suitors were all for the family behind her.

Until she discovered that Melen's aesthetics were a little different...

Athena then had an idea.

The best way to get close to a person of the opposite sex is of course to climb into his bed and become his woman. This kind of relationship is not only fast, but also relatively more reliable.

But even if we don't consider that Mellen might be the child of destiny, just seeing that he was attracted to her was enough to make Athena's heart move--

Merlen was a very attractive person of the opposite sex, and he didn't look at her differently because of his family. So if she didn't marry this kind of person, what kind of person should she marry?

A guy who was not interested in her?

That's why she made that improper proposal in front of Mellen two days ago.

Of course, the reason why she made such a casual decision was mainly because Athena was not a person who had too much yearning for marriage and love. Her interest was in her career, which was a trait that no one else had discovered except her.

Her idol when she was a child was Isabella Chelsea, a famous strong woman in the wizarding world. She was a woman who could lead the family to glory instead of relying on the family's past accumulation to bully others.

When she grew up, Athena, who realized what the destiny elect and the child of destiny meant, became more ambitious.

She hoped that she could change the world!

Whether this change was good or bad, or even brought disaster to the world, it was her interest.

Athena actually didn't know where this interest came from. Maybe she was tired of many things since she was a child, or maybe the chosen people of destiny were born with this characteristic, but no matter what, she was not a person who was content with her lot.

However, as a self-aware woman, Athena believed that she alone had no ability to change the world.

So the child of destiny became her sustenance and hope...

In short, the belief since childhood, the ambition in her heart, and a little desire for the opposite sex, these reasons mixed together, are the main reasons why Athena decided to approach Melen.

But even if these reasons were said, it would not be enough for the other party to truly accept her and treat her as one of their own.

Or, Athena felt that if she really wanted to say these, Melen would not believe it and would not let down her guard against herself.

After all, loyalty needs time and action to prove, not words...

But in fact, Athena actually has an idea about how to quickly gain Melen's trust.

It's just this idea...

Standing in front of the mirror for a night, Athena's eyes flickered with hesitation.

But in the end, she made up her mind.

So the next morning, when she arrived at the agreed park and met Melen, she handed him a parchment scroll.

"This is a slave contract."

Facing Melen's puzzled look, Athena said expressionlessly: "Sign it, and I will be your slave."