Freyja nodded at my words from the side and did not seem to mind me holding Sersi's face, which was good. But looking at her, I can conclude that it's not that she's okay with me being with Sersi—or other women in general—it means that she believes that I, her best friend and fiancée, won't betray her.
This was not a sign of acceptance, but one of trust… which, to be honest, felt quite good.
I then proceeded to start my plans, while Freyja and Sersi followed me.
If I want to keep the magic society hidden, I need to create a few hidden realms first, and also teach them some basics of creating them—but the process can't be too simple. Instead, it needs to be complicated and difficult as fuck.
I don't want mages to create hidden realms everywhere—that would be far too much. But if they want to hide, they need hidden places—like Hogsmeade or Hogwarts in the Harry Potter world. Since I don't plan on copying everything, I've kept some differences.
'Raph, create a spell to form hidden realms using the calculation-based system. Do note that it should not be a very large realm—even the largest and most complicated spell can only create a hidden realm a few square kilometers in size.'
[Alright, Master. Starting the creation of the spell. Estimated time: 25 seconds.]
'Alright. In the meantime, we will create a super-hidden realm. This will be the largest one, for the mages. It can be considered a holy land—a place that could become the largest settlement of mages, where a proper magic civilization could develop.'
[Good idea, Master. Where should we do it? We can use your Creation Divinity directly to form it, then design the inside.]
'Hmmm… let me think… I want some blank space on Earth to be the site… Alright, show me a map. Let's decide.'
[Yes, Master.]
And in my mind appeared a detailed map of the Earth. I started to check every place out. Wanting to do something is easy—deciding where to do it is difficult. I had to think for quite a while before I finally came up with a decision.
'Yup, this is it. There could be no better place. The location is perfect—even if this place were to disappear, there would be almost no impact on the general history of the world… and no one would even bother looking here. The region between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea… the plateaus of Ustyurt. This is where we are going to build the greatest realm of the magic users.'
[Yup. The location is almost at the center of Eurasia—quite good geography. There are no civilizations involved at all. At most, some nomadic tribes have crossed from here. Basically zero impact on human history. It's among the best places in the world for a hidden civilization. And that's ignoring the massive area—over 200,000 square kilometers. We can also fill it with several magical creatures, making it even better.]
'Alright, let's create the realm first then.'
"Gate!"
I told the women to follow me, and soon we stepped out onto a steppe grassland.
"Ummm… wasn't it like… a cold desert?" I asked Raphael. The grassland was quite unexpected—for a moment, even the thought that I had arrived at the wrong place crossed my mind.
[Indeed, but that is about 7,000 years from now. This region has better conditions right now, but it will take a turn for the worse later.]
'I see. Okay, let's do this.'
"What are we here for? Didn't you say you were about to grant humans the power of magic? I thought you would experiment on them, but you've brought us here… Frankly, I've extended my divine sense to the highest level I can, but I sure as hell can't spot even a single human here..." Freyja was the first to voice her thoughts—which was kind of obvious, considering Sersi's quiet nature.
"Yeah, but I thought it would be a good idea to create a home for them first. Then we can always create mages later," I explained.
"Hmmm… didn't you say they'd be hidden among humans? This place looks filled with humans to you?" Freyja looked at me with a deadpan face.
"I know, woman. But I'm far too kind. I decided to grant them a hidden realm here—a secret home where they can go if all else is destroyed, where they can build a proper civilization… they'll need it. Otherwise, they would cease to exist in a little more than 7,000 years from now," I explained.
"I see… So what do you mean by hidden realm? And how do we create it?"
"It's simple—it'll exist in a different space at this very location. There will be gates to the realm here, from where mages can enter and leave. This won't just be a simple realm, but one that screams magic. Yup, I even plan on adding magic beasts here. It'll be fun."
Should I create Pokémon here, or just make do with magic-infused animals?
Nah—Pokémon are far too good to keep here. I'll create them later.
For this one… let's gamble. I'll randomly bring animals here, bless them to evolve, and infuse cosmic energy within all of them. Whatever comes out—not my problem. The mages can deal with it.
With all this in mind, I finally flared my Divinity of Creation into action—and within moments, a realm was created.
"That almost sucked me dry…" I sighed.
[Yes, Master. But this is just an empty space. We still have to create the ecosystem inside it.]
'Damn, I really need more energy…'
'Raph, about that infinite energy plan—how far have we reached?'
[The research has made considerable progress, Master. I've already created a method to draw energy from the Quantum Realm. But that energy has some properties that make it unsuitable for direct usage. I've already started the research to convert Quantum Energy into Mystical Energy and Common Energy. As soon as that is completed, we'll have that power source. I would recommend creating a separate dimension to store all that energy. When the dimension is full, I can just take the excess energy and use it as latent power to upgrade the dimension, making it larger—creating virtually infinite energy. In the meantime, I will continue researching the Mystical Energy Breeder based on the Magicule Breeder. Once it succeeds, all our energy issues will disappear.]
'That's great. But still, increase the research intensity—we need energy urgently. I feel like Kakashi here…'
[Just a bit more, Master. And you just created a dimension with your energy. Trust me, even Hashirama wouldn't be able to pull that off, let alone Kakashi.]
'Get the joke, girl… I was simply using a metaphor.'
[Humph.]
'What was that even about?'
Sadly, no reply came. Instead—
"Ummm… this is the Mystical Realm? Seems a bit bland, does it not?" Freyja mocked me.
"If you had some brains, you'd realize this isn't completed yet. But you don't. So follow my instructions. Stand there, shut up, and watch."
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Urgent,
energy levels running low, everyone is requested to give 69% of their power stones as taxes.
Thank you, and have a nice day.