"Oi beggar, get away from the chest!"
Lith clicked his tongue and turned around to see who had the audacity to call him a beggar.
His mother had worked so hard to make themselves Royals and someone had the nerve to disrespect that!
Looking in front of him, he saw three fools in shiny armour pointing their swords at him.
"C'mon, get away from the chest." A boy said while threatening to thrust his sword into Lith's neck.
Lith was seriously getting really annoyed by this. He didn't want to hear a single word from these guys and immediately held the sword in front of him.
Twisting it, Lith broke the sword and before the three idiots realized something was wrong, he went behind them and kicked their asses to make them lay flat on the ground.
"Ahhhhh!" The three were shocked and shouted.
Before they could turn around and retaliate, Lith took out three arrows from his space ring and…
"AHHHHHHHH!"
The three let out an ear piercing howl as they felt something sharp penetrate their behind.
Lith took out a few more arrows and made the three stay pinned to the ground, screaming and jerking like a fish taken out of water.
No matter how much they yelled, the arrows were not coming out unless someone of a Half King and above rank came to their rescue.
Lith had imbued a proper amount of Life and Lightning spell in the arrows.
The Life spell healed whatever damage the Lightning caused to the three's asses.
Ignoring them, Lith carefully opened the metal chest.
What greeted him were not traps or a surprise attack, but a naked sleeping petite girl.
[Ding!]
[Host found the Yellow Phantom!]
"What the—" Lith was surprised. Nobody told him the Yellow Phantom would be a loli!
Just a glimpse at the naked loli's body made Lith feel like wanting to jail himself. It felt really illegal and Lith was a married man. Looking at naked young girls didn't suit him.
Closing the chest, Lith called Luna who was nearby and once she arrived, she could only giggle and say:
"Is His Highness not into young girls?" She pretty much knew the answer, judging from the harem her Prince had.
Lith clicked his tongue and spanked Luna's butt. "Stop asking useless questions, and get her out."
Luna giggled again knowing she successfully teased His Highness.
She got to work and taking the young girl out of the chest, dressed her up.
Now that Lith had a proper look at her, he sighed a bit in relief. This wasn't a loli, she looked like one but she wasn't. She was just a short petite girl with blonde hair and an unhealthy complexion. Her skin had cracks and she seemed to be dying.
"Did somebody get the fruit?" Lith asked Luna as well as telepathically.
Luna shook her head but then Lith heard in his head: "Yes, Your Highness. I found it."
It was Freya's voice.
"Are you sure?" Lith asked.
"Yes, Your Highness. I saw a few letters appear in front of my eyes when I found the fruit."
"What?" Lith was surprised.
"I'll explain when I meet His Highness." Freya said.
Lith waited for her to arrive and once she did, Lith questioned her about what she said.
Apparently, the people in the dungeon could now have system screens letting them know of quests, its infos, and other stuff.
Lith asked the system within him and it replied that dungeons were of many types. It could be someone's inheritance, it could be a barrier between two worlds or it could be a safety mechanism to protect a world from invasion.
If it was someone's inheritance, it usually wouldn't have anything related to the system. But if it was the world's doing, then a system would be present.
Just like how a world transformed into a system after its death, it had the ability to do it while it's in existence as well to protect itself.
It was for this reason that the system within Lith was easily able to synchronize and connect with the system of this dungeon. If Lith didn't have a system already, he would get some messy messages from the system this dungeon would provide.
Keeping this aside for now, Lith focused on the so-called Yellow Phantom.
On his command, Freya fed her the fruit and with the system's notification, it was confirmed that the quest was completed.
The cracks on the little girl's body healed up quickly and she was recovering rapidly.
It took just a few minutes for a healthy complexion to return to her body. Her skin became as smooth as a newborn's and her slender limbs didn't appear malnourished anymore.
Her cute face showed signs of her waking up and a few more minutes later, her eyelids fluttered and she woke up, gazing at everyone with her golden eyes.
Getting out of Luna's embrace, she looked at Lith and the maids and asked in a soft voice, "did you save me?"
"That's right." Lith answered.
The Yellow Phantom bowed hearing that and said, "I am forever indebted to the kindness you've bestowed upon this lowly one's self."
"…" Lith didn't think this girl would say such words. "Get up and tell me, how did you end up in such a spot?"
The girl sighed and with a melancholic tone, said, "it's a long story."
"Okay then, don't say it." Lith answered, making the maids and the girl look at him with visible astonishment.
"What?" Lith asked. "Didn't you say it's a long story? I don't have enough time right now, I need to hurry up and get out of here. Tell me your story when we're out."
The maids giggled hearing that while the girl was still stupefied.
Lith looked at her and asked, "tell me, what's your age and what do you plan to do from here on?"
The girl shook her head and said, "I do not know how old I am or for how long I was trapped. As to what I'll do from here on… well… I have nowhere to go."
A sad look appeared on the girl's face as she realized she was the only surviving member of her bloodline.
Her sad expression made Lith sigh and pat her head. She was a cute girl and a sad expression didn't suit her face.
"I have an offer for you." Lith said finally. Since this girl was trapped here for a long time, she wasn't a loli.
"You can come with me and you'll have a place to call your home. But the catch is, you'll have to become my maid and will forever be bound to me. Do you accept such a fate?"
Lith wasn't someone cruel and would never force someone to join him. Loyalty would never be earned via force and one had to be patient.
The girl frowned and fell into deep thoughts.
She looked at Lith, who looked no less than a beggar with his torn clothes. If it wasn't for his handsome face and body, she would've thought that he indeed was a beggar.
The girl then looked at the maids. Their faces were radiating with happiness and their auras stated everything the girl had to know.
She was an old being and could assess a few things.
Sighing and knowing she didn't have any other choice, the girl said, "I accept."
"Are you sure?" Lith didn't immediately let her accept it. "There's still a chance for you to live the life you wish to live. If you become my maid, you'll be punished if you do wrong things."
The girl nodded her head. "I still accept it. Even if I am on my own, I do not know how much time has passed. I neither have a home nor—"
Lith hugged the girl half his height and didn't let her speak depressing words. He patted her head and said, "I get it and I accept you as my maid as well. From now on, your home is wherever your master, that is, me, lives."
For the first time in eons did the girl feel some warmth. She hugged Lith back and held back the tears from the sadness that swelled within her.
Lith stayed with her in this position for a few minutes and once her felt her emotions had calmed down, he let go and turned to Luna.
"Get her dressed in a maid uniform, Luna. It'll be your job to train her properly." Lith instructed.
Luna nodded and immediately got to work.
The young girl was dressed in a maid outfit and she looked quite cute.
Mission success!
Maid acquired!
"Alright, let's get going. We have a dungeon to clear." Lith said and handed out his loli maid the first spank of her life along with Luna.
"Ow!" The loli exclaimed and looked at Lith hatefully. Didn't this guy say he'll only punish if she did something wrong?
The other maids chuckled at the poor girl's reaction and shook their heads. This was just the start and lot more was about to come...
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