The Villain Saint is my secondary account

Immediately afterwards, another nobleman laughed.

Then, as if sending a signal, the nobles at the table, as if on cue, began to praise the exquisite taste of the black tea in vivid detail.

They spoke so vividly, so dreamily and ethereally, that Miss Windsor lost her confidence.

So, was she the only one who thought this drink looked like horse piss?

Miss Windsor found it hard to believe, but the praise from the crowd still echoed vividly in her ears.

She doesn't need to deliberately conform to her status, but she's unsure of herself. Could this be the true taste of Xinjiang black tea, one that she simply doesn't know how to appreciate?

If she were to forcefully refute her, it would make people think she was short-sighted, which would be very embarrassing.

Despite the defeat in this war in the western frontier, these nobles dared not speak openly, but who could know whether they harbored any thoughts of belittling themselves in secret?

If she loses face here again, wouldn't the refined taste she cultivated as a young lady become a laughing stock because she doesn't know how to appreciate this Xinjiang black tea?

With a flicker of her eyes, Miss Windsor quickly made up her mind.

It doesn't matter if the tea is bad; what matters is that her taste and manners are beyond question.

The girl then parted her thin lips slightly and said softly.

"Well, not bad."

Now, it was Ye Xiao's turn to lack confidence.

How can this be considered "good"?

He wondered if he had picked up the wrong tea leaves.

Could he have misread it? There were indeed quite a few tea leaves on the shelf that he hadn't seen before. Could he have mixed them up and accidentally brewed a pot of decent tea?

Completely baffled, Ye Xiao took advantage of the conversation to secretly pour himself another cup, then hid in a corner and took a sip.

"Yue!"

Chapter Ninety-Two: The Place Where Sprouts Begin

The world has gone mad after all.

Ye Xiao still didn't understand why she was inexplicably kept behind and became Miss Windsor's tea master.

Isn't the tea he brewed bad enough?

Fortunately, after becoming a servant, he was never used again, and inexplicably, he became a free man.

He was quite happy to have some free time, because not having to be on duty often meant that he could go wherever he wanted most of the time. As long as he stayed in his room on the second floor and didn't wander around on the third floor, there was basically no risk of running into Natania.

However, speaking of Tanya, twenty days have passed since the airship took off, and Ye Xiao has not seen her again.

The other person's physical condition seemed to be worse than it appeared; I heard that they had been staying in a suite on the third floor, with several servants taking turns to care for them.

In any case, this is definitely a good thing for Ye Xiao.

Perhaps luck has finally smiled upon him; these past few days, nothing else has caused him any trouble.

He even had the chance to use the portal to go back and spend time with Ella, or to get closer to his other wives.

After transforming into a cat, Greta especially loved to perch on his head and meow, and follow him around Loren.

Skadi usually stayed in her study, where she and Ye Xiao would work and chat, just like they used to do at the academy. Aside from the considerable trouble caused by the Western Frontier War, the national policies and plans proposed by some of the player officials she had mentored also required her constant research and effective implementation.

Susie Yun, on the other hand, took a nominal position in the Holy Light Revelation Society and established small monasteries in other provinces on behalf of Ella, providing relief to the poor and attracting many believers. With the expansion and use of the fixed teleportation portal, the branches of the Holy Light Revelation Society were like small wormholes, allowing believers to easily distribute resources from rich regions to other barren provinces;

Unable to participate in the battle, Ella used her free time to research plans to cultivate food and cotton using life magic.

Unfortunately, the breadfruit tree she concocted seems to be edible, but the breadfruit always grows extra eyes and extends tentacles to press down on your mouth, trying to prevent you from eating it, which is quite unsettling.

Since she was still unsure whether her divine power would have any potential negative effects on people, Ella did not dare to promote such things for the time being. Only technologies like fixed teleportation portals, which did not require entering other people's bodies, could be slowly applied to gradually improve the productivity of the vast empire.

The dukes of the four provinces were all ambitious lords who would often argue fiercely in the council of the palace over certain decisions, making the Empress's head buzz. But this was a rare era in the history of the empire in which the four dukes could stand shoulder to shoulder with the royal family.

In summary, despite the perilous situation on the continent and the ongoing war in the western frontier, the Loren Empire's economy and people's livelihoods have not only survived thanks to the concerted efforts of players and the empire's leadership, but have even shown signs of recovery.

This also makes Ye Xiao feel a lot of emotions whenever he holds little Ella on the top of the palace and looks at the magnificent capital city bathed in the glow of the sunset.

Like a seed sprouting from the wasteland, this land, which was thriving on a war-torn continent, began to give him an increasingly strong sense of belonging.

Unlike his past life of drifting along with the tide of adventure and his unforgettable desire for revenge, now he only has the determination to resolutely protect everything.

