- The Melvin family is the biggest rebel.

This is definitely the truth that can only be told when you are forced to be in a hurry.

It may be exaggerated, but it is by no means false......

This is one of the truths that Annan wants to get from her through destructive means.

Aside from Rasputin, the only nobles in the Duchy of Winter who have a gold-level transcendent are the Melvin family.

But whether it was the previous rebellions, or the subsequent attacks on Annan...... Their home is too quiet.

Generally speaking, as a holder of an extremely rare and strategically important Gold-level Transcendent, would he have been so quiet when encountering such a national-level event?

And they're just quiet.

The Winter Hand really kept them quiet.

No one has ever examined them, and no one has ever doubted them. Just like every time a disaster strikes, everyone subconsciously forgets about the Melvin family.

As Annan had speculated before-

What is the betrayal of the Winterbreaker for?

What is his purpose? What is the need for this? What is the reason why he hasn't come back now?

There is only one answer.

- His task is far from complete.

One of the purposes, Annan had roughly guessed.

That is the infiltration of the underworld.

The "Winterbreaker" has a great reputation, outstanding ability, and ruthless methods. After he came to the underworld, he quickly pulled up an armed force from the underground, and effectively controlled several cities.

The small kiosk that book friends used to use has been hung, and now they are basically using the source change artifact app.

If he were still the Winter Hand of the Duchy of Winter, there would be no doubt that this would be condemned by the other countries - it would undoubtedly be an aggression.

But after he started a rebellion...... Whatever the truth, he was the initiator of the rebellion from the outside world. Then even for political refuge, the underground world cannot prevent him from forming his own forces.

- because he is doing it for self-preservation.

And in the underworld, the original political structure is also very loose. Buying discovery rights to gain the title of "digger", and then gaining control of a city, is not the first time that the Winterbreaker has done this kind of thing.

- What they do, I can't do?

And in addition to this purpose.

The rest of the purpose may be related to the Melvin family.

“…… What did you say? ”

Even Celicia couldn't help but be surprised by this: "That's not what you said when you first came. ”

In particular, he confesses to be rebellious in front of the next Grand Duke of Winter - although Euphemia doesn't know that Annan is inside "Elle" yet, Celicia does.

"Because that's a lie."

Euphemia Melvin had a bitter face: "I can't escape from my family just to pursue freedom.

"You know what...... All the heirs of the Melvin family, except for the god son who inherited the 'god of the world', the rest are just tools for inheriting the bloodline. Since we are tools, we naturally do not learn the skills that belong to 'humans'. ”

In order to preserve the divinity, the children of the Melvin family have been far away from the world and have not touched the earthly soil since they were born. Jobs such as planting, cooking, blacksmithing, hunting, etc., are never allowed, or even studied—no books on this subject can be touched.

Among the many learnings in the world, the only thing that the children of the Melvin family are allowed to learn is "the knowledge of killing and saving people...... That is, assassination and medical treatment.

However, it is limited to "learning".

There's no way the Melvins really let them do that. The reason is that they are worried that external forces will interfere with their "cultivation...... Whether it's killing or saving people, there will always be a "goal" for performing skills.

The other person's words, movements, and eyes...... It is possible to shake the divinity of the childish child and drag him into the earth.

Although this was done to cultivate divinity, it also cut off the possibility of the Melvin family's children escaping from the family, who had no contact with any knowledge related to the eternal world.

Not to mention making money, they don't even know what they can eat and what they can't; I don't even know what poison is, what is the shelf life of food, and what kind of food is edible.

I don't even have the skill to buy things...... Where can you buy something and what is the approximate price. Or rather, they don't even know that "this thing can be bought", let alone carry money on them.

For example, the children of the Melvin family, like being entrusted with an account by a friend who played EVE, opened the game with a confused face.

What's this? So what's that? What am I going to do? What are they doing?

- To this extent, it can be called "far from the world".

"But the Melvin children are not stupid. It is in itself very difficult to cultivate intellect under such harsh conditions...... In order to strengthen children's comprehension and logical thinking, education alone is not enough. Special potions are also needed to abstract their thinking. ”

Euphemia explained in a low voice.

In a nutshell......

It's the children of the Melvin family who eat too much "nutritious food", which causes everyone to be very smart.

"So we naturally know that if we leave the family. Then even life will be difficult...... It's light to say it's difficult. But even so, there are always people who flee from the family. You didn't see it because ...... They're all dead.

"The family is already good at the spells of the idol school, and if they can't escape fast enough and far enough, just using the common items left at home is enough to use them to curse and kill the betrayer...... Running away from the clan without permission, or divulging the rules of the clan to others, is a form of 'betrayal'. ”

"If you just curse and kill, it's too ......"

Hearing this, "Ai Lei" frowned slightly: "Moreover, the betrayal of the 'family'? Can just leaving the family be considered a betrayal? ”

Isn't that too ruthless?

And this kind of strict patriarchal law made Annan realize that something was wrong almost immediately.

- Is this level of patriarchy really only used to inherit the "gods of the world"?

"But that's exactly what happened."

Yufemiaa smiled wryly, "That's why I designed to escape...... That's why Lily used that to help me escape from my family. ”

"As far as I know...... That 'Wolf Professor' Frederick is also from your family, right? ”

"Elle" asked, "How did he escape?" ”

Although Annan has long known that the current "Wolf Professor" Frederick Wolf Heart is actually the "Dream Eater" Trisino Setti.

But he's going to ask it anyway, and maybe he'll get some answers in other directions.

"He faked his death and got out."

Euphemia quickly replied, "I've studied his technique. He made it impossible for him to pinpoint the ritual of killing him by allowing himself to die once. Then he wears the 'Checkmate Undying Remains' from his body and introduces the curse into it.

"On the one hand, he can also get rid of positioning and killing in this way. You can also create a large number of spells in this way. ”

…… Is it like "swindler vs. missionary"?

Annan asked, "What is the [checkmate but not dead remains]?" ”

Hearing this, Euphemia fell silent for a moment.

“…… That's why I say that the Melvin family is the biggest rebel. ”

She slowly took off her mask.

A delicate face that resembles Frederick's four or five points is revealed.

And the biggest difference with Frederick.

In the very center of her forehead, carved a green triangular rune with a pointed downward. In the center of the triangular rune is another dark green triangle, which is divided into four parts.

The rune was still glowing—no doubt why she always wore a mask.

"It's a curse of life. If I die with it on my back, I will become a 'checkmate'. ”