The Game Rune System

"Milady Yuhi, I would like to request work outside the household." Tetsuya began the conversation after greeting Milady Yuhi with his proper manners and servant's attitude. 

He also could feel that Ashley had been enjoying this encounter already.

His partner probably took too high a liking to Milady Yuhi, but Tetsuya's will wouldn't change that easily. It was good that Ashley was supportive, though.

With his eyes on her, Milady Yuhi glanced to her garden. The only person here could see through her eyes relatively easily.

Her whole attention landed in the place where Tetsuya and Milady Yuhi had been practicing new runes and swordsmanship on a regular basis.

This movement told Tetsuya that Milady Yuhi would miss him which was adorable as she didn't say it out loud, "I would like to go to Tonghen Province." This province caused Milady Yuhi's eyebrows to go up a little.

Tetsuya didn't find it surprising as it was exactly where her sons were in.

His goal was to bring them here and make this woman the happiest, but Milady Yuhi just asked while hiding her 'suspicion', "Why here?" Of course, this suspicion was related to her descendants.

Though she couldn't tell what was Tetsuya's goal, Milady Yuhi was naturally careful when it came to her family. Her question just made Tetsuya answer her softly, "I want to see new lands, but I also would like to contribute to Thera Household. Milady Yuhi's descendants are here and I can help them or pass anything you would like, Milady."

Tetsuya's genuine desire hid well behind his heart and his voice sounded like he was truly aiming to get some contribution in another province and help her pass something.

It was extremely hard to send or pass letters through provinces and there were just too many of those. Some lands were wholly conquered by one powerhouse and some were even described as Forbidden Lands.

There were many mysteries hidden in the fantasy world that no one had any explanation for.

"I would like to pass letters." Milady Yuhi glanced at Tetsuya, then lightly kicked the ground on her chair. Properly facing the desk, she began to write the letter down before Tetsuya could voice out his opinion.

She wrote a lot of things and Tetsuya had spent around an hour standing on the room's other end.

From within, Ashley's words rang out, "I think she believes in her sons, so it's not the treasure that's needed, but her genuine and warm words!" A naughty demoness' aura was clearly erased as Ashley spoke such heartwarming words.

Tetsuya agreed somewhat, but he also added, "Since her sons have taken a different path than swordsmanship, she also might just ask if they need any help." For swordsmanship, any other rune might prove to be a difficult topic and in Milady Yuhi's case her help would at most amount to pure raw force to destroy any enemies.

Of course, Tetsuya was also by her side and his rune might bring many surprises to Thera Household.

After an hour, Milady Yuhi wrapped the letters in a unique seal with her rune aura, then stood up and passed it to Tetsuya. Her hands held Tetsuya's gently yet it felt strong like she wanted to make sure that those would get passed over to her descendants.

Her red eyes then were the only thing Tetsuya could look into.

"I will definitely pass these letters." Tetsuya set himself free of this irresistible charm, then reassured.

Once his hands got free, Milady Yuhi passed the mission scroll to him. Its content flashed like a quest in Tetsuya's eyes and he could get the mission with content written before his eyes.

The mission content was to check Milady Yuhi's descendants' situation.

As a parent, she knew that her sons would lie to her and reassure that everything was okay. The mission was exactly to see through them and help if necessary.

Milady Yuhi wanted Tetsuya to help them secretly and use his identity as Thera's servant only if the situation required it.

Then, her sons would write the letter back to her and Tetsuya would bring those to her.

"I will do it." Tetsuya wanted to set off immediately, but his lips formed an eager smile and the wooden sword entered Milady Yuhi's eyes, "I would like to request last practice before I set off. I hope I am not impudent."

"You aren't." Milady Yuhi's expression lit up and it in itself was an answer.

Both of them practiced swordsmanship for half of the day before Tetsuya set off to the new province.

He had a lot of stuff packed by the head butler who was all smiles as well.

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"Do you want to visit Reyas and others? I am sure they have been working hard as well!" Ashley asked, but Tetsuya's appearance was still sealed despite his game rune returning to him.

He was looking too normal and plain, so Tetsuya would rather stay away from them.

However, The Redemption City's fame has reached a lot of neighboring cities and people were wondering about the new people that suddenly got a piece of land for themselves.

Their services were also top-notch now that the beasts suddenly got stronger and became more aggressive.

Hearing such rumors, Tetsuya and Ashley laughed faintly as it was related to the moderator's role for sure.

"It seems like the business is doing well." Both of them agreed.

People were dying non stop and even the villagers in the vicinity often died. It can be either due to the hard work on the farm or hunts that were required to keep their lives in this world.

If they are going to die anyway, then their deaths should be beneficial to the game master whose steps began to spread more around the world just now.

And by working with the game master's powers surely was easier, so even the villagers with hidden potential got scouted by the moderator and added to the city, so their lives turned for better!

Tetsuya yawned, "It's pointless to think about it, isn't it? You either survive or die. Let's check the map instead."

"Yes." Ashley said faintly, then her eyes went to the map.

The road to the province with Thera Descendants would take Tetsuya a few months on the foot! This alone made Tetsuya to go for the carriage, but he didn't plan to go for the normal one which would end its path at a few stops.

He wanted one carriage that would bring him to Tonghen Province in one go! That was why Tetsuya decided to find a merchant who would happen to have business in this province.

Those merchants were always equipped with guards and comfortable, but also defensive carriages as their job was high risk high reward!

And was it really that hard to find the merchant?

"What's your destination?" Tetsuya's eyes looked at the merchant who just ended doing checks on his people and carriage.

Indeed, it was not that hard to find merchants as they stood out and frequently went in and out of the city.

The merchant's eyes turned to Tetsuya, then found the wooden sword on his hip. His looks were plain, no aura could be seen and he was just like a person who wanted to be the swordsman instead.

A thought to ignore this person immediately bloomed within him, "..."

Looks!

If Tetsuya had his looks, then this merchant would be rubbing his hands and speaking like the young master!

Unfortunately, it was not the same and Tetsuya was just about to begin the 'new' lifestyle that most of the people were forced to deal with.