"Now let's make an announcement to the whole town first, do you have any broadcast stand in the town?" Maria asked.
"Yes, but we are going to start the recruitment now?" said Dominic, rather hard to accept.
"Of course! The faster, the better." said Maria as if he is the one that is looking for an assistant...
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In the middle of nowhere, Sky is strolling on a dim and endless road. In the middle of the endless road, he saw a white knight, an angel, and a gorgeously pretty lady. The angel pierced his holy sword into the chest of the white knight while the lady is looking at Sky with an evil smile.
Suddenly, the white knight and the angels disappeared, leaving the lady standing alone in the middle of the endless road, a man slowly walked out from nowhere and hugged the lady from behind, take a closer look, that man is Chris. After a while, both of them slowly walked into the darkness while the lady continue to glimpse at Sky with her evil smile until they were all swallowed by the darkness...
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Sky opened his eyes and found himself in the Secret Base infirmary. Ben swiftly walked towards him with a concerned look before started checking all of his health states.
"You finally awake, you had been in an unconscious state for almost two days. Can you try to move your limps a bit, just a little bit will do." said Ben, in his usual fast and flat tone.
Slightly thinking for a while, Sky decided to give Ben a 'peace' hand sign with a smirk.
"Ah... I see. Glad to know that you are recovering well." said Ben.
"I somewhat heard Mr. Thomas's voice just now in my slumber, is Mr. Thomas here right now?" Sky asked, sounds rather alright, except for a slight hoarseness in his voice due to a dried throat.
"Yes, he is currently having a meeting with Chris out there, want to join them?" Ben asked as he handed a cup of warm water.
"Yeah, it's some serious matter after all." said Sky after taking a sip of the warm water.
"I see... You can go after I did a detailed body check-up on you to make sure you are totally alright." said Ben.
Sky nodded.
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Meanwhile, Secret Base, Conference room. Both Chris and Mr. Thomas are staring at each other with a stern look... Or rather, they are staring at a water bottle in the middle of the table. Then Chris reached that bottle with his right and flipped it, the water flipped perfectly and landed nicely on the table.
"Yes! That is two over zero." said Chris, kind of proud of himself.
"Uhm... Excuse me? What the heck are you two doing in this conference room?" said Sky, who happened to open the door of the conference room as Chris flipped the bottle.
"Eh? Ah... Sky! You are awake! Aren't you supposed to be in the infirmary right now? Where is Ben?" Chris asked, obviously trying to switch Sky's attention.
"For your information, I am here as well. And I clearly remember that I told you he will regain consciousness by today, and you clearly told me that you are going to let him handle this conference if he regained consciousness before Mr. Thomas's arrival. So your reaction right now doesn't really match your words earlier." said Ben, obviously dissing.
"Uh... Haha... So, Mr. Thomas, where were we just now? Oh! About that young Marshall. Care to tell me more about that person?" Chris asked as he laughed awkwardly...
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At the same time, Quill Town. Town center.
Maria had arranged everything for Dominic's personal assistant recruitment session, and had gathered all the townspeople who are interested in applying for that position. Maria and Nathan are currently interviewing some of the acceptable candidates. Dominic is sitting behind a curtain and observing the whole interview session.
"Did you know how to brew a pot of good tea?"
"Yes, just throw a whole pile of tea leaves into the pot with piping hot water, the more tea leaves, the more fragrant the tea will be."
"Uh... I see... Or maybe you can read and write?"
"Yes, of course, I can, just I haven't written for years, but I am sure that it's still as good as my school day when I was a kid."
"Uhm... Okay. Here's some bread and dried fruits, hope you have a good day."
Mhmm... As you can see, everything is just going so 'well'...
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The interview session ended after about two hours. Maria leaned on the chair and looks rather fatigued, Dominic walked out from the curtain with a concerned look.
"It's not an easy job, isn't it?" said Dominic as he poured a cup of water for Maria.
"Well, it's still much easier than the recruitment for the Kingdom though. Anyway, despite having lots of difficulties, I have sifted out some suitable candidates from all the townspeople, here's the list, if you are interested. But I still think that we need to gather people from outside the town, there is a higher chance to get a better candidate than just in this town." said Maria, who is obviously exhausted, judging by his changes in tone and attitude.
"Actually it's alright, you don't really need to do this much for me, the personal assistant issue isn't urgent at all." said Dominic, who is still not very enthusiastic about the recruitment for his personal assistant.
"It's okay, Uncle Dominic, I am going to continue anyway, I am not the type that will give up halfway through." said Maria, like that extrovert friend of everyone...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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