Disclaimer:

Mr. Katsu, Your world, some are your puppets, the rest are mine… although, if you want them, you can have them. For free even.

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Minato commented: "I still can not believe what we did this weekend. Say, Seiji San, what do we do when my parents ask to see pictures of our trip?"

29 Dragon Stones.

I smiled: "We tell them we were at a Shubuko at a Buddhist monastery in the mountains, we had to do without any technology. Before we go home, we will [Teleport] there and take some group pictures before the Monastery and some in the woods with different outfits. I am sure you stocked them already in your [Bracelet of Transformation], so it will be easy to provide some pictures."

Reina sighed relieved, "Great, my parents will feel better when they can see where we went for two days without a word from me," she grinned, "even more when she sees you are the only adult male in the group, Seiji San."

We [Teleport] close to a Monastery high up in the mountains, and started to make some group pictures, some pictures in the woods, and a video of a [Kendo] sparring match between Minato and Himari with their Bokken for YouTube, with the mountains as background and the sun setting down, it made an impressive video.

Kacha and Inari saw the video and got in the mood too, soon Minato had a fight with Kacha again, and Himari with Inari. The place for the fight was at a tourist lookout spot with a magnificent view on the mountains. I cast [Speed] on Minato and Himari to let them keep up with Kacha and Inari.

Both the fight and the scenery made it into a beautiful battle, two teenagers against two stunning beauties battling in the mountains, other visitors were pointing their smartphones at them to capture the fight. Kacha and Inari made certain to let the kids shine, after ten minutes they broke the fight off. Panting, they took deep breaths to recuperate, Elena and I made them feel better with [Stamina Restoration], Minato and Himari looked at each other and blushed, they knew now how I could keep going all night.

Xxxxx

We delivered the kids home and moved to our apartment, when the girls went up with the elevator, I faded outside and eliminated all Chinese Mafia. With the trash removed, I went after the girls.

They gathered around Hilda's laptop, the fight was already on the net and was commented furiously, although most were what they wanted to do with Kacha and Inari. A beautiful African woman and a stunning Caucasian redhead doing a sword fight in the mountains made the blood flow to the little brains.

Hilda said: "Minato posted his spar with Himari on the site of his club. Haruto must have shared the video with him. They did learn a lot in the Tower of Sunrise, at the end they killed the bees with one slash."

Aya said: "Look, the comments are starting, well, Minato and Himari are going to be hot commodities, I would not be surprised if they are going to be asked to act in a Bushido movie. It is hard to find skilled young sword masters."

Yuki nodded: "It would damage their school work… no, not as they keep coming here."

I handed a [Magic Stone of Eidetic Memory +3] to Yuki, Rin, and Tsumugi and said: "With this, there won't be any problems for the kids."

Tsumugi used [appraisal] on her Stone and gasped: "Seiji, you are such a cheat character, you know that? Not only is studying here boosted to a ridiculous level, but with an [Eidetic Memory] you won't forget a thing! We are going to graduate with top marks!"

Mai nodded: "That is why Yurie and I are taking an extra course, even now we can easily keep up."

Hilda remarked: "Himari and Minato are entered just now for the next tournament by their Sensei."

Lela said: "They will do well. Lydia? How far are you with the [Magic Spell Stones]?"

Lydia smiled: "We made five hundred from each element. Lord Seiji? We noticed that the [Candy] from the Candy factory restores our MP faster than the [Candy] from Japan. Can you think of a reason?"

I shrugged: "The [Candy] from Delaidos is made with 100% natural methods and ingredients, no artificial coloring or taste enforcers. The Sugarcane came from The Tower of Sunrise, it could possess some Magic too. You already produced 2000 [Magic Spell Stones], I am impressed."

Elena looked at Lela and nodded: "Lydia, can we buy 100 from each Element for the army? At 2000 a piece that will be 800.000 Aurums, do you agree?"

Lydia shook her head: "Mistress Elena, Mai, and Yurie made some too and asked 1000 Aurums a piece for them, I will sell you those for 1000 Aurums a piece. After all, it is for our Military to get stronger."

