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Chapter 14: Lakefront Residence

A cold wind blew past and woke Lorist from his thoughts. He only noticed that he had been tricked by the academy head again.

The acquisition of Yellow Ribbon Academy, the loan requests, the humiliation the academy received from the people in the Academy Association and even the betting with the other academy heads were all caused by the Head of Leins Academy. Yet at this moment he had managed to retreat to the sidelines without having to take responsibility for his actions and make Lorist bear all the burden.

Now that he had been placed at the forefront, he had to shoulder the responsibility of defending his title of Unbeatable Silver, fighting for the future development of the academy as well as being a beacon of hope for the entire academy's instructors and students . the old man gave it all to him, dug a big hole for him, and Lorist jumped into it himself willingly. He could not even calm down on the duel. Otherwise, he would have been drowned alive by the reprimands of his comrades had he caused the academy to lose the bet.

There was really nothing Lorist could say about the old man to bet against all the academy heads. The problem was Charade, who would go to put up a dueling notice and thought of making a lot of money from this affair. Even if Lorist came back to meet the old man about this, the Levins would just say that there was no harm in doing so and find a way to persuade him to continue to accept it.

Turning his head to look back at that grayish-green tower, he, he looked at the white curtain of the academy head's office flapping in the wind and made a mental note to get away from the old fox if there was no reason to go see him, lest he be fooled by him again.

Holding the copper key in his hand, Lorist decided to go check on the house the academy had allocated for him so that he could move there if he liked the place.

Actually, he was already given a room back when he got the Incador Medal. However, the room was in the instructor dormitory and it was the headquarters of the Silver ranked instructor. Lorist knew that he was in the slightest bit disliked by that instructor and returned the room key to the academy. He decided it would be much better if he got along with his girlfriend and stayed out of the academy.

Moon Lake is located south of the academy. Loved by many students as a great place for relaxation and romantic encounters, it is a round and clear lake with beautiful views along its shores. Originally belonging to the Yellow Ribbon Academy, the hill north of the lake was once a small mulberry forest. The mulberry trees were cut down and replaced with tall villas with unique architectural designs. According to Academy Head Levins, it was a newly developed residential area for Gold-ranked instructors.

With the wall separating the two academies having been knocked down, Lorist easily reached the hill by walking along the cobbled road. He surrounded the bamboo fence surrounding the small hill and immediately walked to the entrance. Lorist was greeted by the sight of a two-story wooden housing with large double doors.

A worker wearing a servant uniform led Lorist into the first room at the end of the wooden building. It was a large office with five tables in it. A white-haired woman could be seen in the room with her head lowered, seemingly working on something. The worker pointed at him, showing Lorist that he was the Skali Supervisor.

Taking Lorist's copper key and verifying the words written on it that read '35th Month', Skali's Supervisor smiled sincerely and said, "So, you are our academy's legendary Gold-ranked instructor, Iron Locke's. I've heard a lot about you. Haha, I've been in charge of several stores in the academy throughout Morante City before and haven't been in the academy often, so I've never really seen you in person. ”

Lorist was not too surprised by that fact. After being in the academy for over ten years and making a sufficient name for himself, he was familiar with most of the academy's administrative staff.

Skali personally showed Lorist his new room. He's a talkative guy. "Locke, your residence is quite close to the shore of the lake, so it will be rather quiet there. House no. 34 is quite far away, Instructor Marlin lives there. You should get to know him, right? ”

Lorist lightly nodded. Instructor Marlin is one of the retired military officers who joined the academy as a Gold-ranked instructor three years ago to take over the remaining SIlver-ranked instructors. He was an honest man whose two favorite things in his life were alcohol and his horse. He sometimes even jokingly referred to his horse as his second wife. Married to a gentle and beautiful woman and father to a cute little princess, she took her family and her horse to the academy when she first took the job. According to him, Jenny, his horse, had saved him several times on the battlefield. That's why she dedicates so much time to taking care of him.

The residence was a small villa made of stone and wood and was two stories high, with an attic on the top floor. Being in the far corner of Moon Lake with not many buildings in the area, it was indeed quiet as Skali mentioned. Roof of house no. It can hardly be seen from the page.

The courtyard was quite spacious and took up most of the surrounding land with rows of holly trees attached to it. Although the house was near a lake, a well was built in the courtyard. Lorist inspected the well and took note of its blue walls. The bottom of the well is covered with fine white sand that may be used to clean well water.

Two wooden structures can be seen in the courtyard as well. When Skali unlocked the villa, he said, “That's stables. You can keep up to two horses there. The other building is the garage where you store horse carriages when not in use. You can use it as a barn as well if you don't have a horse. Ah, it's finally open. I better lubricate this key, otherwise it won't be easy .. Come on. ”

The first room they entered was the main lounge. Inside was a fireplace and a sofa. On the wall hang some tapestries [1]. Although they are not something expensive, they provide the house with a warm and earthy atmosphere. Nodding, Lorist noticed that the furniture was already prepared and he did not have to take care of it himself. As a person who hated troublesome things, he was completely satisfied with how everything in the house had been prepared for him before.

“Kitchen and dining room are at the back. To your left are two maid rooms and to your right is a bathroom and a barn. You can also use the free space under the stairs as additional storage space. Come up, ”continue Skali.