Here are not only his family and companions, but more importantly, people who love the saint and yearn for a better life.

"Who would have thought that in the end we would be working together to find a way to save the world?"

As the sun set, Ella sat on the railing, her head resting on Ye Xiao's shoulder, and murmured softly as if talking to herself.

Both of them were themselves, so there was no need for them to actually speak.

But for some reason, Ella suddenly felt like making this remark, as if she were talking to herself, or perhaps telling it to some distant place.

Ye Xiao smiled slightly, put his arm around the girl's slender waist, and gently brushed away the silver hair behind her ear with his hand that went around her armpit. His fingertips brushed across her warm face, like flowing through a clear, icy spring.

The intimacy with Ella will never get old; just let go of everything and focus on immersing yourself in the beauty. After all, who can be more compatible with you than yourself?

The other three concubines each have their own merits, but it still takes some effort to maintain the relationship—although this process can also be considered a kind of blissful enjoyment, since the three girls are giving back and contributing wholeheartedly.

Unfortunately, as night fell, Ye Xiao's brief moment of leisure was coming to an end.

He couldn't stay in that idyllic place forever; he eventually had to return to the airship to continue his stealth mission.

At times like this, Ye Xiao felt like a working person who had to go back to work after the weekend, and his anger towards the company and the Dark Shepherd grew even stronger.

Damn it, without those two pieces of junk, he could be living the most comfortable life ever.

However, this is already a rather luxurious trouble. After all, in normal stories, which undercover agent doesn't have to scheme and risk his life every day? Only he can occasionally go home and have women on both sides.

……

As night fell, after twenty days of flight, the airship had crossed a small part of the continent, traversed vast deserts and expansive mountain ranges, and arrived at the border of the Principality of Tedeh.

This country of steam and steel, located in the north of the continent, is mostly hidden in high mountains, with its cities concentrated in a small plain in the northwest.

Even in May, one can see mountains covered in snow and ice from the porthole.

But the view wasn't entirely dominated by the white of the night sky; deep black lines were embedded between the mountains, like a spider web spreading out in all directions beyond the hills.

Although Ye Xiao already knew from player forums that Tedeh's technological development was very rapid, the fact that railways had been laid to the vassal states outside the borders truly demonstrated that its productivity was exceptionally strong.

Brightly lit steam trains shuttled through the area, transporting munitions from the heart of the remote plains like blood vessels.

It's hard to imagine that a country that still builds houses in trees and this country with its dense railway network could be considered great powers in the same era—I'm talking about you, Aslan.

As for Loren, Loren is the best, without a doubt.

After quietly admiring the scenery outside the window for a short while, Ye Xiao heard a knock on the door.

"Kalon, the banquet is about to begin. Make preparations."

Sebastian's voice came from outside the door. Although he didn't have to do the work of a tea master, as a servant, Ye Xiao still had to do his part when everyone was busy and manpower was scarce.

That's why he would return to the airship every evening, because Miss Windsor especially loved to hold banquets at this time.

Chapter Ninety-Three: Undercurrents

After quickly tidying up his clothes and disguise, Ye Xiao put on the tailcoat that belonged to a servant and went out.

Since he doesn't need to brew tea, he can choose to stay on the second floor and do some odd jobs.

The other senior servants were all eager to go up to the third floor to show their faces in front of the important figures and gain some favor. Therefore, Ye Xiao's willingness to share manpower on the second floor was the best thing for the other servants.

As for being a tea master, a high-ranking servant, he didn't need to do things like washing dishes or cleaning. His main job was to take stock of the tea ingredients and pastries, or patrol the dessert room and kitchen with his hands behind his back, giving instructions to the other servants.

"Hmm? You can't wash vegetables like that. Even washing vegetables requires care. How can you be so careless?"

When he was bored, he would find a hapless guy who did odd jobs and chatter on and on, just to show the housekeeper how much work he had done.

"Close your eyes, use your fingers to feel the soul of the vegetable, and soothe the veins of the leaves by following the pulsation of its soul. Only in this way can you bring out the flavor of life hidden in the vegetable."

"Is that so? That's very profound."

The bewildered servant carefully arranged the vegetable leaves in the bowl. "I will do my best, sir."

“Good, young man. If you work hard at the same thing for decades, you will become an expert in it. Sooner or later, you will become a high-ranking attendant like me.”

Ye Xiao nodded with an air of composure, then strolled leisurely away from the kitchen with his hands behind his back.

He thought he would just get through the night like this, but unexpectedly, a head maid suddenly entered the kitchen with two maids. Her eyes darted left and right around the stove, and when she saw Ye Xiao, she walked straight toward him.

"You're Anshapukalong, the tea master, right? We need your help at the banquet, but you can leave the kitchen to me."

