Melusina's sisters agreed to the deal, and Corneille swung her sword, a whistling sound was heard in the air, and the chill spread across the witch's skin. She had no doubt that the blow would break her in two, but in the end, it was only the restraints that bound her that broke. Her hands and feet were free, the blindfold slipped off her face, and she saw Corneille's sword slip into its scabbard. She reached out to touch her hair, and a heart pattern appeared in her eyes, but she saw a layer of pink halo appearing on Corneille's body. "The Pure Love Shield, that's what your sister introduced it to me," said Corneille. "It can help me resist the supernatural powers of charm, and it also has a certain effect on the supernatural powers of mental interference." "I just want to prove that I have the ability to take money from you." "Then it's a pleasure to work with you. By the way, you should also come up with a code name or something, otherwise it will be difficult for me to address you." "?" "He doesn't want to be directly hostile to your family. To show his sincerity and for your sister's situation, he knows nothing and doesn't intend to know anything," Cecil added. "Do I need to swear to ensure that the doctor's statement is true?" asked Corneille. "No need for that. It's obvious that if you knew the situation in my family, you would definitely not take in that monster."
The witch took out her eye mask and put it on: "Double-tailed mermaid, let's call it this." Doctor Cecil prepares a contract and magic for the "Two-Tailed Mermaid" to ensure that she will not betray him. Corneille comes to the next room and Sister Helena passes by him. "It seems you two are having a very pleasant conversation," said Corneille to Anne. Anne smiled and replied, "Well, I just paid for consultation to find out why the little dog next to Mr. Toledo was a little strange, and the nun gave me the answer." "What's the answer?" "Mr. Corneille, why should I share with you the answers I paid for?" "I won't help you cover up your pranks next time." Anne surrendered: "Okay, I'll tell you: it's the moon." Cornelius looked up at the moon outside the window and found nothing unusual about it. “Although it is the same moon, due to the existence of the Forest Sea Great Barrier and the abuse of magic by the witch in the ‘Moon’ realm, the moon that Waite sees is somewhat different from that seen elsewhere. Those races whose menstrual cycles are tied to the moon will sooner or later encounter problems with menstrual disorders in Waite." Anne stared at Corneille: "Do you have a story?" "No." It seems so, thought Anne. On the other side, Sister Helena took another step of insurance for the "Two-tailed Mermaid". She took off her blindfold and took out her right eye, or a ball of ivory-white flame, from her eye socket. Although it was a magical creation, the pain still made the nun's body spasm. After more than ten seconds, the nun finally caught her breath and ordered the "two-tailed mermaid" to swallow it. Melusina's sisters refused, but when Sister Helena's voice sounded in her heart, threatening to reveal her family's secret, she gave in and opened her mouth to swallow the nun's eyes. "Uh!" The Two-Tailed Mermaid seemed to have swallowed a slug. She wanted to spit it out, but Melusina’s eyeballs first turned into warm liquid and then disappeared without a trace.
The warmth climbed up and gathered in her right eye socket. The pain made her sit on the ground, and when she finally got over the pain, she felt a strange power lodging in her right eye. Cecil kindly handed over a mirror, and the "two-tailed mermaid" saw her right eye shining with ivory-white light. When the nun pulled down the eye patch to cover the empty eye socket, the light in the "two-tailed mermaid's" eyes went out. (Please rest assured that your magic can still be used normally. It will only be activated when you betray us.) The "Two-Tailed Mermaid" raised his head, looked at Sister Helena and said, "I don't understand why you work so hard?" (If someone gave you 10 dinars, you would do your duty.) "Ah, the only people who would hire you for 10 dinars are foreigners." At the insistence of the "Two-Tailed Mermaid", she did not meet Melusina, but asked for some potions from her. When Dias accepted Count Marseille's invitation and went to visit him, she went with him as a consultant. Count Marseille looked at her with curiosity and doubt, and gradually, his eyes were filled with lust. It was not because the "two-tailed mermaid" was so beautiful, but because she was Dias's female companion, which awakened his dormant yellow-haired holy body again. Of course, he looked at her not only with lust, but also with calculation. Through the questions and answers just now, he was sure that this witch was also attracted by his masculinity and unconsciously answered ambiguous questions, such as the life information of Dias and Corneille. Is this a bait or a flaw? Count Marseille was not sure, but his attention was indeed attracted by the "two-tailed mermaid". Chapter 39: Teasing The "Two-Tailed Mermaid" was not acting. In the name of bait, she really wanted to convey as much information about Corneille as possible to Count Marseille, until she felt the pain of being squeezed in her heart. Sister Helena has taken action, and the information about the "two-tailed mermaid" has come to an end. Because she was too frank, Count Marseille did not dare to believe the information she provided, but the "Two-tailed Mermaid" attracted Count Marseille's attention with other things. "Bane's Gift" is a precious potion that is very popular in the Federation. It can only be made by witches who are "Newcomer" or above in the "Lover" field. Depending on the amount of magic power retained in the potion, its effects range from prolonging life to beautifying the skin. In Waite, due to the abundant magic power, its effect is almost locked in "prolonging life". Count Marseille accepted the gift with joy and confusion, and asked if there was anything he could do for the "Two-tailed Mermaid", while in his heart he was calmly observing the other party. "If you can free me from the Duke of Alva, I will tell you a shocking secret." The "Two-Tailed Mermaid" told the truth again, and Count Marseille became even more confused. He tried to test her sincerity, but on the surface, the two sides