Assistants

"You can stand." Tian Yi said with a gentle voice.

However, Yu Yue was still kneeling with tears pouring down

her face.

Reaching out a hand, he grabbed her by the hand and pulled

her up.

With the contrary, he wiped the tears off her surprised face, "If

you are going to cry so much now, will there be any more tears

left for the future?" He chuckles.

"Gu—hehe." Yu Yue accidentally chuckled while crying.

"Sister Yue, congratulations." A voice suddenly said.

"Sister Yue, you always joked about becoming his servant, yet

look at you now."

"Ahh, one of our fellow Sisters has finally grown up enough to

leave us…"

"What are you talking about? She will always be one of us."

"Sisters…." Yu Yue looked at the girls who were

congratulating her while trying to hold back their tears.

Turning back to Tian Yi, she asked, "Master, am I allowed to

accept my own assistants?"

"Eh?!" The girls were shocked at her question. Was she trying

to include them too?

"It's fine Sister Yue; we do not want to trouble you… Being a

temporary servant is already more than enough for us."

Although they were thankful, they knew their limits.

"Of course." Tian Yi suddenly said, surprising the girls who

were feeling a bit down.

"Master, I know that I am acting very selfish even though it is

my first day working, but is there a limit to how many I can

choose…?" Her face was full of worries, yet resolution.

For her Sisters, she will be willing to endure anything!

Looking at Yu Yue, then at the girls behind her, he smiled,

"Although there is an actual limit, I will make this an

exception as a little gift for following me. As long as they are

willing, you can accept as many as you want right now, but

that is only available for today."

Hearing that, Yu Yue's face was no longer worried, but

delighted, "Thank you, Master!" She said with a bright smile.

Turning back to her Sisters, she said, "You heard it! As long as

you are willing, I will accept you as my assistant! If you are

willing, then raise your hand!"

*Whoosh*

67 hands instantly went up. All of them were willing to join!

"Good! However, because none of you have any experience as

a cook, I will only officially accept you after you do! I will

give you five years, but if I can do it in one, then as my

Sisters, you should too! If you cannot achieve it within five

years, then do not blame me for not giving you face!" She

does not want to take advantage of the kindness shown to her.

"Thank you, Sister Yue!" None of them had any complaints

because Yu Yue has already given them more than enough

face. If they cannot reach her level within five years, they can

only blame themselves for being untalented!

"Don't thank me, thank my Master!" She felt proud calling

him Master.

"Thank you, Brother Yi!" They thanked him.

"What Brother Yi?! Although you are not officially my

assistants, you are considered one! Is that how you address

your future Master?! You also need to work on your

professionalism!" She lectures them right away.

"S-Sorry… Thank you, Master!" They thanked him again.

"Un." Tian Yi nods with a satisfied expression. He liked his

new Personal Servant more and more.

"Ah, Master, I have not fully introduced myself yet." Yu Yue

said.

"Yu Yue, the eldest daughter of the Yu Family, ruler of the

White Jade Kingdom, one of the ninety-nine Mortal Worlds.

Age 24, Cultivation in the Saint Realm. I have a pair of God

Veins being Metal and Wood. My favorite color is white and

purple. My hobby has been cooking since last year. My dream

was to work in the honored Imperial Tian Family, and under

Master, if it was possible. That's all— Ah, I have never been

in a relationship, so I am still pure." She introduced herself.

"Was the last part really necessary?" Tian Yi thought.

He looked at the girl in front of him carefully for the first time.

She had a willowy, matured figure and her naturally pink lips

were sexy. Her skin was unblemished and pale like the highest

quality of White Jade. Her black eyebrows were thin and

slender, and she was looking at him with a pair of dreamy,

lotus purple eyes that fitted nicely onto her perfectly portioned

oval face.

Feeling embarrassed from his staring, she started to play with

her silky black hair that flowed down to her waist.

"Un. Other than Mother, you are definitely one of the most

beautiful girls I've seen so far." He praised her with his true

feelings.

He has been around a very little amount of females, but out of

the ones he has seen so far, she is definitely the most beautiful.

Even when placed with her fellow Sisters, she still ranked the

highest!

"Ah?!" Yu Yue's face instantly heats up after being praised

with such a sweet line, and she instinctively touched her chest

where the heart was located. She felt something like an arrow

pierced through her heart!

