Today is the 23rd.

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I cast a quick [Clean] in my mouth and start my morning kisses with Lina. Her shy tongue searches for mine and we rub on one another with the same tenderness of her touch on my cheek.

I give the usual kisses to all the other girls, including Aoi, and we have our breakfast on the beds.

Hana's "Wisdom" increased by 1 (now 13).

"Yeah, I'm totally getting smarter," Hana says with a proud smile.

"So, what are we doing today?" Klein asks excitedly.

"I want to research in the morning and in the afternoon we need to get Hana's armor, then I have to give the Weeper proofs of extermination to the hunter's guild," I say.

"I… want to knit," Lina says.

Roxanne claps the tips of her hands excitedly. "I'll buy some cloth and we can fit Ciel," she says.

"Why me?" Ciel asks and frowns.

Roxanne flicks her hand dismissively. "Your clothes are criminally unsexy. You need to show off your curves more."

"Maybe I don't want to look 'sexier.'"

"Nonsense. A hungry look from any of us and you turn on your sadistic-teasing mode in a mere moment."

Oh boy. I approve of this.

Alissa picks up on my excitement and turns to Ciel. She looks at her with puppy eyes and says, "Please, for me?"

Ciel looks at Alissa a little incredulous and suspicious. "F-for you…?" She asks and Alissa nods, her fox ears and orange hair wobble along with her head. Ciel groans. "Eh, fine, whatever. Might be fun."

"Oh, yes, it will," Roxanne says with a predatory smile.

I look at Hana and Klein and they shrug. "Sounds fun," Hana says and Klein nods.

I look at Alissa. "I'll be writing Selina's adventuring diary," she says.

Then I turn to Aoi. "I want to fly. Can you show [Fly] to me again?" She asks. Her eyes have a suspicious puppy-like glint to them.

"Sure."

"You know [Fly]?" Klein asks.

"Yep. It's one of my special abilities as a hero. I don't use it because I can't properly control it."

"Ooh…"

"Here's another one of my abilities that you need to know. I can summon monsters with [Summoning Magic]."

She stares blankly at me. "What?"

"I can summon monsters."

"How is that a thing?"

"Well, it just is."

She looks at Ciel. "That isn't heresy?"

Ciel smiles and says, "Whoever invented [Summoning Magic] was a genius. Using the tools of the God of Destruction against him will never be heresy."

Klein chuckles and shakes her head. "Well, it's not like I knew how [Summoning Magic] worked to begin with."

"So, you see, I'm a little paranoid. Whenever the girls go out to do their things, I summon two monsters for safety," I say and summon a Shad and a Holly.

Klein jumps when she sees a shadow move to the middle of the bed.

"That's a Symbol of Darkness, a monster that I killed once. Think of it as an anti-assassin guard for you." I grab my little Holly and extend my hand so Klein can see it better. "This is a Beholder, a monster that has very, very good eyesight that I use to scout and have a better view of the battlefield."

She squints her eyes and gets very close to the Holly. "It's so hard to even look at this one," she says.

"Precisely. This is why nobody can sneak up on us while we sleep."

"That's just so…"

"Overpowered?" Ciel asks and sends me a knowing look.

"Well, yeah, I guess… Wait… do you think this is some kind of card game?" Klein asks and looks at Ciel in disbelief.

"Uh, no. Of course not," Ciel answers with a stiff expression.

"You are all insane…" Klein mutters and looks away.

"Anyway…" I continue, "This means that if you want to talk to me, no matter how far apart we are, you can just talk to your own shadow."

Klein pouts and crosses her arms -. "Did you watch me change all this time?"

I smirk. "What do you take me for? A pervert?" I snort and look away, then she shows me her tongue.

I cup her cheek and push a small amount of my soul through my fingers, which makes her inhale deeply. Then I approach my face to hers and kiss her lips, sucking on her energetic tongue.

She leans into the kiss and after only a few seconds her arms wrap around my chest -.

I break the kiss and see she's already out of breath. Her tail wraps around my waist, trying to keep me from leaving; her eyes look at me with expectancy and a warm smile.

I - smile. "Research can wait."

While Klein recovers in my arms, I pull out Ted and Suzy.

"So, we are leaving to buy some simple cloth," Roxanne announces.

