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Mr Katsu, … meh, I doubt you can read English, and if you pull this through a translation program, I doubt it will make sense.

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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 he 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."

30 The Tournament.

Hilda made it worse, "Don't worry, Haruto Chan, we are still growing."

Haruto dropped his head on the table and groaned: "Let someone please change the topic, pretty please?"

Himari felt sorry for Haruto and changed the subject: "We are competing in the Junior Tournament next weekend, Kacha and Inari, both of you are invited to come with us as our guests, Sensei asked me to invite you."

Minato nodded: "He was quite enthusiastic, I doubt he recognized Iron Wall Lela and the store manager from Magical Girl C on that video, both were only a few seconds in the video. Both are also on his wish list of people he wants to invite."

Aya grinned: "Not anymore, I uploaded my version, I was filming from behind to get as much of us in the picture. You can even hear Lela and Seiji commenting on the moves from Himari and Minato."

I stopped them from grabbing their laptop, "Eat first, watch later."

Inari looked at Kacha and said, "We are honored to be your guests, Himari and Minato, tell your Sensei we will accompany you."

I frowned, "I have to construct two buildings this weekend, Elena, offer the people a bonus if they are out of their homes on Thursday, then I start building on Friday and finish it on Monday, I can work in the evenings too."

Minato protested: "No, don't do that Seiji San! We know that building your base in Ikebu is important, this is just a Junior Tournament."

Elena shook her head, "You are more important, Minato, you are our pupils, Lord Seiji trained you, and accepted the four of you in our homes, we can build a base any day of the week once Nancy has her store opened."

Nancy nodded, "That is true, Seiji can even take some of the afternoons off, we are ahead of schedule, and now that I understand and speak Japanese, it will give him a lot of free time next week."

We watched the video after the kids were done eating, Aya cheated a bit, she put a link to her video on Minato's video on his club's website. Soon the comments were flooding in, Minato was swamped with messages about Iron Wall Lela and an angry Sensei asking him why he did not tell him about his idol.

Minato looked at Aya and sighed: "Sister Aya, you got me in trouble," then his face brightened up, "Hey! I can brag that I know Iron Wall Lela! That will make me popular with the girls!"

Lela looked puzzled: "Why with the girls? All the comments I have been reading were from perverts."

Minato shook his head, "No your video is posted on other sites too, even on the National Kendo Association, a lot of female students have taken you as their role model."

Himari nodded, "Yes, me too, Lela San. We did not mention it out of respect for your privacy. Hilda Chan said all of you wanted to stay out of the spotlights."

Reina said, "And soon she will be even more awesome when she is one big Dragon."

Chuckling, everyone went to their tasks, the students at their homework, Kacha and Inari were merging themselves with Ice, devouring all kinds of books, letting Hilda put freezing spells on them, they felt their eight Tail coming closer each day.

Ringo and Nancy were in designer mode, Lydia browsed the net for her next goal, [Restoration Magic], if she doesn't like fighting, she can at least heal the fighters. Knowing that she will spend most of her time in Ikebu Town, is a good skill to have.

Lela and Elena took a free internet college course about psychiatry, combined with books about warfare, they were on the way to making their country great again. Although warfare with Magicians was not a thing that could be discussed on Earth.

I did my evening check-up on my beacons, the few Devilkins are hiking somewhere, I guess to their village now that their portal statues are destroyed, the stewardesses are flying, the Director and President having a boring meeting.

Yeah, I found the personal settings for the beacons, the kid's beacons are set to R12, the director's to R15, I can set the beacons for neutral, ally, friend, or Enemy. There is no way that I am interested to see my Director doing his matrimonial duties with his wife.

Xxxxx

We filled the week doing meetings in the morning, off-world in the afternoons, and study in the evenings.

Aria had the candidates for our Second Base ready, she presented them to Elena and me, "Lord Seiji, these are Henley and Kalani, Henley is the third child of a Noble, Kalani is the daughter of a concubine, both are well educated in running a household and are recently married. This is a good opportunity for both of them to work in the same home. They gathered a selection of trained and untrained servants, in total, there are sixteen of them"

Henley took a bow, "It is an honor to work for Princess Elena and the Hero, we will do our best to serve you well."

