[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi":3,"chapter-the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-137":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Lady's Butler: I Reincarnated To Serve The Villainess",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},725518,965,"Chapter 137: Submarine","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-137",137,"\u003Cp>The kid nervously waited for someone, anyone to at least say something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was especially nervous about hearing what Adrian, the one who provided him the blueprints, thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, you might be wondering what a fifteen year old kid was doing in a dungeon such as this, especially given that he wasn’t part of the military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to him, he was in this dungeon because he was excited to play soldier by hiding among the spirit mages’ supplies when he was ten after a visit to the frontier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers realized too late and by the time they discovered a terrified child hidden among the supply crates, the dungeon entrance had already closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since then, the boy simply never left....well, not that he could even if he wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At first we thought he’d die within a week,\" One of the older spirit mages muttered from the side while staring at the metallic magic tool before them, \"but then, he suddenly contracted a spirit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, Spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth, Metal and wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An absurd combination for someone so young, especially given that something like that was unheard of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Save for the saintess no one else was capable of contracting multiple spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But recalling the kid in the academy entrance test and now this one, Noelle was feeling less and less special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian noticed, so he gently grabbed her hand and squeezed it, giving her a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike her, who naturally draws spirits towards her, the three contracted to the kid did so in an act of desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most or all that were within the dungeon had already formed a contract with another spirit, so before the corruption could fully spread, the three spirits managed to form a contract with the kid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to everyone’s surprise, it worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small creatures of his three different elements, no larger than a hand, could currently be seen running around the large metallic structure before the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the reason why he completed the project so fast, and the result of all that was what stood directly before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One specifically designed to travel beneath the black sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Lucian remained speechless for a few moments as he stared at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The structure itself was compact and oval-shaped, made from several layers of reinforced spirit metal gathered throughout the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike ships used on normal seas, this one had no sails, instead, strange rotating mechanisms rested along the sides alongside crystal cores embedded throughout the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked less like a boat and more like a weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A submarine?\" Aqua muttered as she glanced at the blueprint laying on the table in the kid’s massive makeshift workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm,\" the boy nodded, \"though I would’ve preferred to name it Underwater boat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a terrible name,\" Darius suddenly spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah?\" the kid turned towards him with a frown, \"let’s see you come up with something better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s simple,\" Darius muttered with a grin, \"Underwater Boat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s what I just said,\" the kid argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, you said, Underwater boat,\" Darius answered, \"I said, Underwater Boat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just changed the capitalization!\" Elias shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That changes everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It literally doesn’t!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It literally does.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two immediately started arguing while pointing fingers at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Lucian rubbed his forehead with a tired sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did the intelligent ones around him always somehow end up being complete idiots in other areas?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, he was referring to the kid anyway.... Darius, on the other hand, was far from intelligent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They continued arguing for a while before Adrian suddenly decided to speak up, \"either way, you did a great job.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young blacksmith immediately paused and nervously turned towards him the moment he spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-you think it’ll work?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian glanced toward the vessel before answering honestly, \"you put so much effort on it, so I’m sure it will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truthfully, he hadn’t except the kid to be able to create such a vessel, especially given that the blueprint was... extremely simplified, to put it simply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian had great memory, but turns out, it was a lot harder to draw a functional submarine blueprint from memory, with what little knowledge he had on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, the kid was able to refine and even improve on the design, which was definitely praise worthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy’s eyes widened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, receiving praise from the butler seemed to affect him far more than the prince’s earlier compliments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian folded his arms while continuing to inspect the submarine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really designed this overnight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" the boy answered with a grin filled with pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if they manage to escape this dungeon thanks to the submarine, he’d be hailed as a hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was all he ever dreamt of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, calling his skill, talent, was a massive understatement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite spending years trapped in a dungeon with limited materials, he had somehow become the greatest blacksmith among the survivors here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could create almost anything after seeing a proper design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, unlike the other spirit mages here, the boy clearly had no interest in battle whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes only lit up when talking about magic tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, while everyone else worried about surviving the black sea, he looked more excited about improving the submarine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s your name?\" Adrian suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elias,\" the boy answered immediately without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you like a job?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire workshop went silent, even Renelle looked mildly curious, after all, didn’t Adrian already have Alvíss working for him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A job?\" Elias repeated blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" Adrian answered calmly, \"once we leave this dungeon of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elias stared at him in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to hire me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re uninterested?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kid suddenly raised his hands before him as he shook his head, \"n-no, I-I mean yes.... I’m interested.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you’re hired.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prince lightly clenched his fist before slowly releasing it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The royal family would greatly benefit from a blacksmith such as this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spirit engineer capable of creating magic tools at this level before even reaching adulthood was an absurd talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian already knew trying to compete with Adrian for loyalty would be pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not after what just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy was practically glowing from happiness after receiving a single compliment from the butler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian honestly felt a little jealous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Elias had been discovered outside this dungeon, the royal court would’ve done everything possible to secure him immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian had gotten him first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-wait,\" Elias suddenly spoke up again while looking nervous, \"what exactly would I even be doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Creating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer came almost instantly and Adrian glanced around the workshop afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic tools of different types lay all around and he could see the efforts put in each and every one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have talent,\" Adrian continued calmly, \"it would be wasted elsewhere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young blacksmith unconsciously looked toward the submarine again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truthfully,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the idea of being called a hero never excited him as much as the idea of building something incredible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small smile slowly appeared on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Renelle quietly observed the interaction from the side before suddenly speaking up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My butler seems determined to gather strange people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First it was a terrifying child that was supposed to be on the prince’s side, then there was that strange blacksmith, and then was the red haired idiot\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, a kid she hadn’t even seen in her previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian thought about it for a second, \"perhaps, does it bother my lady?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Renelle shook her head with a small smile on her face, \"I just find it interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see,\" Adrian muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His reasoning for gathering these weirdos around his lady was, at first, to ensure that her fate was changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that every event was not following the manhwa anymore, it was for another plan he didn’t intend to hell her of just yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will it be ready by tomorrow?\" Renelle suddenly asked while looking toward Elias.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy immediately stood up straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" he answered quickly before pointing toward the submarine, \"the outer shell is complete already. I just need to finish calibrating the spirit cores and reinforcing the pressure barriers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pressure barriers?\" Darius asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elias looked at him for a second before asking, \"you don’t know what those are?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No idea,\" Darius shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The deeper they sink into the black sea, the higher the pressure becomes,\" The young blacksmith explained, \"and without pressure barriers, the boat will just implode.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see,\" Darius nodded with a hand on his chin before he asked, \"can this pressure be resisted if you’re strong enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whilst Elias was feeling a headache coming, thanks to Darius’s questions, Renelle turned towards Lucian and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll start preparing to depart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1458,"2026-06-02T10:56:10.487Z",1,"novelbin.me","fa9e797e975392a24ff0ef86b54189fb70d8592f96369931aac5941e52fcf412","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-138","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-136",146,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-cover.jpg"]