I was feeling very good about myself right now. In just one day I have already settled down, and have all my credentials finished up, and on top of that, I also have gained a few boons myself, just for being a man and a warrior that has yet to do anything. For my conversations with Miss Bonnie and Miss Jiaoyun, I now realize my positions here in 4th Bridge and all the Male situations in the whole BlueWall, All of the male in the BlueWall, were just a haughty spoiled man child who upon born already have a golden spoon in their mouth by just being existed in the world.
They are lazy, arrogant, self-entitled, and very abusive, they treated a woman with no respect no matter who it is. Simply all, of them were mostly beta, and looking at me and the way I was treated, I can say that the woman treated me as an Alpha, that whether they know or not, an existence that they deeply wanted. Also as for me, ever since I discovered that in this place, I were someone who everyone desired, I felt that it was okay for me to no longer hid my hyper sexual self, and that has made me really let go of myself and perhaps become extremely happy and positive about everything.
My insecurities have now become my most charming side to all the other people in this world. It felt liberating to be able to embrace myself fully, I now have 2 wonderful and beautiful Milf by my side, and I know for certain that they can fulfill my every fantasy. Tonight will be our first night together as wives and husband, and also the time for me to embrace them fully.
"do we need everything before we get back home?..".
I asked Maria and Minako, who's now walking side by side with me. We already left the 4th Bridge town center and still on the Anchors, slowly walking.
"Nothing much…we can stop by at the 3rd Bridge for a moment..and bought, groceries for tonight dinners..". (Minako)
"Yeah…well actually, just as 2 can buy that for..so there's no need for you to come with..you should head back home..". (Maria)
"..Hm…well, okay then…I guess I see you both later…Minako..come here a sec….be careful on your way there okay..".
"I know..you too..be careful on your way back home..". (Minako)
Both of them then turned and walk away, from me. It doesn't take much to know what they both were thinking about, they should probably want to buy something for me as a wedding gift and prepared a big feast for me on this special day. But, actually, I know that their economy was tight, they may even result to begging at the shops just to make sure I was well-fed and pleased. Sneakily, as I called Minako before she and Maria, I slip 5 Middle-Grade Crystal in her skirt pocket, without her knowing. I am sure, whatever she wanted to buy that amount will surely be able to cover all their expenses.
A middle-grade Crystal is equivalent to 10 lower-grade crystals. Which can buy you a lot of things at any place, 50 Mid Grade Crystal, anyone can spend lavishly as they want to. It was 20 crystal more of what Maria and Minako monthly wages. I smiled as I watched them walk away for a few seconds and started walking back to our Boathouse.
The anchor sections of the 4th Bridge were still the same despite the high sun in the sky. There are only 2 stalls, on the anchors here, one sold reclaimed wood planks, which most of which were already rotted and full of holes and only a meter long, with a price of 2 low-grade Crystal per piece. Another Stall sold clean rainwater in all kinds of containers, plastic bottles, leather skins, etc, and it was priced at 1 lower grade crystal per 1 litter. The prices were both expensive and absurd, the quality of their products are naturally low, but still, customers still stopped by. This stall was actually owned by the 4th Bridge Administrator Office, the price was already regulated and at the very lowest, this is normal.
Another eye-catching building in the Anchors, was a small wooden shack the has a metal wire door, and it was guarded on each side of the door by a Towns Guard, there is also a small desk next to the shack where there an Office lady, wearing a formal white shirt and a black pencil skirt, the same outfits that every clerk in Administrator office was wearing, sitting quietly on her chair behind the desk. I observed the shack carefully and realized that, on the small desk, there a small sign that read, '4th Bridge Dungeon Lift & Admission'.
"(So the dungeons were really underground..but…is it underwater?…perhaps the dungeon were an entirely different space…just like in the game..so the water doesn't come into its space…I guess I will now about it sooner..it will be my job from now on to dive into that dungeons…for now let's go back home..)".
After done watching the busy bustle and the 'many' infrastructures that 4th Bridge owned, I made my way back to the Houseboat alone walking on the long bridge. On my way back, no one really bothers me, when they saw the badge on my right chest, everyone only looked, sometimes nodded, and then continues with their life. After 15 minutes, I finally got back to the house, I took off my cloak and hang it on the wire hanger in the bedroom. And sat down on Minako bed as I always do.
"I'm Married now…
I was excited about this, I exchanged 3 of my last Low-Grade Crystal and 3 of my Mid Grade Crystal, which then get my S-Coins up to 38 S-Coins. 1 mid-grade Crystal equal to 10 S-Coins. Opening my [Shop], first I bought the 2 [Fabric Soft (Cotton)], it fixed size was 1 roll, which is 10 meters long, it cost me 4 S-coin in total, The 5 wooden logs, which cost me 5 S-coins, 5 iron ingot for 10 S-coins, the iron ingot cost 2 S-Coin a piece, a single piece weighed 5 kilos. As always, everything went inside my [Inventory], with the Materials ready, I opened the [Crafting] menus and began crafting.