"Ah!" Klein exclaims. Her long tail shoots up and even her round monkey ears twitch. "Wait for me!"

Klein jumps out of bed and hurries to put on her clothes. Alissa comes over to me to take Klein's place in my arms. She puts her journal on the pillow and reads it over while making the occasional correction.

I kiss her face and neck repeatedly, making her giggle. Her fluffy tail and legs sway happily.

"Ah, before you go. Hana, come here," I say and she dutifully obeys. "I'm going to cast [Bind]. Clear your mind and don't resist."

"Oh, yes!" Her scales flicker with excitement. She bends over the bed so I can reach her.

"[Bind]?" Klein asks. Her tail scratches her temple in confusion. Ciel starts explaining to her what we are doing.

I cast the spell and pull Hana's soul into mine. Her soul is very heavy, but it's lighter than last time when I had used [Bind] on Roxanne.

I wonder if my 'Sanity' increase is helping.

Hana's soul enters mine and I feel a light "tickling" which makes me want to pull on Hana's soul-string.

Hana frowns, "That's it?"

"Not done yet," I say.

I pull her string and her bundle feels… "intense," as if we are constantly kissing. I dive into her mind and the feeling only increases.

-

I find her "talking" area and pull it back into my mind so that we can talk.

"Hello?"

"WOLFY!"

Immediately, her yellow lizard eyes envelop the entirety of my mind with her fearsome gaze.

"Okay, calm down a little," I say.

"I can't. It's too awesome!" Hana exclaims and her eyes grow even bigger.

I stare back at the yellow abyss of her eyes and send my own displeasure.

"Oh, no… Wolfy, I'm sorry…" Hana says and her excitement deflates. The eyes reduce in size the more I glare. "I'm sorry…"

I feel a little bad for her, so I reduce my glare and we both calm down. Happiness and comfort escape through her [Bind]. She's very content in knowing again how much power I have over her.

"You have to control your feelings, or else I'll be always reading your mind," I say.

"Eh. Not like I have anything to hide," Hana responds with a shrug. She thinks that she's dumb and that two minds think better than one.

"It helps me a little. My mind is taxed with three [Bind]s."

"Oh, I see." She thinks it's fine, she mostly just wanted to tell me all the time how much she loves me without having to use words since she's bad at being creative.

"Awn…"

Through [Bind], I have her lean on the bed so I can kiss her again. She immediately gets aroused and shoves her tongue inside my mouth, but since they have to leave, she contains her insatiable hunger.

I mean, seriously. If those memories are representative of her mind, she's really insatiable.

I wave to the girls as they head out and I'm left with only Alissa and the golems.

I "update" the golem's voice organ to match Aoi's progress. Then I continue my own research while using [Fly] so that Aoi can observe it.

Now, how do I make their soul's "physical body" organs equal to their doll bodies. Actually, just the outside needs to be doll-like. I can give them bones that will prevent them from being burned away.

The "bones" can even be just metal bars and hinges since they move simply by [Telekinesis] instead of needing muscles.

I summon a small skeletal steel earth elemental and use [Sense Soul] to observe its body. I play with Alissa's tail while I focus on my work.

Then I summon a few random monsters and observe their souls and compare their souls.

Okay, "bones" are in the same place, no matter if it's humanoid, elemental, animal, or monster. The "bone" organ in the soul itself is what differs in its "construction."

With the skeletal elemental in mind, I focus on the golem's soul and cast [Mold]. The copy is not 1-to-1 since their bodies are small, so I think I might have to make adjustments once they have their skeletons reconstructed.

Using the spell twice nearly consumed all of my mana. [Golemancy] is really expensive, mana-wise, or it's just inefficient because it's incomplete.

I grab Ted and cast [Regeneration] on his spine. [Heal] won't be able to create him a new spine since he never had one to begin with. [Regrowth] would be able to do it, but that's a level 80 [Light Magic] spell.

With the knowledge from [Alteration Magic] that a soul "assimilates" things that were grafted onto it, I hope that Ted and Suzy will assimilate their doll bodies into their soul now that they have an "original" piece of their physical bodies.

Very small and thin slivers of steel start to form after an hour of using [Regeneration] on them.

"I feel a difference," Ted says.

"Yes. Much easier to control, ourselves," Suzy says.

