>>5231723You hear Megumin gasp, watching with baited breath as she looks up, and up, and up. While she'd been decorating the dining hall, you'd also been expanding your magic, and raising your home higher and higher. The central hexagonal building now stands four stories tall, three opposite corners forming a triangle of circular towers that each stand another story above the central building. Your smooth, magical crystal forms the walls of this building, clear thinner crystal forming the windows on the second and third floors. It stands imposingly atop the hill, like a crystal spear pointed at the sky.
“It...This...” she stammers, struggling to find the words. “This is... AMAZING! How did you know this is exactly what I wanted?!”
“I asked your family.” you say with a smile, Megumin leaning up and kissing you. Returning the kiss you feel yourself getting that same warm, fuzzy feeling in your chest like always when you can make her so happy. As she pulls back her smile is infectious, you feeling a goofy grin come to your own face as well. “Did I do good Megu?”
“You did amazing.” she replies, hands wrapping around your head and pulling you into another deep kiss for several moments before pulling back and turning to look at the castle. As she does you see her brows go down a bit as she looks it over with a more critical eye.
“Is everything okay?” you ask her, suddenly feeling a bit worried you'd messed it up somehow. “Did I-?”
“Nonono, it looks great!” she says, quickly keeping you from thinking you'd done something wrong. “But it's just...Well...It looks too unnatural.”
“Unnatural? Megu, it's made out of magic crystals.” you say, feeling a touch more relaxed. “Of course it isn't going to look natural.”
“That's not what I mean. It's just...” she says, hand to her chin, before suddenly snapping her fingers. “That's it! I know what it is! There's no masonry!”
“Masonry?” you ask her, confused. “Of course there's not, it's all one giant crystal. If you want, I think I can put that sorta design on it.”
So you walk over, laying your hands against the smooth wall, and close your eyes. Focusing on the design of the Chief's house in the village, and the brickwork there, you focus and begin carving that pattern out from your hands. It takes only a moment, and as you step back you can see your handiwork. And you have to agree with Megumin, it DOES look even more impressive like this.
“It's perfect!” she says, hugging you from behind. You smile, reaching back and holding onto her back with your hands as you look over your handiwork for several quiet moments before Megumin speaks. “But what are we going to do with all this extra room?”
