As Karl finished creating the space, he opened his eyes and realized that he had moved. He was now in bed, with a Dana in his arms, and it was pitch-black outside.
It had been relatively early in the morning when he had started, and he was in a chair in the second floor work space, but he must have lost track of time at some point.
It was somewhat concerning that he didn’t notice he was being moved, but he was fairly safe inside the house, and the beasts would have reacted if there was any actual danger.
Dana snuggled her face into his furry chest as she slept, and Karl noticed that the catlike behaviours remained, even after she had changed forms back.
The biscuit kneading was adorable.
But he didn’t want to wake her up, so Karl remained as still as he could until he finally fell asleep.
The next thing he knew, the sun was up, and the smell of breakfast on the stove was making his stomach rumble. The noise of his stomach woke Dana, who laughed at his reclined position.
"Sorry, I think that I drooled on you. You were completely out of it with whatever spell you were casting. Thor said that it was an internal thing, and moving you wouldn’t disturb it, so we moved you to bed. But I didn’t expect that it would take nearly an entire day." She explained.
"Neither did I. But it’s all finished now, and I will show off the results later. First, breakfast."
Karl equipped a pair of pants, and Dana put on what looked like one of his shirts. That had to have come from Rae, as the clothing bound to its wearer, but he had to admit that it looked good as the headed down to the second floor, where Karl could hear breakfast being set up.
"Oh, good morning, sleeping beauty. Did you finish what you were working on?"
Karl nodded. "Indeed I did. It was a gift from Jones, the Magma Dragon, and I know that you’re all going to love it once you see it."
From across the table, Rae nodded enthusiastically. "I’ve been waiting a long time for this."
Then she left it at that, so everyone got to wonder what she meant as they finished eating.
"Alright, spill. What did you cast?" Dana demanded.
Before Karl could answer, Rae grabbed her and dragged her into the Tiny World.
"Tada! It’s a Dana space!"
"A what now? Tell me that you didn’t find a way for him to bond me as a pet." Dana replied suspiciously.
Rae shook her head. "We’re still working on that part. It’s a separate space, like our Beast Space homes, but all in one. See, we have a forest, a lake, a swamp, grasslands, the Guild House, even a mountain for Hawk to perch on."
They didn’t notice when Karl had brought everyone else in the house to the space, but they were all standing on the grass outside the courtyard of the replica Guild House, staring around in awe.
"You made a separate space? That is incredibly rare magic. This isn’t an illusionary domain, like the Library in the Guild House, is it? It feels different." Ashbringer asked.
Karl shook his head. "No, this is an actual stable separate space, though the principle is similar. If someone damages this place, it will not shatter. I will just have to rebuild what’s inside of it. The Library Space does exist in the Library here, though. It’s made the same way, so I don’t know if it’s actually an illusion here, or part of the Tiny World.
But I think that it turned out rather well.
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I was thinking that it would be a safe space to rest as we travelled. Remember all the attention that we got while we were crossing Newbon? Now, we could appear to be a lone traveller, or even just a beast, if I were in here with you.
That would raise far fewer questions, and this place is designed to help whoever is in it grow their strength and potential."
The Demonic Blacksmith sighed. "It’s a legendary treasure, and you treat it like a resort property."
Karl patted him on the shoulder. "In a way, it’s both. But the Guild is going to need more materials on a regular basis in the future. That means travelling to hunt. And being able to do that without drawing a lot of attention will be essential once we start hunting outside the lands of Drodh.
We’re in good standing with the Lord here. But what if we need something from Lared, or Ekh, further south? Or even from the Dwarven lands of Nabibun, on the Northeast Island?
Gaining a reputation as a distinctive group of beautiful women with some Cat Demon is bound to cause trouble eventually."
Ashbringer chuckled. "And once you get away from Drodh, there is a higher likelihood that you will run into less civilized sorts that would be willing to kidnap travellers. At least in Drodh, we have relatively strict social norms. Lared is close to the same, as they’re almost all Demons. But if you get to Ekh or Unzatharb, things are much different.
Ekh is almost all Orcs, and they have their own ways.
But Unzatharb is absolute chaos. They call it a Kingdom, but the King doesn’t control much. The old Immortal has passed it all down to his descendants in sections, and they have made war with each other in the name of total control for longer than most can remember.
I recommend that you stay away from there, unless there is no other option."
Karl nodded in understanding. The Orcs respected power, so that would be alright. But a nation ruled by ancient lineages of warring family members? That didn’t sound like fun. Find exclusive stories on freewebnovel
Lotus transformed into her [Beast Form], a tiny green dragon, and began to fly around the space. This was nice. It was private, with lots of room to fly, and no worries that someone would capture her, thinking she was a lost hatchling that might have a reward for its return.