Elena smiled, "I am certain you will, we have to warn you, however, our mansion is in a secluded place, a two-day horse ride northwest from Shinju Town in a hidden valley. Lord Seiji will show you the Mansion, take his arm."

We ported to our Second Base and made Henley and Kalani speechless, we showed the servant quarters and the main building.

Elena commented, "To travel to Shinju town takes two days so Lord Seiji will give you a [Magic Stone of Teleport] to several locations, and grant you different Magic skills to increase your MP. Remember that the value for those skills is 8000 Aurums, coupled with a [Storage Bracelet] value of over 800.000 Aurums and an [Ring of Appraisal], of 200.000. I hope you understand the trust we put in both of you. Sister Aria vouched for you, don't let her down."

Crap, they are on their knees again, this time in front of Elena! Scram! We are not Swingers! We are a Harem! Big difference.

I made [Magic Stone of Teleport] for Shinju Town, Ikebu, and the Royal Capital for both, and sixteen [Magic Stone of Teleport] to the Second Base and to Shinju Town and handed it to Henley, "A drop of blood on each stone will bind it to that one person. We will arrange for the furniture in the Mansion, you have a budget of 200.000 Aurum to do the servant quarters."

Kalani gasped: "That is too much, My Lord! We can do that for half of the money."

Elena commented, "Don't forget you are isolated there, even when you have Magic now, you need weapons and gear."

We left them to experiment with their new magic toys and skills, we won't use the Base much it is more a place to unwind or train our skills.

Xxxxx

We devoted a few evenings to sharpen the skills of Himari and Minato, their progress was easy to see, now they could hold their own against Kacha and Inari without the speed boost. They are ready to kick some ass, [Stamina Recovery] and some soaking in the Jacuzzi made them fit.

Thursday afternoon, Lela and Elena presented me with their building plans for the Command Center, we studied the plans and approved them. Tomorrow it is building time! Nancy cleared her schedule and wanted to help, it would benefit her [Earth Magic], currently, it is at Level 4. The step to level 5 is a huge one.

Friday morning, we started with demolishing the houses and digging out the basement, we kept the materials, it is easier to transmute than to conjure. As we did for our Second Base, we made two floors in the basement, most of the Houses in Ikebu are white with a red tiled roof, we kept the coloring the same. While I made the floors and walls, Elena, Lela, and Nancy did the inner works like windows, stairs, and inner walls.

Under the massive interest of the bystanders, they saw us raise a building in one day, and I started on the second one. Kacha and Inari pitched in for an hour or two, doing the inner doors and banisters.

We stopped when the Command Center was finished, Elena and Lela arranged for their staff to move in, while I popped to the 55th floor to feed the Shiny Slime the bodies of the Chinese Mafia, they kept on coming, and I kept on killing them.

Xxxxx

That Saturday, we sat in the spectator section of Minato's club, Nancy in her Japanese form, and Minato's Sensei drooling over Kacha, Inari, and especially Lela. The boys were first to compete, each had four fights to win to reach the finals, competing against opponents up to fifteen years old, nobody expected Minato to reach the finals, he surprised friends and rivals by sweeping the floor with all of them. Fighting life-or-death battles in the Tower of Sunrise gave him a killer mentality and he dominated all his fights.

Himari did the same with the girls' section, training against Inari and Kacha made her opponents easy pickings, she too reached the finals, I got to know the parents of Minato and Himari better, all of them had demanding jobs, and were glad their kid had a place to do their homework and study.

Mr Sato, Minato's Father was a Kendo practitioner too, said: "Maruyama San, from the moment Minato was tutored by Miss Kacha, Miss Inari, Miss Lela, and you, his progress was amazing, last week I could not win one spar against him. You have my respect, the video of their fight in the mountains is poetry in motion."

Mr. Tanaka, Himari's Father, joined the discussion, "I never expected my daughter to reach the finals, now I am certain she will win. Thank you for tutoring her, not only her Kendo, but her schoolwork improved a lot, she is at the top of her year. Her study group is in the top ten of her year, that is a big achievement."

