“She’ll be my maid from now on,” Severin said openly. His straightforward response came as a bit of a


    surprise to them. Though they knew of Emery’s earlier bet, they hardly expected her to hold on to her


    word and be his maid.


    The usually mediative Gilda voiced her concern. “Having her be a maid doesn’t seem like a


    particrly good idea.”


    Doing so might bring disgrace to the Sixth Mountain if word got out. Severin understood the reasons


    behind her concern and reassured her with a smile.


    Emery, on the other hand, offered her reassurance to Gilda. “It’s just a bet. I lost to Severin, and it is my


    obligation to fulfill my end of the bet.”


    The firmness in her reply helped reassure them that she seemed to have done it out of her own free


    will.


    They all got up and approached Emery. As the first wife, Diane had a caring character that could set


    everyone at ease. She smiled and suggested, “Don’t think of yourself as a maid. Just make yourself


    Gilda and She agreed with Diane and expressed their views as well. “She’s the Sixth Mountain’s


    prodigy.


    Severin! Don’t you think it’ll reflect badly on everyone if she bes our maid?”


    Emery was


    was touched when they treated her as an equal rather than a maid. Though she had to build up the


    courage to fulfill her end of the bet, she would be lying if she said she was not embarrassed or afraid.


    Their words thus came as a wee reassurance.


    Severin smiled at their interaction and retrieved the materials for the Crystal Spring Pill. He then told


    Emery. “My wives have made their case, so you don’t have to take on the traditional duties of a maid.


    All


    you have to do is make pills for them.”


    “That’s good with me!” Emery kept the materials away and agreed without hesitation.


    Diane and the girls were pleased with the arrangement. “It just so happens that we’ve used up the


    Crystal


    Spring Pills that Severin previously made for us. We’ll be looking forward to your pills then.”


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    “Yeah. We finished about seven or eight of them after our breakthrough the other day.”


    Emery was surprised by their casual consumption of the Crystal Spring Pills. She looked at Diane in


    disbelief, then turned to Severin and asked, “Seven or eight of them? It’s like candy!”


    In her mind, the Crystal Spring Pill was one of the most treasured pills in the sect. Elite disciples


    generally did not have the privilege of getting much, If at all. Even someone in her privileged position


    could only get imagined that anyone would be eating the pills like candy! Then again, she soon realized


    that they had such a luxury due to Severin’s alchemical prowess.