"M-Master…" Yu Yue cries out with a quiet voice.

"No need to be shy, I am only stating the obvious." Tian Yi

said.

"Uuu~" She covered her face and started making weird

sounds.

The girls behind her were dumbfounded and could not believe

their ears! Did the Son of the Celestial Emperor just praise a

female for her beauty?! Just this one praise topped any

compliment a woman can ever receive!

While most females would look for strong males with a good

background, most males would mainly look at females for

their beauty and body! Females would court males by showing

off their beauty while praising their strength, and males would

court females by showing off their power while praising their

beauty!

What did it mean for Tian Yi to praise her beauty? It meant

that he was courting her! But of course, the person who

praised her has no idea the misunderstanding he had just

caused! He praised her beauty because he wanted her to know

what he sees, not because he was trying to court her! To him,

all he did was stating the obvious and nothing more!

*Cough*

Yan Yan almost choked on her saliva when she heard his

praise for Yu Yue! If it weren't for her knowledge of how

innocent he was, she would've already choked to death!

"T-This is—- I-If M-Master does not mind someone like me…

Then I will gladly—"

"Gladly my ass!" Yan Yan flew right into her face and started

flapping her wings, messing up her combed hair.

"?!?!?" Yu Yue was flabbergasted at this unexpected situation.

"You are thinking too highly of yourself if you believe that my

Master would court someone like you!" Yan Yan said.

"M-Master? And who are you to him?!" She asked.

"I'm his Spirit Beast!" Yan Yan replied with a proud tone.

"What?! A rude bird like you?! I do not believe!" The girls

said.

"Hmph, whether you believe or not doesn't matter to me." Yan

Yan sneered.

"Yan Yan, as the Senior here, you should be taking care of our

family, not bully them." Tian Yi said.

"…."

Yan Yan instantly went silent for a moment, but then she said

something unexpected, "You're right Master, I apologize."

After apologizing, she flew back to Tian Yi's shoulder and

started rubbing her body against his neck while grinning at the

dumbfounded girls.

"This chicken!"

"That's foul play!"

The girls cursed in their heart, but they did not dare to voice it

out because she was his Spirit Beast! They did not believe it at

first, but after seeing their intimacy, they had to gnash their

teeth and accept it! The reason they are not willing to offend

her was that Yan Yan's position as his Spirit Beast is actually

one step higher than his Personal Servants!

"Why are you so clingy all of a sudden? I still need to finish

lunch before it gets cold." Tian Yi brushed Yan Yan away from

his neck and continued to eat.

"…." The place turns silent again.

"....." The girls stay standing there even after many

minutes.

Yu Yue finally looked at them and said, "What are you all still

doing here?! Go back home and learn how to cook already!

Your time limit has already started!"

"What?! B-But Bro— Master's journey has yet to finish!" One

of the girls said. How can they possibly be willing to throw

away such a Heaven sent fortune?!

"You idiots!" Yu Yue shouted at them.

"Do you think I don't know what you are thinking?!

Compared to the future, it is only one short week! The faster

you learn how to cook, the faster you get to become my

assistant officially, and ultimately stay with us forever!" She

lectured them with a strict tone.

"!!!" The girl's eyes went wide from realization.

Seeing their faces, Yu Yue smiled, "So you've finally realized

it huh… Then what are you waiting for?! Go home and start

learning! And you all better be learning as a team! Don't come

back until each and every single one of you become Master

Cooks!"

"Yes, Sister Yue!" The girls started leaving in a hurry, but still

remembered to say their goodbyes before departing, "Goodbye

Master. We will definitely come back as good as, if not even

better than Sister Yue at cooking!"

"…." Yu Yue silently watched her fellow Sisters leave, and

sighed, "This will probably be my longest separation with

them since we formed our group…"

Although she felt a bit lonely, she was also very excited for the

future where they meet again to fulfill their group's real

purpose, which was to one day serve Tian Yi together as

Sisters.

Ten years ago when she and a few other girls first formed this

group, their original purpose was to help each other fulfill their

dream, which was surprising all the same, to become a servant

in the Tian Family. Since they all had the same dream, why not

make it the purpose of the group? As time went on, they found

more and more girls who had the same dream like them. The

more girls they found, the less chance there would be able to

achieve their goal as a group because the number of people

able to serve under the Imperial Tian Family was limited.

