Chapter 43. House

I stood by the door with my eyes firmly shut hoping, no praying this had been a good purchase.

Current quest: Have all livestock on your farm at comfort 50% or higher.

Reward: The land under your deed will become fertile.

Yip that's a new quest so no taking this reward back.

I didn't know why I was delaying it so much at this point. I'd already bought it.

So with a breath to steel myself I opened the door and stepped inside...

To find exactly what I was expecting. And unfortunately that ment next to nothing.

The house was broken into three rooms each only separated by the changing of the flooring with the middle being denounced by a large support piller.

The entrance was the first of these three sections and held wooden floorboards that were slightly tilted towards a groove that looked to take any liquid outside. It also held a cupboard that I think was ment to be a shoe rack to one side. The whole thing felt very Japanese in its design with a small lip between this section to make sure nothing spilt over.

The second section to my left was the kitchen with tiles. Nothing really special there apart from it being very familiar to myself as no magic stones were needed instead it looked like a gas hob. There was an island table with a few barstools but I didn't really see a use for them especially with Zeldi.

The final area was easily the biggest of the three and for good reason. It was a lounge sporting a very thick carpet fit with three sofas each being four seaters all arranged in a square with a pit full of pillows that looked like it could fit Zeldi and still have at least half her body of room on either side. That was definitely a bonus.

All in all a good house except there was no rooms apart from those three. Which was a big problem for sleeping! Though I wouldn't mind us all cuddling up in the pit together.

I had just enough time to take all this in before Zeldi stepped in behind me before she took scanned the room.

"I was expecting a little bit..... Oooow." She stopped herself and when I turned to face her she looked to be reading something I couldn't see. "Yes Clovek gets full access."

"Full access to what?" I asked.

My question went unanswered as my little mare disappeared right in front of me like she was a bunny being shoved into a hat.

"Zeldi!" I called out spinning around like she had somehow got the ability to teleport. "Zeldi!"

"I'm here Master." She called out from the same position she'd been in when I'd watched her vanish.

I spun back around to face her unsure if I had just been seeing things.

"Master come see this." Ignoring my confusion Zeldi grabbed my hand and vanished again only this time I got a notification.

Livestock rooms:

Tarakona's was a different colour to Zeldi's that might have had something to do with the occupied part but I pushed that to the side and mentally selected Zeldi's room.

In the span of time it took me to blink I went from the three rooms in the house to a completely different room that was about the same size but filled with nothing but a fake grass floor. Zeldi stood to my left with a Cheshire grin.

"It's not much but this is my room! Look Master there's enough room for me to run." My Centaur followed this up by taking off in a sprint that had her holding her chest down.

She wasn't wrong though. The room was huge and was only really missing the bed from the other house. Don't really know what she was going to do with all the other space however.

Coming back from her run Zeldi slowed down enough that she wouldn't bowl me over before crushing me in a hug.  "This is amazing Master. My very own room, that's just perfect."

Perfect sure but I was just a little bit confused as to why this house seemed to have pocket dimensions for each livestock or why the hell it didn't have a description to tell me.

"Ooow let's go check out Tarakona's room!" Zeldi let me go as her excitement was redirected at the dragon now.

"Hang on a..." Zeldi disappeared again before I could finish. "Second."

I gave a huff that turned into a smile. I admit I had it wrong but thank you land for recommending this house.

Still silence. Not that I was expecting a reply but I thought it helped to at least try.

Livestock rooms:

So I couldn't enter without them in it. Makes sense. Though I am a little jealous I don't have my own room. The house did specifically say 'Livestock house' so it's not that surprising but still. Was I expected to live somewhere else? Because that's not going to happen.

Ignoring my rant I mentally selected Tarakona's room expecting to see something similar to Zeldi's. I was wrong yet again.

Tarakona had by far the biggest room as her's stretched high enough that if she stood on her back legs while in dragon form and extended her nose she could only just touch the roof. This was the position I found her in when I teleported into her pocket dimension room only to fall flat on my ass due to every single part of her room being made of ice.

Zeldi had luckily braced herself a bit better using all four of her legs but she was still sliding slowly towards one of the walls unwilling to move in any way to stop herself in case it caused her to fall over.

[This is perfect]

Tarakona said as she returned her weight to her front legs. There was a slight shockwave that spread out from her that threw me back onto the ground after I'd tried to get back up.

I shouldn't have been surprised this is what a frost dragons lair would look like but I was. My dragons claws found purchase in the ice allowing her to move around without issues unlike Zeldi and myself.

"I don't think it's perfect for us though Tarakona! My hooves are not built for ice." Zeldi called out trying and failing to use the walls to keep herself up.

[Oh. Forgot about that. It's habit to make my home as difficult to maneuver in as possible for others. That way hunters think twice.]

She had a point.

[Here sister Zeldi.]

Tarakona opened her mouth and breathed out a wall of frost that came up to my knees as it blanketed the portion of the room we were in with snow. While not a complete solution it was definitely less slippery to walk on.

If I wasn't saving up points I'd buy some snow shoes. The thought of Zeldi wearing them made me laugh internally as I made my way over to said Centaur.

Before I made it to her I noticed my breathing coming out in steam. The temperature must be freezing in here but it's still classed as on my farm so we were all immune. Well not Tilty but she wouldn't be getting in here anyway.

Zeldi reached out and grabbed me the moment I was in range as if I could hold her up straight if she fell. I would definitely try but without asking her how much she weighs I didn't have high hopes. The knee high snow did make it easier to stay standing but making our way over to Tarakona took us a while.

"Don't take this the wrong way sister Tarakona but I don't think I will be spending much time in here." Zeldi let out through chattering teeth that seemed to be more of a reaction that her body saying she was cold.

[Likewise sister Zeldi. I have not seen your own room but my guess is I would need my other form. This will do nicely for me right now and I will build up a bit of the walls to create a nest soon. I will make sure Master has easy enough access to it so he may retrieve my eggs whenever he wishes to.]

"I'm glad you like it." I said reaching out with my right hand to touch her snout. Zeldi had my left in a death grip and her legs as spread as she was able to.

[This is perfect. Your land is... Tolerable but I admit to missing my old mountain top. The temperature there was exactly what I needed and this room replicates it nicely.]

I got the sense she wanted to do some remodeling so I gave her a nod before turning to Zeldi. "Shall we go move everything from the old house to this one?"

Zeldi rapidly nodded her head. I couldn't tell if she wanted to do that more or if she just wanted out of Tarakona's room and didn't want to leave without a reason in case it seemed impolite.

Livestock rooms:

Together we both selected the communal rooms and teleported out of Tarakona's. I also noticed Zeldis room wasn't restricted to me even though she wasn't in it. Maybe like my trespassing it was a setting they choose? Zeldi did say I had full access.

"Let's move in." Zeldi broke me out of my stupor by opening the door and heading into the sun. She gave a shiver once the sunlight hit her skin even though she was immune. Must be a mental thing.

"Yes let's." I called out joining her.