Chapter 136 - 136. Uplifting Their Spirits Through Bluff And Storytelling (1/2)
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.”