"You don't have to be afraid."
After Ya Xiao left, Zhao Qing and Erde kept reassuring themselves in their hearts, but they were still students in the end. Facing the four officers who had been through the battlefield, even if they were calm, there were still a few moments of nervousness on their faces.
The four officer representatives chosen by the butlers knew that their mission here was to promote the border bases to these two students, and their attitude was very kind.
Even though the officers of the Fourth Base and the Fifth Base did not see eye to eye with each other, they did not quarrel and had some rare peace and quiet.
Seeing that the border base officers were not as ill-tempered as they thought they were, Zhao Qing and Erde were slightly relieved inside.
The two followed the four officers and sat on the sofa.
"You may start asking questions. We will answer truthfully except for the information that is not allowed to be revealed to the public." The officer from the Fifth Base said smilingly.
Zhao Qing and Erde looked at each other and took a long breath, taking out the questions they had prepared earlier.
By the time Ya Xiao returned from handing over his work to Mist, the two student representatives were already chatting enthusiastically with the four officers.
When they left, Zhao Qing and Erde also added their optical brain contacts with those officers respectively.
"You guys are getting along well."
As Ya Xiao rode up the elevator with the two student butlers, he smiled at the two of them.
"They're all good."
This was the first time Zhao Qing had interacted with the officers of the border base so closely. Until now, when she thought about how she had talked to those border base officers, she was a bit mystical as if she had been dreaming.
Although they had already prepared for the future to serve officers, but the few were well-known border major generals and lieutenant generals ah!
"Major General Dido is so cool!"
Erde's eyes were a bit excited, gesturing with his hands near his neck, "There's a long scar on his neck from the pincer foot of a demonic insect, but if it had been a millimeter longer, Major General Dido's arteries would have been cut."
He clenched his fist and waved it again, "Such a dangerous thing was said so lightly by Major General Dido as if it was not worth mentioning."
Such a man was a real man!
Erde had always lived in the comfortable central city and admired such a powerful hero the most!
Next to him, Zhao Qing also nodded very approvingly, "Yes, the other few officers are like that as well."
Ya Xiao heard this and was reminded of the villains as well. He curled his eyes and smiled, "It's because they've gone through a lot of life and death crises that they think it's nothing, right?"
The villain's body also had a lot of wounds that he couldn't get rid of, some in his heart, some on his arms, the wounds were both deep and shallow, but when he was asked specifically, Qin Qi couldn't remember how all those wounds had been inflicted.
The demon felt quite strongly about this, after all, no demon remembers their defeat. As long as they can survive victoriously, they don't care how hard it was to fight in the first place!
Ya Xiao just casually replied, but Zhao Qing and Erde, who were originally a bit excited, froze for a moment.
The two had been thinking about how great and powerful those four officers were, but they had forgotten that technology was so advanced nowadays, yet they couldn't get rid of the scars on their bodies, so they could imagine how badly the officers had been injured at that time.
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They had unconsciously ignored the fact that these heroes themselves had been on the front lines of a crisis, but Ya Xiao's words were like dragging them to reality, telling them that the reason why the people of the central city were able to have a comfortable life was because there were people who were carrying the weight for them.
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The two looked at each other, both seeing the guilt and tangle in the other's eyes.
While Erde was still hesitating, Zhao Qing, who had a much more resolute character, had already turned her head and asked through clenched and tangled teeth, "Senior Ya Xiao, why did you choose to take up a job at the border base in the first place? Weren't you afraid at that time?"
The destruction of the Seventh Base at the border meant that the border base was not absolutely safe, didn't Senior Ya Xiao feel any fear?
"Fear?"
Ya Xiao didn't know why Zhao Qing was asking this question.
Of course, he wasn't afraid, after all, his purpose was to absorb the demon value, but Ya Xiao remembered that his persona was that of an ordinary butler, so he nodded his head good-naturedly and said, "Of course, I'll be afraid, but that's our butler's duty."
After casually giving a perfunctory grin, the elevator door opened just in time for Ya Xiao to lift his foot and walk out.
Butler's duty?
Zhao Qing and Erde inside the elevator were unable to return to their senses for a long time because of Ya Xiao's answer as if they had been hit on the head.
Ya Xiao walked out of the elevator and saw that the two student representatives were still for half a day, and his eyes were a bit puzzled.
Why did these two people freeze?
Zhao Qing and Erde met Ya Xiao's gaze, and only then did they return to their senses and hurriedly walked out from within the elevator, following behind Ya Xiao and leaving the temporary residence of the border bases.
The life of ease and affluence in the central city had caused many butlers to forget that â the reason why the position of butler was born in this world was because of the existence of the taboo people.
The taboos built walls with their lives to guard mankind, and the butlers served the taboos as the heroes' helpers and were supposed to be just as great.
But nowadays, they, the students, were only worried about their own lives, wanting to get a superior and secure life, taking great pains to stay in the safer and richer central cities and second-tier bases.
Forgetting all about the oath they took to enter the Butler Academy when they first entered.
â Serve the human life barrier, be fearless, and never back down.
Zhao Qing and Erde were extremely outstanding students of the Butler Academy, the best among the Butler Academy in both character and academics.
Students of their age revered heroes and were full of dreams and sincerity. Even though they would have concerns, they would commit themselves to a slim future because of a single word.
The two of them, Zhao Qing and Erde, glanced at each other, both realizing what the other was thinking.
"Senior Ya Xiao."
When they were about to board the hovercar, the two student representatives suddenly called out to Ya Xiao.
Ya Xiao's blue eyes looked at the two in confusion.
