“Well, well, well. I suppose I should gratute you for losing your virginity.” A rainbow haired dy joked at me, as she was sitting opposite to me.

  Yeah. The Goddess had pulled me from my sweet dreams between Alid Lua, and called me for a chat.

  “... you know I wasn’t actually a virgin any more…” I just ented. “You should be saying that to Lua and Alice.”

  “It is your first time in this world, so I believe that it ts. Kind of like a sed virginity.”

  “Yeah… Let’s agree to disagree.” I simply said. “I assume this chat is for something else than just talking about my … private life. So what I do for you, Goddess?”

  “Straight to the point as always. Well, I do like that about you. Yes. I do indeed have a few things. I was going to leave this to Aulis, but I got a bit of free time, so I came instead.

  “Let me start off with this. Good work on those ‘mana flowers’. They are quite something. I never k would be possible to make mana without having to rely on the Chaos God Dimension.” The Goddess stated.

  “... wait? Are you saying the flowers don’t pull power from there?” I asked. I’d assumed they would, since… well, that is where mana es from, as far as I know.

  “They indeed don’t. It is something Great Sage Arcadia was really ied in, and she spent the st years of her life looking into. But she never could figure out how to make something that could make mana without splitting apart the Chaos God Energy.” The Goddess expined. “So for you to make something like that. It is quite something.”

  “... wow. I didn’t even realize they were that good. I actually assumed I might have made the barrier situation worse by using them and I was ready to apologize for doing something slightly foolish.” I admitted.

  “If I am to be ho, we also assumed the same. But even if that was the case, the Chaos God Core would have dealt with the unwanted backsh, so we let you gh with it. And I was the one who gave you the idea of making the dungeon into a floating isnd, so it is partially my fault as well.” The Goddess answered. “But that did not e to pass. And now that we know about this, I have this small request. I know you have a lot of them all ready, but this one should be simple. Don’t keep those flowers just for yourself and your HomeBase. Let them spread across the ti. This will lessen the amount of Chaos God Energy o give mana to the ti and will possibly lessen the burden on the dimensional barrier.”

  “... alright. I think I do that. The only problem will be the mana stones I’ll need for it.”

  “Don’t do it alone. Work with the he ones in charge of these areas. Were you to reveal your true status, and your retionship with me, they will likely listen to what you say. And if the nobles don’t, the desdants of the Hero and his party, who run the adventurer’s guild, the Sage’s tower and the Church, will.”

  “... Yeah… They probably would. I just don’t really like using it. It makes me feel… not human.”

  “You are not a human any more.” The Goddess pointed out.

  “... I know. But I do mostly look like one, so it isn’t something I really worry about. I just don’t want to be treated as some sort of an angel, or something like that.”

  “Well, if you don’t feel like w with nobles, you just make flower fields outside of poputed areas, using cards like Ground Colpse to keep monsters away from the flowers. You could use all of the money you are making to buy the magic stones as well. But I will leave it for you to decide on how you want to do it. I will also send a mission about it soon.”

  “I see… thanks.”

  “Oh. And oher thing. It is a personal request ing from the System Agent Joan. She would like you to take on a mission to look into the ins of that old sve mark which was drawn on Individuals Einar and Eline. She would like you to find the sourd eradicate it. Would you like to take that mission as well?”

  “... maybe give it to Alice?” I suggested. “I heard from Lua that she is a bit… disappoihat she doesn’t have a loerm mission, other than making a spell that might be impossible to make.”

  “I see. I will infent Joan about your opinion and have her send the mission to Holder Alice Mana.” The Goddess agreed to my suggestion. “I shall return you now, unless you have any further questions. Your wives will wake up soon, and you should be there then.”

  “Just ohere hasn’t been a fissure in a while. So how is the barrier situation?”

  “... not well. It is holding for now, but it isn’t getting aer. I am still trying to figure out a way to fix all of it at once, but it isn’t looking good. At least no pce is in need of immediate repair, but the situation might ge quickly, so I ask you to be ready to act at a moment's notice.”

  “Alright. I uand. Well, when you need me, I’ll do my best to help.”

  “Of course. You are a good child after all.”

  “... please don’t call me a child.”

  “I’ll try not to. I suppose I’m just too used to calling people my children. I shall see you ter, Holder Brian.”

  “See you then, Goddess.”

  As the Goddess warned me, Lua and Alice woke up soon enough. Lua was just fie st night, but Alice did feel a bit… off. Well, until Lua healed her up a bit.

  I quickly told them about my little chat with the Goddess and theook a quick look at our two new missions.

  Mine was simple.

  Spread the FlowersInfo: The Goddess wishes that you spread the mana produg flowers across the ti. Pnt patches of the flowers in pces of your choosing ahem spread the mana they produce.Goal: Pnt many patches of mana flowers across the ti.Reward: Varied based on the location, the size of the flower patd other factors. include new sets being unlocked, new promo trades being unlocked, or receiving single cards.

  So yeah. Something nid simple, right?

  Nope! You would be wrong. Remember that otle fact? On how my flowers work? Well, they don’t make mana, they make Spell ters.

  Same thing, right? Well, not quite.

  See mana just … exist in the air. Spell ters ’t. For my own mana factory, it doesn’t really matter as the Spell ters get instantly verted into mana when they reach either the True Core or the Citadel Core.

  So yeah. It isn’t quite as simple as you might assume to do what the Goddess requested. I’ll first o develop a pact Spell ter to mana verter and then a maer. It shouldn’t be that bad, but it will take a few days of development aing. Then I’ll also he monster cores and/or the magic stones for it, and all of the copies of both Magical Pnt Mandrago and Pitch-Bck Power Stone.

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  And for Alice.

