Arknights, but the sickly pretty girl starts

Enthiotis smiled. His goal had been achieved. This trial, originally intended to target the Shivaash family, had suddenly become a power transfer ceremony. Latatos had once told Actor that Enthiotis was someone who would drag his opponents into the abyss, even at the cost of his own life. She was right. Before falling into the abyss, he would not only pull others with him, but also use them as stepping stones.

This is his style——

What's more, no one knows his sister's character better than him.

She will not be partial to herself or any family, and when she holds power, she will not do any harm to Shivaaishi.

Moreover, it will take some time to transfer power, and this period of time is the golden time for Enthiotis to take action.

Enya, knowing her brother had his own agenda, felt a certain resentment, but she couldn't voice it, at least not now. After all, the situation had stabilized, and she couldn't threaten to disrupt it. Even if she didn't want to cooperate with Enthiotis, she couldn't compromise Kjerag's interests. The three families must maintain stability—it was the foundation of Kjerag's prosperity.

And there are other things to do right now...

Grand ceremony.

"...Wait." Just as everyone was about to leave, Axis suddenly realized what was going on. Wasn't he here to interrogate Shivaash? How had he let him get away with it? Something was wrong. He immediately stopped Enthiotis as he was about to leave and demanded, "Don't try to get away with this. Enthiotis, how will the valley and the mining area be managed over the next few days? Nosis used to be in charge of this area, but you removed him from his position. Who will oversee the handover?"

"Don't worry about me, Aktos. I've invited an expert from Shelag," Enthiotis said with a smile. "This expert will conduct an on-site survey of the valley and the mining area, and will personally undertake the construction and management of various facilities within the Shivaash territory. I believe in her abilities; her talent may surpass mine tenfold, like a firefly compared to the bright moon. I will also entrust the supervision of these two areas to this person."

"Stop talking nonsense! I don't know who you invited or what you're planning, but this distinguished guest you're talking about must stay within my sight!"

"...This is my distinguished guest, Actos." Enthyodis's face darkened and he warned seriously.

"It's because he's your guest. I haven't forgotten what you did before. You blamed everything on Nothis, and are you innocent? Besides, how many Nothis are among your men? Your people want to be in charge of the transfer of land. Fine, then let that guest show a rough man like me how to do it." Aktos snorted coldly, "As long as this guest does his job well, he will not only be a guest of yours, Enthiodis, but also of mine, Aktos. I promise to treat him well."

"..." Enthiotis stared at Axtos, his eyes flashing dangerously. But this gaze clearly didn't faze Axtos. Instead, he taunted him, as if he had something on Enthiotis's side.

"Why? You don't seem to have much confidence in your distinguished guest?"

"...No, it's not that I don't have confidence in my distinguished guest. I'm talking to you...Aktos, please believe my sincerity. This guest is no docile beast of burden. He won't be easily entertained."

"Haha... I'm even more interested. How big of a guest is yours? There's no guest we can't entertain in the Perlochi family," the tall man sneered. "I'd like to see if your so-called guest is as stubborn as you."

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"..." At this moment, Noah, who had just finished his meal and was strolling on the street in a wheelchair pushed by Kuro, suddenly shuddered all over, feeling as if he was being targeted by some unscrupulous profiteer. The bone-chilling chill came and went quickly, causing Noah to begin to doubt whether he was being targeted so soon.

But compared to Noah, Ya'er beside her had an even brighter smile. She calculated the time and said to Noah, "The meeting is almost over. Perhaps Master Enchiodis does need your help with something."

"...Then he can come to me. I'll help him if I can." Noah shrugged. "I'm just worried he won't come to me—or... huh?"

Before Noah finished her words, her little black ears twitched. She heard a group of people approaching her rapidly, and there was a hint of hostility. Although a little slower than Noah, Kuro also realized this and immediately put his hand on the hilt of the sword.

"Oh my..." Ya'er shook her head, seeming to be very clear about the identity of the visitor, but she didn't say much. She just reminded, "He has a bad temper, but he's not a bad person. I hope you can get along well."

"...Ms. Yaer, I feel like this group of people wants to take me away?"

"Perhaps you are right."

"Excuse me, Miss Noah Kyrielet. I have been ordered to take you back to the Perlochi family as a guest." The visitor was a tall man with his left eye wrapped in a red bandage. Even in such a cold place, he was only wearing a vest and a fur cloak. He spoke after seeing Noah.

"...Can I say a few words?" Noya did sense hostility, but Ya'er's words gave her a few more suspicions. So she grabbed Kuro, who was about to attack, and said, "Are you inviting me to be your guest, or are you forcing me to be your guest?"

"...Of course you are welcome."

"Is that so? That's good." Noah breathed a sigh of relief. There should still be room for a turnaround. "Can I take Kuro and my guard with me? As you can see, I have difficulty moving."

