Bastian walked beside Elder Dana, both heading to his office, when suddenly they heard a shout:
- Aunt Dana! Bastian looked at Elder Dana with a curious face and at the person who shouted, and walking towards them was a stunningly beautiful girl with red eyes and hair, holding a bright smile on her face. Bastian said:
- Dressa! Bastian looked at the gorgeous Dressa hugging Elder Dana tightly, and Dana said:
- Hey Princess! Elder Dana understood Bastian's face and said:
- The Emperor is my brother, and this Princess is my beloved niece! Bastian nodded his head in acknowledgment and said:
- So, it is like this! Bastian changed looks between aunt and niece and started to compare them both. Realizing their similarities, he joked:
- Aunt Dana! Dana looked back at him and chuckled, and Bastian made a gesture for them to walk beside him to the office. At Bastian’s office, Dana was stunned by everything she looked at and asked:
- How many projects do you have? Bastian still looked among his blueprints and said:
- I have not counted it! Laughing Dana swayed her head from side to side, sighed, and said:
- I bet that each idea here could make a fortune! Bastian left a smirk and said:
- Probably! If executed under my eyes... Bastian stated the truth, and a second later he stated:
- Found it! Dana, come! Bastian invited Dana to come closer to his table, where he could explain the building and renovation in detail. After nodding her head for each explanation, Bastian stated:
- For the first idea I want 2 things. Dana lanced him a glance and asked:
- What are those 2 things you want? Bastian stated:
- First, I want some of the people I trust to make the renovation! Dana stated and asked later:
- Granted! What is next? Bastian said:
- I will choose and train every employee of your “Coffee Shop”! Dana stated again:
- Granted! Any other requests? Bastian stated:
- The price for each cup of “Coffee” is 10 Platinum pieces! Dana looked deep into his eyes and asked:
- Young Master Bastian, it is too expensive! Bastian looked back at her and asked:
- Would you pay for it? Dana nodded her head and said:
- I saw you used three measures of that brown granulated and I believe that is the “Coffee”. Bastian nodded his head and she continued:
- The other items are boiling water and boiling milk. Am I right? Bastian nodded his head again and stated:
- Those water and milk are cheap, but the price of the "Coffee" package is one Mithril piece, each containing about 90 measures of the main ingredient, so it makes 30 "Coffees", Dana was stunned by the line of thought and said:
- So, I will profit 2 Mithrils per pack. That is unbelievable! Bastian nodded his head in agreement and continued:
- From the "profit", you have to pay for the employees and everything else. Dana was nodding her head nonstop, and she looked at Bastian and asked:
- When can we start? Bastian looked at both and said:
- Let us visit a building! Bastian, Dressa, and Dana walked, crossing a wide and dangerous avenue in front of his own house, arriving at an old but luxurious building that was an old hostel, and saying:
- Dana, this is the building I told you about! Now you can go on and buy it! Dana walked into the old building and went straight to the counter. She saw an old man fanning himself and said:
- Old Man, may I know who is the owner of this building? The old man, lazily leaning against the counter, just moved his eyes and asked:
- Who wants to know? Elder Dana understood she had been a little impolite, took her badge from her space ring, and said:
- Sorry, Let me present myself first! I am Elder Dana from the Auction Hall! May I talk to the owner of this building? The old man was stunned, and correcting his posture, he said:
- That is me, Elder Dana can call me Old Man Lao! After greeting, the old man invited Elder Dana to sit on a comfortable sofa and sat in front of her, asking:
- How can this old man help Elder Dana? Elder Dana asked him if he was interested in selling his building, and the old man made a grin and answered:
- Elder Dana, everything is for sale at the right price! So, Dana was thrilled and asked:
- What is the price, old man Lao? The old man scratched his chin with his fingers from his right hand and said:
- I sell it for 100 Mithril pieces! Elder Dana looked at the old man intensely and made her offer:
- I pay 50 Mithril pieces now if you have the Ownership Certificate! The old man stood up and walked behind the counter, opened a drawer, took an old leather scroll, and said:
- Let us make a deal! I have a granddaughter; if you grant her a place to stay and a job, it is yours!
