Runemaster in the Last Days - Chapter 118

Chapter 118: “…”
“We’re here~.” Amelia brought her three friends to pay a visit and Mrs. Jones was happy. They were all invited to eat together and the chef will cook food for them.

“You still have chef?” Sophia asked in surprise.

“Yes. Everyone is still here,” Amelia replied and looked at Sophia. “Does your family not plan to employ your previous butler and cook?”

Having butler and chef were normal for the people of the rich circle. After all, they couldn’t take care of their household’s needs all the time and had to employ some people to help. There were also other reasons but most of them were that these people were usually pampered.

Since the Jones Family were still able to afford the salary of the chef and butler, they let these people stayed.

“There are only a few people who will stay and the rest had to be dismissed.” Sophia shrugged. The Carson Family didn’t have unlimited supplies and had to prioritize everyone who came from the Carson Family.

Others could only be considered when they already have enough.

“I see.” Amelia nodded.

Ruby and Riya said nothing. Ruby’s family definitely couldn’t employ anyone to take care of them. Even if things were difficult, they had to do things by themselves. On the other hand, Riya knew that her father and mother each had their own families and had employed people. Whether they would keep these people stay employed after the world changed or not was unknown, though.

They entered inside and Sophia sighed, marveling at how these structure could stand firm even when the earthquake happened.

“How did you construct your house before?”

“Ah? You have to ask my brother! I don’t know these things….”

As the two girls clamored, Riya also looked at the house’s structure. The last time she was here, she had no time to appreciate the house, but now she noticed some things that she hadn’t noticed before.

These materials…

They were all normal materials but infused with mana to increase the strength to a certain degree. While this method was a bit crude but it was effective for those who were not master builders and only had basic knowledge.

Riya nodded to herself and then sighed.

It was such a waste of mana.

This kind of infusion into the materials would not last long and had to be redone at most once a week. Otherwise, the mana completely dissipated and then there would be nothing left.

As a rune master, Riya had extensive knowledge over various materials that were suitable for mana. This was mainly because she had experimented a lot in the past to make sure that she would not make any mistake when making the formation.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing.

And there were also special runes used to seal the mana inside, not letting it leaked out even for years. There were even some formation master who could seal the mana for decades or even centuries without leaking any of it.

Riya couldn’t reach that level yet, but she was working towards it.

Anyway, she would still practice making runes when it was possible while practicing and so on. She still hoped that she would live longer and reached the height that she previously couldn’t reach in that world.

“Alright, come and eat first,” Mrs. Jones said in amusement.

At this time, Sean came out and looked at his sister blankly. “Mel, do you think Brother will let you invite people all the time?”

Hearing this question, Amelia froze. She seemed to remember that her brother was not very happy when Sean brought his friends over even if it was only for a meal. For her and Sean, there was nothing special in their home, but it might be different in Samuel’s eyes.

The two of them usually didn’t want to offend their older brother and followed his words obediently.

This time…

Amelia forgot.

She turned to look at Riya and then said, “It should be okay this time?”

Sean looked at his sister suspiciously but didn’t say anything else and went to the seat to eat. Anyway, their older brother will join them for lunch and they could see whether he would be angry or not.

“Does your brother not welcome us, Mel?” Sophia poked Amelia’s hand.

If that was the case, Sophia didn’t mind leaving and not staying here. Anyway, it was good enough for them to be able to gather together again after such a long time. She would not hope for anything much.

Eating here was not that important either. With her family’s backing, Sophia was not lacking in resources. Her family would be able to provide for her and she would be able to eat enough.

“Well, we can leave.” Ruby also looked at Amelia.

She herself had no interest to eat in Amelia’s place if it was not because of Amelia herself. After all, Ruby was more interested in researching and doing various experiments in the laboratory.

Unfortunately, her knowledge and ability were not enough for her to reach the level of a real researcher.

She could only start as the assistant.

Riya also looked at Amelia curiously. She was planning to exchange some things with contribution points and then rented a place to stay. There was truly no need for her to come here.

“That… it shouldn’t be?” Amelia said hesitatingly. “Brother is indeed quite annoying, but I don’t think that he’ll kick you out.”

The other three: “….”

Amelia’s words… didn’t sound convincing at all.

Even Sean looked at his older sister and then looked at the ceiling. They knew their older brother could be very scary if he was angry, so no one dared to make him angry.

“It seems that my sister is talking bad about me again.”

Amelia: “…” I’m dead!

The others silently took a step away from Amelia, pretending that they didn’t hear anything.

Riya turned her head and saw Samuel walking inside calmly from the door that headed to the backyard. He was sweating since he was practicing and carried a towel around his neck to wipe his sweat.

The others saw him and fell into silence.