Xu Sili was stunned when he saw the system notification. Then he was delighted.
The conditions for upgrading Imperial City were finally met!
In fact, it hadn’t been long since the last upgrade. After all, the game had only been in open beta for more than half a year.
However, the way he gained experience points was directly linked to the progress of infrastructure construction. This resulted in him hitting a new bottleneck not long after each level limit was lifted. Therefore, he always felt like he had been standing still for a long time.
In fact, according to the information he learned from the future forum, it would take several years for the main city to be upgraded to Lv 5.
Maybe it would take longer to reach Lv 6 but… never mind, let’s just reach Lv 5 first!
Xu Sili cheered up. Then he turned his head to the little sprite and asked, “Small Biscuit, do you want to stay here or go back to the palace with me?”
The sprite boy pouted. “It is Small Round Biscuit, not Small Biscuit.”
Then he glanced at Turles’ stone tablet.
“I’m going to stay here with Turles.”
He still kept his guard up. Even though he wanted to go out to play, Turles was more important. He had to stay here to guard the stone tablet.
“Okay, then you stay here first. I’ll come to you when I am done with my work.” Xu Sili didn’t force him.
Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something and said to the sprite, “By the way, what is your relationship with the elves?”
“Elves?” Small Round Biscuit tilted his head. “What is that?”
It seemed that he had been staying in Siasa since he was born. This meant he didn’t have the opportunity to go out and contact other races.
Xu Sili explained, “Like you, they are an ancient race with pointed ears. They also live in this academy and serve as teachers.”
Moreover, Xu Sili suspected that the elders of the forest elves were connected with other races that didn’t want to show up. Perhaps… there were sprites among them?”
The little sprite flapped his thin wings and flew over Xu Sili’s head. “Same as me?”
The boy’s round green eyes were sparkling and he showed deep interest.
He hadn’t seen other intelligent creatures in many years. Apart from Turles, the only companions he had were the plants in the dense forest, let alone other creatures of the same kind.
Xu Sili smiled. “No, they aren’t as small as you. If you want to see them, I can ask them to come and see you.”
Then he pointed to a little maid next to him.
The little maid had red hair and red eyes. She was around 14 or 15 years old and was very cute. She would peek at the little sprite from time to time, with curiosity and love in her eyes.
After being called suddenly, she quickly restrained her expression and bowed respectfully to Xu Sili according to the rules.
“This is Yulia. She will serve you from now on. You can tell her if you need anything,” Xu Sili introduced.
Yulia was the youngest maid in the palace. Xu Sili felt guilty about employing child labor when he first found out about this.
However, there was no way. Yulia’s family wasn’t well off. If she was fired or sent back home, her life probably wouldn’t be easy.
Now arranging her to live with the little sprite in the academy together could be regarded as letting her go to school in disguise.
As for whether she could awaken her elemental talent or not, it depended on her luck.
Then again, staying with the sprite might be the fastest way to get good luck, right?
“Master Small Round Biscuit, I am Yulia.” The little maid pinched the hem of her skirt and saluted the sprite.
“You can tell me anything you need. I will do my best to take care of you.”
The girl’s voice was soft and gentle. It was very comfortable to listen to.
Small Round Biscuit looked at her and slowly hid behind Turles’ stone tablet.
He wasn’t afraid, but…
In the past one hundred years, he hadn’t been with a girl, no matter whether it was a human or another race.
Turles said that girls were very cute creatures that needed to be well protected. He also said that if Small Round Biscuit met a girl in the future, he must never tease her.
Even if it would bring her good luck.
Was this what girls looked like?
Small Round Biscuit looked at Xu Sili again and said, “Her coming to take care of me… is this also included in the salary?”
Xu Sili paused. If this hadn’t been mentioned, he would’ve forgotten about it.
The sprite had made an agreement with him to work for Roland for the next ten years.
“Yes.” Xu Sili nodded. “I provide food, accommodation and entertainment here. As long as you complete the tasks I assign to you and abide by the laws of the Roland Empire, you will be treated very well.”
“What are laws?” The little sprite was ignorant.
Xu Sili didn’t answer but looked at the little maid. “Yulia, you should explain to him what to do and what not to do in the future.”
“He might have preferential treatment, but he has no special privileges and must be punished if he breaks the law.”
