My Own Work

Astra Pov

"Are we sure we should leave my sister alone with just Camara and Aethisia? I have some faith in Cici keeping her focused on the work at hand - despite being a lustful Bullkin, she is really work oriented - but I don't have faith in her not wasting time by flirting and being otherwise unproductive and incorrigible!"

Renna sat on the small wall I had made and kept me company as I got to work building an extension of the house meant for guests; I wanted to keep the basement off limits to anyone but family, which meant I needed some more housing for those that weren't there just yet.

The question was how I was going to get this done without shocking our guests by the sudden appearance of a new part of the home, and the answer was thankfully rather simple; just build it out of sight since they hadn't seen the inside of the home in its entirety.

They hadn't seen the entire house inside or outside, so I wanted to get this new addition to the house made in as little time as possible so that I could make it seem like it had always been here, and to do so I needed to match all the materials to the original design again, dig out the foundation, and ensure I wasn't being too noisy either.

It was also simpler than it sounded, and not as much hard work either despite me digging a shovel into the ground and scooping out a large chunk of dirt; it was good work that I enjoyed doing, which made me realize that if we were far enough away from civilization...

I might just go ahead and build an entire city just because I could and because I found it rather fun, but... well... we weren't far from civilization, so for now I could only do projects like this, though I was looking forwards to seeing just how deep I could go into the earth, and if I would fine veins of ore and gemstones that were worth a lot of money~!

To get back on track though, I continued to dig out a three foot hole into the earth as I prepared to lay down the stone foundation for my new extension, stabbing that shovel into the dirt as quickly as my skill would let me.

"There's no reason to not leave her be, and honestly, I know this isn't my place to say since it is your money, but we can probably trust your sister to make this piece for us in the correct amount of time. Will she be flirting and or seducing my daughters? Most likely, just like I have a feeling Cici will as well. But it's not like I can dislike them for doing something that I would do too."

Renna had to sigh at that, her eyes lingering on my exposed stomach and bared arms as she took in my attire - a crop top that didn't have sleeves, perfect for working in the heat and also flaunting your body - with a very obvious amount of lust, though she kept it to herself for now.

"I guess you're right... still though, it just... no, I guess I really am just being a bit judgmental for this; when I commissioned her before it was per piece of furniture made, not per hour. So this is different, and I know how she can be..."

That made me chuckle as I continued to dig, and the silence that fell between us was comfortable as I continued to work for another minute or two before she asked "Astra, what exactly is it that you are building here? Just some blank room that we are able to make into a bedroom on this short notice, or an actual guest house of sorts?"

I paused my humming as I dug away the last of the dirt, and the swiftness with which I filled in the hole I had dug was immensely satisfying as a thick layer of solid stone filled it in, before that was covered by nice wooden planks that would both insulate and soften the interior.

Then I began to construct the walls to the same specifications that the actual house was made to, prompting Renna to stand up and watch in awe as I did in a few minutes what would take a skilled team a day or so to do.

As I worked I replied "A guest house, Renna. Fully furnished and capable of housing at least two sets of guests comfortably and privately; four if they don't mind sharing space. Simple spaces though; two bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchenette, storage for both rooms, and a common room. Identical upstairs and downstairs, with individual porches on either side to enjoy the fresh air."

The red head just gave me a fascinated stare as I began to lay the floor plan right in front of her, using short, one foot tall walls to show her the rooms before I proceeded with enclosing this initial space.

"This is just... I mean, seriously, this is incredible Astra! You can work so quickly and create such a perfect house in not even an hour! Others set up tents this large in this amount of time, and you have a fully functioning house that could withstand some serious weather conditions!"

I grinned back at her as I finished with the 'roof', which was constructed to support the weight of the second floor as I used crisscrossing beams to distribute the pressure as evenly as possible, alongside a few different supports that connected to the floor below; not that I needed to worry since these structures apparently defied physics, but I needed it to look the part too.

"And the best part is, Renna, I could tear this down and move it to wherever I need to in less time~! So we could go to an area, have a house there one day, and then act like it never existed the day after~! And I haven't even gotten to experiment with the vastness of my abilities just yet, not in the ways I want to~!"