Mansion System

After spending an unknown number of days, Leus was finally able to silently cast Vapour Magic.

'Too bad it's a single spell ...'

It looked somewhat funny, learning to silently cast an element just for a single spell that doesn't really have any practical use

'But it wasn't useless'

Leus was certain that something had become better, but he didn't know exactly what it was

'More like, I don't know how to put it into words, but simply, I can feel Mana clearer than before ... I should ask someone about it later.'

Leus pushed these thoughts away from his head, right now he had a lot on his mind.

'I want to learn how to control the Smoke ... I think that's the way to unlock my Skill, I also have a couple of questions regarding Skills in general.'

Leus sighed

'I'm starting to miss Arno ...'

He used Water and washed his face

'Anyway, I must focus on what I have to do'

'First of all, I'm hungry ...'

'After that, I need to call those Financing people, I need money to buy a book about Skills or hire a teacher or something'

' ... I also need to visit my family'

Leus missed his family, but he was just overwhelmed by everything on his mind right now, that's why he put visiting them on the side.

'I also want to reach Elite as quickly as possible, I don't want to waste any time, I'm worried about Mom'

He didn't want to take it easy and then regret if something wrong happened during his mother's delivery.

'A quick visit won't harm, I'll make it fast'

But first

'Let me eat and call the finance department'

He walked to the button panel and called the Financing Department, as soon as he pushed the button, a voice came out from the speaker under the buttons.

"Hello, The Financing Department, how can we help you today?"

'Damn that's quick, I hardly pressed the button'

Leus cleared his throat and said

"Can someone explain the funding and point systems to me? I have some questions to ask"

"Of course, please wait shortly while we send an agent to you"

Leus then clicked on the button beside it, and once again, he heard a voice

"Hello, how can we serve you?"

"I'd like to eat, Please"

"What's your preferred food and for how many people?"

"Anything tasty, I prefer meat, and for two people."

"Understood, it will arrive in a moment.

Since this is your first meal, we'll send many plates, please send your feedback to the communication department so we can work on personalizing your experience."

" ... Alright, thank you."

'Personalizing my experience huh ... interesting.'

On the right side of the room, there was a dining table, he went and pulled back two chairs beside each other and emptied the table for the coming food.

The reason Leus ordered food for 2 was

'Well, it'd be incredibly rude if I eat and make him watch me'

'I'd be feeling incredible discomfort'

'It'd also be better if we eat and talk, eating is fun'

A couple of seconds later, the door knocked

Leus opened it and found a beautiful brown-haired female wearing a maid dress.

She was holding two trays, each tray had a small, covered plate.

"Your food, Young Lord"

Leus picked up the trays from her and put them on the dining table.

He turned around to say thanks but ..

'Huh?'

The maid was nowhere to be found

'I just turned around for a second'

He looked right and left in the hallway outside his room, but didn't see anyone

'That's funny'

'She disappeared like a ghost.'

He closed the door and sat on the chair, ready to uncover his plate, but the door knocked right before he did

'Ehhh... Fine'

He got up and opened it again, this time, a red-haired young-looking man was in front of the door with a very serious expression on his face.

As soon as Leus opened the door, the red-haired man bowed politely and then said

"Young Lord, Agent Gabriel at your service"

Leus looked at him for a second and thought to himself

'There's no way I'm putting myself through that again'

He scratched the back of his neck and said

"Can I get someone else?"

The man's expression fell off immediately and stuttered

"W-Well you c-can"

He took a pause then continued

"But may I ask why?"

"Because you look so serious"

Leus pointed with his thumb inside and continued

"I want someone to talk with casually while eating food together, I'm not interested in keeping up etiquette and manners, I just wanna be normal, You understand?"

Gabriel put a smile on his face

"I can do that, Young Lord"

"Really? Fine then, call me Leus"

Leus gestured for Gabriel to enter and closed the door behind him

"Have a seat"

Leus pushed the second tray in front of Gabriel's and uncovered his own plate.

As soon as Leus removed the cover, the Plate's size expanded greatly and it had many smaller plates on top of it.

The plates had chicken, soup, salad, along with other things.

'Many other things that I do not know of'

There were many plates, it had stuff like molten cheese, butter, and ... strange good-smelling things.

Leus ignored everything he didn't know and picked up the knife and began slicing his chicken

"Eat, Gabriel, act like you're home"

Gabriel's plate was identical to Leus', he uncovered it and began copying Leus' every move.

Leus cut the chicken into smaller parts with the fork and began dipping the chicken pieces in the strange cheese-like plates in front of him.

'Oh ... this stuff is really tasty'

"So, Gabriel, how do things work here? The whole point and funding systems?"

Gabriel began explaining

"As a Young Lord, you will get funded with 5 Gold Coins every month, and like all the other Residents, you will get 100 Points.

But you must know a couple of things

1- The number of points can not increase beyond 100 through idle farming.

This means that you have 100 now, you can't wait for the next month to make it 200, instead, it'll remain at 100.

2- You can gain more points by winning duels or finishing missions, but ultimately, winning duels is the most guaranteed way, I will elaborate on the Dueling System later.

3- Points are the common currency among the Red Mansion's residents, you can use it in various ways, which I'll elaborate on later.

4- The funding you receive, which is 5 Gold Coins in your case, is meant to be spent solely on luxury, entertainment, or investment.

If you do spend it on something available in the Mansion through Points, like books or tutors, you won't get any funding for 3 consecutive months."

Tssssssssss

Leus opened a bottle of Soda that came with the plates and poured two glasses

"Looks like we're staying here for long, have a drink"