Because of that, the original purpose of the group slowly

turned into something else. Although they steered away from

the original purpose of the group, none of them really cared

because they were already satisfied with being around each

other as Sisters. However, now that they have an opportunity

to fulfill that purpose, what else is there to hesitate about?

Nothing!

*****

"I guess Sister Yu Yue will be staying with him from now

on… How envious."

"The faster we learn how to cook, the faster that feeling will

go away."

"Sister Yue just now was scary… I have never seen her this

strict before."

"Right? Even though she was so shy just a few seconds ago."

"A vulnerable little girl in front of the Master but a Strict

General to the subordinates? I didn't know she had such a cute

side to her…"

"Hahahaha."

The girls joked while hovering in the sky.

"Ah, before we go back, what about Sister Xiuying? Didn't we

come here to look for her?"

"Ehhh… It will be okay. Sister Yue will still be here, not to

mention that only she has her location."

"Oh, you're right. Then let's hurry and go back. Every second

we are wasting is every second of missed opportunity!"

"Un." The girls nod.

One of the girls suddenly pulled out a Black Sword, and then

she slashes the space in front of her.

"Riiiiip*

Space ripped apart, revealing nothing but darkness behind it.

"Let's go back home and start cooking." A girl said before

stepping into the darkness and disappearing.

The girls followed her action, disappearing from the Mortal's

Realm.

*****

After lunch was finished, Yu Yue went to wash the dishes and

wipe the table before being called by Tian Yi.

"Yu Yue, let me introduce you to your new family. This bird

over is here Yan Yan, my Spirit Beast." He pats the azure bird

sitting on his shoulder.

"And this is Meng Xiang, 11 Years Old. Just like you, she is

my Personal Servant. The only difference is that you cook, and

she brews tea."

"P-Personal Servant?! 11 Years Old?!" Yu Yue was

bewildered! The group of Sisters including her has been

wondering who she was, and it turned out that she was

actually his Personal Servant!

"Meng Xiang, Yan Yan, this is Yu Yue, and she will be with us

starting today."

"Big Brother, she is your Personal Servant just like me?"

Meng Xiang asks.

"Yes, so she is your Sister now."

"Wow…" Meng Xiang's eyes started to sparkle like Starry

Sky. Not only does she have a Big Brother, but she will also

have a Big Sister now?!

"How did Master and Sister Xiang meet?" Yu Yue asked out of

curiosity.

"Oh! I know!" Meng Xiang raised her hand with enthusiasm,

"I used to be a beggar until Big Brother picked me up when I

was crying!" Her heart warms up whenever she recalls their

meeting.

"B-Beggar?! Picked you up?!" Yu Yue could not believe her

ears! That explains why her Karma Meter was so Heaven

Defying! She went from being a beggar that goes through

trash just to survive to being a Servant of the Son of the

Celestial Emperor! With her luck, how was it possible that she

didn't find gold in a random trash bag?!

"Y-You must have had a rough life… Sorry." Yu Yue felt sorry

for her.

But Meng Xiang shook her head, "No, it is okay now because

I have Big Brother."

"….. Is that so…. You can ask Big Sister for help if you need

anything from now on, okay?" Yu Yue said while giving off a

gentle smile.

"Okay, Big Sister!" Meng Xiang smiled back.

Tian Yi was watching them with a smile, "Sisters huh… I

wonder if I should call him my Brother instead…" He thinks

back to his best friend.

"Meng Xiang, it is still early so let's get back to your

training." He said to her.

"Yes, Big Brother!"

"Yu Yue, you can do whatever you want until dinner."

"Yes, Master."

Yu Yue went back to cleaning the room while Tian Yi

continued to train Meng Xiang.

*****

"Your Majesty! You Majesty! It's an emergency" A servant

was shouting outside in front an indescribably grand door.

"What is it?" A clear voice asked from behind the door.

"R-Reporting to his Majesty, another position as Y-Young

Master's P-Personal S-Servant has been taken—–"

*BANG*

The grand door in front of the servant suddenly blasted open,

and a gust of wind surged from the inside.

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!?!?!?!?!?" An angry roar

echoed throughout the entire Celestial Palace and the already

quiet Palace went dead silent!