89 Sky Island

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Sky Island. A perfect circle shape and a dome shape at the bottom. The Island's surface is filled the rich forest, rivers, and wildlife. Tony did not create the forest and the others that were already there. He merely carved out a massive piece of the land that didn't affect the elf kingdom. Then he shrank it put it in the glass ball, and brought it to the lab for construction. The massive hole that Tony dug out is now the biggest lake in the Elf kingdom. The Island itself is massive. The size area is about 18500Km2.

The west part of the Island is grasslands with a small forest and a large river stream that comes from the Island's eastern mountains. The middle of the Island is the area of a tall tree forest with a lake and a massive beautiful two-level waterfall that outshines the one from his old world. To the East of the Island is an area of multiple types of mountains, where the river initially came from. On an enormous mountain, Tony built a big majestic castle on top of it.

Tony successfully shrinks himself and teleports inside the glass ball. He then admires the beautiful Island of paradise, zooms off toward the castle, and quickly checks the essential facilities underneath the Island. The most critical part is the Island's heart.

Seven super ARC Core. One of the cores has enough power to supply the whole Island. That includes reverse gravity, which is about 500MV, and that's only 10% consumption of the Super ARC Core. But why did Tony build and install seven of them? That is because the ARC core has one weakness. It can not be stay turning on for one year. The Core would still work after one year passed, but the Core's material would start to decay, so the solution is to let that Core rest for a year and turn another one on. Actually, Tony only needs two Core but built another five for backup.

"All the seven Core. Check. Next is..." Tony then checks other facilities on the Island, such as the water plant, where the river gets filled and clean. There are All-purpose drones Hub, which houses a least 10 million drones and androids. And a Factory and two super aircraft Hanger where he could easily build a starship.

Tony took at least 45min to check the whole Island, and now he is finally satisfied with the result, and it is time to turn the Island back to its original size. He teleports out of the glass ball, then he grabs the ball and opens the portal to near Grand Seaport city.

"Aisha, give me the perfect place to place sky Island." Then a trail appears on his hud screen, and Tony flies up and follows the path that Aisha gave him. After flying high above the cloud, he stopped and took the glass ball.

"Aisha, get ready the thruster and sync the gravity on the Island."

"All set and ready. Master." (Aisha) Tony took a drone, and it held the glass ball. Then he fled away from it as far as possible. Tony stopped at the far distance that he was confident that he would not get hit by the Island when it expanded back to its original size.

"Ok then...…Ready.....GO!" The Island grow back to its size in the blink of an eye. Then, multiple thrusters bust underneath the Island to stop it from falling while Aisha adjusts the reverse gravity machine to suit the planet's gravity level.

"Adjusting complete. Island barrier, Mirage mirror activates. All system online. " (Aisha)

"Mm! Mm! My very first artificial Island, Check! Next up would be an artificial plant!" He said as he landed on the grassland. Then he opens the portal to the group of Harpies where he left off.

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The Harpies are still at the same spot. After Tony told them to stay, they never left. They also seem to be getting along with each other now that they are part of the same tribe. Then a blue tunnel appears, and Tony exit from it. The Harpies quickly gathered around him, especially Red and Tori. These two both came in front of Tony the moment the portal appeared.

"Ok, everyone, gather your belonging and enter here." He is pointing toward the blue tunnel.

"Everyone! Follow our great leader!" (Red) She turns toward the others and raises one of her wings to raise morale, and it works. The others cheer back and enter the portal.

"Husband, where are we going?" (Tori)

"Our tribe's new home." He smiles at her. All the Harpies have entered a few minutes later, but Tori and Red obediently stand by Tony's side. Both red and Tori have many questions, but they are now afraid of him ever since Tony shows his power.

"Come on; you two let go." He called them while entering the portal Tori and Red looked at each other and followed Tony into the portal.

On the Island, Tony, Tori and Red were the last to exit the portal. Both Tori and Red notice that they arrive at the grassland, but there is something different about the air.

