Was it a fluke? Was it because the number of ghosts type monster we slaughtered on the first day had been reduced to zero? Or could it be because they are gathering strength for the second attack? Well, I can speculate on and on about it but it will not lead to any answer, not to mention that I didn't find a single clue about it, and neither does the magician team dispatched from the castle. With that, I went back to the mansion and

"Pool!" [Charlotte]

"So fast!" [Farhah]

"And you make it with Karon right?" [Rean]

"So, which part did Karon make?" [Singa]

"Not much, but it's fun" [Karon]

"The tiles are so pretty" [Kara]

"Just like the training hall tiles" [Mara]

"Is it the same?" [Elise]

"It sure look that way" [Savel]

~Jump and Dive~

"Zerolith! Behe! Not fair! I wanted to enter it first!" [Charlotte]

"First come first serve!" [Zerolith]

"Meowwww!" [Behe]

"Well, have fun playing, I will integrate the marine spawning block to the training hall. Claude, please look after them" [Ash]

"But of course" [Claude]

"I'll come with you" [Karon]

"Me too" [Rafiah]

"If you said so" [Ash]

Karon and I make a ceramic tile swimming pool just behind the mansion, complete with the changing rooms. After some discussion, I expand some part of the already wide training hall, as to make much wider and deeper pool, and this time around, by using the second water crystal stone and the marine spawning block in the center, once again I integrated it into Housey. It seems like Housey can still take more command even without any additional enhancement, but I decided to just enhance Housey with the material gathered from Rock and Sea dungeon.

"And done!" [Ash]

"Should we test it before the costumer come?" [Rafiah]

"Good idea" [Ash]

After some testing, the results are satisfactory. I can summon varieties of marine monsters from Megalodon to the small kraken as well as Sea Lou Carcolh. Just like the Zombie Spawning Block, Housey can't spawn an S rank monster from it and it need either my help or Rafiah to summon an A rank monster effectively. Guess that's good enough

(Should I... used my Witch power?) [Rafiah]

Rafiah whisper it to my ear

(No need, from the sound of it, you aren't that confident in controlling it, plus it's almost noon, and we are about to open up the Training hall) [Ash]

(Understood) [Rafiah]

"Why are you whispering to each other?" [Karon]

""Nothing"" [Ash, Rafiah]

"..." [Karon]

We open up the training hall as usual, and with my help, we are able to guide the usage of the new addition to the training hall. Most of the adventure and the common soldiers are happy to use it and give a positive feedback. Well, the same rule still apply, and unlike the loot from zombie, the loot from marine monsters are harder to get, so of course they will be happy

With dawn approaching, I rest my body for a while before once again starting the patrol and the investigation, this time with Flinar and Erinmorlin as well. But

"It's morning..." [Lisa]

"Just like yesterday, no monster appear" [Flinar]

"What do you guys think?" [Erinmorlin]

"I'm not sure" [Ash]

Once again, neither of us get the answer we are looking for. The same can be said to the castle magicians.

When we report it to King Estel and Diana, they mentioned that we should just continue the investigation uptill the end of weekday (ie, three more days to go).

After returning back to the mansion, it's time for me to upgrade the bus golem as well as making the camper van golem. I thought of making the Polaroid camera and the pistols af first, but I have no idea how to start with that two, so that's why I decided to upgrade the bus golem before making a camper van golem

"Can we join?" [Karon]

The boys group seem interested in it.

"Sure, why not" [Ash]

"Yeah!" [Singa]

"When are you making the camera?" [Kara]

"Maybe after the camper van golem" [Ash]

"Camper van golem?" [Elise]

"You'll see" [Ash]

And now to make the bus golem version 2.0 with the main feature of self driving. That mean, instead of using my mana as the fuel, I'll put a magic core at it center and use it as a fuel. This process is quite easy as compared to making Housey and thus

"Is it done?" [Rean]

"Not quite" [Ash]

I don't feel like stopping here, sure, the bus golem now can be driven by anyone as it doesn't require mana from external sources, but the ride can be smoothen out further. First, I'll add an air conditioner inside the bus golem. For this, I'll just add small magic core and integrate it into the main core and done! But...

"It's so cold!" [Zerolith]

"Can't you adjust it?" [Mara]

"Well..." [Ash]

After some tweaking here and there (which honestly take much longer than I thought it would), I managed to get it done

"Can we ride it?" [Centaur kid]

"Well, not yet!" [Ash]

Ohh... the neighborhood kids have come to play in the pool. They're running around and jumping without any care.