On the second floor there is another lounge along with one master bedroom with two other guest rooms. There is also another bathroom on this floor as well as a study room. The master bedroom is rather large and has its own bathroom and dressing room. The attic can be accessed from the stairs in the second-floor room.

Smiling, Skali said that by the time Lorist started a family and had children of his own, he could even renovate the attic into a toddler's room. He thought the kids would love it.

Lorist countered by stating that he was still single and would not have any more children.

Thanking Skali for his good intentions, Lorist rejected the offer saying that he was at an important point in his training now and was unable to shift his focus to other things. He also had to duel with all those challengers in the coming days. It finally ignited Skali's spirit in finding Lorist a new partner.

Move back to the waiting room on the ground floor, Supervisor Skali asked Lorist what he thought of the house and said that he could switch to another if he did not like the tranquility in the area, because of the 52 villas in the residential area for Gold ranked Instructors, only 38 of them were occupied and there were 14 villas he could choose from.

Lorist expressed his satisfaction with this particular villa and told him that he would work to move his luggage tomorrow.

The supervisor pointed at the green rope hanging from the fireplace and said, "Instructor Locke, this rope is connected to the bells in the management office. If you need help, just pull the rope or two and we'll send someone there. Given that you have just moved, I believe that you do not yet have a servant. Please do not hesitate to have management send someone to help you with your duties. ”

While pulling the rope, he continued, “I just asked some janitor to come because you will move tomorrow or the day after. The place has started to collect dust after a while, especially the handrails on the stairs … "

“Supervisor Skali, isn't this building some distance away from the management office? How did the rope get there? ”Lorist asked curiously.

Letting an enthusiastic smile, Skali explained, “It was simple, the underground bamboo pipe network accommodates copper wires connected with ropes like this. When you pull the rope, it actually pulls a copper cable underground that is connected to the bell with your room number on it. There was a wall in the management office that had over a hundred labeled bells. By checking the ringing bell, we can quickly tell which house needs our help. I actually borrowed the design of this system from the one I saw in some large merchant offices. ”

Moments later, a few knocks were heard at the door. A tough and burly female servant came in. Lorist smiled as he looked at it. "Kelly, it's you. ”

This servant was the one who took care of Lorist when he first crossed over to this world. After not seeing Kelly for several years, Lorist noticed that his previously plump figure had become stronger and fitter.

At first when Kelly first got the job, she didn't really like the original owner of Lorist's body as she was a rather spoiled noble boy who looked down on everyone. Nevertheless, he did his duty as a professional caretaker because he had been paid to do so and did not talk too much with Lorist. But after Lorist currently crossed over and had the body of that noble youth, he increased Kelly's salary and made her read some books aloud to him as she wanted to learn more about this foreign world. Later, Kelly's sympathy for this poor young noble who had left his homeland at such a young age grew. It felt like her maternal instinct was starting to appear and she started to show genuine concern for Lorist. Slowly, their relationship got better and better. Had it not been for the sudden state of Kelly's family that had driven her home, Lorist would have wanted her to work for him for the long term.

"Ah, this is Young Master Locke!" Kelly greeted Lorist excitedly.

“What happened to your family at that time? Back when I had just finished recovering from the injury, I tried asking people in the management office but they just said that you stopped working there because of some family issues. ”

“Oh, that time, my grandmother fell ill. I went home to take care of her for half a year until she died. After that, I worked the fields at home and six years passed quickly. By then, my children were adults and I was able to leave the household to them without any problems. That's why I decided to go back to work at the academy, ” explained Kelly as she struggled to count the years she lived at home with her fingers. Lorist wanted to laugh; he knew that Kelly was not good at counting. Who knew after all these years that his habits had not changed at all.

Turning to Skali, Lorist asked if he could ask Kelly to work for him. While the supervisor agreed to her request, Kelly herself was unwilling on the grounds that she would not do much for Lorist since she was just living alone, instead, making him unable to get enough money for his son's dowry when they married .

Smiling bitterly and shaking his head, Lorist muttered, "Geez, you are simple minded …"

They finally agree with Skali's advice: hire Kelly as a long-term helper. He would be paid 5 big silvers per month for coming to tidy up the house twice a day. Kelly's eyes lit up.

Kelly excitedly said that she could come to clean up the place tomorrow. Lorist gave him an additional key and then sent Skali and Kelly to the door as they left. Looking back at his new residence, he thought, so, this is my new home, yes.

After living in the Grindia Continent for ten years, he finally had his own home. This was the place where he suddenly found himself and it was a port for his troubled soul at that time. Strolling around his house to see him or twice more, excitement rose from within his heart. Even though his mood had been damaged from his meeting with the academy head before this, he actually felt like singing at the top of his voice right now.

There is still one thing I have to finish, Lorist thought as he stood by the window of the master bedroom on the second floor with his eyes focused on Moon Lake, remembering the scene when he first met her. He felt a little pain in his heart. The relationship he had spent three years in had evaporated just like that. Was the title and power of a noble important, so much so that he threw it away for another man despite everything he had done for him, even at the expense of the effort they had built together?

All right, let it pass. I might have to finish this today. Clasping his fists and sending a powerful punch to the wall, Lorist steeled his resolve.

[1] tapestry: textile woven artwork (fabric). en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Rug