A New Chapter

The time passed, during this time Lumas occupied his time meditating trying to calm the storm in his heart and mind, the pain, anger, sadness… it all swirled violently without any motion of stopping… he had hoped the destruction of the Bareen Kingdom would calm this storm but it only hindered it, and when it came back. It was furious raging within him looking for any outlet, Lumas had pushed his impulses back forcibly throwing a veil of calmness over this storm, but the storm only brewed, only grew…

However there was no one he could vent this anger… this rage too, not the way he wanted… needed to vent it… meditation helped cool the swells of rage but Lumas knew it was only temporary, this rage had bled into his mana turning it viscous, vicious, unruly… this was the true aim of his meditation, to get his mana calmed and serene. Only then could he face the rage in his heart, only when the rest of his body was one could he tackle this loss…

Looking up from the cobblestone road towards the towering walls that surround Oriaro, Lumas frowned, no more lazing about, no more excuses, no more games… Passing through the large gate tossing two 100V coins towards the gatekeeper he started towards his destination, a relatively looked over god who had a knack for building things…

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Overlooking the city of Oriaro from her throne at the top of the Tower of Babel, Freya felt it once more, that overwhelming soul, the one that left the scars, raising her hand she touched the tender flesh around her eyes that had been dyed a deep black

"So you've returned, my love, " Her voice seemed laced with honey, it's softness seemed profound the love within was far from hidden

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Mushdamma, a god with a small Familia simply trying to make ends meet, while most would think the god was unhappy with his life, well they were right… not because of the size of his Familia or the debts they have incurred… No… 'NOBODY WANTED A CASTLE!

All they ever wanted was small houses with oval windows…. OVAL WINDOWS WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO HIDDEN DOORS OR BOOBY TRAPPED HIDDEN DOORS INSIDE HIDDEN DOORS INSIDE BOOBY TRAPS…' letting out a sigh Mushdamma muttered "Nobody understands my genius"

Just as he was about to return to yet another lame house with OVAL FUCKING WINDOWS *ahem* a knock resounded at the door leisurely getting up he moved towards the door as he opened it he was meet with a sight, a beautiful golden haired lass, he nearly drooled at the sight a cough brought his attention away from the beauty

"Hmm? What do you want… and don't tell me oval windows" Mushdamama narrowed his eyes as he stared at the man in front of him, the man spoke "No, I have come to you to inquire about a building a property"

"No shit what does it look like I do for a living?"

Ais shook her head "Not a house a cas-" she didn't even get to finish as Mushdamma jumped in joy yelling at the top of his lungs "A CASTLE, YOU REALLY WANT A CASTLE! YOSH, FINALLY BACK TO THE GLORY DAYS"

Lumas pulled a series of papers from nowhere handing them to Mushdamma "I have drawn up rough blueprints, don't worry about the cost or materials, everything will be provided… however you do know the one thing about killing a castle don't you"

"Yea yea, dude usually gets killed whatever" Mushdamma lackadaisically waved his hands as he skimmed through the papers "Weird design you got here… You could fit nearly a million people in the outer regions, another few thousand or so in the interior region, and the keep… you sure you want it this big? This could take upwards of ten years to complete"

Lumas huffed "I came to you because I figured you could do it in five"

Mushdamma frowned "*Tsk*, My powers are sealed here and I don't have much in the ways of a Familia"

Lumas replied "You won't have to worry about the leveling of land nor the gathering of materials, to get the curtain and interior walls how long would you need"

Mushdamma shook his head "I'm not telling you anything till I fix this mess you've made, *Sigh SFX*, If I ignore every other contract… which I will because who doesn't want to build a castle… It will take about two years to get the curtain, and beginning of the interior walls up, towers two through six will be mostly complete at that time as well, the large tower in the center, the interior region and the keep and its courtyard would take the longest with it being on the edge of a cliff…"

Lumas didn't show any surprise that Mushdamma knew, the walls of the keep's courtyard was the easiest path to breach, no sane person would build a castle in such a way… right?

Mushdamma continued "The walls would take half a year, lots less work when they are simply there to keep anyone inside… well inside… *Ahem*... as for the keep itself… another 2 years and to have it all finished maybe… I don't know half a year soo…" Mushdamma sagely caressed the beard he didn't have as he thought "4 and a half years… Hmm seems you were right"

"Anyway, where is the location and…" Mushdamma got incredibly serious, the air around him seemed to still "If I'm to build this… you MUST have vaults unlike any other…"

Lumas only shook his head as he spoke "If you knew the treasures I held, you would've thought you returned to the divine realm"

Mushdamma smirked "Good then you can pay me well"

Lumas gave a short nod then turned after taking Ais' hand leaving Mushdamma behind as he furiously scribbled away