"Did you remember something about that world?" Samuel saw that RIya fell into trance in the middle of their conversation.

"Well…" Riya scratched the back of her head.

She didn't mean to daydream, but she couldn't help but remember the hardship in that world. Thankfully, she was not completely poor and could still take care of her self back then.

Samuel didn't know what Riya was thinking but his hand moved to rub her head. "It's ok, you don't have to be so distressed."

Riya was silent.

She looked at Samuel with a confused look. When she was in trance, she didn't know what kind of look she made on her face to make Samuel console her in this way.

Even though Riya was confused, she chose to stay silent.

It would be better for her not to know.

"Master," Ruben called.

Riya turned her head and saw that Ruben had finished. Her eyes flashed in surprise before calming down. It seemed that Ruben's potential was better than what she thought.

"You did good." Riya smiled when she saw Ruben finished absorbing the special magic core so quickly.

"Thank you, Master~." Ruben was happy and even his tone was a bit jumpy.

Samuel was silent after hearing that wavy tone from Ruben. He silently rubbed his ear, feeling that his friend had started to awaken some strange attribute.

"I have prepared a few more books for you and I hope that you can study them carefully. They contain formations and not runes."

"Formation will be more complicated…" Ruben sighed deeply.

A formation was supported by a large number of runes and most of the time, a formation required other energy source. Because a magician's mana was definitely far from enough to be able to support such a big formation's operation.

"Take your time. You don't have to learn everything overnight," Riya said with a smile.

"Yes, Master!"

"Ruben, I hope you don't forget that you're also my assistant." Samuel felt his temple throbbed when he saw Ruben's action.

He could see that Ruben was trying to flatter Riya, but his action was a bit… annoying to see.

Ruben let out a dry laugh when he heard Samuel's words. "Don't worry, I won't forget such a thing."

It was simply impossible for him to forget that.

"Do you have any thoughts about which path you want to focus on?" Riya suddenly asked, remembering that Sean was so troubled with this matter not long ago.

But seeing Ruben's mana, Riya knew that Ruben was not troubled like Sean. Perhaps, this was because Ruben is older than Sean.

Uh… he's about to hit 30, right?

She was not entirely sure because she didn't know when Ruben's birthday is, but she knew that Samuel, Ruben, Stephen, and Arnold were more or less around the same age. They should be born on the same year but different date.

Ruben had experienced many things before, so when he was facing the fact that he had to split his time and worked as both Samuel's assistant and also training as magician and rune master, he was still calm.

Besides, meditation could replace sleep.

Riya estimated that Ruben hadn't truly slept for a long time and replaced it all with meditation.

"Ah? I'll probably focus on both of them since I can do it." Ruben chuckled. "I'm used to be Samuel's assistant and it'll not hinder my practice and all."

Besides, it was impossible for him to meditate and practice runes all day long. He just had to control his time well and make time for his practice.

"But if possible, I would like to stay in City A Base instead of going out." Ruben scratched the back of his head.

For him, it would not make much difference to his life. The runes are indeed good and magic would help to protect his life, but his own talent might not be very high. He didn't have the ambitions to fight on the frontline all the time, so he would rather go back.

Many rune masters and magicians were usually also staying on the back because their physical strength was not the best.

Ruben is following this path, so he felt that he would be more useful to stay in City A Base.

"I can make that arrangement. I'm sure my father will be happy to have a full time assistant." Samuel shrugged, not caring too much about it.

Ruben looked at Samuel blankly. "You also have to go back and work, Samuel."

"I know, I know."

Thinking about the pile of work waiting for him in City A Base, Samuel sighed deeply. It was indeed his fault for becoming the leader of City A Base even if it was only in name. There was no way for him to miss the work that he had to do.

Well, it couldn't be helped.

He had to work.

"By the way, you have reached the peak of rank 4, right?" Riya looked at Ruben up and down. Seeing that he had reached the peak of rank 4, Riya handed over a rank 5 special magic core to him.

"This is…?" Ruben was stunned.

"The complete rank 5 special magic core," Riya replied calmly. "You can take it later tonight after you finish your meditation training and push your condition to the peak. After taking it, you should be able to reach rank 5."

Rank 5!

Ruben's eyes shone when he heard Riya's words.

Due to the fact that he's training as a rune master and his work, his rank was actually lower than Stephen. The two of them were both magicians and had reached rank 4, but if one were to talk about their mana quantity alone, Ruben was actually far behind Stephen.

After all, he had many things to do.

"Of course, you have to trade your own contribution points to get the magic spells from the government. I can't really help you much here." Riya pointed out about another matter.