The Dangerously Cute Dungeon [A Dungeon Core LitRPG]

1.57 Elesfield City

David was exhausted by the time he reached Elesfield City. He had left Alice with Gregory's family before spending the entire night walking. She would be safe there and he wouldn't have to worry about her. Henry had been disappointed that David wouldn't be there in the morning to teach him swordsmanship, but his father had reassured him that it would be fine.

Making the entire trip to Elesfield City in one day wouldn't normally be a big deal. So long as one set out at dawn and paced themselves appropriately, only stopping for short breaks, they could make it to the city by sunset that day. However, it was much more difficult to make the trip at night after spending the entire day awake. There were both [Monsters] and normal predatory creatures, like wolves, to watch out for. Even if that weren't the case, it wasn't easy to make the trip when you could barely keep your eyes open.

However, David had a contract to uphold and there was no getting out of it. There weren't loopholes that he could exploit. So, he couldn't just say that taking a day or two off from training Violet was fine since he needed to obtain the tribute she requested. He was, instead, expected to both obtain the tribute, and then he still had to show up for training for the day. As such, David could only make time to sort out his affairs by making the long trek overnight like this.

The familiar sight of the business district and homes in the city was a pleasant sight. David smiled warily as he headed to the city officials' offices. He would need to find someone who could be in charge of selling his property before he did anything else. More than likely, he would just end up selling the property outright.

While it was rare for the people in Violet's old world to own property in medieval times, this was not the case in this world. Instead, high-ranking adventurers and richer merchant families often would save up their profits for a few years to purchase their properties. This was much the same for David and his deceased wife who had spent many years adventuring together before getting married and settling down together to have a family of their own.

Still, since plenty of the poorer citizens of the empire rented or leased their properties, all of the property tended to be able to be sold back to the city where it would become the property of the local landlord until it could be sold again. It was far more profitable for the property to be rented out and earn a profit rather than for the property to sit empty for long periods until it could be sold, after all.

As Elesfield City was only a small city with no nearby dungeons, it wasn't as easy to sell properties as it might be in a larger city where the land was more valuable due to the proximity to a dungeon. Small towns were less organized than cities, so it was likely that David would both have an easier and a more difficult time obtaining a new home for Alice and himself.

On the one hand, due to there not being a proper landlord yet, the land and rights to build on the property would be easier to obtain. On the other hand, David would either have to build his house himself or else he would have to hire a construction group to build a home for him. The latter of which would require a higher fee since they would have to be hired from Elesfield since there were no construction shops within Millstone due to it still being a relatively small town.

Still, David finished selling his house deed and then made his way to a construction workshop. He'd need their help moving his old belongings and it would be ideal to hire them to build his home. There weren't any carpentry workshops or anything else useful to get the proper building supplies from in Millstone. If he had to purchase all those building supplies and pay to have them delivered, he'd end up better off just hiring an actual construction team.

Luckily, he was able to sign a contract that allowed him to make a deposit and then pay the rest off in installments. Until David could start his job at the adventurer's guild, he'd have to work extra hard to make money. However, the fact that it was already late fall meant that he'd have plenty of time. None of the construction teams would be able to start work until the start of spring. Which, of course, was part of the reason he'd have to wait so long before he could start his new job as well.