The fact that Ya Xiao became the butler representative was not a surprise in the eyes of the butlers of the bases.
The Eighth Base, which had always supported Bolton, had voted for Ya Xiao. With the votes of the Sixth Base and the Fifth Base, Ya Xiao becoming the butler representative was almost a landslide victory.
"Ya Xiao, let me hand over the task of butler representative to you."
Bolton's face was a little stiff, but he still maintained the elegant posture of an excellent butler. Looking at Ya Xiao who stepped down from the stage, he spoke out, "This is your first time to become a butler representative, so there are many things that must be clarified in advance."
"Okay."
Ya Xiao had just sent Qin Qi the matter of him becoming a butler representative. Hearing these words, he curved his eyes and walked directly to Bolton's side.
Seeing that Ya Xiao did not show an expression of complacency and arrogance towards him for becoming the butler representative, Bolton's face eased a lot. Fortunately, the one who had become the butler representative was Ya Xiao.
If it were Yan Chi, he would have absolutely vomited to death.
"Becoming a butler representative means that you are no longer a single person, but a butler representing the four bases along the border." Bolton paused for a moment and continued:
"At the spring meeting in two months, you will need to represent us butlers to negotiate with the Butler Association to recruit as many butlers as possible to serve the border bases."
"The number of border taboo people is increasing year by year. If we can't replenish the butlers in time, it will be very unfavorable to the future development of the border bases."
Ya Xiao nodded.
He knew how important the presence of butlers was to the taboo.
Bolton was about to continue saying something, when Yan Chi, the butler of the Fifth Base marshal next to him, curled his lips and looked at him sneeringly:
"You also know that the butlers are so important to the border bases. Then, when you were the representative, how come there were fewer and fewer new butlers every year, and now you still have the face to put pressure on Ya Xiao?"
Bolton reddened at his words and questioned in displeasure, "What do you know? If only things were as simple as you think."
Yan Chi snorted at his words.
As Ya Xiao watched the two butlers go at each other's throats, his tail wagged behind him for a moment before he curiously asked, "Then what is the reason why there are fewer and fewer butlers in our border bases?"
Bolton and Yan Chi, who were originally fighting, looked at each other, both looking a little bad.
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As the conversation came to an end, the butlers of the various bases were either bickering or chatting, and the atmosphere in the meeting hall was quite cordial.
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Ya Xiao looked at Gabe, who had spoken.
Like his employer, Lu Chuanxi, who looked like an intellectual immersed in research, Gabe explained, "The four border bases surround the inner three bases in a circular shape."
While speaking, Gabe opened a simple version of the map on his optical brain and gestured for Ya Xiao to look over.
The three bases in the inner circle were known as the second-tier bases.
"The central city is located in the center of the second-tier bases and is firmly guarded by the second-tier bases."
"Among the currently existing human bases, the border bases are the first line of defense to block the insects, and the danger level is also the highest."
"You're a graduate of the central city's Butler Academy, so you should know how attractive the central city is to an ordinary person."
It was the safest and most prosperous place for humans.
Even for those of them who had worked at the border bases for a long time as butlers, there were quite a number of them who wanted to leave this place and return to the central city.
"Of the butlers who have come to the border bases through negotiation at the moment, apart from being born in the border bases themselves, most of them are qualified orphans adopted by the Butler Academy. Many butlers who are not orphans choose to work in the second-tier bases or stay in the central city."
"Over the past few years, there are more and more rich people in the second-tier bases and the central city, and the demand for butlers has become greater. Even if our representatives try to communicate with the Butler Association to fight for it, we can't change the status quo that the bases' butlers are decreasing year by year."
Gabe said, glancing at Bolton and Yan Chi.
"Although Bolton didn't have any outstanding achievements as a representative, it's not like he didn't try his best. Now that you've become a representative, Ya Xiao, you shouldn't have too much psychological pressure either. Just do your best."
Hearing Gabe's comment, Yan Chi unusually did not retort. Bolton would like to speak up for himself, but it was an indisputable fact that he did not have the upper hand the first few times he communicated with the association.
Ya Xiao thought back to the plot of the original book.
After the destruction of the Seventh Base, the protagonist, Wei Shi, and his friends kept moving through the second-tier bases and the central city, searching for clues to the destruction of their hometown.
By the second half of the plot, the main group of protagonists living in the central city could indeed see quite a few ordinary people with butlers following them around.
Considering this, even in a few years, the situation of decreasing numbers of butlers in the border bases was unlikely to change significantly unless there was a sudden surge in the number of butlers.
But this was impossible to think about. Not to mention the fact that the profession of butler required spiritual power, the mere fact that the Butler Academy was only allowed to be opened in the central city under the jurisdiction of the association made it clear that the number of butlers was unlikely to expand rapidly.
