110 Chapter 110 - Investigation: Southwest District Renovation (2/2)

”Sorry, I was thinking out loud.If there are some ideas that you've got then please let me know.I don't really know what people want from their homes.”Gren was close to adding 'in this world' but stopped himself.”Even if it's just the layout of the furniture, suggestions are welcome.”

Annie had been forced to watch as he decorated homes so she did have a few ideas.”Just get it done as fast as possible so that we can get started on the next part of the plan.”She did not want to spend too much time on the homes so she kept her ideas to herself.Annie knew that Gren would take a lot longer if she opened her mouth.

”Alright.If you change your mind, there are lots of other homes to go.”Gren might have spent a lot of money but it was only due to the number of properties he bought.Each one was cheap because they weren't able to be lived in.”Even if they're a bit destroyed, these places are still in decent locations.I don't understand why nobody bought them and fixed them up before us.”

”We've already talked about this.Craftsmen are rare to come by and, even if you could find enough of them for a project like this, it would cost you more to hire them than it would if you just bought a different house.”Gren could sort of remember talking about the situation with the craftsmen back during that elven fort request but didn't think that Annie was part of that conversation.Did he talk about them elsewhere with Annie?”It's only somebody like you that could restore these places for almost no cost.”

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Gren felt exhausted so he fell asleep in one of the restored homes.He made sure to let Jessica know that he'd be working through the night so there were no problems there.Annie was still by his side so his usual habit of finding trouble didn't show itself.He just spent the entire day working on the homes and made a lot of progress.

Annie woke up before him and was sharpening her dagger with a whetstone while staring out of the window.Although Gren found the sight of her attractive right now, it was the same way that people would be attracted to works of art.The way that her red hair was lit by the light from the rising sun as she stared outside with a thoughtful expression made him want to capture this scene forever.It was cheap so Gren had the system create a painting of her in that exact moment.”You're up.”Annie could hear Gren moving on the bed as he sat up to grab the painting.”Is that me?”

”Yeah.You looked really nice like that so I wanted to share the image with others.”Ever since Gren had realized that he could use the system to make paintings, he had been using his own memories to craft them.The first paintings he made were of his family and the guild members.There was an image from back when Gren first bought the guild members and they had put on their clothes.

Gren's favorite image was of Ruby at the wheel of the pirate ship with light and fire attacking the water monster that he made.Each image had to be from his memories so they weren't always that good and this was extremely obvious in the sexual paintings he created.While the painting of Jessica posing suggestively had a certain artistic look to it, the ones that showed him doing the deed were all awkward to look at.If the sexual images weren't for his private collection then none of those scenes would get paintings.The family friendly paintings would be added to an art exhibit in the guild and Gren planned on using them to help entertain the women.

”This is the first time I've ever seen an image of myself without a notice that there's a bounty on my head.It's also the first time I've seen one that shows the color of my hair which might be why I wasn't caught for such a long time.”Gren kept forgetting that there was a time when Annie was wanted.”Now, let's go finish this.”

It took the rest of the day for them to complete the repairs to the homes.Jessica had already paid for independent mercenaries to go to the homes of people under the Happy Homes Guild's thumb and give them the news that they could move for free into fully furnished homes.They would be skeptical about it but once they see the contract then they should take the opportunity.The results of their actions wouldn't be apparent for a while and there were other things that they needed to do since the Happy Homes Guild wasn't the only problem that needed to be dealt with.