"Yeah … how'd you know?" Alice looked surprised. As I uncovered Alice's problems in training ,she asked looking at me with surprise building up.
"Heh, well there is more to building up stamina… you have to think of other things too."
"Like what?" it seemed that Alice was quite eager to know but she wasn't pushing me for it.. I really was wrong the first time… she was proud of who she was…. It was natural really. She was born from the strongest in this country, looked after by the strongest humans in the world and followed by a unyielding personality with prodigy level talent… it would be weird if she hadn't had that built up Ego. Still for her to look at me with not scorn but something else… she was definitely not just a snot nosed brat or a sheltered girl...
"So you want to learn?"
"You would teach me?" it wasn't a mocking but a surprised comeback from Alice. She might have believed that after all the things she had said until the point of our duel… I would not look at her with good light… but
"It will be hard….." I said.
"Will it make me stronger?" She asked
"Well physically it would make you double your strength and speed if you can master it but it can even seep out your stamina too."
"Then ? What good is it? I need to improve my stamina… I learned that after fighting you…" I was right.. She was not just anyone… The girl had a way of life.. She would only show respect to who she wants to… it is not something that will always work her way.. But for now I liked her personality.
"Hmm at first let me teach you then….." as such I held no grudge against Alice… if she can let bygones be bygones, then so can I.
"What are you doing..?" I Had come close to Alice. This was a technique that I myself knew about. I could just share the memory of how to do it to her. Also, only I could share specific memories like this; it was one of the system's own skills.. This way she would know exactly what to do and it wouldn't waste her time.
"Hold on. focus when you see something in your mind okay… now close your eyes…" I pushed my forehead to her's and I started to transfer the memory..
"Hey! Focus.."
"Yes!!" Alice seemed to fidget a little but then she got a hold of the thing that I was doing and after the transfer was finished, I moved away. I let her think it through and understand the technique.
"It's…. unthinkable, how can someone do that even while in combat!" Alice seemed to grasp the technique fast. Even though I had given her the memory, she still had to figure it out, but she had done it faster than I thought..
"Heh heh... this technique can change the way a battle can go …."
"That is true but…."
"Here touch where my heart is….. Can you feel it… I use that breathing technique 24 hours without a break, so if you get to this level, you wouldn't even feel that this is something unthinkable… Can you feel the energy that is circulating within the body? No matter how I looked from the outside… the inside is as strong as can be."
"Yes… you really are…. Doing it. And after touching you… you really did look different until any contact was made… is this some kind of technique for any reason? What's the point of looking weak?" She seemed to look at me like I was an alien..
"Hmm… I wouldn't say it has any deep meaning behind it… but Alice, I lived in hiding most of my life. The place was filled with deadly things… you can't blame me for being like this… but anyway. No matter how others look at me… would you learn this breathing technique?"
"Yes I will try it…. No, I will master this technique." She had a resolute face now. Our spar had come to an abrupt end, so I waved bye to her and went to my land to grind today's work…
But still, I never thought that Alice would take advice from me so readily…
I don't mind her though, she was my age and making friends with the sister of my future partner wasn't all that bad. It's nice to get along isn't it? I hardly knew that the next time I met Alice, she would turn out to be my 2nd future partner… in other words… yeah… I was moving towards the path Granny had been making for a long time.
....
Today's work would mark the finish for the base of the house. I had already made needed preparations for that so as I started the work, I could see that the work was getting well connected to my original plans. Although I had little knowledge about building a house, I had analyzed our mansion and the overlord's castle with the help of the system by flowing miasma throughout the castle. The system had analyzed it all.
I didn't know that Miasma could be used like that and I was already finding new ways to use it… I don't see why people called it useless..
[Well it was created from the sufferings of humanity and everyone alike….]
Hmm well… at least those sufferings are being used in some way...
After a few hours the base was done and the whole area that the house would be built upon had pillars all over the place and the pitch looked like it was cemented… the way that the pillars that would support the house came out felt as if it came out of the group out of nowhere… I could hear some astonishing sighs from the maids who had come over to me to give some refreshments.
