When Adjutant Soran rushed to the corridor on the second floor, Emily had already tied the two butlers together.
The two men were awake. They were leaning against each other with their heads drooping limply. Their tuxedos were disheveled, their bodies were dirty, they were in low spirits, their eyes were numb, and they seemed to have accepted their fate.
Soran's eyes swept across the two people who were tied up, and his tense nerves relaxed a little: "Fortunately, you dealt with them in time."
If Yaxiao was attacked, he couldn't imagine what choice the marshal would face.
"no."
What isn't
Soren looked at Emily.
Emily's expression was a little complicated: "It was Yaxiao who solved them."
Soran had no expression at first, but when he heard what Emily said, his eyes widened slightly: "Ya Xiao?"
As he was talking, Yaxiao came out of the bathroom. Seeing an acquaintance, he smiled happily on his fair face: "Sauron, you are here for the housekeeper's talk too?"
The black-haired boy was still as lively as ever, his thin body was slender and frail, and there was no sign that he could handle two strong and powerful adult men.
Soran hummed and signaled Emily with his eyes to continue explaining what happened.
Emily wanted to smoke a cigarette to ease her mood, but in the end she just took out the cigarette and played with it. She raised her chin towards the two tied-up housekeepers and said in a complicated tone: "They were all knocked down by Yaxiao's anti-wolf stun gun. I didn't do anything. It was over when I went in."
Hearing the words "anti-wolf electric gun", Soran's eyebrows jumped. He glanced at the fair-skinned and well-behaved boy. He obviously didn't expect that the marshal's butler would have this thing.
Chen Kui and Erte, who were tied and sitting on the ground, were originally very quiet, but after hearing the sound of the stun gun, they began to twist their body wildly as if they were pricked by needles. Chen Kui stared at Yaxiao with hatred.
"What's up with the stun gun?!"
"How do you know we're going to kill you?!"
"I should have done it sooner!"
Chen Kui and Erte roared in hatred, their movements were very large, like mad dogs, venting their hatred on Yaxiao. The ropes on their bodies bound them tightly. If it weren't for that damn electric gun, Yaxiao would have been killed by their dagger.
"I just bought the anti-wolf stun gun."
Yaxiao looked at the two people who had fallen into madness and answered their first question obediently: "There are no side effects, it will only make you faint for a few minutes."
Chen Kui and Erte didn't expect that the other party would actually start to answer them. The hatred in their eyes became stronger. They were about to continue cursing, but Emily made a tut-tut sound in annoyance, swung her hand, and the sharp dagger brushed Chen Kui's cheek and stabbed into the floor.
"Just be quiet."
Her eyes narrowed slightly and her cold voice contained a warning, which immediately silenced the two housekeepers.
Soran understood what had happened. He raised his hand and waved. The guards behind him quickly nodded and escorted the two men downstairs.
Things happened suddenly and ended quickly. When everything was settled, Yaxiao and Emily went downstairs to continue the butler talk meeting.
"Put the anti-wolf stun gun in place." Emily pursed her lips, "to prevent any accidents from happening again."
It was her fault this time. If Yaxiao hadn't brought the stun gun with him, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Yaxiao didn't seem to be affected by what just happened. He looked like he trusted Emily and nodded seriously: "Okay."
Emily's expression relaxed a little. She would always stay by Yaxiao's side and would never let such a thing happen again to scare this fragile boy.
In fact, compared to the victim of the incident, Yaxiao, the butlers below looked even uglier. They all saw the guards taking away their two fellow butlers.
The marshal steward of the 45th base, Burton and Yan Chi, also learned about the assassination of Yaxiao after a few words of explanation from the guards. The two temporarily put aside their grudges and gathered around to comfort him.
"Are you hurt?"
Burton's tone was restrained and reserved. Yaxiao was his competitor, but to be honest, he did not feel any ill will towards Yaxiao.
"I'm sorry about Chen Kui."
Yan Chi stood beside Burton with a grim face. He didn't expect that Chen Kui actually wanted to assassinate Yaxiao. His eyes were full of sadness.
The military at the base has kept the news under wraps, and except for a few marshals, no one else knows that Qin Qi had wiped out a group of assassins that morning.
However, even though he knew nothing, as the Marshal's steward, he knew after a little thought that Chen Kui's purpose in assassinating Yaxiao must be to harm Marshal Qin.
