Miss Luo Yan’s Feet Are Buried With Corpses v3c45

Witch’s Night: Chapter 45 A Gathering of Little Maids

“And Cecilia,” Luo Yan rubbed Cecilia, who was leaning against her, “She’s not from Yan City.”

“I could sort of guess that.”

Xinya nodded. This little girl looked only eleven or twelve years old; how could she possibly hold such an important position?

“She’s Lannister’s representative, the leader, so to speak.”

Luo Yan added.

“…”

Xinya personally experienced what it meant to be dumbfounded. The shock was so great that she didn’t even realize her glasses had slipped halfway down her nose.

“Her?” Xinya’s gaze shifted to Cecilia, her pupils shaking. “Miss Luo Yan, can I take this as your humor?”

Lannister!

This wasn’t a small place like Yan City. Although Xinya had just said that Noah treated every representative of every mega-city attending the Ten Cities Council equally, that was… mostly just for show.

At least two-thirds of the smaller mega-cities came to the Ten Cities Council with the sole task of following instructions.

Only powerful mega-cities had the right to speak at the Ten Cities Council.

Coincidentally, Lannister was one of them.

Although Lannister only truly rose to become a first-tier mega-city after the miraculous “Norian Reform” decades ago, its foundation was slightly weaker compared to other mega-cities.

This could be seen from the fact that Granny Zoya, the only “Destruction” level ability user stationed in the mega-city, was a straggler. But regardless, Lannister was a force to be reckoned with in the Free Federation.

Holding such an important position, Lannister actually sent a young little girl as their representative?

Xinya’s first reaction was that Luo Yan was joking with her, but Luo Yan’s expression remained indifferent, not at all like she was joking.

But Miss Luo Yan also had this expressionless face when she was joking…

“It might be a little difficult to understand, but this was Saint Illusion’s decision.” Luo Yan said softly. “Perhaps she has her own considerations.”

Seeing Luo Yan mention the Saint, Xinya’s puzzled expression instantly disappeared, and she smiled apologetically,

“Apologies, I’ve overstepped. This isn’t something a head maid should know, especially a decision made by the Saint herself.”

No further explanation was needed. Just Luo Yan’s words “Saint Illusion” made Xinya believe in the reliability of this matter.

This showed how deeply ingrained the reverence for the Twelve Saints was in the people of Noah, even more devout and yearning than other mega-cities.

Xinya didn’t doubt Luo Yan’s words. Lying about matters involving the Saints was easily detected.

Moreover, Xinya had vaguely heard some rumors that Miss Luo Yan seemed to have been brought to Noah by the Saint.

The timing seemed to match as well…

Coupled with Miss Luo Yan saying that she wasn’t a mega-city representative, Xinya had a vague guess.

The last person brought back by Saint Illusion was the current Saint Shadow…

Thinking of this, Xinya looked at Luo Yan with even more respect, making Luo Yan feel a little bewildered.

“It’s getting late, Miss Luo Yan, I won’t disturb you any longer.”

Xinya lifted the hem of her skirt and bowed,

“If you need anything, please don’t hesitate to ask… There are some red buttons in the house. Pressing them will summon a servant within five minutes.”

“At any time?”

Anna asked in surprise.

“Twenty-four-hour service.”

Xinya nodded. At this time, the maids had almost finished cleaning, and they came and stood behind Xinya.

“You’ve worked hard.” Anna sighed.

Xinya smiled and said,

“Although I’d like to say some polite words, like ‘it’s my duty’ or ‘I’m happy to serve,’ this is just a job, and we are getting paid.”

After this brief conversation, Xinya had a certain understanding of the “masters” she would be serving these next few days.

To be honest, she was quite happy to meet such a beautiful and kind master. She could earn a high salary and feast her eyes at the same time. Secretly, Xinya was grinning from ear to ear.

Receiving visiting VIPs was like a lottery. Encountering unreasonable guests could make her cry, and there were quite a few who liked to make things difficult for servants. Fortunately, this beautiful young lady wasn’t like that.