“I understand, Your Majesty,” Yulia said respectfully again.
Xu Sili nodded with satisfaction.
“Then you two should get along well.” He looked at Si Sheng. “Ah Sheng, let’s go back to the palace.”
“Yes.”
Si Sheng nodded before looking at the little sprite hiding behind the stone tablet.
Small Round Biscuit was a bit unconvinced when he heard that he could be punished. He didn’t know what laws were, but he guessed that they were the rules of the human world.
He wasn’t a human being. Why should he obey?
However, when Si Sheng looked at him so casually, he felt as if the blood in his body had solidified. The rebellious thoughts in his heart just now disappeared in an instant.
Yes, even though he wasn’t human, he still had to work for Roland. Turles also needed to rely on humans, so he had no choice.
The little sprite finally sighed with relief as he watched the patron saint of the empire escorting the emperor away.
It was so scary! He almost thought he was going to die!
“Small Round Biscuit, can I take you to see your room?”
After Xu Sili and Si Sheng left, the little maid also became lively. She looked at the little sprite with a smile and was completely melted by the cuteness of this miniature man.
“I still have a room?”
The little sprite blinked and showed an excited expression. Then he forced himself to calm down and said reluctantly, “Where is it? Take me to see it.”
“Yes.”
Yulia stretched out her hands to him. “Come to my hands. Don’t become too tired from flying.”
The little sprite looked at her expectant eyes. He wanted to say that he wasn’t tired at all, but in the end, he flapped his thin wings and landed on the hands of the human girl.
The girl’s palm was warm and soft, with a faint fragrance. The little sprite sat on her palm and his face slowly turned red.
Yulia looked at the little sprite’s ears and thought he was adorable, but she kept her identity in mind and held him respectfully to walk into the compartment.
This small room was connected to the next room and required special verification to enter. Moreover, from this room, one could see what was happening in the next room at any time.
For the miniature elf, this small room was equivalent to a town.
However, the ‘town’ was empty right now. There were only two tables. One had a mini house on it and the other had some strange objects.
“Time is tight, so the furniture of this small house hasn’t been completed yet. Please bear with it for now. I will help you complete it as soon as possible.”
Yulia pointed at the mini house, which could actually be called a model, and said patiently.
As she explained, she opened the roof to reveal the structure inside.
In fact, this house model could be called exquisite. It was made by a player. Janice saw it by chance while shopping and bought it.
Previously, Xu Sili came back and asked her to prepare things for the little sprite. She instantly thought of this model.
The sprite looked at the house doubtfully.
The materials for building the house were all things he had never seen before. In the end, he tried to fly down and touched here and there. Finally, he sat on the small bed.
The small bed was covered with a mattress and sheets. There were details everywhere. There was also a small cabinet by the bed. He opened it and found it empty.
Yulia looked at the mini person walking around in the house and thought he was so cute that her girlish heart was bursting!
She continued, “Listening to His Majesty, I heard you like plants, right?”
“Yes!” The little sprite nodded.
“Then I’ll plant a tree in your room and build your house on the tree. What do you think?”
The little sprite’s eyes lit up. “Okay, good!”
Yulia also smiled happily when seeing him so happy. Then she pointed to something on another table and said, “His Majesty has ordered that only braves with credentials can come to study in the future. These braves also need your approval.”
“You can see the image of the braves through this monitor. If you don’t recognize the braves, you can inform the guards outside through this intercom.”
She opened the light curtain as she spoke.
Yin Xing’s figure was reflected on the wall.
He was taken to the waiting room with the voucher in his hand and was waiting to be called.
The little sprite flew over to try it out and found it quite fun. Then he learned how to use the intercom under Yulia’s instruction.
He stepped directly on the switch and said to the guard over there, “Hello, please let that person… that brave in.”
In fact, he didn’t know what a brave was. However, Yulia called him that so he followed suit.
At this time, Yulia took out another candy. She unwrapped it and handed it to him.
The little sprite sniffed it and confirmed that it was delicious. He happily hugged it. As he licked it, he looked at Yulia and couldn’t help feeling conflicted.
He kind of liked this human girl, so… should he tease her? But Turles said that girls shouldn’t be teased…
The sprite was in distress.
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