"Marshal, tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to entertain two guests."
Ya Xiao returned to the room and told Qin Qi about his arrangement for tomorrow and also explained the identity of those two guests, "Bolton and the others will be with me as well."
"Hmm."
Qin Qi unbuttoned his coat and glanced at his butler, "You can arrange these things yourself."
He knew his butler had a sense of measure.
Ya Xiao raised the corners of his mouth at his words.
"Alright, I will definitely have them vote for the border base as a way to get more butler spots."
Qin Qi raised his eyes and looked over. Not pressuring his butler, he just calmly said, "Just do your best."
Butlers had a great role to play for the taboo, but they were not indispensable.
The future war situation would only become more turbulent.
However, no one could be sure whether those butlers who were raised well and only wanted to live comfortably in the prosperous central city would be able to play their proper roles on the battlefield.
Qin Qi was not optimistic about the butlers from the central city. He also did not care about the number of butlers for the border bases this year.
His gaze crossed Ya Xiao's face and then he withdrew his eyes and lowered his eyelashes, handing the clothes on his body to the other party naturally.
The young man was an exception.
Experience with the previous three butlers had taught Qin Qi that such responsible butlers were in the end only a minority.
Instead of trusting those highly variable butlers and putting the pressure of fighting for butler spots on the young man's shoulders, it would be better to let Lu Chuanxi study more inhibitors.
"Even if it's the same as previous years, there's nothing wrong with it."
After a long time, Qin Qi slowly said.
"I know, Marshal."
Ya Xiao arched his eyebrows and nodded his head obediently. He reached out to take the clothes in the villain's hand and hang them on the hanger.
The villain was so gentle, even at this time he was still comforting himself.
You should know that in recent years, border bases have had about the same number of butler slots as the central city and were clearly at the bottom of the list. However, it had to be said that Ya Xiao especially liked the villain who never put any pressure on him.
Qin Qi glanced at Ya Xiao. The young man loved to smile and didn't seem to have an unhappy moment. He averted his eyes, walked over to his desk, and sat down, picking up the book he hadn't finished reading last night.
Seeing this, Ya Xiao turned around and habitually closed the ventilated window of the balcony. Then, he walked to Qin Qi's side and stood, every now and then taking advantage of the other party's resting interval, handing a glass of water to chat with him for a couple of sentences.
Now, Ya Xiao was already familiar with Qin Qi's various small habits of reading books at night.
At night, all windows must be closed tightly. During breaks from reading and resting, chatting was allowed. This way, the marshal's mood before bedtime will be good. He could take a few sips of water at night, but never tea... and so on.
We're sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we're going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Although the marshal's habits at night and daytime would be subtly different, they were all very interesting.
Tj Wljb uijcmfv ja Hlc Hl, ktb kjr obmerfv bc tlr ybbx, jcv ilrafcfv ab atf alcxilcu rbecv bo vfwbc njief yflcu jyrbgyfv lc tlr fjgr.
"Zjgrtji, ajxf jc fjgis gfra."
Pa kjr cfjglcu afc b'mibmx ja cluta yfobgf tf gfiemajcais boofgfv ab ifjnf.
"Lww."
Hlc Hl mibrfv atf ybbx jcv rffwfv ab yf qijcclcu ab gfra jr kfii.
âSqueak.
Ya Xiao closed the door to the villain's bedroom and turned around to go back to his room. He needed to discuss his next plan with the system.
The current world line had already deviated from the original plot. Sheng Cheng had already been captured, Soren shouldn't die if he doesn't have too much carelessness, the villain's side hadn't lost their rightful adjutant, so naturally, they wouldn't go after Sheng Cheng with as much fanfare as they did in the original plot.
"The villain should be able to better accomplish his purpose now." Ya Xiao summarized thoughtfully.
[Host, have you already guessed the villain's purpose?] The system was a bit puzzled.
"No."
Ya Xiao shook his head and rightfully said, "He must be trying to do something, otherwise he wouldn't have not arrested the organization until now."
Although it was unclear what exactly Qin Qi was trying to do for the time being, Ya Xiao pondered that it should have something to do with that lord behind Sheng Cheng.
"As long as Qin Qi doesn't get hurt and doesn't lose control, whatever is fine." Ya Xiao's thoughts were casual as he sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes curving into a crescent moon, "I just need to protect the villain!"
The system didn't have a problem with it and then it saw the host, who was no longer thinking much about it, suddenly sit up straight and open the mall with a stern look on his face.
As always, the new items on the shelves attracted the demon. He lifted his finger to pick around in the mall. Sometimes, his eyes were glowing with excitement and happiness, other times, his face was full of contemplation in a tangle.
The system was not surprised and climbed into the rocking chair, ready to use the data to make himself tea.
The faint aroma of tea instantly filled the entire database. The system took a sip of tea and sighed as it leaned back in the rocking chair to look at Ya Xiao.
At this moment, the white bed was filled with a pile of toys and a voucher for a Great Demon Experience.
Needless to say, some of the toys in this pile should be gifts for the villain, but the system was a bit surprised that the host was still planning on going to the club as Ya Bu?
"Of course!"
After picking out his goods, Ya Xiao stretched, his tail behind him wagging left and right in mid-air.
"I'm still a part of the organization, I have to clock in on time every day!"
System: ......
Got it, the host wants to keep going to see the hilarity of the organization.
