《The Darkness In Your Mind》V2 - Ch 8 A village for the new lord
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Two months have passed since the start of my plans to build a village for some of the people living on my land. Time flew by pretty quickly and nothing noteworthy happened over this time. Now finally, the last part that's needed to be built should be done today. I just woke up and am getting dressed to go outside and see what it looks like, in fact I haven't even entered the village yet.
I felt that I should wait until everything was done before I went in, this is because I don't want to be bummed out by seeing the unfinished project. I would rather see it in all its glory instead of just see like a single house or two, also it was the request of Garal and his company. He said he wanted to see the look on my face when I see it all for the first time.
I put on my shirt and pants and then head down stairs and enter the kitchen, I grab a piece of bread, put some butter on it and then head outside. I yawn and stretch a bit once I exit out into the sunlight before taking a bite of my bread and saying "Ah, yep, I will never get tired of having a humanoid body again, the warmness of the sun and the taste of food, not to mention fresh air, it's all just too good."
I smile and then begin to walk down the new dirt road that was created leading to the village. I didn't want to have the village built behind the manor because I felt it would look weird having the back facing it rather than the front. I shake my head and stop worrying about the small details because I don't want to go crazy and be obsessed with perfection.
I return to smiling and continue walking. As soon as I exited the manor I could see the village, which is why for the past two months I left through the back door of the manor so I don't spoil the surprise. And now that I see it I'm glad I did that, because it truly is a sight to behold. I arrive at the entrance to the village and take a minute to observe it from the outside before I enter.
The village is quite big, about 30 or more buildings, but it's not too big as to not draw attention. There are houses, and some empty buildings for businesses if anyone wishes to set one up. I decided to let Lano handle the stuff with businesses that people wish to set up, I also told him that if there is a business matter that he thinks I should look into personally then he should let me know.
I walk into the village with a bigger smile than before, I'm proud, my pride has returned, it seems it didn't take much to regain that feeling and I'm glad I got it back. I never was all that prideful, even before I lost my emotions, so I'm not the kind of person who would just attack someone because they won something and I lost.
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Nor will I hesitate to throw my pride to the side if I have to abandon it in order to get something I need done, or to protect something I hold dear. The village is pretty satisfying to walk into, it changes from a dirt road to a stone one and it feels great on the feet. There is a fountain in the middle of the village with some benches around it.
Yeah, I'm definitely not gonna let any harm come to this place no matter what, it's too good looking! In front of the fountain and notice Garal there napping on one of the benches. I grin evilly and chuckle quietly a bit so I don't wake him up, I then whisper "Hehe, this is gonna be great!" I then go over to the bench he is sleeping on and start to slowly roll him.
He's heavy, but that won't stop me from accomplishing this! After a few seconds of painful pushing, Garal falls into the fountain with a splash and then jolts awake and sits up quickly before spitting out water, he then says "Who the hell did that?!" He then turns towards me and I laugh before saying "Morning Garal, you were napping on the bench and I couldn't help myself."
Garal laughs a bit too and then says "Oh, it's alright my lord, I guess it's my fault for sleeping there anyway." He pauses for a minute and then gets out of the fountain and says "So, what do you think of your new village, it's pretty good isn't it?" I smile and then say "Yeah, it's beautiful, I could look at it all day, but for now I have to go let everyone know their homes are done."
He nods at me and then says "Okay then, I shall return to my company's building for now my lord." I nod back to him and then walk off over to the carriage where the driver is waiting for me. It's a weekend so we don't have school, but the carriage driver is here anyway because I told him yesterday that I would need him so I don't have to walk all the way to each area, it's quite tiring after all.
Despite everything, my body is still pretty weak, I haven't improved at all for some odd reason, I'm still as weak as when I got it back. Although I'm pretty sure something is changing, I'm just not sure what it is, but I doubt it's anything bad it's probably just me still adjusting to this new body. It goes without saying that it'll take quite some time to strengthen myself.
