"So, that device checks people's ability to passively gather Aether?" Ning asked confusedly after learning what the device did from the system.
According to it, the device was made up of a crystal that was highly concentrated with Aether. The white light was already in the crystal, but it was veiled behind the thick Aether.
Normally, it would remain that way, but when soone that could passively gather Aether placed their hands on it, the Aether in it drifted towards the surface of the crystal and the light would shine, letting the people know.
The device was an ingenious chanism, but Ning still couldn't see the purpose behind it at all. "Why would it matter if soone can gather Aether passively or not? It's always the absorption skills that will help them the most anyway," he thought.
He thought what the middle-aged man did was useless and left the compound without any more thought.
The day was slowly coming to an end as well, so he decided to go check on the Golden Flour to make sure everything was fine there.
It took him no more than 15 minutes to get there, and when he did, he could see that it was open with few people walking in and out.
The place still seed lacking in custors compared to the first ti he was there, but there were at least people starting to return there.
He walked in and saw only Reever staying by the table at the side.
"Hey, brother Reever. I hope everything has been well?" Ning asked.
Reever looked up with surprise. "Brother Ning? Where were you? I tried to find you so much today," he said.
"I was out wandering the city. Did you need sothing from ?" he asked.
"I, we wanted to thank you, brother Ning. I don't know how you managed to do it, but thanks to you, this bakery's na has been cleaned again," Reever said.
"Oh, you got things sorted out already huh? That was fast," Ning said. "Also, you don't really need to worry about thanking . I did it cuz you guys are my friends now."
"No, please let us thank you properly, brother Ning. Tell if there is anything you want. If I can get it for you, I will," Reever said.
"Hmm, well I don't really need anything… but, if you do want to do sothing, then treat to dinner. How about that? You can consider us on equal terms after that if that's what your heart desires," Ning said.
"A dinner, huh? Deal. I will get Lisa to make the best al she can prepare today," Reever said.
"I will look forward to it then," Ning said with a smile. "Alright, tell . What happened with the other guys? Did you get money or sothing?"
"Yes, we got the monetary settlent, and so did the theater group. Both the bakery and the mill had to pay us both," Reever said.
"I hope it's a handso sum for the trouble you guys went through," Ning said.
"It's alright. I might have asked for more, but Lisa would be mad if she found out how much I took, so I settled for a little less," Reever said.
"Well, as long as it works for you guys," Ning said.
"I an, we still lose in the end. The theater decided to end their business with us in fear of sothing like this happening again. The public opinion on the bakery has already shifted and it will be hard to bring it back to the sa way it was too. Sigh, we're at a lesser standing than we were at the start," Reever said.
Reever shook his head thinking about the labor his wife would have to go through all over again to improve their bakery's standing again.
"Oh right," Reever said. "Here, I got sothing for you."
"Hmm, what is it?" Ning asked expectantly.
Reever took out a piece of paper and handed it to Ning. Ning took the piece of paper and read what was written on it.
"Herald Of War; 5th Day of the 14th Week of Year 286. What's this?" Ning asked as he turned the paper around and read sothing else that clued him in on what it was.
"Is this…?" he asked.
"It's a ticket for the upcoming theater show. The people from the theater gave us free tickets to the show. It's for the seat at the back, but hey, can't complain about sothing free right?" Reever said.
"Oh, thanks a lot. I was aning to go get a ticket to see what the hype was all about. It's… what? 4 days later?" Ning asked as he read the date.
"Yes, it's at the end of the week," Reever said.
"Hmm, it should be fine. My suit gets ready a day earlier right? It should be more than fine actually," Ning said.
Ning and Reever talked for a few hours, waiting for the bakery to close. Once it did, Lisa walked out ready to go back ho.
She also wanted to thank Ning, so she was more than happy to make dinner for him. Before going back ho, she took the two n through the market to pick out the best of the best at and vegetables to cook tonight.
Looking at the ingredients, Ning too started to feel a little bit of anticipation brewing up inside of him. He was looking forward to this dinner as well.
The couple walked back from the market to their ho which was a couple of blocks away from their bakery. Ning looked at the building and didn't see anything different from the other buildings besides them.
They walked up the stairs and went into their apartnt and Reever unlocked the door to their room.
"Welco to our humble abode, brother Ning," Reever said as he welcod Ning.
"Thank you for having ," Ning said as he walked in, only to be very surprised by what he saw inside.
He really hadn't expected a place like this to be owned by these two.
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