I smiled: "They will get even better, we added memory exercises to improve their memory, which will show in their grades. Also, they are studying with College girls, and set them as a goal."

Mrs. Tanaka was doing the same with Elena, singing the praise of our study group. Elena, as a real princess, took it all with a smile. "We are grateful to her four friends for including her in their group, Hilda came into their class when school was already a month in session, most friendships are formed by then, Hilda was lucky they let her in."

We ended the day in our apartment, with the parents joining us for dinner. I showed my cooking skills, aided by Lela, lately, she has been fascinated with cooking and started to assist me, cooking for 23 people is a bit much, I took the appetizers and desserts out of my inventory so I only had to worry about the main course.

Slack-jawed, the parents watched my speed cooking, Mrs. Sato commented, "Minato told me about Maruyama San's cooking skills and thought he was exaggerating, this is amazing! If someone posts a video of this they will ask what company did the special effects."

Minato chuckled: "Wait until you taste the food, Mother. I told you Seiji San was a Five Star Chef."

The dinner was pleasant, the parents were reassured that their children were in good company, they had some worries, caused by their stories of one man living with ten girls, now thirteen girls, and the skills he had. The size of the apartment, the food, and good grades, not to mention the Kendo tutoring, eased their worries.

Xxxxx

That evening after the parents left, I showed the building Elena and Lela designed with their Generals. Elena commented on all the improvements they made, the new call center, a room with all the [Twin Magic Communicator] making the building into a real Command Center.

Nancy commented, "Information and reaction speed are Pillars any army must have to have an edge over the enemy. Another is roads to connect the towns and villages, traveling speed is another Pillar an army needs to have."

Lela nodded: "We know, Nancy, that will only be possible after we raise the numbers of Magicians and levels of our Magicians and they are more common, now they are feeling themselves too good to do something they consider work for slaves."

Elena explained, "Last week we doubled our Magicians in our army and raised their skills to equal the older Magicians. That humbled them, they used to strut around with one Magic at Level 2 or 3, but now they are feeling the pressure. When Lydia starts to sell the [Magic Spell Stones] to the adventurers, we will eventually find Earth Magicians willing to do the job."

Yuki said: "That is basic economy, Supply and Demand, with a few Magicians they can pick their tasks and ask for money and/or prestige, when there are a lot of Magicians, they have to lower their ratings to get a job or do less desirable tasks. I have to warn you about the effects on the economy with the change it will bring by adding thousands of Magicians all at once though."

Nancy nodded, "Seiji, you better raise Lydia's Level, as the figurehead of the [Magic Spell Stone] shop, she will be a strategic target for friends and enemies. It has to be known to everyone that Elena, Lela, and the Hero are her backers. Lydia, you are Level 50 at the moment, it needs at least to be Level 60 or 70."

Lydia thought for a bit and asked: "What will people think when they know my level when only a few months ago I was not even Level 10?"

I answered: "Being in the [Hero Party] will silence them."

Inari confirmed it: "A lot of stories about Heroes are about that, they recruit some commoners and train them in a few months and do legendary battles… Like the one we did by completing the Tower of Sunrise. Lydia! We are part of a legend! We did what nobody could in five centuries! We were commoners and Hero Seiji trained us in record time!"

Elena said: "We will announce that the [Hero Magic Shop] is endorsed by Lela and me, the Command Center next door will scare most of them off."

Kacha moved closer and straddled me, "We have to show our gratitude to our Hero for being in his [Hero Party] no, we have to show our love. Prepare to receive our love, Master Seiji. Costume zero!" Kacha's clothes disappeared into her [Bracelet of Transformation].

A naked Kacha sat on my lap and said: "Remove your clothes, Master Seiji, I want to feel you deep inside of me."

Soon there was a pile of naked bodies sharing the love, Hilda stood up and moved to her room, secretly wanting to be six years older.

Xxxxx

The finals on Sunday were a walk in the park for Himari and Minato, they rushed through the fights without any opposition, had Minato's Sensei almost on his knees before Elena, and asked for guest lectures or demonstrations. To be honest, Minato and Himari were competing on an adult level, the other Juniors didn't stand a chance.

