Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1222 Purchasing Real Estate Small Manor
After coming out of Iolum's study, Xia Duo relaxed a lot, as if he had let go of a boulder pressing down on his heart.

In this situation, with Iolum's endorsement, he can finally get rid of the suspicion of Cliff's death. No matter what the Seven Towers finally decided on the cause of Cliff's death, he has enough confidence to deal with it.

In front of Iolum just now, Xia Duo did not say whether he would return to the southern border immediately. In fact, he did not intend to return immediately. He also wanted to know the results of the investigation of the Seven Towers as soon as possible.

In any case, this matter has already involved him, and he has to wait for the result, no matter whether the result is good or bad for him.

After walking out of the Arcane Federation, Xia Duo looked up at the sky, and he felt that the sky was much clearer than before.

Coming to the west side of Offa Square, Xia Duo saw Evans who was looking around under a statue of a great arcanist, and the other party didn't notice it until Xia Duo came close.

"I'm right in front of you!" Xia Duo summoned.

"what?!"

Evans suddenly withdrew his gaze from looking around, focused on the ordinary adventurer in front of him, and asked with some uncertainty:

"Is that you? Lord Xiaduo?"

"It's me!" Xia Duo said calmly.

At such a sensitive moment, going out with an illusion disguise can still avoid a lot of troubles, as in the case of encountering Lord Hawk in front of the Cormanthor embassy just now, after all, it is still a minority.

"Have you brought the real estate information I want?"

"Bring it!" Evans hastily took out a stack of crumpled parchment from his arms, and was about to hand it to Xia Duo.

Xia Duo took it casually, but did not check it immediately, but pointed to the west and said, "Go, take me to the nearest place to have a look first."

"Yes."

Evans responded, and immediately began to lead the way. While walking, he also introduced the first property he was going to wait for:
"The house is on the border of the port area and the trading area, not far from my 'drunkard's house', only two streets away.

"It was originally bought by a southern merchant, but later when the merchant encountered pirates when he went to sea, the house was sold to 'Blackbeard' by his youngest son.

"My lord, 'Blackbeard' is the boss of the real estate guild in that block. I heard that he has an unusual relationship with a certain important person in the Seven Towers. Of course, compared to you, my lord, it is not worth mentioning."

For such a compliment, Xia Duo was noncommittal, and did not interrupt Evans' narration. Before the high level, his main activity area was the Tower of Time.

After that, he also came to Severton several times, but at that time he was already an arcanist, and he was too far away from the real bottom, and it was difficult to experience the real and vivid life of the bottom.

Now listening to Evans tell the stories of these neighborhoods, Xiaduo has a clearer understanding of the other side of Netheril's spellcasters, and it also makes him feel the reality of the world more deeply.

"My lord, I haven't told 'Blackbeard' that you want to buy real estate. If you reveal your identity, the house price may be much cheaper, and you will save a lot of trouble in that neighborhood in the future."

"No hurry, go and have a look first."

Xia Duo didn't doubt Evans' statement, but if he could solve it with gold coins, why should he owe others favors?
Although others don't necessarily expect him to pay back, he is a principled person who will keep it in mind. In order to avoid unreasonable thoughts, it is better to owe less favors.

……

Soon, the two came to a north-south intersection, and Evans pointed to a section of a building in the northwest corner, and said to Xia Duo:
"My lord, that is the first property."

Xia Duo only glanced at it, then frowned, not saying that this house is not good, but that it is next to other houses, similar to the low bungalow warehouse on the edge of the old residential area in his hometown.

It's just that the houses here are not low, but three or four stories high. From the outside, the whole body is made of stone, which can be regarded as relatively tall.

Xia Duo has seen many houses made of bricks or plywood and clay sculptures in the port area. Of course, Evans would not introduce such properties to him, but there is indeed a gap between what he expected and what he expected.

Walking under a street lamp, Xia Duo quickly flipped through the pages of the information Evans had found. This house was also among them, and the selling price was as high as [-] gold coins!
"It's not easy to live in!"

In the past, Savile's annual net income including the Tower of Time was only about [-] yuan. It was a very difficult decision to spend [-] yuan at a time to buy a property in Sevington that might not be lived in a few times a year.

Even now, this amount of money is an out-and-out huge sum of money for Xia Duo!

What's more, he wants a more independent property than here, which will be more expensive, but since he wants to buy a property, he must find a property that meets his expectations.

Putting away the materials, Xia Duo directed Evans to go to the next place. After excluding most of the houses that were not independent and not decent enough, there were only two manor properties left.

What they are going to now is one of them, which is located at the junction of the trade zone and the old city. Apart from other factors, its price will increase by at least [-]% just because it is close to the old city.

The selling price offered by Evans is 35 gold coins!

This price is already less than half of the mage tower. Before today, Xia Duo really did not expect that the house price in Severton was so high!

Even if he is a senior arcanist, it is not easy to buy a real estate in Sevington that meets his status.

Of course, if he is willing to "sell himself", some chambers of commerce and spellcasting organizations are willing to pay for him.

But he obviously won't do that.

……

Soon, Xia Duo saw this manor worth 35 gold coins. It was surrounded by green trees outside, and the area inside was really not small for Severton, who had every inch of land.

A full [-] to [-] square meters!

The building part of the manor is mainly composed of two parts-a two-story elf-style villa with its attached garden square; the other is a row brick house for servants to live in and store sundries.

Moreover, the location of this manor is quite good, with the trade area to the south and the old city to the north, with convenient transportation and good public security.

You can even often see patrolling old city guards passing by here. Seeing this, Xia Duo is no longer ready to go to the next place.

Because the other manor property is located in the old city, it is only rented and not sold, and the annual rent is as high as [-].

In other words, renting there for six or seven years is tantamount to losing the freehold manor here.

Perhaps it is more decent over there and can better reflect the status of a senior arcanist, but since the manor here is not bad, Xia Duo really doesn't want to be taken advantage of.

Thinking of this, he had actually made a choice in his heart, so he asked Evans again: "Can a mage tower be built here? What should I do if I want to build a mage tower here?"

With such a large area of ​​the manor, it would not be cramped to build a mage tower, and for Xia Duo, it would be safer and more convenient if he could have his own mage tower in Severton.

(End of this chapter)