Chapter 93

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Beautiful women are all very good at pretending and deceiving. The prettier they are, the better they lie.

This was something Sigma had heard in his previous life.

This seemingly profound saying was spoken by the beautiful mother of the 34th generation parachuted official and second-generation pope of a certain Church of Light, who had many sisters but only married one and had no younger brothers (okay, it's just Zhang Wujì... spit, Zhang Wujì). The pope remembered it well but clearly didn't truly understand its essence, leading to most of the setbacks in the first half of his life being due to not grasping this saying. In contrast, Sigma had early on deeply felt the sorrow contained in this statement— he believed that the old literary master who had the character in the book say this must have also experienced heart-wrenching emotional turmoil in this area.

And indeed, this was the case. In another work by this old master, which told the story of the leader of an illegal organization that gathered idle people to disrupt public order and engage in organized begging, and a handsome prince of a principality who was a flower-eyed, naive young man, and a bald member of the Church of Light, the old master once set the prince's beautiful friends as his own sisters. This was because the old master had encountered emotional setbacks and developed a strong desire for revenge on society, so he used the plot to express the grand wish that "all beautiful people in the world are long-lost siblings." However, not long after, the old master found new love and was very happy. In his joy, he revised the story again, making the old prince a father and the young prince not his biological son, and turning the sisters into cousins, leaving a profound and thought-provoking space for the readers. The secrets behind this are not for outsiders to know.

Sigma, of course, did not have such a tumultuous and sorrowful past, but he had a fiancée with no bottom to her depths. In his battles of wits and courage with this future wife, who had a large and devious mind, he deeply felt the truth in the saying that "beautiful women are very good at deceiving." And indeed, this proved to be true. Alice was very good at deceiving, appearing indifferent on the surface but with a girlish heart and a devious nature. The same was true for the current Jilie.

After Sigma invited her to his home, it took Jilie less than a minute to clean herself up. She transformed from a severely masochistic, introverted, and perverted woman back into a cold and serious, meticulous, and exemplary paladin, a change so cool and flashy that even Sigma, who had seen it with his own eyes, couldn't believe that this dignified and imposing paladin had been spouting indecent jokes just a minute ago.

"…Your acting is really impressive, you could be an actor," Sigma sincerely admired, as Jilie, without blushing, resumed her role as a cold paladin. This level of realism in her acting couldn't be described as shameless; it was like having a dual personality, smooth and natural.

"Acting? Actor?" Jilie drew a slight breath, her voice filled with surprise and doubt, "Do you mean those actors who, in a restricted theater where only super VIPs are allowed, perform different roles under the watchful eyes of the audience, engaging in various scenarios with different male actors according to embarrassing plots, performing live and erotic scenes?"

"Damn, there's actually such a place, tell me how to get membership... just kidding!" Sigma said in a low voice, "Since you're in your ice-cold form, act like a proper paladin! Stop spouting indecent jokes!"

Jilie stood straight, her heroic demeanor making people feel a sense of reverence, but her words were infuriating. The girl slightly twisted her body and whispered, "I... I can't help it!"

"…You're using me as a live target for your indecent jokes! How can you do this! Please! I know your weakness, you should be obedient! Why do I feel like you're becoming more and more reckless!" Sigma looked miserable, "The script is wrong! If I have the weakness of a righteous and serious female knight, shouldn't the next part be using it to blackmail her into an enviable relationship? Why do I have to listen to your indecent jokes here!"

"R-Really do that?" Jilie's eyes lit up, blinking, "W-What should I do? Finally... finally showing my true colors."

...Sigma was speechless and turned to leave. Although he wanted to do intimate things with the girl, Jilie wasn't the right person. He wasn't the type to take any opportunity, and for one, he had only known her for less than a day, two, he couldn't handle her personality, and three, Jilie was a paladin, and a very strange one at that. Forcibly doing intimate things with her would definitely bring trouble, and he would be laughed at by a group of scoundrels for the rest of his life.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't go!" Jilie, seeing Sigma leave, hurriedly followed, "You promised to let me see the special collection! Ah, so excited, to be lured to your home by a necromancer with such things, what will be waiting for me..."

"..." Sigma decided to say nothing.

The two walked through the teaching area toward the high-level faculty residential area. Along the way, Jilie maintained a cold but polite demeanor, nodding politely to passersby, but when no one was around, she would whisper to Sigma, continuously releasing the stock of indecent jokes she had accumulated over the years.

However, when they reached the vegetable garden in front of Sigma's house, she froze.

"What... what is that!" In front of the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Garden, Jilie grabbed Sigma's sleeve with one hand and pointed at the two plots of land in the "Death Gate" and "Rest Gate" positions with the other, her voice urgent.

The two plots were planted with dark magic plants, mainly vines. Countless thick, flexible, and versatile green vines danced wildly, and Sigma had solemnly told Athena that these two plots were very dangerous because the mutant vines had a strong instinct to entangle, and the sensory organs at the tips of the vines— he meant the vines— were afraid of light, so they liked to burrow into dark, warm, and moist holes. Whether male or female intruders, once entangled, they would have a terrifying and unforgettable experience... However, Sigma clearly underestimated the paladin's limits. After a simple explanation, Jilie's eyes sparkled with excitement. She licked her lips and hesitated, "I... I want to try it..."

"No way!" Sigma grabbed Jilie's wrist, "You'll be entangled by the strong vines and hung in the air! They'll tear your armor and clothes and leave sticky, disgusting fluids on you! Not only that, they love to burrow in there! If you dare to go, I won't save you! I'll just inform Bishop Harry that a suspected paladin came to my vegetable garden to steal vegetables and got caught, and let them come to pick you up. Your colleagues and superiors will see you hanging in the air, being penetrated by the vines, in a shameful state! Scared now? If you're scared, behave yourself!"

"Be... be seen by everyone in that state?" Jilie imagined it, her breathing becoming heavier, "S-Sounds interesting!"

"…Behave yourself!" Sigma couldn't take it anymore and used a powerful move, the Thousand-Pound Hand...

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