Unspeakable bubbles

"..."

“Master, it’s getting late. Let Annie take you back to your bedroom.”

"kindness!"

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"Qiong, Qiong, get up quickly!"

Before dawn, Qiong's door was pounded on loudly.

"Who is it? It's not even dawn yet..."

"This is my real name, open the door now!"

"coming."

Joan opened the door wearily, and sure enough, Zhenming was standing there looking anxious.

"what happened?"

Qiong's heart tightened, and the sleepiness on her face vanished without a trace.

"The Earl returned last night; I just received the news!"

"......ah?"

Seeing that Qiong was staring blankly at her, Zhenming took her hand and walked out.

"Quickly, quickly, we need to report to the Earl immediately."

"Wait, wait a minute, why are you in such a hurry?"

Joan looked out the window; it was still pitch black outside.

"It's not even dawn yet, Pao! The Earl is probably still asleep. We won't find him even if we go!"

“I know the Countess is still sleeping, so we’ll wait in front of her bedroom. We must make sure she sees us as soon as she steps out.”

"Huh?"

Qiong stopped abruptly: "What are you doing so early in the morning?"

"Hmph, still don't understand?"

The real name showed an indignant look on her face: "The Earl arrived in the territory last night, but that bastard Crove didn't even inform us!"

Section 482, Chapter 481: Captain Runner

“The Earl must have returned very late yesterday. Krov probably didn’t want to disturb our rest.”

Upon hearing this, Zhenming immediately showed a look of disappointment and frustration.

"Sigh, how can you be so naive?"

"Krove just wants to kick us out of the core team; he has ulterior motives!"

"...Our real names... Before Krov and the others came, we were indeed key figures under the Earl."

"But the situation is different now."

Joan shook her head: "Haven't you seen the changes that have taken place in the territory these days? It's all thanks to Crovet."

"To be honest, if we were to do it, we simply couldn't accomplish these things."

"That's because Krov has a lot of resources at his disposal!"

Zhenming retorted, unconvinced, "If I had that many resources at my disposal, I wouldn't do any worse than him!"

"But you don't."

Joan shrugged: "Let's face reality, we can't compare to Croves and his Thousand Transformations."

"We have long since stepped down from our core positions."

"..."

Zhenming looked unwilling; she knew that what Qiong said was the truth.

However, it's impossible to get her to give in so easily!

"One word: are you going or not?"

"Go, go, I'll go with you, okay?"

Joan thought for a moment and then said, "By the way, should we bring Carmen along too?"

"Who? You mean 'Captain Runner' Carmen?"

Zhenming laughed loudly: "Let me tell you, that guy has done a terrible job. Qianbian has always disliked him, and this time he's definitely going to get him killed."

"Keep your distance from him, lest it lower our standards."

"Well, but I feel that the Earl trusts him a lot."

Joan hesitated and said, "Are you really not going to take him along? More people means more support."

"You can go get me if you want, I'm not going," Zhenming said irritably.

"Never mind, I'm not familiar with him anyway."

With that, Joan went back into the room.

"Wait, why did you walk back?"

"Change your clothes, it won't take much time."

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"Although the big bed in the dormitory is very comfortable, it just doesn't feel the same when I sleep at home."

The little girl stretched and looked around, but she didn't see her little rabbit.

"Annie, have you seen Bunny?"

"Master, yesterday I arranged for the maids to build a special nest for the rabbit. I was planning to take it to meet its new home this morning, but after you fell asleep, it secretly sneaked into its own nest to sleep."

"Haha, let it be."

The little girl smiled and casually asked, "Annie, how's your maid training going?"

“Master, it should be your maid.”

Anne corrected Bubble's statement, and she looked a little annoyed.

"Is things not going well? Have a good talk with Bubble."

"Yes Master."

Anne organized her thoughts: "When I first heard that Anne was recruiting maids, Lord Crove enthusiastically recommended many girls to me."

"They are multi-talented, obedient, and above average in appearance."

"Isn't that great?"

The little girl asked curiously, "Is there a problem?"

“Master, the problem is that although they are very talented, they can’t even do the most basic hygiene.”

"Their understanding of 'maid' is too superficial. They have absolutely no spirit of service, which is the most important thing for a maid."

"Huh? So talented but can't do housework?"

The little girl was a bit puzzled: "What exactly are their talents?"

"Assassination, drug production, sniping, torture, martial arts master, brainwashing expert..."

Anne sighed: "I think the people Lord Crove recommended to me are probably all 'professionals' in the Viper trade."

"Anne, should we return them to Croves and hire a new batch?"

"There is no need for that, Master."

Anne had clearly thought about this issue before, and she quickly replied, "Lord Crove has his reasons. If we recruit people from the territory to train again, it is inevitable that spies from various factions will infiltrate."

"Although the person he recommended wasn't very professional as a maid, her loyalty was still guaranteed."

"Didn't you say they lacked the most important thing, the 'spirit of service'?"

"Just because it's not there now doesn't mean it will never be there in the future."

Anne's eyes suddenly filled with fierce fighting spirit: "Let Anne carefully pass on her 'maid-maid' skills to them!"

Wow, Annie seems to be really into it!

"Master, is breakfast ready?"

"Oh!"

Just as Bubble was about to get up and change her clothes, several maids walked in.

“Your Excellency, we will assist you in changing.”

"what?"

"Master, you can just lie down."

Anne explained, "The maids will take care of all the little things for you, such as washing your face, brushing your teeth, tidying your appearance, and changing your clothes."

"..."

"Annie, let's just forget about it."

"Owner?"

"Bubble just thought about it, and if she leaves everything to others, she'll become lazy."

"Bubble is a diligent and good child who does things on her own."

"As ordered."

Anne gave the maids a wink, and they quickly left the room.

"Oh, I'm sorry to have wasted your kind offer." The girl said somewhat embarrassedly.