Ten days had passed after Nathanâs visit to the Frexia Academy. Nathan finally received a call from Evelyn regarding the cores.
It looked like they managed to get all the cores needed for his domain. Without hesitation, Nathan headed to the area, this time with Selena, Sera, and Flora.
"Weâve gotten the cores." Evelyn laid down one core on the ground while pointing to the side, showing the filled-up crystals. These crystals were the ones Evelyn used to charge the ena. Since it was filled by the first core, Nathan had to use it first to use the other core.
"All right." Nathan nodded. He already had an idea of how he should proceed, thanks to Evelyn.
"So, youâre going to create a domain here?" Selena asked.
"Yeah. I have thought about it. This is the layout." Nathan drew a simple sketch in the soil. "Right now, the biggest boundary will be the entire forest as well as these two mountains. Inside, I will create two more areas.
"The first one contains the deceleration-type domain, which will slow down the realm inside. For now, I will be making a contract with 10x deceleration. In other words, ten days here is one day outside.
"The second one contains the acceleration-type domain. The acceleration is set to be 5 times. This is for the general idea, especially for herbs to grow. However, Iâm planning to create another one that will be set to 20 times. This is the place for the world tree to grow."
Selena nodded in understanding. "Then, if we train inside this deceleration domain, doesnât that mean we will become much older than weâre supposed to?"
"..." Sera and Flora were staring at him, wanting to know the answer. In fact, Evelyn and the others were worried about it at first, but they stopped after Nathan showed that key.
âLooks like theyâre worried about their age. Canât be helped.â Nathan smiled awkwardly before shaking his head. "Of course not. Iâm creating a card that can nullify the time deceleration. As a result, your body will age according to the time outside. But thatâs just the body. I canât do anything for the soul."
"Fair enough. The soul is our consciousness after all." Selena nodded in understanding.
Bella winked playfully while adding, "But donât you know that this guy loves mature girls but with beautiful appearances?"
"Thatâs definitely true." Selena nodded while staring at Bella and Evelyn. These two were the examples after all.
"Ahem." Nathan coughed to grab their attention. "Anyway, thatâs the current plan. Right now, Iâm planning to use some ena to create the small domain first. The biggest one will have to wait until I have more ena to spend.
"Before I start, there are two things I want to tell you guys." Nathan pointed at the mountain on the south. "I want you to use that mountain to create a natural fortress."
"Natural fortress?" Selena raised her eyebrows.
Flora remembered Nathan telling her about the dream. "Ah. Youâre talking about that dream?"
"Dream?" Bella and Evelyn didnât know anything about this. Vivian whispered, "Theyâre talking about his dreams. He had two dreams. The first was about the invasion of aliens, while the second was related to the loss he had suffered during that invasion.
"But it should be pretty accurate. After all, that dream told him first about the volcanic eruption before it occurred."
"Oh!" Bella and Evelyn couldnât help but look up. If it prophesied the volcanic eruption, it might be true.
"If weâre truly getting invaded by a thousand elite class aliens, we will be ruined. Even a fortress wonât be enough, but itâs definitely needed." Flora looked down. "Selena. Help me find an investor."
"Sure." Selena nodded.
"For now, you donât need a lot of money. Considering we also need some manpower to create that fortress, you can take your time and make sure the information doesnât go out.
"As for money, you can bring it from selling the magical plants for now. They fetch a good price. Besides, these magical plants will be different because they can directly increase the amount of ena within your body."
Flora agreed. "In that case, how about getting Alavenyaâs help? Iâm talking about her father."
"I will leave the rest to you. Just make sure to protect the domain because itâs a very useful one."
"Indeed. Well, the Dragon King should be able to protect the domain just fine. If we entice him with the deceleration domain, I donât think he wonât mind protecting it."
"For the time being, I will be creating five keys for each type of domain. All of you should get one."
"Sure. How about our house?"
Nathan pointed at the other mountain. "That one is nice. By creating the mansion there, we can create a smaller fortress to expand our great wall. We will use the natural terrain for the defense of the opposite side."
"Fair point. Since this is not a city, it should be fine. In that case, we also need another facility that can host the teleportation to go back and forth to the first city."
"Yes, Evelyn will take care of it later."
Vivian stepped forward. "These are the books you can use as a reference. Taking care of the plants is easy. Just make sure to infuse your energy into the air once in a while. Also, make sure to keep the soil fertile. We have a lot of organic material around. The rest will be set up by my familiars right now."
"The ash finally has some use."
"Yeah. The world tree only needs extensive nutrients during its growth phase, so gather the ash if you have the time to do it."
"Thatâs easy. We can just allow people to dump the ash in our territory, and weâll be able to get it without spending money." Flora grinned.
Nathan smiled. It looked like it was the correct choice to let them manage their real home.
"Since weâre done discussing the matter of the household, itâs time to focus on the domains." Nathan turned around. "Master."
"Sure."
Nathan formed several contracts, and Vivian would be assisting him by providing the ena once the contract used up the ena within the crystals.