Morning, the next day, Inala stood at his purchased home, watching small trucks bring in the goods from the railway station.
The seven trucks unloaded all cargo on a railway that transported everything to Fentan City. There, Wittral hired the services of a transport company to shift the goods from the train to their home.
Wittral actively kept watch at the railway to ensure all the goods were transported properly and nothing was stolen. He had packed them all personally and numbered them to ensure the goods couldn't be stolen a bit here and there during the transit.
"Madam, where shall we put them?" The cargo driver asked upon arriving at the entrance of Inala's home.
"Leave it at the entrance," Inala said and pointed to the courtyard. It wasn't that large and hence was quickly filled with a large stack of goods that continued to pile up. Noticing the bustle, many neighbouring shopkeepers arrived to witness, surprised to see a young woman be the owner.
Inala flashed them a courteous smile and continued with his work. He wasn't free enough to make pleasantries with everyone, especially since the shopkeepers on the street numbered more than a hundred. Wittral would take care of that.
Hence, to avoid them, he purposefully kept himself busy and ordered the cargo drivers to move the barrels and beetred bricks to multiple locations around the house.
In the end, he commissioned them to erect a net around the property, ensuring the construction wouldn't disturb the others and remain unpleasant for passersby. It was merely polite to do so. Besides, making a grand reveal netted more shock value, so that too was one of the reasons.
Inala paid the cargo drivers, noticing that he had used up most of the Briga stolen from Arlfarah Mansion's treasury. He still had some, which was enough for their immediate needs. Beyond that, their tea house would begin making money.
Inala just made an excuse of selling some common Skills to a group of commoners as the reason for earning 1400 Briga. He didn't bring up the topic after that.
The last of the goods was brought in the evening. Wittral accompanied them and noticed everything had been neatly stacked in the available spaces around the property, pleased to see the arrangement. "It's easier to use them."
He liked the net covering the property, for it prevented others from seeing what was happening within. The net currently was three storeys tall, but could be elongated easily. They planned to construct six storeys after all.
Entering the property, he asked, "Wouldn't it be odd to see a building pop out so quickly? I did ask around, but all constructions are usually done by construction companies."
"Yes, but construction companies have little to no influence here, since hardly anything is being constructed." Inala said, "If needed, anyone could construct. There will be confusion and speculation regarding the speed at which we construct, but that too would serve as an advertisement."
"You needn't worry." Inala smirked, "I already found a backer to take charge of the construction for official purposes."
Maroppa's company refined and sold Spirit Weapons. Technically, they could also construct buildings, which seldom happened because of the lack of demand. Hence, it wasn't an issue in saying Maroppa's company built their tea house.
It helped Inala and Wittral hide their abilities while also boosting the name of Maroppa's company, a win-win situation.
"You're quick in terms of networking," Wittral said in amazement.
"That's a necessity as a Free Human." Inala said, "You have lived a pampered life as the Cooter Clan's hope. Since everyone tried to get in your good books, you never needed networking skills. But now, you can simply learn them."
"Right, I can learn anything that I'm ignorant about." Wittral nodded, positively approaching the issue with an open mind.
"Alright, let's begin construction." Inala said and patted Wittral on the back, "It's mostly on you. I'll be supporting you through Prana recovery."
"Well, you can just cheer for me from the side. I can finish this in two days." Wittral said smugly and got to work, using Subtle Terrain Domination to first transform the existing structure into dust, compress it into dense blocks, and stack them in one corner.
He quickly laid down the foundation and began construction, making rapid progress. Inala supplied Prana to Wittral by creating clouds using the fluid in Prana Bombs. From time to time, Wittral consumed part of the cloud and worked nonstop.
The compressed blocks of the original building were simply used as a foundation material after Wittral made some changes to their material composition. Nothing was wasted, displaying the creation capabilities of Subtle Terrain Domination.
Two days later, it was done. Six storeys, with the topmost being reserved as their living quarters and the kitchen. A private staircase ran down the floors, reaching the underground floors where all the brewed drinks would be preserved.
There was a total of two underground floors, the limit to what they could dig. A portion of the lowermost basement was reserved for any and all sorts of work they planned to do and the materials necessary for it, from painting to creating constructs.
All the land space had been taken up for the tea house, ensuring the building reached the very border of the plot.
"Looks great, right?" Wittral smiled in contentment, "The colour came out well too."
"Indeed," Chuckling brightly, Inala handed over the signboard that he had just finished designing, "How is it? Do you like the design?"
Misty Flake Tea House!
"The name came out well in this design," Wittral said and used Subtle Terrain Domination to affix the signboard in its respective spot. "Now, we only need to stock up on the basic necessities."
Clothes, utensils, incense, etc. were all a necessity to run the tea house. Among them, only clothes and incense needed to be purchased.
As for utensils, they intended to use the Satellites for that. It was a straight-up display of luxury to have teacups made out of Satellites.
The higher floors meant for the richer customers would have tea served in cups made out of Comets. That was more than enough to place a high price tag on their products.
Usually, if someone refined a Satellite, the essence of what made it a Satellite would be lost. As a result, all manner of decoration was done by using the Satellites in their natural form, without any changes.
Of course, Wittral was an exception to the rule, able to treat all matter as a fluid Spirit Weapon. Hence, he could morph their shape as he pleased while still retaining their Satellite qualities. As this would be a breakthrough in refinement techniques, Wittral didn't go overboard and remained subtle with the changes.
This way, they wouldn't attract the desire of the wealthy to claim his refinement techniques. But at the end of the day, it would still be impressive enough.
"This is the list of items and their blueprints." Inala used the Water Slip Skill to transfer a large amount of knowledge to Wittral. By relying upon it, Wittral would be making designer utensils and even casual board games that could be played at the tea house.
While he was doing that, Inala went out to purchase the necessary fabric. And using that as an excuse, he made a beeline towards the shop set up by Asaeya, 'Finally, I can meet them freely.'