David nodded to the butler Jason beside him. This was also taught by the etiquette teacher Euphemia. When nobles are away, try not to pay by yourself.
Although he doesn't care about it, it's considered doing as the Romans do.
Butler Jason didn't understand the use of David buying such expensive alchemy raw materials, but he didn't raise any objections, but stepped forward to talk with Edna's guide.
David didn't care about the conversation between Butler Jason and the guide Edna. He sat on the sidelines and drank a drink leisurely. After Butler Jason finished his work, he stepped forward to put all the alchemy materials into the interspatial ring .
They left the Temple of Wealth with the enthusiastic farewell sound of the guide Edna. According to the guide Edna, the rich baron who was addicted to 'alchemy' would bring her huge benefits.
Like David, after being guided by Edna's guide for shopping last time, David also defaults as a customer of Edna's guide, and all the consumption of David under the guidance of Edna's guide is guaranteed by Edna's guide There is commission.
Think about how much 'alchemy' materials a baron with a fortune of millions of god metal coins would buy from Edna's guide after he indulged in the hobby of 'alchemy' burning god gold coins.
'Alchemy' has never been an easy task. Beginning as an apprentice alchemist, without the support of a large number of divine gold coins, and without the alchemist leading the way, continuous failures alone will make the rich bankrupt.
Different from the obsession that Edna's guide imagined, David was more like a child who got a new toy. He sat in the carriage, and his spirit kept sweeping over the 'alchemy raw materials' in the space ring.
If it wasn't for the wrong environment, he would have the urge to do it immediately.
The carriage continued on, and then stopped on a wide street.
The ground of this street is paved with pure white rocks, and the trees on the side of the road are thick trees with two people hugging each other. These trees have a history of at least a hundred years.
These trees alone show the extraordinaryness of this street. This is also the noble residence of Jianmo City, and even the City Lord's Mansion is at the end of the same street.
"Master, 16 Orr Street is here!" Butler Jason said as he opened the compartment door for David.
David got out of the carriage and saw the house that would belong to him in front of him.
When Deputy Chief Garrett said that he was compensated for a yard, he had a small building in his mind, and there was a flat land in front of the small building.
But the house in front of me should not be called a yard, but a villa.
There is a statue fountain in front of the villa. The statue is two women playing in water. David doesn’t know much about the divine world, and he doesn’t know who these two women are, but the statue is of a very high level. Under the surge of the fountain, the motionless woman actually had a sense of agility.
This villa does not mention the interior of the building, even the value of the fountain is probably more expensive than the yard David imagined.
While David was watching the fountain, Butler Jason had already communicated with a butler who came out to greet him.
"Honorable Lord Baron Arthur, I am Steward Albin of No. 16 Orr Street, and I am honored to serve you!" Butler Albin introduced himself with a big gift to David.
Butler Albin was actually very worried. The villa he managed had always been the property of the Noble Affairs Office. His previous work was very easy. Only when someone from the Noble Affairs Office came to Jianmer City would he be needed to entertain .
But he does not belong to the Noble Affairs Office, he is only in charge of managing the villa.
After the villa was given to David, the butler Albin was handed over to David along with the villa.
If David didn't need Albin butler then he would be out of a job and it would be hard to find a suitable butler position.
"Steward Albin, show me here!" David smiled and nodded.
"Please!" Butler Albin felt more at ease, as long as he didn't drive him away immediately, he had hope.
When he entered the villa, David was still taken aback. The ground was polished like a mirror, revealing the strange patterns of special ground stones. Above his head was a chandelier made of crystal strings, extending from the top of more than ten meters.
The walls are covered with exquisite carvings, and every item in the hall has a heavy sense of history, from large tables to small candlesticks, all of which can be called handicrafts.
Under the guidance of butler Albin, David visited the dining room, living room, study, music room, and leisure room on the first floor; ten sets of luxuriously decorated guest rooms on the second floor; and the master's bedroom, lounge, and cloakroom on the third floor .
It can be said that this set of villas is comparable to smaller castles, and its luxury is far beyond that of Luce Castle.
You must know that when David took over the Luce Castle, the Luce family had long been unable to make ends meet, and the Luce Castle was in urgent need of major repairs.
"Butler Jason, you will be in charge of the management of Butler Albin. His responsibilities remain the same, and he still handles the affairs here!" David said to Butler Jason very satisfied after viewing the villa.
"Yes, master!" Butler Jason was also happy that the family could have such an extra courtyard.
David's impression of Vice President Garrett has improved a lot. Although it is not difficult to buy such a villa with the divine gold coins in his hand, it is not easy to find a suitable villa in a short time.
The social structure of the Great World of Gods is different from that of the Interstellar Federation. The nobles here are relatively stable. Although new nobles continue to appear and old nobles decline, the new nobles are just branches of noble families, not Promoted from the rest of the class.
Therefore, it is difficult to buy real estate in the hands of the nobles, unless it happens that the nobles need to sell their properties due to the decline of the nobles. This kind of thing is not common.
The Noble Affairs Office itself is an institution that manages noble affairs. After some nobles go bankrupt, due to various reasons, the properties will be handed over to the Noble Affairs Office to take care of them.
The aristocratic office does not have ownership of this kind of property management, but has the right to use and trade on behalf of it.
This is also the origin of the villa that David obtained. Normally, the noble affairs office will not take the initiative to sell a villa like this. High-quality properties are generally value-added, and they are also an important resource. They are very useful at the right time. big.
Just like this incident, Vice President Garrett compensated David with this villa. On the one hand, it was because David had an excellent attitude towards him, which was too much face, and he needed to give the same return.
On the other hand, it is also the most important thing. Once the villa is sent out, the required expenses will be paid by his superior, Deputy Chief Coram. As for how Deputy Chief Coram can find it from Dryden or other relevant personnel The return of this fee is beyond the control of Deputy Chief Garrett.