talked and laughed, and the distance between them became ambiguous. Shi Manna saw this scene and felt jealous. At the age of 47, she still maintained her youthful beauty with the help of the "gift from the witch", but in the details, she looked more and more like a 30-year-old woman - an age when beauty is about to fade. To be fair, compared with Shimanna, the "Two-tailed Mermaid" is neither beautiful nor elegant, but this witch is young enough and has the permanent charm effect of the magic exclusive to the "lover" field, which makes her more attractive than Shimanna. Being in Waite and with his wife in the mansion, Count Marseille could not use any despicable means. He only played ambiguous games with words and expressions with the Duke of Alva's adviser. After seeing off Diaz and others, Count Marseille opened a bottle of wine for himself. "It can be seen that you like that consultant lady very much." Shimanna said quietly. Count Marseille sneered: "Don't be jealous, that man is a bait released by the Duke of Toledo, and it may also be his flaw. She seems to be telling the truth, but she is also full of hypocrisy; she seems to be pure and innocent, but she is also scheming; she seems to want to get rid of the Duke, but she also seems to be working for him... What an interesting person." The word "interesting" stung Shimanna's nerves. In the past, when she questioned Count Marseille's romantic affairs, her husband apologized with a smile and always tried to put the blame for the affair on her by saying that she was "boring". "Because you are so 'boring', I have to be doubly 'interesting' to make up for your lost popularity in the social scene. If you had done your duty as a hostess from the beginning, why would I have to please those ladies and let them whisper in my husband's ear?"
The "emotional value" that Shimanna threw at her ex-husband eventually turned into a boomerang and hit her in her second marriage. The memory made Shimanna's voice accumulate anger: "I'm afraid that you not only want her information, but also her." "You misunderstood me. The witch of Waite is not someone a normal man would be happy to enjoy." Shimanna knew her husband. Count Marseille obviously wanted to have a taste of the witch. The consultant's suspicion of being a spy made Count Marseille let go of his already limited bottom line. When Count Marseille saw that his wife looked unhappy, he hurriedly hugged her to comfort her. Before long, he made Shimanna feel better. "That witch serves the Duke of Alva, and Corneille under the Duke of Alva..." said Count Marseille. Shi Manna showed a look of disgust and covered her ears: "I don't want to hear this name! He is the murderer who killed my ex-husband!" "Well, 'that man' frequently went to the Discipline Tower. It was said that he had a conflict with the murderer who fanatically worshipped your husband and went crazy and killed your best friend's family." Shimanna showed hatred: "She should not be extradited to the Kingdom of Weite, but executed in the Kingdom of Holy Land!" Count Marseille looked at his wife with a mocking expression on his face: "Yes, I think so too, because I respect Mr. Don Rodic so much that I am afraid that his reputation will be slandered again." "why?" “The Duke of Alva and I are currently in a competitive relationship. After being kicked out of the house by his mother, he can only hope to get enough support from Her Highness Isabella. Now, Her Highness Isabella is using me to lower his status so as to turn him into a vassal. He doesn't dare to deal with Her Highness, so he will naturally turn around and deal with me. Mr. Don Rodick is the means they use to attack us. Dear, think back to how many people have used this matter to pick on us. So, we have to fight back, and the breakthrough point is that secretary. She is not as pretty as you, and she has no temperament. If it is not for this utilitarian thinking, why would I provoke her? " Looking into Count Marseille's eyes, Shimanna reluctantly accepted her husband's statement, but there was always a thorn in her heart. She was not stupid. She knew that her husband, a wife-control freak, had lost the passionate love they had when they first got married and thought she was old, ugly and boring. But money is a good thing. As long as she has money, she can keep her husband by her side, maintain a decent life and the pleasant title of "Congressman's wife". The appearance of the "two-tailed mermaid" further strengthened Shimanna's belief: the men said they disliked the witches of Waite for being promiscuous, but their bodies were honestly attracted to the witches' exposed arms and calves. For the sake of her family's integrity, she must first live for herself and make more and more money, enough to offset the charm of the witches and the little perverts in the Federation who are obsessed with Count Marseille. At this time, a profitable business came to the door. People from the "Merida News" visited the mansion, hoping to publish the biography of Count Don Rodic. However, the opportunity for this plan made Shimanna angry: Corneille's activeness in Werthe made people know about his life and become very curious about who his most respected opponent, Count Don Rodique, was. After researching the book, the market research department of the newspaper was very optimistic about the sales performance of "The Biography of Count Don Rodick". Coincidentally, the widow of Count Don Rodick was in Waite, so they came to visit. Shimanna couldn't stand the name "Corneille" and thought it would bother Count Marseille, so she planned to politely and coldly ask the guests to leave. At this time, when she saw Count Marseille dressed up, greeted the guests perfunctorily, kissed her on the cheek and then went out to "be friendly" with the witches, a desire for revenge prompted her to change her mind. After all, besides being the wife of a councillor, she was also the widow of Count Don Rodick. If she couldn't profit from her status as a councillor's wife, why would it hurt to recall her status as a widow? The two sides talked for a long time, and finally, "Merida News" agreed to publish a memoir for Shimanna, "Count Don Rodico in the Eyes of His Lady". Shimanna will take the first meeting with Don Rodico at the age of 5 as the starting point and recall the life she and Don Rodico spent together.