The [Crafting] process was as absurd as any game crafting process, I don't have to pull any items out, as long as I have the items in my [Inventory], I can craft anything, though the complicated items do require specific tools as for the items that I wanted to make, the tool that I have in my Utility Bag was already enough. I spent, all the 2 roll fabric to make 6 sets of clothing, 3 for Minako and 3 for Maria. I don't have to design anything the [Crafting] menu already has the template design for everything, since I also have their size by referring to theirs which they kept under their bed. The process was fast, and the result was satisfactory, Minako and Maria have different taste in their fashion, Maria much more prefers a long one-piece dress, like her Maid outfits and Minako prefer skirts and shirts. I made each one of them, 2 for their normal day to day wear and one for their nightwear, naturally, each piece was of different color, though the Fabric roll I bought came in white, the [Crafting] Menu has the color setting options, so it is simple and magical like that.
"Ouh~they come out nice…brand new, fashionable, colorful just like a store brought one…they surely will like this….then on to the next one!!..".
Next up, I crafted a whole set of kitchen cutlery. Knives set, a complete set of kitchen wares to replace the old ones, now it was even enough kitchen wares to serve even 10 peoples and also the new Wood-Burning stove that has a 4 place to cook on and even a chimney that goes out to the top of the roof, so the whole boat doesn't have to be smoky any more, and no one has to stay up late to watch over the fire. Which of course I have to personally make a hole on the roof for the Stove chimney, which is not that hard thing to do because our roof was barely any wood and it was just being covered by a large piece of tarp that was made out of a fish skin leather, I wondered kind of fish have the same skin texture of cow leather. After done with all the metal stuff, I still have 5 kilos of metal left, so out of the 5, I took 2 kilos to craft a whole bunch of nails, screws, and hinges.
"now…time to upgrade this old bed, and add some furniture in here…".
I turned 3 wooden logs into planks, each log gave me 10 planks, how?, the [Crafting] menus said so. I don't ask and don't want to complain about it. 30, 5 meters planks were enough for me to make 2 beds that are comfortable and large enough to replaced the current bed, of course, due to the limitations of space, one of the bed was a little bit bigger that can fits 2 person and another bed were just big enough to fit one person. I still have to make sure that there is still space in between for moving to the back and front of the boats. The bed design was simple, yet fully functional. The larger bed can be pushed out and merge with the smaller bed on the left turning it into a king-size bed. The underside of the bed was turned into multiple storage compartments for me, Minako, and Maria to put out clothing and personal belongings.
"it was modern design..and appropriate for this small space..next up, this curtain door needs to go..so is that back wall..".
It was still 1 in the afternoon, so it was enough time for me to do a little make-over. I tear up the curtain door off, and the old wall that separates the bedroom and the living room, and the back bedroom wall that leads to the rudder deck or our bathroom, the wall there were just the same materials as the roof, so calling it a roof is somewhat overstatements. As for the sidewalls, I didn't make any changes as I don't think it was needed for now as it served its purpose of just keeping everything sealed. I measured all of the sizes first then crafted the wall directly using the [Crafting] menu, which the wall that was the finished product no longer retained the looks of nailed planks together but a large piece of plywood, Magical, don't question it. It was a good thing. The rest just took me 15 minutes to install the 2 walls and the door. Then I used one log to turn it into Firewood, the remaining planks I used to replace all the rotted floors and holes all over the boat. I didn't throw out any of the materials from the small constructions. All the rotten wood can be used as firewood, and as for the cut tarp, I can make something out of it.
"This leather is quite durable…and it was enough for me to make new trousers…well I need one now…And since I'm going to be exploring dungeons..I should make myself a weapon..".
I have completed all the presents, I even made a ring for the 3 of us made out of iron of course, since that was the only metal I got, 2 beautiful wooden boxes for their clothes present and even overhauls almost the entire boat. And since there are a little bit of materials left for me to play with. I decided it was time for me to make my equipment. I made 1 iron sword, it was an executioner sword, straight no fancy curves but surely deadly enough to kill, a Crossbow with a wooden stock and 30 iron head bolts, the crossbow and the swords depleted all the iron ingots I have left. But the result was very satisfactory. I also made leather bomber jackets and leather pants, from the leather I cut out of the tarp and the back wall, of course wearing just leather would be uncomfortable, I use cotton fabric as the inside of my outfits, for comfortability and it was very comfortable to wear, and in terms of durability, the leather was quite hard yet flexible, my sword still can cut through it but, the jackets and my pants might be hard get pierced by the Towns Guard flimsy spears, if I don't get a stab in a precise manner, of course.
Left 19 s-coins more after finishing everything, I used 5 S-Coins to buy 5 liters of Mineral waters, 2 S-Coin to buy Instant Coffee and 1 pack of cigarette, another 10 S-coins to buy 10 MRE, I stored everything inside the newly build kitchen shelf that I made and only took the smokes with me. It only 4 pm in the afternoon right now, so I take the chance to relax in now newly made chairs and tables in the living room and light up my cigarette.
"huff~..Fuhhh~..that's hit the spot…time to buy new skills…".