When the finals were won, the Tournament organizers asked for a demonstration match between Minato and Himari, the Champions. They looked at each other and nodded, they trained almost every day, being tutored by me, Kacha, Inari, and Lela, and made big progress, evenly matched, each had their strong and weak points, there was no telling who would win the spar.

Before they went on stage, I softly said: "It is not important who will win or lose, it is important that you show your skill and your friendship for each other. Don't let your fans make you into rivals, I saw that happen a lot, two great sportsmen becoming enemies because of fan pressure. And most of all, have fun."

The demonstration match was awesome, Himari and Minato made it into a Sword Dance, both gave the other a chance to shine, I might have cast [Speed] on both, the fight lasted ten minutes, Minato let Himari have the upper hand, even when everyone saw he was slightly better due to his bigger body and strength.

After the match, they gave a hug to show everyone they had no hard feelings about winning or losing. The match impressed the Senseis and soured the officials a bit when they found out both were tutored by foreigners, they mellowed a bit when the girls mentioned that I trained them, there was something Japanese in it after all.

Mr. Sato remarked: "Now I know how much Minato held back when he was sparring with me, that was not supposed to happen in at least five more years."

I smiled and commented: "My old Master told me that it is a proud moment when a Master finds out that his pupil is letting him win. The goal of every Master should be to get their students to surpass the Master. You can be proud of Minato, you are raising him to be an outstanding man."

I looked at the Tanaka's: "So is Himari Chan, Hilda is lucky to have found such good friends."

Xxxxx

Minato and Himari went with their club to celebrate their victory, it was still early, so we decided to move to our Second Base, and decorate our rooms, I went to the servant quarters and created freezers with [Magic Stone of Extreme Cold] from the Ice Levels of the Tower of Sunrise.

I filled the freezers with Fish and Orc meat. If you think about it, eating Orc meat is a bit morbid, they have intelligence, they can speak, have clothes, even if it is a loincloth and weapons. And we eat them as if they are pigs. Then again, they eat Humans too, so turnabout is a bitch.

Hilda helped me butcher the Orcs, her [Dismantling] and [Butchering] are high, she used [Wind Magic] to cut the meat up, impressing Winny, the last Spirit I bonded two weeks ago, I have the complete set now.

My body is occupied by twelve Spirits, and last night was a good night for them, it was my turn for the [Royal Treatment] and they were riding the train of bliss the whole night. Anyway, the Spirits found out that they get double the fun when the girl I am making love with has a contract with them too. Resto is a drooling mess when Elena and I are shagging. And Lily was a shivering mess when Lela got her turn. Toki complained, "Why is it so hard to understand Space-Time?"

Xxxxx

On Monday, we completed the [Hero Shop]. On the back, we made a practice range to activate the [Magic Spell Stones] and to try new spells. Kacha and Inari arranged to give workshops to teach new spells to customers by doing so they trained [Teaching], a Skill that they will need in Beast Country.

Lydia opened her shop on Tuesday, she hired some local girls to man the counter, so she could handle the [Magic Contracts] for those who bought the Stones on Credit, and arrange the installment payments. The System I created for her on Lydia's Laptop made it easy to keep track, once we trained Lydia's assistants on Magic and Accounting, with an extra [Magic Stone of Junior Mathematics] the team got settled once the first rush on the shop was over. Kacha and Inari rotated their time between the Sugar plant and the [Hero Shop].

It all began to be a bit much to handle, we better delegate more or this would grow over our heads. The fun of being in a Magic world is lessening, although for Elena and Lela, this is blood serious, their future depends on it, the same goes for Kacha, Inari, their rise in status, from nobodies to Royalty, is having an impact on Beast Country already, the rumors of a Kitsune and Nekomata Seven Tails is setting the current rulers on edge. The King and Lyle Gewalt, Elena and Lela's Fathers are feeling the pressure too.

My only goal was to have a bunch of girls to shag and earn a shitload of Money. I got both, now the trick is to keep them happy and my bank account having more than seven figures. It is time to reorganize a bit.