The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 297 Water Curtain House
Such a place, easy to defend and difficult to attack, conveniently located, with large tracts of land for cultivation, and direct access to mines to dig out magic gems, if we don't take it now, when will we?
Who knows, she might even discover an underground route through the isolated peak forest!

She didn't need to go to the rest of the places; there was no place more perfect than this.

Moran has already figured out how to build this valley.

Since we've decided to establish a settlement here, we can't waste the carcasses of those black-haired wild boars in the valley. Preserving them on the spot will provide us with a ready-made meat reserve.

She returned the way she came, back to the valley, and disposed of all the black-haired wild boar carcasses, separating the hides into one pile and the pork into another.

Manifest a {large freezer card} and a {diesel generator card}, and place them in the hole.

Half of the pork is frozen in the freezer, and the other half is cured with salt and later smoked into bacon.

There's no need to build wooden or earthen houses anymore; a stone dwelling that blends seamlessly with the waterfall and mountainside would be much more suitable.

The original cave entrance was located too low, and there was a possibility of water backflow during the flood season.

Moran plans to seal the entrance with stones and open another entrance at a higher point, about halfway down the waterfall.

This small cave, originally only a dozen square meters, could be transformed into an underground storage room by carving some dry runes into it.

After choosing a location, she used the Rock Smash spell to dig.

The excavated pebbles were not wasted; they were all carried to the mouth of the valley and molded into large stones using the art of stone sculpting. These stones were then glued together to form a stone wall, sealing off the valley entrance and leaving only a small outlet for the stream to flow out.

By the time she had dug out the first stone chamber of her dwelling, the stone wall at the mouth of the valley had also been built up to the height of a person.

She built the stone wall very thick, almost level with the mountain, and even thicker in some places.

They also deepened the area where the stream flows to prevent drainage problems.

The size of the stone chambers was planned mainly according to her needs, and none of them were particularly large.

The first stone room upon entering is the living room.

She planned a stone room on each side of the living room.

The left side is the kitchen and dining room, and the right side is the study and laboratory for alchemy and medicine making.

Inside the living room, there is a communal washroom, next to which is the stairwell.

Below is the basement storage room, and above that is her bedroom.

The bedroom, living room, kitchen, dining room, study, and bathroom are all the same size.

There is a separate washroom right inside the entrance, with no other partitions or barriers.

The space is very spacious. After placing a huge bed, there is still room to create a dressing area, a vanity area, and a small rest area.

Both the kitchen and the study have large windows that open onto the mountainside.

The bedroom even has two large windows.

These windows are not within the waterfall's range, so even living inside the mountainside, the lighting is not affected at all.

Finally, there's the basement, which Moran also modified, making the cave walls smoother and adding a small smokehouse next to it.

Moran also blocked the entrance from the basement to the mine with a stone door, and used the mechanical knowledge from Blue Star's memories to make a secret door that blended perfectly with the surrounding stone walls. You wouldn't even notice there was another door there unless you looked closely.

All the windows are wooden casement windows, but the wood is covered with a layer of stone using a stone-plastic technique, making them look like stone windows but lighter. The entrance door is also cleverly designed, with a retractable porch and stone stairs.

When it extends outwards, it can push aside the waterfall's flow, allowing you to fly directly into the porch on a broomstick from the air, or to the right side of the waterfall, and walk along the stone steps into the gate.

When it was taken back, it blended into the stone wall, leaving only a small gap.

Moran plans to plant some green vines and moss on the cliff face, or use a magic circle to hide the traces of doors and windows. Only in this way can it be the water curtain house in her mind that is completely hidden in the waterfall and mountain wall!

However, a lot of effort is still needed to achieve these goals.

Now she has only finished the frame of the house and the doors and windows, and leveled the floor and walls.

The remaining task is to collect some materials before we can complete it.

For example, window glass, indoor lighting fixtures, furniture, various household magic arrays, etc.

Moran didn't plan to use cards to create them right away; he prepared all of these things first.

She plans to make as many things as possible herself, which will not only help her hone her magical abilities but also give her a greater sense of accomplishment.

She never forgot that her ultimate goal was to hone her magical abilities.

Before that, Morand needs to go back to the core area to prepare more bread and fruit cakes to take down the mine, and also bring some of the food stored in the dormitory here.

From now on, she will make this her main base.

She sewed two large bags from black boar skin, hung them on the handle of her flying broom, and carried them back to the core area.

*
After practicing for most of the day at the magic training ground, Vasita, with an empty stomach and on the verge of fainting, grabbed her broom and plunged headlong into the breadfruit forest.

"Huh? Where did my huge piece of breadfruit go? When I came this morning, the trees were full of them!"

She flew a little deeper, but the trees were still empty.

Besides her, who else could eat so many breadfruits in just a few hours?
"Huh? What is that?"

Vasita saw a small, green hill rising from the woods not far away, with wisps of smoke rising from its base.

After she flew over, she could see clearly that it was a mountain of breadfruit, with ten juicers, ten steamers, and various kitchen utensils tumbling around at the foot of the mountain.

Under the tree nearby, there was a little purple-haired witch engrossed in reading a book.

"No wonder there were so many breadfruits missing! It turns out Moran, you're back!" Vasita said.

Moran looked up, shielding his eyes from the glaring sunlight, and squinted at him: "Vashida! You're here to pick breadfruit too? I've picked all of this. Go over there, the ones over there haven't been picked yet."

Vasita was so hungry she couldn't stand it anymore, so she went over there first.

When they returned after filling their stomachs, Moran's mountain of breadfruit had shrunk considerably, turning into breadfruit juice and breadfruit cake.

"Why are you making so much bread, juice, and fruit cake?" Vasita asked, puzzled.

“I’ve found a suitable place to live and started building my home. Sometimes when I get busy, I don’t have time to cook, so it’s more convenient to bring extra bread and fruit cakes. As for the bread and juice, they don’t have any sugar added, so they’re practically undrinkable. I don’t plan to take them,” Moran said.

"So much juice, you don't want it all? Then I'll feed it to the Devouring Stomach!" Although Vasita was already full, she could still give the Devouring Stomach some more juice.

The swallowing stomach only made her faint from hunger, but it never caused her to vomit; once something entered its belly, it never came out.