Across the way, Takumi was speechless because Riveria was so wary of him.
This is... a bit of a persecution complex.
"I hope to hear the word forgiveness clearly from your mouth," Riveria looked at Takumi seriously and said.
"Well, I forgive you, is that okay?"
"Hmm... I always feel like you're being a bit perfunctory."
Takumi couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. This was the first time he felt that it would be so difficult to forgive someone.
"Wouldn't it be better to give you some punishment? So that you can feel at ease?"
Originally, Takumi just complained half-jokingly, but he didn't expect Riveria to take it seriously.
After thinking about it for a while, she nodded: "As long as it's not too much of a request, I can accept it."
"No? Are you serious?"
Takumi looked at Riveria in confusion.
"I was serious from beginning to end," Riveria said with a serious face.
"..."
Now Takumi was truly speechless.
But he didn't want to continue to argue with Riveria, so he took a look at her.
It has to be said that she deserves to be from the royal family of the elves, and her appearance is definitely at the peak of the world, not even inferior to some goddesses.
Since she asked for it, Takumi didn't mind punishing her a little.
"I heard that you elves are very resistant to being contacted by outsiders, right?"
Riveria was startled when she heard this, but she still nodded: "Yes."
It is not a secret in Orario that the elves have a form of spiritual fastidiousness, so there is no need to deny it. It is actually not correct to say it is just fastidiousness.
This is actually due to an instinct given to them when the gods created them.
This instinct allows them to involuntarily have stress reactions when they are touched by someone they do not approve of.
Its original intention was to protect themselves from being harmed because of their beauty by the vicious hands of outsiders.
In fact, this goal was indeed achieved.
Otherwise, the elves in this world might be arrested and sold on a large scale like in most other Western fantasy worlds.
But... why did he want to ask this? You don't mean to think...
Riveria, who was calm at first, couldn't help but become nervous at this moment.
Although she took the initiative to be punished, now that the moment was here and Takumi might be full of malice, she couldn't help but want to quit.
Just as she thought, Takumi finally set his sights on her ears.
"I'm quite curious about your ears, okay? Let me pinch them?"
Riveria: "..."
Riveria's pretty face turned red, and she looked troubled.
Seeing this, Takumi quickly said: "If you are in trouble, forget it, I will..."
Takumi didn't really want to punish Riveria; he just wanted to settle the matter.
Seeing that Riveria was in trouble, he was ready to change his request.
But he was interrupted by Riveria before he finished speaking.
"That's it. How can it be regarded as punishment if it's not difficult?"
Seeing that Takumi was about to retreat, she gritted her teeth and agreed.
She felt that this request might be a bit too much, but it would definitely make Takumi calm down.
Well, at least that's what she thought.
"Ah, this..."
Takumi was stunned after hearing this.
Before he could react, Riveria pulled his clothes and walked to a side alley.
"Follow me, stay off the street..."
Arriving in a deserted alley, Riveria stood with her back to Takumi. She took the initiative to lift her long hair and exposed one of her ears.
"You do it."
The slightly trembling voice brought Takumi back to his senses.
He looked at the scene in front of him, shrugged, and didn't bother to worry about it anymore.
He just wanted to end it as soon as possible so that he could go back to build his dimensional city quickly.
So, he raised his hand and grabbed it. Riveria couldn't help but tremble when she felt her ear being pinched.
But she made no other move and endured it silently.
Takumi examined it carefully and curiously. He wondered for a moment what the difference was between an elf's pointed ears and those of humans.
However, he found that there was no obvious difference in touch.
It was just that the shape was different, and, um, it was a little hot.
Looking at the ears that were gradually starting to turn red, Takumi quickly withdrew his hand.
"Is it okay?"
Riveria felt the big hand on her ear leave, but she did not turn around. Instead, she continued to turn her back to Takumi and asked in a trembling voice.
If you looked at her from the front at this time, you would find that her pretty face was so red that she was almost bleeding.
At the same time, her eyes were also very panicked.
Because... the stress reaction that she was originally prepared to restrain did not appear!
Did I... approve of him?
But, when did this happen?
The only time I interacted with him was the last time we were in the dungeon, right?
Ah... could it be that I am actually a masochist?
Of course she is not a masochist.
It's just that her stress mechanism had been surpassed. Takumi, who has become more and more perfect, no longer triggered it.
But Riveria didn't know; she was completely panicked.
Because this had never happened before.
Even among the companions of the familia, there were only a few women who could touch her, and certainly no man.
Takumi was the first man who could touch her without stimulating her stress reaction.
This left Riveria at a loss, and her heart was even more confused.
"Well, that's it. Then, see you on the expedition."
Takumi didn't know what Riveria was thinking.
But when he saw Riveria's red ears and trembling body, he felt that he might have gone a little too far and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
He quickly finished his sentence and hurried away.
"Wait! Wait!"
Hearing that Takumi was about to leave, Riveria couldn't help but feel a twitch in her heart for some reason. She was inexplicably panicked and didn't want Takumi to leave.
But when she turned around to call him, she saw that he had disappeared.
The man just used teleportation, and it was so fast.
Riveria stared blankly at the empty alley and then shook her head.
"What's wrong with me?"
She didn't know what was going on.
Just after seeing Takumi had left, she suddenly felt empty in her heart.
After being in a daze for a long time, she gradually regained her composure.
"Forget it, let's not think about it for now. Anyway, we can meet again during the expedition. We'll figure it out then."
With her mind restored to calmness, she slowly walked out of the alley and began to return to the Twilight Manor.
...
Let's talk about Takumi.
He teleported back to the Familia station, greeted Hestia, and then returned to the dimensional city.
At this time, Haruhime and the others were already in full swing continuing to build the house.
