Since Ethan still had plenty of wealth and two instant construction upgrades left, he first went over to where John was working and paid a thousand gold coins to build a large distillery with room for twenty employees.

A brand new building rose up at the very center of Goldenveil.

This, too, would be treated as Ethan’s private property, so he immediately appointed John as manager and gave him permission to start hiring apprentices.

They would have the entire winter to train, and by the end of the season, on Ron’s first visit to the place, the merchant would likely be in for quite a surprise.

After that, Ethan used his free gacha tickets, just over one hundred of them, with no real expectation of a return.

Yet, by some miracle, he pulled a pops card for two hundred people, exactly what he needed to reach a thousand, which made him even happier.

Even if it was just an F-Rank card and these new pops had miserable talents, the result still brought a grin to his face.

Tearing open the pop card, Ethan left John standing in front of the enormous distillery, still moved to tears, and headed back to his mansion.

Evelyn was training with Mireya, and Alice was pushing through her advancement to the third stage, so he went to go see Elena instead.

His footsteps echoed through the luxurious corridors.

The five maids who tended to everything in the mansion spotted his arrival at once and sank into graceful curtsies, the motion causing ample, pale cleavage to swell within the necklines of their dresses, the fabric carefully sewn into a design sexy yet not quite obscene, a style Ethan knew well from his old life on Earth.

He nodded to the five beauties, letting his eyes trace their curves for a moment before moving on.

Sweet, blushing giggles followed him down the hall.

He had a pretty good idea why Elena had chosen only young, beautiful women for the maids, and the thought put a small smile on his lips.

She was, without a doubt, an amazing wife.

Quickening his pace, Ethan arrived at the spacious backyard of the Lord’s mansion.

There, seated on a marble bench beneath the soft afternoon light, he spotted a black beauty.

Elena was relaxing, one hand resting casually against the creamy, soft skin of her ample cleavage, the deep valley revealing the upper swell of her huge, dark tits above the neckline of her dress.

Her other hand held a piece of paper covered in her own neat handwriting, which she was carefully reviewing.

She was so absorbed in her work that she only noticed Ethan’s presence when his hands slid past her waist and scooped up beneath her huge breasts from below, lifting and squeezing them firmly.

Elena shuddered, a soft sigh spilling past her lips as Ethan’s strong fingers sank deep into the plush, pillowy flesh.

"What’s the matter, sweetheart? Did you lose something in my breasts? Fufufu~~"

Elena let out a playful little giggle, one that cut short the instant Ethan’s lips brushed her neck in a slow kiss followed by an lick.

Even she could not help the heat that rose to her cheeks, and a cute little squeal escaped her throat.

"Do you have the layouts for Goldenveil’s future ready yet?" he asked, settling onto the bench and pulling Elena onto his lap.

Her shapely ass landed sideways across his thighs, the plump cheeks flattening beneath her weight into a soft, generous cushion of warm flesh. At the same time, his strong hands slipped inside her neckline from above, squeezing her huge breasts under the silk of her dress.

The heavy globes spilled between his fingers and wobbled against his palms with every slow, firm pass, drawing quiet moans from her lips, her nipples stiffening against his palm.

"Y-yes... why? Things with the master builders are going well, aren’t they?"

"They’re going well, but I’ve decided to take a few matters into my own hands. More specifically, I want to create decent streets for all of Goldenveil, preferably made of granite."

Ethan smiled, watching Elena’s eyes light up with a sparkle.

Stone roads instead of mud would be wonderful for all of Goldenveil, and she was up on her feet in the next breath, hurrying off to fetch her blueprints.

Ethan ran into quite a few surprises when he used the instant construction ability on the ground itself.

Not only could he immediately use Elena’s documents as an automated blueprint, but he could also integrate drainage and sewage systems, which tied seamlessly into the wall.

Avenues, commercial streets, residential streets, sidewalks, and even alleys and back streets, all of it carefully laid out.

In total, paving every street in Goldenveil with elegant granite cobblestones would cost about five hundred gold coins.

The drainage and sewage systems, along with their link to the wall, added another five hundred, and another two hundred gold went toward the integration of streetlights, their power supply connecting directly to Ethan’s mansion.

The lights would only increase the cost of maintaining his mansion by twenty percent, since they were so efficient.

Even if they weren’t, he was confident that he could supply the magical cores needed to keep everything running, even considering that he now had the distillery, his own mansion, the spiritual greenhouse, and the tavern to maintain with magic cores every month.

Considering all the benefits, Ethan did not hesitate to pay.

Soon, with Elena standing at his side, the two of them watched the transformation unfold.

The muddy roads, which, even with the previous drainage, always turned into slippery, filthy messes after any rainfall, were replaced by clean granite pavement. The dusty grass along the edges gave way to elegant sidewalks, and black iron lampposts rose up one after another.

Linked to the arrays at Ethan’s mansion, they flickered on briefly before dimming again, since the day was still bright.

Even trees had been planted on either side of the sidewalks, still juvenile but already promising shade and coolness on hot days.

"It’s beautiful..." Elena whispered beside him, and Ethan nodded with a smile.

Just a single change, yet Goldenveil no longer looked like the decaying, crumbling place it had been only a few months ago.

Children ran across the granite streets with eyes full of excitement, and the people of Goldenveil, many of whom had never seen streets so beautiful, gazed around them with shining eyes.

That was their Goldenveil, the territory of Ethan Goldenveil, their supreme Lord!

Only he, the chosen one of the gods, could, with a snap of his fingers, conjure wonders like these.

To many it was merely cosmetic, but the boost to morale and prestige that something like this could bring was simply too great.

[The people of Goldenveil look upon you as if you were an incarnation of the divine. +10 Prestige]

[You have earned a new title: "The Child of the Gods"]

Ethan’s eyes widened at that last notification, followed closely by many more that flooded in right after.

Earlier, he had been unsure whether spending his last upgrade of the month this way was truly wise. Now, however, with all those notifications filling his vision, he could only rejoice.

Turning to Elena, he caught her lips in a deep, passionate kiss before checking the rest of the notifications.