Since I was able to control my spiritual power much better than yesterday, the pressure I had exuded today was far less. still my maids were strong willed from the start. Among them I saw that Systy had even taken a direct hit from my pressure yesterday as she had protected the other maids from the force, so I could say that she was cut above the rest of them…. Although a certain someone was even stronger…
"Here young master, have something to drink…" Mai gave me a cold glass of juice. She looked as weak as her slim physic presented… but man… Mai might be able to beat me as I am now...
"Ahhh! That feels great….." after drinking the cold drink, I couldn't stop myself from saying it.
"Ayna made them from the idea you gave her…." Systy said… she was still looking around. I wondered if she was interested in building and stuff…
"Hmm I see… well she is awesome as always...so…. well most of the base work is done, I just need to ...."
"Hmm I see Young master...you were making the foundation this whole time…." Said Systy interrupting me…
"But Master, why are these pillars so thick? I don't think I've ever seen someone make them this thick..?"
"Well the thing is, your base needs to be well made if you want to make a high enough building. since the base work is the most important for high constructions. I have made this as a permanent thing and then, if I want I can proceed upwards without worrying. also these thick pillars could support your constructions like none other. Since this came all the way up from the base…."
As I explained, most of the maids were seen scratching their heads and only Systy was in interest…
"What!...But I've never seen this method…"
"He he, then I guess I just invented it....?" This was one of the methods of making skyscrapers in the 21st century. Well at least the idea has come from that… I had seen a documentary of making skyscrapers, luckily that came in handy even if a little….
"Young master, by now I think you have invented 40 to 50 new things that can easily affect the evolution in human history…" Mai said that with a wry look….
"What? these are all some kids' little ideas, don't take them so seriously okay…" I tried to deflect Mai since I didn't want people to start coming and saying that make me this and that… not to mention, I had only implemented some thinking in order to live more luxuriously and with much more comfort. There is no reason to over publish the things that I had done. People would surely want those things too then, and I think that will make more hassle than it ought to.
As Mai was perceptive, she understood my feelings and didn't go forward with that topic. After our break was over this time only Systy was here. She said she could handle my Pressure so she stayed to see my work from up close…. of course since I wielded spirit energy, one could progress a lot just from seeing me use it, and for someone as talented as Systy, she didn't seem to be that scared to take the challenge, I thought only Alice was a prodigy, but it seems Systy was also a genius in her own sense. of course she had no arrogance to herself, rather she was very subservient. and never thought of seconding something her master said to her.
Soon walls after walls started to come out of the ground and started to fix themselves around the pitch and the pillars, like a jigsaw puzzle being solved. Black smoke could be seen moving around them. It was miasma….. With its material conversion skill, the Miasma was making necessary materials to finalize and fix the positions of each sections. Most of these were controlled by the System, I was only directing the work, as the work developed, I came to realize that my building skills had really increased… Was this also something that I had newly developed? As the hours passed by, my spirit energy got drained more and more. Since today's work was mostly creating materials, my supply of earth energy had depleted faster...
But still by the end of the day, I could see the ground floor was more or less finished….. Although the walls looked a little rough, I could make adjustments as I want….later on. as for my reserves for spirit energy that never depleted, I mean Ridge she was... no where to be seen, I hope she can manage without her spirit energy.
Everyone was left speechless. Since I had done the work underground till now, everyone didn't see what I was doing but as the work came above the ground, most of them saw that a house was being born above the land on its own. Systy, who had been interested, was immersed in checking out every aspect of the building…. Although the most eye-catching display was the sheer size of what I was making. As a skyscraper's base was often quite large, you can say that the size everyone was expecting was overwhelmed by this display. still, there was no gates or windows installed yet, so there was only sections that stood out like an opening.
.....
It was already night. I was feeling sleepy even while having dinner.. After work, I didn't have the mental capacity to keep awake anymore… I know it was easier today to control the spirit energy and I over worked myself in the pace of working faster. to the point where it was even hard to stand still now.
