Chapter 153 – Descent Into Madness From Sadness Contrac (1/2)

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The reason for the troubles was precisely because of Elena’s identity as a maid.

Although she already had Lin Xiao’s magic crystal, and didn’t need to follow Lin Xiao around 24/7, she still couldn’t go too far and once the magic was used up, she had to go back and refill it.

So this time she wasn’t just an accompanying maid, she had to follow Lin Xiao to Despair Island and participate, otherwise if she was left alone, she would suffer once the magic crystal depleted.

The problem was, could a maid participate?

Although the rules didn’t prohibit anyone from bringing a servant, who would do something like that?

If the servant was an ordinary person that didn’t know magic or battle skills, then they would just be a burden. With the existence of a hindrance, one would undoubtedly not perform as well in the competition.

Conversely, if the servant was strong, then it wouldn’t be even allowed.

This was an Academy tournament, if anyone could bring strong servants, then rich people could just hire a strong mercenary, and then the competition would be meaningless.

“Teacher Woos said that if I had to bring you along, then after arriving at Despair Island Lake you would have to take a magic test.” Lin Xiao asked worriedly, “You’ll be fine, right?”

“With… what?”

“I’m asking whether you can pass the test and prove you’re an ordinary person.”

Lin Xiao lowered his head and stroked his chin while he thought.

“The competition will go on for a week, and Despair Island was in the center of Despair Island Lake, it’s too far from the lakeside. Although I brought an extra-large magic crystal, enough for 48 hours, you still have to stay with me… the problem is how can you pass the test?”

Lin Xiao had to find a way so that the Demon King could prove she was just a powerless maid, only then could she follow Lin Xiao and participate.

What should he do, does he have to cheat the test?

Lin Xiao thought about it from multiple angles, seeing his anxious expression, Elena was stunned.

She, of course, knew that he was worried about her.

From Lin Xiao’s standpoint, as someone who hates troublesome things, he should just leave her behind and participate by himself. The person who should be worried and thinking should be Elena.

But he didn’t leave her behind.

That was what she hated about Lin Xiao, they’ve clearly been fighting for this long, she already decided to maintain a distance from him, but these little things swayed her resolve.

She could never truly hate him.

They were always fighting and lived like mortal enemies, but every time something like this happened, Lin Xiao never held back and treated her as someone precious.

That should be feelings for someone he loved, right?

No, Elena would never misunderstand his attitude for love, to her, it was just because he truly treated her as his maid, the person he loved was that princess.

“Lin Xiao, you want your maid to participate?” Shen DaiYing walked over and smoothly joined into their conversation, “But she doesn’t know anything, not even how to cook, wouldn’t it be dangerous?”

“Uh… how to cook?”

Suddenly mentioning another topic, Lin Xiao was slightly derailed.

He turned to look at Elena with an inquiring gaze, yet got an annoyed gaze back, so he tactfully skipped it over.

“Um… sister Ying, in short, I have to bring her, otherwise she’ll go crazy from sadness.” Lin Xiao helplessly spread his hands and explained, “Just treat it like a contract.”

“Oh, is that so? A contract where you’ll go crazy from sadness… As expected, you don’t have a normal master-servant relationship.” Shen DaiYing mumbled.

Lin Xiao couldn’t hear what she said clearly, but Shen DaiYing already once again wore her charming smile and continued talking about something else.

There was still a while before their destination, so they could still take their time to think about the matters with the test.

And so, a group of people each with their own problems and misgivings set off once more.