The warden who guards the witches

"It seems that what the goddess who is looking after the house in the dungeon is telling the truth." Aiden leaned on his cane and looked at Melissa's expression, "Your face is exactly the same as hers. "

"We all know that we are facing a god, but your tone doesn't show any respect." Melissa looked at Aiden and said.

"Would it be helpful to have some respect for you?" Aiden asked.

"Of course not. The respect of mortals is of no use to gods." Melissa said something similar to Melifilia, then sat down on the chair behind the counter and put the wine bottle on the counter. "It's good. Now that you know everything, I don't need to do meaningless role-playing anymore."

Aiden realized that when he walked in, Melissa didn't immediately notice what he knew. It was only when those thoughts were running through her mind that Melissa read about it through mind reading.

In other words, Melissa's mind reading can only read the current thoughts and cannot immediately tap into deep memories.

"Oh, are you analyzing me?" Melissa narrowed her eyes and stared at Aiden, "It seems that our 'chess piece' has begun to turn against the goddess who is eager to help him."

"Don't make it sound like I'm loyal to you. I'm not your believer." Aiden frowned slightly, "And I think you need to look up the dictionary to see what 'enthusiastic' really means."

"You should already know, right? I was the one who summoned you into this world and shared your divinity." Melissa smiled, "No matter how you say it, I should be considered your benefactor."

"This conversation feels like a repeat of last night." Aiden shook his head helplessly and went straight to the topic, "I came today mainly to confirm one thing..."

"'Want to confirm if I intend to assimilate your spirit'?" Melissa simply read Aiden's thoughts before he finished speaking, "How could you think that? No matter how willful I am, I will never It's easy to break precious toys...but I don't guarantee that I won't suddenly want to do this in the future, because it feels quite interesting. 'Sure enough'? You have already guessed the answer. It seems that you are serious. He’s getting to know me better and better.”

"..." Before he could even ask the question, the other party took all the conversation, and Aiden fell silent.

After a while, he finally spoke: "Is your ability to read minds the power of 'wisdom' or the power of 'desire'?"

"Actually, I have both. The power of 'wisdom' can deduce the other person's thoughts, and the power of 'desire' can sense the other party's purpose. I have both powers... Oops!" Melissa suddenly read Aiden idea.

Aiden silently took out the "Wordless Codex" and pen that he carried with him, opened it, crossed out the rule for Kikimora, and then wrote the rule "No direct reading of other people's hearts".

Melissa is the ruler of "desire", and her power to use the authority of "desire" cannot be restricted by the "Wordless Code".

But since the authority of "wisdom" does not belong to her, according to the theory that the strength of authority is only related to the degree to which an individual is close to authority, the "Wordless Code" should be able to restrict her use of the power of "wisdom".

If what she just said is true, although it cannot completely prevent her from reading some of his "purposeful thoughts," at least she will not be able to completely see through all his thoughts.

"After getting the sole authority, I started to make full use of it. It seems that you quite like the gift I 'gave' you." Melissa didn't look angry at all about Aiden's behavior, but instead The sparkling wine placed on the counter was pushed over, "It's time to celebrate. It's rare that I bought this bottle of wine."

"This..." Aiden glanced at the bottle, "couldn't it be the sparkling bar of Griffin Winery?"

"She's very knowledgeable." Melissa said in an understatement.

"I'm not a good shopper, but I know this thing is very expensive." Aiden answered calmly, "Does the gods also like this kind of thing?"

Aiden knows that this kind of wine with the Griffin trademark is a luxury product that only wealthy businessmen or landowners can afford. The prices of the wines produced by this winery are also very different, but this big difference is just The difference between several times his monthly income and more than ten times.

"It's just a whim. After all, I am the ruler of 'desire', and I will not resist pleasure." Melissa said, taking out the wine glass and bottle opener, "We have to open the store today, go and pack up the colored balls. Get up and I'll pour the wine."

"Colorful balls affect business, but drinking won't affect business?" Aiden reached out and pulled off the celebratory colored balls. "To be honest, I don't think there is anything to celebrate."

"But I want to celebrate because my chess piece performed well on the chessboard this time." Melissa opened the wine and poured sparkling wine into two wine glasses. "You don't have to be too rigid. Well, even though everything was arranged by me, you still got the benefits in the end, right? The only thing is power, money, and...fame."

"Fame?"

"After all, it's been in the newspapers, you are a celebrity now." Melissa said in a teasing tone.

She took out today's daily newspaper and spread it out on the counter, showing it to Aiden, but Aiden only saw a report about a recital held by a female star: "Sophie Carter's Dream Night at the Royal Opera House" A perfect ending."

"This front page has nothing to do with me," Aiden said.

He felt that the female star looked familiar. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly felt that he seemed to have seen her often in magazines and newspapers recently.

"Your page is here, so it still has some weight." Melissa pointed to the second page.

Only then did Aiden see the report "Pirate King Neville Drake, who once robbed the prison in the capital of the empire, was defeated in the Rose Iron Prison."

"You are unlucky. Yesterday, a celebrity's solo concert happened to grab your headlines." Melissa smiled.

"I don't want it that much." Aiden shrugged.

"It doesn't matter. Although this pirate is not particularly famous in the inland areas. But in the empire, especially in the northern coastal areas, he is still quite famous. The news of his capture will soon spread there. You are really going to become a celebrity." Melissa picked up the wine glass by herself, "People or forces with a keen sense of smell may be able to see some clues from it."

"Sole authority?" Aiden realized what Melissa said.

"Maybe I won't notice this step, but I think it has something to do with power." Melissa took a sip of wine. "After all, so many things have happened here, and it should have been noticed by many forces a long time ago... To some extent, it can be regarded as a place of right and wrong."