While we played with the children for a bit, I used the Tier 1 Life Attribute Spell [Hearing Enhancement] and also used the Tier 1 Nature Attribute Spell [Vibration Absorption Root] which I had created myself in combination with the [Agriculture] Skill.
This combination of spells granted me the ability to infiltrate a small and almost invisible root through walls and the floor, which absorbs vibrations and allows me to hear things that I wouldn't be able to normally hear. This way, I was able to spy on my parents' conversation with Mary without even having to open the door and being several meters away from the closed room. I quickly heard the voice of my father.
"So Mary, we have been thinking about remodeling your building." He said nonchalantly. I quickly heard the gasp of Mary and Lucia.
"R-Remodeling? What do you mean by that, good sir?" Mary asked while feeling slightly shocked.
"He meant what he said, Mary. We cannot really let this big building stay as ruinous as it is." My mother replied. "We'll help you out in rebuilding it for now."
"R-Rebuilding it? But that will be a monumental task, and while doing so, where will the children go?" She asked.
"You all need to wait around ten minutes outside." Said Nepheline. "It can take a bit more I think, twenty minutes, give or take."
Mary was shocked by the short amount of time it would take to completely remodel the entire building. The power of high tiered magic cannot be underestimated after all. And Nepheline is the expert here as the best Earth Magician in our group. I've seen her shaping the earth and even making improvised camps by creating small houses made out of stone or mud in mere minutes.
In fact, where most of the food and other supplies were stored back in the Amazon Village were enormous buildings she made as storages out of stone, which kept the food cold and away from the outside world, so they wouldn't get bad so quickly.
"Y-You're really going to do this?" Asked Mary. "You can do it in twenty minutes? Isn't that too little time? I can't really imagine that-"
"We'll do it, don't worry about a single thing." Shade said.
"Yeah, we'll take little time. Can we do it right now? Bring the children outside for a bit." Nepheline said.
Mary and Lucia looked at one another, but ultimately, they gave up.
After that, we all ended standing outside for less than twenty minutes, I was counting the time because I was constantly using Spirit Blessing every 1 Hour and was just given the chance to do it again when things ended.
Nepheline and my parents had worked wonderfully. Although nobody compared to her in the usage of Earth Magic, the others still were able to make their own amazing showcases of such elemental magic. They were not completely tied to their own affinity element and at least could use Tier 6 Earth Magic, well, only my mother. Shade could only use Tier 5 and my father was reduced to Tier 4, he had the least affinity with it, but still helped in everything.
"I-I can't believe it…" Mary muttered, opening her mouth wide.
All the other children, with Lucia included, also opened their eyes wide open, many of them had their jaws wide open as well. Mist had her cross-shaped mouth open as well, shocked.
The entire building was remade and now looked like a refined building that would have come out straight from the noble's neighborhood. To boot, they also boosted it with magic shields and even gave it a beautiful metallic fence where no mere thug can easily get in anymore. The children might be able to play in this new front yard more safely as well, protected by magically reinforced fences.
"How is it?" Asked Nepheline, feeling proud of her creation. She really had a knack for architecture.
"I-It is incredible… I never thought our home would look so beautiful…" Mary began to cry tears of joy.
"Come in, the inside has been remodeled as well. We used Nature Magic to give it a wooden floor, walls, and ceiling, remade the stairs, and also put a lot of new furniture here and there. We also decided to replace the beds of the children. Oh! And we built five bathrooms while we were at it, they work using magic spirit stones that recharge themselves by infusing a bit of your mana into it, so you don't need to replace them." My father said.
Everyone quickly entered the house. The interior had indeed changed so much it felt like we were now inside the home of a noble. The children ran around, exploring ever nook and cranny of the place. Mary and Lucia moved upstairs, finding the new rooms, the bathrooms, and then moved down to find the enormous remade kitchen that produced potable water through water attribute spirit stones.
"This is so much… How will we even be able to repay you?" Asked Mary.
"We don't need any payment, we did it out of goodwill." My father said.
"Yeah, we were mostly annoyed by the ruins you were living in. Now that you can live comfortably here, things might finally begin to change." Nepheline said.
"That's right. Well, you could repay us with some more of your delicious cooking, Mary." Said Faylen. "The food of your tribe is really unique."
"Oh! O-Of course… Lucia, let's make a feast to celebrate!" Said Mary.
"Hmm!" Lucia nodded as the two nuns ran into the enormous kitchen, both fascinated by the beautiful place.
At the end, we ended having a massive feast of spicy and colorful food prepared by Mary, we were even introduced in something called "Spicy Curry" which she accompanied with rice. It was spicy and had meat and veggies, and even potatoes. It was like stew but without the broth or soup, and incredibly flavorful.
I ate as much as possible to save up energy for the dungeon dive we were going to do later.