Runemaster in the Last Days - Chapter 219

Chapter 219: Thompson Family
Because they might be dragged into various troubles that they should not have faced with their family’s situation before.

Moreover, there was no guarantee that they could protect them.

Riya glanced at Samuel and said, “You’re thinking too much, Senior Samuel. I’m not afraid of them.”

Yes, she used to hate troubles.

But Riya also knew that it was impossible for her to avoid troubles.

Even if she did nothing, there were some people who would like to step forward and made trouble with her.

In that case, why should she stayed silent?

Samuel was silent for a moment and said, “I’ll investigate the people who worked in the inner area.”

He also didn’t want to be watched by others all the time. It was tiring.

“Thank you, Senior Samuel.” Riya smiled.

Samuel nodded and then went out to start checking and cleaning up. Once this was done, he wanted to go back and spent his time training.

Rather than going out to meddle in this kind of matter, Samuel preferred to train with his swords.

Riya watched Samuel’s back for a moment and then went back to her room. She wanted to take a look at her farm and so on first.

…

Thompson Family’s side

Mrs. Thompson, Riya’s mother, was not feeling well. She thought that she could make her daughter listen to her, but reality told her that Riya would not listen to her anymore.

Mr. Thompson looked at his wife and asked, “Didn’t you say that Riya is an obedient child?”

When Riya was young, she knew very well that she couldn’t fight against her parents. So unless they did anything that crossed the lines, she still maintained a respectful and obedient appearance in front of them.

But if they were to threaten her safety…

They had to be prepared for the consequences.

Both Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Taylor understood their daughter’s personality because she had nearly caused both of them to be put into detention because of their neglect. They had seen her cruelty and also the fact that she would lose nothing.

In the first place, Riya had nothing to lose.

But both of them have their own career and their own families, so they couldn’t possibly let Riya caused their lives to be destroyed.

They had to care for their faces.

So they would never do anything that crossed the lines and when Riya became an adult, they severed their ties with her.

“She’s usually quite obedient.” Mrs. Thompson frowned when she heard her husband’s words.

“Mom.” Their child, Pera, looked at his mother and said, “I’m hungry.”

Their family of three was not very lucky.

When the earthquake happened, they were confined in their home and they didn’t have much resources.

Going out on their own?

It was impossible.

They had to wait until military people came and checked on them before they could come out and finally came to City A Base.

The amount of food and drinks they have so far was very limited.

And in this scorching hot temperature, it was nothing short of torture.

“Baby, we’ll exchange some things for food, okay.” Mrs. Thompson looked at her son with distressed look. Her son was only 18 years old this year. She had him after her divorce with Mr. Taylor and got married to Mr. Thompson.

This child came at the right time.

Because of this child’s existence, Mrs. Thompson didn’t think too much about Riya anymore.

“Tsk.” Mr. Thompson frowned.

He could see that Riya has been in this base for some time and should have some contribution points. As long as they could borrow some, there was no need for them to be so embarrassed like this.

They barely brought anything here.

If not because the base would still allow refugee to come, they would not even be able to enter City A Base.

It was really miserable.

“Should we try to find Riya again?” Mrs. Thompson asked. She was also really hungry and they hadn’t eaten anything today. If not because they couldn’t see Riya at all, they wouldn’t have been so miserable like this.

“No, people without proper ID couldn’t enter the inner area,” Mr. Thompson said with a frown.

“Then…”

“Let’s find some work.” Mr. Thompson sighed. It was really hot but they couldn’t do anything.

“No… I’m going to see my sister. She’s also here.” Mrs. Thompson gritted her teeth.

“Mom…”

Bang!

And then they heard yelling and crying from outside again.

To be honest, both Mr. Thompson and Pera were already used to this scene. Mrs. Thompson would often make trouble when she couldn’t get what she wanted.

Because of this, it was hard for them to have any peaceful days.

But this was what Mr. Thompson himself liked.

Pera himself felt that his mother was right, so he would always try to listen to his mother’s words and followed her lead.

“Dad, can we finally eat meat?” Pera asked, feeling greedy when he thought of those magic beast’s meat. He had heard that the meat of these magic beasts required purification magic to be done first before they could eat it.

So along the way, only the soldiers were able to eat these magic beasts’ meat.

Because there was only one person who could use purification magic.

The others had no other choice but to stay behind and couldn’t participate.

“We’ll see later.” Mr. Thompson’s eyes flashed. He also wanted some meat and if they could get it one way or another, it would be great. But for now, it would be better for him to wait for his wife and then looked for some work tomorrow.

Relying on their relatives all the time would be highly impossible and Mr. Thompson didn’t want to live so ordinarily.

“It’ll be great if we can eat meat,” Pera added.

“You go to work with me tomorrow.”

“Ah? Why?”

Pera was unwilling when he heard that he had to follow his father to work. He knew what work there is in City A Base and those construction work was really tiring.

Not many second generation like Pera could withstand working like that all day long.