The Sage Summoned to Another World Volume 1 Chapter 17
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Translator: vysio_seth
Editor: ryunakama
Buying a House
When I opened my eyes in the morning, I came face to face with Ferris. She apparently had been leaning in to stare at my sleeping face.
Perhaps startled by my sudden rise, she hurried to the sanctuary at the corner of the room.
「Good morning Ferris 」
「Go… Good… Mor…ning… To…. Ya 」
Despite the House Spirits known to be expressionless, Ferris has become a bit expressive. Or, it could just be my imagination.
I am uncertain whether she is embarrassed or uncomfortable with the fact that I woke up whilst she was gazing at me or that I was staring at her, but whatever it is, Ferris vanished.
「At least now she can greet me…… 」
I got dressed and left the bedroom, and went into the kitchen. I prepared breakfast with the ingredients I bought yesterday at the market. It is clear I cannot rely only on the items from my game days forever.
I took out the eggs and meat, which I think is supposed to be bacon, and cooked them in the frying pan on the magic stove.
The magic stove is a typical home appliance in this world, and this mansion has one as well. To use it, you pour magic power into the built-in ore which stores the magic power. The ore can be used repeatedly, so in a sense, it is eco-friendly.
I was thinking about the working of the stove as I prepared the food, after which I carried the finished dish to the dining room.
I clasped my hands together in a form of a prayer, in front of the food for one person at the table, before digging in.
I’ll have to redeem the rest of my reward at the Adventurer’s Guild today. And study more about this city and country afterwards.
「Are you here Ferris? 」
I called out to her in the room which would be empty if I were not present, and naturally Ferris materialized before me.
「I’m going out today, though not for requests, I’ll be doing some research for a few days 」
Ferris nodded and smiled a little.
After I was done with my breakfast, I passed the time by checking the contents of Dimensional Storage.
I am familiar with the names of the items, but there are some which I cannot know their effects unless I take them out. Besides I cannot be expected to remember all the items of the unneeded storage.
…… It’s a good thing I have other items besides the Berserker equipment…… I can use them before I get the Warrior job……..
I grasped the various items as I was thinking about it.
It was a little before noon when I decided it was time to head to the Merchant Guild. I notified Ferris that I’d be back in the evening and asked her to look after Kokuyou.
When I arrived at the Merchant Guild, I found Natalie the Little Sage already in a meeting with Sammy.
She smiled at me when she saw me enter.
「Touya! Over here 」
「Good morning, Touya 」
「Good morning, Natalie, Sammy 」
I took an empty seat next to them, and Sammy began to explain.
「I understand..…. You want to hand over the mansion to Touya. I’ll bring the title change documents for you, so please wait a moment 」
Sammy excused herself and Natalie placed a book on the table.
「Here’s what I promised. Though I don’t think you are ready to use it yet」
「Thank you. I’m going to…..」
「Here you go! 」
I was in the middle of thanking her when Sammy came back with the papers.
「Could you both sign this? Also, as a fee for the title change, we receive 50,000 gil as the Merchant Guild」
I placed five silver coins on the table, assuming this was similar to a brokerage fee like in Japan.
「Since the house is yours now, I’ll be paying you more visits for a change」
「….. Don’t overdo it….. Also I won’t give you “that” though…. 」
「Mmmm ….. Don’t do that to me….. 」
Natalie cried, seems she cannot get over the taste of yesterday’s food, no surprise.
Sammy simply nodded her head at the exchange between me and Natalie and then continued to explain.
「I’ll take this fee. The Merchant Guild also keeps one of these documents for administration of the property 」
The three documents were split between the three of us: The Merchant Guild, me, and Natalie.
Sammy walked behind the counter again with the document.
And quickly returned.
「This concludes the title change process」
「Well, then I’ll take my leave 」
I was the only one who got up from my seat and was immediately stopped by Sammy.
「Touya-san, Touya-san there are some other formalities to attend to…..」
Besides the title change, I did not have any other requirement here……
Nonetheless, I settled myself back into the chair.
「Since you’ve purchased the house, you’ll have to pay taxes on the mansion. This is called land property tax 」
…….. Tax huh…… I’ve never had to pay it in Japan since I lived in a rental house, but I remember a colleague of mine complaining about it after he bought a house.
I nodded, thinking it was part of the deal.
「This year it’ll be —2 million gil, please 」
「!? ……..2 million gil! That’s crazy……..」
The sheer mention of the amount of money made me jump to my feet.
It’s not like I can’t pay it. Even so, this is far too much. But…….. I don’t know the house market prices here. For that mansion, I might concur though……..
「For a normal house it would be an incredulous amount. However, it’s not a big amount of money for someone who owns a mansion of that size…….. Until now, Natalie has been paying for it 」
「That’s right. And there was no one to live in it, so there was no money for rent. I was almost in the red. That’s why when Ferris acknowledged you. It was in the nick of time 」
Natalie grins.
Meaning if it was rented, it would cost 150,000 gil a month and if it was rented for a year, it would cost 1.8 million gil. Because I bought it, I will have to pay two million gil a year in taxes.
I thought about it and came to a conclusion.
「—I have been tricked……. 」
Sammy further explained.
「Even if you wish to sell it, if it’s a house where a House Spirit lives, you can’t make a sales contract unless the House Spirit approves it. In Natalie-san’s case……..well…….well……we signed the contract a long time ago, so there weren’t any such covenants at the time……. 」
A house that had been without a tenant for decades and it was now the House Spirit acknowledged and decided upon one.
It’s not a stretch to say that the process of finding the next owner will be a nightmare.
On the plus side though, I have come to like Ferris. I surrendered to my logic and emotions and put two gold coins on the table.
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two gold coins = 2 million Gil. what a absurdity