Lord: Starting from the Pit-Dwelling Courtyard

Chapter 152 Buying a House

With Dumont leading the way, others also clamored to buy.

Vivian and Una were also eager to make a move.

Una said eagerly, "We can't afford it by ourselves, but buying a set for the two of us is no problem at all. I've saved up seventy-five gold coins, how about you?"

Vivian said softly, "Eighty-five."

With a total of 160 gold coins, it's barely enough to buy a 50-square-meter house.

Eight gold coins per set, four hundred gold coins per set. They were still short two hundred gold coins. They could borrow the rest from the sisters in the Knights Order.

They saved up this money little by little. After all, half of the spoils of war belonged to them after each major battle. The only downside was that the salary was too low.

After thinking for a moment, Vivian said, "No rush. Let's go find Lord Ron and ask him to reserve one for us. After all, we don't have enough money right now, and it would be even better if he could give us a discount."

As I went downstairs, I saw Leonardo da Vinci dozing off, leaning against the only wooden door in the building, holding his embroidered spring knife.

Sanlir stood to the side, fanning Leonardo da Vinci with a paper fan.

Vivian bowed respectfully and said, "Grand Knight Leonardo da Vinci, we wish to request an audience with Lord Ron!"

Leonardo da Vinci, without looking up, said, "The lord said, I see no one!"

Una panicked immediately, but Vivian pulled her back, signaling her to calm down.

Vivian lowered her head and remained silent for a few seconds. She had been in the Rose Knights for five years. Although her cultivation level was not high, she had made many contributions. However, because she was born a serf, she would never be promoted.

She'd had enough of Bobby's taunts, Caroline's tacit approval, and those "you're just a bastard" looks.

"I wish to follow Lord Ron! I beg you to take me in."

This time, Vivian adopted a very humble attitude.

Una stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what Vivian was saying.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the door opened.

Felix, clad in gleaming heavy scale armor, walked over, glanced at the two women, and pointed to the table beside him, saying, "Wait there. The teacher will come out once he finishes his work."

"teacher!"

Although Vivian was puzzled, she did not hesitate and sat down at the table next to her.

Una whispered, "That flashy knight looks bigger than us—"

Vivian quickly gestured for the other person not to say anything reckless.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, the people upstairs came down, all with smiles on their faces.

Dumont, beaming, said, "Doron, it's settled then. I've reserved the two apartments on the third floor across the street. I'll bring the deposit over tomorrow."

The middle-aged knight, his face beaming with excitement, bowed respectfully to Doron: "President Doron, I will raise the money in three days at most."

Hearn works as a guard at the Silver Shield Merchant Guild, earning 4 gold coins a month. It would take him three years of saving without eating or drinking to afford a house. However, he has a retired knight brother who works in the city's defense force, and he needs to borrow the money within three days.

Wild knights like Hearn are different from regular knights; they are paid more and receive greater rewards for completing missions, so they are more financially secure.

Doron laughed and said, "Sir Hern, you should know how popular my houses are in just three days."

"Don't worry, I'll send the money over in less than three days."

Hearn noticed that Vivian and the other woman frowned slightly, their Rose Knights uniforms making her quite wary.

The Rose Knights, including their apprentices, number over a thousand, and at least ninety of them can afford to buy a house here.

If they also want to buy, pressuring Duolong to take over the entire building would be no problem at all.

"President Duolong, I must take my leave now!"

Hearn had no choice but to scrape together the money as quickly as possible. He was a former wild knight and now worked for the Silver Shield Merchant Guild. He handed over half of his monthly salary to the guild's Grand Knight Conan, registering under his name, all in order to master aristocratic etiquette and knightly full-body armor combat training as soon as possible.

Only in this way can he become a proper knight, and after becoming a proper knight, he can register as a knight's family at the city hall.

In addition to having a proper knight, a knight's family also needs to own a local property.

He has been working hard for the past few years, and now that it's within reach, he naturally won't give up.

Becoming a knight's family would be recorded by the lord's manor. Only knights with clean records could be considered regular soldiers when conscripted in war.

As for the conscripted wild knights, no matter how great their achievements, their only reward was money. The regular army, on the other hand, could become true nobles and be granted titles and fiefs as long as they made enough contributions.

Not only Hearn, but many buyers also associated Vivian with the Rose Knights after seeing her. Even Dumont was no exception, and he quickened his pace as he left.

After everyone had left, Dorron gave the two female knights a deep look before departing.

As he walked out the gate, Doron turned and glanced at Vivian again: "Seriously, she's quite beautiful. The other one is pretty good too, with a great figure. It seems the lord has finally grown up and knows how to find women."

Vivian and the others waited for about half an hour before Ron slowly emerged from the room, carrying a Tang-style sword forged from Damascus steel. The exquisite feather patterns on it were breathtakingly beautiful at first glance.

Una whispered, "The patterns on this sword are so beautiful!"

Vivian nodded quietly.

Ron tossed the Tang sword to Felix.

"Thank you, teacher!"

Ron waved his hand dismissively and said, "Don't get me wrong, this is for my own use. I just asked you to get it for me."

Felix, who had originally intended to replace his Tang-style sword, froze upon hearing this. He then gave an awkward smile and wrapped the oil on the sword with fur.

It's normal for him to have this illusion; the flashy silver scale armor he's wearing was a gift from his teacher.

Ron asked, "Tell me what you want with me?"

Felix quickly repeated what Vivian had just said.

Ron glanced at Vivian, then looked at Felix.

The two talents shone only a second apart.

They all belong to the ranks of top geniuses.

It would be a shame not to bring them under our control.

Ron said casually, "Tell me your terms. I'll consider them."

Ron knew very well that as long as Amy really broke through to the Earth Knight level and then returned to Gorubike Castle, not to mention these women, many knights would be tempted, and there was no need to promote it vigorously now.

If she succeeds, the initial assessment of Vivian should be enough to motivate her to take the plunge.

After all, she was initially rated as being capable of becoming a legendary knight, and even if she couldn't reach that level, she would be perfectly capable of becoming a sky knight.

Vivian thought for a moment and said, "I want to break through to the Earth Knight level."

Ron nodded and raised his hand, gesturing for her to continue.

After thinking for a moment, Vivian said, "I want a house in Gorubak Castle, like this. We can buy it ourselves, as long as Lord Ron reserves one for us."