In a great pitch black expanse three figures stood out. "Where are we?" Questioned Heath, he felt a strange feeling coming from this place.
"This is my a newly created Dimension. Or to be honest another Realm." I answered with great pride. As it turns out I could create my own dimensions with my Spatial Magic.
Although it is sort of a forbidden magic but I'll be fine either way. "What is the purpose of you bringing us here?"
I smiled deviously. They had no idea what was to come next. "I want to create a new spirit system." Holding out my hands in a bind pose and faced towards them.
"I want to terraform this Realm into a place for Artificial Spirits such as yourself." Pointing to Henry I began to explain my plan.
It was simple. Due to the other kingdoms greed for power they have desecrated the bridge between the Spirits of this world and them.
The only kingdom that refused to go along with them was the Krey Kingdom. Which was where he currently resided and whose royalty had connections to him.
In response the Spirits bestowed the kingdom with great mana and blessed some gifted individuals with divine talent in gratitude of their neutrality.
Most notably Rude and ten others were the current most famous blessed ones. What Nathaniel wished for was to make contact with Spirits due to their special skills.
They had skills related to nature and the earth granting them what he called a magical green thumb.
They could grow anything and he thought they could grow Artificial Devil Fruits. The problem was how to make contact with them.
Then he realised that he could just have a Spirit contact them; that was how he had gotten the idea to create an Artificial Spirit.
However due to Henry's attribute-less nature he could not be considered an actual spirit. And that was where this Dimension came in.
The dimension they were currently in had an astonishing energy absorption rate.
Due to this special feature the realm itself can handle taking in twice the amount of magic power than that of the normal world.
If any Artificial Spirit were to be cultivated by the immense energy in there, they could experience breakthroughs at an astounding pace.
The Realm was fuelled by many sources but the most noteworthy source was lifespans and souls.
By gathering enough Soul Gems, Lacrima, Lifespans, Misfortune Energy and many more he was able to create a dimension that could fulfil his purposes.
If in the end my plan succeeds; not only will the population of Spirits rise but also l will obtain many Artificial Zoan type Devil Fruits.
It was a win-win situation for both of us. I will have my perfected version of SMILES and they will have more friends and a new place to roam. "So have you thought about what you want to do now?"
These two were actually crucial for the success of my plan. Heath's job was to take care of this realm and conduct constant construction on it.
Henry was the Progenitor; the first of his kind. If he is able to cultivate himself into a True Spirit I will have an even higher chance of making contact with the Spirits of this world.
"I'll do it. No we'll do it." Nodding to each other they both agreed to my request. Surprisingly Heath actually wanted something to protect himself with.
Turns out he feels unsafe when he's outside. "Here knock yourself out. Hopefully this failed creation of mine will help." Throwing a small circular green jewel towards him the gem attached itself onto his wrist.
The jewel changed shape becoming an inverted shield shaped gem. A light appeared and shrouded his hand.
What I had given him was an improvised version of the Shield from Tate No Yuusha and the weapons from Puella Magi.
In addition it was similar to a Stick in how it granted powers to its user after long usage and the power stays with them even after taking the jewel off.
Only problem was that the power granted was actually inferior to the powers granted from my God Crystal in that one needs the object itself to use.
But that part was fixed and improved, plus I had also added a feature where the power and weapon grows alongside the user.
It was a failed yet perfect culmination of my research. In other words my first original magical tool prototype.
"Oh, it seems like it's time.I have to attend the meeting now, don't want to be late after all. But you guys can go first." Clapping my hands I sent them out of the dimension and shop along with a key I created that allowed easy access to here.
It was time to for the Moon Pool to activate.
....
On a beach outside the edge of the forest a group of royals and nobles awaited the arrival of the shop owner.
"Ok guys I have prepared the Moon Pool and had shrunk them to accommodate it." This sentence made no sense to most of them but his employees knew better.
Following him across the forest filled with critters and chirping insects. When Nathaniel stopped he gestured towards Ren.
"Create a door for me." Nodding Ren crouched down and pushed the ground. A circular hole appeared.
Thanking Ren, Nathaniel jumped down which caused the Royals to have a look of concern since the hole seemed very deep.
They soon realised that their concern was nothing since he had called out to them a few moments later. "Come on down! It's safe!"
Sighing in relief they went one by one in an orderly fashion. No matter where they were, they were still Royalty.
Walking towards the light they soon discovered another small cave.
Up above light shone upon them, softly shrouding their bodies. In front was a pool filled with little humanoid figures.
This must have been what he meant by shrinking them the royals thought. They waited for a few minutes before the glorious full moon started to near them.
It was a beautiful sight. In its optimal time the pool started to bubble, small particles of light floating all around.