"...Okay." Guluo frowned as he looked at Noya's wheelchair and his dull eyes. He hadn't expected him to be a disabled person. Bringing so many people with him was a bit... but since he was disabled, it would be easier to control him. So he nodded, "But I need to confiscate your guards' weapons. Please forgive me."

"... Kuro, is this okay?" Noah didn't agree directly, but asked Kuro's opinion. Kuro stared at the group of people for a while, then said, "Okay."

"Then please help me collect Kuro's weapons. These weapons are specially made and quite expensive. I hope you can return them to us when the time comes." Noah nodded. Since Kuro felt that it was okay to go empty-handed, the situation was clear.

Even if all of this group of people were added together, they probably wouldn't be a match for Kuro with all his might.

This is why Noya asked Kuro if he could put down his weapon.

Chapter 9: Meeting

To be honest, the Perlochi family hadn't treated Noah badly, having been forcibly invited here. On the contrary, the room and facilities they'd prepared for Noah were no less than those provided by the Shivaash family. However, the security here was clearly stricter. Noah himself had discovered six secret sentries through listening, and some were guards who were clearly trying to restrict Noah's movements. The treatment was adequate, but clearly not friendly...

It felt like I was being kept in a zoo as some rare animal, but the managers outside the zoo seemed to be worried that their sharp teeth and claws would hurt the other animal.

This kind of treatment made Noah very curious about how Enthiotis would describe him in the meeting... Did he say that he had three heads and six arms, or that he could breathe fire?

In reality, this wasn't entirely Ensiodis's fault. When Actor, the leader of the Perlochi family, investigated Noya's background, he was shocked to discover that he was a fugitive in Casimir and a despicable man who had framed the descendants of a former war hero. Unaware of the truth, he naturally had no good feelings towards Noya. After all, if you were asked to trust someone whose credit list was in another country, you wouldn't be so sure, would you?

The Perlochi family was a straightforward bunch, known for their boldness in love and hate. Naturally, they had no good temper towards someone who framed the descendants of a war hero. Even in Kjerag, they had heard about the Linguang family through various reports entering Kjerag through the Kalan Trade port, and knew they were a respectable family.

That makes Noah Kyrielight's behavior even more...unpleasant.

Well, this is still a more euphemistic way of saying it. If it were according to Actor's own thoughts, if he had not just promised the Shiva Ash family to take good care of Noah, he would have gone to confront Noah right now.

Either she had to explain what she had done before, or the scene was buried in the snow by the Perlochi family.

However, Actos still found some time and came to Noah's residence. He felt that he had to at least meet this guy and see how much he was worth.

As soon as he arrived, he noticed something was amiss. The room was incredibly quiet. It was so quiet it was almost eerie. If the guards and sentries hadn't confirmed that Noah Kyrielight was under constant surveillance, Axtos would have thought she'd already slipped away. Entering the room, Axtos waved his hand and told the two guards guarding the door to go back and rest. With him here, even if Noah had three heads and six arms, she wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

Walking into the inner room, Actor soon saw Noah reading a book.

Of course, not with her eyes, but with her hands - she brought a lot of books written in Braille to relieve her boredom.

Before Axtos arrived, she had already read three books. While she could use the audiobook function, she felt she still needed to give her ears a rest occasionally. So she deliberately took off her headphones. It was a beautiful day, and the sun shone through the window. Noa sat by the Originium stove, her eyes lowered, looking lazy, as if she had fallen asleep. If she hadn't smiled from time to time, Axtos would have thought she had really fallen asleep.

Axtos didn't interrupt him directly, but waited patiently for him to finish reading the page. Then Noya put the bookmark in, closed the book, raised his head, and asked with his ears twitching, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Axtos, the head of the Perlochi family?"

"...You knew I was coming?" Actos did not inform Noah before coming. It was a surprise inspection, but Noah guessed his identity.

"More or less. Even if he didn't plan to meet me, he would at least come and take a look," Noya replied with a smile. "Thank you for preparing a fully equipped room for me, especially this little Originium stove. It's really helpful. No matter how thickly I dress in Kjerag, I still feel a little cold."

"This is basic hospitality." Aatrox felt that the girl in front of him seemed quite different from the sinner he had heard of... At first glance, this girl was just a weak and literary girl, and she was also a disabled person.

No matter what, people will always involuntarily classify the disabled as the disadvantaged party. Even if there is some prejudice at the beginning, it is impossible for Actos to do anything for the disabled now, and even his tone has become a little gentler.

"Do you know why I called you here?" Actos asked straight to the point. For the people of the Perlochi family, those roundabout ways were useless, so he simply started to question them.

"I don't know. Could you please enlighten me, Mr. Actor?" Noah smiled and shook his head. "I'm all ears."

