Reincarnation Of Audemars - Chapter 136

Supper time on that night is rather solemn as they assembled and ate the freshly fried prawn tempura with a squeeze of lemon and sour cream dipping with some sweet and spicy ketchup at the sides along with some potato wedges.

I had left a message to one of the travelling merchants to gather tomorrow for lunch as we discuss the proceedings for the operations of Beauty World.

“Sir, I am amazed that you had found a solution for us. And thank you for giving us a week paid leave to spend time with the family. Furthermore, I will inform the rest to come for lunch tomorrow and discuss after it.” said the travelling merchants when I saw him walked past our gates that evening.

I returned to the table and before the interns leave for their homes, they were informed that there’s going to be 100 guests including our own for lunch. Hearing the 100 guests for tomorrow, I’m sure some of you may feint being sick and have some stomach trouble and avoid work… Hah hah hah.

But not to these 10 interns who were excited since their skills would be out to the ultimate test. They asked me what’s the menu for tomorrow and I told them that we would be preparing Chicken Banditos, Classic Hawaiian Pizza, Baked Spaghetti and Sausages and Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups. There’s only rice for breakfast and dinner and 2 snacks.

They nodded and left for the night as we too packed ourselves up and head for the shower and then to bed. By 955pm the lights on the swimming pool by the rooftop would be switched off so it would indicate that it’s closing time and the lifeguard would be leaving soon with the server. The housekeepers would be making their last rounds before locking up and goes home.

I had washed myself up and was lying in bed when Patricia mentioned that I am being too harsh to the members. I lay down sideways and looked at Patricia and asked, “Would you want them to discover the truth of being an Adventurer at a later stage, and then they would regret it for the rest of their lives, or make it known to them now and cause them to regret earlier?”

“Either way it is better now it later or never at all. Look, it’s peacetime at this moment and a calm looking river doesn’t mean these no alligators at all, am I right Trish. I don’t know what was the situation like when the Battle of Qodegh was still underway at that time.”

“But I’m sure the adventurers were drafted into the legion as well right? Hunters, trappers, farmers… All those able-bodied men were forced into the legion. You know where I come from and basically I…” Patricia silenced my sentence midway as she kissed me and said, “Whoever you are, and where you come from before in the past or future, to me, you are my husband and my hero.”

“Haish… Maybe those members were thinking adventuring was beating the crap of monsters and capturing beasts. Gather spoils, trade for credits and then live lavish life or buy a house, settle down with someone they love, get married, have kids then watch their kids so the same and when they get old, they dig a hole on the ground and then they D-I-E…”

“Dear…how come today your expressions were very direct, very sharp and at the same time unavoidable and it hits 100% precision that strikes the brain and the heart of others?”

“I’m not so sure myself, maybe it’s the therapeutic community of creating awareness without beating around the bush but direct to the point makes it be like this. It is harsh and crude but it wakes up the person who listens to it. There’s two way of comprehending those, it’s either they buck up and move on or they ship out.”

“We cannot force someone to be what we wanted them to be unless its a mandated case but if they can’t carry on… Then it is just too bad. We all wanted the best for everyone. We all wanted them to be want we wanted to be. But can we sculpt a better character out from this?”

“Although my words are harsh now, at least in the future, they don’t approach us and accost us for not being hard on them and sort of spoon-feeding them all the way. There you have it, follow the life of Audemars and you will survive anywhere.” I finished my last sentence and find that I do not receive a response from Patricia and I looked over to my side, I saw her lips were slightly apart and SHE WAS FAST ASLEEP…

“Haiya… My lecture is so boring that it could cast a sleeping spell… Hah hah hah… Ah well, tomorrow would be another day for me to hand those dagger to NoOne to trade and I hope he doesn’t curse and swear for getting to trade all the wood for 1 credit each like the other time. Hah hah hah… ” I thought to myself and Ceres, the system told me to shut the hell up and go to sleep and move on to the next scene…

“Haish… Even a system dare to provoke me in this way… What more a human being…”

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“I’d better get up earlier than usual and prepare breakfast and set up the ingredients for today’s menu.” I thought to myself as I woke up, washed up and get changed before I head down to the kitchen. God knows what time I woke up and I knew dawn has yet to be broken over the horizons.

