Chris

After seeing Shelley off, Roy truly did not enter seclusion to cultivate over the next few days. Instead, he planned to look around and get acquainted with the elders nearby.

As foreign-surnamed elders of the Four Divine Beast Family, they got along fairly harmoniously.

From his conversations with them, Roy learned that after joining the Four Divine Beast Family, they had cultivated across the various God Planes and Supreme Planes. But several thousand years ago, the Four Divine Beast Family had summoned them back, saying that the family would soon undertake a major operation requiring the elders' efforts. That was why they had returned to the Sky Sacrifice Mountain Range.

"A major operation?"

Hearing what the elders said, Roy felt that the Four Divine Beast Family's future major operation might be related to how it would later become the First Family.

However, he had no idea what exactly the Four Divine Beast Family intended to do.

After all, aside from Hell, which he currently knew about, he understood nothing about the other God Planes.

Rather, he was only a little over ten thousand years old. He had not even properly explored a single prefecture city in Hell. Other than knowing about events that might take place tens of trillions or even tens of quadrillions of years in the future from memories of his previous life, he was practically a complete novice.

Compared to the other elders who were several million years old, Roy's experience at just over ten thousand years old was no different from that of a nursing infant.

Of course, if Roy did not mention it, no one would know that he was only a little over ten thousand years old.

Five days later, the servant the Four Divine Beast Family had arranged for him, as Shelley had mentioned, arrived.

But...

Roy rubbed his forehead as he looked at the young girl before him, feeling a headache coming on.

Ever since Shelley had told him that the Four Divine Beast Family would assign servants to him, Roy had known that this was not something he could refuse.

On the surface, these people had been arranged by the Four Divine Beast Family to serve the elders. In truth, everyone knew that they were spies planted at the elders' sides by the Four Divine Beast Family. These servants all possessed multiple Divine Clones. Once the elders showed any sign of betraying the Four Divine Beast Family, they would suffer the family's severe retaliation the very next moment.

"Tell me. What is your name, and why have you come here?"

"Lord Roy, I-I'm Chris Nemo. I'm seventeen this year, the fourth-generation great-granddaughter of Grandfather Tia from the Vermillion Bird Clan. Grandfather Tia said Aunt Shelley did something foolish, so he sent me here to serve you in hopes of earning your forgiveness..."

"Also, Grandfather Tia asked me to tell you that I will not come of age until next year. If you do not want me to have Divine Clones, I can enter the Bloodline Awakening Pool early. Then my true body can become a god, and I will serve only as Elder Roy's personal maid."

Seeing Chris's timid appearance, Roy could not help but sigh.

From Chris's words, Roy could indeed sense the sincerity of Tia, the Vermillion Bird Clan Patriarch.

Chris Nemo, seventeen years old, at the early Saint Domain stage, comprehending the Profound Mysteries of Water Element Laws.

This meant that Chris had no other clones. Unlike the other maids, she would not be both a servant and a monitor.

Secondly, after becoming his maid, Chris could use the Bloodline Awakening Pool early next year. Roy could decide Chris's fate, allowing her true body to become a god and completely eliminating any possibility of her becoming an intelligence agent.

This was what a great clan was like.

To appease any resentment Roy might harbor in the future, Chris was the one being sacrificed.

"Relax. I'm not that frightening."

Seeing that the young girl was still frightened, Roy waved a hand. "Since Patriarch Tia sent you here to take care of my daily needs, I'll tell you my requirements. If you can accept them, you can stay."

"If you cannot, I'll directly raise the matter with Patriarch Tia. I won't make things difficult for you."

"N-No, Elder Roy. Just tell me your requirements. I can definitely do all of them."

At Roy's words, a flicker of fear passed through Chris's eyes. She repeatedly bent at the waist toward him.

That fear in Chris's eyes did not escape Roy's notice.

Clearly, someone outside had put pressure on Chris.

Perhaps they were using Chris's parents to pressure her, or perhaps Chris's own parents were the ones pressuring her.

In any case, judging from the current situation, if Chris could not remain here with him, her fate might not be pleasant.

"Then listen carefully."

"Mm-hm."

"First."

Roy raised one finger. "Under normal circumstances, I will cultivate in the room on the second floor of the castle. Unless something else comes up, you are not to disturb my cultivation."

"Mm."

"Second..."

Roy raised another finger. "As my maid, whenever I am not cultivating, you may ask me any questions you have about cultivation."

"Although I cultivate earth-element laws and not the same laws you comprehend, all paths lead to the same source. At the very least, I can give you some direction in terms of cultivation."

"Mm, thank you, Lord Roy."

"Third, since you have entered this palace, to a certain extent, you represent my dignity. Anyone who makes things difficult for you or bullies you is slapping my face. If I do not strike back, people may think I am weak and easy to bully."

"So no matter where you are, if you suffer any grievance, tell me directly. I will reclaim the dignity that was lost."

"If you conceal it and people outside come to think I am easy to bully, then there is no need for you to stay here with me."

"Ah?"

"Ah what?"

Roy raised a brow. "Those are my requirements for a maid. Can you meet them?"

"If you can, stay."

"If you cannot, I'll immediately contact Patriarch Tia and have him send someone else."

"N-No, I can! I can do all of it!"

Chris clenched her fists before her chest and replied in the loudest voice she could manage.

"Very good."

A satisfied smile appeared on Roy's face.

"I hope you remember what you just said. If one day I feel that you cannot do it, I will replace you at any time."

"Mm."

"Then I'm going to begin cultivating. Find yourself a room and settle in first."

"If anything comes up, you can come directly to my Cultivation Room to find me."

"Yes, Elder Roy."

After watching Roy head up to the second floor and enter his room, the young girl, whose body had been tense the entire time, finally let out a breath. Her whole body relaxed as she wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, then patted her small chest. "Whew... That scared me to death."

"But Elder Roy doesn't seem as scary as Grace and the others said?"

"Elder Roy is going to cultivate. What should I do?"

Chris frowned, searching through her memories for what the maids at home usually did.

"Oh, right. At this time, I should probably clean."

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