Work Prophet
Chapter 109 - 25 Weiting Family

Chapter 109: Chapter 25 Weiting Family

"I wasn’t mad at all!" Ireya’s heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down when she heard Li Yu’s voice. Then, to safeguard the dignity of the Green Field Master, she tried to put on an indifferent front.

"I... I just came up here for some fresh air. What about you, why are you here?"

Li Yu didn’t call out Miss Rabbit’s bluff and replied, "Sir Leo is about to return to the Royal Capital, so he came to ask if I’m interested in going back with him. He said that the Double Rest Sect and Saturday would have better prospects in the Royal Capital."

"Ah! Not again?! Once was enough, but that guy actually chased me all the way from Rock Snow City to Green Field!!!"

The composure the girl had barely managed to muster crumbled in less than half a minute as she spoke indignantly, "I can’t believe I used to think well of him, I must have been blind!"

Talking further, though, her energy seemed to drain, and her voice lowered, "Hmm... but what he said isn’t wrong either. I’ve heard people mention that the Royal Capital is quite chaotic, with believers in all sorts of gods. If you and Saturday really go there, you might indeed have an easier time making a name for yourselves."

"I turned him down," said Li Yu straightforwardly.

Miss Rabbit’s heart skipped a beat, and she looked up again at the person opposite her. For some reason, she thought his eyes looked exceptionally bright tonight.

So bright that it made her heart flutter.

This wasn’t her overthinking; apart from one particular reason, she couldn’t figure out why Li Yu would reject such a generous offer from Leo—an offer that would help the Double Rest Sect grow faster—choosing to stay in the western territory, to stay by her side.

But when had it happened, and why hadn’t she noticed before? More importantly, what should she do now? Should she continue to play dumb, or should she be honest with Li Yu, telling him she had deciphered the meaning behind his words? But after being honest, then what...

While Ireya was in a state of emotional turmoil, she saw Li Yu pointing at the necklace on her chest, "I’ve told you, haven’t I? I can’t be too far away from you, oh, to be more precise, from the necklace around your neck."

"..........."

Going to the Royal Capital was a moot point for Li Yu from the start unless Ireya moved with him. Otherwise, the furthest he could go was Black Stone City, unable to even leave the western territory.

After his first month’s salary came in, Li Yu also visited Hephaestus’s Equipment Department and, on Hephaestus’s recommendation, downloaded a mobile app called Forging House before leaving.

It is a shopping app developed specifically by the Equipment Department.

Li Yu had a quick look through the goods offered in the app and found a considerable variety. The functions were diverse, but the prices were generally exorbitant.

After browsing, he found a few items that could help with his recent work—and were relatively affordable.

The Coordinate Editor was among them. This device could only be used during descent, allowing the user to modify the landing location.

It sounded impressive, but when he opened the product description and looked at the fine print, there was a caveat: the editing distance was limited to a ten-kilometer radius around the anchor point, and there would be some variation in actual use.

It advised users to avoid cliffs, bridges, volcano craters, and not to expect to precisely land inside a women’s bathhouse for a thrill.

Otherwise, mistakenly teleporting into the men’s bathhouse next door and being pressured to pick up the soap was the least of one’s problems—ending up directly in a boiler was a true ascent to heaven.

Despite its flaws, Li Yu still wanted one.

It wasn’t just about saving a twenty-mile journey from Teacup Castle to the lands of the Double Rest Sect; it was mainly as a precaution.

He hadn’t kept the secret of his teleportation from Ireya because such a thing couldn’t be concealed anyway.

After many visits, even the slow-witted Miss Rabbit could tell that Li Yu would always appear near the necklace; it was better to be upfront about it from the start than trying to be evasive and secretive.

Li Yu wanted the Coordinate Editor not because he was wary of Ireya. Although Miss Rabbit may be ordinary in other aspects, her moral standards were far ahead of most people on this continent.

However, the incident of having an insider in the castle served as a wake-up call to Li Yu that the people around Ireya might not be as reliable.

Therefore, he needed to add another safety measure for his arrival. Moreover, his work hours coincidentally were during the deep night hours in Bratis, and it was somewhat inappropriate to always appear suddenly in Miss Rabbit’s boudoir.

In fact, he had previously encountered a similar embarrassing situation when he took a weekend break and then returned.

Even with precision issues in its operation, the Coordinate Editor was not cheap, costing 688 points of faith. According to the faith output of the Double Rest Sect, it would take about three months to afford one.

And even with the Coordinate Editor, Li Yu still couldn’t go to the Royal Capital, unless he decided to snatch the necklace and run away.

But this was the real world, not a game where one could kill and set fires, plunder wealth, and overrun without paying any price. Besides, in the Royal Capital, the risk of losing the necklace would only increase.

If anything, the blame could only be placed on how special the Electronic Pet Egg was in this world.

Li Yu then said to the girl who was still dazed, "Oh, there’s one more thing. Sir Leo has heard about the lizard people’s raid on your territory a while ago; they slaughtered many civilians, leading to a shortage of hands in Green Field now.

"Marquis Kuren happens to have a group of refugees. Leo said that if you are willing to take in these refugees, he can arrange for Marquis Kuren to send them over."

"Is that true?" Ireya’s spirits lifted.

Recently, she had been struggling with where to recruit people; to tell the truth, land on the Bratis Continent wasn’t really scarce.

Especially in the west, basically, every Noble Family whose name you can call owns a massive amount of land.

However, due to limited manpower, they can’t cultivate all of it.

Therefore, the population can be said to be the truly precious resource of the west.

The simplest way to measure the strength of a Noble Family is to look at the population on their land; having a population means having output, having an army.

However, after the initial excitement, Miss Rabbit quickly calmed down, because no noble would think there are too many people on their land, not even the Figrola, the foremost family in the west.

"Is there any problem with those people?" the girl asked.

Li Yu nodded, "They are from the Weiting Family."

"The Weiting Family?" Miss Rabbit gasped, "Crab’s Corner’s Weiting Family? Weren’t they arrested for rebellion five years ago... wait, so are they now exiled to the west by the Emperor? No wonder Marquis Kuren doesn’t want to take responsibility."

Miss Rabbit’s face changed several times; this was a troublesome matter.

The Weiting Family was not just any imperial nobility. They had a profound heritage and a long history; before their trouble, they were genuinely a grand and influential family, and they had deep connections with the Royal Family. Their family history boasted five Empresses and many men who had married Princesses.

This was also why, after the failure of the rebellion, except for a few ringleaders who were beheaded, the rest of the family was just imprisoned without being put on trial.

But it seems that the Emperor, far away in the Royal Capital, has finally made the ultimate judgement.