[Sheng Cheng: Okay, see you tomorrow.]
When Ya Xiao received this message, he was chatting with a few others in the lounge of the airship.
Mist was beside him when he saw Ya Xiao sending a message with his head down and asked curiously, "Who are you talking to?"
"Sheng Cheng."
Ya Xiao turned off his optical brain and said, "I just sent a task to his email. I'm telling him about it so that he doesn't miss the message."
Knowing it was a work matter, Mist didn't ask too many questions. Ya Xiao had always handled himself well in this regard.
"Is the marshal still reading?"
"No." Ya Xiao shook his head, "The marshal is resting now."
After the small gathering, they boarded the airship and prepared to go back to the Sixth Base. At that time, Ya Xiao realized that Qin Qi was looking vaguely tired, and when the airship left the Fifth Base, he went straight to take a rest.
It was now nine o'clock in the evening. Ya Xiao looked at the time, the villain should have been asleep by now.
To be honest, if the villain didn't want to sleep, Ya Xiao should be by his side absorbing demon value at this time, instead of being bored and running out to chat with the two adjutants in the lounge.
"The border meeting has been really busy these days. It's normal for the marshal to take an early rest."
Mist thought of the assassination encountered in the Fifth Base, and his eyes darkened for a moment under his gold-framed glasses, "Ya Xiao, please pay more attention to the marshal's mood during this period of time. Apart from being able to assist the marshal in his work, the rest are a bit out of reach for the rest of us."
"This is my responsibility."
Ya Xiao's blue eyes slightly curved up. There was no need for Mist to say more. He would always keep an eye on the villain.
Mist smiled at his words, "Ya Xiao, you are really very good. If we had known each other earlier, we would have definitely signed the agreement the year you graduated."
Soren, who was still wearing a gas mask to cover the lower half of his face in the lounge, nodded approvingly.
Ya Xiao watched Mist's expression and then looked at Soren next to him. Both adjutants were loyal to the villain.
He stood up and refilled a cup of hot water for himself and Mist, and thoughtfully handed Soren a drinking spray, "It's not too late to get acquainted. We have a long time together."
Ya Xiao wouldn't leave this world until he grew wings.
Mist nodded as he lifted his glass and curved the corner of his mouth. On the side, Soren looked down and away at the drinking spray that was sitting on the table.
"Mist, how many years have you and the marshal knew each other?" Ya Xiao was a little curious. These were things that weren't in the plot.
"Almost ten years."
Mist said as he poked Soren with his elbow to bring him back to his senses, "We've both been the marshal's adjutants since he was a lieutenant general."
"Well, time flies."
Soren had been lost in thought. When his brother poked him, he moved to the side in silence so he wouldn't get poked by Mist again.
It was because they had been together for almost ten years that they knew better than anyone else the amount of effort the marshal had expended on the base. They were even less convinced that the marshal had destroyed the Seventh Base.
"Us two brothers were thorns in the military academy back then."
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There were only three of them in the lounge. Perhaps seeing that Ya Xiao was interested, Mist couldn't help but smile and share with him about their past experience of getting to know the marshal: "We were the heirs of the Grant family, and we were especially unruly when we went to the military academy."
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Soren listened quietly beside him. He looked down as he slowly unwrapped the drinking spray, intending to insert it into his gas mask, trying unsuccessfully because it was the newest model of packaging.
"Why are you so clumsy?"
Mist was amused beside him as he stood up and placed the spray into the clasp of the mask, his movements familiar as if he had practiced hundreds of times.
Soren glanced at him and gave a muffled hmmm.
Ya Xiao watched the two brothers get along with some novelty in his eyes. He actually had over a hundred siblings in the demon realm.
However, those siblings of Ya Xiao wouldn't help their brother like Mist did. They only wanted to devour each other to make themselves stronger and gain their father's attention.
[Fourth Uncle, I think they are really good.]
Ya Xiao curved his eyes and suddenly commented.
The system felt that the host was envious of their brotherhood. For a moment, it didn't know how to comfort him.
Just before it could make a sound, the host's voice came over again: [Fortunately, my brothers aren't like this.]
Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't want to swallow them.
Ya Xiao's heart felt a sense of relief.
System: ......
Don't make it sound like you've swallowed them!
On the way back to his room, Ya Xiao thought about how the two adjutants in the lounge got along with each other and suddenly felt a bit saddened.
If he remembered correctly, Soren would be the first one to die in the villain camp during the spring meeting.
Mist had watched his brother's body turn into scattered blood clots. From then on, there would never be a smile on his face, changing from the Sixth Base's smiling tiger to a cold and ruthless black-hearted mad dog.
Mist had often cared for and looked after him regularly and Soren had helped himself even though he wasn't talkative, so it would really be a bit of a shame if he died just like that.
Ya Xiao pondered for a while and put this matter to the back of his mind. Anyway, it was still early before the spring meeting, so he would discuss it when the time came.
The demon value absorbed in the past few days was really a bit low.
Now, the priority was still to earn demon value. Ya Xiao made up his mind. When he returns to the villa, he must continue to live with the villain.
The airship slowly landed.
Because they had already rested inside the airship, after returning to the Sixth Base, Qin Qi and Ya Xiao's group headed directly to the military headquarters building.
Upon hearing Ya Xiao talk about last night's chat with the adjutants, Qin Qi raised his eyelids to look at Ya Xiao, "You're interested in all this?"
"Uh-huh." Ya Xiao didn't deny it and raised his head to meet Qin Qi's gaze without the slightest bit of evasion, "I enjoy listening to the marshal's stories."
The experiences of strong men and whatnot were the most interesting!
Qin Qi's eyes swept over those sincere and pure blue eyes. He felt that the butler was a little too enthusiastic about himself and said lightly, "There's nothing interesting about my stories."
