Typer’s room: Hello guys. Sorry for the delay, but here is the chapter!

Okay, to whomever saw this one coming, you might take a free cake from my reserves. To whomever didn’t, don’t be sad, because I also didn’t while I was writing this chapter. Anyway, with this the destiny of the character that had been kind of thrown up to the wild becomes a bit more definite, so I think this is a worthy chapter.

Also, I plan on uploading another chapter tomorrow, so hope I don’t get too lazy!

As I said before, this is VASTLY a work in progress, and wasn’t made to be posted initially, so there might be some inconsistencies. If so, please do tell me, as I want to make it an enjoyable read ^^

May your reading be enjoyable.

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“...ia… up… vis...” I heard someone calling me.

However, I still felt too tired and drowsy to actually go and try to understand. Wanting to go back to my peaceful sleep, I turned aside and away from the source of the sound.

But instead of getting the voice to go away, I felt as someone touched my body and started to move me around, trying to wake me up. I struggled against it, but as the shaking became stronger, the voice also became clearer.

“Little Lia… Wake up. You have visit!”

Hearing my name being called, I groggily looked up and watched the owner. A beautiful lady with black hair tied in a bun, wearing a simple black robe. She had a slightly concerned look on her face, but once she saw me opening my eyes, she clearly became relieved, as a small smile appeared on her face.

It still took me a couple of seconds to recognize the owner of the face as Miss Ping, and even more for me to understand why I was seeing her first thing upon waking up.

Still, as I was far too tired to think anything too complicated, I simply nodded tiredly and got up. A quick look around and I saw that I was in a spacious room that was fairly familiar to me, being much more spacious than the one back at my small house.

Shaking my head, I quickly followed up on Ping as she guided the still drowsy me by the hand. Stifling up a long yawn, I saw with a quick glance to the windows that it was late afternoon. Frowning slightly confused, it took me halfway to the front gate for me to remember what had actually happened earlier this day.

So, in the end it seems that my plan was a failure, huh? While thinking so I leaned against her hand and rested my head for a moment. I was still far too exhausted to even think straight.

It seems that the backlash was a bit too much for me. I never expected to be as tired as this. Still, it is a strange kind of tiredness, as I somehow feel fine both physically and mentally, but am completely unable to focus on anything, and I just want to go back to bed and sleep some more.

Well, now that I already got up, might as well as go see what happened.

Still, I miss my bed… It was so soft and good.

While grumbling quietly to myself, I kept my head low mostly because I didn’t have much energy nor motivation to raise it. Still, I couldn’t help but notice a slight twitch on Ping’s hand as I rubbed my head against it.

Waah… She’s so soft. I wonder if she would let me sleep right here…

Still, sleeping and walking aren’t exactly compatible actions, so no matter how much I wished to simply wander off into dreamland, I still hauled myself across the field and to the open gates. With a slight nudge from Ping, I somehow raised my head and caught sight of two fairly familiar persons.

One was the guard from when I invaded the house. Wearing normal clothes, he had a light brown robe and similar colored pants. Wearing a slightly wry smile, he held a certain kid’s shoulder with his hand.

The kid, no need to say it, was Xin. He had his eyes turned away with an angry frown in his childish face. The long ponytail swayed as he moved his head to face me, and a surprised look appeared once he saw me.

“Huh? What happened?” He asked me shocked.

“Tired… Training… Want to sleep.” I said briefly before yawning tiredly.

“What? YOU are tired?” He asked me in shock, putting a great emphasis on the ‘You’.

“Hmm...” I nodded before rubbing my eyes. “Training is tiring… Want sleep...”

“Heeh...” Xin said in a slightly surprised tone before shaking his head. “NO! That’s not what I came here for!” He said angrily while noisily stomping the ground.

“Xin! Quiet down! Can’t you see your friend is feeling tired?” Guard asked while giving Xin a light slap on the top of his head.

“She’s NOT my friend!” Xin said angrily before turning to me. I looked back at him with half closed eyes and saw as he suddenly felt a bit guilty. “Guuh… ANYWAY. You said that I could become a spiritualist, right?” He asked.

