The shenanigans of the property trading company were quickly exposed
ăBy honestly confessing his guilt, the head of the association, the owner of the store just barely escaped from the hangmanâs neck.
ăHowever, all the assets of the company were confiscated. The storeowner was sentenced to five years of labor.
ăThe confiscated assets were used to rebuild Finlis.
ăAlthough the prices of all the houses could not be restored to normalcy, they were settled to a price that even a commoner could afford.
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~Toruâs Perspective~
ăToru and his friends returned to their new house and gathered in the living room.
ăWith this one case, the lord and Lily were able to recover all the funds for the purchase of this house.
ăHowever, the rights of who owns the house are still binding.
ăWhich party will use this house?
ăWe are still discussing who will live here but both parties are not willing to compromise.
âThis house is a gift from the lord, you know? How can you disrespect the feelings of the Lord?â (Esther)
âBut I bought it too. This house is mine.â (Lily)
ăEsther and Lily are clashing with each other without either backing down.
ăThe reason for the lack of conclusion in the discussion is simple. It is because they only argue with each other and do not try to find any point of compromise.
(Hmmm. I wonder if we can do something soon. I am getting hungry. âŠâŠ)
ăThe time is already around noon.
ăIt is not even half a day since I had a âsparâ with Lily in this house first thing in the morning.
ăWell, it is good how quickly that the merchantâs fraud was resolved.
[Condemnation] was a useful skill.
ăThanks to this, the merchant pretty much confessed all on his own.
ăThe power of that skill was so strong that even I was taken aback.
(I have to be careful not to let this skill become a catalyst for somethingâŠ)
âMumumuâŠâ (Esther)
âMu âŠâ (Lily)
ăHave they said all they have to say to each other?
ăEsther and Lily are now glaring at each other with their lips pinched.
ăThinking it is about time, I spoke for the first time from the sidelines.
âIf it is the right to this house, but I do not mind if you have the right to own it, Lily-san.â
âWhat? What do you think you are doing, Toru?â (Esther)
âWell, Esther, calm down.â
ăI calmed Esther who sprang up angrily before continuing
âHowever, this house is too big for Lily alone, is not it?â
âHmm ⊠Certainly.â (Lily)
âIf so, letâs shareâ
âââŠshare?ââ (Lily & Esther)
âYes. We share this house. Of course, we do not share everything; we set rules similar to an inn.â
ăI presented them with the concept of shared living spaces that were similar in Japan.
ăFortunately, this house is too big for one or two people to live in.
ăIf we make the bedrooms into private spaces and the living room and kitchen into communal spaces, we can live here with no problems.
ăFortunately, the money Lily paid for the house will be returned.
ăThen there is no need to worry about who owns it.
ăWe can just use this house as a shared house.
ăThis is the compromise that I think they should both end up in.
ăThe two who listened to my story were pondering with serious faces.
ăThere was never any bad blood between them.
(Now it is up to them to come to a conclusion.)
ăJudging that, I left my seat.
âToru. Are you going somewhere?â (Esther)
âYes. It is almost noon, so I thought Iâd go shopping.â
âThen I will go with you.â (Esther)
âNo, that is okay. I have some things I want to buy. Stay here and think about what I said.â
ăWhile waving goodbye, I left the living room.
ăAfter checking the kitchen, I quickly skipped to the market.
(Cooking! Cooking âȘ)
ăIn Toruâs mind, there is already one thing filling it up: cooking.
ăThat should be it. Since visiting Eargard, I had only eaten soup meals.
ăEven if it were not delicious, I would not say it was unpleasant, since I faithfully put up with it.
ăNow that I have a house, I do not have to put up with bland food anymore.
(⊠I am going all out. I am going to cook with everything I have!)
âKukkukku âŠâ
ăAt my own will, I bought all the ingredients in the market.
ăIt does not matter how much I can carry. It does not matter how much I have, because I have [Inventory].
ăI am going to have to go to the store where the kitchen equipment is located.
ăI have a kitchen in my house, but no kitchen utensils.
ăIn order to cook, I have to buy a certain amount of utensils.
ăMy eyes sparkle as I gaze at the many kitchen types of equipment.
ăI should not just base on the looks.
ăWhatever it is, I want to use the best tool.
ăI received a large bounty from the guild when I helped in Finlisâ crisis.
ăWith that money, I bought all sorts of small and large first-class kitchen equipment.
âFuha âŠ!â
ăThis is also an amount that can never be carried by one person, but I have [Inventory].
ăăI am going to have to go back to the house in a hurry after stuffing my dream ingredients and utensils into the [Inventory], now full of ingredients and kitchen equipment.