Lending System

"Huuuuuuuuhhhh!!! And it's done! The simple traditional Japanese house was done!"

After 15 hours of building, he managed to install the wooden shoji sliding door with fusuma in each of 8 medium-sized personal rooms. Yoichi also inspected how tough and durable the floors were since he installed thick wooden floors.

The Kawara tile roofs were properly inserted like dragon scales with a clan logo's flag on top of the rooftop. In each room, there are 3 futons in the fusuma and a wooden table for work duty with a ring-shaped lightbulb at the center of the ceilings.

As for how the lightbulb will work without any electrical linings, Akashic will accomplish the job with ease since the house is adequately connected to the owner and the owner's wives.

The house was completely done with intricate designs and solid foundations that would last for centuries just like a conventional Japanese home.

"Everyone! Come, look at our completely built house!" Through teleporting by [Universal Swap], Yoichi looked at all of the people inside the training grounds taking a break from exhaustion.

Looking at Yoichi's figure, all of them were curious but Maki slightly blushed until she masked her shyness with a blank face.

'Ohohoho... That's a new expression, Maki!'

But Satomi noticed the different emotions stemmed from Maki's complete turnaround.

After all, they were very tied to each other for decades of camaraderie and numerous battles but the different type of Maki had never been revealed in front of her. Also, Satomi was not in a blindfolded state anymore, and the even more precise control over the space noticed the subtle fluctuations from Maki.

"Yoichi-sensei! How did you do it? It looks so much more refined than the other homes on the eastern side!" Ryoma exclaimed, looking at the two-story traditional house with amazement.

Walking in the vast and appeared to be infinite green lushes of forest trees, all of them took a closer look into the two-story house. The aura was brimming with regal and nobility on the outside.

But inside was beautiful with a mix of simplicity and sophistication, making the house feel like a samurai's home with dignity and uprightness.

"Oohhh! This house felt like it was with love and care, no, Maki?" Satomi commented with a bit of a playful smile on her face.

Both Maki and Yoichi caught her words. Maki deeply blushed and closed her eyes in guilt but Yoichi was proud and shamelessly replied with:

"Of course! I am the one who created this house as our ancestral home! Remember the household rules? It will be implemented right now!"

All of his wives rolled their eyes and strolled while the kids ran around the house with excitement and astonishment.

The study room was filled with books and scrolls for proper private discussions while the living room was installed with fresh tatami mats and other entertainment such as shogi, chess, and even a large screen TV.

In the kitchen, there were countless tools and utensils for cooking purposes while the bathroom was so spacious enough for a 2-person-sized wooden tub with various cleaning kits such as soap, conditioner, shampoo, body scrub, and more.

Lastly, the dining room in the center-right was ample for a 12-person capacity with a large wooden table and pillow cushions for massive feasts and drinking festivities.

These rooms were massive but sufficient enough for a 12-person accommodation for casual living and comfortable with neatly designed wooden floors and a tatami room in the living room.

"It looks so comfortable but isn't it a little bit cramped with all of us living here together?" Satomi rubbed her chin, her expectations for an ancestral home were much bigger than the house.

"...Uuummm... Maybe Yoichi intentionally planned all of this to make us interact with each other." In the kitchen, Yoru explained the situation while the women merely nodded.

"I developed this scenario since all of you will become much stronger and I don't want any of you to become more and more drawn towards power. Those rules were enforced due to the power dynamics within the clans and families. I don't want my house to be an imperial clan. Just sufficient space and a habitable house is enough." Yoichi deeply explained his thought process and gently smiled, glancing at his wives with care and affection.

As a human, they have finite time and the ability to change things around. If they wanted to live as regal and authoritarian, might as well be an imperial clan and rule the world but Yoichi didn't want anything else. Become a hermit? Well, hermits are just like Yoichi but these isolated individuals don't understand the importance of suffering and struggle themselves. It is in human lives to suffer from anything else but saint-like hermits deny any form and shape of it, instead they become indifferent and cold, casting aside their human desires and inconsistencies with living inside of a cave or living in the forest for a very long time.

Humans are very complicated creatures.

"Now, let's go to the second floor!" Yoichi exclaimed.

After climbing the stairs, the women looked at the wooden single corridor with 8 medium-sized personal rooms devised for casual and privacy.

Each room has a fusuma on the left side, a separate space with 3 futons, and various blankets for seasonal changes such as winter and summer. A wooden table near the windows for nice fresh and breathtaking scenery. The wooden walls and ceiling have satisfactorily good insulation for better heat dispersion.

All of them were satisfied with the house and they went to the dining room for a proper discussion and conversation about the upcoming plans.

"There are only 8 rooms, Yoichi. What do you think about it?" Makima was aware of his shady agenda and smiled at him.

