Chapter 04: The Changes

Chapter 04: The Changes

Sin Lord O4

"Fuck, the pain!" I said as I massaged my head; it is not easy to utilize the contract skills on so many people, nearly all of whom are level 10+.

I had not shown it in front of the girls, but now that Carla had left the office, I could finally massage my head. The pain would have been greater if not for the advancement of my base class, which relieved some of the pain.

I had messaged my head for a minute before I finally opened the class window.

Class:

Souteneur Merchant (Lv. 2) - Basic

Lawyer (Lv. 2)

Charisma:

5

Intelligence:

8

Vitality:

5

Skills:

1. Trusty Presence

2. Worthy Goods

3. Contract

Attribute Points:

2

Since I got my base class a month ago, I have never used the attribute point I had. Though I have wanted to many times, especially spent it on vitality after seeing my father murdered so cruelly, I did not.

That incident has created an unnatural fear of assassins in my mind, but I have to think rationally. The attribute points play a huge role, from powering up skills to strengthening one physically and mentally.

Charisma increases charm and charm-related skills, and intelligence increases thought speed and vitality, which is considered the most important attribute of healing power and also slows down aging.

There are also attributes like strength and mana; the strength attribute could be gained after getting any type of fighter class or the classes that physical in nature, like the girl's classes, while the mana attribute is related to the spellcasters, but getting it is hard, near impossible for someone like me, who do not have any mage talent.

There are two attribute points I have, and now I plan to spend them. The wise choice is intelligence and charisma, as all three skills require both.

I have enough intelligence, and after thinking for a moment, I decided to spend my attribute points on charisma, taking it to the seven.

Class:

Souteneur Merchant (Lv. 2) - Basic

Lawyer (Lv. 2)

Charisma:

7

Intelligence:

8

Vitality:

5

Skills:

1. Trusty Presence

2. Worthy Goods

3. Contract

Attribute Points:

0

"Of course, Remus," she said, and we began to try different colour schemes; I have many written down in my diary. Some of them look quite bad, and some quite good, better than I had imagined.

If I had a big budget and time, I would have done more than change the colour of the mansion. Though the mansion is currently beautiful, there are still many other changes that could be made to it, and I will make them in the future.

"It looked beautiful, beyond beautiful," Carla breathed out in shock as we finalized the details, while I could only sigh.

I have not only changed the colour but ended up making several small outer changes to the mansion. I did not want to make them, but I couldn't hold myself back, and there were also the nudges from Mage Valentina.

'These damned bastards, they were going to loot me blind,' I cursed at them, but I was not angry at them as the mansion looked really beautiful, more beautiful than I had imagined it in my dreams.

"Now, let's move toward the interior," I said before I made any more changes to the exterior, and I wanted to. I had already done more than I had initially planned to and they were going cost me a lot.

A second later, the interior appeared, and it was just like reality, down to the furniture, which is not surprising considering everything is from their guild.

"I want to completely overhaul the first floor, Mage Valentina; erase everything on the first floor," I said to her, which made everyone surprised.

"Even rooms?" she asked, "Yes, rooms, too," I said, and a few seconds later, the whole floor became black. I nodded, and I opened the folder, took out my sketches, and placed them neatly on the table.

Seeing them, a shock couldn't help but appear on Carla’s face; the change in the exterior was nothing compared to the change I wanted to make in the interior.

The changes I wanted to make will not only be in the building but also in the whole business model of the establishment.

"I hope you will be able to materialize them into reality," I said to chief Valentina. She smiled at that, and for the next one and half hours we spent on the interior, we have made so many changes that even my father came alive; he would recognize it from inside.

Most of the changes were to the first floor, but I have made a few changes to the second and third floors and to the basement where the ladies live.

Honestly, I wanted to make greater changes to the basement and provide more amenities to the ladies, but the budget did not allow me to do that.

Still, I did what I could; it would make their life a little more comfortable.