Ya Xiao put the small toys he had carefully selected for the villain into the system storage for the time being. When everything was ready, he assumed the form of a grown-up body, opened the window with great interest, and with a stomp of his feet, he lightly leapt to the tree and ran in the direction of the organization.
At this time, the atmosphere of the organization was still very tense.
Because of the delay of the senior members in contacting that adult, the expressions of the members within the organization were a little apprehensive and uneasy.
Ya Xiao lifted his steps and walked to the monitoring room, intending to probe for news from Helring's side.
Helring wasn't sure what the current situation was, except that his thoughts were very optimistic: "Kunge told us that the organization didn't need to move out of the stronghold for the time being. Isn't that telling us that the organization hasn't been discovered?"
"And with that lord around, we'll be fine." Helring linked to that lord, the corners of his mouth were grinning. He looked towards Ya Bu and said in a firm voice, "The lord is just not able to contact us due to the damage to the contact device. When it is repaired, he will surely contact us to tell us the direction to move forward. You don't have to follow the nervousness, it's fine."
"So it's like this."
Ya Xiao looked at Helring's appearance of believing in that lord like a religious person and nodded with a face full of approval.
Although he felt that the cowardly lord might not contact the organization again, there would be no need to tell Helring about it, as the other party would definitely not believe him.
After leaving the monitoring room, Ya Xiao's expression was slightly disinterested.
It looked like the organization was planning to stay put for the time being. He had thought that the organization would come up with some new tricks, but at the moment, it looked like he had overthought it.
[Fourth Uncle, I'm going back.]
Ya Xiao boredly said. Just as he was waiting for the elevator, a familiar figure stood in a spot with him.
It was Sheldor.
With gauze wrapped around his eyes and a blind cane in his hand, Sheldor waited for the elevator to open.
The instrument transmitted the appearance of the youth next to him into his brain, and after Sheldor recognized that the other party was a newly joined member, Ya Bu, he said in a gentle tone:
"I'm sorry. You've only just joined the organization and something happened to it. Don't be afraid, the organization will be fine."
"Okay."
Ya Xiao curled his eyes at the words.
'The organization will be fine' sounded like a comfort, but coming from Sheldor, it had a little more credibility.
The elevator dinged open.
The two men stood in and slowly ascended.
Ya Xiao slightly glanced sideways at Sheldor.
If he remembered correctly, in the plot, Sheldor had committed suicide, and the news found out on the side of the protagonist group was that Sheldor had killed himself because he couldn't think straight due to the death of his girlfriend.
But would Sheldor, as the head of the organization, really do something that love-brained? Ya Xiao was a bit skeptical that the other party was murdered.
Noticing the line of sight from the side, Sheldor said suspiciously, "Is there something wrong with me?"
"No."
Just a little curious, Ya Xiao bent his eyes and said, "Are you going to the third floor?"
"No."
Sheldor explained gently, "I'm having a little trouble with my eyes today, so I'm going to go home early."
"Okay, you take care of yourself."
Ya Xiao left the club with Sheldor. Eyeing the man's back, he called the system out.
[Fourth Uncle, help me follow Sheldor.]
[Host, is there something wrong with Sheldor?]
The system had been watching the two men's conversation from the side and did not notice anything unusual.
[Hmm, I think he's a bit strange.]
Although Sheldor was acting naturally, the demon was very observant. Ya Xiao could clearly notice that Sheldor's body muscles were a bit tighter than usual as if there was something on his mind.
The demon, who was a bit unhappy because the organization was too boring, now had his tail finally wagging in a small way.
[Okay, host.]
The system immediately followed Sheldor's side after hearing that.
Ya Xiao didn't return to his temporary residence. He found a quiet and unoccupied corner. After ten minutes or so, he mentally contacted Fourth Uncle: [How's it going Fourth Uncle? Did you observe where Sheldor's destination is?]
The system didn't answer immediately, as if it was a bit hesitant, not quite sure of its own guess. After a second or two, it voiced out: [Host, I feel that Sheldor's target is the temporary residence of the border bases...]
The system looked at the location on Sheldor's hovercar navigation and was a bit bewildered. What was Sheldor up to?
Was he going to assassinate the villain in the middle of the night, was he planning to defect to the marshal like the host had wildly guessed before, or was the system overthinking all of this?
Ya Xiao also froze for a moment after hearing the system's speculation, and the corners of his mouth curved out into a nice-looking arc before he instantly disappeared from his spot.
The black shoes lightly touched the white air-conditioning box. The young man seemed as if he had no weight and did not make a sound when he landed.
He slightly raised his head and looked towards the window where the light was vaguely coming through. The villain didn't seem to be sleeping yet.
[Fourth Uncle, where is Sheldor now?]
[It's almost here!]
The system looked at the increasingly familiar building and gulped a bit. It looked at Sheldor who was quietly sitting in the back of the hovercar and felt more and more that the other party was really here to find Qin Qi.
[Host what should we do now?]
[It's fine.]
Ya Xiao somehow put on his clown mask. He squatted on the air conditioning box under Qin Qi's balcony, self-consciously finding the perfect position, and mentally made an OK gesture:
[Despite letting him come, if Sheldor dares to hurt the villain, I, Ya Bu, will definitely not let him go!]
Of course, Ya Xiao felt that Sheldor shouldn't do such a stupid thing, but just in case, he still had to make preparations early.
Seeing that the host was so reliable, the system instantly let go of his heart.