"I will be directly honest about it, I will sleep with some of you! What? Do you all think I am a disgusting man? I just wanted to sleep with my wives!" Yoichi shamelessly replied with brutal openness regarding the room planning.

"Do you all agree, sisters?" Makima was satisfied with her sisters, waiting for their response.

'Although we kissed earlier, I don't dislike his intimacy, especially when he's that caring towards me and my sisters... I agree with this proposal.'

'This guy was so lecherous just like me! He cast the bait with his powers and all of us fell through his concocted scheme... Uggghhh... Can I just disagree? But it's just sleeping with me, right? Alright, I will get along with this lustful bastard.'

'I agree! After all the powers and things he gave to us, I will protect this family with all my heart and I also want to have some ch..children with Yoichi!'

'Hmmm... The proposition was good. I agree... It was just sleeping with him after all. And if we got intimate and went for it, it's fine for me. He gave me this wonderful power and I am grateful for it!'

All of these women had their thoughts in mind but they agreed with his plea. His overall character and mind-boggling powers were what chained them together and they liked him so why not?

All 4 women decided to agree with the nodded reply.

'My request came through! Success! If there are other stragglers like these... I hope it's gonna be Nobara Kugisaki... Gotta catch them all! Okay, let's have a little go at it before they change their minds.'

"Hahaha, I will be grateful for this agreement! But for now, let the kids stay in one room while the two empty rooms...will be a guest room!" Yoichi was glad and pushed for more.

'This bastard wanted to get some another woman after all of us? What are we? Fucking stupid?'

All of them thought about the guest room until they noticed his beaming smile and glared at him with malice and intensity like a hungry beast.

"Oho? What a splendid idea! Tell me, is the guest a male or.....female? Hmmm..." Satomi fueled the fire even more with her naughty smile.

"Looks like our future guest will be filled with such 'hospitality' coming from our clan leader!" Maki shunned Satomi's reply and the narrowed eyes looked straight into the soul of Yoichi.

"Fufufu~ We would like to welcome HER with passionate applause! Am I right, Yoichi?" Makima's dangerous smile made him tremble in fear.

'How do they know?!'

Yoichi forgot the one fearsome ability of his wives, the Women's Intuition. This ability was infamous even in the modern-day era, the beast-like perception along with the sixth sense was prominent in women's daily lives.

Yuki and Yoru didn't interject but awaiting Yoichi's answer like an apex predator, one misstep and his mangled body would be in the forest as fertilizer.

"Of course, it's gonna be a guest room! There will be a time when our future collaborators want to stay for a few days at our unique establishment, we must give full-time hospitality and respect for our future partners in our grand scheme!" Recovered from the anxiety, Yoichi explained his thoughts without subtle twitching or trembling and calmly smiled at the ravenous beasts, eyeing him.

At the start, all of them took his words as right and made sense but after understanding the situation, all of the women rolled their eyes at the slick display of changing topics.

"Speaking of plans, I am gonna reveal our plans and assign each position we have in these plans." Yoichi instantly became much more focused and serious regarding the steps in the scheme.

'This bastard is wishy-washy... Lately, he told us the plan to be later but now he wanted to tell us.'

Maki, Yuki, Makima, and Yoru straightened their sitting position and were ready while Satomi cursed Yoichi for everchanging thoughts.

"First, we need a lending building planned to lend some coins to our beloved customers. Makima is gonna be our treasurer for this lending site."

"But why? Why are we wasting money just for the lending building?" Makima cupped her chin, looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.

'Yoichi must have a plan in mind for these things.'

"It's because of two things, The [Devil's Contract] and the [Green Zone]. Let me explain first before cutting my word, the borrowers must sign a contract with their blood through the [Devil's Contract]. But they will not pay according to the contract, right? No, the moment someone doesn't pay the corresponding money, all of their properties including their clothes, house, lands, and even our money will be back through the use of the Devil's Contract!" Yoichi smiled devilishly as all of them felt the contract was ruthless and cold.

"Wait... Is that what we signed earlier?" Maki and the others were terrified at the thought of Yoichi's nefarious thoughts.

"No, it's not. It's a contract designed by Akashic so you all can rest assured. Also, you all lose fair and square so don't be that scared." Yoichi merely explained, earning a sigh of relief and a glare from the women.

"I will continue, alright? We will take any resources such as iron ore, properties, or even people enough for our conquest since the Devil's Contract will take anything from the borrowers the moment they don't pay including our very own money."

All of them nodded and were a little bit excited about the incoming plans. Devil's Contract and Green Zone, what's next?

"Although I can duplicate the [Greed Card], I don't want to let somebody lose their position in this plan. I want everything with their contributions to the scheme, understand? Let Makima be our treasurer since all of you are not good with money. If you wanted money, then ask for her."

Yoichi thought everyone would have a detrimental factor in the plan which would help them grow in overall performance and future potential.