Chapter 12
[Wait a moment, host.]
The system was also anxious, not knowing what went wrong: [I'll go check!]
As a matter of fact, it shouldn't be like this. How could the demon value rise so slowly?
[Okay.]
Ya Xiao controlled what little magic power was left to roam around and obediently waited for Fourth Uncle to find the answer.
Healing was a long process.
The butler's spiritual power needed to travel three times around the taboo person's body, which would take at least three hours.
Ya Xiao's healing skill was at full point, and he could make the magic power go around the villain's body several times a minute. For him, the most difficult part of healing the marshal, besides the fact that the magic power couldn't get in and out of the body, was how to reduce the speed of the healing, which was the biggest headache for Ya Xiao.
Why did it take an hour for those human butlers to go around in a circle with their spiritual power?
Ya Xiao had a hard time reducing the speed. It took him half an hour to control a stream of magic power to swim to the marshal's spine. However, this stream of magic power that should have been traveling smoothly disappeared quickly after hitting something and stagnating for a few moments.
What happened?
Ya Xiao made a move and channeled a little more magic, but the result was like a fish in the sea, but no return.
The demon immediately became interested. He put up the spirit to control the magic power to actively probe through.
In the next second, the tail behind him stood up excitedly.
Countless thunder-purple spherical energy bodies were densely floating in the tailbone of the villain's spine. A creepy aura of darkness wrapped in despair and blood was streaking in, and an ominous premonition urged him to leave as soon as possible.
It was a hidden energy within the villain's body.
The dangerous aura was even more terrifying than when Qin Qi first appeared in his alienated form and grew a silver tail.
Ya Xiao instantly became excited when he saw this scene.
This was also fantastic!
The villain in his alienated state at the beginning wasn't Qin Qi's strongest level! The villain was more powerful than he had imagined!
Ya Xiao's instinct to get close to the strong instantly awakened. He subconsciously wanted to communicate with the strong: "Marshal, if you find healing boring, you can talk to me about what you want to eat afterward."
The black-haired butler's tone was intimate, with a delightful smile, and anyone would unconsciously relax upon hearing such words.
This was a particularly powerful villain! A great evil, a great evil.
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He continued to bury his head in his work, with a bit of pity in his heart. If he was in the demon realm, he could have fought with Qin Qi. As long as he won the fight, even if Qin Qi didn't want to talk to him, he still had to talk to him.
[Host! I'm here!]
Just as Ya Xiao was lost in thought, the system arrived late.
Meanwhile, Qin Qi never heard the new butler's voice again after he declined Ya Xiao's attempt to communicate with him.
The room fell back into silence.
Compared to the other butlers, Qin Qi could clearly feel that Ya Xiao's healing was more comfortable and incredibly smooth, healing from beginning to end without a single lag.
Moreover, listening to the tone of the other party just now, the mental state also seems to be good, unlike those butlers who once gave him healing, weak and tense as if he was some kind of monster.
Outstanding ability, understanding, bold...
Ya Xiao's strengths were indeed many.
Qin Qi closed his eyes. So far, the other party was an incomparable butler.
On the other side, Ya Xiao heard the system's explanation and repeated it thoughtfully, [That is to say, the slowdown in demon value absorption is due to the villain's current weak physical condition?]
[Right.]
The system nodded firmly.
The villain entered the alienation state not long ago. After nearly losing control, he was treated with medication that had great side effects. If not for his extremely strong physical condition, the villain would have died in first aid. His current state of weakness was also very normal.
Ya Xiao thought deeply: [It makes sense.]
[Then, we'll get the villain's body well as soon as possible!]
Ya Xiao decided not to go. The initial investment was nothing at all. As long as he could get his money back, his current goal was still to become the villain's most trusted butler!
Time passed and the room continued to be as quiet as it was at the beginning. With Ya Xiao's struggling speed control, it took two hours for the healing to finally come to an end.
Woo, liberated!
Ya Xiao nearly cried tears of joy.
"Tired?"
A low voice rang out.
Ya Xiao heard the sound and looked at Qin Qi.
Inside the dimly lit room, the man who had already gotten up stood at the dividing line between light and shadow. His cold, hard, sharp jawline showed through the darkness, and the proportions of his broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted body were even more enviable.