Job exchanges between servants are actually quite common, but Ye Xiao didn't want to go to the third floor, so he didn't agree immediately. Instead, he asked with a hint of curiosity, "Was this arranged by Lord Sebastian? What kind of work will I be doing at the banquet?"

"Of course it's the tea-making job; it's what Lord Sebastian sent me to find you."

The head maid looked into Ye Xiao's eyes and answered crisply, without revealing anything unusual in her tone.

But this still made Ye Xiao feel a little strange. Now that he thought about it carefully, he realized that his tea skills must have actually "conquered" Miss Windsor that day, but the latter didn't say it for some reason.

Judging from the fact that he spent the last twenty days doing odd jobs, it seems that the other party probably didn't want to drink his tea anymore.

But the head maid immediately told him to go back and brew tea. It couldn't be that Miss Windsor had developed some strange fetish and had become fond of the taste of his black tea again.

Something was definitely amiss, and the perceptive Night Snack quickly realized that something was strange; the head maid seemed to be deliberately trying to get rid of him.

However, he did not directly refute it. Instead, he nodded and smiled, saying "I understand," and then followed the other two maids out of the kitchen.

However, even though he seemed to have left, a mouse secretly peeked out from the shadows onto the hanging light on the kitchen roof.

Ella can't summon a large horde of demonic apostles right now, but getting a few little rats won't affect her recuperation.

So she decided to see what the head maid was planning to do by sending Ye Xiao out to the kitchen.

Sure enough, just two minutes after Ye Xiao was led outside the kitchen, the head maid, who seemed to be inspecting the kitchen, walked slowly to a soup pot. After looking around to make sure no one was paying attention to her actions, she sprinkled some powdery substance from her sleeve into the pot.

She moved nimbly and lingered by the soup pot for only a short time. If it weren't for the rat familiar watching her closely, no one would have noticed this subtle action.

Good heavens, they actually drugged me here? And the technique they used was quite professional.

Ella, whose vision was connected to the rat's, raised an eyebrow. This shouldn't be an action by Loren's side, so the identity of this head maid was worth pondering.

The soup pot was a communal dish at the banquet. The dishes specially prepared for Miss Windsor were kept in a separate, guarded room in the back kitchen. This guy didn't use that room to poison her but did it here, making it difficult to target a specific person. So, could he be trying to create chaos at the banquet?

Ella pondered the other party's motives, but instead of alerting them, she controlled a rat to climb up the ceiling to the soup pot and gracefully plunge into the water.

She certainly didn't intend to give everyone rat soup; the rats were simply a medium through which she could transfer her divine power and purify the medicinal powder that had just been sprinkled into the soup.

The rat's flesh and blood melted into a clump of sludge in the soup, but as long as no one saw it, it wouldn't cause any discomfort.

Ye Xiao had finally made it to Lionheart City and was almost at the company's headquarters. He couldn't let these strange guys cause any trouble.

On the other side, Ye Xiao followed two maids up to the third floor, but instead of going to the hall where the banquet was being held, he turned into a side room along the corridor.

Aren't we going to the banquet hall?

Ye Xiao asked, "This room contains cabinets and several small carts, and it looks like a servant's tool room."

"Miss didn't attend the banquet; she's having a beauty treatment in her room. You can get ready here for a bit and then come over."

The two maids exchanged a secret glance, then one of them, with dark green hair, opened the door and left, while the other stayed behind, opened the cupboard, took out the tea set, and placed it on the cart.

The maid who remained had a cute and gentle oval face and a petite figure. After taking out a few plates from the first shelf of the cupboard, she reached out to try to reach the teacup on the top shelf.

Unfortunately, she wasn't tall enough. Even on tiptoe, her small, soft hands could only reach the edge. After a few tries, she turned red in the face and started panting heavily. Then, somewhat helplessly, she turned to Ye Xiao, blinked her big eyes, and gave him a pitiful look. "Sir, could you help me get that?"

"Oh, no problem, I'll do it."

Ye Xiao smiled politely, walked up to the maid, and reached for the teacup on the top shelf of the cabinet.

However, at that moment, the maid who saw Ye Xiao's back suddenly had a strange glint in her eyes.

Suddenly, she pulled out a blade as thin as a cicada's wing and plunged it into the back of Ye Xiao's head, leaving him completely unprepared.

The sharp blade gleamed coldly and pierced Ye Xiao's skull in an instant.

But a hint of surprise flashed across the maid's feigned pitiful face, because she didn't feel the blade pierce flesh; instead, it went straight through the head and stuck on the edge of the cabinet.

Afterimage! ?

"Hey."

A soft sigh came from the side, and the maid turned her head in surprise, her gaze meeting Ye Xiao's listless eyes.

"If they come up and attack your vital points right away, you might want to be prepared."