"Hmph, that guy Enthiotis wants you to replace Nothis, but I don't trust his people, so I want to keep an eye on you." Actos stated his thoughts directly. "If you want to grudge, go find Enthiotis. I have no interest in bullying disabled people."

"...I'm just here for a trip. You've got the wrong person." Noya twitched her lips. While she knew Enthiotis had his own agenda, she was personally...here to travel and recuperate, and to heal the aftereffects of the emotion manipulation spell she'd cast in Casimir. According to her teacher, if this spell contained too many people's emotions, it could easily damage one's own mental state.

In other words - there will be some mental weakness, which will last for a long time and require rest to recover.

The manifestations are that Noah can't sleep at night, occasionally makes mistakes when casting spells, and gets tired easily, which are more subtle symptoms.

But at least it didn't cause any particularly serious damage. After all, his teacher, the Witch King, had said that if there was even the slightest mistake, Noah might even be turned into a vegetable.

This time it was lucky, if there was a next time... Noah would most likely die from his own spell.

"Still pretending!" Guluo, standing by, finally couldn't help but say, "You've been reading that wordless heavenly book in your room all day! Are you trying to contact Enchiodis in some way?!"

"...These books are written in Braille, so you read them by touch," Noya explained helplessly. "Besides, I'm under your surveillance now. How can I contact Enthiotis? Telepathy?"

"...Oh! There's another way! Master! How can we defend against telepathy?"

"...Shut up!" Actos couldn't bear to watch any longer. "Ms. Noa, no matter what you say, you are an honored guest invited by Enthiotis under these circumstances. Even if you truly know nothing, you are still considered Enthiotis's person. So, at least before the ceremony—you must stay here and not leave."

Chapter 10: Consistency

After this announcement, Actor's seriousness almost ended here. Yelling at a disabled person was contrary to his way of dealing with people.

"As long as you don't do anything, we won't do anything to you. Wallace, tell her what she needs to do to live here, and about her job."

The woman named Vales is Actos' confidante and his think tank. She is one of the few people in the Perlochi family who has some brains. He usually trusts her very much, so it is not surprising that he gave the task of explanation to Vales at this time.

"Master Ensiotis decided to transfer the valley and mining area to Manzhuyuan. Previously, the person in charge of coordinating the mines and factories was his subordinate, Nosis," Wallace explained. "Now that Nosis has been dismissed, the position of coordinating the mines and factories has been vacant. According to Master Ensiotis, your replacement is you."

"...Oh." Noya nodded. Handing over his own territory to Manzhuyuan? That didn't seem like something Boss Yin would do. Wasn't he always willing to sacrifice something for a profit? Or was it just a delaying tactic? Noya speculated on Enthiodis's intentions. It looked like he was being used as a scapegoat to distract the Perlochi family. Handing over his own property to Manzhuyuan... If Noya remembered correctly, Manzhuyuan was the religious leader of the Snow Region, a group that held the ultimate authority over the gods. Such a feudal and conservative group wouldn't be able to operate a factory, right?

Although I'm just here for tourism, if it's just this little thing...

The work Noah had handled in Casimir before was much more difficult than these things, the only problem was.

"Excuse me, how do you intend for me to handle these tasks?"

"Of course, through documents..." Wallace frowned and replied naturally, "We need to monitor your behavior to prevent you from doing anything that might endanger your personal safety."

"No, I understand, but... as you can see, it might be a bit troublesome if I have to process it through documents." Noya pointed to her eyes, which finally made Wallace react. She thought for a moment and then came up with a solution. "Then... I can assist you, including reading the contents of the document for you. What do you think?"

"Okay, that's it." Although Noah's headphones also have recognition and scanning functions, it is still good to have someone to assist. Kuro... Although he is not looking down on her, but everyone has their own expertise.

"...Are you sure?" After saying this, not to mention Wallis, even Actor felt a little confused. Letting Wallis read the content, wouldn't this block the only possible place for him to make some small moves?

Although they originally planned to conduct a second review of all documents, the other party was more direct and even acted very sincere.

"Of course, I can't handle so many documents by myself." Noah nodded as a matter of course. "If Miss Wallace is unable to do it, it's fine if you arrange for someone else to do it. They just need to help me organize the documents and read aloud."

"...Then let me do it, Master Actor." Wallace stared at Noya for a long time, and finally said, "I am confident that I can become Miss Noya's eyes."

"...as long as you don't mind." Although Actor was surprised by Noya's honesty, he decided to let Vales infiltrate the inner circle. He always trusted his subordinates, and Vales's judgment was his. If Vales couldn't see it, then he would be even less able to see it. "Very good, I appreciate your honesty, and I hope we can get along well."

"Of course. Oh, by the way, Mr. Actor..." Noah said with a smile, "After all, I'm here for tourism. Even if I have to be monitored, can you give me some time to go out for a stroll?"

