Chapter 165 "Servants"
"...Oh, then you are in big trouble!"
After listening to what the system said, Liu Bai suddenly spoke seriously.
"Ah? What's the big deal?"
The system was a little confused by Liu Bai's words.
"You ate my limited edition item. If you don't have 8700 million Mora, this matter will not end. I'm telling you!"
"..."
Liu Bai's serious words made the system silent for a moment.
“Didi, release new options.”
[The host met a ghostly girl named Krewei, and because of her pitiful life experience, he felt pity for her, so he decided...]
[A: Ghost Love, help Krevi and Peruvian to truly reunite, reward "Resurrection of the Dead"]
[B: The relationship between the human and the ghost has ended. Help Krewei to rest in peace and be rewarded with a "random item"]
[C: Kiss Alechino in front of Krevy or kiss Krevy in front of Alechino, and you will be rewarded with a "Random Concept Item"]
[D: Give up the choice and generously forgive the system, rewarding "friction"]
[Friction: You can control the friction of an object to a certain extent]
After a moment of silence, the system released new options.
"Ding, it seems I made a typo again. I searched for something else."
……
"Pepe, come here quickly. This is it. This room is usually used to store sundries. Few people come here. If you hide here, you won't be discovered by your mother."
At the door of an inconspicuous room in the Buffati Mansion, Krevy waved to Alechino, Liu Bai and others behind her.
Then she walked straight through the door and disappeared in front of them.
"Oh...what a hidden room!"
Liu Bai, who followed holding Nashida's hand, exclaimed, then took the lead and walked forward, bumping into the door, creating a human-shaped gap in it.
"..."
Nashida immediately let go of Liu Bai's hand to avoid being pulled and bumped into by him.
Then Narcida opened the door with a human-shaped gap, and she and Alechino walked into the utility room one after another.
This place feels small because of the pile of clutter, and it feels even more crowded after a few people walk in.
"Hoo-hoo, this way mother won't be able to find us."
Seeing the door closed, Klevi sat down on a relatively clean blanket on the ground, and was obviously much more relaxed.
"Come, sit down."
Liu Bai looked at the debris around him, then took out a table and four chairs from Xiao Bai's house and set them down.
Then Liu Bai sat opposite Klevie, and Nashida sat on the right side of Liu Bai and on the left side of Klevie.
"..."
Alechino nodded slightly at Liu Bai's ability to pull items out of thin air, then sat down in the last seat.
"Can you tell us about your situation?"
After sitting down, Nashida asked Krevi who was sitting on her right.
"Yeah, sure."
Krevy nodded, then repeated what she had just said to Liu Bai, exposing the hypocritical true face of the "servant" who controlled the Hearth House.
"Hmm... who is she then?"
After listening to Crevy's story, Narcida thought for a moment and then pointed at Alechino and asked.
At this time, Alechino was quietly sipping the milkshake, intending to wait until Krevy had finished explaining the matter before speaking.
"It's Pepe. Pepe is my best friend."
"Pepe likes milkshakes too. They taste great!"
Krevy waved to Alechino next to her and said this, she couldn't help drooling when talking about milkshakes.
"Give."
Liu Bai immediately placed the milkshake in front of Krevy.
"That's great, thank you."
Krevy looked at the milkshake in front of her and spoke happily to Liu Bai.
"Look girl, they all say it tastes good. I won't lie to you this time."
Then Liu Bai took out a bottle of milkshake and placed it in front of Nashida.
Nashida looked at the milkshake in front of her, then folded her hands across her chest and looked at Liu Bai with suspicion.
Her gaze made Liu Bai feel guilty, and his eyes became wandering.
Seeing his expression, Nashida stopped looking at the milkshake in front of her and looked at Alechino.
"So what Krevy was talking about was actually the previous servant?"
Narcida confirmed with Alechino.
"Yes."
Alechino nodded slightly.
"The former servant Kugavina, she is Krevy's biological mother, and also the mother of all the children of Hearth House at that time."
After Crevy explained all the crimes of the previous servants to the two, Alechino began to explain.
Hearth House adopts orphans from all over the world, but how these orphans are raised depends entirely on the ideas of those in power today.
When it came to Kugavina's generation, she came up with a very novel idea. She taught the children martial arts and then let them fight each other until the most talented [King] was selected.
Although Klevie was Kugavina's child, she had no feelings for her. In order to prove her fairness as a [mother] to others, she added Klevie to the Hearth House and joined the experiment of selecting the king.
"Krevy tried to persuade Kujavina, but everyone else was immersed in the lies Kujavina had woven, thinking that home was beautiful and happy."
"Of course, there is an exception. There is a child of the same age as Krevy who also knows the truth about the Hearth House. Her name is Peruvili."
Having said that, Alechino paused and looked at Krevi, who seemed to be enjoying the delicious milkshake even though she had not touched it.
She couldn't taste the actual flavor of the milkshake, but she knew it was sweet, very, very sweet, and very, very delicious, because even Peppa praised it for being delicious.
"Peruvian... is that you?"
Even Liu Bai had heard about the replacement of servants before, so Nashida naturally knew about it too.
After all, the Fatui executive is also the diplomatic envoy of Winter Solstice, and all countries are paying close attention to him, except Liu Bai who is a special case.
"Yes."
"Compared to Krevi, who is enthusiastic, cheerful, yearns for freedom, and is born with a rebellious spirit, Peruvili is a very cold-blooded child."
"It was because of her cold-bloodedness that she easily saw through Kugavina's tricks. It was also because of her cold-bloodedness that she did not intend to resist at first, because she was sure that she could survive and become the king in the end."
Alechino nodded in acknowledgment.
The two people who remained sober at the time naturally became friends.
Krevy told Peruvian about her naive idea of creating a warm home without sacrifice.
She escaped and sought help again and again, trying to reveal the truth, but was beaten and bruised every time.
But she would still endure the pain, tiptoe to open the window, and invite Peruvian to watch the moon in the night sky together.
Her eyes were filled with a longing for freedom, until the day when the light went out...
Afterwards, Alechino told Liu Bai and Nashida everything that had happened.
Crevy was freed after being killed by Pereveri in the battle, and Pereveri became the [King].
A year later, in the same place, Peruvian assassinated Kugavina in order to calm his inner turmoil.
After that, she became a new servant and was named Alechino by the Ice Queen.
"Oh, it turned out to be a misunderstanding. I said that you don't look like a bad person, father."
Liu Bai nodded slightly, then spoke with sudden enlightenment.
"So what's the situation now? She doesn't look like a ghost. Although her features are similar, the aura on her body..."
After listening to Alechino's story, Nashida turned around and looked at Crevy.
"Those are the remaining embers from the burning of the Red Moon Fire."
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