"Ummmmm...Great Leader. Is this our new home?" (Red) She and the other Harpies were expecting a giant tree or large mountain cave.

"Well, have a look from the sky. You all will understand why." Then he opens the portal to the Tower garden. "Everyone! This land is your new home feel to explore. I will be back soon." He enters the portal, and then the blue tunnel closes. Tori and the others look at each other with confusing looks.

"Where is exactly is our new home?" (Red) She turns toward Tori, who is also confused.

"Let's trust Husband! He said we should take a look from the sky. I believe him." (Tori) She extended her wings and flew up. Red nodded and flew up as well.

As they fly high enough, they stop and turn around.

"THIS IS!!!!!!" (Red)

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Tower

On the garden rooftop, a blue tunnel appears, and Tony exit from it. After the portal disappeared, he saw Saria, Irin and other Elves he had never seen before.

"Ara ara, Good afternoon Tony-san." (Saria) She smiled when he saw her.

"Ah, good afternoon, Saria-san. Oh, and good afternoon to you too, Irin-san." ("Why is she always drinking tea whenever I see her?") he smiled back while scratching his head.

"Good...….Afternoon.....Tony."(Irin) Her look was always the same, but he could tell that she was happy to see him. Then he turned toward ten elves sitting at the other table. When they saw Tony, they quickly stood up and slightly bowed. Tony also bows back. It is an elf custom to bow; it is like a human shaking hand.

"Guessss who~?" (Ava) Suddenly both hands cover Tony's eyes. Then going say, "It is, of course, my beautiful princess Ava." but Ava's body had a very flowery scent, and right the behind smelled like exotic spice. And there is only one person have that kind of smell is.

"My favourite father-in-law, Helen-san."

"Ohhhhhhhhh~!!!!! Goddess! How did you know it was me?" (Helen) She turns him around and shoves his face in her open cleavage. "You know what! Why don't you dump my daughter and marry me int-OUCHHH! OUUCHH! MY EAAAARRR!!! MY EAAAARRR!" (Helen)

"DAAAAAAADDDDDDD!!! Your punishment is not over yet! So no touching my Darling!" (Ava) She pulls Helen's long elf ear. "And how dear you try to steal him! should I increase the punishment date?" (Ava) She slowly twists Helen's ear.

"Mercy! Mercy!" (Helen) She lows her and raises to surrender. Ava let go of Helen's ear, hooked Tony's arm and pulled him away from her. When Helen saw Ava hug Tony tight, and She couldn't. She immediately enters a spoil brat mode.

"WWWAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Sariaaaaaa!! Ava being meannn!" (Helen) She dives into Saria's chest, acting like a spoiled brat.

"Sigh...Ava, just let your father off for today; otherwise, she will be like this all day, and we have a guest today." (Saria) Then Helen slightly turned and gave Ava a smirk. Tony could feel Ava's grip on his arm tight and about to explode. Tony knew that dark Ava would come out if he didn't calm her down, so he gently and quickly pulled Ava's head close to his chest. She was caught off guard when he suddenly hugged her.

"Darling?" She looks up at him, but Tony smiles at her and gently pads her head. "Darling~." (Ava) She snuggles his chest. Then Ava smirks back at Helen, who is surprisingly quiet. Before he pulls Ava in, he messages Helen through his mind.

("Helen-san, please don't get upset. I find a way for us to be one on one for the whole day.") That was the message. Then Tony saw the message in his mind.

("You promise?") (Helen) She replies in the written word, which he would read in his mind. Tony smile and nods back.

"Fine. Ava. You win." (Helen) She got up from Saria and turned toward the guest. "I'm sorry for showing you all my disgraceful act." (Helen) She bows her head to the guest like a respectful adult.

"No! please don't apologise, your majesty. We won't judge." (Guest 1)

"I don't mind if you all tell everyone what a thrifting father she is." (Ava)

"Alight, alight. Tony-san, could you please explain to us why we're here?" (Saria) Tony then explains everything, stating the day when he met the drone thief to the present day.