Why would Chen Kui and Erte be unfavorable to Qin Qi
Yan Chi was puzzled, but from the moment they turned against Yaxiao, the two of them became enemies of the border base.
The other stewards of the Fifth Base also temporarily suppressed their depressed moods and followed Yan Chi to care about Yaxiao. They were very good friends with Chen Kui. Chen Kui had been in the base for eight years and had long been a part of the base. No one had expected that he would do such a thing.
"I'm fine."
Yaxiao looked at the group of people surrounding him, feeling a little uncomfortable, and replied with squinted eyes.
Demons are a little unaccustomed to receiving human care.
At the same time, Gabe, the steward of the Marshal of the Eighth Base, looked at Yaxiao who was surrounded by many stewards from afar. After hesitating for a moment, he still did not step forward.
"Gabe, we need to apologize to Ert for what happened to him." Kunerde, the steward of the Eighth Base, looked a little depressed. "I heard that Ert wanted to stab Yashao with a dagger at that time."
"Fortunately Emily followed him, otherwise Yaxiao might have really met with an accident."
"I know."
Gabe nodded, a guilty look in his eyes.
He had never known that Erte had such a dangerous idea, and he didn't even know when Erte contacted Chen Kui.
He always felt that the stewards of the Eighth Base were as close as a family.
"Of course we apologize."
The officers of the Eighth Base were mostly a group of researchers who were not good at speaking, and the butlers who served them tended to be quiet and introverted, and their minds were more delicate.
Gabe looked at Yaxiao: "I remember Yaxiao also wanted to compete for the butler representative, right?"
"should be."
Kunerde nodded. Their base had always voted for the Fourth Base.
After all, Yan Chi, the butler of the Fifth Base, is just as unreliable as his employer. Compared to Yan Chi, they prefer the serious and proud Burton.
"Go check Yaxiao's information."
Gabe whispered, "If he's not as unacceptable to us as Yan Chi, we'll all vote for him as base stewards."
Kunald wanted to say something, but when he thought about Burton's mediocre performance as the butler representative in recent years, he nodded in agreement.
Yaxiao didn't know that a large number of votes would soon fall on him. He looked at the group of housekeepers around him who cared about him and felt a little uncomfortable at first.
But as more people greeted him, he gradually returned to normal. A smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the tip of his tail tapped his calves slightly.
[Fourth Uncle, it feels good to be cared for by humans.] Yaxiao commented in his mind with a brisk tone.
This is different from the demon world.
Being weak is the original sin in the demon world, and being attacked by one's own kind is the norm. If you are not injured, it's fine. If you are injured, you will either become a slave or be cannibalized. No demon will give extra warmth to its own kind.
Yaxiao was curious about human concern.
After he got used to it, he accepted it with a smile and chatted with every butler who came forward. The devil had a good memory. There were nearly seventeen or eighteen butlers in the venue. After a while of chatting, Yaxiao remembered their names clearly.
"Shall we go back together later?"
Li Chao, who is the steward of the Sixth Base together with Yaxiao, asked with a smile.
Yaxiao is the youngest among the stewards of the Sixth Base, but ever since he became Marshal Qin's steward, the stewards of the Sixth Base have regarded Yaxiao as their leader.
"OK."
Yaxiao is in a good mood and now has a strong tolerance for humans.
He looked down at the time. The conversation would last two hours in total and would be over in ten minutes.
This won't do. Yaxiao even prepared a speech today. He told Emily that he was going to go on stage and make a declaration for his candidacy for the housekeeper representative.
"Are you going up there again today?"
Emily was stunned for a moment. Yaxiao had just been assassinated a few minutes ago, and now he was going to take the stage
"Yes."
Yaxiao had long forgotten the assassination attempt. He nodded obediently to Emily, and then asked in confusion: "Is it impossible to go on stage anymore?"
What about his speech
This was specially written by his fourth uncle for him.
"No." Emily denied, and once again realized how strong the boy's heart was. She curled her lips and said, "Come on."
"Um."
Yaxiao curled his eyes.
Each butler who participated in the election had ten minutes to speak. Yaxiao had previously received professional speech training in the virtual space, so he was naturally not stage fright and finished his speech smoothly.
The dozen or so stewards below were also a little surprised that Yaxiao would give a speech today. After all, they had just experienced a thrilling assassination.
