The World's Beginning
Zhongshan found someone to cover her work, then gestured for them to follow.
"Let's go, guests."
Sparkle and the other two Masked Fools walked in front, Sera and the others followed, and Zhongshan brought up the rear to keep anyone from following them.
"Sit, sit. Make yourselves at home." Sparkle was the first to lie down on the sofa.
"Ahem..." Sampo rubbed his hands together and looked at Sera with a flattering smile.
"Big boss, could you give old Sampo an autograph? There are lots of people in the fan club who want one..."
"Sure."
Sera nodded without concern. What bad intentions could old Sampo possibly have? He just wanted to sell the autographs to people who liked them, that was all~
Uncle Bad Knees spent all the money he earned taking the children out to play.
But...
"If you ever get a golden cup, just remember to sell it to me first."
Sera was quite interested in the Holy Grail. He wanted to see whom he could summon as a servant.
If he summoned a specific person, he did have a Black Tomb doll he could use as a relic to try bringing Ms. Black Tomb over.
But Sera was a little more interested in summoning based on compatibility.
"No problem."
Roubo cheerfully agreed.
Sera took the black paper and the pen with a gold refill that Sampo handed him.
"Just a moment."
Sampo solemnly took out a camera, keeping everyone else out of the shot.
"Boss, could I record a video? It's unlikely anyone would dare forge a genius's signature, but I still need proof in case someone says I'm selling fakes."
"Sure. Just keep everyone else out of the shot."
After Sampo gave him an OK sign, Sera signed his name.
Seraphis Seraphis
"All right, thanks, boss!" The smile on Sampo's face grew wider.
"All right, all right, Bad Knees, step aside. Don't hold up the important business."
"Now, there's a key question."
Sera looked at the Fools.
"Where do you think we should build the Tavern?"
Sparkle's eyes lit up.
"Me, me, me!"
"We should build the Tavern in a separate space and use fireworks to send people in."
"Rejected."
"Old Sampo thinks building it amid the children's laughter would be nice."
"No, no, no, your concept is too abstract. We might as well build it in virtual space!"
Giovanni spoke up as well.
"Hmm..." Sera thought for a moment.
"Then... let's build it in the reflection of Nihility."
The reflection of Nihility was existence; only through their opposition did the two have meaning.
"Sure, I'll listen to the little angel."
"Old Sampo has no problem with that either, but... isn't it a little dangerous?"
"Don't worry about the danger. I'll add protection around the outside.
"The interior will also be divided into real and virtual spaces."
"I have no objection." Giovanni raised both hands in agreement. Was there any greater authority than a genius's technology?
"Me neither." Zhongshan nodded.
"If you have any ideas, feel free to share them. I'll use spatial compression technology for the interior, so you can all create your own places."
"Wow, little angel, you're so wonderful~ Sparkle feels like she's going to fall in love with you."
"Old Sampo wants to build an amusement park for the children."
"Me? I hope I can have some space in the virtual world to make games."
"As for me, I'll see when the time comes~" Zhongshan spoke indifferently. As long as she didn't have to see those annoying Fools anymore, that was enough.
"What about you, Feifei Fox?"
"Wow~ I get a share too?"
Feiying looked at Sera, touched.
"Then I want a whole bunch of comics and snacks."
"Sure... Yaoguang gets a share too. After all, you're pretty elated yourself..."
"Then thank you, Sera."
Sera clapped his hands.
"Now, the main divisions will be reality and the virtual world. The reality zone will have a spring flower sea zone, a summer beach zone, an autumn forest zone, a winter snowy mountain zone, and the Tavern at the very center.
"Everyone will have access to the virtual zone, so you can create things yourselves.
"Finally, there will be your personal zones."
"Yay!" Sparkle was the first to chime in.
"Yay!" Feiying chimed in too.
"Yay!" Yaoguang called out as well.
"No parroting."
Sera stopped them from repeating it any further.
"So, little angel, when can you finish building it?"
"When?"
Sera smiled.
"It'll be done right away."
Sera took everyone straight to a separate space. It was a small reflection of "Nihility," the far shore of existence.
There was no need to worry, though. Sera had already isolated this place.
"Right now, it's a void, but..."
Sera raised his hand, and his authority took effect.
Reality began to change with Sera's will, and space twisted and changed along with it.
"Everyone, close your eyes."
Sera's voice rang in their ears.
They obediently closed their eyes, then felt snowflakes land on their faces. Beneath their feet was no longer empty space, but a field of snow.
"It's morning. Open your eyes~"
Sera stood in the snow, his tone cheerful.
"Welcome to reality-the winter snowy mountain zone. The map and teleport points are on the screens in front of you.
"You can also create your homes in the lower right corner.
"Lastly, only people of good character may be invited in.
"You can bring up the screen even after leaving here, and send invitations from the left side.
"Now, go create your worlds."
Sera was the first to teleport away, because he had to go back and fetch the others.
Cyrene and the others were still at the hotel.
A screen suddenly appeared before the ladies as they were having afternoon tea.
[Would you like to join the "The World's Beginning" Tavern? Yes or No]
Invited by: Seraphis.
The moment they saw his name, they all clicked Yes without hesitation.
Even Himeko, Suzi, and Busitu received invitations.
After going in and reading Sera's announcement, our boss, La Mancha, said that he finally had a place for the Rangers to retire. He didn't need to invite them to join; he only had to give them access to his own world.
Sera's own world was a place for conducting experiments. Herta and Ruan Mei said they would simply share Sera's, and open another space to store Ruan Mei's experimental specimens and seal it off.
Cyrene only asked for access and thoughtfully built her world into a rest area, connecting it to Sera's world.
Himeko and Suzi only built a very small space and transferred all the studio's files into it.
Sampo was working diligently to create an amusement park for the children, and he had gathered a lot of material for it.
Sparkle had only built a place to store things, but it was full of fireworks (?)
Giovanni was debugging a game in the virtual world. The prototype of the future Aetherium Wars was already complete.
Yaoguang opened a... uh, a card room?
Hmm... Qingque's favorite episode.
Yaoguang: You can say my divinations aren't accurate and that I need to improve, but you are not allowed to question my card-playing skills!