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"So Darling is a new harpy leader tribe?" (Ava) She looks at him while snuggling against him.

"That right." He nods back.

"And I'm guessing that some of the harpies chose Darling to be their mate?" (Ava) Tony was speechless against his fiance's six senses, so he would only respond by bitterly smiling and nodding.

"But how did you know that...…Ummm...you know….they would choose me?"

"Well, that's obvious. My Darling is very attractive." (Ava) Saria, Irin, Helen, and the maids nod in agreement.

"But to think the Harpies have changed. The same thing happened to Goblins and Orc as well about a hundred years ago when they started forming tribes and crafting tools." (Saria)

"Yes, and if their appearance change. What about their behaviour? Will they be more aggressive or docile?" (Guest 1) She turned toward other guests.

"I think the mountain harpy more docile and the forest would be more aggressive." (Guest 2)

"Maybe they both become aggressive due to the changes." (Guest 3) And they compare their theory over and over. And they don't realise that Tony is walking toward them. Finally, one of them realised he was standing close to them.

"Oh! Lord Tony! How rude of us! We chatted so much that we didn't realise that we ignored you. I apologise." (Guest 4) All of the ten guests bow their heads and apologise.

"No, no, It was me who suddenly summoned you all here. Anyway, let's introduce ourselves. I'm Tony. Ava's fiancé."

"We all know. Lord Tony has saved our kingdom and the Beastkin's. And you create so many fantastic devices." (Guest 3) Her eyes sparkle.

"My Daughter is enrolled at your school." (Guest 5) Her eyes also sparkle. And then they introduce themselves. 80% of them are a couple, and half of them have already married. Only 2 of them are single. But all of them have one thing in common. They are harpy nerds. Tony listens to their story and their passion for the harpies.

"Here is the reason I summoned you here today. As you all already know, I just became the harpies' leader due to the changing in their nature. So I created their new home for them. And here you all come in. I want to offer a job for you all and what you do is take care of the Harpies of my tribe. Teach them our language and civil manner. But the downside is that you all had to come and live there, and of course, I will provide you all with a great home for your family and relatives." There was a silence between Tony and the Harpy expert.

"Can you have a few minutes to discuss this with our family?" (Guest 7)

"Oh, Before you all do that, why don't I show you what your new home would be like." He opens the portal to the sky Island.

"I wonder what kind of home did Tony-san build this time." (Saria)

"Mm!.......look forward...…to it." (Irin) Both Saria and Irin stood up and headed toward the portal while holding hands with the maids following behind them.

"Tony-kun! Tony-kun! Can I get some Harpy's milk?" (Helen) What Helen is talking about is breast milk but the other milk. And that part of the milk is the most tastiest, especially in severe cold. Which make Tony think that the Harpies are living ice cream machine.

"Unfortunately, not yet. I need to gain more trust first. Then I will call you when they are ready." He winks at her.

"Yayyyy! I love you! Tony-kun!" (Helen) She kisses him on his cheek.

"Daddddd!! No kissing!" (Ava) She pouts and stomps her feet.

"Fine, Fine…..you are such a killjoy." (Helen) She raises both her and walks toward the portal.

"Right, why don't we go as well." Tony toward the Harpy expert. They nod and follow him and Ava.

On the Sky Island Castle's highest garden tower, a blue tunnel appears and Saria, Irin, Helen, the maids, the experts, Tony and Ava exit from it. They notice that they are standing on grassland filled with different flowers and a few large trees. A place ideal for a picnic.

"Darling. This place is?" (Ava)

"This place is a tower garden. It is part of the great castle." Then he shows a 3d model hologram. The Hologram shows the tower garden, and everyone is currently present in the garden. Then the Hologram zooms out, showing the size of the castle, which is five times bigger than the Elves' capital castle. And then zoom out more, show the mountains.

"Just how big is this place?" (Saria) The Hologram zooms out and zooms out even more, and finally, it stops. Everyone was shocked to see the true identity of the place they were at.

"Everyone...…Welcome to Sky Island!"