Andy nearly spat blood when he heard the woman's request. You've got to be kidding me, ma'am. You want a grown man like me to do a maid's work? How is that appropriate? He stared blankly at her for a few seconds, then asked, "Is it really that simple?"
"Just that simple!"
Though Andy got a firm answer, he was certain the woman was lying! He hadn't seen her expression, but he could tell from her words just how much she looked down on men. She'd let a man wait on her? As if!
She definitely had some secret she didn't want anyone to know. A woman that rich, powerful, capable, and beautiful—well, let's assume she was beautiful—needed a man to serve her?
The woman glanced at him and said coldly, "You can choose not to believe me, but from now on, you're staying with me!"
Andy left the woman's room and returned to his own. The only reason she dared let him move about freely was the Electro-Magic Ring.
"Old Niu, tell them to set sail. It's time for us to head back!" Only after Andy had left her room did the woman summon Old Niu and give him the order.
Old Niu acknowledged her and went outside to get things ready for departure. The woman walked to her window and watched the busy scene outside the ship, falling into a daze.
Yes, what was she doing this for? she asked herself. She had spent five thousand gold coins on an Elf, and the main reason was that she genuinely had no idea what she wanted him for! She'd been held up by an urgent matter on the day of the auction, so she hadn't attended. By the time she'd finished, it was nearly over. She hadn't planned to