Mai commented: "We won't mind making them for the Military, Elena, it is our country too now, we fought in wars for it. Yurie and I make them before we go to sleep, we empty our MP with it, our MP is full again in the morning then we make them until our MP is half. Besides, it is fun to be able to create [Magic Spell Stones]. We have to thank Team Dalton too, we bought all the [Magic Stones] they harvested from the bees they killed. With the [Clear] spell you taught us, we make them into [Empty Magic Stone], even with 1000 Aurum a piece we make a huge profit."

"That is great, thank you Mai and Yurie, you too, Lydia for suggesting it," smiled Elena, "The Military is low on funds after this campaign, and cheaper [Magic Spell Stones] will help a lot."

Nancy sighed: "I had a wonderful weekend, thank you all, blessing the Mansion was great."

Ringo saw Hilda blushing red hot, and understood, "Did we make too much noise, Hilda? Sounds travels far without doors blocking it."

Hilda's blush got deeper, and she shook her head: "No we heard but did not mind it, we were together in Minato's room and played board games to pass the time. We had fun."

I commented: "With the new inner doors that won't happen again. New topic, furniture, from here or Delaidos?"

Yuri said: "Delaidos, we need to keep the money circulating, Seiji can go around in every town and order them. That is basic economics."

Aya protested: "Not Seiji! He has bad taste in furniture! We have to make a shopping list and let Lydia order them."

Nancy added: "I need Seiji tomorrow for two meetings, one with his firm and one with the construction company. I hope we are done before lunch. After that, we can help."

Kacha said: "Inari and I will be working in the Sugarplant, and studying about Ice for our next Magic."

I stood up and said: "I am going to make [Magic Stone of Teleportation] for all the towns, I'll be right back."

I ported to the Capital, next to the Sugar plant was the first arrival point, for the towns, I selected a secluded spot outside of town. Eight Stones later, I [Teleported] back home.

There I made copies for everyone, "Try to be a bit stealthy when you arrive and be alert. Once they know where we [Teleport] in, that can be made into ambush spots. Also traveling to the other world costs 2500MP see that you have some in reserve or you will pass out."

"I'll prepare dinner, you girls can go in the Jacuzzi and have a girl talk or something," I said while walking to the kitchen.

Xxxxx

The next morning, the Chinese Mafia were grouped up in a three-person formation, it took a bit longer, a dozen minutes later, there were thirty mafiosi less on the planet. Boxing them in with [Barrier], and with [Sleep] they died without making a noise.

Nancy's guards noticed that every morning suddenly people disappeared. Too bad for them that I control the security cameras with Ori, that lovely spirit is masking my presence from the cameras when I am doing my cleanup.

Yuki, Rin, and Tsumugi moved in with us, it saved on the rent for their dorms, at least that is what they told their parents, they were not ready to tell them they joined a harem. Well, three more for breakfast. I need to buy a bigger dining table.

Nancy and I entered the meeting room and greeted the President, Director, and the team that was working on the System, after the usual chit-chat, they presented the System. I loaded the program and ran a diagnostic on it. Ori dived in and searched for flaws, I reported the major flaws to the team and suggested ways to correct them.

The director sighed: "We are going to miss you Maruyama San. Miss Nancy you have a good friend in Maruyama San, he decided to stay here until your System is finished."

I translated Nancy's answer: "I am the lucky one alright, Director, good friends are hard to find. Seiji is the best."

The President remarked: "With the preliminary work of Maruyama we are ahead of schedule. We just need to decide on the date to install the servers and computers."

I translated: "We have a meeting in an hour with the contractor to discuss the last details."

We left the firm, both sides were happy, which is a sign of a good deal, I still have a beacon on the Director and President in case the Chinese mafia want to move against them. We moved to the next meeting in Nancy's new shop, there was not much to discuss, the company was very experienced and did a great job.

When we were about to leave, I said: "Nancy? If you have MP enough, I suggest putting a beacon here in the store. That beacon warns you if you have [Vigilance] too if you don't have that, I can make a Magic Stone] for it."

Nancy smiled: "That is a good idea, Seiji, wait a bit… Done. We finished our objectives, what do you want to do? I need to report to Mother so I need to go to the apartment."