Ya Xiao disagreed.
His favorite human in this world was Qin Qi. Not only was Qin Qi powerful, but he was also willing to let Emily teach him fighting techniques, which was especially pleasing to the demon. The person who could make the demon like him, his story was naturally the most interesting!
"No, it's very interesting."
He retorted seriously.
Qin Qi heard this. He scraped the tip of his index finger over the eyeball in his palm and did not respond.
Waiting until he reached the military building, he said to Ya Xiao, who was following him, "Go find Emily and ask her to teach you fighting techniques for self-defense."
When he wasn't so idle, the butler wouldn't have any extra curiosity.
"Okay."
Ya Xiao didn't know Qin Qi's thoughts and nodded cheerfully. After sending Qin Qi upstairs, he directly found Emily.
Emily had prepared for this early in the morning. As soon as she saw Ya Xiao, she led the other party out of the military building to a monthly paid fighting arena not far away from the building.
Ya Xiao had never been to such a place before and looked around with interest. Unlike the black-uniformed officers that they would often see every day, most of the people here were not wearing uniforms. Their temperament did not resemble that of the officers who were always in a state of vigilance but appeared to be ordinary people who were simply interested in fighting.
Seeing them enter, about ten people in the hall glanced at them and then withdrew their eyes, as if they didn't care what the identities of the visitors were.
"The configuration here is more suitable for novices in fighting."
Emily explained, then she told Ya Xiao to wait for her here for a moment, before heading to the front desk.
Ya Xiao quietly waited for her in the blue waiting area when he suddenly noticed eyes behind him looking towards him from time to time.
Ya Xiao turned his head to look over. It was a short boy who looked quite young and was estimated to be around twelve years old.
Suddenly making eye contact, the boy with a band-aid on his face looked a bit uneasy. He glanced in Emily's direction, confirmed that she wouldn't return immediately, and took a few steps forward on his own.
"Sorry, since it's rare to see a butler in a tuxedo around here. I was rather curious."
Niels, whose hands were wrapped in white bandages and whose body already had noticeable muscle lines even though he was still less than 1.7 meters tall, explained in a flustered manner:
"Don't worry, when that taboo person returns, I definitely won't disturb you."
The Sixth Base did not allow taboo persons to be near ordinary people.
"You've misunderstood. Emily is not a taboo person."
Ya Xiao explained earnestly.
Niels froze for a moment and his face immediately reddened in shame, "I misunderstood when I saw her in uniform with a butler like you behind her. I'm very sorry."
"It doesn't matter."
Ya Xiao said with curved eyebrows.
Perhaps because Ya Xiao's appearance was highly deceptive, within a few seconds, Niels had completely opened up about his identity.
He was an orphan from the Sixth Base.
In the future, he wanted to become a member of the army, which was why he was paying so much attention to Ya Xiao and the others.
"Marshal Qin is super awesome."
Niels was a little excited at the mention of his idol. Although many of the people in the base were afraid of him, and Niels was just as afraid, it didn't stop them from worshipping Qin Qi and even all the taboo people.
"Well, I admire him a lot too!"
The tail behind Ya Xiao wagged a bit, giving the kid a 'you have great vision' look.
Niels was just about to continue saying something when he saw the woman in the black uniform coming this way. He immediately shut his mouth, waved at Ya Xiao, and left the waiting area, his figure still seeming to be a bit excited.
"What's the matter?"
Emily followed Ya Xiao's line of sight and didn't notice anything.
Ya Xiao explained what had just happened.
Emily understood. She dug through her pockets for a moment. With complicated thoughts, she was about to pull out a cigarette, but realizing that Ya Xiao was standing next to her, she ended up stuffing it back in and tossing a chewing gum into her mouth.
"Normal."
Emily gestured for Ya Xiao to look around at the ordinary people who were either gathered around laughing and joking or brushing up on their optical brains alone, "That's how it is in the Sixth Base."
"We don't approach ordinary people, and ordinary people don't approach us of their own accord."
On one hand, this was to protect the taboo, to avoid causing the taboo to go out of control due to accidents, and on the other hand, it was also to protect the ordinary people.
Since it was difficult for most people to differentiate between a taboo and an ordinary officer, ordinary people would not easily approach all officers.
Ya Xiao knew that this was a rule set down by Qin Qi.
It was because of the villain's expressed regard for the people of the Sixth Base in the plot that the early protagonist group felt that the destruction of the Seventh Base had nothing to do with Qin Qi.
Ya Xiao didn't care about the destruction of the Seventh Base.
But after spending more than a month together, he could also tell that the villain really cared about the soldiers of the Sixth Base and the weak ordinary people living in the base.
"Let's go."
Emily said no more. She led Ya Xiao to the room on the second floor and swiped her card. The room opened was a spacious fighting ground.
"It's your first time learning to fight, so watch a video first." Emily was teaching a student for the first time. Especially because the student was a butler with no experience whatsoever, she was quite careful with every step.
Ya Xiao squatted obediently and watched the video Emily played for him expectantly.
Mm! It's really strong!
Learning to fight for the first time, Ya Xiao learned very seriously and didn't find the human's skill weak at all. It was a self-defense skill that the villain had specifically asked him to learn!
"Alright."
Emily waited for the video to end and turned to him, "Let's both try sparring first."
Ya Xiao, who had just finished watching the video, was just about to agree with excitement when the system in the sea of consciousness took the lead and politely reminded: [Host, Emily is weaker than you.]
[I know, Fourth Uncle.]
Ya Xiao seriously replied: [But I am now an ordinary person and can't defeat Emily.]
The system that originally intended to remind Ya Xiao but was reminded in turn was silent for a moment: [Hm, just don't defeat her.]