"No." Actor refused without hesitation. "Right now, you only need to take care of the affairs of the valley and the factory here. There's no need to wander around."

"That's such a pity..." Noah felt it was a pity sincerely. She finally had a vacation, but ended up having to work. Although she knew that this was probably planned by her partner Enthiotis, but... after all, she was still very interested in Shelag. She also wanted Kuro to climb a snowy mountain with her, and Enthia was coming back too, and she wanted to meet him.

Now... I guess I'm going to go to jail again.

"Okay, Wallace, I leave this to you." Actos didn't waste any more words and asked his confidant to handle the next matters. He then got up and left.

But after this meeting... he felt that this person named Noah Kyrielight was completely different from the rumors, and he didn't look like someone who would frame others.

Could it be that... the news I saw was too outdated?

Actos left, but Valais stayed. She cautiously glanced at Kuro who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, and her eyes fell on her mask, but she was tactful enough not to ask any more questions.

She had a feeling... that this woman was the one who held the dominant position in this room.

That’s right, although this place has been surrounded by the Perlochi family, the dominant power is still in the hands of this woman.

Compared to Actos, she was not so naive. She felt that Noah was still pretending... As a pawn of Enthiotis, the other party must be no simple person. Now pretending to be so harmless was just an acting.

It was an intuition. She felt that the girl in front of her was not that simple - at least not as simple as she looked.

Disability had nothing to do with a person's abilities. If the woman before him could stir up such a stir in Casimir, she might be able to do the same in Kjerag.

"Ms. Noah, please forgive me for being so blunt, but you are truly too arrogant," Wallace said. "How can you be so sure that I won't report false information to you and use it to threaten the Shivaash family?"

"I believe you." Noah faced Wallace's direct question with a smile on his face, "Because I have the confidence and the ability to believe that you won't deceive me."

"Ok?"

"I'll keep the details confidential, but if you're planning to use this kind of trick to frame me, I can only remind you to think twice." Noya shrugged. She wasn't really worried about them giving her the wrong information. No one could lie to her—except the Doctor and Miss Ya'er, and perhaps Amiya. Her abilities had already lost their effectiveness in front of these three people.

Moreover, she didn't think the other party would do such a despicable thing.

After all, although she had only been there for a short time, she had already figured out the characteristics of this family.

Be consistent in your words and deeds.

Chapter 11: If I Have Never Seen the Light

"What! Sister Noya was locked up by the Perlochi family! What is that bastard brother doing?!"

Compared to Noya's composure, a certain young lady, who had just returned to the Snow Region, was beside herself. Her excitement shifted from joy at first, upon hearing from the housekeeper that Miss Noya had also come to Kjerag, to shock at hearing that the Perlochi family had taken Noya away. Finally, she was furious when she learned that it was her bastard brother who had orchestrated this. She immediately grabbed the chains and prepared to torture him. What the hell was going on?

However, her action was stopped by the doctor beside her, "Enchiodis probably has his own plans, don't worry. Noa is my operator, I will naturally protect her."

The Doctor did not stop Enshia for no reason. When they were in Casimir, the Doctor had given Noah a way out - she could have followed him out of Casimir, but she refused and instead devoted herself to finding a way out for Casimir.

Fortunately, she still found a way out for herself, but what she didn't expect was that after leaving Casimir and coming to Kjerag, she was targeted again.

It’s just that this time, the three major families in the Snow Region are targeting her.

The doctor couldn't help but wonder if Noah was a troublemaker. He would get into trouble wherever he went. He really couldn't just let bad luck get to him.

"...That's what the doctor said." Enshia still trusted the doctor. With the doctor's intervention, she gave up her plan to confront her jerk brother directly. However, she still felt it wasn't a good idea to let Noah stay at the Perlochi residence, so she decided to go see Noah. So? Prison visits were still not allowed?

Seeing Enshia and Weiss leaving, the doctor couldn't help but shook her head. She still had to meet Enshiodis today to ask about his plans.

As an old partner of Enthyodis, the doctor understood his ally's thoughts very well. Since he made such a decision, he must have his reasons.

"Sharp, you should rest here for a while. We might have some troubles to deal with this time... Oh, and Operator Aurora, please inform her that her vacation is over, although I'm sorry."

"Yes." Sharp, the elite Rhodes Island operator in tactical gear, nodded. "Doctor, I shouldn't say anything... but..."

"Sharp, we have to observe the situation before taking any action. Even if you rescued Miss Noah by yourself, we still need to consider the subsequent impact. It's not possible to conquer the world with just one person's force." The doctor reminded. Although as one of the few elite operators in Rhodes Island, Sharp is indeed confident that he can rescue Noah by himself, but now the doctor is not only considering Noah, but also the complex relationship between the three major families in the Snow Region.

After all, Rhodes Island is still an external force and cannot act rashly now.