Reincarnation of Audemars - Who Am I...?

Three Heads Are Better Than One

After I had done my initial tasks, I sat on the bed with a fresh pair of clothes. I checked the interface and decided to allocate the points. It seems that Day Two had me levelled up to 49. I'm not sure if it's great or not, but to me, a progress is still a progress.

Level: 49/100,000

Progress: 76%

*ATTRIBUTES*

Strength: 93 (+3)

Dexterity: 94

Intelligence: 73

Vitality: 59

Toughness: 53 (+22)

Damage: 67 (+35)

Recovery: 69

Unallocated points: 40

*STATS*

STR: Damage +96 Armor +96

DEX: Damage +94 Dodge +9.4% Stealth +9.4%

INT: Damage +73 Resistance +7.3%

VIT: Health +590

TOUGH: Armour +530 (+220)

DAM: Damage +184.25 (+ 96.25)

REC: Mana +345

I decided to leave 40 points aside first since I have no idea where I should be placing them. I think I should just increase the INT to a flat 100 points and then I could pump the STR and DEX accordingly. Right now, there is no beasts or demons that could bother me at this moment. Saving these for later would be a good idea especially stockpiling on allocated points. Hah Hah Hah.

Alright, enough fooling around. I'd better head to the kitchen to help out Patricia on how to preserve meat. When I got there in the kitchen, Patricia was just about to serve dinner and I asked for the pork chops which she had kept inside the cauldron. I placed the 5 pieces inside the washbasin and cranked the pump to let the water wash the meat first.

I placed one piece on the cutting board and began to slice them thinly using a kitchen knife and I noticed that the kitchen knife was made of iron. It was a cleaver actually, and it is my favourite tool in the kitchen, whether to prepare vegetables, fish or meat.

After I had made thin slices, I rubbed it with salt and used a thin wire to pierce the meat and strung it there in the kitchen's window. Don't ask where I get the thin wire from, it just materialised in the kitchen for me to use, okay. Hah Hah Hah...

After I had settled with the 5 chops, I cleaned up the countertop and headed to the Great Hall. They were all waiting for me and I profusely apologies to them since they preferred to wait and eat together, just like a small family would do. Sigh.....

"You're done with the preservation of meat already? That was quite fast...so basically you used salt to preserve the meat." Prius asked as he scooped up the gruel.

"Salt is one way to preserve it. It removes the moisture from the meat and hinders bacteria from forming. Cutting them into thin slices would dry the meat faster. Once there's sun tomorrow, we could just hang it there to dry faster. The salt would be caked over it and it would be best to clean it off first before cooking."

"So what the best meal to cook. You were mentioning about having rice, right?" Patricia said as she reminds me of today's discussion.

"Well, for a 3 person, all you need is two scoops to make gruel. But for rice, you basically need one scoop each. But it would be better if you could cook rice once a day for both meals so you need to concentrate on the vegetables and other dishes instead." I suggested since it would cut down the times spent in the kitchen. Right, I wonder who would love spending time in the kitchen whipping up the same meals 3 times daily. Maybe an NPC would do that. Haha Haha.

"Oh, I did ask around regards to the abandoned houses around here and about the orphanages. Maybe you can highlight to me further. I was told I could get an abandoned house here after paying for a small fee." I began the discussion that had me pondering since before.

"Yes, actually you could choose which one you like and take over completely. Just sign some paperwork here and it's all done. Just forget about the small fee." replied Prius as taking over an abandoned house that was not being maintained by the City Council is easier.

"However, if you wanted to get your own small house that was regularly maintained, it would cost you 12,150 credits to acquire the key. It's just a house and you need to get your very own furnishings after that." Prius added.

"What do you want to know about the orphanages?" Patricia asked with interest.

"What's the legal age for anyone to be properly employed and how much would they be earning per month, let's say as an assistant or the lowest paid employee?" I asked since I won't want to have a brush with the law.

"As long as the person has started to walk, he or she would be able to be employed in all kinds of employment. Hah hah... It depends on the kind of work though, a minimum base salary here would start at 300 credits per month. What do you have in mind, my friend?" Prius asked since I've asked about a house and an orphanage plus employment and this three adds up into some kind of scheme.