"Do you two feel any sort of discomfort? Like, are your bodies uncomfortable being so different when compared to what your soul is?"

"I feel 'wrong,' but it's not discomfort," Ted says.

"'Wrong'?"

"There's interference in the control, of our bodies," Suzy says.

"You didn't notice it before?"

"We didn't have a reference to compare to," Ted says.

"Interesting…"

The two little golems walk around the bed in circles, making Alissa laugh with their adorableness. They are testing their improved control while I recharge my mana.

"They are still walking a little oddly," Alissa says.

"Considering their bodies are like that, I don't think they will ever not walk oddly."

They start to dance and I notice how they have improved.

"Now, Roxanne will love that," I say.

The girls soon come back and are instantly distracted by the more energetic golems.

Ted lifts his stubby arms to Ciel, asking to be hugged, and is snatched away instantly.

"So, cu~te!" Ciel moans and smothers Ted -.

After a little while of gushing, the girls start working.

Lina wanted to knit, but Roxanne convinced her to sew clothes. They even bought paper for Roxanne to sketch the designs she wants. Of course, I gave them designs of my own, such as a proper maid, butler, bunny onesies, pajamas, sailor uniform, - , and some cosplay designs.

"Hey, that one is similar to Low Forest clothing," Alissa says while pointing at a kimono.

"Yeah, we are going to buy lots of clothes there," I say with a knowing grin.

She cutely taps her chin with her index finger. "If only I knew you liked it I would've smuggled some over. They are a pain in the ear to wear, though."

"Why?"

"They get loose easily if you don't know how to move correctly in them. They say it's so that you train your 'Dexterity,' but I think it's just so that once in a while perverts get to see someone expose themselves."

I run my hand through my hair in excitement. "Wow, that's a great idea, actually. It's like the dress knows when it's time to leave, so we get to sexy time faster."

"See? I knew it was for perverts," Alissa says while grinning at the other girls.

Coming up with designs for clothes took up quite some time, so I don't manage to progress any further in my research before lunch.

"I miss cooking," Alissa says.

"Me too," I respond.

She smiles warmly at me. "It's all amazing food, even Krysta's, but it's not the same as when you cook them yourself."

"Most likely because this food is filled with fat to make it taste better. We cook with little fat so it tastes differently."

"Is that so…?" Klein asks, looking at the food warily.

"Eh, eating this for a few days won't hurt," Roxanne says with a shrug.

"See? She's learning," I say and point to Roxanne, who smiles back at me.

We go out and collect Hana's armor. Now she looks like a proper metal soldier. We didn't ask for any decorations, so it's a bit plain, but it's something we should save on. The high-class inns are expensive, so the indulgence is over for now.

The boobplate fits her pretty nicely, though. The padded armor is still there, below the metal, so it's not like she's wearing a form-fitting armor, but it still represents what's inside quite well.

She'd do well in a Wonder Woman cosplay.

Then I notice that the peeping elves are at it again.

How did they get so many elves to spy on us? Most of them look like average commoners, so they can't all be soldiers for the Lord.

Maybe this is how Léonne and Vanea managed to get wind of their spying. They just hired a bunch of elves for this job and the news spread quickly. If they are keeping an eye on us, then it would be easy for this information to reach their ears.

I direct Hana through [Bind] so she glares at the spies and scares them off. She's much more difficult to control directly than Alissa or Aoi, so I end up mostly just telling her where to look.

I enter the guild and quickly make my way to the Dismantling Room. The guild follows a similar design to Escanso's, but it's made of white and gray wood, giving it an even more refined air.

The hunters over here certainly do look the part with their pompous looks and upturned noses. Low-level hunters aren't really necessary when the town guard and the Lord can take care of all the normal monsters by themselves, so only the more specialized hunters live here.

The Weepers give us a few gold coins each, their blood is very valuable for [Alchemy]. We could have gotten more, but I gave a good amount of the blood to Roxanne for her experiments.

While inside, the three [Bind]s start to get even more annoying and the girls notice my feelings seeping through it. I even have to control Hana's blanket again since it's so easy for her to resist the [Bind].

When I go back and feel the effects of Alissa's blessing affecting me again, the three [Bind]s return to being manageable.

"Well, now I know that my 'Sanity' affects how well I can manage the [Bind]s," I say.