The newspaper paid 40,000 dinars for the biography + memoir. Shimanna felt that the name "Corneille" was not so harsh. She even hoped that the other party would be more active so that her book would become more popular. Shimanna signed a letter of intent with the newspaper on the same day. On May 5, at the appointed time, two specialists from the newspaper's planning team came to visit her. The leader had a well-proportioned figure, beautiful features, and blonde hair tied up behind her head, exuding a capable aura. "I've heard for a long time that in Waite, women do the work and men take care of the family. They are all dignified, confident and self-reliant. Today I see that it is true." Shimanna complimented. The commissioner also looked at Shimana. The countess was a chestnut-haired beauty with a gentle temperament. Although she was nearly fifty and had given birth, she looked like a woman in her thirties. "Madam, you are so young that I even thought I had walked into the wrong door." In any era, praising a woman for her youth is an effective form of compliment. After all, a considerable part of their efforts and vanity is pinned on the phrase "you look so young." Shimanna modestly talked about her age, but the upturned corners of her mouth betrayed her true feelings. As the maids brought the tea, the commissioner handed the Countess a roll of paper with the questions that would be asked during the interview written on it. Shimanna read it line by line, and when she saw the last one, she frowned. "'If Count Don Rodic didn't die, but lost his memory for some reason and became displaced. And then he appeared in front of you again, would you still love him as much as before?'...Excuse me, this is not a good question!" Shimanna's cheeks began to heat up with anger: "Robbie - this is my nickname for my ex-husband. He holds a very important place in my heart. He is a dead hero, and as his widow, I will not allow you to tarnish the dead man's reputation with such provocative questions!" The commissioner said hurriedly: "Madam, you don't know that the popular novel cliché of Waite is that the heroine mistakenly believes that her lover is dead, and finally forgets the pain, remarries and lives a loving and happy life. But one day, her ex-husband comes to her house, and thus a tangled love triangle begins." We did some research beforehand, and the people at Waite who knew about my wife’s deeds were very concerned about her evaluation and preference between her ex-husband and her current husband… This is related to sales.” For the sake of the dinar, Shimana managed to calm down and replied: "They are all important to me. They are equal in my heart. If I favor any one of them, it would be a contempt for the other." "Your second husband pleases you, madam. He is now a popular man in Weite." “I’m very proud of him.” Shimana spoke proudly, but her hand clenched the handle of the feather fan. Seeing that her emotions had been aroused, the commissioner and the assistant looked at each other, and the former said: "Let's start with the memoirs. The first question is, how did Madam know Count Don Rodick?" Chapter 40: Memories of Shimanna (Part 1) Shimana did not answer immediately, but stroked the handle of the feather fan in her hand. When the wind blew, the swaying of the curtains caused the light and shadow in the room to change, which woke her up from her memories. "That was a long time ago." She began with a sad tone: "Robbie and I are childhood sweethearts and live in the same community. It is said that he once had a happy family, but because of barbarian raids, he lost everything and wandered to our place. He was taken care of by several childless elderly couples in the community and lived in an old house on the edge of the community. My family's situation was better. My father was a general, but was dismissed for disobeying the emperor's order. However, the wealth he accumulated from his military career was enough for us to live a wealthy life. I met him when I was 5 years old. At that time, he was playing a game that I didn’t understand with the children in the community. I watched from a distance. Somehow, he noticed me, hesitated for a while, and then came over and invited me to play with him. I refused, but curiosity made me get closer. After the boys were exhausted from playing and went home, he sent me home seriously like a little adult, and that was how we met. Robbie often came to see me, and we would walk and talk in the birch forest on the edge of the community. There were often adult men and women having trysts there, and they would demonstrate to us young kids how to do things.