Chapter 21: Workshop, Get!

Chapter 21: Workshop, Get!

There are 3 properties in Thomas-san’s list. The first property is close to the Papeck Company in the central part of the town. It is in the vicinity bordering between the area with noble estates and the middle-class area.

「This is the first property.」

「..................N, no, Thomas-san, I think this is too big.」

「This was formerly a baron’s estate, but it was put up on the market due to an economic distress and the Papeck Company purchased it.」

Baron is low ranking among nobility, however, from the perspective of us average citizens, that palatial estate is impressive enough to hesitate entering its gates.

Just in case, I was guided inside but......... impossible. It was impossible for the price, size, and my mental health.

Boohoo, I feel sad for my lower-middle class self.

「The purchase price will be 100 platinum. Rent will be 5 gold per month.」

It is 1 billion yen if I buy it, renting is 500,000 yen per month. Impossible, just impossible. And it’s too excessive for me.

「Thomas-san, this estate is impossible for me.」

「I believe that Takumi-sama is more than capable of living here, but an estate of this level certainly is no good as it would require at least 3 servants. Then, let us go to the next property.」

As if nothing happened, Thomas-san led me to the next property.

The second one is formerly the mansion of a merchant, located in the middle-class area of Volton.

Yes, a mansion. I wonder what the criteria for Thomas-san’s list is.

「For me, this is the place I personally recommend. The other house has a narrow garden, is located in a place far from the Adventurers Guild and market, and its neighborhood is not pleasant. I made an extensive list, but I recommend this place if you want a house and workshop. There is a workshop-only property, however, I excluded it from the list because it is fairy expensive.」

Thomas-san showed me the house plan of the 3rd property on the list, and the 2nd one is looking much better. I’ll have to see about the price later.

「Please come in.」

Thomas-san opened the gate with the key and went in.

In the middle of the plot enclosed by walls over 2 meters high stands a two-storey concave building[1]. In the rear garden of the wide plot is a storehouse-type building.Explore new novels on novelbin(.)com

「How about remodelling that storehouse into a workshop?」

Like Thomas-san says, the storehouse is more than big enough for a workshop. I worked in my house in Bohd Village, after all.

「Yes, I have received it. When will you be moving in?」

「Let’s see, I need to prepare the furniture and interior as maintenance for the mansion. There are some parts I’d like to renovate so including a number of days to secure raw materials, I think I will move in 7 days from now.」

「Understood. Then let us return to the company and draft a contract.」

Returning to the Papeck Company, a residential lease was made and I received the key.

I came back to the Golden Wheat Pavilion and talked to Maura-san about the the house with a workshop that I had rented.

「I’ll be returning the remainder of the money you entrusted to me then.」

「No, Maura-san. Could you please make a variety of lunchboxes with the money?」

「That will be quite a lot, you know.」

「I have a magic bag, so it’s okay.」

Since the leftover 50 silver is around 50,000 yen, that’s like having 50,000 yen worth of lunch boxes, so I understand Maura-san’s concern over the large amount.

「I see, Takumi-sama has a high class magic bag. I understand. Then I will give 50 silver’s worth of lunch boxes with a different menu for each day in 7 days.」

「Please do.」

I received the key from Maura-san, returned to my room, then had Kaede leave the Subspace and fed it.

「Alright, so the first thing I need to repair in that mansion is the restroom.」

Now then, the first thing I absolutely have to work on in that mansion. The toilet reform.

I pondered over the structure in order to make a purifying magic device that will clean up the toilet after use.

Although Golden Wheat Pavilion is a clean inn, their restroom is no different from a squat toilet. It’s thanks to Maura-san and her husband’s hard work that the inn is kept clean.

As I am a city kid, I am not accustomed to squat toilets. In Bohd Village, ever since I could use purifying magic, I could clean up each time after going to the toilet so I wasn’t bothered by it.

As Kaede ate dinner in silence, I thought seriously about toilets.

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Footnotes:

Just like its kanji 凹, the sides are taller than the center of the house.