Elder Dana even blinked and took a Mithril card from her space ring and said:
- There are 50 Mithril pieces in here! Check it out, and give me the Ownership Certificate! Taking the Mithril card in his hands, he used his mind to investigate and nodded his head, and after looking at Elder Dana he said:
- The kid is young, but she is worthy of trust! Here is the Ownership Certificate! I will call her.
The old man placed the Mithril card in his space ring, and walking to the back of another hall with his hands, he called his granddaughter:
- Lil Sue! Come here, please! Sue was a cute girl, no older than 5 years old. She was very beautiful and had bright purple eyes and hair, which was very long, and had two ponytails from the top of her head to her waist. Her traces were distinct from the mixture of Dragon kin and men.
Bastian tried to distinguish her traces one by one, starting from the small protuberances on her head, probably horns that were not fully formed yet, two red small wings, and some red scales by the side of her forearm, her legs were not different from humans, but her nails were a bit longer and sharp.
When she arrived near Elder Dana and Bastian, she greeted both very politely with a funny and cute voice. Bastian thought it was very cute of her. Dana looked at the girl and said:
- Sue, from now on you will live with me! You can call me Elder Dana! Bastian chuckled and said:
- Elder Dana, Congratulations! Elder Dana looked at Bastian and said:
- From now on, until the end of the renovations, I will stay in your house! Bastian looked with the corner of his eyes at Dana, laughed aloud, and said:
- Ha! Ha! Ha! Maybe I gain another disciple from this! Dana did not understand what went through Bastian’s mind but accepted.
After that, the old man Lao called his people and told them that he had sold the building to Elder Dana, who looked at Bastian swaying his head side to side, as he was responsible for hiring and training her future employees, she understood that none of them where somebody he would hire.
Dana gave them a Mithril piece to each one and dispensed everyone, she was interested in staying in the hostel, as there were plenty of empty rooms, but Bastian made it clear that it was too dangerous for a lady to stay alone in such a place.
Dana agreed and when they were leaving the building Bastian made a gesture with his hands, and the wooden board with the hostel name disappeared, in his hands he had another one written: “Dana’s Coffee Shop – Opening soon!”. Dana laughed at Bastian and the four of them left for Bastian’s House, and Bastian asked:
- Dana, do you have a house in Mixundor? Dana denied it with her head side to side and said:
- You have to make some changes to that blueprint! Bastian nodded his head in agreement and said:
- I will make those changes tonight and tomorrow we meet the magic builders! Dana asked:
- Will it work? Bastian chuckled at her question and said:
- Any doubt? Dana denied with her head side to side, and by her side, the Lil Sue walked looking intensely at Bastian. Dana saw Sue’s behavior and asked:
- Did you like him? Sue nodded her little head in agreement and said:
- He is sooooo handsome! Dana laughed aloud and said:
- Hey Bastian she already “loves” you! Bastian chuckled, took a sweet treat from his space ring, and took Sue in his arms giving her the sweet, which made her giggle and Sue thanked him with a funny and cute voice.
- Hi! Hi! Hi! Thanks! Bastian was very happy as Sue was very polite and he looked at Dana and asked:
- Dana, do you know how old I am? Dana looked him back deep into his golden eyes with purple highlights and said:
- I have no idea! Bastian laughed aloud and stated the truth:
- I am about to turn 12! Dana did not believe her ears and looked intensely at the Princess who nodded her head agreeing that he stated the truth.
The next morning, Bastian got up very early and, as usual, performed his Tai Chi routines before showering for breakfast. When he arrived in the kitchen, he sat down in his prominent chair at the head of the table, with all his women seated beside him as usual.
When Dana arrived at the table, they all greeted him and soon had a full breakfast with all the bounty possible. Sue, who was delighted with all that, could hardly stand it and ate like a dragon. Bastian was amused to see Sue's childish behavior, giggling endlessly, and as soon as they finished breakfast, the magic builders arrived.
As they went to Bastian's office, they sat down to talk about the "renovation" they were going to do in Dana's building. Obviously, Dana wanted to put her "personal touches" on it, but Bastian repeatedly reminded her that it had to maintain a certain level of seriousness, respect, and quality, and Dana pouted but did not get anything out of Bastian.