But it has to be said that Yaxiao, who was calm in the face of difficulties and could quickly recover to his previous state, did win their favor.
[The host performed very well.]
The system wiped away tears. The speech it wrote was read out by the host, which made the system very moved.
Yaxiao felt that his mission had been completed, and he felt more relaxed. He curled his eyes and said in his heart: [Fourth Uncle, did you record my speech video? ]
[certainly!]
As an elder, the system preserves all the memorable moments of Yaxiao from childhood to adulthood.
Yaxiao was relieved when he heard this: [That's great! Fourth Uncle, please help me send the video to the villain! ]
[Why send it to the villain?]
The system is a little confused.
[Of course, it was to let him see it. ]
system:…
So it asks why the villain should be shown.
There were too many things the host couldn't understand that the system could not understand, so he simply stopped asking and sent the video directly to the villain's computer.
At the same time, Qin Qi, who had just finished the border meeting, received Yaxiao's speech video.
The black-haired boy's blue eyes were slightly curved, and his delicate eyebrows seemed to be glowing under the light. Even through the screen, one could feel his joy.
Qin Qi raised his eyebrows slightly.
It seems that the butler enjoys the conversation very much.
Vista, who was standing next to him, became curious when he saw that Qin Qi did not stand up after the meeting but instead lowered his head to browse his laptop.
What are you looking at? You are so fascinated, could it be that you have found a marriage partner
Wistar leaned in next to him.
The next second, a pen shot towards his eyes like a sharp arrow.
Before he could see the contents of the computer clearly, Westar immediately leaned back, narrowly avoiding the pen flying towards him, and instinctively took a few steps back.
He held up his sunglasses, raised his head and said nonchalantly, "Is this how you treat your only good friend? If your pen breaks my sunglasses, I will bleed and lose control immediately. It's terrible if I lose control. Then none of you will survive!"
Qin Qi paused the screen and glanced at him: "If you can't even dodge a pen, you don't need to continue to be a marshal."
Wista curled his lips when he heard this. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Wenbol, who had not yet left the house, sneer, "What a pity."
What a pity!
Wista, who had always been at odds with Wenbol, still had a careless expression. He turned to look at Wenbol and said, "You're right. It's a pity. Qin Qi should have used this fountain pen to poke a hole in your iron arm."
Wenbol frowned: "Tell me again."
Qin Qi had no interest in watching two people with similar IQs quarreling.
He walked out of the meeting room alone, and Mist, who was waiting outside, immediately followed him and spoke in a low voice about the meeting.
Hearing that the assassin's target was Yaxiao, Qin Qi paused slightly, then continued walking forward.
"Emily received a message that Yaxiao used the anti-wolf electric gun to deal with the two assassins. They just finished their speech and are on their way back now."
Mister sounded somewhat relieved. Fortunately, Yaxiao carried an anti-wolf stun gun with him, otherwise something might have really happened.
Qin Qi's eyes darkened slightly when he heard this.
No wonder Yaxiao suddenly sent him a video. Was he hinting to himself that he was not affected
The young butler always does things properly.
This may indeed be his real intention.
Qin Qi suppressed his thoughts, turned to look at Mist, and said in a deep voice: "Have the two housekeepers been detained?"
"yes."
Mist paused and continued, "In addition to these two butlers, the criminals also identified Ariel, the butler of the First Base's adjutant."
"Marshal, should we take action directly?"
"Not for now."
Qin Qi was silent for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking of. He said, "I will send a message to the marshal of the first base and ask him to help us monitor Ariel."
"yes!"
There are people behind Ariel, and they can follow the clues to find out a lot of things.
The hovercraft sped towards the temporary residence. Mist was driving the hovercraft. The marshal in the back seat was kneading an eyeball toy with his left hand, looking out the window with his head tilted, as if he was distracted.
There was a constant creaking sound coming from the back seat, which made Mist feel a little creepy.
It would be great if Yaxiao was here.
At least the marshal would talk to Yaxiao from time to time, and wouldn't keep holding this weird thing in a low mood, Mist swallowed.
The hovercraft quickly arrived at the destination. When Mist saw the figure at the door, he immediately let go of his tense mood. He held the documents and asked the marshal to go first.
The villain is finally back!
Yaxiao's eyes lit up, he greeted Mist, then raised his foot and moved closer to Qin Qi.
Qin Qi lowered his head slightly and glanced at Yaxiao, but said nothing.