"I see that there is still a vacancy in the basement. I want to build an alchemy room there. What do you think?" David thought about the structure of the entire villa, and then asked the two housekeepers.
His original plan was to build an alchemy room in Luce Castle, but it will take some time to get to Jianmer City from Luce Castle, which is not convenient for the purchase of 'alchemy raw materials'.
With this villa, David can build the 'alchemy room' in the inner city, and everything here is very convenient.
"Master, when the Luce family flourished, they once trained alchemists, and there are records of the construction of the alchemy room, but those records were recorded more than 300 years ago!" Jason said helplessly.
As a butler, he could not help his master, and he felt his own negligence.
"Master, if you want an alchemy room, then there is no need to build it!" Butler Albin hesitated for a while, but said.
"Steward Albin, what do you know, just tell me?" David couldn't help asking after hearing what Butler Albin said.
"Actually, the original owner of this villa was an apprentice alchemist. This apprentice alchemist became obsessed with alchemy after he inherited the title of lord and a considerable amount of wealth. Since no alchemist was found to take him in, he went to the In the villa, I built an alchemy room by myself and practiced by myself every day, and in the end not only lost all the wealth, but also failed to become an alchemist!" Albin Butler continued.
His words were actually meant to be admonishing, but he didn't know that David's 'alchemy' level had reached the master level, and he would never become like the former owner of this villa.
"So there is an alchemy room in this villa?" David couldn't help being surprised when he heard another meaning in Butler Albin's words.
The construction of the alchemy room is very long, both in terms of the cost of divine gold coins and the time. What he considered was to find a place to practice 'alchemy' temporarily while building the alchemy room.
He didn't expect that there was an alchemy room in this villa, so he could use it directly.
"Yes, but that secret room requires spiritual talent to open!" Seeing that David didn't hear his advice, Butler Albin sighed in his heart and replied.
"Hurry up and take me to see it!" David waved his hand and said.
Butler Albin took David to the study on the first floor, and he led David to stop in front of an artistic statue.
"This is the entrance to the secret room, you can only try to open it yourself, I only know the location!" Butler Albin said, pointing to the art statue.
David nodded, and under the control of his mind, Shadow Waiter flew into the wall behind the art statue. There were some isolation patterns drawn on the wall, completely covering up the atmosphere inside the wall.
Behind the wall is a small room. The walls of the room are full of cabinets, and the cabinets are filled with various crystal bottles and material boxes.
In the middle of the room is an alchemy table, next to it is a tool cabinet.
Although the configuration of this alchemy room is incomparable to the equipment in David's phantom, it is absolutely extravagant for a trainee alchemist.
It's no wonder that the trainee alchemist went bankrupt because of 'alchemy'. Without knowing his own strength, how could he not go bankrupt with such a huge investment.
Retracting the shadow waiter, David observed the statue in front of him. In the seemingly ordinary carving technique of the statue, there was a mental detection pattern hidden.
In theory, David is a 'master alchemist', he just glanced at the pattern of the mental test.
His spirit lightly touched the node of the mental detection pattern, and then the statue moved away, revealing the hidden door that was blocked by the statue for one person to enter and exit.
A look of sadness flashed across Butler Albin's face. He had personally seen the former owner go bankrupt because of his obsession with 'alchemy', and now the new owner seems to be also addicted to 'alchemy', and the consequences are probably not much different from the previous owner.
As a steward, the only thing he can do is to pray that David's alchemy will not waste some divine gold coins, so that the bankruptcy will come later.
Sometimes having spiritual talent is not a good thing. In fact, unless the spiritual talent reaches a certain level, formal alchemists will not accept apprentice alchemists, because the probability of success for apprentice alchemists with low spiritual talent is too low.
Too many spiritual talents are just young people who have reached the standard, with infinite longing for "alchemy", because there is no official alchemist to accept, and they devote themselves to "alchemy" at their own expense.
David walked into the alchemy room. He stroked the patterns on the alchemy table with his hands. These patterns made the alchemy table stronger, more resistant to high temperature and corrosion, and the most important thing was the protective cover on the alchemy table, which could make the alchemy table The poisonous substance on it will not affect the alchemist.
In the tool cabinet on the side, there are more than ten quill pens of various specifications, three sets of carving knives for carving different materials, and some other tools.
He came to the cabinet on the wall again. Most of the crystal bottles and material boxes here were empty, but these crystal bottles and material boxes alone were worth a lot of money.
You should know that these crystal bottles and material boxes are all for 'alchemy materials'. If the purchased 'alchemy materials' are not kept properly, they may lose a lot of their effectiveness.
These crystal bottles and material boxes are also "alchemy items". David did not buy them at the same time because the materials he bought this time did not need to be stored for a long time.
Of course, on the other hand, the divine gold coins in hand are limited, although a million divine gold coins are a lot, but if it is really used, it may not be enough to arrange such an alchemy room.
David didn't know the reason why the former owner would rather go bankrupt than sell the alchemy room, but he knew clearly that he had taken advantage of it this time, and a complete alchemy room was more expensive than this villa.
"Didn't the Noble Affairs Office know of this alchemy room?" David turned to look at Butler Albin and asked.
"Yes, when the Noble Affairs Office took over this villa, I thought Lord Hammond would take it back one day!" Butler Albin nodded.
"Is Lord Hammond the former owner here?" David asked.
"Yes, I heard the news of Lord Hammond's death five years after I took over this villa from the Noble Affairs Office!" Butler Albin's voice was low.
David didn't ask why Butler Albin told him about the alchemy room. Perhaps Butler Albin wanted to become an official butler of the Luce family and return to his status as a noble butler.
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