I thought for a bit, "I need to check something out in the Tower of Sunrise and talk to Aria about Managers for the Sugar plant. When you are done, call me, I am paid to keep you company these two weeks after all."

Giggling, Nancy said: "Go, Seiji, I have enough paperwork and planning to do to keep me busy."

I escorted Nancy home, Cleaned out the trash, meaning the Chinese Mafia, and [Teleport] to Aria.

Xxxxx

"Hello, Sister Aria, you are looking beautiful as always, I came to hire the managers you hand-picked for us, can you let someone call them to meet me in two hours? There is something I need to do first."

Aria smiled: "Thank you for the compliment, Lord Seiji, coming from you that is high praise. I will let the Managers be here in two hours."

Don't judge too fast! She is bloody gorgeous! I ported to basement floor -4 of the Tower of Sunrise.

I called Ori out, "Ori? The last chapters of the book about this world were about a malfunctioning in this Tower. The Slimes here mutated into [Diamond Slimes] with a very high level, and you told the me that the Tower system that regulates the Monsters was disturbed by an outside influence, that caused the monsters to mutate and rush out of the Tower. I want to investigate the basement floors, can you try to find out at the control Chrystal?"

Ori frowned and disappeared, I put my wading boots on and looked for enemies and treats on my map. My first clue was the higher level of the Slimes, I decided to go all out to speed it up, I used my Barrier to gather them together and crushed them with [Earth Magic]. Conjuring a big slap of stone and dropping it on them squished them.

I inspected the dungeon walls, some of the points radiated strange energy, to be safe I boxed those points off with a stone wall in front of it. I rushed through the floor and eliminated the slimes at top speed, all the energy nodes got walled off.

I ported to the top floor and reported it to Ori, she frowned, "There must be an outside force that wants to sabotage the Tower, I guess it is because you cleared the Tower."

I nodded: "That is possible, the adventurers can get more levels with the higher floors, there must be a reason why they need this country to be weak. Another event on a calamity level was an attack of a Level 100 Giant Octopus that had [Wind Magic] 7 and the skill [Flight] that Octopus came in with a Cyclone and demolished big parts of the country before the Seiji from the novel could kill it."

Ori frowned: "Then we must find the forces behind those attacks, it is a powerful force if they can arrange such attacks."

I recalled something: "I think the answer can be found in our world. The reason I wanted to let the girls do the karate Tournament, was because the Russian delegation used [Magic Stones] or a power that was extracted from it."

I thought of something else, "What if they have a person with Future sight and that person pointed Nancy out as a Key figure that could cause their doom? I have killed over a hundred guards already and they keep sending them."

Ori said: "There is nothing else to do about it as to raise your Levels fast. If I understand it you said it happened at the end of the novel so you are far ahead. The walls you put in front of the energy nodes are helping a lot. You better prepare yourself as well as you can."

Xxxxx

I returned to Aria and met the two Manager candidates, Benora, age 52 and Tanasha, age 49, their [Appraisal] came out positive and I hired them on the spot. Kacha and Inari were glad about the help, it freed them so they could study more, the Legendary [Nine Tails] and [Royal Tiger] were within reach. There are already spies from Beast Country investigating rumors of a Kitsune and Nekomata that are gaining Tails at an alarming rate.

I handed them the [Magic Spell Stones] of the four Elements and showed them how to activate the Magic. Both got a [Storage Bracelet] and a [Ring of Appraisal +3]. A last Magic was when I let them touch the [Magic Chrystal Fragment] to get them [Information Magic]. Both gained [Trade] 2 and [Management] 1.

I looked at them and said: "I put a lot of trust in Sister Aria's recommendation, that is why you get so many artifacts from the start. You have worked in the Merchant Guild, so you must know what the value of these artifacts is. Not to mention that you received four [Magic Skills] for free."

Crap! They went down on their knees! I have to get them back up before they try to suck my dick! Kacha and Inari giggled when they saw my panic.

Kacha saved me, "There is no need to kneel, Benora and Tanasha, you can thank him by doing a good job. Master Seiji, maybe it is a good idea to raise their level a bit and teach them some of the spells that are most used here."