Both my physical strength and my magic are kind of weak right now, so all I can do is hope that I improve eventually other wise I'm screwed if I get attacked or someone I hold dear does again. I shake my head and then get in the carriage. I tell the driver the location of the Wolf den and then we drive off to the den, which is a 25 minute drive with the carriage since it's faster than walking.
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Once we arrive there I tell the carriage driver to wait here and then I go inside the den. I am immediately greeted by the wolf brothers and Falmer says "Welcome back Brine, what is it that you're here fo-?" I smile and they go on guard "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU BRINE DOESN'T HAVE EMOTIONS NOR IS HE A HUMAN!"
I laugh at this and then say "Calm down, I'm Brine, I gained a humanoid body that's all, however I am terribly weak now due to this but I'm sure my power will recover with due time." The wolf brothers sniff and then calm down and Sater says "Well congratulations on getting a new body, anyway why are you here?"
I smile and say "Your homes are ready, I'm here to help guide you back to the village since you don't know where it is." Falmer smiles and his tail starts to wag, he then says "Great, hold on let me go get everyone." I nod and then Falmer goes into the den and comes back out a few seconds later with 8 people, not including the 4 kids.
I smile and then say "Alright, how about this, the kids can ride in the carriage with me and the adults can follow on foot, since your pretty fast due to your nature it should be pretty simple for you all to follow including the kids. But I don't want to risk them being attacked out in the open." Falmer and Sater nod and the kids get in the carriage and I close the door behind them for now.
I cough and then say "Alright everyone, we are about to go to a village in my land, but before I do so let me warn you about something." I pause for a moment and Everyone starts to listen intensely with serious expressions and I continue "The village we are going to will not only be occupied by you, but also people from three other different monster tribes."
They all show a face of worry and begin discussing about something, clearly rethinking rather or not they should actually go to the village now, I cough and then continue "However, do not worry, these people will not bring you harm nor bother you unless you do so to them or get on bad terms, please try your best to get along with them, I know it's impossible to be perfect but try your best to do well."
They calm down and then I explain the types of monsters that will be staying in the village with them. They seem to be alright with going to the village now which makes me feel at ease a bit now, for a moment I thought they would change their mind but they didn't. I then tell them that it's about time we go and get in the carriage which starts driving off after I tell the driver to head back.
The Red Eyed Wolves are following closely behind the carriage and after about two minutes, one of the kids in the carriage breaks the silence. The kid is a 4 year old boy, he says "Hey mister Brine, where are we going?" I chuckle a bit and then rub his head and say "We are going to your new home, it's in my land and you will be much safer and comfortable there, I'll protect you all too."
The kid smiled and then the rest of the trip was just me and the kids talking back and forth about casual things. Time flew by fast once again and we were back in the village before we knew it, once there I sent everyone to Lano so he can show them around and they can pick out what houses they want to live in.
It didn't take long for me to go get the people from each tribe, there were quite a bit in all of them, so I only took four people from each tribe. I told them that eventually I will expand the village or do something else depending on how everyone feels about it after staying in it for a while, if they feel that it needs to be bigger because they like living in this village I will expand it.
If they feel that there should be another village or more for each tribe or some other reason, then I will do that probably, that is if there is somewhere I can and they all agree it should be done. I put the sun protection spell on the 'vampires' that are living in the village so they are fine being outside, they're quite happy now.
I made a spell that shrunk the bodies of the Magiogres but still lets them keep their strength. They now are the height of normal people instead of giant terrifying ogres. One Magiogre was given an empty building because he said he is planning on making a blacksmith shop that sells weapons and armor, Garal doesn't like doing blacksmith work and was forced to do it to keep making money.
But now that he's here, he doesn't want to do that anymore and he doesn't have to, he happily gave some tips to the Magiogre that was going to do blacksmith work. One of the Spector Imps started a shop that sells glasses that also have the ability to make the user able to see in the dark if they focus their magic particle flow up to their eyes.
Once I am done dealing with getting everyone settled in the village I take a seat on a bench in front of the fountain. However, as soon as I sit down, Lano runs up to me and says "My lord, we have received a letter from the demon lord Phonexus Spirum."
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