"Oh, it's just an idea I had that had been going round in my head for quite some time. The only person that would connect all the dots together to form a complete picture would be Pointus. He may have the materials that I need. And also Joan too, since I have not met her and chatted with her at all. Maybe I should drop by to meet her after this." I replied as I thought about the distillers, decanters and all those alchemy materials in her shop.

"Oh, alright. By the way, there's an abandoned house just behind this Great Hall here. If you want to take it, be our guest then. It's nothing much, just a single storey building with 2 bedrooms and combined living space and kitchen and 1 bathroom."

"It was owned by a warrior who had long vanquished in one of the battles. His widow and children had all went back to the wife's parents since there's nothing much to look forward to from that moment on. Let me know if you are interested and the house would be yours." Prius hinted to me in getting the abandoned house for no costs at all.

"I will see the orphanage first. Maybe Patricia would like to bring me there later?" I said as I finished the meal and Patricia nodded to me as she cleared off all the bowls on the table and brought it to the basin.

"Come let's go..." Patricia beckoned me as she pulled me off my chair and dragged me out of the house like a cat. *meowwwww*

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"Here we are. We have reached the orphanage. There are two separate dorms, one for the boys and the other for the girls. There's only one boy here while there are another 3 girls left here. Come let's meet the matron." Patricia once again pulled me and heads inside and directly went to the matron office.

"Good evening matron, Audemars here would like to meet the orphans," Patricia said as she bowed slightly to the matron and she looked at me with a kind of weird look like I'm some kind of paedophile.

"You are too young to have a family and are you a father already?" the matron asked after giving me the eye from head to toe. It was if she got x-ray eyes that could see what type of boxers i wore and how much money I carry.

"Errr... I'm not married and still single actually. Is there anything wrong?" I asked since she had given me a kind of dirty look, so I'd guess she has a dirty mind after all.

"No, No... There's nothing wrong. I just don't want the children here being sold off as slaves by the slave traders after all. You don't seem to be a slave trader right since Patricia here had dragged you in. Come, follow me. Walk this way, please. We will meet with the boy first." the matron finally agreed to bring me rounds, if not for the accompany of Patricia.

We followed the matron down the hall where a young boy around the age of 12 was lying down on the bed and playing with his PSP. The moment he saw the matron and we walked in, he quickly hid the device under his pillow and stood up while he tugged and arranged the bed. He is the only boy left in the whole boy's dorm.

"Meet Adam West, he is 12 and had been staying here for almost 2 years. The rest of the boys had already been picked up. Unfortunately, those boys were being sold off as slaves so he is the lucky one, I guess."

"Adam, come here and greet these guests." the matron beckoned the boy to come forth and introduce himself.

"Good evening good sir and madam. My name is Adam West and I am 12 years old. I am supposed to be the Mayor of Quahog when I hit the age of 30 but right now I'm stuck here all alone in this boy's dorm with no one to talk to and no one to play with. I am a self-study kid, I don't like to bother anyone else unless I am being bothered first. I love to read all kinds of novels that I could lay my hands on and my favourite ones are magical realism, fantasy and adventure. Phewww... I'm out of breath now after the long introduction." the boy mentioned as he finished talking and when he smiled he showed a perfect set of teeth.

I remembered the first time when I met Will.I.Am as he was being sold off by a slave trader, who had sold his soul to the devil when he wanted to jump off a low bridge into a brook whose water doesn't even reach the ankles even.

"Don't mind him, he would be a side character in Family Guy soon in 18 years time. Once he had reached the age of 18, he would be free to leave this orphanage and he can venture as and when he needed." the matron explained.

"So Adam West, you do your own self-study. What is 1+1 equals?" I asked as I wanted to test his intellectual and he went on to scratch his nose and head and counted his fingers and his toes. He placed his hand under his chin as he looked up at the ceiling and counted the ribs of the roof until he finally said, "I don't know..."

Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah... It took him nearly a minute to figure it out and he doesn't even know how to count...!!! Hah hah hah hah hah...

"That's a good truthful answer. I like that. You're hired... Oh... I meant that you're being kept in view first eh... I'd be seeing you soon, Adam West." I said after I had laughed out loud the moment he answered he doesn't know what is 1+1 equals to.