Even with all of his knowledge, he wasn't sure what was going on with lly. He could only chalk it up to her being a bit weird.
With lly completely changed, they arrived at the wall of the Imperial Capital.
As soon as Skynder stepped out of the carriage, the gate guards bowed, clearly familiar with him. He did not need to be searched or have his identity checked. This also went for lly, who was with him. Hope would not enter the Imperial Capital. She turned away, and began another ten day long journey.
Skynder knew the place rather well by now, and soon reached the noble district. Long ago, he had expected that he would end up staying with his aunt during his ti at the Imperial school, but he would have never guessed the wealth he would amass.
Any noble was qualified to purchase a house in the noble district, though as a mber of a Barony, he only qualified to purchase those on the outer ring.
If it was Baron Sky himself, it would be different, but Skynder was only a noble through blood, not title. If he wanted a title, he would have to accomplish great things for the Empire or inherit one.
Skynder's wealth over the last few years had reached an unprecedented degree.
All he had to do was go sowhere to purchase it. This was not a simple process, as it required not only an imnse amount of wealth, but approval from the Emperor himself.
There was only one place that sold houses in the noble district. It was at the Inner ring, and though Skynder did not qualify to purchase a house there, he was absolutely allowed to go anywhere in the noble district.
He made his way to the shop. It was a large building, as so sales were worth more money than even most nobles would make in a year.
Skynder entered, and the woman at the front desk, whose job was essentially to stand straight and look pretty, opened her closed eyes.
She saw Skynder, who looked rather young, but he could no longer be described as a child, as well as lly, who followed behind.
"Welco, sir. What can I do for you?" She asked with a bow.
"I would like to purchase a property on the outer ring." Skynder said.
She nodded. "Please follow . I can take you to a room, and will notify soone to co and speak to you."
Skynder followed her to a room, which was luxurious. She brought him so tea, and he waited with lly.
As they waited, lly spoke.
"You don't have to limit yourself to the outer ring." She said.
Skynder looked at her with confusion for a mont, before realizing what she was saying.
"Are you sure? Would your parents mind?" He asked.
She shook her head. "They shouldn't. Besides, as long as I'm living there, it is not lying."
Skynder nodded. Naturally, since she was the daughter of a duke, she had the qualifications to purchase a house in the middle ring. If it was her parents themselves, then they would qualify to purchase a house in the inner ring, where only the greatest of nobles stayed.
Although a house in the middle ring was far, far more expensive than one in the outer ring, Skynder could afford it, though just barely.
He would spend at least half of the wealth he had painstakingly earned through threats, robbery, extortion, and, of course, assassination.
After around 20 minutes, an old man entered the room. "I apologize for the delay, news of buyers was unexpected. What can I do for you?"
"I want to buy a house in the middle ring." Skynder said.
The man looked surprised. "You are Skynder, right. I apologize, but you only have the qualifications to buy a house in the outer ring. This is not sothing decided by , but by the Emperor himself."
lly spoke up. "I want him to buy the house using my qualifications."
The man looked at her with confusion, clearly not recognizing her.
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" She was clearly not old enough to hold a noble title.
"I am the daughter of Duke l." She said.
The man nodded. "I see, lly, right. I apologize. In that case, let's look at the houses in the middle ring."
He stood up and opened a drawer at the side of the room, pulling out three papers.
"Each paper lists the available houses in the three directions, not including the direction behind the Imperial Palace that is used for other things. There are also plots of land, where you can build your own houses." The old man explained.
Skynder looked over the three papers, and focused on the direction nearest to the Imperial school.
Each listing had multiple pictures, descriptions, and prices.
Of the ten or so houses, Skynder focused on two of them. He wouldn't mind building his own, but he didn't feel like waiting, and all of the prebuilt noble houses were designed with incredible skill. He also didn't have enough money to make a house fulfilling all of his desires regardless.
"I would like to visit these two. If neither satisfies , I want to buy this plot of land." Skynder said.
The old man nodded, clearly happy. It sounded like Skynder would be spending money no matter what.
"No need to wait then, Mr Skynder. Let's go."
Skynder and lly stood up. They followed the old man out of the building and into a carriage.
They lightly chatted while the journey took place.
Quickly, they arrived at the first house.
It was two stories tall, made mostly of wood, and had three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It also had a living room, and an entrance hall.
It was one of the smaller houses, but sothing too big would cost Skynder far too much, and he didn't really need any more than this.
After looking around, Skynder didn't like it much.
He kept it in mind while they rode the carriage towards the second house.
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