Soon, Peter stopped outside a building with three floors.
Jacob looked out and saw the name, 'Silver Real Estate Dealers'.
Jacob knew he was in the right place, "Wait here." He nodded and leave the carriage and entered the building.
The interior was quite lavished, made with wood and similar furniture.
A plump man wearing an expensive attire approached Jacob at this moment with a big smile on his face as two golden teeth flash in his mouth,
"Sir, if you're looking for good properties, you come to the right place!"
Jacob nodded, and they both sat in front of each other.
The fate dealer smiled fawningly. "So, what kind of properties my lord is looking for? We have many properties in all the excellent areas of Lionheart City."
Jacob coolly stated, "I'm not staying permanently here. I want to rent a small house with a pool and garden for three months and I'll pay in advance. But I only have one condition. I don't want any commotion around so it had to on a peaceful location. Do you have such a place?"
The fat dealer was startled by Jacob's strange demands, but he deals with all kinds of customers, so Jacob's demands were still reasonable and he also seemed quite rich since he was willing to pay upfront.
Furthermore, with Jacob's build, he could tell Jacob wasn't normal at all.
So, he quickly nodded with a big businessman smile, "Indeed, I have such a place and it's quite expensive since it's in the safest place in the entire city."
"Oh, which area?" Jacob was slightly intrigued.
"The Lion Street! This area is only two miles away from the Lionheart Estate, and only rich people live there, even high-rank mercenaries. That's why no one causes trouble there, and it considers the safest area of the city." The fat dealer quickly told with a hint of excitement.
Jacob had to admit this place had the qualification to be the safest place.
"How much?" Jacob asked. He was as rich as those official nobles with all those titan iron bricks, so money wasn't an issue right now for him.
The fat dealer's smile broadens instantly. He knew he would be going to get a huge commission. He quickly told, "The owner of this property wants 2 Gold Coins for a month. However, since sir will pay in advance for three months, I can negotiate the price with him."
However, to his surprise, Jacob shook his head and said, "I don't want to waste time, so I accept 2 Gold Coins a month. I want to move this instance. Can you do it or I can go somewhere else?" Jacob stated, with no place for negotiation.
The fat dealer was shocked since 2 Gold Coins were quite a sizeable sum for even an E-rank mercenary, but this guy was speaking as if it was nothing. But he was quickly thrilled since his commission would be high as well if Jacob pay high.
He quickly stood up, afraid Jacob would go somewhere else, "I can arrange that Sir, give me ten minutes!"
Jacob nodded and watch the Fate guy running on the upper floor.
Soon, the fat dealer appeared with sweat all over his face and panting heavily as if he had run a marathon and fat on body jiggle.
"Sir, l-let's… go!" He shows the key in his hand to Jacob.
Jacob was speechless. 'He won't die with this much running, right?' he wondered as he followed him.
Soon, the fat dealer hailed his own private carriage, and Peter followed that carriage, with Jacob now riding within the fat dealer's lavish and comfortable carriage.
After traveling for twenty minutes, they enter a spotless area with beautiful houses around and tree on the roadsides.
Finally, they all stopped in front of this two-story house, which was two hundred square meters in size. It has a small pool and a garden. This wasn't small at all and made quite well. The furniture was also with the house, so Jacob won't have to buy a new one, but if he damaged it he had to pay.
Soon, a dainty woman in her late twenties appeared. She was the owner of this house.
The fat dealer introduced, "This is Miss Miley, the owner of this house. Miss this the gentlemen who want to move immediately and he's willing to pay three months rent in advance so…"
Before he could finish, the dainty woman cut him and she spoke coldly, "I'm sorry I have already rented this house to someone else this morning and that person might be here at any moment. I won't apologize for wasting your time since I wasn't prior informed, so it's not my fault you wasted this trip."
The fat dealer's expression changed when he heard this and couldn't help but cursed Miley for being a sly bitch, since it was her fault, actually.
Because if she had already rented the house, it was her duty to inform him within an hour so he could remove the house from the renting list, but she didn't bother.
Now it was he who was going to take the blame since Miley's background wasn't simply as a small property dealer like him could headbutt her.
Furthermore, he will be going to lose Jacob, a rich customer, as well, since he wasted the man's time.
However, Jacob smile faintly and said, "I understand. But I like this place and I'm already here, so, how about I increased one gold coin in rent?"
The fat dealer's eyes widened in disbelief. His monthly salary was only one gold, yet this man was offering it like it was nothing. 'Just what is his background?'
Miley's eye shimmered in surprise when she heard Jacob was willing to pay an extra gold coin, which was quite alluring for her. Furthermore, she could tell Jacob wasn't from the city or she would've known someone like Jacob, who seemed to be quite wealthy.
'Is he a merchant?' She thought.
She hesitated before she said as her tone finally soften, "Your offer is indeed quite captivating Sir, but the person I rented this house is an Apothecary Apprentice and I don't think it would be a wise decision to antagonize him for both of us."
"Apothecary Apprentice?!" The fat dealer's round face loses all its color when he heard 'Apothecary Apprentice' and nearly wet himself.
In Lionheart City or any city, in fact, one could offend any but someone from the Apothecary Guild because they had an extremely high status in this kingdom because of their skills in medicine.
Although strength was important for a nation's development, what can they do with strength when they don't have medicinal knowledge to protect that strength?
As a matter of fact, in this place, medicinal knowledge has a far greater value than strength because no matter how strong you are, if you get wounded or get ill with some unknown illness, then no matter how much power you have, you will fall.
That's why these apothecaries were so precious to this kingdom and enjoy a status equivalent to a C Rank mercenary even if they were just Apothecary Apprentices which were as weak as an ant in front of a C-rank mercenary.
"Sir, how about I arrange another place for you? Give me three hours and I can find a house which satisfies your needs. It better if leave before the esteem Apothecary Apprentice come." He suggested in an extremely respectful tone.
Jacob sighed. He knew the status an Apothecary represents in this place and it won't be good to clash with one just because of the house. He still has to stay here for a while, so it won't be good if some quack will ruin his plans.
"Alright, we'll leave." Jacob nodded, although he wasn't afraid of trouble in this place, but seeking trouble was another matter.
Everyone sighed in relief as Miley in the white dress had a good impression of Jacob right now.
She couldn't help but said, "Sir, if you don't mind the size or price of the place, there is a mansion two blocks away. It's five-time bigger than this place. The owner is my friend's father. Although they want the annual rent in advance, I can make them drop it to six months."
Jacob stopped and questioned, "How much?"
"10 Gold Coin for a month, which means you have to 60 Gold Coins. What do you think?" She asked. Even for someone like her, 60 Gold Coins were quite a massive number.
One could buy a large house with 60 gold coins in another area of lionheart city, but this place was the most expensive area.
The fat dealer cursed Miley for trying to rob him of his job, but he remained silent and only wish Jacob would reject her since it was just too damn expensive.
"Is there a pool?" Jacob inquired.
The fat dealer had a bad feeling when he heard this.
Miley smiled brightly. "Yes, much bigger than this one."
Jacob chuckled, "I'll take it!"