With everything settled, Bastian volunteered to make the necessary "artifacts" for Dana's "Coffee Shop," and the builders followed him to the building, where the builders checked the work to be done from Bastian's blueprints and passed the budget and the list of materials to Dana.
Dana promptly paid in full for the job and left in search of the materials, leaving Sue in Bastian's care.
Bastian also went to the service guild to place an ad for services, where he was met by a very pretty and alluring assistant with short blonde hair, a slim body, a thin waist, full and protruding breasts, a round face with striking features, and round glasses, but what most caught Bastian's attention were her cat ears.
Bastian was having serious problems restraining themself from stroking those ears, you could see the drool running down his face and his eyes glazed over.
However, with Dana's nudges, he managed to hold on long enough to finish the ad that was looking for "6 nice, clean-looking young ladies to work in the store, 5 for public service serving "tea" and one for security".
When Bastian finished the ad, he had to explain to Dana the reasons for this "arrangement" of employees. Bastian quickly explained that this was an initial number of employees and that Dana would probably hire more over time.
After everything was arranged, Bastian went home and prepared the "coffee" plantation. As he had the necessary space and control over the time and weather, he had no problems with cultivation or the necessary period for the plants to grow until harvest. He would simply adjust the timing of the array, and everything would be resolved.
With that out of his mind, he thought that if he were not a mage, he would have another problem: the harvest, which he simply solved with magic. He only needed to dry the beans, separate them, roast them, grind them, and finally package them.
Bastian did not even break a sweat, he soon built a processing plant and somewhat "automated", the separation, roasting, and grinding. Happy with the result, he took samples to taste. In the late afternoon, Bastian and all his women were enjoying a legitimately Brazilian "coffee".
Under the applause and praise of everyone, Bastian went to the bathroom, where he intended to enjoy a hot-water immersion bath.
The next morning, they all went into the Palace to see the Emperor, as he had asked for Dressa’s visits, Bastian decided to take some “Coffee” for him as well, as he would become one of Dana’s customers, of course, he had other intentions as well but we will leave this story for another day.
Bastian walked beside Elder Dana, both heading to his office, when suddenly they heard a shout:
- Aunt Dana! Bastian looked at Elder Dana with a curious face and at the person who shouted, and walking towards them was a stunningly beautiful girl with red eyes and hair, holding a bright smile on her face. Bastian said:
- Dressa! Bastian looked at the gorgeous Dressa hugging Elder Dana tightly, and Dana said:
- Hey Princess! Elder Dana understood Bastian's face and said:
- The Emperor is my brother, and this Princess is my beloved niece! Bastian nodded his head in acknowledgment and said:
- So, it is like this! Bastian changed looks between aunt and niece and started to compare them both. Realizing their similarities, he joked:
- Aunt Dana! Dana looked back at him and chuckled, and Bastian made a gesture for them to walk beside him to the office. At Bastian’s office, Dana was stunned by everything she looked at and asked:
- How many projects do you have? Bastian still looked among his blueprints and said:
- I have not counted it! Laughing Dana swayed her head from side to side, sighed, and said:
- I bet that each idea here could make a fortune! Bastian left a smirk and said:
- Probably! If executed under my eyes... Bastian stated the truth, and a second later he stated:
- Found it! Dana, come! Bastian invited Dana to come closer to his table, where he could explain the building and renovation in detail. After nodding her head for each explanation, Bastian stated:
- For the first idea I want 2 things. Dana lanced him a glance and asked:
- What are those 2 things you want? Bastian stated:
- First, I want some of the people I trust to make the renovation! Dana stated and asked later:
- Granted! What is next? Bastian said:
- I will choose and train every employee of your “Coffee Shop”! Dana stated again:
- Granted! Any other requests? Bastian stated:
- The price for each cup of “Coffee” is 10 Platinum pieces! Dana looked deep into his eyes and asked:
- Young Master Bastian, it is too expensive! Bastian looked back at her and asked:
- Would you pay for it? Dana nodded her head and said:
