Chapter 4:
Murphy easily found the underground black market in the city under rationing and made some purchases, spending all the money he had acquired. He bought a bunch of things and brought them back to the manor.
The reason he didn’t leave money for Tris was simple.
That woman would definitely use it all to buy alcohol, then resist hunger by relying on a vampire’s ultra-long battery life while being drunk and unconscious. She had proudly said that she had lived like that for sixty years.
Murphy strongly suspected that this was the main reason why Tris was so weak.
Such a beautiful girl, yet she ended up starving herself silly.
At this time, Tris was still resting upstairs, and Murphy didn’t disturb the patient. He put the sliced bread and some canned food into the creaking mechanical refrigerator.
If Murphy remembered correctly, this stupid, bulky thing was nicknamed the “Steam 800”. It was said to have been invented by a dwarven mechanic in the 800th year of the era, a unique creation of this world’s “steam machinery”.
To be honest, Murphy could understand the principle of using steam to heat food, but how exactly did it use steam for refrigeration?
Of course, now was not the time to ponder the fantastical physics of another world and turn his brain into a porridge pot.