  Mission: Elimihe Old MarkInfo: The System doesn’t like the old sve mark still in use in some areas. Find the sources spreading information about it aroy them. Also deal with people who are currently using it, either by removing the knowledge about it from them, or by eliminating them.Goal: Destroy information sources that tell of the old sve mark. Also get those that are using it to stop using it.Reward: Extra Skill: Erasure Magic will be unlocked. Other rewards may be given ter.

  So yeah. That is what she got.

  The extra skill promised as a reward is actually quite iing. It just … erase stuff. Anything from very specific things te scale destru. With that skill, she could do something like erase a ive side to a on or a piece of equipment. For example, my parasite armor. It takes some HP when I wear it. Well, my Health scious es the damage, but in theory, Erasure Magic could erase that part of the armor, thus making it better, without killing the parasite, like what happened when I tried to install Spell Eito a Factory copy of my armor.

  At least that is what I think is the case, based on the info Kekri got access to after Alice received her mission.

  But yeah. Two new missions for us to look into. Not that we don’t have any to begin with, as the day after tomorrow, Lua, Ria and I will be getting into tact with the dhampirs living in a safe vilge close to Burch city. I had them wait a few days, because now with HomeBase off the ground, we could potentially bring them here for training. You know, True Blood Magic training with Lua.

  And speaking ing people here. How do you get to a floating isnd? Well, simple really. One, you just fly. As long as you have the permission to get through the defensive barrier. Alice, Lua, Ria and Agunan all do have ahat gives them the permission. For Lua, Alid Ria, it was in the form of the teleportatis I made for them. If you don’t remember, after we cleared this dungeon, but before I decided to lift it off the ground, I decided this would be a good hiding pce if somethi wrong, so I gave all three of them a ring that allows them to teleport freely ihe dungeon.1In CH.270

  Of course Agunan has his Master’s terminal and I have the Founder’s terminal, so we don’t have any issues. The Citadel is just aension of the Chaos God Dungeon after all.

  Wilma and the catfolk don’t have anything like that yet, but it doesn’t really matter, as they couldn’t get here anyway. They don’t have wings or airships or anything else like that. They'll just have to travel with one of us.

  Now, for the sed way to get onto this isnd. Well, it isn’t actually implemented yet, but I did reverse ehe teleportatiohing from my B.E.S. monsters and used it to make a teleporter that could beam people from the ground to the surface of HomeBase. I just o build a few rooms where the teleported people will appear in, do a few other things and then that will be all set.

  So yeah. That is how you get to HomeBase. Either fly up here and be vary of the barrier, et beam teleported up here.

  “Alright you two. It is time to begin your training.” House Dragonmaid ahe two catfolk.

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  I had made both of them outfits with the Chaos God Dungeon, so Einar was now dressed in a full tuxedo, while Eline wore a Victorian maid outfit. I’m not sure if butlers cssically wear tuxedos or just business suits, but I decided to go with a tux, as I think it fits a butler a bit better. But that is just my personal preference.

  The two catfolk were going to have two two hour practice sessions each day. Oh House and the other with Kit Dragonmaid.

  Spoiler

  [colpse]

  House Dragonmaid would be teag them general chores, while Kit Dragonmaid would focus on cooking and food reted tasks. The cooking part would also double as them making our dinner for us, so that was nice.

  I really just wish I’d get more Dragonmaids, so I get them training in other areas. If I recall correctly, there should be a Parlonmaid, Nurse Dragonmaid and … I think it was Laundry? Yeah. So three more. Out of them, the one I currently want the most is Parlor. Parlor skills will be important if I bring guests over. Nurse will be nice for when… well, things happen and Laundry will sadly not be that useful, as Ste already take care of that.

  Eline was actually happy to learn all of these skills, but Einar was… a bit hesitant. Because he was, I decided to talk to him for a bit after the lesson.

  “Einar. Is something wrong?” I just asked.

  “Lord Brian. It - It is nothing. Please do not yourself with me.” The catboy answered, in a somewhat awkward manner.

  “You know you just talk to me. You aren’t a sve any more, and I won’t treat you as if you were one. If you have a problem, please do tell me about it, so I do something about it.”

  “... It… I’m just… w about something.” Einar admitted.

  “Well, if you want to share, go for it.”

  “It's just… why?”

  “Why what?”

  “Why take us in? My sister and I. I don’t see the point. You could have just killed us. We attacked you. Attempted to kill your panion. But you just took us in. I know you said it was because we were sves and had no choice, but still. Why treat us so well? And even if there was something bad about the previous sve mark, why not just take us to a different sve trader and have them mark us again? Why give us a wage on par with professionals, when we have no idea what we are doing?”

  “Oh? So that is what is b you. I see. Well, if you want to know, I did it because I . I need people w for me. This pce. I have big pns for it. And you and Eline will be necessary for those pns. That is part of why I took you in.”

  “... only a part?”

  “Yes. I also took you in because I just holy don’t want you to die. … yeah, kind of sad ing from the person that… well, I’ll talk about that aime.” I don’t think Einar khat he literally died by my hand, so I’ll just keep the lie that he just almost died alive for now. “I really don’t like the fact that someoried to attack Wilma. And you are involved in that. They were willing to kill Wilma for what I see as petty reasons, so there is no way they wouldn’t be willing to kill you and your sister. That is why I want you two to stay on HomeBase, where you should be safe. At least until we find the person responsible. So do you think you wait for that?”

  “Yes. If that is what you think is for the best.” Einar said, before he bowed slightly. It wasly a bow, but it was fine for a beginner.

  He will make for a filer one day, and we have… I was going to say all the time in the world, but that isn’t right. But we do have plenty of time, so easy does it.