In the Mirage Realm, within a certain desert.
Lin stood with his hands in his pockets, facing an oval-shaped boulder over ten meters high, comparable to a small five-story building.
He was about fifty meters away.
"Witness a true lightning strike!".
Lin let out a soft cry, and a purple-gold electric arc flashed over the bangs on the right side of his head.
Power instantly formed above the giant boulder.
A bolt of purple-gold lightning struck down.
With a tremendous boom,
the boulder was directly pulverized by the arm-thick lightning bolt.
A large crater even appeared in the ground.
Lin's lips curled upwards at the sight.
He raised his left and right hands in front of him.
His left hand was wreathed in green lightning, his right in purple-gold lightning.
One was the power of the Green Kingship.
The other was Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic.
Excluding the nigh-omnipotent Innate Spiritual Armament: All-Phenomena Cards, he now possessed two abilities that could command lightning.
He lightly clenched his fists, and the lightning vanished.
Lin took a moment to feel his physical body.
It was a hundred times stronger than before.
Even without amplification from his original power or other offensive abilities, his physical strength alone should be approaching B+ rank.
He glanced at his status information.
Although his level was still S-,
his power had increased by a fair margin.
He wasn't very far from 'S rank'.
After testing his new ability, a Space Card materialized, and Lin instantly vanished, reappearing in the central region of the Mirage Realm.
Before him was a vast, ocean-like lake.
At the center of the lake was a ten-thousand-meter-tall giant tree.
Lin had named the lake at the continent's center the 'Central Sea'.
The giant tree was named the 'World Tree'.
As his power grew, the Mirage Realm had also expanded significantly.
When the 'Central Sea' first formed, its diameter was only fifty kilometers; now, it was close to a hundred.
Lin found a suitable large mountain near the Central Sea.
He used the All-Phenomena Cards to assist him.
He processed suitable trees one after another into high-quality lumber for construction.
Next, he lopped off the mountain's peak, clearing out a flat piece of land.
The area was about ten mu.
Approximately 6,666.67 square meters.
Half an hour later, Lin had finished the prototype of an enormous log cabin.
It was built in the style of a Russian izba.
Large, flat stones served as the foundation.
Solid logs of similar thickness were stacked to form the walls.
The cabin had a footprint of one thousand square meters.
Lin built a total of three stories.
Excluding common areas like the living room and bathrooms,
each floor could be divided into twenty forty-square-meter bedrooms.
Three floors meant sixty bedrooms.
After completing the basic framework of this massive cabin, Lin chose not to finish the interior decorations himself.
He planned for everyone to complete it together.
He wanted to give his wives at home something to do, to give them a sense of participation.
After all, this would be everyone's future home.
And just one of them, at that.
Lin planned to build residences in other scenic spots throughout the Mirage Realm.
They could live in one place for a while,
and enjoy different scenery.
After building the cabin's frame, Lin found the bare ground around it unsightly, so he modified it.
He transformed the surroundings into a courtyard.
In the backyard, he created a large pond nearly a thousand square meters in size. A small tendril from the 'World Tree's' root system extended to the bottom of the pond.
The pond then filled to the brim.
The water flowed down a channel into a large river at the foot of the mountain.
Cherry blossoms, white plums, rhododendrons;
Irises, pine trees, red maples;
Ginkgos, camellias, wisteria;
With the consumption of his original power, under the operation of the Mirage Realm's rules, a multitude of flowers, plants, and trees were born, arranged harmoniously throughout the courtyard.
Looking at the grand courtyard before him, Lin smiled in satisfaction.
He summoned the Mist Gate and left the Mirage Realm.
After returning to his residence on Earth, Lin had everyone in the house assemble.
He also contacted Yotsuya Miko.
After hearing Lin's plan, all the girls were full of enthusiasm.
After all, they were decorating their own home.
The newly joined Kanna was no exception.
Only Shuzen Kokoa still felt a bit strange about it.
She felt like an outsider.
After all, the 'home' he spoke of should refer to him and his retainers.
Shuzen Kokoa glanced at Lin, a peculiar glint flashing through her eyes.
He didn't seem to treat her as an outsider.
Could it be that he... towards her...
Shuzen Kokoa looked at her two older sisters, then at Akasha, and a thought couldn't help but surface in her mind.
Both of her older sisters were with him, and even Sister Moka's mother was too. Adding herself to the mix seemed plausible.
At this thought, her face flushed slightly.
At the same time, Lin suddenly received a notification from the Codex of All Things.
"Hm?"
His expression shifted almost imperceptibly.
Lin summoned the Codex of All Things.
Nickname: Shuzen Kokoa
Grade: Blue
Description: Gáe Bolg
...
Seeing Shuzen Kokoa's entry light up, Lin's gaze sharpened slightly. He couldn't help but look over at her, his eyes meeting hers perfectly.
Like a startled bunny, Shuzen Kokoa blushed and averted her gaze.
Seeing this, Lin's eyes flickered.
It seems I can find an opportunity to make her a retainer as well.
Thinking of this, he suddenly recalled someone else.
Shuzen Issa's second daughter, Shuzen Kahlua.
She was the number one assassin of the Shuzen family and, like Shuzen Akua, had joined Otogi no Kuni, hired by Miyabi Fujisaki.
In the original story's plot, Shuzen Kahlua seemed to have been pierced through the heart by Shuzen Kokoa, her fate left unknown.
'Since there's only one Shuzen daughter left out there, shouldn't I just take her in as well?'
'After all, the outside world is too dangerous. Only my home can offer them a warm place to belong.'
With this thought, Lin silently apologized to Shuzen Issa.
His father-in-law was clearly unable to protect his own daughters. Since that was the case, as his son-in-law, it was his undeniable duty.
Within the Yokai Realm, at the Shuzen household.
'Achoo, achoo...'.
Shuzen Issa suddenly felt his nose itch and let out four sneezes.
"What's going on?"
This puzzled him greatly.
For him to actually sneeze was a once-in-a-century event.
He rubbed his nose.
Feeling no discomfort, Shuzen Issa could only suppress his sliver of confusion and continue with his business.
Meanwhile, in the Human Realm.
Lin didn't rush to claim Shuzen Kokoa's Codex reward. Instead, he opened the Mist Gate and led the girls into the Mirage Realm.
The girls curiously sized up their new, not-yet-fully-formed home.
Lin began creating various materials.
Such as glass, electrical wires, lights, ceramic tiles, wooden flooring...
He used the All-Phenomena Cards to borrow the power of 'Creation'.
The cost of creating things from nothing was indeed immense, even for just these items. Fortunately, Lin had no shortage of energy.
After creating the first batch of renovation materials, Lin let Tohru and the others look around while he returned to Earth.
He brought Yotsuya Miko over.
Once everyone was present, Lin began to brainstorm with them, and they finalized the interior design plan.
After deciding on the plan,
the girls changed into well-fitting work clothes and began renovating their home.
Lin stood by as the supervisor.
Whenever the girls encountered something they didn't understand, he would step in to guide them.
Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.
Time passed, and at five in the afternoon, the renovation work paused for the day.
The girls returned to the residence on Earth. Akasha and Tohru went to the kitchen together to prepare dinner for everyone.
Lin didn't hurry back.
With a thought, he claimed the reward.
Gáe Bolg.
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