Runemaster in the Last Days

"Just a little bit," Stephen replied and rubbed Sophia's head.

The others heard that and arched their eyebrows. They were sure that Samuel and Stephen were both quite similar with each other.

"I can ask the officials too if you want to, but I don't think they pay that much attention to the mercenaries," Ruben added.

"…Did you already have official position?" Amelia asked with difficulties.

"Huh? No, but I'm close to the leader in City I Base." Ruben smiled brightly. "After all, if Samuel wants to start a business in the future, he will need to have connection and good communication."

The others: "…"

This was the first time they truly felt the power of these people who used to reign the business world. Even though the world had changed, they still had their own way to make sure that they would not be lagging behind.

"But those officials are still quite greedy," Ruben complained. "Even though the situation is poor but some of them are only thinking about filling their pocket with wine and money. It's annoying."

"Ruben… can you please not use that tone?" Stephen heard Ruben's high pitched tone and felt that his heart couldn't take it. While he knew that it was hard for Ruben to be serious and often played around, but there was truly no need to imitate that strange and odd voice.

"Hmm?" Ruben arched his eyebrows. "But it sounds beautiful~."

"No, it's not!"

"Hahaha!"

The farce ended with Ruben being punched by Arnold and had to stay quiet. The man was busy painting circles on the end of the room while the others just laughed at their antics.

Arnold saw Amelia's eyes lit up and she probably had some ideas about how to annoy Samuel again in the future.

Thinking about this, Arnold rubbed his forehead.

These people really couldn't be serious for long.

"Anyway, what can you ask from them?" Arnold finally asked Ruben, who quickly returned to his seat and stopped his circle drawing.

"I can ask for the entry log to see their activities within a certain range." Ruben thought for a moment and then said, "The purchase log might not be that useful. From what I know, mercenaries didn't really like to buy things from the official stores."

Arnold nodded in agreement when he heard this. "We usually buy things from the black market, so it's indeed not very useful."

"Your connection is really wide, Ruben." Stephen looked at Ruben in surprise. While he himself had already talked with some people in the market and had some influence, what he did was definitely far less than what Ruben did.

"Nah, if it's Samuel, he can easily control the entire base if he wants to." Ruben shook his head and said, "I'm just doing some small dealings under the table."

Arnold and Stephen nodded.

The other three people: "…"

"This is the first time I realize that the people around my brother are really outrageous," Sean muttered in a low voice.

He was the youngest in the group and his age gap with his brother was more than 8 years. So when these people gathered around, Sean didn't usually participate in their discussion and often stayed far away.

After all, he couldn't understand what they were talking about.

This made Sean not very close to the people around Samuel.

"They're all amazing in their own field," Amelia said with a shrug. "And I always feel that Brother Arnold is the best~."

Sean: "…" you love brain!

While Sean was feeling exasperated, Sophia laughed at these two people's conversation. She herself knew what her brother was doing to a certain degree.

After all, the Carson Family was a big and complicated family where there were not much affection exist among the younger generations. Everyone took what they needed and their relationship was more of a cooperation rather than family.

In the Carson Family, Sophia knew that her talent was not very good, so she tried her best to stay low key.

By not stepping on other people's thunder, she could live a good life.

However, Stephen was completely different from her.

He had great talent and learned many things very quickly. It was also because of this that Old Master Carson appreciated Stephen and allowed her brother to be involved in business ever since he was young.

Due to this, Old Master Carson also brought Stephen to various parties and introduced him to the other talented younger generation.

One of them was Samuel.

Sophia didn't know what Stephen thought about their grandfather, but at the very least, he was grateful for Old Master Carson that allowed him to meet Samuel and befriend the other party.

Because both of them have sisters of similar age, Sophia and Amelia also ended up meeting each other and grew closer. They went to the same school and played together from time to time.

Since both of them were determined to be the second generation young misses… the two of them often caused troubles and pranks.

It was their older brothers who would wipe up their messes.

Of course, punishments would definitely await them.

But the greatest difference between Sophia and Amelia lies in the difference of their family background and treatment.

This allowed Sophia to understand more or less about her brother's capabilities and was not surprised by his action that might be walking on the grey road more than the upright one.

After all, some businessmen often had shady dealings in secret.

"Anyway, I'll be counting on you," Arnold finally said after the three people had determined the course of things that they wanted to do.

"Don't worry." Stephen chuckled.

"As long as you paid enough, the job can be done," Ruben added.

Arnold arched his eyebrows. "You sound like you would work for anyone, Ruben. Are you thinking of jumping ships now?"

"No way. No one can give me better treatment than Samuel and Riya," Ruben denied without hesitation.

What a joke, with such big thighs behind him, how could be he be willing to jump ship?