Runemaster in the Last Days

Chapter 961 963: People only see the crown and not the thorn

"While we have no idea why they have to stay in the crack to train for a long period of time, but their return is something that we likes. With them coming out, this meant that the number of magic beasts will continue to decrease and we can live a normal life again."

"That..." Sophia wanted to speak but Stephen pulled her hand from behind.

The vendor didn't seem to realize that Sophia was planning to interrupt his words as he continued, "With most of them staying in Continent Z, we can be reassured that the world will be safe because of them~."

Sophia's face scrunched.

The first part of the vendor's words were nothing much and she had already seen it from the website and all.

After all, the higher ups had no other choice but to reveal many things about the returnees. There were many people who have watched how these returnees performed during the magic beasts' tide in the past.

At that time, many people spread stories about them.

The higher ups couldn't even cover it up even if they wanted to.

So all they could do was to build a good image for them and made sure that the people knew about the returnees' existence. This will also allow them to be able to control the public opinion and lead them to think that these returnees were here to help them and all.

"Well, there are a few more customers over there," Stephen finally interrupted.

"Ah, you're right."

The vendor started to serve the other customers while Stephen pulled Sophia to leave the place.

"Brother, why did you stop me?" Sophia asked after they had come out.

She was still feeling somewhat indignant when she thought about the vendor's latter's words. It seemed as if he was treating Riya and the others as protector of the Green Planet and that whatever they did was taken for granted.

As their friends, Sophia is really angry.

Even if she's not their friends, she knew very well that the real intention of the higher ups to release the news of Riya and the others should be nothing good.

While their real identity was not announced for the sake of their safety...

But many people had long known their identity.

Samuel and Dina were too famous while Peter had long make a move in front of many people because of his position with the Martial Arts Association. Only Riya remained relatively unknown because she rarely went around.

Besides, Riya's favorite clothes was the long mage robe with hood, which could help to cover up her appearance to a certain degree.

In this way, Riya's identity was the one most concealed.

Though, the higher ups and many people in City A Base should have long known about her as it was impossible to hide from them.

What spread out was the fact that there were some returnees who were fighting for them against the magic beasts. These returnees were also very powerful and that the practice they spread out could allow many people to become as strong as them.

In this way, many people practiced hard in order to get stronger.

Of course, it was absolutely impossible for everyone to become so strong like the returnees, but it was a good dream to have.

"What do you want to tell them? That these returnees are actually ordinary people and shouldn't be worshiped so much?" Stephen asked back.

He could see his sister's expression and could guess what she wanted to say.

To be honest, he himself also thought that way because he knew Samuel personally and understood that this man was not someone who was so selfless.

If anything, Samuel is nothing more than a black hearted businessman.

Stephen himself was not much better and the two of them used to cooperate in various business in the past.

It was something that they enjoyed very much.

The joy of having their negotiation and the profit that rolled into the account...

*cough*

In any case, knowing the real Samuel made Stephen understood very well that it was absolutely impossible for him to treat him as some kind of selfless hero who was willing to dedicate himself for Continent Z or even the Green Planet as a whole.

That's absolutely impossible.

If there was no profit to be made, Samuel might not even want to make any move.

"Otherwise?" Sophia pursed her lips. "Riya is just a slightly smarter child and she might be capable, but she still has a lot of weaknesses."

Having known Riya for a long time, Sophia really couldn't see Riya went on to serve the continent.

While Riya could show kindness for others...

It was not that excessive.

"Moreover, I hate the fact that they're talking as if these people should have been the on protecting them all the time... it's not like they're the one choosing to become a returnee," Sophia murmured.

Neither Riya or Samuel ever said it.

But Sophia had the faint feeling that becoming a returnee shouldn't be something that they actually wanted from the bottom of their heart.

Added with four years of living in a completely different world....

Sophia didn't know how difficult it would be for them to survive in that world and made a name for themselves.

Because they have to start from the very beginning and no one would be there to help them.

Sophia was absolutely sure that if it was her, she wouldn't have been able to survive.

It was also because of this that Sophia disliked it when other people treated their efforts with complacent like that.

They deserved more respect.

For they helped them all even if they might not really want to take upon this path.

Sophia bit her lower lips.

She could still remember how Riya would raise her hood when she started to become famous just to avoid the people from recognizing her back then.

Not all of them really wanted to be famous like this.

"You know..." Stephen sighed. "People only see the crown and not the thorn."

"Huh?" Sophia raised her head.