"Don't apologize to me. I know you're busy, especially since you have reached rank 7 faster than the others. But I think that you shouldn't lose touch with your friends," Amelia said seriously.

She didn't think too much about it before.

But after seeing that the time spent with her friends had gotten lesser and lesser, Amelia started to treasure the time she could spend with her friends more.

Because she knew that it was impossible for them to be together all the time.

"I know…" Riya nodded guiltily.

The higher their ranks, the more they would need to spend their time in meditation. It was really easy for them to lose touch with the world outside.

Thinking about this, Riya sighed.

Anyway, she will live for a long time in the future as long as she didn't encounter any incident in the middle. Before it was time for her to spend her days in full meditation, it would be better to stay with her friends too.

"Then, let's go see Ruby?"

"Wait, let me eat something first."

"Ah, okay!"

…

In the past month, Sean had already made the arrangement for his future paths. He had talked with Joan and the latter didn't mind that Sean wanted to be a full time magic warrior in the slightest bit.

She herself wanted to stay in the hospital and treated people.

In this way, the two of them would work together from time to time or meet together after they finished their work.

It was a relatively ordinary schedule, but this was something that Sean liked.

As for traveling again?

Sorry, he refused.

But recently, his mother started to talk to him about officially getting married and live with his girlfriend… After all, it was really not convenient for them to do anything if they were still staying with his parents.

*cough*

So Sean has been planning this recently.

…

Carson Family

Stephen and Sophia could be said to be staying outside of the Carson Family for a long period of time. There was a few months gap because they followed Samuel to deal with the magic beasts' tide some time ago and then left to City I Base because these two didn't come back.

Through this, the two of them managed to train well.

But after coming back, Stephen realized that the atmosphere had changed somewhat.

"Father, what happened in the past few months?" Stephen asked with a frown. He could tell that his grandfather seemed to have been doing some kind of plans and it didn't seem to be good thing.

"This…" Stephen's father looked haggard. To be honest, he also tried to train but he found out that his talent was even worse than the others. It was unknown how he managed to have a son who was talented like Stephen.

"Father." Stephen looked at his father solemnly.

Stephen's father sighed deeply and said, "The Carson Family has entered various institutions. Right now, every link is important and it's still spreading out."

Various institutions….

When Stephen heard this, how could he not understand what his father meant?

His eyes flashed for a moment and narrowed slightly.

There was no way his grandfather wouldn't take advantage of the existing situation, so it meant that something had happened that allowed him to sneak his people into these institution.

"They're taking the privilege that used to be mine and my sister," Stephen said with certainty.

"Yes…"

Stephen could see his father's tired look and shook his head. He knew that his father was weak towards his grandfather's words and 'coercion.' In this way, he was not surprised that his father would allow them to step forward and took these things.

Besides, Stephen didn't think too highly about what his grandfather gave to them.

There's nothing free in the world.

This was something that Stephen had understood deeply form the very beginning. If they wanted something, they had to pay for it, one way or another.

What looked like free could be the most expensive thing in the world.

Because what they used to pay it could no longer be measured by money.

"About this matter…"

"Father, you don't have to worry too much." Stephen looked at his father and sighed. His sister cared for their father greatly and had a strong sense of responsibility, but Stephen was very clear that he was different.

Because from the very beginning, he didn't have much contact with his father.

Ever since he was young and confirmed to have enough talent, his father handed him over to their grandfather to be cultivated to be the successor. Stephen could never forget the day when his own father gave the report to Grandfather and let his grandfather made all arrangement for his own future.

The Carson Family has never been a warm world.

It was a cold blooded family where the blood relationship was extremely thin. They could stay together as long as there was profit in front of them.

But when there were troubles, they would not hesitate to run away and abandon whoever brought them bad luck.

How many people have been abandoned by Old Master Carson?

There were too many to count, including those distant relatives and those orphans who were picked up to serve the Carson Family through various methods.

Stephen had seen too much.

So when he saw his father like this, he didn't have much feeling.

But his sister is different.

As the 'useless' young miss of the Carson Family, she has been neglected by the family for a long time. They didn't care too much about her and let her do whatever she wanted. There was no pressure for her either because it was useless even if they wanted to care about her.

There were many more people more useful than Sophia in the Carson Family back then.

And with Stephen protecting his sister, no one could touch her even if they have some ideas.

Old Master Carson also turned blind eyes to this and even glad that Stephen has some weakness.