The crafting took little time at all, and I had a large amount of supplies stuffed away inside of my inventory as I began to meticulously lay out the various walls inside of the building, leaving nearly three quarters of the main floor open for the large kitchen, eating area, lounge and more while I placed two identical bedrooms on either sides of the central staircase that the building had.
Since this was the first floor, I decided that the rooms down here would be a little more 'luxurious' in terms of space since the people down here would likely be the more important workers, so more than likely Arani and Biscuit, or whomever took over the kitchen duties depending on if they wanted to cook their own meals.
With that out of the way, I laid down the furniture next and nodded to myself at the simple yet necessary furnishings as I placed a bed, wardrobe, small mirror, desk and chair inside of those rooms, leaving enough space for personalization but giving them what they needed.
Heading upstairs I began to do the same thing, upgrading the existing walls and flooring before placing down my own walls as I created a long hallway of rooms that led to the next staircase, though around both staircases was a small lounge to hangout should you want to remain on your floor.
It took a little while to organize everything to my liking and make sure everything wasn't actually identical so that the inhabitants wouldn't be too suspicious, and I also had to - begrudgingly - ensure there was some wear and tear inside of the building since this was a building that had been known to have been inhabited.
That made everything just a bit longer than I wanted it to be, but considering I had peeked out the window to see Renna kissing Christina deeply before pushing the Beekin to her knees I was willing to take a little longer if it meant watching my lover be sneaky about her desires~!
Even more so since it was ammunition for later when I wanted to tease my lover and make her feel 'guilty' about this so that it was easier for me to have her agree to have sex in one or two of these rooms.
Either way, the floor plans were rather simple at the end of the day, and they didn't take too much time to create as I put up walls, doorframes, laid down furniture and even took the time to ensure the windows were clean and not a hinderance to whomever was sleeping, meaning some rooms needed more time than others.
All in all it took me maybe two hours to get the entire building done, and by then I had decided that I might as well go ahead and open the roof up to everyone as a terrace, where I began to set up some simple umbrellas and awnings to provide shade from the sun while also bolting them to the building to ensure they weren't blown away.
That was a bit more fun since I couldn't be too obvious about everything thanks to the buildings nearby that could see me, so I had to work normally as I set up railings and everything else 'by hand', and when that was done I finally went back downstairs and watched as Renna set up a nice garden and crop field for everyone to take care of and harvest, though I didn't miss how she just so happened to always be grinding against Duru as the Antkin helped dig everything out.
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Aethisia PoV
Sinking into the soft embrace of the sofa, I sighed happily as I stared at the river just outside of the house and realized how much better life was here, in this world, compared to the one I had been living in.
Who would have thought, I know, but hey... I did have it somewhat made in my old world, albeit with no real friends or a lover, but I still didn't need for anything, and I had my wants in surplus, so...
Yeah.
Especially now that my needs had shifted a little; sex wasn't a 'need' per se, but in this family, with the person I had been born to?
It was a need, and that need was fulfilled over and over again, though as I sipped on the tankard of beer that we were allowed to have finally I glanced over at my Dama and asked "If we were a more... 'normal' family that didn't have Mother, what would be different?"
She snorted at that and sipped on her own tankard before replying "Normal as in I don't let you bang my wife whenever you want? Or let her go out and fuck whomever she thinks has a big cock? That kind of normal?"
"Yeah... what would the difference be like? What is a normal Deerkin family meant to be like?"
"Very different. Not bad different, just different. You and Camara would have been given many a suggestion on what to do for a job already with some nudging to get your own place and find a mate soon, though the house would remain open to you at all times, even to the point of you adding rooms to our house for your own family if you wanted to stay nearby.
Most likely you would've found yourself in some combat role somewhere in the city, maybe working under me; Camara would've as well unless you two still ended up together. Astra would be asked but not forced to take a more home centric role, and if I had still met Heila she would have likely been doing the same. Again, different but not that different really. Why?"
Pursing my lips, I stared at the slightly sweet golden liquid sloshing around in the wooden tankard and pondered on her words a little before sighing as I just replied "I was just thinking, really. Wondering what its like for people other than our family."
"Not as much fun. More work, less play, less security. The life you've seen has been far more... peaceful than what most people see. As long as you know that there's nothing wrong with it. When we were in Geard and Winter was coming, if I hadn't known that your Mother could do the things that she could..."
Dama trailed off a little and gave me a small smile, though there was no mirth behind it as she just shook her head, and I wondered about that; the Winter had been terrible even in our home, but the reason had entirely been because of the cooped up feeling.
We hadn't wanted for anything in that time besides exercise, but for the rest of the world... how terrible was Winter, and what was Summer going to be like?
"Count your blessings just like I count mine, Aethisia. Your Mother is a true Goddess send for us all. If things had turned out a little differently between me and her after Heila, well... I don't know if I would've been keen to let her go. It's a gold digger mentality of sorts, sure, but when it means a comfortable life of doing little versus having to work hard before those seasons hit, then I would do anything to guarantee that. Seriously..."
She sighed again and drained her tankard, before fixing me with a stare as she added "Now that you got me thinking, you don't really do much else around here do you? That's gotta change. Thanks for reminding me.", which made me groan as I reluctantly nodded, though my thoughts were still floating about as I asked her a few more questions, satiating my curiosity.