Ya Xiao nodded to the few butlers in front of him and said seriously, "I will work hard to be a good butler representative."
Only by being a good butler representative could he guard against those undercover butlers and better protect the villains.
This meant that he would need to communicate with the association as much as possible when the time came to get as many butler spots as possible to come and serve the border bases. The tip of Ya Xiao's tail behind him gave a small wiggle.
The three butlers looked at the dark-haired young man with such a solemn attitude and were relieved, while Yan Chi added, "Don't worry, we'll also be there for the spring meeting when the time comes. Every day, when the representative meeting is over, you can talk to us about anything you come across."
Saying so, Yan Chi said meaningfully, "Don't be like others who clearly don't know what to do, but for the sake of face, are unwilling to discuss with us."
Bolton, who had been alluded to, forced a smile on his face and turned to say, "Ya Xiao, the meeting will soon be over. Do you have any arrangements for the next few days?"
"No. Oh, it should just be taking care of my employer." Ya Xiao recalled his schedule for the latter days and asked, "Is there something going on?"
"Well, the border meeting will be over in four days. On the last day, the four marshals will have a small gathering together privately, so if you don't have any other plans during the days when the marshals are meeting, you can work with the three of us to set up the venue for the gathering."
Bolton politely said, "You should know Marshal Qin's preferences better than we do."
Setting up...a party?
Ya Xiao's eyes instantly brightened considerably when he heard these words. The tip of his tail hidden within his pants flicked twice in small circles as he said in an excited tone, "Alright, when do we start? I'm very good at this. I'm the one who set up and took care of the marshal's villa."
Yan Chi was a little surprised to hear this. Their marshal and Marshal Qin were very close, so Yan Chi also knew that Marshal Qin had many rules, which naturally included not allowing the butler to mess around with the room's arrangement.
It seemed that the way Ya Xiao had arranged the place was indeed very much to Marshal Qin's liking.
"The marshals have to go to a meeting tomorrow, so when they do, we can meet to discuss the venue arrangement for the small gathering." Yan Chi squeezed his wrist while saying, "We're all busy the rest of the time aren't we?"
Yesterday alone, he had spent the night folding paper cranes with the marshal.
Although Bolton couldn't get along with Yan Chi, he didn't raise a negative opinion at this time just like Gabe beside him.
"Okay."
Ya Xiao's response was positive.
Decorating a room was his favorite and most skilled thing in this world. Although the marshals' private little gathering shouldn't be decorated with anything in particular, it didn't stop Ya Xiao's heart from looking forward to it.
Emily drove the open-topped hovercar with one hand. Noticing that Ya Xiao beside her seemed to be in a good mood, she only thought that it was because he had gained the position of butler representative. She glanced at Ya Xiao with a somewhat unnatural expression.
"Cong...congratulations."
Realizing that her speech was actually a bit jerky, Emily wished she could shoot herself in the head.
Ya Xiao was sitting in the co-pilot and was asking Fourth Uncle if there were any new products in the mall. After hearing this at first, he was still a bit confused, and then immediately reacted, curving his eyes happily and saying, "Thank you."
Emily didn't say anything and just drove the hover car to the maximum. The silver-colored hovercar was like a lightning bolt in the clear sky. In the blink of an eye, it returned to the parking place.
"As instructed by the marshal, when we return to the Sixth Base, I will teach you some simple fighting techniques."
Emily pursed her lips, "Since the meeting is all over, you should exercise when you have time in these few days, lest you won't be able to keep up with your stamina when the time comes."
The marshal wanted to let Ya Xiao have some self-protection ability. Emily would naturally try her best to teach Ya Xiao, but the skinny butler shouldn't be able to accept high-intensity training, so she could only take it step by step.
"Okay."
Ya Xiao obediently nodded his head, looking forward to the fighting technique the villain was talking about.
[Fourth Uncle, the fighting skills must be very impressive, right?]
[Uh, yeah, very impressive.]
The system looked at the pure light in the host's blue eyes and did not deny it.
In fact, it didn't take a brain to realize that Emily was so much weaker than the host that being able to have Emily teach him fighting techniques wouldn't be strong enough.
But Ya Xiao was very happy.
The system knew that Ya Xiao was so excited simply because the villain was willing to teach Ya Xiao the way to become stronger.
In the demon world, only the elders who were connected by blood would be willing to teach the little demons how to become strong.
Because of this, the system that had once helped Ya Xiao become stronger was called Fourth Uncle for four hundred years.
The system was Ya Xiao's first "elder" even though it had no life and was just a string of data that had already retired and aged.
The system recalled the past encounters, looked at the carefree and energetic host, and felt a sourness inside.
Its poor host, from a young age, had been eyed by other demons as reserve food, alone, crawling and surviving in the demon world. Just as he was about to sprint to become a big demon to live a good life, he was then swept into this damn place....