"According to the plans, there will be a garden there..."

  "I understand, I will tell them. Hey! Clear that area! I don’t want to see trash in that place!"

  In the personal dimension, there are dozens of workers leveling the ground before building, as well as many others taking measurements and dividing the land that will belong to each building.

  Today, there are some temporary houses where the workers sleep at night, as well as a storage area where all the construction materials brought from the Divine Plane are stored. Inside this storage area is a stationary door which connects to the Divine Plane and is only activated when more materials are to be brought in, there is no exception other than this one.

  None of the workers feel anything unusual about the current situation, their minds have previously been manipulated by Serene Will. Their only goal is to work and not ask questions.

  While Stoic Compass oversees the work, he feels someone approaching him.

  Lawrence.

  "Will ten million gold be enough as an initial fee?"

  Stoic Compass rolls up the plan in his hand and says: "As an initial fee, yes... but it's far from covering the project in its entirety. Construction will be paralyzed if more capital isn't injected in the coming weeks. Hmph, you should be thankful I'm giving you a friends' price. The situation would be worse otherwise."

  Lawrence places a hand on his shoulder and thanks him, the dwarf elf simply snorts and looks away.

  "You shouldn’t worry about the money, we still have some reserves. Moreover, in the future, I will make a deal that will bring me money securely. That said, if you can get some discounts from your acquaintances, I would appreciate it."

  "Ha! You don't know the face my former employers would make if they saw how much money I'm saving you in all this."

  Lawrence smiles and looks around.

  What these workers are building is the future, perhaps not a future that includes the entire world, but their own future. None of them knows how many plans Lawrence has prepared for this... and how much he wishes them to succeed.

  Sky Petal has also played a main role in all this. Stoic Compass turns to her whenever a new idea arises and needs ample territory to carry it out.

  Because it is she who is populating the personal dimension with life.

  When he says goodbye to Stoic Compass, the latter stops him by saying: "If you really wish to build a sacred land, you need to find ways to concentrate the mana in this place. Starting with a large-scale magic formation and ending with magic artifacts, you have a lot of work to do."

  Lawrence bids farewell promising that he will, but if Stoic Compass thinks that's all, he is very wrong. Farmers, ranchers, cultivators of spiritual herbs... The list is very extensive. Sky Petal cannot be cultivating her own herbs forever, someone must do this job for her.

  For there to be a world, people are needed. Getting them can be as easy as it is difficult.

  He returns to his mansion in the Inferior Plane and planned to continue the rest of his day there, but then Initial Spark arrives with great news.

  "Queen Reminiscent Euphony accepted your request, she has a place that meets your conditions, Mr. Lawrence."

  After reading the content of the letter, Lawrence is glad to obtain a favorable response in such a short period of time. Although he has just returned from his personal dimension, he travels there only to cross through a stationary door.

  The next instant he appears in the castle of the Sky Blue Mountain Kingdom, in the Inferior Plane.

  This room has no doors, only windows, and a balcony. Lawrence walks towards the latter and then flies to the place described in the letter.

  It is a large mountain located a few kilometers from Lakeleaf City, the capital of the Sky Blue Mountain Kingdom. From this place, it is possible to see the castle and the city, although currently there is no road that connects to this mountain, it is not difficult to achieve if there is the will to do so.

  Lawrence extends his senses and evaluates the mountain. Just when he retracts his senses, he feels a person approaching him.

  He does not even need to turn around, he knows their identity.

  "Esteemed ranker..."

  The queen of the Sky Blue Mountain Kingdom, Reminiscent Euphony bows to greet him.

  "I came as soon as I was warned that someone came out of that room, I hope my presence does not bother you. If you agree, I want to explain why I chose this place."

  "Go ahead."

  As soon as he gives his approval, she immediately describes why it has to be this mountain and not another place. "This is a mountain located in a strategic place, it can be connected with even more roads than the capital itself. As requested, this place is not only extensive and fertile, but there are no minerals to extract."

  Queen Reminiscent Euphony's explanation takes a few minutes before concluding.

  "I like it."

  Lawrence approves the queen's judgment and adds: "Bring your soldiers and have them guard this mountain, no one can enter or interact with the people inside it. No matter what happens."

  Queen Reminiscent Euphony has the premonition that something bad is happening.

  "If I may ask, why?"

