This is Not How You Use a Villainess Sir - This is Not How You Use a Villainess Sir chapter 58

Chapter 58: Sir, That’s Not How You Use a Bad Woman

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Chu Yan lay on the lounge chair, utterly bewildered and at a loss.

It was certain that Josephine had a significant grievance with him, her arrival sudden and her departure abrupt.

Even though the encounter was charmingly ambiguous, she got up and left out of the blue, hurrying off as if she had something urgent to do.

“What’s going on here?”

Chu Yan sighed and decided to take a bath, truly ambushed into disarray.

Just as he entered the bathhouse, Josephine’s figure appeared, her beautiful eyes following the direction he vanished in, then she stepped forward to follow.

Chapter 61: Nun: I Can Be Your Mother

Chu Yan was a vigilant and sharp man.

Ever since the executioner had caught him off guard in the bathhouse, even when relaxing there, he kept a tight string in his nerves.

This time, just as he lay down in the warm pool, his hearing picked up a faint noise.

Pitter-patter~pitter-patter~

It was the sound of a woman’s bare feet stepping in a puddle.

The tender and delicate skin of her jade feet touching the water, squeezing droplets to overflow from beneath the glistening toes, the sound soft and sticky.

As if frolicking in the water.

“Who might this be, it’s not Josephine again, is it?”

Chu Yan also possessed magic to conceal his presence, although not very skillfully, but it was barely usable.

His body slid, submerging into the pool below, then he used magic to contain his aura, his gaze piercing through the rippling surface of the water, observing the direction of the door.

Sure enough, a figure emerged from the direction of the changing room, stepping into the mist-enshrouded bathhouse.

The waves fluttered, the figure blurred, only the silhouette of the body was discernible.

The woman’s silhouette was curvaceous, at first glance strikingly gourd-shaped, with a slender waist above which sat a full and supple tremble, and below, tight and broad hips like honeyed peaches.

After Josephine entered, she glanced around the bathhouse, slightly puzzled.

Where is everyone?

However, Chu Yan’s little tricks ultimately couldn’t escape her discerning eye.

A pair of plump, fair legs dipped into the water, the solemn abbess approached Chu Yan, waiting for the “water ghost” to appear.

Chu Yan, seeing the woman standing right beside him, gave up the pretense and sat up reluctantly, wiping the water from his face.

“What a coincidence, revered abbess, to meet here of all places.”

Josephine had no intention of engaging in noble courtesies, she stated plainly:

“It’s no coincidence, I came specifically to find you, my lord.”

Her overly direct nature sometimes embarrasses others, but Chu Yan rather hoped for straightforwardness at the moment, and Josephine’s attitude suited him just fine.

Chu Yan had been wondering since the terrace what had gotten into Josephine.

“Alright, let’s sit and talk then, I too wish to candidly understand the situation.”

And so, the two sat upright and faced each other in the bath, their postures formal.

The abbess’s two large, snowy mounds of faith bobbed and swayed on the water’s surface, buoyancy a bit too much.

Chu Yan could only pretend not to see.

“This can be seen as the second round of negotiations, before which, I hope you can candidly disclose one thing to me, my lord.”

Second round of negotiations, so serious… Chu Yan had thought the abbess was having an “episode,” he nodded:

“Please speak, if Sister Josephine does not intend to press with arrogance, I don’t mind being frank.”

Josephine’s expression remained unchanged, not displeased by Chu Yan’s evaluative words, she simply asked:

“Can you suppress the power outburst of all types?”

“I cannot, why would you have such expectations of me?”

Chu Yan grew wary, could it be that my affair with Xianuoya was known?

“Then let me rephrase, my lord, you can suppress the power outburst of the tabooed ones, right?”

Being stared at by Josephine’s deep purple beautiful eyes, Chu Yan confirmed that she knew something.

He sighed, a hint of gloom in his voice as if a secret had been uncovered:

“Yes, but I am still exploring this power. As for how far I’ve progressed, I’m not at liberty to disclose.”

“The lord must be curious about how I came to know of this. I can tell you, it was information provided by Elphine.”

“Elphine?” Chu Yan’s mouth twitched slightly.

“I think Elphine probably wants to use me to target the lord, thereby achieving some of her own goals.”

