Chapter 339: Damian Invents Harem Staff
Not long afterward, Serina, Miona, and Helena left together.
Miona was still complaining that she didn’t need anyone protecting her, while Helena ignored most of her protests and Serina repeatedly tried to stop the two from starting another argument.
Damian watched the three disappear into the distance before letting out a sigh. "Those three are going to be noisy as hell."
Cassandra chuckled beside him. "Helena will survive."
Damian shrugged. "Probably."
With that settled, Damian returned with Cassandra, Cynthia, Evelyn, and Linsey to the wooden house they had been using earlier.
Once they arrived, the women headed inside to rest while Damian remained outside for a short while.
Only then did he finally remember something important.
The return rewards from the resources he had gifted Serina and Miona.
Several System notifications immediately appeared before his eyes.
Damian quickly checked them, but his excitement faded almost immediately.
Both sisters only had around a 100× multiplier, and the main gifts that had triggered the rewards were the Noble Grade Core Formation Pills.
Because of that, most of the returns were only Royal Grade pills and similar resources.
Normally, receiving Royal Grade items would have made Damian ridiculously happy.
Unfortunately, things were different now. Damian was already at the Peak Nascent Soul Realm, so what he truly needed were King Grade items.
Damian eventually entered the wooden house, dropped himself onto the bed, and stretched out lazily. "Well... whatever."
He closed his eyes and placed both hands behind his head. "I’ll rest for now."
A lazy grin appeared on his face. "Tomorrow, let’s see how many of those five girls actually decided to stay."
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The next morning, Damian and the others made their way back toward the place where they had left the five women.
Linsey walked beside Damian for a while before finally asking, "Master, why did you agree to take them in so quickly? Isn’t that a little hasty?"
Damian glanced at her and chuckled. "Hehehe. Of course not."
Linsey raised an eyebrow.
Damian casually explained, "I already told you. They’re not directly joining the [Forbidden Immortal Harem] as official members."
He raised one finger and shook it lightly. "They’ll be servant-slaves. Basically assistants for all of you."
Linsey blinked. "Assistants?"
Damian snapped his fingers. "Exactly."
He started counting on his fingers. "They can handle your belongings, carry things around, help prepare whatever you need, clean up after you, and even help with your baths if you want."
Linsey’s expression slowly changed as she started imagining it.
Damian spread both hands with a shameless grin. "Come on, don’t tell me you wouldn’t enjoy having your own assistants or maids handling all the annoying little shit for you."
He reminded Linsey about her weapon. "Hell, you could even make someone else polish that giant thing instead of doing it yourself."
Linsey paused and thought about it for a moment before slowly nodding. "That... actually sounds pretty good."
Cassandra immediately laughed. "Hehehe. As expected of you, Damian. That’s a damn good idea."
She placed one hand against her hip. "There are only five of us right now. That’s far too few if this [Forbidden Immortal Harem] is supposed to become something great."
Damian glanced at her suspiciously. "Something great?"
Cassandra proudly raised her chin. "Obviously. Even great factions need huge numbers of members if they eventually want to rule the world."
Damian’s eye twitched. "Maybe let’s not jump straight to ruling the fucking world."
Cassandra waved him off dismissively. "Whatever. The point is, we need more people."
Cynthia gave a thoughtful nod. "I agree with the assistant part."
Damian turned toward her.
Cynthia calmly continued, counting on her fingers as she spoke. "There are plenty of things I’d rather delegate. Organizing materials, preparing poisons, recording information, sorting storage rings... having assistants would save a lot of time."
Damian immediately pointed at her. "Exactly! Finally, someone understands the genius of my plan."
Cynthia gave him a flat look. "I said the assistant part was useful. I didn’t call you a genius."
Damian paused.
Cassandra quietly laughed beside him.
Evelyn, meanwhile, simply nodded. "It would be convenient."
Damian placed both hands on his hips, looking increasingly satisfied. "See? That settles it. Servants are officially a good idea."
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A short while later, the group finally arrived at the place where they had left the five women.
To Damian’s genuine surprise, all five were still there.
He stopped in front of them and looked around dramatically. "Wow... none of you ran away."
Damian folded his arms. "Are you girls seriously sure about this?"
One of the Nether Blood Moon Sect women lowered her head respectfully. "Yes, Master."
Damian raised an eyebrow slightly at how quickly she had already started calling him that.
The woman continued, "We thought carefully about what you said. It’s obvious that both of our sects are much weaker than your group."
𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
She bowed slightly. "Since you’ve given us the opportunity to follow someone stronger, we would like to accept."
One of the Blue Mist Sect women nodded as well. "Yes, Master."
She hesitated for a moment before continuing, "We don’t have enough strength to properly protect ourselves."
Her fingers tightened around the edge of her robe. "Even if we returned now, everyone would know that we stayed behind while the others escaped."
Her expression became slightly uneasy. "No matter what explanation we gave, they probably wouldn’t look at us kindly anymore."
She finally raised her head toward Damian. "So we believe staying with you is the better choice."
Damian’s lips curled upward. "Good."
He nodded approvingly. "You’ve all made the right choice. Trust me, your future will be a hell of a lot brighter now."
The five women exchanged glances before nodding.
Damian suddenly raised one finger. "Although... there’s one important thing."
Their bodies immediately stiffened again.
Damian casually continued, "You’re still servant-slaves for now, so honestly, I don’t really feel like memorizing all five of your names yet."
Silence.
Cynthia slowly turned toward him.
Linsey covered her mouth.
Damian completely ignored their reactions and pointed toward the women one by one. "So until you actually earn proper positions, you’ll use codenames."
He pointed at all of them. "You’ll all use number codenames, from One to Five."
The five women looked at one another with complicated expressions.
Damian raised an eyebrow. "Got it?"
They hesitated before finally bowing their heads. "Yes, Master."
Damian immediately rubbed his hands together happily. "Hehehe... good, good."
Cassandra gave him a sideways look, amusement clear in her expression. "You’re really enjoying this, aren’t you?"
Damian turned toward her with absolutely no shame. "Hehehe... of course."
He proudly spread his arms. "As a man, how the hell am I supposed to not enjoy this?"