Just as Xinya was secretly rejoicing, Luo Yan touched her chin and said,

“It seems everyone is hungry. At this time, it should be dinner time.”

The sun had long set, and the spiritual energy light bulbs in the house were already lit, making the interior as bright as day.

After lunch, Luo Yan and the others had been wandering around for the entire afternoon without eating anything.

Hearing Luo Yan’s words, Anna’s muscle memory was triggered, and her cheeks twitched involuntarily,

“No, Miss Luo Yan…”

“Hmm?” Luo Yan turned to look at Anna. “Why not? Anna, don’t you want to eat? Or…”

Looking directly into Miss Luo Yan’s indifferent eyes, a flashback seemed to appear in Anna’s mind, and she shook her head repeatedly.

Then she paused, seemingly feeling it was inappropriate, and nodded repeatedly.

Finally, Anna covered her mouth, indicating that she wouldn’t say anything.

This was a threat! Miss Luo Yan, this was definitely a threat!

“Yes… apologies, it was my negligence.” Xinya nodded and said, “I’ll arrange for the maids to prepare dinner immediately, please wait a moment.”

“No, no, I can do it.” An almost imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Luo Yan’s mouth. “To be honest, I was also a maid before.”

“You? A maid?”

Xinya said in surprise, but quickly regained her composure.

Saint Illusion never cared about status when bringing people from outside. What was a mere maid? Saint Shadow used to be a refugee!

(PS: This was a long-standing rumor. Shadow was from Dragon City.)

“But this is our job… However, if you insist on cooking personally, please follow me, I’ll take you to the kitchen.”

Xinya smiled gently. “To be honest, I’m very curious about what kind of delicacies such a beautiful and charming person like Miss Luo Yan can cook.”

Trust me, you won’t be curious after this, Anna thought, on the verge of tears.

“I won’t disappoint you, I’ve read many cookbooks,” Luo Yan said with a confident smile, “And Cecilia also likes the food I make.”

Only little Cecilia can eat it, okay! Anna silently roared.

“Hehe, let’s go.”

Xinya raised her hand and led the way, taking Luo Yan out of the living room.

The other maids didn’t leave with Xinya, but stayed where they were. It wasn’t until Xinya’s figure completely disappeared that they erupted in chatter like a pot boiling over.

“So beautiful, so beautiful… even more beautiful than in the photos, even Miss Chris isn’t this beautiful!”

Miss Chris, who was routinely dragged out for comparison, sneezed somewhere in Noah.

“Do you think I can pretend to accidentally hold her hand? Just for a moment! Her small hands look so soft, it would be worth it even if my wages were docked!”

“Hmph, when I passed by just now, I touched her hair! It’s on my little finger! Jealous?”

“That’s nothing, I was assigned to clean the living room! I’ve seen Miss Luo Yan many times!”

These strange discussions made Anna and Cecilia freeze. Because they were young, they were directly considered attendants, so the maids didn’t hold back in their discussion.

But actually, if Xinya weren’t around, even with Miss Luo Yan present, they would probably chatter like this.

These maids were all young girls around eighteen or nineteen years old, and they weren’t professional maids. They were temporarily recruited and received crash courses before starting work.

…Seriously, thousands of mega-cities, each with ten servants per representative, that was tens of thousands of people.

Even if they emptied out all the hereditary noble families in Noah, it would be difficult to find so many servants, let alone the fact that each family had to maintain their daily lives and couldn’t send out all their servants.

Therefore, only the head maids or head butlers were truly experienced.

Cecilia was so scared by this scene that she hid. Anna, on the other hand, felt a little awkward,

“You…”

As soon as she spoke, the scene suddenly fell silent, and several gazes all fell on Anna.

But the silence didn’t last long, and the chatter erupted again,

“Miss Anna, right? Come, come, let’s take a photo together, say cheese~”

“Tell us about Miss Luo Yan. When I saw her photo during the draw, I knew she was the one for me in this life!”

“Nonsense, Miss Luo Yan will marry me!”

