Runemaster in the Last Days - Chapter 206

Chapter 206: Heated Argument
“You know me?” Mr. Thompson looked a bit dazed when he heard Sophia’s words but when he saw the two guards beside Sophia, he flinched. “She’s my wife’s daughter from her first marriage and…”

“Her custody is in your hand?”

“…No.”

“Do you raise her?”

“…No, but we give money…”

“To pay for the severance letter.” Sophia was calm and composed. “This matter has been made known loud and clear, especially because two companies announced it at the same time. So Mr. Thompson, what do you want from someone whom you look down upon and give severance letter the moment she turns into an adult?”

At this moment, the onlookers gained better understanding about the situation of their family.

And at the same time, many people were looking down on both Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson.

No matter what, the child was still young and these two people couldn’t wait to cut off contacts with them. This made them wonder whether these people were humans or not because their action felt really cruel.

“So it’s the case.”

“I seem to remember it… is it the case of the Thompson Family and the Davis Family?”

“Is it famous?”

“Well, these two families are considered to be relatively rich family in City A…”

Hearing the discussion of the onlookers, Mr. Thompson’s face turned red in embarrassment.

Their family of three only came to the base yesterday after the attack of those magic beasts. Their situation was not very good because they struggled and barely had enough food to eat.

After all, being rich before the earthquake meant nothing after the earthquake.

Unless they could gain control of their entire resources and put a good use of them, there was truly no point in keeping more money and all. Right now, the value of money had basically collapsed.

Even if the official base still allowed them to exchange a certain amount of money into contribution points, there was a limit to how much money they were willing to receive. After all, the officials didn’t really need those money anymore.

It was more because they didn’t to let things collapsed that they still received it.

Of course, the limit was relatively small and the exchange rate was a bit high. The base didn’t want to lose too much.

Resources were not that easy to get.

“No, you’re wrong… I…”

“If you want to continue making trouble, you can get out of the base. I’m sure that this is written in the rules when you come here for the first time?” Sophia continued to speak and looked at the two people in front of her calmly.

As for the children of Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson?

She didn’t know where that brat is and she didn’t care either.

“I know, I know.” Mr. Thompson took a deep breath. It seemed that the rules had changed a lot and those who only knew how to make troubles were directly eliminated.

The base could allow many people to live.

But they would not allow them to make trouble.

It was not easy for them to live in this current time and if they continued to make trouble, there were many people who would feel annoyed.

This naturally also included many people who thought that they could get away when making trouble.

“That’s good.” Sophia nodded gratefully at the guards and then walked inside again. When she was inside, she heaved a sigh of relief.

For Amelia to continue facing her cousin and engage in such debate, Sophia felt that Amelia was really amazing.

Just talking with these few people already made Sophia exhausted.

‘But those guards are listening to me because of the Carson Family.’

Sophia knew very well that the highest value from her was nothing more than the Carson Family behind her. The family would not make use of their children to gain influence but it was inevitable that some people’s interest would be sacrificed when it was necessary.

Those with higher position or stronger strength remain stable.

“If I truly want to stand firm, I need proper strength…”

Sophia looked at Melly, who was lying down but still raised her head to look in her direction. She had raised Melly from young and loves this dog very much.

How about if she formed the contract with Melly?

In that way…

Her fate would not be in the hands of others but it would be related to her dog. When Melly got stronger, Sophia would also become stronger.

As for Melly’s talent….

Sophia honestly didn’t know.

But she believed that even if Melly’s talent was lower, she would never abandon Melly and would always choose her first.

With a faint smile, Sophia walked towards Melly and chose to form the contract.

…

Outside the store, Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson ran away in fear. They could see the onlookers were not looking in their direction kindly and their tricks were useless in this place.

Riya stopped not that far away, looking in the direction of the store.

After a moment, she laughed.

To be able to become friends with these loyal people… Riya had to say that she was truly lucky.

Even though her own parents chose to abandon her, she was not really alone now. She still has her friends who were willing to stand by her side when she needed it.

And when they needed it, she was also willing to stand by their side.

After seeing that the commotion died down, Riya made her way to the research institute. Upon her arrival, there was already a research who lead her to the room where she made those runes before.

“There are a lot of magic cores and aside from a few that will be used for research, Mr. Samuel ordered for the rest to be handed over to Miss Riya to form the runes. In total, there are 56 rank 1 magic core.”

Riya: “…” 56?

She had the feeling that Samuel was really treating her as his worker with so many magic cores presented to her.