“We still have braised black pepper beef with all the sides. I better chuck this into the oven to jest this up. We still got more than enough rice and I’d get this steamed as well. Hmm, I guess breakfast would be last night’s dinner then. It’s better to consume rather than to throw it away.”

After diluting the braised black pepper beef gravy with a bit of water and then adding more onion ring slices inside it, I set the earthen oven and then place the 2 trays of it inside it and leave the door slightly ajar. It’s a single pass just to reheat. I looked for the prawn tempura they had for supper and found that there is nothing left. Heh…

Today’s menu would be Chicken Banditos, Classic Hawaiian Pizza, Baked Spaghetti, Meatballs and Sausages and Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups. By the looks of it, there won’t be rice for today and lunch would be a 100 pax and I wonder what those interns would think of the arrangement.

I sat there in the kitchen and checked with Ceres, the system and was told that the wooden daggers were ready and the necessary points had been allocated as mentioned during the process.

“Thanks, Ceres…I’d better be making some more of those duplications of wooden daggers.”

*Ding* The system Upgrade and your level up to 15% allow me to perform your last known tasks. As long as the process was the same as the last, I could relocate it for you. It is only for the Fusion Chamber and you still get the necessary points.

“WOW… I never knew you would be able to do that. Thanks a million, Ceres. Please duplicate according to the same numbers again. Thank you… Thank you…” I profusely thanked Ceres as I never knew it was one of the perks of getting things done with her help.

*Ding* Initializing duplication process of 5k per slots for 30 slots. Duplication process would be completed in 8 hours by 1 pm today.

*Ding* Your duplication of 150k wooden dagger yields you to an increase of 1500×2.6=3900 levels increase for your base level and 3900×0.25=975÷4= 243.75 levels each for professions. You had also gained 1500 for your allocation points.

“Thanks again Ceres… Really appreciate your kind assistance.” I expressed my gratitude and the system went silent. Well, at least there someone who would be able to help me out then it would be alright. Furthermore, the item must be physically in the slots and had run once before.

Everyone had stirred up and one by one came down for their breakfast in the courtyard and our children helped to settle the food trolley as they pushed it to the courtyard. Ever since the pep talk that I had made last night, it does set them thinking and was feeling a bit down. After all, I should be addressing them after breakfast to perk up their mood.

After their breakfast, I gathered them around as I told them about the story of where able-bodied men as long as they are fit are sent to battle. It is a matter of an emergency and urgency that concerns the lives of others. It was a huge sacrifice that they made and those who were adventurers before have an added edge in battle.

“Daddy, why are you talking about the Battle of Qodegh? Everyone died except you. There’s no significance to what you are telling us right now.” Kayla voiced her dejection when the Battle of Qodegh was mentioned and I quickly changed it to Battle of Zord where 80 adventurers went against an army of different classes of the orc as well as skeletons.

I told them that safety is ensured for every member and there is no casualty except for some who tripped on the ribs of those skeletons’ ribs and sprained their ankles, while some had sore butts when they slipped on the Orcs slippery blue coloured blood.

There were oohhs and aahhs as I retold the story and I did use Bluff traits and also some of my charismatic charms to cheer them up. “The Skeleton King was shot several times by our archers but then every single part of its bone turned into hundreds of other skeleton armies. Those are fast runners and wield a rusty cutlass.”

“And so we have to group up and make another formation. There were 8 classes altogether and we worked on coordination and lastly, we vanquished the horses in about 3 hours and saved the village from further destruction.”

“We destroyed the portal and that’s the end of the marauding Orcs and its skeleton counterparts. The Orcs normally fight in groups and trust their own kind but during that time, The Skeleton King is the one that controls everyone. Scary shit right, fighting the undead?”

I spun the story so well that got everyone riled up and performed their morning training with vigour. The interns came and were surprised that the situation was turned around as they saw the members were performing their runs in a very determined manner.

“What happens when we are not around, ya?” asked an intern to her fellow mates as she walked through the gates and watched the members in awe.