"We'll talk to our peers in the Academy Committee when we get back to the academy and try to get as many spots for the border bases as we can."
Although the two of them, Zhao Qing and Erde, were student representatives with the right to vote, the choices they made each time were not randomly chosen down the line, especially since this time was a different decision from the past.
The choice that was voted on afterward would be decided through the consultation of dozens of committee students. The two of them would lead by example in supporting the border bases during the consultation.
It was the only thing they could fight for the border bases.
"Okay."
Ya Xiao didn't know why the two of them would suddenly say this, but it suited the purpose of himself and his three butler friends. He curved his eyes as he watched the hovercar slowly leave and lowered his head to tell the news to his three friends.
[Yan Chi: I told you so! Those two students definitely can't stand this.]
[Bolton: After all, there are our Fourth Base's outstanding officers inside, it's inevitable that those two students will admire the heroes.]
After this message came out, Yan Chi quickly countered, and the two archrivals began another round of mutual dislike.
[Gabe: Now that those two students have said that, Ya Xiao, you should have an easier time tomorrow.]
Yan Chi and Bolton were still bickering in the group, but when they saw this message the winds suddenly shifted, and they discussed tomorrow's meeting.
But there wasn't much to discuss, after all, tomorrow was the last day of the butler meeting. By the end of the chat, they were just urging Ya Xiao not to be nervous and to relax.
Ya Xiao was already not much stressed. He felt a little bit marvelous and in a good mood when he was worried and advised by his human friends in this way.
After chatting with a few of his butler friends in the group, Ya Xiao turned off his optical brain. He thought for a moment and said, [Fourth Uncle, if the final result is still a reduction in the number of butler slots in the border bases, Yan Chi, Bolton, and Gabe, what will happen to them?]
The system had been with Ya Xiao since he was a child. Although it often couldn't figure out the host's thoughts because of its species, it was quick to react at times like this.
[They won't cut ties with the host.]
The system replied, [The worst outcome of the meeting will be the same as Bolton in previous years. The three butlers won't hate the host just because of this incident.]
[I feel the same way.]
Ya Xiao nodded rather approvingly, his blue eyes penetrating with a few moments of pure amusement.
The system looked at the host's spirited appearance and felt a few moments of relief in its heart.
The host appeared to be heartless.
But in fact, because of the few things he owned, the host actually treasured what he had, such as the clown mask and those messy toys.
The system pondered that those butler friends should not have a low status in the host's heart.
Ya Xiao entered the elevator and pressed the ninth floor without hesitation, intending to go in search of the villain.
The system silently added.
Well, their status should be a bit lower than the villain.
The next day was the last day of the representative meeting.
The representatives who participated in the voting came to the hall early in the day.
"Good morning, Councilmember Coren, Councilmember Ed, and Councilmember Weir."
Ya Xiao smiled and greeted the council members he met at the door.
Coren, Ed, and Weir were also going to participate in the upcoming vote as council representatives.
They had once elected "Ya Xiao" to be Qin Qi's butler and were more or less close to Ya Xiao, so there was always a mutual affection between the two sides.
"Good morning."
The three of them smiled at Ya Xiao. The next vote was especially important, representing the spots for recruiting butlers for each base. The three of them knew that Ya Xiao should be under a lot of pressure.
Hey, this kid Ya Xiao was really a bit unlucky.
Previously, he had been appointed as Marshal Qin's butler. He must have been trembling with fear every day. Now, he was unfortunate enough to become the new butler representative of the border bases, and he had to face such a bad situation at such a young age.
Coren, Ed, and Weir looked at the polite Ya Xiao, and a trace of sympathy crossed their eyes.
Currently, the Butler Council's side had drawn up proposals for the division of the quota, some of which would have a larger quota for the border bases' butlers, and some of which would have a larger quota for the second-tier bases.
Whichever proposal had supporters.
After all, the border bases had the most number of taboo people and needed butlers the most, but the second-tier bases had the most people. They also had a good number of taboo people, and from the point of protecting the people, the demand for butlers was equally not low.
However, everyone understood in their hearts that the butlers in the central city and the second-tier bases served more than just the taboo people, and likewise included those who were rich.
It was just that these would not be brought up in the meeting.
The council had always maintained a neutral attitude towards this.
This year, the border bases should show a trend of lower quotas, just like in previous years.
The three knew that Ya Xiao had a good relationship with the two student representatives and should want to start with them.
They didn't think highly of Ya Xiao doing this because the student representatives were naive but not stupid, otherwise, those two wouldn't have been able to be student representatives.
"Ya Xiao is still too young." Coren sighed.
"Poor kid, he was also originally an outstanding graduate out of the Butler Academy. If it wasn't for our push, he wouldn't be living worse than an ordinary butler right now."
"Come on, we've all made our decisions and we don't owe Ya Xiao anymore. His grades were always better than Bolton's before him."
The three of them had already agreed to vote for a proposal that would have as many border base butler slots as possible without affecting the balance of each base.
After all, it was the three of them who had pushed for Ya Xiao to become Marshal Qin's butler in the first place. To a greater or lesser extent, they all felt a bit guilty towards Ya Xiao, and when they thought about the recent news they heard that Marshal Qin had personally opened a head, the guilt of the few of them deepened even more.
Of course, the three also knew that their votes would not affect the whole thing, which was why they had such an intention.
After all, even if they added the three of them and Ya Xiao, there were only four votes in total.
So, when the results of the election vote came out, the three of them were all stunned.
"Six people chose the seventh option?"
Coren was in disbelief.
The border bases had gained more support than they thought.