I’ve Got This Servant’s Back (1.1)
The two did not linger this time. After fading out of the main plot line, they smoothly handed over the transition period to others, and left the world together.
After raising a level, the system was happy to run out and find other systems to show off, disappearing in a wisp of smoke.
Lu Deng was dumbfounded, but he still bought it a brand new system skin as a congratulatory gift. He stayed in the main control room for a short period of time to repair his body while he waited for the system to have its fill of fun before heading off to a new world.
This time it was an interstellar setting.
The main character was named Antonio, born into the royal family of the planet Aowei with a group of brothers and sisters who stared at him like a tiger watching its prey.
Antonio was a growth type protagonist who relied on his charisma to gather his teammates and accumulate power, going from an unappreciated royal son to the heir to the throne.
The cannon fodder Lu Deng needed to save this time was named Gu Song, a young man who was brought to Aowei as a slave after the demise of his galaxy. He was then bought by Marquis Lu Feng, the Minister of Military Affairs of the Empire at that time, to take care of and accompany his sickly young son.
The Lu family’s blood was extremely precious, as they were descended from the ancient Earth that had long since disappeared. Proud of their heritage, they still retained the original way of naming a person with their family name coming first. The name Gu Song was conferred to him after being brought back to the Lu family.
The young master under Gu Song’s care was named Lu Qingshi. Because he was accidentally exposed to strong radiation in the mother’s womb, his health was poor since birth and would gradually weaken even more as he grew older. Despite the advanced medical treatments of the era, it could only barely slow down the degeneration of his health1Anna: Bullshit! They can do all this and not cure radiation, really???? IN A SPACE SETTING??? NOT CURE RADIATION?? 😭; Kisk: I just wanna know how a pregnant woman was ‘accidentally’ exposed to radiation; MG: It just happened la, plot armor is every author’s baby.
Because they felt guilty, the family desperately pampered him until he developed a spoiled and moody temperament. As a result, Gu Song’s life during these 10 years with the young master was not easy.
If it was just accompanying the young master, it didn’t really matter, he could tolerate it. But at Lu Qingshi’s coming of age banquet, the protagonist accidentally exposed the chilling truth. From the beginning, Lu Feng did not only intend to have him serve as Lu Qingshi’s attendant, but he wanted to use him as a spare body for his young son.
Although they all loved this frail young master very much, the Lu family did not know that Lu Qingshi’s body was severely damaged by radiation. Despite the fact he did not die within a few years like his mother, his body had been steadily declining. Sooner or later he would also face the threat of death.
Lu Feng could not accept the death of his youngest son, who carried the last traces of his late wife, and actually took such a risk. He planned to wait until Lu Qingshi’s mental strength was sufficient, before destroying Gu Song’s mind. He would turn into an empty ‘container’ before his son’s consciousness was imported into his body.
Even in the interstellar world, the act of using a living person as a vessel like this was extremely cruel.
After the protagonist learned the truth, he lashed out in anger, but still failed to save Gu Song. Lu Feng forcibly attempted the consciousness exchange. Because the preparation was too hasty, Gu Song’s mind was destroyed, while Lu Qingshi also failed to wake up.
The exposure of the scandal seriously affected the reputation of the Lu family. Soon after, Lu Feng relinquished his title on his own, choosing to withdraw from his post to take refuge in seclusion. The second prince, who had always been supported by the Lu family, also suffered a great loss of strength. This became an important plot point in the protagonist’s ascent to the top.
Lu Deng was silent as his eyes fell on the impassive plot text.
The roles available to him in this world were closely related to the original characters of the plot; it was the first time that he had encountered such a situation.
The characters that were usually open for him were generated later on and did not originally exist in the target world. This time, however, it seemed there was no way to find his own place in this particularly close relationship, he could only take another’s.
【Host….】
Sensing the changes in his mood, the mechanical voice hesitantly called. Lu Deng looked up with a smile and spoke in a warm voice, “It’s okay, I’ll take a look.”
Among the roles that were created, there was a butler attendant who was colleagues with Gu Song, as well as a gardener who looked after the Lu family’s garden. Those roles could be taken into consideration.
If he was Lu Qingshi’s cat, he might be able to rub against those close to Lu Qingshi, and possibly even be picked up and pet.
Suppressing the silent emotions swirling at the bottom of his heart, Lu Deng lightly inhaled, pursed his lips and raised his hand to make his selection. Suddenly, the options under him flashed twice and turned gray, no longer selectable.