“Yeah...” I said after some thought. “Did you find a master?”

“Hnggh… That’s… The problem...” He said in a progressively diminishing voice. By the end I couldn’t hear a single word from him.

Feeling confused, I turned to the guard who stood there with a wry smile. He quickly came to explain to me what was the reason for their visit.

“You see, we couldn’t find a master no matter where we looked, so we wondered if there was any chance for your master to also accept Xin.” He said.

I looked at him for some time before turning to Xin, who still had his head hung low. However, it didn’t take much longer before his face became red with anger and he exploded.

“AAAAH! I CAN’T DO IT! I DON’T WANT TO BE IN THE SAME GROUP AS THIS TYRANT!” He said angrily. Turning around, he prepared to storm away from the mansion when another voice came from behind me.

“Geez, what’s all this noise? I’m trying to nap over here!”

Turning my head, I saw as a boy around our age approached us while bearing a slightly annoyed face and having his arms crossed behind his head. His eyes widened when he saw me and soon he spoke.

“Oh. Awake already, sleepy head.” He said tauntingly. I simply stared at him and said.

“Ah... It’s the retard.”

He blinked for a couple of moments as my words entered his thick and dense skull, but after some time he became angry.

“Retard, this is Xin, my friend.” I ignored him and made the introductions. “Xin, this is retard.”

“WHO ARE YOU CALLING A RETARD!” “WHO ARE YOU CALLING A FRIEND?” They shouted together. Smiling satisfied, I suddenly had an idea, so I turned to Yul… Retard and said.

“Hey, idiot... Can you go and fetch your master?”

“Hmm? Sur… I’M NOT AN IDIOT!” He said angrily.

Still, he walked away in search for his master Mo Lu. Seeing that, Xin looked at me with a confused gaze, so I took my chance to explain what was happening recently. He looked a bit shocked and conflicted when I told him of the seal, but after hearing that I already had a plan around it, he suddenly looked shocked and nodded to himself in an ‘as expected’ manner.

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By the time I finished explaining him, Mo Lu arrived and had a surprised look on his face.

“Awake already? Don’t you need some more resting?” The elder asked. I replied with a small smile. He seemed to somehow understand my situation with that, because he nodded and turned to Xin. “So, what is it that you wanted for this old guy here?” He asked.

I pointed at Xin with my free hand and said briefly.

“He wants to learn spiritualism.”

Mo Lu blinked surprised for a moment before turning to Xin, looking at him with a slightly suspicious look. After some time he turned to me and raised an eyebrow.

“And why didn’t you call the idiotoise here?” He asked me the obvious question.

“Because I don’t want to be in the same group as that annoying girl!” Xin replied for me.

Mo Lu looked shocked for a moment before turning to me and nodding slightly, as if saying that he understood the situation. After a brief sigh, he turned to the Idiot and asked.

“Retard, Does he have enough spirit?”

“Just checked, it seems he does.” The idiot replied briefly with a sullen tone.

“Okay then. If you want, I can teach you the basics.” Mo Lu said with a satisfied nod.

However, the siblings on the opposite side of the gate didn’t immediately register his words, and spend almost an entire five seconds simply staring blindly at the master. Once the words finally sunk in their skulls, a loud “EEEEEEHH?” Sound echoed from two different voices near the gate.

Xin turned to me in a confused face and pointed towards the master. I nodded briefly while seeing the shock on the siblings’ faces.

After some time, the boy finally recovered and had shining eyes as he stared at Mo Lu.

“Does… Does this means that I will get stronger than Lia?” I felt a bit offended by his wordings, but I could somehow understand how he felt.

“OH! So you also have a problem with this violent girl?” Retard said with shining eyes as he grabbed Xin’s hand. Xin looked at him with a confused stare for some time before nodding slightly.

“Well, yeah...” Xin said slowly while looking at Yulan doubtfully.

