Transmigrating from a zombie world to become the mecha kings wife-Chapter 386: Fey’s love life causes concern

She had already given up half of the supplies in her storage space to him before winter. She would not be giving up more, especially not when food could now be grown right here from home. In fact, she wanted to fill her space again with other things in preparation for any unexpected disaster. "You were going away for three months back then, this is just two weeks. You can survive on canned foods, frozen pizzas, nutrient solutions and other snacks."

His mouth twisted upwards and he made a revulsed face.

"I am highly allergic to nutrient solutions now." he said.

"Not the new flavors, those are good. Thanks to Fey’s relationship with Lloyd we have a pantry filled to the brim with different types of nutrient solutions from Nutri. They are quite good, I usually drink one daily, sometimes two."

He looked at Justin and confirmed that their son was still watching his cartoons. He turned to her and said, "Do you think that it’s wise for your sister to be dating a commoner? He is an upstanding business man but...." he broke off sounding unsure but definitely judgmental.

There it was, that bias that nobles had towards commoners. She had just not seen it so open in Esong’s mannerisms after all, most of his closest friends were commoners.

"What is wrong with him not being a noble?" she asked cautiously but there was an anger in her voice on behalf of her sister.

He could tell that she was angry and he sighed, he had clearly not expressed himself clearly and he needed to elaborate on his words. "I do not look down on commoners. It’s just that I have seen so many marriages between nobles and commoners fall apart in five years or less especially in cases where it’s the daughter of a noble family marrying an ordinary man. I am sure that your parents do not approve of their cavorting either, do they?"

She was reluctant to answer and confirm his suspicion which was true. Their mother was not quite pleased with Fey’s undefined relationship with Lloyd.

"I will take your silence to mean that I am right in my suspicions." he said slowly.

"Why does it matter if he is a noble or a commoner? Love is love, if she is enamored by him then it’s her right to explore the relationship and see what comes of it." She replied.

"There is more that makes up a marriage than love, Scarlet. Nobles are accustomed to a certain way of life. If she marries a commoner there are certain privilege’s that she will have to give up in order to be with him. Little things that you dismiss everyday because for you they are normal but to commoners, they are abnormal or unavailable. We have institutions in the empire which are not open to commoners, prestigious schools that consider family background before ability. The best shelters are reserved for nobles, even the limited food rations which the emperor distributed to the people during winter, noble families were the first to receive. During winter, wealthy cities where the nobles live are protected more than other places. The decision to involve herself with him will not just affect her, it will affect her children, grandchildren and all of her descendants. A rich business man is still a commoner, a clear example of this is the Rogan’s. No matter how influential they became with all of their wealth, they could not buy what they desperately desired, a noble title. Today, half of the Rogan fortune is gone, and they are fighting over what’s left. If Carolyn had been a commoner, Reya Marley would have long had her killed or ruined her reputation so publicly that she would not be able to appear in the crafting circle again. Even the school would have publicized the plagiarism when she was expelled but they kept it under wraps because she is the daughter of a noble family. Being from a noble family provides security and stability. It’s not my place to comment on who your sister should allow court her or not her but you are my family which makes her my family. I will always look out for any of your siblings the same way I do mine." He squeezed her hand additionally as if to somehow reassure her that he meant these words.

She had many opinions about the nobles but she kept them to herself. This was not the earth she came from and to dismiss their laws and way of life was not wise. Anyway, she was a grim reaper, and some human affairs were best left to the humans. But she made a mental note of what he said and she decided to talk to Fey about it later.

"Thank you for your candid advise." she said.

She still sounded angry and he sighed. "I will never allow Emily to marry a commoner. My sister spends at least one hundred thousand star coins a week on shopping. She told me yesterday that she doesn’t want to be a nurse anymore and she wants to be tour guide. My father had already paid the five thousand star coins in tuition for her, bought all the nursing equipment she would need and the uniforms. She even said that the hospital has a new accommodation for the nurses and doctors in training and she wanted to move there. He paid the accommodation fee in full, and suddenly she dropped out. He has spent close to fifty thousand star coins in two months on this goal and she doesn’t want to do it anymore. If she married a common man, do you think that he could handle her spending habits? Financial problems alone would end the relationship in a few months. In addition to that, she is used to having servants that do everything for her. She rarely goes out without her maids. How many commoners have you ever seen with servants? She recently bought a flying car, had it imported and took it to the factory for the flying mechanisms to be removed and replaced with tires that can use the gravity belt. The car cost three million and two hundred thousand star coins, it’s a Varakas product, the most expensive in their new radar line star cars. Do you think someone like her could fair well in a common household?"

Yes, if you stop spoiling her, Scarlet thought. Why was she spending money like water when she did not even have a job? They should put her on a strict allowance, leave her with only one servant and force her to return to nursing school. Fey was much more sensible than his sister Emily.

"She would not." she said, instead. "I see what you mean. I will discuss the issue with Fey when necessary but I am not going to push it. I will not ruin my good relationship with my sister over her love life which is none of my business."

Esong stopped the car, they had arrived at the school. After parking he squeezed her hand again and said, "I am relived that you understand where I am coming from. I have been looking for a way to bring up this topic with you for a while. I know that she met with him briefly when we were in the capital without your family’s knowledge."

"Daddy, the door won’t open." Justin shouted from the back.