Water and Fire Twins Magician

This answer really surprised Paul and Gandalf.

They had prepared for the worst and were ready to fight the mysterious Mestre to the death in this snow cave. Because the identity of Jacques as the inheritor of the Skyfire was a great secret, and only Paul, Gandalf and Richard the Lionheart knew it. Moreover, they had signed a soul contract, which only allowed Jacques to voluntarily choose to join any party, and they were not allowed to kill each other before that.

Now Mester has become the fourth person who knows Jacques' identity, and he is not bound by the soul contract. In other words, as long as he has the ability and the idea, he can kill any opponent who competes for Jacques, and even take coercive measures against Jacques.

But now it seems that Meester has no intention of doing so.

"You mean, even if Lord Jacques joins either of us in the future, you don't care?" Paul asked suspiciously, "Or are you absolutely sure that no matter what means we use, you can win Jacques over?"

Meester was about to explain, but Jacques spoke first: "Hey, hey, hey, what are you three talking about? What do you mean by take care of me? What do you mean by fight for me? When did I ever say I wanted you to take care of me? When did I become a puppet at your mercy? Explain yourself clearly!"

Jacques was very unhappy. These people were talking about him on their own, as if they were discussing the ownership of an object. They simply didn't treat him as a human being. He had to curse them.

As expected, when he got angry, Paul and Gandalf immediately became humble and explained that it was just a misunderstanding. But this explanation obviously treated Jacques as a fool.

Jacques saw this and confirmed an important fact: although the old man and the fat man had never harmed him and had even given him many benefits and had experienced a lot together, they were just out of their selfish desire to recruit him and use him. On the contrary, Maister, who he had always kept a distance from, had always respected him and had not shown any intention of controlling him for the time being. But this could not guarantee anything.

Jacques has lived two lives, so how many such mercenary and snobbish people has he seen?

At the moment, these three people are still cautious about their attitude towards him and have to act according to his mood. Jacques must of course hold the initiative firmly in his own hands instead of becoming their puppet.

"Let me make it clear, who is the boss? Who has the final say?" Jacques pointed at Paul's nose and said bluntly.

"Of course it's Master Jacques." The shameless Paul turned into a docile little lamb: "Humble Paul only wants to serve Master and devote himself to achieving Master's hegemony."

"Who said I need you to serve me? I will naturally look for you when I need to use you, and I will throw you as far away as possible after I have used you! Don't try to control me!" Jacques said in a somewhat stiff tone. He was really not used to being such a bad guy, but he had to do it.

Paul was very experienced and could of course hear the unnaturalness in Jacques' tone. He also knew that Jacques wanted to reverse his long passive situation, so he followed Jacques's instructions and accepted them all, like a helpless insect.

"Don't even think about bribing me with money, property, power or beauties. Don't send your believers and confidants to monitor me. If I find out that you are trying to brainwash me, I will immediately join the Laputa Mercenaries!" Jacques said angrily.

"It's unfair, I really didn't do that..." Paul defended himself tearfully.

"Shut up! If you explain one more word, I will be irreconcilable with your Church of Light!"

"Yes Yes……"

"And you!" Jacques said to Gandalf in the black mirror, "Don't think that I have feelings for you just because I have been with you for a long time. Don't think you can control me subtly! Don't tell me the thousandth and hundreds of reasons to join the Laputa Mercenaries! I am so annoyed! If you say another word, I will join the Church of Light!"

Gandalf quickly covered his mouth, curled his eyes and nodded repeatedly, indicating that he fully understood.

After losing his temper, Jacques felt very tired, not physically, but mentally, more like mental exhaustion.

It was not his character to scold Paul and Gandalf. Inheriting the character of his previous life, he was actually a good-natured man who was indecisive, afraid of offending others, and dared not fight for his own interests, and even often suffered losses. Now he realized that he must correct his shortcomings in his character, otherwise he would repeat the same mistakes in this rare second life.

Jacques looked at Maistre.

He knew that he suddenly lost his temper just now because he had a sense of resistance and crisis towards something deep in his heart. He knew that this matter was related to Mest, the prison of Nania where he was now, and someone imprisoned there.

"Mestre," Jacques said coldly.

"Yes, sir." Meister responded respectfully.

"Tell me, what is your purpose for suddenly appearing in front of me?" Jacques asked. "Even if I happen to help you dissolve the absolute barrier of the goddess Narnia, you don't need to let me know. You just need to continue doing your work. We don't even know of your existence and we won't interfere with you at all."

"Master Jacques, it's too polite for you to say that." Meister smiled and said, "I came here to help you."

"I didn't ask for anyone's help." Jacques snorted.

"Master, please don't worry. Just listen to me." Meister said respectfully, "I know that one of your friends is ill. Is it because of the cold?"

"So what?" Jacques' voice was cold and firm.

"I can teach you how to refine the cold air. This can greatly shorten the treatment time and reduce damage to the body. I can demonstrate it to you first, but you need to move a little. Don't worry, it won't be far." Meister said, staring at Jacques with sharp eyes.

It turned out that Meister came in through the small cave where the frozen martens kept running out.

"I would like to invite Mr. Paul to come along, is that okay?" Meister asked Jacques.

Jacques looked at the grinning Paul and shrugged, "Whatever."

"Thank you, Master Jacques!" Paul followed happily.

After his outburst, Jacques' status among these smart guys immediately changed, and even a simple action had to be approved by Jacques.

Although Jacques knew that their current attitude was like appeasing a child who was having a tantrum, he also knew that authority was not something that could be established overnight. Anyway, this was just a beginning, and the situation would gradually deepen in the future.