<h4>Chapter 280: Preparing For the Noble (2)</h4>


    Ehretia and Aka remainedtched to my body as I got up, the two babies refusing to go to their Dama''s arms and instead remaining on me, while Ipo waddled beside Rhefia, her tiny hand wrapped around Rhefia''s pinky as we began to tour our property.


    "Alright, so the Potaam River has a sandy shoal here, right? There isn''t much we can do with thend itself, so I was thinking a few things. Let me know how you all feel about it..."


    Stepping onto the sand, I gestured around me - specifically at the edge of the plot, where the stone pirs marked our property.


    "In this corner I wanted to have a portion of the house for an outdoor area, which means the house itself will sit in this corner. Maybe go out forty feet or so that way, and probably around thirty this way to get a nice size for us to live in. But for this portion particrly, I wanted a nice deck overlooking the Potaam that we could eat and lounge on almost all year round - if possible, anyways.


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    If we do build the house over here, then there''s all of that space left for anything, be it gardens, crop fields, workshops, sheds, training grounds... we can do a lot with thisnd, but for now, what do you think about the house? We can go up two stories easily, maybe even have a third, while the earth should bepact enough for a basement as well? Shouldn''t be too much work."


    Thosest words made Sari, He and Prixisia give me an odd look, while the rest of the family just nodded, taking a few steps back to look at the area I suggested.


    "You wanted a wall around the entire area too, correct? To turn this into apound of sorts?"


    I pursed my lips as I looked around the rtively tnd around us, trying to envision what it would look like with a wall of stone surrounding it.


    Sure, it would be safer and better for us, but wouldn''t that make this ce a tad ugly?


    "I... maybe? If we do, we''ll pull the house in a foot or so topensate for the wall. Is there anything specific we would need in the house though?"


    Everyone looked around at one another and thend before shrugging, with the warriors all deciding to leave everything - along with the stress of making a good home - to me, while Kalia, Camara, He, and Prixisia put some more thought into it.


    "Maybe not in the house, but I would like a small shed attached to it for me to do my woodworking?"


    "Gardens~! Oh, that''s not in the house... uhm... I want it to be open and airy inside~!"


    I grinned at Camara and Kalia, who smiled back at me as they looked excitedly around thend, while He and Prixisia added "Arger kitchen!" and "An alchemy room!" respectively, both deciding to believe in me instead of doubting the process.


    "Haha~ Of course we need arge kitchen~! This is arge family after all~! As for the alchemy room, considering Kalia also seems rather interested in that, I''ll make something work for your size, Prixisia..."


    With their desires voiced, the four women smiled happily before looking towards the three warriors, who were all staring back at us with neutral gazes.


    "Don''t even bother asking, Astra... I''ve said it before, and I''ll say it again. I just need a good, sturdy bed to make love to you in from dusk to dawn, as well as some space to stretch my legs... though that isn''t as needed since we can just go hunt."


    Sari just nodded in agreement, while Aethisia pursed her lips before asking "How about a ce in the basement to ferment or brew our own liquor?"


    That made both Rhefia and Sari grin widely as they looked at the tall Deerkin, while Camara raised a brow and stared at her sister with a neutral gaze, making Aethisia scratch her cheek in slight embarrassment.


    "That''s... actually not a terrible idea, even if ites from a... slightly worrying desire. Wines to cook with, to sell, and to enjoy ourselves. Other darker or richer liquors that we could sell off for a premium."


    Aethisia smiled wryly at me as I stared at her for a moment before turning towards the rest of thend, saying "Well, if we want to make foods and drinks, we neednd to grow those things, and we should n everything out today with the assumption that this is the onlynd we have avable. So, Rhefia, if you could mark out the dimensions of the house for me please..."


    My wife nodded as she raised some pirs of stone from the earth, marking out the edges of the house before doing the same with the pathways that I wanted to make as well.


    We did everything as methodically as we could, plotting out expanses of field for crops, portions of thend for normal gardens, an area for physical exercise, a small wharf, and some basic pathways leading between everything.


    On one side of the plot, we had two separate sections dedicated to crop fields - which were under the measurements for a ''farm'' type of plot - as well as a small garden between them, where we would have a small pavilion for outdoor work.


    Then on the side close to the road, we nned out a long stretch for the orchard, though the plot wasn''trge enough for a ''traditional'' orchard, but with Kalia''s magic and my skills, that wasn''t an issue.


    Besides that, the wharf was for us to take a small boat out into the river and rx, as well as for us to fish if we wanted to, while another section was squared off for a general training grounds and ce to hold pics and the like.


    While this wasn''t thergest plot ofnd, we made sure that every inch of it was being put to use, and each of us was already envisioning a life inside this plot.