The capital was quite boisterous. The awakened young adults from all over the territory had arrived at the capital. Three days later they will be going to the academy.
Karla had been walking the streets of the capital along with Blue. She was very excited to have finally arrived at this place after over a decade. She used to live here before but now she is home in Carnova.
After seeing all the tourist spots throughout the city and eating many local delicacies, she left with him to go to the headquarters of the Guild Alliance. She had already received some advice from him about how the food and drinks from now on wouldn't turn into wastes but disappear after nourishing the body, sustenance had become voluntary for her.
She was fascinated when she learned this just after her body purification. She was still told by him to make sure to eat in front of others lest they grow suspicious of you.
She had also learned much about her Time Remote skill. He reminded her of many caution on when to use it and what to say if someone questioned along that line as well as many scenarios that she never even thought before.
In her heart, his image grew more and more radiant. He seemed to have thought of a solution to every trouble they could come across. Another thing she was happy about was that her mother could now accompany her.
Not in the public but within his peculiar skill.
°°°°
Blue watched the retreating figures of Laura and Karla after he told them to wait for night time before he could activate the skill. With Laura's consent the system notified him of the latest update.
Ding!
[Main mission (The True Home) has been completed. Please check the Mission menu to collect your reward]
He casually sat on the chair Karla was sitting on earlier as he opened the [Mission] menu and collected his reward.
Ding!
[Mission]
[Current Main Mission: None
Ongoing Side Mission: 0
Completed Main Mission: 1
(The True Home)
Completed Side Mission: 2]
Ding!
[Collect The Reward?]
[Yes/Later]
Ding!
[A new menu has been unlocked. Please check the spectral screen]
He checked the spectral screen and indeed saw a new menu unlocked and displayed there.
Ding!
[The Progenitor System]
[System Level: 4/??]
[Evolution Rank: Awakened (Initial)]
[Next Evolution Requirements: ??]
[Menu Unlocked: 5/??]
[Host Stats] [Appraisal] [Mission] [Subspace] [Clan Manor] [??]...
He opened the new menu [Clan Manor] to confirm his suspicions. He was certain that this menu wouldn't deviate much from the similar means he knew about from a certain branch of the human race.
Ding!
[Clan Manor menu overview will be revealed for host's convenience]
[Overview: Clan Manor menu is where host can allow entity who met either one of four conditions to reside within a habitable space that could be carried along within the host. First, the entity has to have a favorability point of 60 or above. Second, the entity has to be part of host's clan. Third, the entity's intelligence has to be very low compared to host. Fourth, the entity can neglect the previous three conditions in case of being inanimate. The habitable space within is 1km². The host can select an environment template that will change the initial blank surrounding accordingly to the 1km² limit. It draws aether from the surrounding passively. A building that caters to an unawakened and an awakened with unpurified body's most of the needs could be instantly created and placed within the habitable space's chosen location, just for one time, after host selects a building template that doesn't exceed the space of 100m². Anytime entry privilege is given to the entity who has been marked inside by host's semen]
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As he read the long overview of this menu, he took a deep breath. There was just too much to digest.
The first thing he thought after completing the overview was that,
"It's similar to the 'inner world' I knew of but it has been severely downgraded. Except for selecting templates for the environment and a building of choice that could be instantly created as a novelty, there are more restrictions added and the space area itself is too small. In short, it is barely passable."
"That part about marking Karla's inside on the side mission turns out to be for this purpose. This system really wanted to give her an entry privilege. Tsk! tsk!"
He concluded exasperatedly as he decided to work on it.
He went out and arrived on the beach. He chose the environment template of Carnova from the beach to the mansion that touched the 1km² limit. The blank environment within the [Clan Manor] changed to the selected template with a beach, seaside and all the way up to the space where the mansion should have been. There's naturally a day and night cycle. Only the environment had been changed to perfection as the buildings and other man-made structures had been excluded thoroughly.
He then stood before the entrance of the mansion and selected it as the building template. It was entirely created within an instant and he placed it on the same spot to mirror the reality.