Josephine, with a calm demeanor, revealed the previous events, effectively turning the tables.

She could feel Elphine’s manipulative intent, but often such manipulation had to be accommodated, for lack of a better choice. Like this time, for Theresa’s sake, Josephine had to swallow the bait Elphine offered.

To verify the truth of Chu Yan’s abilities.

But Josephine disliked being used, the feeling of being a puppet on strings. Instead, she sought solutions from Chu Yan himself. Why not negotiate directly with him?

And in the process, perhaps draw Elphine out, using her as bait in dealings with Chu Yan.

“Now we come to the negotiation phase. My demand is to suppress Theresa’s uncontrollable state. As a bargaining chip, I can help you guard against Elphine. The church could even become your ally to some extent.”

“……”

Chu Yan fell into contemplation.

Was Theresa’s status so high? Was she the female pope or something, that by helping her alone, the entire church could become my ally?

Moreover, Josephine spoke of her ally, not the dragonkin’s.

“It seems I do not need such an ally from the church, especially one based on interests.”

“You will need it, even urgently so.”

Chu Yan couldn’t help but laugh. The grand nun’s assertion was too presumptuous. Where would he “urgently” need it?

As if seeing through the thoughts of this dragonkin boy, Josephine further explained:

“You may rely on Verlin, but not necessarily on the current Dragonflame family, just as your trial was forced to this place.”

“Please, continue,” Chu Yan maintained a facade of calm.

“I am, after all, a high-ranking member of the church, and the church is a major force heading to the upper world. We understand the situation of various powers, including a bit of insider information about the dragonkin.

Among the high-ranking officials of many forces, there are quite a few fools. They naively think that advancing to the new world is a matter of course, which leads to a strange trend…”

Hearing this, Chu Yan grew solemn, for he had heard similar words before, from his aunt and Aphrodite.

If this was the first time he was hearing it from Josephine, the grand nun, he would certainly question her exaggeration, her alarmist talk.

But Aunt Nancy and Aphrodite were his allies.

The dignified nun, with a serious face and an even tone, continued:

“Without even seeing the ‘Gatekeeper,’ these high-ranking officials are already thinking about how to divide the spoils in the new world, even to the point of reducing the number of people to share with. They want to kick out those who do not align with them.

If the information is correct, there are already voices within the Dragonflame family who do not wish for Verlin’s successful return.”

This was the classic case of “too few cooks when cooking, too many when it’s time to pay.”

The intelligence was clear: if Chu Yan chose not to seize the initiative, he could only await the inevitable failure of Wei Lin’s return. But if Chu Yan wished to take control, he needed new allies to bolster his strength.

Not everyone in the Longyan family stood against him; there were those who chose to remain neutral and watchful, and others who sought to resolve conflicts through negotiation.

But the problem with negotiation was that it equaled delay, and delay meant handing over choices to others, making oneself the recipient of consequences.

As Chu Yan pondered deeply, Josephine observed him closely.

Despite having been outwitted by him before, this only proved his capability.

This young dragonkin, exiled to the wastelands, held immense potential in the eyes of the seasoned nun, like a treasure trove.

His abilities were unquestionable; the rejuvenated city of Elysium was his testament, and his unique approach to studying uncontrolled powers was unparalleled.

Crucially, his current status among the dragonkin, so undervalued by his tribe, presented her with an opportunity to sway Chu Yan to her side.

Even within the church, Josephine was known for her aloofness.

Now, sensing that Chu Yan had organized his thoughts, Josephine’s voluptuous figure gradually moved closer to him.

With each step, she tested whether resistance and wariness still lingered in his heart.

Then, she embraced his head in her ample bosom.

Her expression was one of ascetic solemnity, but her embrace was warm and fragrant with tenderness.

“While your mother Wei Lin is away, the church can offer you the help you need, shielding you from the invisible malice of your family and Aifalin.

The church has aided many children lacking parental care, with children acting as their ‘Mother’.

Until Wei Lin’s successful return, I can be that helping ‘Mother’ to you!

So, can you reveal your secrets to ‘Mother’?”

Author’s note: ‘mothersister’ indeed means ‘nun’, nothing more.

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Chu Yan’s mind raced, overheating under the smothering face cream, making it difficult to think calmly.