Anna, surrounded by this excited chatter, felt a little dizzy, even forgetting what she had originally wanted to remind them about—not to eat Miss Luo Yan’s cooking.

……

“Your Holiness, this is the visiting card from the Dragon City delegation. They will arrive in Noah tomorrow, and you will need to personally welcome them.”

“And this one is…”

“An invitation from Jade City, but only one representative will be accompanying Dragon City, because the City Lord of Jade City was killed by a rogue ability user from Dawn, and the city is still in chaos.”

“I understand, leave them here.”

Pope Aslanmode VII rubbed his temples, looked at the invitations handed over by his Cardinal official, sighed, and shook his head with a wry smile.

“Saints… you’ve really caused me a lot of trouble…”

Aslanmode VII turned his head and looked to the side, where piles of invitations were gathered, and tossed the ones in his hand onto the pile.

For visits from mega-cities like Dragon City and Lannister, he had to personally welcome them.

But for cities like Jade City and Yan City, although it wouldn’t be a problem for Aslanmode VII to personally welcome them normally, now he could only have lower-ranking Cardinal officials do it.

But even so, Aslanmode VII felt overwhelmed.

This was just the welcoming work. Besides this, there were also the accommodation, food, transportation, and other arrangements for the various delegations…

The Ten Cities Council wasn’t just about calling people over and having a meeting. The most troublesome part was all this mundane stuff.

The entire Cardinal Council was extremely busy, and even the Abbey was forced to send out its priests and nuns to assist. All of Noah was operating at unprecedented efficiency because of the Ten Cities Council.

This was the mundane busyness. What worried Aslanmode VII even more was another matter that all mega-cities were concerned about.

Would the “Calamity Tide” really return?

Or, like the War of the Witch of Absolute Death hundreds of years ago, would a revived Primordial Demon reappear in the world?

No matter what the situation, it wasn’t good news for humanity.

Yes, even though everything about humanity was flourishing now, and although there were occasional internal conflicts, overall, they were still in a stage of peaceful development.

But the more they developed, the more they researched the remnants of the Old Era, the more they felt humanity’s powerlessness.

Such a prosperous Old Era civilization had been buried in the dust of history in just a few years after the “Calamity Tide.”

Even though the New Era human civilization had ability users, which the Old Era didn’t, due to the Calamity, fundamentally, their overall strength was still less than one-tenth of the Old Era’s.

The Old Era could explore the galaxy, while the current humans could only barely survive in the Endless Wasteland relying on the “Ember,” let alone exploring the starry sky like the Old Era.

Aslanmode VII thought of his grandfather, Aslanmode V, the only Pope who had truly convened a Ten Cities Council.

During busy nights like this, would his grandfather also think about this uncertain future?

“Sigh…”

Aslanmode VII sighed heavily again.

“Sighing often will scare away good luck.”

A voice suddenly came from the shadow on the ground, and then a tall woman shrouded in shadows slowly appeared.

“Greetings, Saint.”

Aslanmode VII hurriedly stood up and saluted Shadow with the Church’s prayer ritual.

“Forget it, you old man with brittle bones from sitting for too long, I’m afraid you’ll fall apart if you move too much.”

Shadow waved her hand dismissively. Although she was a Saint, she wasn’t used to being worshipped like this.

Then she noticed an invitation on Aslanmode VII’s desk. The conspicuous dragon totem made her raise an eyebrow,

“Yo, Dragon City?”

“Yes, this is for tomorrow…”

Aslanmode VII stopped mid-sentence, suddenly remembering some rumors, and quickly shut his mouth.

Saint Shadow seemed to have some old grudges with Dragon City…

“Oh, why are you so nervous, it was so long ago.” Seeing Aslanmode VII’s reaction, Shadow knew what he was thinking. “Besides, haven’t you all already spread the rumor that I’m a refugee?”

The emergence of this rumor was a tacit understanding between Noah and Dragon City. After all, a Saint who used to be cannon fodder in a certain mega-city due to personal grudges… saying it out loud wouldn’t sound good.

Even being a refugee could avoid this awkward situation.