He checked inside of it. All the furniture, decorations and appliances were present. However there was no food in the kitchen or inside the fridge but water supply was uninterrupted and seemed to be infinite as he saw it turning the surrounding aether into drinkable water that came from the faucets. Anything that required electricity was replaced by aether conversion to make it work, television and internet was out of the question.
"Quite convenient."
He could enter and exit the [Clan Manor] with just a thought. He would just seem to disappear from the spot when he entered and reappear at the exact place when he exited. He wondered if he could meet up with Karla regardless of distance. As long as she entered he would be notified in his mind of any change inside the [Clan Manor].
"Its name seemed to point when this system would give me missions to have kids or something. It even added the condition of someone being of my clan. This thing is now not even hiding its motives."
He shook his head in dismay as he decided to stock up on food before Laura settled in and keep it inside his subspace instead since it would prevent it from going bad while not having to worry about limited space in the new menu. Though it was a bit cramped inside with all his wealth making mountains but as long as he became strong enough then he could increase its space and add more functions on it.
He waited for night time and soon it came.
In the living room, he gathered the ladies and raised his hand towards them as he pretended to activate a "skill". While pretending he just used the menu with a thought and they teleported inside instantly.
Both were stunned at the scene inside as they arrived at the beach on Blue's deliberate manipulation.
Laura looked around in surprise as she said in amazement,
"This is the beach but there's no structure around. So this is your skill. Truly wonderful."
"Wait mom! I see our house. Look there."
Karla pointed to the distance where the mansion stood on the opposite side they were facing earlier. Laura looked at it with wide eyes and followed Blue who told them to follow him there.
"Actually I could also take you there instantly with a thought but that way Miss Laura wouldn't be able to inspect everything carefully."
He explained the extent of his "skill" to the shocked duo and he suddenly looked at Karla with a suggestive look as he said,
"Apparently this skill is able to give the person I had a relationship with the privilege to enter it anytime regardless of time and distance."
"Seriously?"
Karla asked in a shaken tone with a look of disbelief etched on her pretty face.
"Yes. When you go outside later just think about a scene inside where you want to appear and you would vanish outside to appear here. If you exit later than you would return at the exact spot from earlier."
Karla's eyes went wide as she couldn't contain the excitement inside. She wanted to try it right now but held back since she had to see inside the mansion with her mother first. After all, this entire showcase of his skill was for her mother to agree to go with them to the academy.
Laura went inside the mansion and checked each nook and cranny. She found it to be an exact replica except for the food situation.
"What about food? Though there's a water supply, food is still important."
"Please don't worry about it. The foods and ingredients will appear in the kitchen from time to time in a fixed pattern."
"It just appears from thin air?"
"Indeed, I checked the time when it appeared. It should be about ten more minutes later. You will get to see it then."
Laura looked at him skeptically.
Of course there's no such thing. It was just that he made some arrangements within the kitchen through some items that hid aether fluctuations when it drew from his subspace's dedicated food corner at fixed time to keep the food supply moderately abundant in the mansion.
He had gone on a corruption frenzy to get so much food and ingredients from the city that he had enough to feed three meals a day to a hundred adults daily for the next five years.
Food situation was solved just like that.
After Laura saw the food appearing out of thin air she finally felt the lingering worries dissipating. She asked about how to get out of this place to which he said,
"When you're inside this place just call me out loud. I will notice and get you out."
"But what about the players in the academy? Wouldn't they notice if I stay inside this skill?"
"If they dissected my body then they would."
"Eh?"
"This is actually within a mysterious illusory space inside my body. My skill helped me access it."
"There's such a thing…"
Laura said in a baffled tone. She then quickly agreed to go with them to the academy. If she could only be discovered after such a radical method then didn't it mean it was very safe? Now she could go with them without any worries.
Naturally what he explained to her was half-truth as it mixed the system's existence inside his soul and some information about the "inner world".
Blue then exited the [Clan Manor] menu as they all returned to the living room. With Laura's matter done he could finally focus more on comprehending the space element. After exiting, he accompanied Karla's testing and got Laura familiar with the process.
Now he just had to wait before he set off for the capital.