- I saw you used three measures of that brown granulated and I believe that is the “Coffee”. Bastian nodded his head and she continued:
- The other items are boiling water and boiling milk. Am I right? Bastian nodded his head again and stated:
- Those water and milk are cheap, but the price of the "Coffee" package is one Mithril piece, each containing about 90 measures of the main ingredient, so it makes 30 "Coffees", Dana was stunned by the line of thought and said:
- So, I will profit 2 Mithrils per pack. That is unbelievable! Bastian nodded his head in agreement and continued:
- From the "profit", you have to pay for the employees and everything else. Dana was nodding her head nonstop, and she looked at Bastian and asked:
- When can we start? Bastian looked at both and said:
- Let us visit a building! Bastian, Dressa, and Dana walked, crossing a wide and dangerous avenue in front of his own house, arriving at an old but luxurious building that was an old hostel, and saying:
- Dana, this is the building I told you about! Now you can go on and buy it! Dana walked into the old building and went straight to the counter. She saw an old man fanning himself and said:
- Old Man, may I know who is the owner of this building? The old man, lazily leaning against the counter, just moved his eyes and asked:
- Who wants to know? Elder Dana understood she had been a little impolite, took her badge from her space ring, and said:
- Sorry, Let me present myself first! I am Elder Dana from the Auction Hall! May I talk to the owner of this building? The old man was stunned, and correcting his posture, he said:
- That is me, Elder Dana can call me Old Man Lao! After greeting, the old man invited Elder Dana to sit on a comfortable sofa and sat in front of her, asking:
- How can this old man help Elder Dana? Elder Dana asked him if he was interested in selling his building, and the old man made a grin and answered:
- Elder Dana, everything is for sale at the right price! So, Dana was thrilled and asked:
- What is the price, old man Lao? The old man scratched his chin with his fingers from his right hand and said:
- I sell it for 100 Mithril pieces! Elder Dana looked at the old man intensely and made her offer:
- I pay 50 Mithril pieces now if you have the Ownership Certificate! The old man stood up and walked behind the counter, opened a drawer, took an old leather scroll, and said:
- Let us make a deal! I have a granddaughter; if you grant her a place to stay and a job, it is yours!
Elder Dana even blinked and took a Mithril card from her space ring and said:
- There are 50 Mithril pieces in here! Check it out, and give me the Ownership Certificate! Taking the Mithril card in his hands, he used his mind to investigate and nodded his head, and after looking at Elder Dana he said:
- The kid is young, but she is worthy of trust! Here is the Ownership Certificate! I will call her.
The old man placed the Mithril card in his space ring, and walking to the back of another hall with his hands, he called his granddaughter:
- Lil Sue! Come here, please! Sue was a cute girl, no older than 5 years old. She was very beautiful and had bright purple eyes and hair, which was very long, and had two ponytails from the top of her head to her waist. Her traces were distinct from the mixture of Dragon kin and men.
Bastian tried to distinguish her traces one by one, starting from the small protuberances on her head, probably horns that were not fully formed yet, two red small wings, and some red scales by the side of her forearm, her legs were not different from humans, but her nails were a bit longer and sharp.
When she arrived near Elder Dana and Bastian, she greeted both very politely with a funny and cute voice. Bastian thought it was very cute of her. Dana looked at the girl and said:
- Sue, from now on you will live with me! You can call me Elder Dana! Bastian chuckled and said:
- Elder Dana, Congratulations! Elder Dana looked at Bastian and said:
- From now on, until the end of the renovations, I will stay in your house! Bastian looked with the corner of his eyes at Dana, laughed aloud, and said:
- Ha! Ha! Ha! Maybe I gain another disciple from this! Dana did not understand what went through Bastian’s mind but accepted.
After that, the old man Lao called his people and told them that he had sold the building to Elder Dana, who looked at Bastian swaying his head side to side, as he was responsible for hiring and training her future employees, she understood that none of them where somebody he would hire.
Dana gave them a Mithril piece to each one and dispensed everyone, she was interested in staying in the hostel, as there were plenty of empty rooms, but Bastian made it clear that it was too dangerous for a lady to stay alone in such a place.
