Jin stood up; a knock instantly sounded in the door, and a beautiful girl figure appeared in front of him; he noticed that she was shaking from top to bottom.
He concluded from the ragged attire the girl wore that she was a servant; he looked at her face; she was so beautiful he felt pain deep in his heart about this world justice.
'How could a fairy-like this be a slave? In my world, she will probably be worshiped anywhere she goes.'
He didn't want to pounder longer at her facial expressions to not look like that creepy young master his body previously owned by.
Still, he couldn't help but get puzzled about why she was so afraid of him.
A notification waked him up from his thoughts.
'What? This little maid is also a heroine? Damn! What's her identity?'
'Ah! Hmm, A sweet love story indeed, Way to go, author! Too bad, I'm not the disgusting fatty you wrote, but well because of her status as the mc childhood friend, perhaps his godly mc aura already worked on her a little bit.'
'Fuck! This is going to be troublesome.'
Jin looked at the shivering girl standing beside the bed; he couldn't help but be mesmerized at her pure but sharp eyes; she had a blue pair of eyes, shining like a gentle blue ocean, lonely and gloomy like they were bearing a deeply miserable fate, her hair was jet black, a little messy for a personal maid, he predicted that this girl had a terrible time in here, Without even contemplating about how can her skin shine like white jade, or how this girl was so malnourished her bones are visible to the eye, he only focused on one matter.
'How can this young master's reputation be so bad? She didn't even meet me and already ducking her face in the ground like I'm going to eat her.'
I internally cursed the mentally disabled author, who inscribed my character this bad, and in a gentle yet proud tone, I said, "Hello, are you perhaps my new maid?"
She shook her head in shock and finally looked at my face; from her body language, I can tell she was waiting for a traditional douchbag welcome party.
"Y...yes, Young master, my name is Yao meifeng. I'm the master new personal maid," Yao said in a frightened voice.
"They assigned me another one? Well, I'm going to trouble you of taking care of this young master," I radiated a smiling face that didn't look at the slightest handsome.
'Un? How could the tyrant of the Yan family say something like that? I heard he treats servants like insects' Yao's facial expressions made the exact sentence, as she was taken back.
She collected herself, And asked, "Y..young master, are you alright?"
'System, can I pretend like I forgot my memories?'
'Shit! This shoots the difficulty to a whole new level.'
"Um? I hit my head yesterday on the counter and passed out; I don't really know what happened, but I feel a lot clear-minded now, thank you for your concerns." I coldly said.
She horrifiedly lowered her gaze even more to my weird newfound smile; I don't really know if her action were from shiness or disdain. But there is no time to think about it now; I should start working out immediately; I got up not minding the baffled maid stares and attempted to change my clothes.
"Wait, young master, that's this slave work to do!"
'What? Ah, I forgot about this! In those Chinese historical dramas, rich people don't even wear their clothes themselves; how useless you can be to not even put on your own garments yourself?'
"No need, for now; you can do it tomorrow" I no longer paid her any heed and proceeded to wear my vast clothes under her shocked gaze, "System what I should start with?"
'Oh, mama! I thought I'm about to run at least 100 miles, hell yeah! Xianxia world is incredible.'
I got closer to Yao, and in an erratic lofty manner, I said, "Can you show me where I can find the library?"
"Yes, young master, please follow me."
I followed behind her till we reached a massive door; while two men were standing upright in front of it, after glancing at me, their eyes opened, and they quickly bowed their heads; I shifted my gaze towards them and then said, "Can you open the door for me?"
They looked at each other, puzzlement widely showing itself in their faces; they are probably asking themself how can their arrogant, lazy young master go by himself to the library, but they quickly snapped out of their thoughts and opened the door.
I glanced inside and saw a huge room filled with books and manuals; I asked the system where I can find the book, but he responded with, 'I don't know; I only can guide the host indirectly '
Following the unsatisfactory answer, I turned my head to the little fairy and instructed her, "Don't let anybody bother me in my stay here; also, bring me two meals a day."
She nodded her head, still wondering why I want to camp myself here.
And then after that she left.
The search for the technique was arduous; the minutes I thought I'm going to spend looking for it turned into hours and then turned to days, finally at the fifth day, I found the little manual, surrounded by a pile of old books; I grabbed it and instantly started to read it, apparently I should circulate my qi under my skin fast enough to create heat.
