Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

The villa's maid first led Arthur and Leaf to a clean room.

Give them a clean set of clothes, then point to two of the rooms and say with a smile, "Hey, this room is yours from now on, and the other room is yours too. Get to know each other first."

Arthur was slightly taken aback; this was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

He originally envisioned a dark dungeon like the one in the Black Abyss Secret Realm, where he would lie on a large communal bed with a dozen or so slaves, as that kind of environment was more in line with their status as "lower class".

Every day, he had to fight with his fists for a better bed and the food his master would give him. He also had to rely on his strength, ruthlessness, and fearlessness to ensure that he wouldn't be bullied by the other slave children—something he had become accustomed to after being captured and enslaved.

The situation was similar back in the border village. In that no-man's-land, the empire couldn't care less about it, so might makes right, and the village chief would only protect those who gave him gifts.

Ye Zi initially stood timidly behind her brother, but she was quickly drawn to the cleanliness of the room.

The little girl stared blankly into the room, her mouth slightly open, and a large tuft of hair on her head twitched back and forth as she turned her head.

"Um... sir, excuse me, but I have a question..."

Arthur called out to the maids, asking nervously, "Do we... really live in this place?"

"My lord?" The maids were slightly taken aback, then burst into laughter.

Hearing their laughter made Arthur feel somewhat embarrassed, his cheeks burning, but he didn't know what they were laughing about.

“We’re not adults.” The maid shrugged. “I’m just a servant here, and this is a normal room. We all live in places like this.”

Arthur stared in surprise.

How is that possible? How can servants be dressed so well and live in such nice places?

A maid blinked: "This was originally a servants' residence. Everyone living in this villa is a servant of the Ye family."

Arthur felt a little dazed for a moment.

Servants? Living in such nice houses? Such good conditions?

Is it possible that the Ye family really has too much money and nowhere to spend it?

He remembered when he was a child, he used to wander south with his parents to work for a powerful man who was a quasi-Yellow Realm transcendent. However, that powerful man wanted to squeeze every last drop of value out of them, and he wished he could turn them into human-shaped cattle that only needed to be fed grass to work...

We're already being generous by feeding them; why would we expect them to have clothes and shelter?

The maids started chattering amongst themselves.

"What's this? Young Master Ye's place is much more beautiful!"

"But in this world, only Young Master Xiaoye deserves to live in such a nice place!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"Young Master Ye is absolutely the cutest and gentlest boy in the world! I really want to hold him in my arms and cherish him..."

"Sigh, if only I had come to the Ye family a few years earlier, then I would have had the chance to bathe young Master Ye when he was little..."

"Last month on my birthday, I even received a pat on the head from Young Master Ye as a gift!"

"Aaaaaaah, really?! I'm going to ask for a reward next time it's my birthday!!"

Arthur: "......"

ha?

How does it feel...

This demonized family... is a little different from what I imagined?

After a while, the maids left, chatting and laughing, no longer paying attention to the two children.

Arthur and Ye Zi remained standing blankly in the room, holding their clothes, neither daring to change nor to find a place to sit down.

Ye Zi looked around, her eyes lit up when she saw the clean, soft bed, and she immediately wanted to pounce on it.

Arthur stopped her, saying, "Wait a minute!"

Yezi's ahoge (a single strand of hair sticking up) twitched, and she turned around, asking in a puzzled, childlike voice, "What's wrong, brother?"

"Let's wait a bit," Arthur said worriedly. "Don't touch those things yet, maybe there's a mistake..."

What if, after he moves into the room, his dirty feet touch the clean floor, only to be told that this place doesn't belong to them at all...

"You trash tainted by dark blood, do you even deserve to live here? Look at your filthy hands, you've dirtied my bed!"

That would definitely anger that young master, and he might just throw them to feed the monsters in his rage...

"Well......"

Ye Zi didn't quite understand why her brother was doing this, but she still obediently stood beside him, occasionally turning her head to look at the allure of the pristine white bed.

The little girl's gaze fell on the table in the room, where there were several pieces of bread, milk, and other food.

In the Black Abyss dungeon, even half a piece of moldy bread is something that can only be obtained by risking one's life to defeat several children who are several years older than them.

Yezi really wanted to run over and stuff all those delicious-looking foods into her stomach, but she ultimately restrained herself...

However, she couldn't stop drooling.

The little girl stared blankly at the food, snot bubbles and drool occasionally popping out of her nose and then being sucked back in.

So, these two little guys stood there dumbfounded in the room for hours as punishment...

A few hours later, Night Song arrived.

He saw the two siblings standing at attention, one in front of the other, and looked completely bewildered: "What are you doing?"

"Huh?" Arthur was taken aback. "I...we..."

Ye Ge raised an eyebrow: "I remember you came from a border village. Kids your age from that area shouldn't be so bad at not knowing how to bathe and change their own clothes, right? Or do you not know how to turn on the water heater?"

Arthur: "No, that's not it..."

Ye Ge raised his wrist and glanced at the time: "I'm only giving you ten minutes. Take a shower, change into clean clothes, eat a piece of bread on the table to fill your stomach, and then stand in front of me immediately. Otherwise, you can forget about being a soldier, and I'll arrange for you to unclog the sewers tonight."

"!" Arthur jolted awake. "Yes!"