Chapter 293 - 48: Life as a Manservant (Part 1)
The banquet had nothing to do with Lu Hong, and the young lady deemed him not clever enough to serve people, so all tasks like serving tea and water were left entirely to the old butler’s charge.
In Raoxue City’s customs, servants were not allowed to eat until their masters had finished. Having been sent to the kitchen with nothing to do, Lu Hong sat down cross-legged on the floor and started meditating, attempting to connect with nature’s spiritual energy.
It was still the same, inside Lu Hong there was a deadly stillness, not a ripple of qi and blood, and his Pure Steel Battle Energy was just the same, what on earth was the magic tool that was the iron nail? It had simply sucked him dry and seemed to have added a seal for good measure.
How could he recover? It seemed the only plan for now was to get a breakthrough from the young girl, for she was from the Holy Court and should have a way, but how to get her to speak was another matter worth contemplation.
Threaten? Seems not quite effective, at least not now when he couldn’t beat her.
Seduce? Well... let’s put that on hold, unless he had no other choice, Lu Hong was not willing to sacrifice his dignity.
An hour later, the old butler came to the kitchen with some cold dishes, "Hungry? Warm these up for yourself; these are things the miss hasn’t eaten much of. It’s a bit of a waste to throw them away."
"She left these uneaten?" Lu Hong showed a look of disdain. Living in such a large castle, did they really need to be so stingy?
"What’s wrong?" the old butler became unhappy, "Being able to eat what the miss has left is a blessing for you. If it wasn’t for the fact that you will soon inherit my duty to serve the miss, I wouldn’t have left you this precious chance."
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