194 Aqua (2/2)
”Master, good morning.”, she greeted him with a bow, before going to a cabinet and pulling out a robe which she then carried over to him.
”It is morning already?”
”Yes. You have slept through the whole night.”, she confirmed.
”Oh.” Well, it didn't really matter. Even if he hadn't slept until today, he wouldn't have been able to do much yesterday anyway. Not with his mental strength exhausted.
He quickly changed into his robes in front of Clara. Since she had already seen his naked body yesterday he didn't think to do so mattered. Now that he was rested and felt full of energy he decided to go exploring. But first, it was time for breakfast.
As if reading his mind, Clara said, ”Master, the kitchen has already prepared breakfast. You can either eat in the canteen or I can get your breakfast.”
”Let's go to the canteen.”, Ivan decided. It would be interesting to see how the other disciples were.
It wasn't far from the canteen and they soon arrived at a hall that could easily fit tables for at least 500 people. But there were only around 200 available and behind many of the disciple seated on them stood either woman in maid uniform or man in a butler uniform. But while not every disciple had a servant with them, all the servants were standing and not eating.
”Don't the servants eat at the canteen as well?”, Ivan asked in surprise. From his experience, he had somehow gotten the feeling that it was common for servants and masters to eat at the same time and table.
”Of course not. We servants will either eat beforehand or later.”, Clara explained.
”So is there a rule against eating together?”, he asked. He didn't want to make a mistake and get into trouble. After all, he was only like a visitor here.
”Technically no. But it is how it is commonly done.”
”Then let's eat together next time.”, he told her. He was unwilling to stand out here by eating together with her but this didn't mean that he liked this differentiation and since there was no rule against it, he could just do it the next time in his room. ”Let's find a good spot in the garden to do it.”, he then continued.
He was unable to see it but behind him, Clara smiled happily. She had heard how others treated their personal servants and she was glad that her master seemed to be very affable.
The food was nothing special and with nobody talking the breakfast was extremely boring. It seemed like everyone just saw it as a chore, which was necessary but undesirable.
After leaving the canteen, Clara then showed him around.
This complex consisted of many buildings that housed rooms just like his. These were the apartment buildings and they were arranged to surround a central block, consisting of a large plaza as well as some shared buildings.
Some things had to be shared by all apartment buildings, unlike the canteen which was present in each of them. An example of such a shared space was public workrooms. While it was possible to install a workroom in your own room if you had enough Contribution Points that was, most disciples had to use the public workrooms. They were well equipped and using them only cost a small number of Contribution Points. One point would allow one to use any of the rooms for 24 hours. It used a charging system so it wasn't necessary to use it for 24 hours at a time.
”All the workrooms are equipped with Earthfire which can greatly help with refining materials.”, Clara explained. She knew that he was a pill refiner, so telling him this information was useful. ”But I don't think you will be able to use them. They require a large amount of strength to control.”, she then continued.
”Besides the workrooms, there are also training rooms which provide simulated environments for training and cultivation rooms which have a higher energy density and can speed up cultivation. Both of them are much more expensive than workrooms.”
It made sense for them to be more expensive. The workrooms didn't consume resources to function, besides the initial investment and the small amount needed to keep the Earthfire at bay. But the training rooms needed energy to maintain the simulated environment and the cultivation rooms would surely needed some resources for them to maintain the higher density of energy.