Chapter 207

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After I deposited 3500 gold coins to Volga-san, he showed me three suitable properties based on my desire to open a store. The three properties ranged from 3500 gold coins, 2000 gold coins and 1500 gold coins. My heart immediately leaned toward the 2000 gold coins one. This must be due to my nature as a Japanese person who liked to take the middle ground.

To sum up Volga-san’s explanation, the 3500 gold coins one had good location and the building was still in prime condition while the 2000 gold coins one was located in a so-so area but the building was also in a prime condition and lastly, the 1500 gold coins one. This last building was located in a good location but the building was in poor condition. 

“I guess we won’t know for sure until we see the place with our own eyes.”

And so, we decided to visit each property in person. 

First one, the 2000 gold coins one. The house was big and sturdy but the location of this house was a bit complicated. It was near the church’s graveyard. 

Come to think of it, I’ve never encountered any undead monsters up until now. Since monsters exist in this world, that means they must have something like zombies or skeleton undead in here.

And speaking of graveyards, graveyards were often associated with undead monsters. 

“Is there any undead?”

I asked Sarasa with a mix of gestures and words while pointing at the graveyard. 

“What are you talking about? Of course there is undead.”

So she said.

Since the graveyard was managed by the church, it was highly unlikely for the corpses in there to turn into zombies, but on a very rare occasion, some sort of negative influence might gather in there, causing the revival of undead. 

Okay. I will pass on this one since it’s near the graveyard. 

Up next, the 3500 gold coins one. This one definitely looked expensive indeed. It was a big 2 storey house with gorgeous decorations and it was located on a hill near Bavarian-sama’s residence so the view was great here. However, the house was a bit too gaudy for my taste and since I still wanted to do some smithing work, I didn’t feel comfortable to live so close with a noble. 

Finally, the last one. The 1500 gold coins one…

To be honest, I don’t have much expectation since this house is priced less than half of the previous house.

As we were walking down the shopping district with that thought in mind, I happened to see a shop with fancy brickwork decorated with flowers in pastel undertone. I immediately started to imagine the sight of Yurina-san and Ash standing in front of the entrance of that shop. Just imagining it was enough to make my heart feel warm and fluffy inside. 

After that, we kept on walking for a bit before Volga-san spread both of his arms wide in front of a tattered looking house. 

“Here it is!”

He seemed to say.

Like I said before, I didn’t have high expectations but the moment I saw this house, I just fell in love with it. Indeed, this house looked like it could crumble at any given moment and this ‘house’ was practically a glorified storage room but, the river that ran through the town was nearby, offering a great view along with the soothing and pleasant sound of running water. 

It seemed like it would be nice to take a long nap on a hammock here when spring came. This house was located exactly in between the shopping district where Sarasa and Margo’s store were and the entertainment district where Josephine’s pub was located, making it had good accessibility in between the places I might frequent. 

This lot cost 1500 gold coins since they basically didn’t count that tattered shack in consideration so 1500 gold coins was basically the price of the land only. The size of the lot itself was nothing but satisfactory. It seemed I could make a building the size of Margo’s store while still leaving enough empty land for a garden. I could have them construct the building with the remaining gold coins I have deposited. 

I guess I’ve made my decision. 

“Yurina-san, I think this might be a good place to live. What do you think? Of course, we will need to have a new house constructed.”

That’s right. It’d be nice to take inspiration from that brickstone shop we had seen earlier. We could make our house in a similar color scheme and brick design to it. 

“Wonderful…. I think it’s good!”

“Woof!!”

Okay, my wife also likes it. Ash also seems to be happy with this place. Although I hadn’t asked him anything.

“And so, Volga-san, I think this place is the one for me. In fact, I already have a design in mind for the new building….”

I laid out a piece of paper right here and there to explain the fancy brickwork design similar to the shop I had seen earlier.

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T/N: FINALLY AN ACTUAL HOUSE. From sleeping with the chickens to actually own a house in the middle of the town… Our MC really has grown….