[{"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-16":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},725412,965,"Chapter 16: Boreas Ardent","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>The Patriarch of the Ardent family, Boreas Ardent, was a strange man....to say the least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the manhwa, he was described as a great father to both his children but also, as a man who treated even his servants as something akin to family, which was a strange behavior, especially for a Grand Duke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earliest and only memory Adrian had of him was when Renelle had first brought him to the estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boreas had demanded to meet the child his daughter had picked up from the streets and Adrian was sure he’d be kicked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this was how nobles were, greedy, selfish and born with absolute loathing for those beneath them....or at least that’s what he believed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike what he expected, the patriarch had just looked at him with a warm smile and said, \"welcome to the Ardent family,\" before handing him over Sebastian for training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when he was taken to the Ardent’s private training base that was beyond the Frozen Forest where he was molded into the perfect personal butler for the lady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the manhwa, his actions were as a result of his wife, who was also a commoner, to be more specific, she was a maid in the Ardent House.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing led to another and the two found themselves married with two kids, and her former position as a commoner was not exactly a secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the reason why most of the other nobles looked down on this family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, not publicly of course, because they’d lose their heads the moment Boreas sensed disrespect towards his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there was barely anyone in Avera that could stop him, after all, he was a SS rank spirit mage with a prime spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his kind demeanor, Boreas Ardent was not a man anyone in Avera dared to underestimate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kindness and weakness were two entirely different things, and the Patriarch of the Ardent family possessed very little of the latter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even seated behind his desk, the pressure he emitted was unmistakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was subtle, controlled and almost invisible to the untrained eye, Adrian could still feel it pressing down on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the presence of someone who had stood at the very peak of power for decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You look like you’ve had an eventful trip,\" the patriarch said with a smile, \"and you also seem to have grown a lot since the last time I saw you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course he had, he was only five when he met the patriarch and right now, he was eighteen, so he was bound to look different in thirteen years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian looked at Boreas as he continued speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You faced a Frost Yeti and still managed to return in one piece,\" he added, \"impressive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian just nodded in acknowledgement of the praise, but said nothing, after all, he didn’t need to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boreas simply rested his chin lightly against his hand, studying him with a thoughtful expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also heard,\" the patriarch continued, \"that you managed to retrieve something rather interesting from the cave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At those words, Adrian finally understood why he had been summoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, nothing that happened in the northern territory could escape the eyes of the Ardent family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, he reached towards the inner part of his uniform where shadows were gathered, put his hand inside and retrieved it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the object emerged, the temperature in the room seemed to drop slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resting within Adrian’s palm was a small crystalline lotus with each petal shimmering like frozen glass and with mist rising from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even someone unfamiliar with spiritual treasures would immediately understand that it was something extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Boreas’ calm expression finally changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes narrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Frost Sovereign Lotus,\" he said as his gaze lingered on the lotus for several seconds before turning back to Adrian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You truly are a lucky child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Adrian noticed something interesting, for the briefest moment, when Boreas had looked at the lotus, there had been something else in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that’s when he finally recalled something from the manhwa, the reason why Boreas’ wife was only ever seen once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was ill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, no disease or ailment was too hard for the Ardents healers to heal, but this was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, even the church, specializing in light mana and healing, couldn’t deal with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an illness known asFrostheart Syndrome,something the patriarch’s wife had developed after her contract with an incompatible ice spirit had gone wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the church, special mana filled treasures like theFrost Sovereign Lotusshould be able to suppress it for a long period of time, the only problem was, its location had been completely unknown to the Ardent family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence the reason for the hope in his eyes when Boreas saw the lotus in Adrian’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d like to —\" he started but was immediately interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Adrian shook his head as he withdrew the lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a couple of minutes there was only silence between the two, but Adrian soon realized that the patriarch might not understand why he denied the request, so he explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I acquired the Lotus as a gift for my Lady’s Spirit and I do not intend to give it away,\" he started, and the frown on Boreas face got darker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, until Adrian suddenly added, \"besides, the Frost Sovereign Lotus will only just work to accelerate your wife’s illness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered the explanation from the manhwa clearly, the illness fed on ice mana, which was precisely why the Frost Sovereign Lotus was both a treasure... and a poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Boreas used it on her, the results would only accelerate the very thing killing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a few more seconds, the room fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boreas continued looking at the child before him, he wasn’t bothered by the way Adrian had spoken, what bothered him was the implication of his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was truly as he said, and the lotus would accelerate his wife’s illness, then why would the church suggest it in the first place?\u003C\u002Fp>",1012,"2026-06-02T10:56:10.487Z",1,"novelbin.me","1f8042b7e3e73c69ec7fa86b23c7d6bb9c598de6f171ec0a6c1ce02bc7d1f434","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-66","the-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-chapter-65",146,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-lady-s-butler-i-reincarnated-to-serve-the-vi-cover.jpg"]