Later that day.
Althea opened her eyes as she slowly slid out of slumber, waking up a little later than usual. The sun was already a bit high, though according to their tower clock, it wasn’t too late. Apparently, the sun just went up earlier that day like how the day started earlier during summers.
Of course, they all knew what this actually meant, and it just reminded them that there would be a lot to do.
Althea stretched her arms to completely get rid of the lethargy. However, her movements paused as large arms wrapped around her bare stomach and pulled her to him.
"Good morning, wife," he said leaning down to give her a morning kiss. Their lips rubbed against each other as they felt the other’s warmth. Before they could do one morning round though, a ding decided to pull Althea out of the moment.
[Congratulations, your Bathhouse (Lv1) has met the requirements for an upgrade! Would you like to upgrade your bathhouse for 1000 Wood, 1000 Stone, and 1000 Gold?]
Because of the heat plus the massive amount of contribution points given out during the two wars, the bathhouse made an unprecedented amount of customers during the past few days.
Today, it finally led to an upgrade.
Althea’s large emerald eyes immediately widened.
Just what they needed!
…
When the Bathhouse upgraded, everyone was notified. The ones inside were given vouchers so they could return and enjoy the services. They were happy because they’d be among the first to enjoy the upgraded bathhouse. What an honor!
"Mum, mum…" Koo Yu greeted his mother, who had also just left the building. They had been working in the massage section and they had been living very well from the salary as well as from the tips.
While Mrs. Yu was still not completely right in the head, she was much better because of her son. She still couldn’t speak much, but she was more or less lucid now and could be talked to.
Jane smiled at her son, taking his hand and they went to the gardens and settled there. As they approached, they saw a lot of people there, settling down in a way.
"Mrs. Yu, Koo~!" Sunny called with a wave, and beside her were her friends.
There were a lot of people settling in the surrounding gardens. There were also a lot of people from other parts of the territory—that was to say, people who weren’t even in the bathhouse—also came with baskets.
They were going to have a picnic.
Although a lot of entertainment facilities had appeared around the territory, to witness the creation of aether buildings remained to be an extremely magical experience and worth dropping everything to watch up close.
Every time an upgrade or an erection was announced, most people would go out and watch it. Even workplaces were relatively lax about this, with the workers and employees just off-setting their working hours.
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