"That is actually a good idea, Kacha," I said, "Benora, Tanasha, think of pressing the right blue button that is floating in front of you. Congratulations, you are temporary members of the [Hero Party], take my hand please."

The upper floors were fun to do, the women almost got a heart attack when I battled three dragons, chopped them up, looted the stones, and stored the bodies.

Benora gasped: "Those bodies are worth a fortune, Master Seiji. The skin is used in high-quality armor, it has been ages someone managed to kill a dragon, Wyverns are the next best thing and those are expensive too."

I grinned and [Teleport] us to Level 28, the Halfway Boss, and killed it too in a minute. I had to heal the biddies up, they almost got an aneurysm. I had a reward though, another [Magic Stone of Draconian Transformation]!

I can make a [Magic Stone of Draconian Transformation +2] from it.

| [Appraisal]

| [Magic Stone of Draconian Transformation +2]

| When Magic Power is applied you transform into a Dragon.

| The species is defined by the kind of dragon the Stone is from.

| The duration varies with the Magic Power applied

| Size is defined by intent.

| Bound to the first user.

| # Minimum Level to use without brain damage: Level 40

| Rarity *****

The dragon was a different coloring, the previous one was a red Fire Dragon, this one was a green Wind Dragon. Anyway, the Managers were Level 29, more than enough to keep everything under control. We returned to the Sugarplant, and I removed them from the [Hero Party].

I handed each an [Elixir] and made them drink it on the spot. A [Magic Stone of Language Acquisition Delaidos] will make them good teachers for the workers.

I smiled: "Work together with Kacha and Inari to get to know what we are doing, but first, go home and recover from your shock."

I chuckled when I saw them leave on unsteady legs, at Inari's and Kacha's curious looks I said: "I did the Dragon levels, not the lightning one from Level 59, but the ones of Level 28 and Level 56. They are not impressed that I killed them, but that I have the bodies in my [Inventory] those dragons are worth quite a bit of Aurums."

Inari nodded: "Dragon Hide Armor is priceless, killing a dragon needs a raid of twenty to thirty Adventures, by the time the dragon is dead, most of its skin is damaged. To kill a dragon they have to lure it in a cave or somehow chain it to the ground."

I grinned: "Guess what you will be wearing when you return to Beast country? You helped kill them after all."

Kacha hugged me, "Tonight we will show you how much we love you, Master Seiji."

Inari hugged my other side: "Yes, we will show it, Master Seiji, but for now you were planning to join Mistress Elena and Mistress Lela. You better go."

Xxxxx

Elena and Lela were in Ikebu Teaching Magic to the newly formed Magic squad when I ported next to them, startling the soldiers, they relaxed when most recognized me and the word Hero was passed around.

Lela explained the setup, "Instead of a hundred soldiers with four Magics we opted for three hundred Magicians, [Earth Magic] for the Tanks, [Wind Magic] For the Two-handed Swordsmen, and [Fire Magic] and [Water Magic] for the casters."

Elena added: "[Wind Edge] on a Two-handed Sword does a lot of damage, we plan to increase the amount of [Magic Spell Stone of Wind] when we buy the next batch."

I nodded, "That is a good mix. If I can make a few suggestions, most of the adventurers are heading into the Tower, that makes the Towns vulnerable against the Rats and Wolves. Let half of the Magic soldiers gain experience in the Tower and the other half hunt Rats and Wolves, switch out every four, five, or six months. Let the hunters take young recruits along to teach them their Magic. I thought you told me once that the soldiers got one free pass to try to get Magic in each Temple? After being tutored their chances will rise."

Elena looked at Lela, who nodded: "That was in the line what we were planning, Lord Seiji. We will add your idea of the recruits with the Magic Soldiers to hunt the Rats, those cause the farmers the most damage to the crops."

Lela asked me: "Lord Seiji, we plan to make a command center in Ikebu most of the action is around the tower, Princess Elena and I bought two more houses next to the others, can you make this for us?"

I thought it over, "I can, but someone needs to make a building plan, I have no clue how the interior of a command Center is supposed to look like."

