[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school":3,"chapter-is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school-is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school-chapter-41":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1070722,1384,"Chapter 42 - Smart Butler, Formerly Known as Little Work Slave","is-it-weird-for-a-guy-to-apply-to-a-witch-school-chapter-41",41,"\u003Cp>“Welcome home, Master!” chirped the flat smart butler, hovering by the door as I walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing had nothing better to do? Didn’t all that zooming around burn mana?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I checked the villa’s mana meter. This place ran on a shared pool, and if it ran dry, how was I supposed to charge my phone? Beg a senior to juice it up? No way I’d stoop to treating someone like a power bank. Who’d agree to that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got curious, though. Freshmen like me, barely trained, couldn’t control mana well. So how did we recharge the villa?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crouching by the meter, I saw it had over 300 mana left. No clue how it was measured. One mana core per unit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After poking around, I found a curled-up notice. It explained mana storage—automatic, but I had to be the generator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great. At least 300 mana should last a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One problem down. Now, time to clean this whole villa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I first moved in, I only tidied my bedroom. The rest? Ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a big job. Three floors, including a huge rooftop terrace that needed sweeping, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, are you cleaning the villa?” the smart butler piped up as I cast Cleaning Charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yup. Move over,” I said, scooping it up and setting it aside.This text is hosted at novel·fıre·net\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, keeping the place clean is MY job. Leave it to me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You? A vacuum bot? How’re you gonna clean walls, windows, ceilings, furniture?” I scoffed, ready to dunk on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I felt it—a familiar energy radiating from the bot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way… Cleaning Charm?” I gaped, stunned. A vacuum bot with THAT?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the shock, I remembered Bai Yu mentioning that this thing was an alchemical, mana-powered gadget.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed hard. Talk about overpowered. They programmed a Cleaning Charm into a vacuum bot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And here I was, all proud of learning it myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared as the bot zipped around, its Cleaning Charm blasting a patch of floor spotless, working like it was having the time of its life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it rolled back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, where are you going?” I called, my confidence shaken. “You’ve got a Cleaning Charm, so clean the whole place! You’re in charge now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time to let this bot do the heavy lifting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, my mana’s drained. If I don’t head back, you’ll have to carry me to recharge,” the smart butler said, its voice noticeably weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No mana? Does the Cleaning Charm burn that much?” I asked, trailing it, my mood perking up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s your max capacity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One standard mana.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One standard mana?” I frowned. Same unit as the main meter? One charge eats one unit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How much to clean the whole villa?” I asked, zeroing in on the real issue. Time to reclaim some pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe this thing was too power-hungry. I’d rather do it myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“About ten charges.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten standard mana?” My jaw dropped. Thirty cleanings, and the villa’s power would be toast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place had other mana drains, too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way. I couldn’t let this continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mana core was just one, and I had no clue how fast it’d recover. No chance I’d sit here playing power plant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Smart butler, no more Cleaning Charm for cleaning!” I snapped. “Only use it if something’s really dirty. And stop zipping around—save power!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blurted it all out, hoping the thing understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood. Switching to energy-saving mode. Full cleaning canceled,” it replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed, relieved. It got the message. I hadn’t realized this villa had such a mana hog. Were there more like it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Smart butler… do you have another name? Calling you that feels clunky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, Master. Please name me, or use a past name at random.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Past name?” I eyed the bot. Secondhand, huh? Made sense—this villa had housed who-knows-how-many seniors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Activate one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go for it. Let’s hear what the seniors called you,” I said, curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Activated past name: Little Work Slave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, what? Your name’s WHAT?” I blinked, sure I’d misheard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Work Slave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft—haha!” I cracked up. “What kind of name is that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t hold it in, laughing so hard I nearly doubled over. Which senior came up with that? A joke?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Work Slave, haha!” I wheezed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, I’m here,” it said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I caught my breath, wiping tears. I kept the name. It was too funny, a spark of joy for my dull days. Hope my mystery roommates liked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Little Work Slave was a bust, I’d have to clean the villa myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’d be exhausting, but the satisfaction of a spotless place would be worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I started with the first floor. The lawn outside? Not my problem. Even if I wanted to trim it, I didn’t have the tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way I was crawling around pulling weeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But man, the Cleaning Charm was a game-changer. Washing dishes with it? Way faster than by hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweeping through the villa also helped me get the lay of the land. I lived here, but I didn’t poke around every corner daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I needed to know where things were in case it mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While cleaning, I found dust and grime caked in forgotten corners. Guess Little Work Slave missed some spots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those nooks took a few zaps of the Cleaning Charm to get spotless. 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