'Pft! Phoenix, my ass!'
Well, I regret what I thought instantly, The process was tremendously painful, but I still endured; I'm even the mc, but my proudness and disdain for my current body pushed me greatly; at the same time, my talent was in one word described as"trash," and it was so bad even the system miscalculated the time I need to spend in the library; for an average talent, it will take six days to learn this technique, but I took a total of fifteen days.
'How could the author be so ruthless and write a mob character this hatefully.'
My parents rarely stayed in the Yan family headquarters, so I didn't need to explain my stay.
'From the asshole memories, the mother is a very doting scary type of woman. Can you tell me what happened to her after my death?'
'Predictable! The author doesn't even spare us early mob characters a single page; after all, this is only the smallest stop on the mc road of world domination.'
All the time I spend here, Yao didn't forget her duties; her eyes open in shook every time she delivers my food; not because of my appearance, she doesn't dare to take a peek at me, but because of the intense heat coming from my body.
Every day while practicing this evil technique, my fat slowly burns, sweat and dirt filled my body almost all the time; And eventually, at the last day of the devilish fifteen days of continuous cultivation, I ultimately reached my goal; I looked at myself, and as expected I was unrecognizable.
However, my change was still in the bad norm; it's like someone shaved a sheep from his fur to let him shiver with his skeletal body.
After all, this damned previous body owner only eats sweets and high-calorie diets, paired with his inactivity, made this body have a super frail muscle mass.
'Holy shit! After all this pain, I found a squirrel body!'
I horrified wore my robe; this body is a major disappointment; I can't let someone see me like this; I waited for the mc sweetheart while checking the new notifications in my head.
< Congratulations, mission one completed>
'Pill? system, what I'm supposed to do with these XP points?'
'Oh! Nice, then show me the shop.'
'One hundred? Good lord, I spend half a month for only five.'
<....>
'Anyway, what is the use of the pill.'
Upon saying that, a pill magically appeared in my right hand; I hesitantly took it in my mouth and gulped as I waited for the effects to kick in, but I didn't feel anything change.
'Oye! I don't feel anything.'
"Oh! Ok"
Because I practiced qi circulating trough the Pheonix skin technique, I didn't find the task hard; after precisely four minutes of digesting the pill, I felt something coming off my skin, dirt-filled my black robe, and after a while, I felt like my muscles are more flexible and smooth, added to my now clear shining violet eyes, made me look like I just finished a photoshoot.
I heard someone sneakily entering the door, trying his hardest not to make any noise; It was my 'personal maid,' I glanced in her direction, and for the first time since my stay, I said something.
"Stop, no need for that, my stay here is over."
She finally dared and looked at where I'm sitting; the plate in her hand immediately dropped, smashing to the ground, as her pupils almost covered her eyes from widening; she uttered some weird words, "Who are you? Where did the young master go?"
I frowned and spoke, "the young master? It's right in front of you."
"Huh?" The shooked eyes expanded even more, and she couldn't form a single sentence; she glued her eyes to my face and muttered something under her breath.
I got tired of the silly show and said, "Can we go to my room now? I'm exhausted."
She snapped from her daze and nodded her head; I tried to stand up, but my weak physique, especially after lowering the calories this body takes every day, made me unable to walk straight; I passed her figure in front of the door while she inspected me from top to bottom.
'She is probably asking herself how this boy can be so thin'
Not knowing that her brain didn't even process my body change, her whole attention was on my face.
I smiled, but this time, it came from a charming frail body little master; I looked just like a pitful white rabbit seeing food for the first time, not radiating none of the typical arrogant young master aura.
I extended my hand, "Would you like to help me, please? I can't stand upright at the moment."
She lowered her gaze and yet again looked at my eyes; Yao shyly grabbed my hand and put my arm on her shoulder; she slowly dragged me to my bedroom, rapidly running out after she's done.
I supposed from the "embarrassment."
I had a shower and ate the delicious food the family chef makes. However, some guards interrupted my session with a message from my parents that I need to attend the family dinner today.
I nodded my head and spent my remaining time reading my new task.
< Rewards: 10XP plus a low-grade earth pill>