However, Takumi did not join in immediately. Instead, he came to the cellar and replenished the refrigeration magic array with some magic power.
This is also the reason why Takumi wants to get other energy sources back.
Although magic can also be used as energy.
But at present, it is troublesome to use, and only he can supply it himself, so the efficiency is not high enough.
At the same time, if it is to be widely used.
There are still a lot of things that need to be modified, and at least one of the foundations of the magic technology tree needs to be laid out.
For example, turning magic into electricity.
Only when converted into electricity can most machines operate with magical power.
However, many machine functions can actually be achieved directly using magic.
In that case, converting magic power into electricity is simply unnecessary!
In this case, it would be better to directly develop a set of magic technology.
But this would take a lot of time, and the source of the magic power is also a problem.
Now except for Takumi himself, no one else in the Dimensional City can supply so much magic power.
Takumi wants to introduce and develop technology in order to free up his own time so that he can do other things.
If he treats himself as an energy supply to squeeze and bind himself, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?
That's why Takumi wants to get oil and electricity. These are energy sources that have become a system and have no threshold for use.
At the very least, the construction of the dimensional city requires them to transition.
Well, the magic stones in the Danmachi world can be used, but the amount Takumi can obtain now is not large.
Moreover, energy cannot be self-produced and supplied and must be obtained from other worlds. This is also a very unsafe move.
If there is a supply problem later, some living facilities in the Dimensional City may have to shut down.
Just refer to a technical bottleneck for details.
Reliance on external parties is actually putting oneself in a dangerous situation, which is equivalent to giving others a handle.
The correct approach should be:
Normally, you can produce and provide for yourself. When you have problems yourself, you find substitutes from other aspects to deal with them temporarily and then take the opportunity to solve the problem quickly.
This is the only long-term solution.
Therefore, Takumi could also create the controllable nuclear fusion that he had obtained from rewards before.
Because in the early stage, instead of wasting time on researching magic technology that has not been tested and has no idea whether it is reliable, he can use a complete, mature power system.
What stands out is the word "steady"!
After all, he wants to engage in construction, not experimentation. With so much time and resources to try and make mistakes, he will naturally make it as stable as possible.
Even if it is really necessary to switch to new energy in the future and it will no longer be needed, Takumi is not prepared to eliminate it. He will appropriately retain part of the power system and electronic products for emergencies.
As for the pollution issue?
Not to mention that this mature controllable nuclear fusion technology does not produce pollution.
Even if there is, Takumi can transfer the pollution.
For example... throw it into the United States in the apocalypse world.
Or throw it into space in other worlds.
Anyway, there is a lot of dangerous radiation in space, so a bit more is not much, and his teleportation can easily send the source of pollution up.
In short, no matter how he operates, it will not bring disaster to himself.
Back to business.
After Takumi replenished his magic power, he was ready to join the house construction project.
But when he got halfway, the system appeared.
"Ding dong! You have new visitors coming, please pay attention to the reception."
Takumi was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Finally, a new guest is here."
Now he has basically established connections with the worlds connected by the dimensional gate.
Except for little Hermione, people from several other worlds have already entered the dimensional city.
Therefore, as long as the person coming this time is not Hermione, they must have come from the newly connected world.
And the prompt didn't say it was Hermione, so it could only be a newcomer.
Thinking of this, Takumi hurriedly walked towards the supplies storage area not far away.
Because there will be a group of people coming in later, the small space in the center of the big tree will not be able to fit, so Takumi has not moved the position of the dimensional gate yet.
From a distance, Takumi saw a girl with white hair and red eyes, looking around curiously, looking a little weird.
"Hello, can I ask where this place is? I just arrived and I was shocked."
The girl also saw Takumi. Seeing that Takumi didn't mean any harm, she approached him very familiarly.
"Hello, welcome to the Dimensional City, Miss Alice Nakiri."
Takumi smiled and said to the girl: "Let me introduce myself. I am the owner of this place. My name is Takumi."
"Takumi? Are you a gardener?"
Alice Nakiri was stunned for a moment, then started to ask again.
"What is Dimensional City? And how do you know my name? How did I get here? I was obviously still at home just now."
Takumi successfully explained to her the principle of the Dimension Gate and why this place is called the Dimensional City.
"Is this actually the case? Other worlds? It's so magical and so much fun!"
Alice Nakiri showed some doubts but instead said to Takumi very excitedly:
"Now, Mr. Takumi, can I visit here?"
"Sure, come with me."
Takumi naturally wouldn't refuse.
So, Alice Nakiri followed Takumi and started wandering around.
First, it was Zabuton. As expected, Alice Nakiri was startled.
But after Takumi's introduction, she gradually felt relieved and asked some questions about Zabuton out of curiosity.
For example, how she lived and so on.
Then came the dogs.
This time, Alice Nakiri was not scared.
Although she was still a little afraid of Kuro and Yuki, like most women in the Dimensional City, she loved the pups and couldn't help teasing them a few times.
And then Haruhime and the others.
When seeing them, Alice Nakiri became even more excited.
"Now, Takumi-kun, is that magic they use? Yes, sugoi!"
"And Haruhime, fox-folk actually exist. This tail and these beast ears are so amazing."
Excited, she even got in front of Haruhime.
"Sister Haruhime, can you let me touch your tail?"
But Haruhime was not very adaptable to her enthusiasm: "No, no, I still have to work."
"In other words, just wait until the work is done. Okay, I will wait for you. Please let me touch it, just once!"
"Woo~~"
Seeing Haruhime let out an overwhelmed cry, Takumi quickly stepped forward, grabbed Alice Nakiri by the back collar, and dragged her away.
"Don't disturb other people's work, let's go to the next place."
"Sister Haruhime, I will come to find you later!"
As for Alice Nakiri, she even waved to Haruhime with a smile.
That's enough.