“OOH! Wonderful!” Retard said while throwing his arm around Xin’s shoulder, which left him shocked. “Then, together we can go and strip the title of strongest from the annoying girlAAAUGH!”

Nothing a kick between the legs cannot stop! Even if it’s an annoying person. Though I can’t muster much strength, the damage is still considerable. Seeing as he fell to his knees with a simple weak kick, Xin looked at retard with some pity in his eyes before turning to Mo Lu.

“Thank you very much, master!” He said while bowing deeply. Mo Lu widened his eyes surprised for a moment before nodding satisfied.

“Well… Since you look so eager...” He said before sweeping his gaze upon the siblings. “I think it would be better to warn you. I travel a lot, so if you really want to be my disciple, you will need to follow me. Is that understood?” He asked.

“Eeh…?” Xin became surprised before turning to the guard. Who had a satisfied smile in his face as he nodded briefly. “Hmm… Okay master!”

Well, from here on I simply smiled and felt my eyes becoming heavy once again. Making a long yawn, I leaned a bit closer to Ping, who had just been accompanying me during all this time.

Feeling a light tap on my cheeks, I turned my eyes up and saw as she gave me a gentle smile.

“Come, let’s go back to your bed.” She said gently.

I nodded weakly before following her towards the inner part of the mansion. On the way back, I had the feeling that I was forgetting about a person, but since I was becoming too tired I decided to simply let it go.

“Ah! I forgot about the guard!” Ping said in a slightly worried tone.

Oh… So that was it. While thinking so, I nodded lightly to myself before looking towards the head aide, who looked to me and to the gate with a worried look. I even managed to open my mouth and say that I could go to my room fine, but either she ignored me or she didn’t hear, because she didn’t show any reaction at all.

After a few seconds with that doubt, suddenly the sounds of footsteps echoed from behind me, and soon I felt as something hugged me from behind.

“Cute plebeian! Are you alright? Can you walk around already?” A fairly familiar voice said.

“Lady Tian!” Ping said in a conflicted and hesitating tone. “Forgive me for asking this, but could you take Lia to the bedroom for me?” She asked.

For some time I heard only silence, but after a few moments I felt some movement from Tian.

“Hmm! Leave it to me!” The purple-haired girl said in a cheerful tone.

Ping thanked her briefly before letting go of my hand and hastily walking back. I looked at her go and turned towards Tian, who looked at me worriedly.

“I’m fine, big sis… Just...” I yawned. “Sleepy...”

She looked at me worriedly for some time before nodding. Taking my hand on her own, she gently guided me through the corridor towards our rooms.

“You know… When I heard that you fell down...” She said lowly while she kept looking ahead. “I… Was worried...” She said in a low voice.

Even through the haziness of exhaustion, I still heard her words clearly. Raising my head, I took a glance at the noble girl who was holding her emotions back. Feeling a small smile forming in my face, I murmured lowly.

“I’m fine… Big sis...” She turned to me for some time, her eyes analyzing me searching for any signs that I may could just be pretending.

After some time she nodded slightly and once again started to make her way towards the rooms.

“Then, you better sleep well and get better soon, ok?” She said in a slightly trembling proud tone. “I want to present you to mother as soon as you get better!”

“Okay.” I said as we reached the door to my room. Tian opened the door for me and urged for me to go in. “Thanks, big sis.” I said and gave her a light kiss on her cheeks.

After that I stumbled my way to my bed and climbed on it. Even though it was still early in the afternoon, I could tell that I would sleep all the way to the morning. Thinking so, I dug under the blankets and closed my eyes. Soon enough I left my exhaustion take over my body.

A bit later I woke up with the sound of the door to my room opening, some light footsteps and someone climbing to the bed. Feeling as the small hand gently patted my head, I smiled a bit before going back to sleep.

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Typer’s room: I felt that I should write this down again just to be sure. The relationship I am planning for Tian and Lia are of elder/younger sisters and master/servant. I still do not have in mind who will be Lia’s affection target for now and plan on withholding it until later. Probably until puberty.