  Lawrence remains silent and she understands that he does not intend to answer.

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  She clenches her fists and takes a risk in asking once more. "I need to know, I will not be able to carry out your order if I do not know the severity of the situation. Your answer will determine whether my soldiers will talk about this with their acquaintances or keep the secret for the rest of their lives. So, why?"

  He changes his mind after hearing her words, he is not someone so stubborn as to reject a good argument.

  "Workers from the Divine Plane will come to build, any of them is enough to destroy your precious kingdom. While the construction lasts, the only thing that cannot be disclosed is the origin of these people. I leave the rest to your discretion."

  Although that is one of the reasons, the real motive is very different.

  Serene Will, Coldness Divine, and Absolute Prominence are from the Inferior Plane, they can interact with it because this is their place of birth, but not so Sky Petal and the workers who will arrive in the coming days. He does not want natives of the Divine Plane to interact with those of the Inferior Plane, he does not want to add more variables.

  He has not forgotten the existence of the Will of Nature and that damn deer that is hidden somewhere in the Inferior Plane. He may err on the side of caution, but he cannot get out of his head that nothing is as simple as it seems.

  Although Lawrence himself was not born in the Inferior Plane, he is an exception since he was born with the innate ability Dimensional Rift.

  He was destined to set foot in the Inferior Plane at some point in his life.

  Queen Reminiscent Euphony's expression changes upon hearing that hunters from the Divine Plane will descend on this mountain, it may be only a minor event for the ranker Lawrence, but the security of the kingdom depends on her actions!

  "What do you plan to build--?"

  Lawrence interrupts her, making it clear that he intends to say no more than this. "The price for which you sold your soul is about to be collected, but rest assured, if you do what I order, your kingdom will benefit from this."

  She no longer probes into the subject and bows before saying goodbye.

  "Ah, Queen Reminiscent Euphony..."

  Before she leaves, she is stopped by Lawrence. He turns around for the first time during the entire conversation.

  His eyes stop on her bulging belly and then he looks into her eyes.

  "Congratulations on your pregnancy."

  She smiles cordially. "Thank you for your consideration."

  Once she leaves, Lawrence smiles and directs his gaze toward the mountain. After observing it for a short period of time, he creates a Dimensional Rift and jumps from his personal dimension to his mansion.

  When he sees his son Ryan running towards him with his little feet, Lawrence cannot help but wonder, is he a native of the Inferior Plane or the Divine Plane?

  The answer lies in the future that awaits that bastard son.

  +++

  Time passes.

  The construction in his personal dimension progresses slowly as it is based on meticulous planning. The materials used are of the highest quality, prestige emanates from these half-built buildings. If these are used in a magic formation in the future, their compatibility is such that there would be no residue or loss of mana in the process.

  The 10 million gold were used up quickly, Coldness Divine along with the others had to contribute part of their money to ensure that the construction did not stop.

  It is interesting to see how the designs come to life before their eyes.

  Far from the main construction, small buildings are being constructed on the borders of the personal dimension that will be used by the servants. All of them are somehow connected to territories where livestock will be raised in the future, not just any livestock, but animals from the Divine Plane whose meat, milk, fur, and any other goods are of the highest quality.

  Buildings that are also connected to the territory that will be used for agriculture, in this way, they do not depend on the outside.

  A sector within the main construction is being built much slower than any other, the place where spiritual herbs will be cultivated. When Sky Petal let Stoic Compass know that this place would be the chosen one, he began to take greater precautions before taking a step.

  Because there will live a pill refiner and her future assistants.

  What has progressed at a faster pace is the construction on that mountain in the Inferior Plane. This is because its materials are of average quality, the workers do not need to be very careful when using them. Of course, this assessment comes from a native of the Divine Plane, in the eyes of the inhabitants of the Inferior Plane these materials possess an unfathomable quality.

  To this day there is a public that observes the construction from a distance, every day a new rumor is spread regarding its purpose, but Queen Reminiscent Euphony has been in charge of quelling them. Due to the restrictions, no one is allowed to approach the mountain, so no rumor has been able to be verified.

  The only information that has been ratified by the Sky Blue Mountain Kingdom is the name of that mountain.

  Celestial Firmament Mountain.

  When Serene Will, Coldness Divine, and Sky Petal learned its name, they had a complex expression.

  As for Absolute Prominence, she already fell for Lawrence.