"A bit."
If an ordinary person heard their superiors ask this question, most would be perfunctory and polite, but Ya Xiao nodded his head sincerely, "Mainly, it's still too boring. Marshal, don't you feel bored when you're sitting on the chair?"
Qin Qi shook his head, not feeling much, but he was also clear that the butler's healing was really tough. He pursed his lips and said, "It's been hard on you."
Ya Xiao stared at Qin Qi's eyes that were covered by the black protective goggles. When the other party was about to ask, he suddenly spoke out, "Marshal, I've actually done a lot of homework."
Qin Qi looked down at him.
Ya Xiao picked at his face. He couldn't tell this feeling. It was probably just that Qin Qi had been a little too friendly from the moment they met. If he were to say it, he didn't seem to be as troublesome as he had understood him to be.
Of course, it was quite troublesome, just not as outrageously troublesome as the information he had gathered.
"Marshal, you want to go to the central city for the spring meeting right?" Ya Xiao could find a reason in the plot for the villain to be friendly to the butler.
It was the same thing that Adjutant Mist had vaguely revealed.
Taboo people in the high-risk zone who wanted to enter the central city had to be accompanied by a butler along with them who had been together for three months, even if it was a marshal.
That was why the marshal, who had quite a lot of taboos, was willing to give him, a strange butler, some leniency.
He looked up at Qin Qi, who hadn't said anything, and his eyes curved as he took the initiative to say, "I want to become the marshal's trusted butler, so I've done a lot of homework."
"Marshal doesn't have to force himself to suppress his emotions to cooperate with me." Ya Xiao's tail, hidden in his pants, wagged a bit, "If I do something wrong, you just say so. I'll correct it straight away and won't do it again."
He wanted to gain the marshal's trust.
Instead of letting the villain suppress his likes and dislikes only to be left with a toolman butler who would most likely be outright dismissed in the future after being utilized.
"Was I obvious?"
In the short silence, Qin Qi suddenly spoke out, seemingly a bit puzzled.
"Not obvious." Ya Xiao shook his head, his expression serious, "It's just that some small actions make me think that you should be concerned about me."
For example, before healing, Qin Qi purposely removed the weapon from his waist, which was supposed to not increase the butler's fear of himself.
But in fact, losing the weapon would make the villain more wary of his surroundings. Qin Qi in the plot wouldn't even unholster his weapon in his sleep, let alone just a simple healing.
Qin Qi stared at Ya Xiao. After noticing the youth's firm gaze, he wondered why the other party insisted... Could it be that this new butler was trying to practice the so-called butler's spirit? So he wanted his employer to trust him completely?
Obviously, maintaining a friendly and cooperative relationship between them would be enough, and both parties would get along happily.
If he revealed his character flaws, it wouldn't be half good at all for the delicate and fragile butler in front of him. On the contrary, it would cause Mist and the others to search for a suitable butler again.
The room fell into an eerie silence.
The system was about to die of nervousness.
It didn't know why the host would say something like this to the villain, but this atmosphere was clearly not normal right now! The system swallowed an extreme heart-saving pill and trembled as it held onto its heart.
Oooh, it was so worried about the host getting punched by the villain.
"Okay."
Qin Qi reattached the gun that he had thrown on the bed to his waist, his movements unhurried, "Then, as you said, let's make it clear in advance that I won't authorize any thoughts of resignation if you want to do so before the spring meeting."
"It will certainly be enforced."
"This is an agreement between us."
System: Is that an agreement?
Ya Xiao: Great!
Qin Qi looked sideways and then saw Ya Xiao's blue eyes that were permeated with a smile, beautiful and pure, filled with anticipation and sincerity.
He heard the young butler say, "I will definitely strive to become a butler that you can trust."
Qin Qi hmmed.
As the butler prepared to leave, he suddenly spoke out, "I don't like white teacups."
The villain used a white teacup to drink tea today.
System: F*ck, it turns out that the villain has really been holding back all day.
Ya Xiao gazed at Qin Qi, who was standing in the darkness, and said approvingly, "White teacups really don't look good."
System: ......
Baby, that doesn't seem to be the point.