Chapter 110 - 110. Groomed To Be A Versatile Fighter (2/2)

”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...”