Rhefia utilized her Earth Magic to mark out the areas that I wanted her too, allowing us to better visualize just what the place would look like when we were ready to start building on it, with the most drastic change to the landscape itself coming from where the house would be located, since I would need to build it off of the grass and have it supported up from the sandy shoal of the riverbed.
Thankfully it wouldn't be too much of an issue since I had repeatedly confirmed that my system -for one reason or another - seemed to defy most laws of physics as I placed a floor in the middle of the camp, floating above the ground by a few feet.
I made sure it'd stay by having someone crawl on top of it, which Kalia did to demonstrate that it would remain in the air despite the fact that it shouldn't be feasible at all.
When Sari, Heila, and Prixisia saw that they were floored, their jaws hanging open as they stared at the floating wooden platform in silence for a minute or so before turning to stare at me, confused on how I had managed to do that.
"You..! Wha... How... This is- How in the FUCK?!"
Sari stared at the platform before looking back at me, then back at Kalia as she tried to wrap her head around what just happened, making the rest of us chuckle in amusement at her reaction.
Helping Kalia off of the platform, I stored it away and turned to my Catkin wife, tapping her nose as I said "No bad words in front of Aka!"
She pursed her lips as she looked down at the curious kit in her arms, who was looking between us before returning to her nap, making me smile as I stroked her fluffy black ears.
"I... Still! How was THAT possible?! No support, no mana, no nothing?! It just... floated?!"
I shrugged at her words, glancing at Heila and Prixisia as I replied "I have no idea how it's possible, just that I can do it. Which means no one tells anyone else about it, alright~? This is also why I was more inclined to build our own house instead of buying one in the city; I can make everything to our specifications, so there's no need to worry about not getting what we want or need. Besides that, I do think I can create a basement as well with no problem, and it could probably be rather large as well, so..."
The Catkin was still staring at me in confusion before she just shook her head, pinching her nose as she muttered "Floating structures... why not, right? There had to be a catch; everything was just too~ perfect with this family, wasn't it?"
Letting out a sigh, Sari took a deep breath before looking down at Aka, who was resting her head against her Dama's soft chest and looking out over the river idly, her red eyes as tired as ever.
"Fine... fine, whatever... You can bend all known truths about gravity. Now what? Are we doing any building today, or..?"
Taking a look at the suns position, I pursed my lips before shaking my head, instead gesturing to the picnic area / training grounds and saying "Let's just move the carts and tents over here, so that we can start getting things ready to be built tomorrow. I want to... not 'falsify', but... leave a trail that would make sense for a house suddenly popping up into existence here, so we'll need to go grab some materials and ship them over. Start out small and grow at a steady pace."
Everyone nodded, before listening further as I added "That means we'll be living in these tents and in the carriages for a little longer, alright? My plan is to get the basement squared away first, since that's out of sight - unless someone investigates our land without us knowing - and moving us down there first for the space... if you want to be down below, anyways. Besides that, Rhefia and Kalia, you'll both need to work together to get the gardens and the pathways set up for everything. Maybe even create some kind of walls that look presentable for the time being around the perimeter."
With a plan in mind, we deconstructed the camp and moved it to it's new, temporary position, and as the sun began to set over the horizon, I set all of the workstations down and began to get to work preparing for the building.
I needed supports for the basement, stone platforms and walls for the structure of it, a shovel, and so much more just for the basement; that meant I needed to further my recipes regarding stone and how to better craft it, while also getting the materials prepared for other things, like nails, latches, fittings, hinges... anything I could need for sophisticated doors and windows.
That also included getting new work stations crafted to begin getting other things ready, like a glass kiln and firing kilns for windows and tiles respectively, so I was a busy bee as I zipped between each of the stations, all while I set out some other things for the rest of the family to occupy themselves with.
Camara continued to carve and hone her skills with her hands, while Aethisia and Sari trained out in the field, with Rhefia watching over them as they alternated between watching over the three children and training.
Kalia was perusing the plots dedicated to the gardens and crop fields, looking them over and preparing them with her magic for the seeds that we would sow in a few days, with her Dama trailing beside her and chatting with her as they moved from one spot to another.
Prixisia busied herself with a bundle of her herbs, preparing them and storing them away as she watched me work, while Heila prepared dinner for us, using the ingredients I handed to her to make something scrumptious as each of us worked up an appetite.
We went to sleep that night content with everything and prepared to meet the Noble who would be determining if we could utilize that land beside the Queen's forest, each of us praying that she wasn't an insufferable woman.