Chapter 3: what is family.

”What do you mean by can't stay with you?”

” I-I am a part of a family and I don't want to leave them.” Leia answered with a weak voice

Matt crumbled onto the chair” Tell me how?”

”Well when I first came into this world, I had no mana and the world didn't yet have any either, what did you expect me to do? Die to the cold? They are nice people and took me in and I love them” she looked to the ground Embarrassed after all she is old enough to be a great grandmother yet she is happy being treated like an only child.

”So, a bunch of humans spoiled you rotten so you stuck to them like a kitten.” Matt's glare was sharper than his blades, he hated the idea of his wife being spoiled by someone other than him, add the fact that she won't live with him like he dearly wished and you may start seeing why he is glaring so hard.

”It’s not that bad, right? We can still play after school. Okay? So please don't be so mad”

”Why in the seven hells does a saint like you need something so idiotic as school and it isn't like they have anything they can teach you.” He rubbed his head feeling like he is going to get a headache. how the fuck can you give an elemental a God dame headache wifey.

”Mom said school is important and that I must go and focus!”

She said with absolute Faith. To which Matt could do nothing but slap his forehead to make sure that his brain is still in place.

” I give up have fun with your family and come visit me when you can.”

“NO! That won't happen. You must go to school too so we can have fun together! And you look as old as I am. We can be in the same class” she said with an angelic and happy smile.

“How did you become the star saint?” He was confused at how someone like her could be given such a great title.

“I have no idea!” She said with a giggle.

“Ugh, I will see what I can do.” He finally Surrendered

She leaned in and kissed him “Thanks for everything, love.” she whispered in his ear

“Anything for you, love” he answered with a smile

“Sorry but it's time for me to go back matt.” She spread her wings of light ready to go back home.

“Have this first” he calls her before she flies off.

And hands her a black butterfly bracelet.

” You know what it is right?”

“Yes, how could I forget” she looks happily at the bracelet. Then flies off using a barrier of light to protect her from water, she leaves and the glass bubble closes so quickly no water came inside.

“Time for work”

First on the list is establishing a domain

He sat on the floor and focused, he filled the dome with glass mana then solidified it all into glass, then shifted the form into that of a drill made with metallic glass, then started digging into the ground all the displaced dirt and stone where replaced behind the drill.

This should be deep enough, onto the next phase.

The drill compressed into an orb then, many tentacle-like extensions moved in all directions, then expanded into rooms, some were filled with nothing but runes others full of magic Circles.

then all the rooms wrapped around the original orb making the structure sphere-like.

The sage was not done yet he pushed great amounts of mana into the structure using it to reinforce the structure with metallic glass and kick start the runes and magic circles.

Then more glass extended out like tentacles, but this time it was all covered in runes, they spread far, covering great distances.

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Final touches.

Out of the sage's hand from the glass that made up his body he made a perfect sphere, inside it, he filled it with extremely complex and dense magic circuits. He then separated the sphere from his body and connected it to the rest of the, now, dungeon.

”Inglouse is to be your name.”

” Your purpose is collecting mana and storing it,

Protection, of the dungeon and its inhabitants, and expansion of the domain and assisting me in any way possible”

< Affirmative>

It's finally over.

With his task done the sage collapsed onto the ground exhausted.

…...

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a mana dense capsule.

It seems I fainted because of mana exhaustion. I delved deeper into my body only to find it filled with mana circuits ones I didn't put there

This should not be possible when I tried this stunt back when I was human I nearly died

”Inglouse, did you modify something inside my body?”

(< Positive>)

” What exactly?”

()

But I tried putting a core inside me but it also failed. Ah! It must be because my body as an elemental is far more magically robust.

” Thank you Inglouse.”

”Can you let me out now?”

The capsule slid open, finally freeing me.

Stretching my back, I think about the next step.

Looking around the rooms sure do look bland with nothing worth mentioning other than glass Furniture, I need capital, I need to make this place more comfortable and convenient for Leia, I might be fine with a glass bed, but she needs an actual one.

Okay let's make some quick money,

He summoned a block of glass and started shaping it into a hyper-realistic sculpture of a Knight on a horse.

I still got it. I am sure some old Nobel will love this thing.

But now I need to find a buyer.

Maybe Leia knows something.

He focused on the bracelet he gave his wife

(” Leia, know a place I can sell one of my sculptures to?”)

(”Just sell it on Amezon”)

(”Uhhhh on what?”)

(“O right your new I can sell for you later but we really need you to get up to speed on technology”)

(“Okay I am waiting for you”)

Well let’s sculpt some more

Next came something more iconic

A sword stabbed in a rock of course all made of glass.

A hyper-realistic griffin.

A hyper-realistic manticore.

A nightmarish hyper-realistic death specter.

A hyper-realistic recreation of the battle between the warlord of the north and the warlord of the south

And a recreation of the dance of our wedding ceremony. I'm keeping this one

And lastly a hyper-realistic recreation of the council gods but instead of me there it’s a stand where anyone can stand on to be judged

Just as I finished all the sculptures of the gods,

I saw them light up, and they began speaking,

“Sage of glass I did not expect you to make such an Altar in our honor,” said the god of law

Fuck I didn’t mean to get these guys here

“Truly? You did this by mistake?” Answered the god of law to my thoughts, seemingly dumbfounded.

And of course, the god of chaos started laughing his ass off

“Did ya hear that law?! Ahahahhaaaaa that is what you get for having such a long stick up your ass!! Hahahhahaaaaaa”

Matt could swear he heard the glass that made the current body of the chaos god crack form how hard he was laughing

Taking the opportunity, the goddess of love spoke

“I am so happy you and Leia get to be together again”

“it’s all due to your blessings lady love.”

The sage answered the goddess

“Now now, Sage of glass I have a Mission only you can fulfill”

Spoke the god of law

“What is in it for me”

“My forgiveness for twisting my laws” answered the god of law

“I gladly accept,” the sage answered quickly.

“The mission is simple, some humans while doing some testing contaminated some mana into miasma, I want you to set up this magic circuit into your dungeon to process it into mana before the world makes the steps necessary to process it”

So he wants me to slow down the apprentice of demons until the humans have a fair chance against them.

“Exactly,” said the god

“Very well give me the circuit and the resources necessary to build it.”

A ray of light shot out of the god’s hand, hitting the sage and being absorbed by him.

“Now go!”

With another flash of light, the sculptures Returned to normal. And with a flick of his hand, he shattered them.

Let's not make that mistake again

And so, he went to take care of another troublesome problem.