The formation Olne set up has covered up the whole living unit we're in. Thanks to that formation expert inheritance I found, I was able to decipher and conclude that the formation Olne set up was adequate.
Laying on the huge bed where more than five people can comfortably sleep in, my mind started to wander to my past with my little maid.
How she used to follow me around, anxious and worried for me. Her face always scrunched in worry. I didn't know why she was so anxious, I wasn't a very active boy, far from it actually. All I used to do was read books on cultivation, geography and history. All kinds of topics really. I was very much a quiet kid.
Maybe she saw that as worrying? I know for a fact she loved playing with me in the garden outside. She was very active…
I remember when she and Edna used to bathe me, how she would get distracted by the bubbles…
I remember chasing after her in the forest as we played hide and seek. Yuki used to be very frustrated because of Sarah's use of Darkness laws concealed us from her senses. Very rudimentary technique, but very effective.
I was really childish now I think about it. I guess having a new body can do that to you. My childlike wonder was very prevalent in my younger years. Or I wouldn't have entertained the idea of playing with little girls.
I remember her look of awe when she found out I started cultivating at the age of five.
Sarah was always dutiful and diligent in her duties to me…
I wonder what changed…
Did she really change her mind about being with me? We kissed that night before I teleported away. Did that mean nothing now? Did she get over her crush for me?
I don't want that answer to be yes…
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Many years ago…
"Hey, Young master…" Sarah asked, sitting beside Jason as he lay down on the grass, hands behind his head as he gazed at sky with a toothpick in his mouth.
"Yeah." Jason long given up on telling her to call him by his name.
"You think we can stay like this forever… This peaceful and safe?" Sarah said as she furrowed her brows.
Jason got up and sat beside her. Looking at her with a frown.
"What made you think of such things? Aren't adults supposed to know that?" Jason said as he held her hand. She seems to be a little shaken by her morbid thoughts.
"Its just… I don't know… and I am an adult since I started cultivation last year! I just… I'm thinking about the future, you know?" Sarah said as she looked at Jason with her honey eyes. Her blush growing on her face as she saw his growing, teasing smile.
"You're already thinking about our future huh?" Sarah blushed crimson, smiling sweetly too. Jason smiled kindly at her.
"I just know one thing. Power is everything, without it, we'll be nothing but ants against the strong. Living off scraps and praying no one notices us as we live our pathetic lives in fear." Jason said plainly without restraint. Sarah came out of her embarrassment as she gazed in wonder at Jason.
He always seemed to be wise beyond his age. He was only six this year, but he never stopped surprising her with his intellect.
"I'm sorry if that talk upset you, Sarah. But, it is the truth. So promise me this, that you will always give your all cultivating. So that the future you wish to see will become true." Jason smiled warmly as he squeezed Sarah hand to comfort her. Sarah could only bring him to her embrace as she hugged him tightly.
'Pretty presumptuous of a little maid to hug her young master of her own like that… but I'll never complain.' Jason thought as he returned the hug. Only to feel a shiver run down his spine as he felt a predator eying him with anger.
'Shit! Yuki is angry!'
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Back at the present...
Olne sat still. Occasionally sipping the still hot herbal tea in her hand. Thanks to a mini formation in the cup itself, the heat of the tea was just right.
Olne opened her eyes as she noticed her messaging talisman ringing in her spatial ring. She got it out and answered.
"Yes, Mistress. How can I be of service?" Olne said as she straightened her posture, almost standing in attention to the one woman she respected most on the world.
"How are you, little Olne. How's Jason? Was he a bother to you?" The Valkyrie said to Olne in a warm tone. Olne smiled faintly, then said.
"I'm good, mistress. As for Jason. He's fine as well." Olne said plainly. She was never one to give her opinion on someone.
"That's good… Jason can be a handful, he has this talent of inviting trouble. One time he almost died to a beast when he was seven. By some miracle he was able to kill it eventually, only to find it's mother breathing down his neck… I had to intervene at that moment since neither you nor Laura were there..." The mistress reminisced while Olne listened quietly.
Olne wasn't used to her mistress being so jovial when talking about someone. Especially a boy.
Olne could only smile as she appreciate d the positive effect Jason had on the mistress.
"Do you know what he did when I saved him?" The mistress said with mirth in her tone.
"Cry?" Olne said the first thing that came to her mind. Only to hear a sweet laughter.
"The opposite actually! He just laughed it off as he laid down on the ground. Panting and laughing at the same time. Then he slept then and there…".
"He's always been weird… Don't be deceived though. He's a scoundrel and a rogue. Can you believe that he brought in a woman that he converted to a vampire with him?"
"He's a Vampire!?" Olne said with disbelief in her eyes and her mouth agape. 'How did I not notice that… doesn't he get thirsty? We've been together for more than a day…' Olne thought with her fair knowledge of vampires.
"Jane's fault… she made him a progenitor vampire like herself. So unless you see him drinking blood, you won't even notice that peculiarity. That's beside the point! Not only did he bring a stranger with him, he… my little Yuki and little Anna… before that, Little Edna too… be careful, Olne. You might be in his strike zone." The mistress said playfully at the end.
Olne smiled wryly.
"What about this Sarah girl? Is she one of his… harem?" Olne said.
"…"
"…as for that…"