Super Righteous Player-Chapter 1246 - 281: Melvin (Two In One)

Annan could clearly perceive that Sumarokov Melvin’s body was trembling slightly.

"What are you afraid of, Earl Melvin?"

Annan turned his head and glanced at Sumarokov with the corner of his eyes slightly raised: "I am about to personally escort you home next. In this matter, I never lie."

"Or are you afraid of—your own home?"

"No, no, no, how could that be..."

Sumarokov chuckled awkwardly.

But his rebuttal was so pale and feeble.

Annan chuckled lightly: "It’s reasonable for you to be afraid. After all, you’re just a puppet being pushed forward.

"Given your family’s style, just knowing the secrets about the Death Pupa and the Corpse Body would get you bound by a Curse Binding meant for secrecy. And your status is far more important than those disposables—you have access to the high ranks of other families and can even reasonably come in contact with the bishops and even the Pope.

"How could [The God of Humanity] let you be without giving you a Curse Binding?"

"How do you know—" novelbuddy.cσ๓

Sumarokov’s pupils trembled with an exclamation.

He suddenly stopped mid-sentence, his eyes revealing deeper fear and shock: "Did you see it from my mind?"

"Even earlier than that."

Annan sneered: "You don’t think I would really leave the entire Winter Duchy without reason, allowing you to trouble Dmitry, do you?

"Why did I leave at that moment? Why have I returned now? Do you really have no clue what I’m thinking... or do you know full well yet still can’t help yourselves?"

First, he mysteriously disappeared for a while—over two months ago, he also summoned a wave of Winter’s Hand to the United Kingdom. After returning from Winter’s Hand, various forces continued to send people to the United Kingdom for information, eventually learning that Grand Duke Annan had entered the Underground City.

Since then, there had been no news.

Although at first, these Winter rebels also always suspected that this might be a trap...

But as time went by second by second, they became increasingly restless:

Because if Annan really broke off contact with The North Lands, and he couldn’t return in a short time, then this moment would be the best opportunity to support Gerenz Nuha’s ascendancy!

Once Annan returned, if they wanted to start a coup, they would have to face Winter’s Hand head on.

The Elder wouldn’t need to be afraid... because Gerenz Nuha himself is recognized by the Elder as "Winter." The only problem is that they don’t have the Great Calamity Curio.

This scepter symbolizes the highest power of the Winter Duchy.

It’s not about its design, but its identity as a "Great Calamity Curio."

This means fakes would be ineffective.

If Annan had left the Great Calamity Curio in the Winter Duchy, they would not have hesitated to start the coup—they indeed have a "Winter" who could wield the Great Calamity Curio.

But there wasn’t one.

Not only had Annan anticipated this, but whether it was simply carrying a Great Calamity Curio with him, he took this national treasure abroad when he left the Winter Duchy.

—Has he never considered it might get lost overseas?

As a result, precisely because of Annan’s act, they began to suspect it was a trap by Annan.

This was what they were anxious about, so they never took action.

But the longer the delay, the more panicked they became.

Finally, they could no longer endure it and decided to make their move.

And just at this time, Annan returned.

"Aside from the fact that ’Gerenz Nuha’ is still alive, I didn’t get any new useful information from your mind. Because I already knew everything... from another Melvin’s mind. A girl called Yufimia, who has renounced her family name."

Annan said with a smiling face: "I knew from the very beginning that you harbored disloyal intentions. Even since the last visit to Noah—from before the Northern Union incident, I had already set my sights on your family."

"Or is it..."

He reached out and grabbed Earl Melvin’s shoulder: "You still hold onto hope?"

Chains of light emerged from his cuffs, binding Earl Melvin firmly in the blink of an eye. These chains looked sturdy and were loosely worn, just like a dog leash for walks.

Very polite.

"So it is..."

Was it a conspiracy from the beginning?

The fact that a traitor who betrayed the Melvin name came from his own family sent chills through Sumarokov Melvin.

That rebellious Yufimia, Sumarokov was indeed familiar with her.

In terms of seniority... she was his niece.

"That traitor!"

Sumarokov gritted his teeth: "She’s still ungrateful without being turned into a Death Pupa—"

"I would rather call it ’turning from darkness to light.’

Annan sighed: "Of course, objectively speaking, she is not a born saint. Nor is she strictly a good person... She’s just a normal person, one who wants to survive and not become a tool."

"If she had been chosen as an Elder back then, rather than a Sacrifice for a political marriage, material for Death Pupa or Corpse Body—if she had not suffered daily from the fear worse than death, maybe she wouldn’t have left the Melvin family, maybe she wouldn’t have chosen this so-called ’turning from darkness to light’ and instead enjoyed the power she wielded."

"But there was no such ’if.’

"People are forced out. The murky light can push people into darkness, the filth of darkness can also force people back into the sunlight."

Annan said softly: "The fact that such a rebel emerged from your family proves how unbearable the darkness is."