(I should watch them for now) [Ash]

Sure, I can just continue and use my magic to monitor them, but it felt so wrong. Plus, their safety is my number one priority and I don't want to give such lame excuse should any one of them injured due to my own carelessness

"Your parents didn't know you will come here?" [Ash]

"No..." [Succubus girl]

"Tell them first next time" [Ash]

"Yes!" [Kids]

I will let it slide this time, but next time, they should receive their parents permission first. As they're all playing, Claude and Rafiah served them the Durian and Banana Cake. As for me, I make some orange juice for them before heading to training hall to help Rafiah and Claude. I should really increase the number of worker here

As night approach

"Do you think it will be the same as yesterday?" [Lisa]

"I can't sense any danger so maybe" [Ash]

"Then we should just focus more on investigation part" [Samurai Jacks]

"Agree" [Female Elf adventure]

"But where should we start?" [Soldier A]

"Hmm..." [Ash]

"Something happen?" [Syah]

"I was just thinking, this is exactly like the time when the Behemoth attack the city" [Ash]

"It does, so what you want to say is..." [Lin]

"You guys do know right what I found after beating the S rank Behemoth?" [Ash]

"You mean the portal thing?" [Borg]

"Exactly!" [Ash]

"Does that mean that they're more of those portal stone scattered around the Kingdom?" [Soldier B]

"Maybe, maybe not" [Ash]

"We should keep that in mind as we investigate it" [Flinar]

This time, the soldier and adventure (as well as the trio) that guard the neighborhood here decided to focus more on investigation part. I can still remember the properties of the mana wave emitted by the portal stone, so I focus searching for it.

(This is...) [Ash]

It's there! No, more precisely, it was there. Traces of it can be felt. Maybe it's just a fluke but

(This is just In front of the mansion, could it be...) [Ash]

Is Rafiah targeted? Or is it me and the orphan? Either way, it's not a pleasant feeling.

(Hmm... I should consider some more places) [Ash]

As morning come, we gather once again. This time, I tell them to come straight to the castle where we gather In front of it before the trio and I (as the other adventure and soldiers are reluctant to enter). We give the report as usual and...

"In front of the orphanage, castle, adventure and merchant guild, as well as In front of the few noble houses..." [Diana]

"I can't find the stone, but I'm sure they're traces of it being placed there" [Ash]

"You look tired" [King Estel]

"Yeah, scanning and covering such wide area is no joke" [Ash]

"Hmph! I can't believe this traveler word, he is just lying" [Rude Captain]

"I'm too tired to argue so can you just keep quiet" [Ash]

"!" [Rude Captain]

"But he is making a valid point this time, just that he's presenting it poorly" [Noble]

"I know, I know. In conclusion, he wanted a prove, but the way he spoke just now irritated me" [Ash]

And in the end, the magician team as well as some knight and soldiers are ordered to search for the portal stone. I am told that I can just search it at night when patrolling with other for which I agree. Once outside

"I heard that you're upgrading your bus golem? Can I join?" [Erinmorlin]

"I thought you will be having a meeting with your fellow engineer?" [Ash]

"Its cancel for today" [Erinmorlin]

"Well, be my guest then" [Ash]

The two of us went back to the mansion, and start upgrading the bus golem. The kids are being watched by Claude as they played in the pool. We make a sliding glass window (we use Erinmorlin earth magic to do that), making a better engine, paint it with better material and also tested out the bus golem outside the mansion with only the two of us

"This is nice" [Erinmorlin]

"It sure is" [Ash]

Yeah, we are now an avid bus lover. No denying that

Once we are back, I can see a succubus lady watching over the kids playing in the pool while dipping his feet inside the cool pool

"Thanks for watching over them" [Ash]

"It's fine, you are working hard for our sake, so this is the least that I can do. Plus, the two of you are deeply engrossed with your work just now" [Succubus lady]

"Can't deny that" [Erinmorlin]

"It's not fair..." [Karon]

"Forgive them Little Karon, they just want you to enjoy your time with other, that's why they didn't let you join in, right" [Succubus lady]

""Correct..."" [Ash, Erinmorlin]

"If you said so..." [Karon]

Yeah, we forgot to include Karon this time around. Sorry... and thank you for covering us Succubus lady

Unlike the usually depicted succubus, this lady here dress just like any other mother. She has a black hair with silver horn protruding from her temporal bone just like Rafiah and Zerolith would. Her daughter follow her features

Since I'm tired, I decided to rest early, and once the night come, we started our investigation once again, and this time around, nearing dusk

(This is it!) [Ash]

No doubt about it. I should report it to the castle.

I went to the castle and I'm the first one to arrive. There, I can see Diana with a long hair girls. What are they discussing?

Ohh, they're coming toward my direction

"So there you are!" [?]

"?" [Ash]