A Villain's Way of Taming Heroines

To facilitate the clarification of clues, the subsequent recording time will be reset.

I must achieve perfection in all aspects to identify the source of the problem from the returning Ansel, confirm my suspicions, and ascertain his motives.

There are numerous objectives to accomplish, and Ansel may have grown beyond my comprehension over these three years, but I must succeed.

Ravenna, even if he does not expect anyone's salvation, you must extend your hand to him, for he is your friend.

He is the only one who can make you feel what it means to be alive.

[Day One.]

The outside me intercepted Ansel, who arrived in the imperial capital through the teleportation array, at the earliest opportunity. Unless it is an extremely precise spell or artifact controlled by a powerful fourth or even fifth-stage extraordinary being, no one in the entire empire would have more dominion than the outside me.

Under immense pressure, my talent was further stimulated, but even so, she is far from being my match now.

She first angrily rebuked Ansel for her countless attempts to contact him, all of which were like stones sinking into the sea, and then probed Miss Seraphina beside him, using the pact head as an entry point.

… Did Ansel notice? If it were him three years ago, he probably wouldn't have.

Regardless of Ansel's state, I can no longer see through him; his smile is vastly different from before.

It is as if he is wearing a mask.

The outside me might not be unaware of Ansel's changes, but three years of accumulated anger and hatred have made her view Ansel through tinted glasses, just as Ansel viewed me three years ago.

Taking the blast of the floating cannon head-on without a scratch... Is the strength of the pact head so incredible, or is it Miss Seraphina's own power? Given Ansel's character, I lean towards the latter.

He would not choose someone who needs to rely on the power of the pact head to reach such heights. Those chosen by him must be destined to reach high places, with the power of the pact head merely being a further step up... just like me.

Strength... Ansel first chose a pact head with direct strength, why? He should not have any desire for strength, or, power.

His initial choice of me indicates that he needed a pact head with strong comprehensive abilities.

His selection of the pact head is never random or coincidental, which means... after me, choosing Seraphina was part of Ansel's plan.

Does Ansel have a reason that necessitates choosing Seraphina?

Regardless, purely from a strength perspective, she is indeed qualified to be a violent pact head. The model built from the data collected during the first encounter is already so astonishingly strong.

… The outside me go to see Ansel again? Yes, I forgot, she currently has no intention of helping Ansel, so she naturally wouldn't analyze Ansel's reaction after this meeting... She sought out Ansel merely to make a transaction.

She no longer cares about Ansel... those missing memories are indeed too crucial. Without my understanding of Ansel at the time, the outside me would never truly realize Ansel's importance to me… nor his predicament.

But this is the best scenario, this is the me in Ansel's eyes.

And even so, she still harbors a few thoughts that Ansel has not completely given up. The outside me, even if blinded by fate and missing memories, still hopes Ansel will return to her side.

...You must take responsibility, Ansel.

…

[Day Four.]

Ansel announced his intention to visit the Etheric Academy, which infuriated the outside me. This was undoubtedly a trap set by Ansel, and the other me also considered this possibility, but she was more suspicious that Ansel was colluding with the Etheric Academy.

As a victim of multiple assassination attempts by the Academy over the past three years, she obviously hated the Academy more than me, who was merely an observer.

Moreover, having lost the memory of that time, she further suspected that Ansel had completely betrayed our ideals and fallen to the side of the Academy.

Indeed, Ansel had cleverly exploited this memory gap, but if the outside me continued to interact with him, she would surely notice the blurriness and gaps in her memory.

How does he plan to handle this aspect?

...

How malicious, you little devil.

Using the universal ether furnace, which is central to everything, to make the already suspicious me completely lose control and act rashly, then having the soul adept Soren insert the soul into this puppet.

This way, with "soul damage" as the foundation, the blurriness and gaps in memory have a perfect explanation.

The outside me, unaware of the full picture, still hopes for your repentance, but have you really become this cruel?

No, I mustn't think this way. According to the developments three years ago, and everything in Ansel's eyes, it was I who made him this cruel. I ignored our friendship and abandoned him in the final decision.

At that time, he might have been enduring unimaginable pain.

… Now that I think about it, was I also trapped in some kind of obsession back then? Perhaps if I had confessed directly to Ansel, I could have touched the remaining softness in his heart, just as if Ansel had confessed to me, I would have certainly helped him.

But neither of us did this, nor did we even think of it. This is indeed... damn fate.

...

Ansel, you... you are worse than fate. What are you doing?

The most obvious progress in three years is this... this shameless flirting technique? Groping a puppet to create... create a passage?

You really are...

Calm down, this should still be considered... a good thing.

Three years ago, he saw me as a friend, almost completely ignorant in that aspect, but now he harbors pure desire for me.

He wants me, which means he hasn't completely placed me on the opposite side.

… If only I could have learned this information in another way.

Besides, the outside me, under Ansel's design, has fallen into a situation where he can be wantonly manipulated.

He even directly told that me about the bet... he grasped that me's psychology, making me anxious over a non-existent person, leading my thoughts astray.

Sufficient preparation, followed by oppression, then domination.

Ansel is now much stronger than the outside me... I can no longer predict his next move. Even if I were to replace the current me, I might not do better than that me.

But victory or defeat doesn't matter; all I want is the answer.

In fact, only when that me completely fails, Ansel might... reveal the truth.

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