"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. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
"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.
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