The first thing Ben did was recreate the outer appearance of the mansion so it looked no different from before.
Same arched gates.
Same polished stone walls.
Same vine-wrapped balcony and gold-trimmed windows.
He took his time and reshaped each block by hand, copying the details from memory.
If anyone walked past, they would see nothing strange.
It would just look like a noble estate that had been repaired.
He could not construct illusion arrays like Elvira, so he used simple physical mimicry instead.
There were no mana signatures and no enchantments to detect.
It was only stone, metal, and patience.
It was the kind of camouflage no one would question.
Next, he hollowed out the entire interior of the first floor, leaving only the outer shell.
Inside, he redesigned everything from scratch, in his own style.
The left wing became a study and research area, with shelves built directly into the stone.
