The Goibniu Familia was very fast, truly worthy of a professional artisan Familia.
In less than a week, they had completed the renovation of a mansion covering several thousand square meters.
Of course, the fact that a significant amount of money was paid was also a reason; all the property obtained from the Apollo Familia was poured into it.
Hearth Manor was the new name of this mansion.
On the day the mansion was completed, another piece of good news arrived.
That was, Fu Hua's injury had finally completely healed!
"Long time no see, everyone."
Dressed in simple men's clothing, Fu Hua arrived in front of the Hearth Manor with Miach.
"Alright, the person has been delivered. I'll head back now."
Miach politely declined Hestia's invitation and returned to the Sky-Blue Pharmacy alone.
"Class Monitor! Are your injuries completely healed?"
Fu Hua nodded: "Miach's medicine was very effective, and combined with Airmid Teasanare's magic, all my old injuries have healed."
Looking at Fu Hua, who was surrounded by several girls, Takatsuki always felt that Fu Hua's gaze towards him was a bit strange, leaving him somewhat puzzled.
However, Fu Hua said nothing, but smiled and said to the others: "Alright, let's go in quickly. Hearth Manor, what a great name."
Everyone said nothing more and entered the Hearth Manor.
At Hestia's suggestion, everyone went to find their preferred rooms and explore the mansion on their own.
Takatsuki chose his room on the second floor of the Hearth Manor. For various reasons, there weren't many bedrooms on the first floor, and it was foreseeable that if more people joined in the future, the first floor would likely be very noisy.
After finally being free from Theresa's nitpicking, he naturally wanted to choose a well-located room.
"Takatsuki."
Just as Takatsuki was tidying his room, Fu Hua walked in.
"Oh, Fu Hua. Have you seen the training ground I requested from the Goibniu Familia? Are you satisfied?"
Fu Hua nodded: "It's very good."
"That's good. I didn't know what kind you needed, so I just let them do as they pleased. Is there something you need me for?"
Takatsuki hadn't forgotten Fu Hua's somewhat strange gaze earlier, so he figured she must have something to say to him privately, which was why she came over.
"Takatsuki, how old are you this year?"
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As a result, Fu Hua started by asking a strange question: "As for me, eighteen, oh no, I should be nineteen now. Why do you ask?"
Fu Hua shook her head without answering: "You said before that you knew about my past. Have you met me before?"
"Uh, why are you suddenly asking such a strange question?"
Takatsuki looked puzzled: "Of course not, otherwise, wouldn't you remember me?"
"Throne of Heroes."
A word suddenly popped out of Fu Hua's mouth, making Takatsuki look strange.
Throne of Heroes? Isn't that a Type-Moon thing? How does Fu Hua know that word?
Oh, no, Takatsuki quickly realized that the term Throne of Heroes was not exclusive to Type-Moon, but existed in mythology itself. Valhalla in Norse mythology, a heavenly place in Norse mythology, was also called Throne of Heroes.
"What about Throne of Heroes?"
However, Takatsuki didn't know why Fu Hua suddenly brought up this word.
"Never mind... It's nothing."
Fu Hua left, coming over to ask some strange questions and then leaving just as abruptly, leaving Takatsuki alone and bewildered.
After moving in, and also to celebrate Fu Hua's complete recovery, everyone held a barbecue party at their new home.
The new base was incredibly large; finally, they didn't have to squeeze together, and everyone had their own room. Even the bathrooms were divided into two large male and female bathhouses. According to Goibniu, this was standard for large Familias.
For Familias with dozens of people, it was naturally impossible to build dozens of separate bathrooms, so they simply built two large bathhouses, one for men and one for women.
With magic stone technology and the Dungeon continuously producing magic stones, heating such bathhouses didn't require much effort.
Unfortunately, Takatsuki had tried, but magic stones could not serve as an energy source for his system's charging, unlike Honkai Energy crystals.
"Let me help."
Takatsuki walked over to Mei and Bronya, picked up a skewer of meat, and placed it on the grill.
Although barbecuing didn't require much skill and everyone could try it themselves, after Kiana successfully grilled a piece of something utterly burnt and unrecognizable, everyone decided to forbid Kiana from cooking herself.
Bronya, surprisingly, was very good at barbecuing, at least much better than Mei.
Takatsuki pondered for a moment and realized the reason: Bronya had lived as a mercenary and rarely ate good food. Meat was usually canned, or she might have hunted to supplement her meals in the wild, so it was normal for her to be good at barbecuing.
Fu Hua, who was good at cooking, on the other hand, couldn't control the heat well in this regard and often burned things. Although it was much better than Kiana's and still edible, she was still given gloves and told to skewer meat with Bell.
As for Hestia?
Don't even mention it, she was useless. Takatsuki only just found out that Hestia had even blown up a stove while working.
To prevent this magic stone grill from exploding, Takatsuki gave up on the idea of letting Hestia help.
The prices in Orario were quite... peculiar.
Basic necessities didn't cost much Valis, roughly equivalent to the value of Japanese Yen in Takatsuki's understanding. A 'potato snack,' which is a common croquette in the Far East, or a potato pancake, only cost a few dozen Valis. If one simply lived in Orario, killing a few monsters in the Dungeon would be enough for a day's food expenses.
It seemed that because of this, it was generally difficult to find monsters on the first few floors of the Dungeon. On one hand, there weren't large monster spawns like 'monster feasts,' and on the other hand, there were too many low-level adventurers on these floors. Many LV1 adventurers survived by relying on the magic stones dropped by monsters on these first two floors.
However, when the demand for goods was no longer a necessity but rose to the level of entertainment and enjoyment, their prices would soar to an extremely unreasonable degree.
For example, the prices of meals at the Hostess of Fertility were three or four times higher than those at ordinary restaurants.
The same was true for the taverns in the Flame Bee Pavilion.
And when goods were linked to an adventurer's exploits, the price would immediately skyrocket again, reaching millions of Valis without exaggeration. The rarer an item, the higher its price.
An unbreakable weapon, at a minimum, required one hundred million Valis. This was also based on the premise that it could be forged as long as the materials were available, making it a mass-producible item.
Magic books, furthermore, started at an auction price of one hundred million, which made Takatsuki feel like the pricing system was completely bizarre.