"Remus, do you have any other changes you want to make?" asked chief Valentina, "No, I am done," I replied. There are many more I wanted to make, but I did not have a budget for them.

"I hope you will be a little gentle with the cost," I said to her, to which she smiled.

"We always charge fairly, Remus," she replied with a smile, and I wanted to snort at that, but I controlled my emotions and kept a smile on my face as I waited for her to butcher me with a cost.

"It would be five hundred and forty-three thousand crowns, but I will give you the discount of three thousand. So you only need to pay us five hundred and forty thousand crowns, " she said with a beautiful smile.

I knew the cost would be high but did not expect; it would go this high.

"It is too much, Mage Valentina; please state the fair price," I said, "Five hundred and forty thousand crowns is the right price, Remus," she said, and the smile on her became even more beautiful.

This time she has activated her bargaining skills, and it is powerful. The compulsion to agree with her price was so strong that I even opened my mouth to agree with it before closing it forcefully.

"How about five hundred thousand crowns? It is a fair price," I said with gritted teeth and a fake smile. "You must be joking, Remus; if we agree to it, we will suffer a loss," She said, "How about five hundred and twenty-five thousand crowns," she offered, and the power of her skill increased further.

"Five hundred and five thousand crowns," I said with gritted teeth; the fake smile had already disappeared from my face under the pressure of her skill.

"Five hundred and twenty thousand crowns," she said and increased the power of her skill even further that I began to sweat from all over my body.

I have done many negotiations on the earth; it was a part of the occupation, and I had done them here too, but that was training my father gave me, where he would bombard me with his skills.

What I am doing now is a real thing, and it is fucking hard; harder than any bargaining I have ever done.

"Five hundred and fifteen thousand, this is my final offer, or I will find someone else to make the changes," I said, and by the time my tongue let out the last word, my voice was barely audible.

"Five hundred and fifteen it is; it is nice doing business with you, Remus." She said with a bright smile and shook my sweaty hand, while all I could do was put a straining smile on my face.

The price we agreed on is fair; I have done the research, and if I had done it with the other guild, it would have cost the same or even more.

"I hope you will be finished with the adjustment before the city's inauguration," I said, and I could see head architect Davidson opening his mouth but stopping himself after seeing the look on Mage Valentina's face.

"It will be tough with nearly all the projects having the same deadline, but since it is you, Remus, we will finish it before the inauguration," she said, and heard that a smile couldn't help but appear on my face.

I had feared that her firm might not be able to accomplish it and would have to cancel some changes, but it seemed like we didn't have to.

"Thank you," I said, feeling genuinely grateful.

I know how many projects are going on around the city; all of them want to be finished in a month when the city will be formally inaugurated by the fourth prince.

In the next few minutes, we finalized the small details, such as the payment plan.

"Now that we have finalized all the details let's sign the contract," she said and took out the paper and the small wand.

A moment later, a couple of thin red lights came out of the wand and began to carve the letters across the paper.

Quite a skillful use of the heat beam spell; not everybody could use this spell with her precision, where one of the heat lines needs to be thin enough and move fast enough with such precise control that they will not burn the paper and form a clear text.

The most amazing thing is that she is handling the seven heat likes at once; not any common mage could achieve such a feat.

My father had said she is at least a level 25 Mage, which is quite a high level, as the spellcaster classes are notoriously hard to level up, which is not surprising considering they are one of the most powerful classes in the world.

Soon, she had finished printing the contract and slid it toward me; as I touched the contract, I knew she had activated her contract skill, and I added mine to that.

I read the contract carefully, assessing every line for loopholes, and there are many, but they are common that both sides could exploit if things go wrong.

So, after seeing everything was fine, I signed the contract and slid it toward her. The moment she touched the contract, she arched her brow at me before signing the contract.

"It’s nice doing business with you, Remus," she said as she raised her hands for a shake, "Likewise, Mage Valentina," I said as I shook her hand.

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