“Whew~”
First, he turned on the magitech bathtub, activating the heating and water-making functions. Ye Xu then removed the clothes from his body, revealing his pale, slender collarbone and the six-pack abs that would make girls scream.
“Mm.”
Looking at his figure that looked slim when clothed but muscular when undressed, Ye Xu nodded in satisfaction, growing even more convinced that escaping had been the right choice.
He didn’t want to live as a woman for the rest of his life.
Even if his subordinates—or even Navila herself—didn’t mind, he himself still cared quite a bit.
In his previous life, he had been too mediocre, leading him to occasionally fantasize about all sorts of things when reading transformation novels.
But now, having come to this world with outstanding looks and unparalleled talent, even if Ye Xu hadn’t thought about building a harem, he had never entertained the idea of betraying his “little brother.”
Unfortunately…..
Fake was still fake, after all.
Her essence had been completely overtaken by the imperial blood of the Radiant Sun Empire, which contained bloodline magic power.
Even if she used the Night God Throne System as a base to engrave formulas throughout her body that could suppress this imperial blood, it wouldn’t change that fact.
In essence, it was just shrinking and suppressing the part belonging to “Ye Lalar” to the deepest depths of the body, then restoring a shell belonging to “Ye Xu” on the outside.
His “little brother” was ultimately gone; what was outside now was just the ghost of his “little brother,” at most usable as a toy.
It couldn’t be said to have no function, but only the superficial ones remained.
For example, if one day he really got together with a girl and wanted to have their offspring, he’d still have to use magic to combine their genes.
Of course, these things were still too far off for him now.
His union with others was seen by the Imperial Seal as a major event that could affect the empire’s destiny.
Thanks to the Night God Throne System protecting his soul origin from influence, the Imperial Seal couldn’t force him to unite with someone else, but similarly, he couldn’t get together with a woman who hadn’t received the Imperial Seal’s recognition.
And now, even Navila—because she had helped him escape—was currently left behind in the empire.
Although the emperor and the others couldn’t do anything to Navila, he probably wouldn’t be able to see her again in the short term.
As for finding a girl in this border region who could gain the Imperial Seal’s recognition?
Mm, possible, but the chances weren’t particularly high—only something for the rest of his life, perhaps.
“Whew~”
Slowly sinking his body into the tub, feeling the warm water envelop him entirely, while a peculiar fluctuation came from the water, carrying away the dirt and fatigue from his body.
—He had to admit, on this world with its severely skewed tech tree, the development level of some things was inexplicably high.
“Master, I’ve brought your clothes for you.”
Aila’s voice came from the other side of the one-way transparent glass door shielding the bathtub.
Ye Xu glanced over and saw Aila holding a set of clothes including underwear, a white shirt, and loose pants, hanging them on the nearby rack.
“Have you finished eating?
“If you’ve eaten, go clean up the kitchen and the dishes; you can rest for today.
“I might not come back for lunch tomorrow; just make and eat your own meals.”
Considering that classes would officially start tomorrow, and he would probably stay longer at school instead of coming back for a nap, Ye Xu instructed accordingly.
Who knew that as soon as Ye Xu’s words fell, the half-elf maid’s body trembled, and then she slowly opened her mouth to ask: “Is today’s business finished, then? Master, don’t you….. don’t you need us to help prepare for bed or anything?”
Ye Xu’s half-closed eyes in the tub slowly opened, revealing a puzzled and confused expression.
After all, any proper, able-bodied noble wouldn’t likely need servants to help with something like going to sleep.
“Mm, in the future, besides cleaning, you don’t need to worry about things in my room.” Ye Xu didn’t notice the little maid who had wilted a bit in an instant, and immediately reminded her again, “Oh, right, and the basement and study—unless I call you in, don’t go in casually from now on. Other than that, feel free in this house.”
In the future, he might do some research in the basement and study; some things weren’t convenient for outsiders to see, so it was better to remind them first.
“Yes.” Sighing almost inaudibly, Aila placed her hands in front of her abdomen, bowed respectfully, and then turned to leave.
Seeing Aila leave, after soaking a bit longer, Ye Xu reached out to grab the choker on the nearby counter, took out shampoo and body wash from inside, gave himself a final clean, then dried off and left.
Putting the choker back on, then towel-drying his head, just as he was about to head straight back to his room, Ye Xu suddenly remembered something.
So he turned and went to the small door under the stairs leading to the second floor—a fairly hidden one that required stooping to enter—and opened it.
“Sushia, Aila, you……”
As a result, as soon as he opened the door, Ye Xu was dumbfounded.
“Eek, eeek!”
Respectively wearing white and black lace-trimmed knee-high socks, the sock tops slightly digging into the flesh, revealing slender yet plump thighs.
One of the two girls was only in her underwear, the other even just in a bra; beside them were the maid outfits they had just taken off.
Just preparing to change into nightgowns for sleep, but suddenly exposed to their master, the two maids—who had been as calm as still water since meeting yesterday—now blushed furiously, covering their private parts.
“Sorry.”
In this situation, even Ye Xu’s face turned red, and he hurriedly turned away.
Accompanied by a rustling sound, by the time Ye Xu turned back, the two girls had put on their nightgowns, and their expressions showed no abnormality aside from the blush.
“Um, does master need something?”
Although embarrassed, thinking that these bodies would eventually be offered to their master anyway, the two girls quickly calmed down.
“Take me to see your bathroom.”
Ye Xu remembered some things he’d learned when enrolling in this school and asked accordingly.
“Hm?”
“Woo…..”
Although unclear what master wanted, since master gave the order, they would comply.
The two girls then respectfully led Ye Xu to the servants’ bathroom.
Calling it a bathroom, it definitely couldn’t compare to the one the master used in the dorm—compact, narrow, with a sink, a squat toilet behind it, and on the other side a shower-only bath with just tiles, nothing else.
Most importantly, on the shelf next to the bath where bathing supplies should be placed, there were only two dark green bars of soap.
Ye Xu took them and sniffed, and sure enough, he smelled a pungent alchemical potion scent.
“Is this your bathing supply?”
The servants’ room was small but complete, compact but still tidy, so he wouldn’t say much about that. But this soap—if he remembered correctly, it was the infamous “life-burning soap” made from the byproduct of the notorious “life source potion.”
And the so-called “life source potion” was a potion made from the juice extracted from an extremely violent bloodthirsty plant magical beast called “man-eating grass,” which could greatly enhance the user’s physique and magic power at the cost of lifespan and bodily potential.
This stuff was hard to judge—people had their own aspirations; some didn’t want a mediocre life and preferred to burn short but bright. Ye Xu knew what his own talent meant to most people and wouldn’t comment.
But this life-burning soap……
“Tsk.” Ye Xu handed them back to his maids and gave them an order. “Take these two things and throw them away.”