"Sorry, Wolfy, I'll try to submit to you harder," Hana says, a little sad.

"I find it hard to believe that that's possible," Roxanne says with a raised eyebrow.

"If it ever gets too annoying I can just undo the [Bind]," I say with a shrug and Hana nods.

We move on to the shops closer to the castle and find a shop for facial products.

I look at Alissa and smirk. "You are getting your makeup, whether you like it or not."

She rolls her eyes and smiles faintly.

The shop smells pretty. The overly well-groomed elves remind me of the same beauty boutiques on Earth. Though everyone looks amazing and perfect at first sight, they use so much makeup that it ruins the illusion the more you look at them.

The girls put on some basic face powder and eye shadow and there's an instant change. Though Roxanne and Lina seem to benefit the most out of it and Hana comes just behind them.

Then we find a public park and have some tea under the sun while listening to the birds chirping.

For the first time, I see Gify (comically) fly around, chasing some birds, then he frolics in the grass with the other nature spirits.

He gives me a glare but ignores my jab.

After that, Hana, Ciel, and Klein go to the hunter's guild training grounds; Roxanne, Lina, and Aoi return to the inn for more sewing; and Alissa and I follow them to continue my research.

Aoi's hands are much more dexterous now, so she can even help with some things. Her ability to become very small is also advantageous since she can do much more delicate tasks that none of the girls can manage.

While observing Gify pop in and out of existence with my soul-touch, I cast [Materialize] repeatedly and follow Gify's advice in how to turn my soul completely solid so that I can grasp things.

Mana is an infinitesimal particle that has only a place in space as a physical property. It doesn't have physical substance, so I have to create the abstract concept of "mass" and add it to my mana, then I have to organize those particles of mana in a way that they fill up my soul and "attach" to it.

[Materialize] adds "sources" to my soul that emit photons, which is why it gives a glow to spirits. I have to take these "sources" and turn them into mana particles with mass.

Concepts, enchanting, and unique magic. These three things are all about visualization. Visualizing the exact effect you want in your mind and you can use mana to bend reality to your wishes.

"Roxanne, what is a Warped Reality?" I ask.

The two girls stop whispering to one another and turn to me. "Well, it's like the thing you did that made it rain flaming leaves that left a wet spot where they touched. You used mana recklessly to bend the laws of reality to your will, but that's not allowed, that's the domain of the Gods," Roxanne says.

"Wait, laws of reality? What is magic then? Is it different?"

"Yeah. Altering reality is changing how a specific object works. Altering the laws of reality is changing how every instance of that specific object works."

"Why doesn't anybody study it, then?"

She smiles wryly. "It's too dangerous and difficult to control. Some circles of magi might try some things with it, but it's always small and temporary."

"Like how I use [Godly Language] to alter reality?"

"Kind of. [Godly Language] is still more about altering reality itself than it's laws. And even then, it's like the difference between system magic and unique magic. [Godly Language] is much more controlled than what I've heard about from those circles of magi. Those who try to alter the laws of reality usually don't live long."

"Wow."

"Yeah. Well, it's actually really hard to even alter the laws in a small area. What you did was really crazy and impressive."

"Gih."

I lower my head and look away. "Alright, I'm sorry. I didn't know [Redirect Mana] could be that dangerous."

Roxanne shrugs. "Well, now you know," she says and Lina nods.

I manage to create a faint solidification. My hand still goes through it as the "mass" is not exactly "solid," so it feels like my hand is being squeezed slightly.

I play around with my blue, glowing tentacles and accidentally arouse Roxanne by touching her horn. It seems that until it's fully solid, my soul will still cause pleasure when it touches someone.

-

We have our last dinner in Goloria and savor all we can. Salads, pies, casseroles, juices, sweets, and meat. Everything is always so delicious that it's to die for.

With a sigh, I dip my not-grape in the flavored cream and eat the last fruit.

"We'll come back to Goloria sometime, right?" Lina asks.

"Yeah. The 'Legado' dungeon is closer to Goloria than Escanso," I say.

She nods and says, "Good, I want to go to the library again someday."

Look at that, my little girl is demanding things for herself!

After dinner, we play around a little more.

I watch the girls play Civil War, it's like a mix of "Magic: The Gathering" with chess. Fun, but kind of chaotic.

Then we go to sleep since we are waking up early tomorrow.