Reincarnation Of Audemars - Chapter 110

Everywhere we went, a lot of passersby came and congratulate us and even the members of the Houses too were congratulating us despite having to swallow the bitter pill of doing so.

We were happy and some adventurers do ask about the membership and we informed that the recruitment Drive would be announced when everything had settled down.

A group of berserker came and asked if they could be part of the membership since they knew that there would be only 4 classes available and I said to them, “Why not… The more the merrier. Don’t worry, we have more than enough space to bring in the Monks, Spearmen and Paragons as well. There might an emergence of some new class in the future, who knows…” I said as we bade them farewell and went about the business.

“Daddy, are you going to guide the berserker as well?” asked Adam and was wondering how many Classes I have under my belt. “Well, a Berserker is someone who wields a Battle Axe and a Two-Handed Sword. He is considered as a Warrior too. The same goes to a Pugilist, as he or she fights with just their fists and feet.”

“I could handle a Battle Axe, a mace, a flail or a two-handed sword, but the two mighty weapons take up a lot of strength and tires a person real fast. Their attributes in Strength and Dexterity are the top priority. Even they have strengths, they do have weakness too.”

“Its good to be a R.A.W, since you would be excellent at close quarters combat, a ranged warrior as well as someone who deals with magic. You may have covered the strengths and weaknesses really well at the moment.” I finally concluded what I had said and the children were proud to realise that their Daddy had groomed them to be a versatile fighter.

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“Hi, welcome to David’s Decor… What can I do for you?” I was greeted by the proprietor and I saw that there’s an option for a quest there but I chose to ignore it since it was meant for the adventurers and not for me.

“There are some missing pieces in the house and I wonder if we make the purchases, would they be able to send it down to the house later this evening?” I asked since the purchases would be for 10 rooms and little did the owner knows about it.

“Oh sure, Mister… We would be able to deliver it right away. What kind of furnishings are you looking for, right now?” David asked as he was flitting among us as we looked at the bedding section. After deciding on a king-size bed with double mattresses, complete with a divan set, we chose the model we deemed fit.

Then we also chose some rugs to place in every room and also in the centre of our seating area as well as the cosy corner to make it homely. A long rectangular carpet was also chosen to place it in the middle of the passageway to decorate it. Other than that, we kept everything at its minimal.

Patricia paid for the items and delivery were being made along with setting up in the respective rooms of our new home. Afterwards, we then head to the Atelier where Prius ordered a long banner-like streamer to place on the left of the huge doorway of the castle that bore its family colours, the blue and white, while I got the red and yellow for the Macleod’s.

The Atelier congratulated us for upgrading our current House to a Castle and knew that upgrading means the stature of their locales would also be uplifted as well.

After that, we went to the House of Sanders and ordered a bucket of 11 secret herbs and spices recipe of fried mix of original, crispy, hot and spicy chicken thighs and drumsticks with all kinds of sauces. We also shared some waffle ice creams and the kids really enjoyed the meal there.

It was a dainty little restaurant that is able to accommodate at least 40 pax on both lower and upper floors and was painted with red and white stripes all over. Well, this little restaurant would soon be a household name for takeaways and deliveries in time to come for sure.

“Dear, with the upgrade to the Castle of Keating-Macleod, when do you wish to start the recruitment drive for new members? The children confided with me that there are more than 50 adventurers per class that would be willing to pledge their allegiance to our Castle of Keating-Macleod.” Patricia asked in between her gnawing at the crispy chicken thigh.

“Well, it’s too early to decide now, Trish. I would like our children to familiarise with the training grounds first and each training ground like the practical reflex area has a minimum requirement… Zero casualties and 100% success rate in the shortest time possible.”

“Once they had done so, it would be ranked. Same applies to the archery and pop up targets which are good for Rangers and Assassins to hone their compact one-handed crossbows, the throwing knives, darts, stars as well as the cyclone twister.”

“Those Wingchun statues are great for pugilist, staffs, swords, spears, throwing knives, darts, stars and even battle axes to practise their skills. Those wooden weapons would do just fine and at least the statues won’t really get too damaged. As time goes by, the wooden statues would be layered with iron plates.”

“Well, I could be rest assured that the next few days and weeks to come to the castle won’t be teeming with adventurers soon. Seeing the big pool on the rooftop and the deck chairs interests me to work on my tan. What do oi think dear?” Patricia beamed at the thought of basking in the sun after a swim and relaxed during peacetime since there was no trouble brewing elsewhere.

Little did she know that there sure is some trouble brewing here and there within Ingmery as well as the other towns and is still manageable by the respective town’s patrol guards.

The trouble that brewed were normally from outsiders and rarely from within and the source came from Aermagh as some of the residents there turned to petty crimes to sustain their livelihood. This was due to the iron fist ruling and the imbalanced taxes imposed on trade and personal.

Right now the trouble brewing is just like a passing wind that blows little cyclones on the ground as it picked up the dry leaves and scattering it around the area.

It comes and goes and never stays in one place and right now these scattered leaves were eyeing the caravans that ply the route between each of the 87 towns and were planning on the day best to strike.

Of course, I didn’t know this even I wrote about it in this chapter. Come what may, trouble… If it comes at me, I’m surely going to take action so let us be the punching bag first before we would take any action, shall we.

We enjoyed the meals that were served at the House of Saunders and when we had our fills after the ice cream and the free flow of soda drinks afterwards, we all went back to check on the deliveries that had been sent to our new home, as since the items are identical, those guys sure would have no difficulty to arrange the furnishings accordingly.

We made our way and exchange pleasantries with the passersby as we walked past our store. We had added 2 salespeople to man the counter and all sales proceed to enter into Patricia’s account automatically, bypassing the counter sales at the store.

We waved at them as we walk past as now the store is operational 12 hours a day from 10 am to 10 pm and would be able to accommodate customers instead of letting them wait during our opening hours which originally from 7 pm to 9 pm only.

Walking through the main doors of the courtyard and closing it for the night, was like entering a new realm since it would take some time for everyone to get adjusted to.

“Mummy, Daddy… Take a look at this. I made a training regime right after we had done our task and then when we are ready, we will let you know when is the time we would be doing our quests, would that be alright?” Ingles produced a sheet of paper that denotes their work schedule for the morning right after breakfast, their 3-hour training before lunch and then a trip to the Northern Forest to grind for experience points.

I took the paper from Ingles as we sat down in the seating area while Prius, Rebecca and Patricia were checking out the rooms and allocating the rooms for the children and us. Since we only need to occupy 6 rooms the children would get the rooms clustered with one another while the adults occupy the other end.

The other 4 rooms were left for the sports of their parents and the 3 brothers that were vanquished during some of the wars that rage between the years before them.

“It does seem a workable idea and it would be interchangeable and not meant to be fixed. Remember, no one is to venture to the Northern Forest alone without adult supervision, all of you understand that right? It would be either one of us or both of us going there.” I advised them and they all nodded in agreement.

“Well, it’s time for us to hit the sack. Tomorrow, all of us are going to check on the training grounds and the Quest Masters tomorrow would be busy handing out quests. I would like to test those training grounds as well… So I would be joining you then. All, off to bed kids… Have a good night.”

I place the paper on the table that was produced by Ingles based on their daily schedule and I walked with the children together to the second floor.

I looked back and can’t help to remark to myself, “You had come a long way, Audemars, and the road ahead of you is full of brambles. All you need is to be a good guide to the children and lead them to how a good and reliable role model you are…”