Doesn't feel bad.

We've got rooms inside storage now.

Yeah… I'd been with Dea-kun nonstop, so I had some… pent-up things. There are, indeed, things you can only do alone! Whew. Thank goodness for perfect soundproofing.

 

 

"Fwaa… morning—"

"Ah, g-good morning, Karina-neesan… Please, your clothes, wear your clothes properly!"

Dea's face went red. Whoops, I was still in underwear. My bad… or is your first-love Onee-san in her underwear a treat? Hm. Doesn't feel bad. I'll change, though.

"So, we're 'on the road to Solasidor' right now — on paper that is — so we've got two or three days. Let's beef up this base."

"? What do you mean?"

"Well, it's actually—"

I explained how moving from Solasidor to Véraldo in an instant made Karina Shonin-chan suspicious, and that Karina Shonin-chan is supposedly already departed from Véraldo.

"… You can move between towns instantly?"

"Yup. Which means I could deliver Kumin in an instant too — if I wanted. I don't."

"Better not to. Once you start doing that, there's no end to how far is acceptable."

Not that I'd refuse transport fees, but I don't know how to price it.

"So I thought we'd spend a couple days upgrading the base! Oh — what about your ID? I totally forgot."

"I do have one. But if I'm to match you as a merchant, I should get an ID at the Adventurers' or Merchants' Guild… or I could become a slave."

Slave…? Dea!?

Making such a cute 'girl' a slave — that's some taboo spice.

"L-let's not. Adventurers' Guild is fine — it's cheap."

"Then we'll register in Solasidor."

We'll just form a normal adventurer party and list him as my helper.

"Also, there's no door to the outside yet, so you can't enter or exit my storage without me. How do we handle that? I could watch over you forever?"

"If you can manage it like my room's door, we can rent a private room at an inn and place a door there. Then remove it when we check out."

So just use an inn as a base.

Makes sense — that's the obvious, natural answer.

Even if we're isolated from the outside en route, think of it like being on a ship. If it's safe, so much the better.

"Let's add more rooms, then. A bath! Maybe a garden too!"

"Then, please add a toilet near the rooms… It's a long run to go to the pirate base."

"Toilet, got it. Easy. We'll use the slime from the base."

My scavenger slime is female-only, so Dea can't use it. Right, he's been using the base's toilet.

"I was going to use the pirates' boat for a bath, but the bottom isn't flat — it'd wobble. Hm."

"Er, how did you handle the sea the ship was floating on? The sea remains."

"Eh? I just depressed the 'ground' and — oh. Do that again and we don't need a boat. Smart, Dea. Good boy."

"P-please don't treat me like a child… mm."

I patted his head. He narrowed his eyes, complaining but pleased. So cute.

With spatial magic, I can control water temperature easily. I can also separate out dirt.

Which means I'll be on bath duty, huh.

A sauna would be nice. And a cold plunge. Hehe, this is going great!

"Um, about the garden you mentioned — can you make one?"

"Yeah. Sunlight through the windows, bring in soil and water from outside. Buy seeds, or transplant fruit trees from the forest."

We could even make a plot outside and put a door straight to it.

Buying land in some town could work too.

"Your magic can do anything."

"Pretty much. It's a gift from the Goddess, after all."

"I suppose you need this much power to save the world."

Honestly, it was overkill even for bullying that self-styled Chaos God. Yeah.