Lu Deng was slightly startled and raised his head in doubt.
The system’s cursor flashed back and forth several times over the words ‘close care and companionship’ and ‘spoiled’, as the selectable characters suddenly turned gray one after another. Finally, the mechanical voice exclaimed with gritted teeth: 【Host, just wait, I’ll go steal a role!】
【Steal what-】
Lu Deng never knew that a role could also be stolen, don’t know who the system went out to play with to learn such a powerful skill. Speechlessly watching the system screen buffering circle turn into a gyroscope, he saw the optional role suddenly turning a distinct and conspicuous color.
Before Lu Deng could see it clearly, the light around the character shone and the portal that would only be opened with the usual selection appeared out of thin air. The mechanical sound of the system quickly rang out: 【Host, quickly come in, I can only hold on for ten seconds!】
Lu Deng’s gaze fell on the screen and turned complicated.
【Lu Qingshi】
His heartbeat sped up as he felt the wishes of the new role grow, sprouting like flowers inside him.
The system did not rush him any further as it continued supporting the portal under the shield.
Before the plot opened, the information was just a basic setting. Only after the world was officially launched would the data be imported to flesh out the characters. As long as the role was preempted before the data was allocated and the host’s data was imported into it, this identity would become the host’s.
Its host had always been sensible, considerate, and cautious about breaking the rules. He was more qualified to be willful in this instance than other hosts.
The countdown was decreasing second by second. Seeing that the scarlet letter had fallen to 3, Lu Deng finally stepped forward and plunged into the portal.
When he woke up again, he was in a completely strange body.
The feeling of this body was quite different. Lu Deng blinked and sat up, the soft fleece blanket slid off his body and landed on the large bed.
Everything in front of him was half a size bigger. Eyes alight with curiosity, Lu Deng stood up from the edge of the bed and walked to the mirror.
The figure in the mirror was much smaller than what he was used to. The body was probably five or six years old and looked similar to his original self. He didn’t know if the characters would automatically be modified according to the data after they were imported.
He had never seen himself at this point in his life, and even his memories of this period were blurry, remembering only the endless experiments, the never-ending cold and the pain. Being imported at this age, it was as if he had a second chance to do it all over again.
The bedroom was spacious and bright; the walls were a light blue while a soft beige carpet that showed slight depressions when stepped on covered the floor. Bright sunlight spilled in through the windows, half hidden by goose yellow curtains. Spread around the room was furniture made of white maple wood, the corners deliberately polished round and smooth. Even if he ran around recklessly, it would be difficult to injure himself.
He had never lived in such a place specially prepared for children. Lu Deng felt a strong expectation grow within. Looking around carefully, he contacted the system in his mind: 【If I replace the original role like this, won’t it cause chaos in the world?】
【Not if the host keeps up with the original’s persona!】
The system chimed in a timely manner. Luckily, at this point in time, the branch plot had just started, and no supporting data had been filled in. Lu Deng’s arrival was just right.
Seeing the host wearing exquisite, blue checkered pajamas, little stars appeared on the system screen with joy. Lu Deng began to read the character introduction word by word: 【Lu Qingshi, the youngest master of the Lu family. Pampered by the whole family. Arrogant, tsundere, in poor health, willful and temperamental…】
System: 【…】
Lu Deng: 【…】
System: 【Host, please work hard. You can not collapse the character settings, or the world macro data may collapse!】
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Additional Notes:
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- The System and Lu Deng’s dialogue has been emphasized with brackets to help better distinguish what is and isn’t being spoken out loud.
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- The planet’s name has its pinyin, Aowei, retained due to lack of a more romanized name.
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TL – Anna; TLC – MamaGoose; ED – Kisk
T/N: Hi I’m taking over this project please don’t throw rocks at me- (MG swats at my head) Yoohoo, I’m the new translator and a long time fan of the book~ Thanks to Sleepy for letting me to pick the book, I know this one’s your baby, and I’ll try my best to give it the same amount of love and care~ ヾ(@⌒▽⌒@)ノ
TLC/N: pulls Anna to bow – Hello, dear readers! Thanks, Sleepy, for helping the transition be a smooth process. This chapter has been edited by our beloved Empress, Kiskaiya. All three of us are big fans of Lu Deng’s system- System is MENG, must protecc. We’re a relatively new team, please do guide us in the future~ (◡‿◡✿)