Dana agreed and when they were leaving the building Bastian made a gesture with his hands, and the wooden board with the hostel name disappeared, in his hands he had another one written: “Dana’s Coffee Shop – Opening soon!”. Dana laughed at Bastian and the four of them left for Bastian’s House, and Bastian asked:
- Dana, do you have a house in Mixundor? Dana denied it with her head side to side and said:
- You have to make some changes to that blueprint! Bastian nodded his head in agreement and said:
- I will make those changes tonight and tomorrow we meet the magic builders! Dana asked:
- Will it work? Bastian chuckled at her question and said:
- Any doubt? Dana denied with her head side to side, and by her side, the Lil Sue walked looking intensely at Bastian. Dana saw Sue’s behavior and asked:
- Did you like him? Sue nodded her little head in agreement and said:
- He is sooooo handsome! Dana laughed aloud and said:
- Hey Bastian she already “loves” you! Bastian chuckled, took a sweet treat from his space ring, and took Sue in his arms giving her the sweet, which made her giggle and Sue thanked him with a funny and cute voice.
- Hi! Hi! Hi! Thanks! Bastian was very happy as Sue was very polite and he looked at Dana and asked:
- Dana, do you know how old I am? Dana looked him back deep into his golden eyes with purple highlights and said:
- I have no idea! Bastian laughed aloud and stated the truth:
- I am about to turn 12! Dana did not believe her ears and looked intensely at the Princess who nodded her head agreeing that he stated the truth.
The next morning, Bastian got up very early and, as usual, performed his Tai Chi routines before showering for breakfast. When he arrived in the kitchen, he sat down in his prominent chair at the head of the table, with all his women seated beside him as usual.
When Dana arrived at the table, they all greeted him and soon had a full breakfast with all the bounty possible. Sue, who was delighted with all that, could hardly stand it and ate like a dragon. Bastian was amused to see Sue's childish behavior, giggling endlessly, and as soon as they finished breakfast, the magic builders arrived.
As they went to Bastian's office, they sat down to talk about the "renovation" they were going to do in Dana's building. Obviously, Dana wanted to put her "personal touches" on it, but Bastian repeatedly reminded her that it had to maintain a certain level of seriousness, respect, and quality, and Dana pouted but did not get anything out of Bastian.
With everything settled, Bastian volunteered to make the necessary "artifacts" for Dana's "Coffee Shop," and the builders followed him to the building, where the builders checked the work to be done from Bastian's blueprints and passed the budget and the list of materials to Dana.
Dana promptly paid in full for the job and left in search of the materials, leaving Sue in Bastian's care.
Bastian also went to the service guild to place an ad for services, where he was met by a very pretty and alluring assistant with short blonde hair, a slim body, a thin waist, full and protruding breasts, a round face with striking features, and round glasses, but what most caught Bastian's attention were her cat ears.
Bastian was having serious problems restraining themself from stroking those ears, you could see the drool running down his face and his eyes glazed over.
However, with Dana's nudges, he managed to hold on long enough to finish the ad that was looking for "6 nice, clean-looking young ladies to work in the store, 5 for public service serving "tea" and one for security".
When Bastian finished the ad, he had to explain to Dana the reasons for this "arrangement" of employees. Bastian quickly explained that this was an initial number of employees and that Dana would probably hire more over time.
After everything was arranged, Bastian went home and prepared the "coffee" plantation. As he had the necessary space and control over the time and weather, he had no problems with cultivation or the necessary period for the plants to grow until harvest. He would simply adjust the timing of the array, and everything would be resolved.
With that out of his mind, he thought that if he were not a mage, he would have another problem: the harvest, which he simply solved with magic. He only needed to dry the beans, separate them, roast them, grind them, and finally package them.
Bastian did not even break a sweat, he soon built a processing plant and somewhat "automated", the separation, roasting, and grinding. Happy with the result, he took samples to taste. In the late afternoon, Bastian and all his women were enjoying a legitimately Brazilian "coffee".
Under the applause and praise of everyone, Bastian went to the bathroom, where he intended to enjoy a hot-water immersion bath.
The next morning, they all went into the Palace to see the Emperor, as he had asked for Dressa’s visits, Bastian decided to take some “Coffee” for him as well, as he would become one of Dana’s customers, of course, he had other intentions as well but we will leave this story for another day.
