His obsession with this gemstone was not without reason. It began when news spread that Mater had ruined the foundations of a palace he built for a wealthy family, causing the palace to collapse. And who would pay the costs? The answer was obvious. As a result, debts flooded Mater. Fortunately, during his days of glory he had amassed a large fortune. He sold his house and all his possessions and managed to pay off his debts.
Despite this, he did not escape the cruelty of society. He suffered from contempt, insults, and rejection. He fell into severe depression for more than three years and found nothing before him except the new gemstone inherited by his family. Therefore, he did not sell it. He poured all his emotions into it in order to escape people's hatred toward him.
Mater was raised within a family that inherited the profession of construction and architectural engineering. Just as he was raised, he was proficient in everything related to it. In addition to ordinary construction work, he was skilled even in carving, ornamentation, and other crafts. As for engineering and mathematics, he mastered both their common forms and their magical forms.
Therefore, when he was subjected to all this injustice and rejection, he decided to resort to his family's legacy.
And it truly succeeded. He is still a skilled and experienced construction worker, and people know this, even if some of them attack him. This allows him to find temporary jobs such as paving roads, building walls, and street shops. From all of this, we can say that every disaster contains resources. He is now happier in reality. He learned a great deal from this. If we were to categorize the social aspect of this, it would be as follows:
First, he learned the difference between the ideology of common people and the ideology of their elite. He understood that the elite—the wealthy and the educated—are pure people, but only among themselves (the so-called "good old days"). They do not care about the poor and the common folk; rather, they treat them like animals and slaves.
Meanwhile, the common people glorify the successful and despise the failed. In the end, they benefit from successful people, while failures steal from them and deceive them, and their vagrants ruin their surroundings with their filthy appearances. Meanwhile, the elite of society live in refined places far removed from the noise of both groups.
Second, he learned that a life of poverty and asceticism has its own pleasure. Solitude, simplicity, and living in the shadows grant peace of mind.
Mater, for example, has neither a wife nor children to feed. He does not care about appearances or indulgence. He cares about his gemstone, which no one else cares about, in addition to his family's legacy. Thus, he lives in great peace of mind, like the calm after a storm. But it is clear that his life will not remain like this forever. He does not know that on the second floor of his small house—which he has never entered and will never enter because he does not have the price to buy a ladder—there is a secret meeting headquarters for a group of mysterious individuals who, unlike him, seem to possess a great treasure and are trying by all means to hide it from the authority of the kingdom. Mater's ignorance of what lies above his ceiling is puzzling.
Finally, Mater reached his home. He had forgotten what happened in the café and what happened in the street.
Now he must focus more on his possessions and his meals. He opened the door gently and stepped inside with his first step…
Mater fell to the ground and lost consciousness. Blood came out of his mouth.
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– Hehehe, hello Abraham. Anything new today? I am eager for some events… you know.– What events, Abdullah? All you know in this gang is waiting for me to do something so you can benefit from it.– Haha, man, you are the only sorcerer among us. Despite your skill and wisdom, you are blunt and straightforward. I like that about you, my friend, hahaha.– Do not flatter me. I did not do anything major… Do you know the one called Mater?
Abdullah's face frowned. He was waiting to hear an interesting name.– What about him?– I saw him sitting in one of the cafés near his house. I took advantage of the opportunity and sneaked into his home. I found old construction tools, rotten bread, and a cheap bed.– Abraham, what is the benefit of all this junk? That man is no longer anything significant. He is now merely a beggar. I once saw him begging one of the construction officials just to let him work with them.– Silence, Abdullah, and let me finish. There is a gemstone among his belongings.– And what is interesting about that?– Simply put, I sensed an unusual aura on it. I performed divination on it and found interesting things.– Man, I do not understand. What could possibly be interesting about a gemstone?– Hmph, you exhaust me with conversation. I will explain everything in detail—just do not interrupt me.– I am listening.