I went to the soldiers and shouted out loud: "Pay attention! I will demonstrate different combinations on how to use your Magic! Try to learn as many as you can! Each new spell increases your MP, each combined spell doubles the MP increase, so it is in your best interest to focus!"

The following hour, I showed all kinds of Spells and how to use them combined with weapons or with other Magic users, Elena and Lela assisted by demonstrating the Spells at maximum power, to show their potential. Stone slabs were raised to practice on, most of the Magic Soldiers got five or more spells out of my tutoring, and a lot of ideas for more.

"I have to go home and prepare dinner," I said, "Have fun."

Elena smiled: "Thank you, Lord Seiji, although we did not order a lot of furniture, only here in Ikebu."

"We have plenty of time for that, Elena, see you at home." I waved them goodbye and ported home.

Xxxxx

My first order of business was to eliminate the Chinese Mafia that watched my place. Then I started on dinner. The students came in, the kids were late, Minato and Himari had [Kendo] practice and the others decided to wait for them.

Nancy came out of our office and hugged me, "All the paperwork was finally done. Speaking Japanese is doing wonders to speed it up, tomorrow I plan to work in the workshop on my Earth Magic, my goal is to create Gems, and to shape them in form."

"Great idea, can you help set the table? Dinner is in ten minutes, let the others know." I said, while speed cooking. Meh, I'll keep the food warm in my [Inventory] for the latecomers.

After dinner, Tsumugi sighed: "Seiji, you have my undying love and devotion, [Eidetic Memory] is such a broken skill, I am rereading all my course books, there is so much I missed in it, I am doing my Middle school books next."

Yuki confirmed it: "It is not only the [Eidetic Memory] Tsumi, it is the comprehension of studying our courses here."

The kids came home, we set the table for them and I took their dishes out, when they sat down I remembered I had to give them a Stone.

I said: "That reminds me, Minato, Haruto, Himari, and Reina, here is a [Magic Stone of Eidetic Memory], it is a one-time use like the [Magic Spell Stones], Hilda proved already that it is very handy."

Reina gasped: "Thank you, Seiji San! You can't believe how much we wanted to have a memory like Hilda Chan's, we are honored that you want to share something so precious with us."

Haruto nodded, "That is true Reina Chan, we are lucky that Hilda Chan wanted to be friends with us. Seiji San, Thank you very much for letting us into your circle."

Himari hugged Hilda and whispered, "Thank you for being our friend, Hilda Chan."

If this was a Harry Potter world, Hilda could cast a Patronus with that memory.

Minato sighed: "Seiji San, you are spoiling us, there is no way we will be able to repay your favors, we were Hilda's friend before all this, so that is not a payment."

Elena smiled: "Being Hilda's friend was enough reason for us to reward you with these skills and Magic, Minato. We treasure her a lot, granting you some skills was the least we could do."

Lydia commented: "Both sides are happy, that is the best outcome for a trade. We are happy that you are Hilda's friends, and you are happy with what is given as a reward."

"Speaking of rewards," I said when I remembered it, I showed them three Magic Stones, "I have enough [Magic Stone of Draconian Transformation +2] for everyone above Level 60. Today I got another [Magic Stone of Draconian Transformation] from the boss dragon on Level 28 so now we have three types of Dragon. We need to learn how to fly though."

Stunned silence, I shrugged: "I did not say anything because creating one bottom my MP out. In the future, there will be more dragons to choose from."

Everyone was doing [Appraisal] on the stones, Elena commented, "I think you need at least 10.000 MP to activate the change, maybe more, and it will need a steady flow of MP to keep the Transformation up."

Haruto was drooling, "Hilda Chan! You are going to be able to turn into a DRAGON! How cool is that? Almost every fantasy game includes that skill because that is a dream for everyone. Flying above your enemies and burn them with Dragon breath. Landing in the middle of town and changing into a human in front of everyone. That will impress them."

I chuckled: "That will certainly impress them, read the description, Haruto, it will change your body, not your clothes, so if you change back… You will be naked. The Townspeople will be impressed."

Aya giggled, "If it is grown enough to have something to impress the people."

Haruto protested: "It is not small!" and clapped his hands before his mouth.

Rin dryly commented: "I am not that curious, Haruto San, I'll take your word for it."