Working over here with the Demon King is really convenient.
This was Yila's thought. Imagine, if a noble in the empire tried to implement some policy, they'd first face disobedient citizens who only superficially obey orders; and peasants who couldn't read and barely understood commands.
Then there were those subordinates who occasionally caused trouble, as well as the bootlicking noble sycophants who constantly boasted about the effectiveness and proper implementation of policies, and finally, the noble colleagues who squeezed out this whimsical noble from every side.
In the end, the policy would just rot there, either completely forgotten or abandoned without any chance for amendment.
If Yila hadn't been backed by Yose all the time on his way up, and again gained unconditional support from Isabella after Yose's death, he would definitely have faced obstacles everywhere within the empire.
Though eventually, Isabella did rebel a bit.
...
In contrast, anything you wanted to do over here with the Demon King was simple, with obedient monsters who felt a sense of belonging to the Demon King Territory, sensible little fairies who were incapable of lying, and colleagues who were few in number but intelligent.
[Having brains]is indeed a remarkable advantage since many nobles indeed lack brains. This is not a joke but rather Yila's experience from years of working in the empire.
*Knock knock knock~*
"Lord Yila."
Hilena gently knocked on the door. Her voice came from outside. At some point, she had started addressing Yila as "Lord" and said, "If possible, we can settle the rewards related to the fertilizer."
Yes, Yila had previously provided information on the process and formula for the fertilizer... Although it's a very simple logic, it is often this simple layer of logic that's needed to make things go smoothly.
Therefore, Yila's information had value and indeed deserved a reward.
Even though... even though Yila was almost as good as having joined the Demon King's camp, even if it were clearly stated, there still needed to be rewards, just called remuneration or rewards.
For this kind of thing, if the emperor thought highly of you, he would personally reward you, or reward you on the court. If he didn't want your status to be elevated too much or didn't want you to become the focus of attention, he would send servants to reward you in private.
But perhaps Satan Ye didn't have the thought, nor did he understand the art of rewarding.
So Yila wouldn't think about it and wouldn't care, he just hoped Hilena wouldn't really take Vera's nonsense seriously and bring over two loli maids.
"Please come in, the door is not locked."
Saying this, Yila placed the book he hadn't finished reading facedown on the table and then looked at Hilena who was pushing the door open, and behind her followed a cute-looking, seemingly respectful loli succubus.
"..."
Yila guessed right, but only half right. What was brought was indeed a loli, but it was one instead of two, and it was a fellow clan member instead of a maid.
"Hello, Lord Yila."
The small loli greeted this way.
Under Yila's questioning gaze, Hilena introduced him, saying, "He is not a reward but is arranged to be your attendant... the most capable fighter among the succubus, once beat three goblins to death in his childhood."
"Ahem..."
Upon hearing this, Yila somewhat couldn't hold back. To be honest, his impression of succubi was magical creatures that kill with illusions and whips, spies who seduce nobles through improper means to steal information, so this change of character was somewhat hard for him to accept.
But such a succubus was clearly an anomaly among succubi.
"Thank you for your concern, but I don't need it."
Rejecting like this, Yila shook his head, he still didn't think he needed a maid to serve him, aside from children... no modern person would get used to someone assisting with dressing.
In response, the loli succubus seemed a bit disappointed.
Hilena nodded to show she understood but still smiled and explained, "He won't affect your life but can help you with errands. Like last night, I wouldn't need to ask if Lord Yila needed heated water for a bath anymore."
That's true, last night Yila had intended to go to sleep in his clothes directly, but only when Hilena mentioned it did he think a bath might be a good idea.
"If you have a dedicated servant, you wouldn't need to personally inform Miss Vera when your clothes are torn, won't have to find the little fairies yourself when wanting to send something... by the way, the pudding is delicious."
That seems reasonable, but...
Yila thought about it and gently shook his head, apologetically looking at the loli succubus and Hilena, saying, "But I'm not used to having a maid following me around."
"But I am a male attendant."
The interrupting loli succubus said this...
"..."
Yila: "???"
"Yes, his name is Tipcapu, you can call him Little Ti, a rare male succubus."
With this said, Hilena confirmed the words of the loli succubus. She said, "No need to worry about discomfort, Lord Yila, he will continue practicing combat in the training grounds as usual, just give him instructions if you need anything."
Looking at this cute and petite "loli" in front of him, Yila's gaze scanned his beautiful face, noting the heart-shaped succubus tail. No matter how he looked, he couldn't tell the other party was male.
"So, I need to go to the training ground to find... him?"
Yila asked while rubbing his brow. Before he traveled here, the term "trap" hadn't caught on online, so his worldview had some small issues at the moment.
"No need, otherwise it would be no different from having no maid... or manservant."
Hilena?! You misspoke, right? You definitely slipped just now… You're also shocked by the appearance and gender of this fellow tribe member named Tipcapu, right?
"Little Ti masters the [Sub-plane Travel Skill]."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Yila looked at the little succubus in astonishment. Though he wasn't a spellcaster, he knew the difficulty of spells that allowed movement in the sub-plane. He asked, "Shadow Realm Travel?"
The Shadow Realm was a relatively common sub-plane. Many assassins or similar profession practitioners would use it to avoid damage or hide their presence. Main Plane people couldn't harm creatures in the Shadow Realm with physical means, but magical means could.
"Void Travel."
Familiar with Little Ti's situation, Hilena said, and Tipcapu cooperated by activating his ability, making his body blur and disappear from the room.
This was quite remarkable.
The Void Realm is also one of the more commonly used sub-planes, characterized by chaotic and disorderly splicing of spatial coordinates. The principle of the Teleportation Technique is to use Mana to parse the two coordinates from the Main Plane perspective and switch those overlaid positions in the Void Realm perspective.
In other words, someone who mastered Void Travel, as long as they had enough Magic Power, could cross from one end of the world to the other in an instant. Generally speaking, most spellcasters don't possess either this skill or sufficient Mana.
"Not a learned spell? But an innate talent? Honestly, being a manservant is somewhat beneath his capabilities..."
Yila mused this way.
With such a capability, why not become a god of unidentified assassins to make a name for himself (assassins can't become well-known; it's too dangerous), instead of staying here to be a little manservant?