The elevator slowly went up.
The small space is very quiet.
"Are you hurt?"
Qin Qi suddenly spoke.
Yaxiao was happily absorbing magic power. When he heard this, he shook his head and said, "No."
Qin Qi's eyes passed over Yaxiao's fair and soft skin, face, neck, and arms, and there was indeed no sign of injury anywhere he could see.
"Is the Marshal concerned about me?"
Yaxiao noticed Qin Qi's gaze and his tail wagged. Many people have shown concern for him today, and Yaxiao is particularly sensitive to such emotions.
Qin Qi didn't answer at first.
Yaxiao was not disappointed. Like a child who got candy, he curved his eyes with joy and said happily, "I am very happy to receive the Marshal's concern."
No matter they are ordinary humans or powerful humans, the demons feel very comfortable with their concern.
Qin Qi's brows twitched. He looked down at the black-haired boy who was happily minding his own business, and a corner of his heart seemed to soften.
He hummed calmly, which was his answer just now.
Yaxiao swung his tail behind him, and his blue eyes curved into beautiful crescents.
The young man's gaze made Qin Qi's body a little stiff, but it did not make him feel uncomfortable.
After the two entered the room, Qin Qi thought of something and looked at Yaxiao behind him: "You used to carry an electric gun with you?"
"No."
Yaxiao didn't understand, so he answered truthfully: "I just brought it with me today."
He bought it in the mall and it cost him 3 full points!
Qin Qi did not doubt that Yaxiao knew that an assassination organization had appeared this morning. It was normal for him to bring a weapon because he was worried about his own safety. He said calmly: "Carry it with you every day from now on."
"good."
Yaxiao nodded, and Emily reminded herself of this.
The butler's direct cooperation without asking for the reason made Qin Qi feel a little relieved. However, looking at the thin figure of the young man, he didn't know what he was thinking, and his eyes were dim:
"When we get back to the base, I'll learn some fighting techniques."
Fighting skills
Yaxiao was very interested in becoming stronger. As soon as he heard these three words, he knew that it was a way to become stronger, so he naturally would not refuse.
"Okay! I will definitely not let the Marshal down!" Yaxiao looked at the cold-tempered Qin Qi, his heart leaping with joy, his favorability towards the villain rising rapidly.
The villain makes himself stronger!
He is such a nice guy!
Qin Qi looked at Yaxiao, who suddenly became excited for some reason, and his fingertips moved slightly. He wanted to know what the butler was thinking, but he suppressed the idea in the end.
As long as the housekeeper agrees, it's fine.
He didn't need to ask any more questions.
The next day was the last day of the housekeepers' meeting, and the housekeeper representatives would be selected on this day. Yaxiao was neither nervous nor expectant.
After all, the butler representative is just a convenient way to protect the villain. Even if there is no such shortcut, it will not affect anything. It just requires him to spend more time and effort.
From beginning to end, Yaxiao's condition was no different from usual, and he was still full of energy.
When Qin Qi left in the morning, as usual, he did not mention the topic of housekeeper representative to Yaxiao.
When Mist sat on the aircraft, he said in a puzzled tone: "Marshal, don't you care whether Yaxiao can become the butler representative?"
For various reasons, the Sixth Base doesn't care who the Steward Representative is, but in fact, the position of Steward Representative is very useful.
If it were placed in the central city, this position would be one that the butlers would fight for at all costs. It is only because the butlers in the border bases are physically and mentally exhausted from taking care of the forbidden ones that their competitiveness is so low.
But even so, Burton from the fourth base will not give up competing for this position every year.
"Need not."
Qin Qi raised his eyelids: "If I mention this to him, he will feel pressured."
Mister understood immediately after hearing this. If a marshal encouraged Yaxiao, it would indeed put pressure on him to win. He said no more and just said, "If I have any news, I will let you know immediately."
Qin Qi withdrew his gaze and did not refuse.
Of course, Mist could tell that the marshal agreed with what he had just said. A hint of understanding flashed across his eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses. As expected, the marshal actually cared about Yaxiao.
Three hours later, Mist received a message from Emily and his eyes lit up. When the marshal came out of the conference room, he immediately told him the news that Ya Xiao had become a representative.
"I know, no need to say more."
Qin Qi said calmly: "Yaxiao has sent me a message."
His butler was more clingy to him than he'd imagined.
(End of this chapter)