"You know seeing you like this feels more natural.." Gramps said….as he looked at me…
"Yeah….don't work so hard okay Dear… I mean just how much mana do you have? to build a floor in one day alone…." Granny was more knowledgeable in this department, so she knew just what kind of ridiculous amount I had made and controlled…. No wonder she was astonished…
"Hmm.. sorry everyone... I didn't…. See that I would get so tired…...haaaa…" I was nodding off too… that's how somehow I made it through dinner and as soon as I made it to my room, I laid on my bed and fell asleep... I don't think I had a sleep this deep for a long time.
...
It was morning already and I could hear birds chirping outside but this morning I felt rather blissful yeah…. my Body felt extra relaxed as if all the intensified frustrations had been exerted out. it was so light as if I could fly out into the sky.
but my lightness couldn't have been more heavy, I know it had been a while since did somthing perverted like grasping a maid in my sleep and grabbing her till morning but still this time, I think I really did something indecent….
"Well…. You've been doing it the whole night you know….."
As I saw Ridge, she was in her full body form and as usual, she looked elegant….at least that's what I would like to say but I could see that her face was flushed red… rather it couldn't be any more flushed even if she tried to, Her white pajamas that was a simple trouser and t-shirt which she made from looking at my sleepwear's was dismaying, the clothes looked see through as she looked drenched in sweat. One of my hands was on her boob and the other one was on her ass. Both of them seemed as if it was glued to her body...
As I slowly removed them, Ridge made a sensual "ahhh!" sound and I think I may have been enjoying them all night…. As if my hands had left a visible mark from being there all night, Ridge couldn't help but get red.
As a slight guilt passed through my mind… Ridge on the bed seemed to curl up a bit..
"Sorry….It was my fault…." I tried to say sorry. I mean Granny did say that in my sleep I had monster strength but I think this is even beyond that, as Ridge was a spirit and at a high level one at that… but still she had been trapped…
"No…. it was my fault….but but…. I don't think I can be married anymore…." She was flustered and red. It wasn't that she looked disgusted, it was just that she was embarrassed... she looked at me as if I was someone that she couldn't even fathom understand.
"I mean…. I… well...well can spirits really get married….?"
"Well they can… but most of them don't...but you know us earth spirits are a little… old fashioned that way…" Ridge said as she was still avoiding my eye contact… I thought she was much more mature in these situations. Sometimes she even teased me about this stuff, we even took baths together... then what was the change this time? Since she had a very mature aura and appearance, she had many times made my heart skip a beat.
It seemed that since her spirit energy was drained, she had returned to her natural form. To refill her spirit energy She slept on my bed near me to get the most effectiveness and got in my hands. by the time she realized, she had….ended up in this situation… by how red she got while saying this part, I may have touched every nook and cranny of her body, and of course, no openings were left untouched, although my hands did all the work, even then, it seems the sleeping me had done things that she never had experienced in her life which made her feel things she had also never felt, of course my bed was already proof enough for that.
"But… you know we even bathed together. Although I think I have done something wrong really really wrong, I think you can still get married…." That's right I believe that even in sleep I won't go and cross that final line.
"No… Rekka it's not you, it's me…! It….felt so good in your arms all night I don't… think I can…. Think of any man but you now…..!"
She said that while getting smaller and smaller and eventually she flew away in embarrassment while she turned into her hand sized form… Then I remembered one thing: spirits tend to be simple minded so something like this had to affect them in some way… And Ridge really did have to stay isolated for who knows how many years...
well … at least It wasn't painful…. To her…..
[...you took down a spirit without a fight….. It's said that breaking a spirit's will is harder than taking over the world…. and I saw it all, how you made her squirm and all! it was... fascinating.]
I didn't break anyone… Please don't talk as if I just pleasured a girl until it made her eventually accept my proposal.
[If she said that she can't think of another man now… I don't know how you would interpret it as anything else… ah how I am proud of you lad.. Not even grown up but already ruining spirits in sleep… I see so there really is more to it than killing!]
sigh... Amanori took all the wrong teachings from me...
"Young master, if I had known you were having these urges, I would have prepared some maids for you...OH! My worthlessness!" Mai on the other hand who was looking at this whole affair said her final words... in a very dramatic way… it felt like everyday I got to see something new from her…
To think a morning like this was waiting after last night...