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"Sit down… Are the source of your research materials came from Riya?" Mr. Jones asked slowly.
Ruby didn't answer and instead looked at Mr. Jones quietly.
She didn't want to let Riya be chased by the higher ups and others. After all, Ruby knew the Riya as hiding her identity and it would not be a good thing for her to reveal this matter to others.
"You don't have to hide it. I already know that Riya is the rune master and this room is perfectly sealed." Mr. Jones sighed. "She's going out with Samuel right now to explore the crack."
On one side, Mr. Jones was glad that Ruby knew how to hide this matter. But at the same time, he felt headache when he thought about these brats.
Can't they trust him a bit more? 𝘯𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Even his son was the same…
*Sigh*
None of these brats were worry free.
Ruby sighed. "Yes, it's her."
Since Mr. Jones had said so much, Ruby also knew that it was useless for her to hide it. She felt that Riya might have allowed her identity to be leaked to some people on purpose.
Anyway, she will apologize to Riya when the latter came back later and explained what happened here. While Ruby didn't want to implicate Riya, she also knew that without any backing whatsoever, it was very difficult for her to stand firm on her own.
Her identity as a researcher and a weak woman was simply too easy to be exploited.
Ruby sighed deeply in her heart but she didn't want to change from this path. She wanted to do more research and possibly uncover more things about magic and mana along the way.
"Alright, I know what to do." Mr. Jones sighed.
As he thought, this matter was really related to Riya. Considering Riya's ability that was deemed to be very important by the higher ups, there was no way that the higher ups wouldn't come to interfere.
The only good thing was that they definitely wouldn't make trouble and choose to side with her without hesitation.
But at the same time, the number of cards they could use to 'control' Riya would increase.
His son was basically restrained because of his and the other's existence. And for Riya, it was Amelia, Ruby, and Sophia's existence that restrained her. When this was known to the higher ups…
Mr. Jones could only sigh deeply in his heart.
He hoped that those people would be reasonable and didn't try to exploit these people. Because the backlash they could possibly receive from these people was not something that they could possibly handle on their own.
"You should not tell others about this matter and they will not trouble you anymore. You just have to focus on your research and if your result is good, I'm sure that you can get more resources allocation on your own," Mr. Jones said.
Ruby was stunned and quickly said, "Yes, I will."
After that, Mr. Jones left.
Ruby understood that what Mr. Jones meant was that she didn't have to worry so much because she had a backing behind her.
The corner of her lips curled up slightly and then she sighed.
It seemed that she will be under the care of Riya in the future.
Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, Ruby didn't know. She just hoped that she would not cause so much trouble for Riya.
Knock! Knock!
"Miss Ruby? I'm Ruben, Mr. Samuel's assistant. I'm sure that you know me." Ruben grinned after he opened the door and saw Ruby.
Ruby looked at Ruben quietly.
Of course she knew. They have traveled together for quite some time in the crack. At that time, Ruben was making a lot of magic talisman, which clearly showed his status as Riya's student.
Though, it does feel a bit funny to think that Riya's student is older than her.
But it seemed that these two people never thought that there was anything wrong with this matter and they enjoyed such interaction with each other. It was really unique and interesting.
As Ruby thought about this, she looked at Ruben in front of her calmly.
Now that she had exposed the fact that she and Riya might be a bit close, she might be watched over by some people in City A Base. This Ruben should be one of them and since she had some interaction with him before, she wouldn't feel so awkward.
Mr. Jones is really thoughtful.
"I know you." Ruby smiled.
"Alright, I'll take care of your affair for the next few days."
"Thank you. I'll be troubling you."
…
After the meeting with Ruby, Mr. Jones came back to his office while rubbing his temple. He knew very well that he couldn't hide this matter from Mr. A, especially because the researchers were people sent by the people from Continent Z's Capital City.
The reason why they were sent here was to help with the research and to get more samples from the crack.
But that missions went badly.
After that, the researchers stayed in City A Base and didn't seem to have any intention to go back in the slightest bit.
When Mr. Jones thought about this, he felt headache about it.
At the same time, he knew that there was nothing that he could do about it.
The higher ups might give a lot of convenience towards these returnees, but they would not hide the fact that they wanted to control these people.
Control…
Mr. Jones sighed deeply.
Who among these returnees would be willing to be used by others?
Having survived a bloody and cruel world during a period of time that was unknown to others, they should have experienced a lot of things that they didn't want others to know in the slightest bit.
And it was precisely during this period of time that these people learned how to be strong and how to control their own life…
"Contact Mr. A."
