193 Personal maid (1/2)
”Because they have to form a formation.”, Miss. Klein explained. ”To be honest a lot of things aren't as comfortable here as back home. Things here are solved with a formation instead of crystal technology. That's because nobody who can cultivate would want to waste their time on such stuff.”
When she said the last sentence there was understanding as well as sadness in her voice. It seemed like she understood this way of thinking but wasn't all that happy about it. Or she had experienced something bad because of it.
The two guys were surprised. They had expected that with their power, the cultivators in this realm would be able to drastically improve the living standard. But now they had to find out that it was even lower than in their lower realm.
”Then the reason that everything seems so primitive is...”, Ivan started the sentence but didn't finish it.
”Correct. Here the cultivators don't care about the commoners. The difference is too large and with their long life spans, they will soon lose contact with the mortal world. So why would they waste time on them? They think their time is better used to improve themselves.”
”Wow, this sounds sad.”
”Well. To be honest it is also to the benefit of the commoners, or mortals as we call them. You know, even a low ranked cultivator can easily kill hundreds if not thousands of them. In cultivator's eyes, mortals are nothing more than ants and in the best case a source of new cultivators and resources. So if they aren't interested in mortals that not only means that they don't do anything for them but also don't mess with them.”
Meanwhile, they had reached the smaller palaces. They followed their teacher into one of them which had a sign with her name besides its entry. They were greeted by a couple of young women wearing maid uniforms waiting for them.
”Welcome home Master.”, they greeted Miss. Klein.
”Hello.”, she greeted back and waved at them to relax. After the young women had greeted her, a few older ones appeared. They greeted Miss. Klein with a lot more familiarity. Especially one of them.
”What do you think, Master?”, she asked. While hugging Miss. Klein. Her actions stood in stark contrast to the way she addressed Miss. Klein.
”Hello, Grandma Si”, Miss. Klein greeted her. From the address, it was clear that she too felt close to her.
After letting go, she then introduced the other two, ”These are my disciples Serge and Ivan. Make sure that they are comfortable and have someone explain everything.”
It seemed like she didn't want to go through the hassle of explaining the daily stuff to them.
She then turned towards them, ”The next three days you can just go around and explore. After that, I will do a special training session until the meeting begins.”
She then turned around, ”Ah. I'm going to take a long bath. There is nothing better after traveling than taking a bath. I recommend you'll do so as well.”
With these words she left, leaving behind Serge, Ivan, Grandma Si, and the other maids.
Both Serge and Ivan turned towards Grandma Si, fully knowing that she would be responsible for them now.
Grandma Si smiled at them. ”It is great to see Master taking in disciples.”, she first said before introducing herself in detail, ”You can call me Grandma Si and I work as the current housekeeper for Master Klein.”
”Clara, Tellia”, she then called out two names.
In response two of the young maids came forward and bowed.
”The two of you will serve the Master's disciples as personal maids, so make sure to take care of all their needs.”
”Yes, madam”, they called out and once again bowed towards Serge and Ivan.
With just a short look they seemed to have decided on who took care of whom as they both stepped further towards one of them until the stood directly in front of them.
”Hello, Master. I'm Clara and I'll be your personal maid from now on.”, the girl in front of Ivan introduced herself. The other girl also introduced herself to Serge who looked confused. This was the first time he had to interact with servants and he didn't know how to react.