It drew them in feeling enchanted by the magical scene. But the shop owner stopped them before they could jump in.
"Okay, it looks like the Full Moon has passed so I'm going to send you back now." At this moment the Royals showed expressions of reluctance.
They wanted to see more of the things Nathaniel did in his life. They knew that he compared to them led an interesting life full of action and adventure.
"Wait a minute!" Crow shouted out not wanting to leave yet. But it was too late. "Spatial Magic: Advent Warp." A book floated beside him sending fear to the royals.
They knew what was to happen next. Eight portals appeared right above them like halos. "Vacuum." Soon after he spoke, the royals began to be sucked into the void teleporting back to their castle.
"Au revoir, famille royale." Waving goodbye it was time to go back to lazing around the shop.
....
In a darkened room a girl sat straight on a sofa looking towards a sweaty man. He wiped his sweat with a silk handkerchief.
He wore luxurious purple garb with puffed sleeves lined with rare beast fur.
His body bloated as it was had been inflated as he breathed on heavily. "Princess Tia, are you sure that we should antagonise this man?"
The bloated man felt that the princess was even more reckless today. A sinister smile crept up on her face.
"Centaur." Her body slightly shifted as she stood tall. Her torso began changing form giving her a chestnut horse body from the waist below.
The man fell backwards in fear; she started to lift her front legs up and stamped on the wooden table creating a huge hoof print depression on it.
He staggered once more before falling to the ground. He was so shocked that he began to soil his pants in fear, the smell permeating throughout the room.
"How disgusting." Tia said in disdain feeling withdrawn due to his actions. She had eaten the Horse Horse Fruit given by Nathaniel.
Swishing her tail around she neighed lightly feeling distraught about how her minions acted.
The only person she could rely on was Tetson. "Beastman; Horse Girl." She changes forms once more growing taller than before.
Throwing away the hem of her clothes she revealed short heeled black leather boots and a simple long sleeved shirt.
Her horse face had a white spot covering her left eye and a gorgeous curled brunette mane to go along with it.
Steam emitted from her nose as she played around with her hands. Each fingers having hoof like tips sharp as a knife.
She threw a small wooden board up high and readied her stance, preparing to cut through it.
"Nail Cutter." A white aura surrounded her fingertips becoming brighter by the minute. She exhaled a turbid breath patiently waiting for the right moment.
Then just when it was right above her head she threw her hands up and sliced downwards.
"Horseshoe Polish!" The nails extended shaping into extremely thin yet sharp blades. The wind whistles as the hooves chopped the board.
A second after a soft clatter could be heard. The wood was seamlessly cut leaving no marks or imperfections on the sides.
It was as if it was cut by a mechanical saw rather than a hand. Closing her fist Tia expressed satisfaction in her newfound powers.
Although she felt weird being a horse it was okay since she loved them. As for Tetson, she felt a little sorry for him due to the nature of his powers.
Like her he was granted the ability to become an animal but the problem was he became a turtle.
When he realised this he felt extremely stifled and uncomfortable about his new abilities. However when he discovered that his shell was hard as a diamond he thought that it wasn't so bad after all!
Although at first he was forced to retract his body into his shell once in a while but he figured out how to stop that.
"See this Ariana? This is the powers you may gain after eating those fruits. If we are able to steal them all we shall have an army full of powerful soldiers!" Tia's ambition grew day by day.
She no longer once held the thoughts of bringing Rude back by force.
Instead she could do it not by boycotting but by awakening the greed deep within people's heart.
If she told the others rumours of the shop they will eventually escalate becoming something like, 'The shop inside the forest can grant all wishes and has many invaluable and rare treasures.'
She wanted to have them go against the shop owner instead of her and once the owner is distracted she could kidnap Rude right under his nose.
They wouldn't see it coming. "Now go Ariana and find out the origins of the fruits, as for you.... Bring news to your king that the banquet this year will be a little different."
She turned to the soiled man with a sinister smile seeing him as nothing but a chess piece in her plans.
Her eyes filled with lust and fury; her madness had already reached the optimal point.
This time she thought to herself feeling indignant that she would win and bring back what was hers.
Laughing eerily her muscles bulged as she grew in size. Neighing loudly she had transformed into her full beast form.
Tetson watched on in his half beast state sipping his wine nonchalantly as he crossed his legs, feeling bored all of a sudden.
"Every goddamn time." Tetson's eyes twitched as the princess went on a rampage once more.
He felt that the princess was becoming even more crazy nowadays with the existence of Nathaniel.
This time was different though since other than her magic going haywire; she was also raging in her horse form.
Sighing in lamentation, he thought aloud. "I wonder if I have the choice of quitting this job?" Tetson was regretting his life choices as of now.