3,500 pounds...
Hearing that figure, Angel felt a little delighted.
As early as two years ago, when she had returned to Backlund and looked for a suitable residence, Lola had told her how terrifying the city's housing prices were. The house left behind by her fake "aunt," Sevillea, was worth 15,000 pounds. Those in Empress Borough with gardens and pleasant surroundings could even cost over 30,000 pounds. Even renting one would cost several thousand pounds a year, not including servants' wages and expenses for consumables.
Although Hillston Borough was not on par with wealthy districts like Empress Borough and West Borough, housing prices there had also risen steadily in recent years. Without the twin blows of the Great Smog and the war, even Audrey's connections would not have allowed her to purchase a three-story house with a garden and stables for just 3,500 pounds.
It sounds rather cold-blooded, but the war really did save me quite a bit of money on this... she thought wistfully.
Audrey, seated behind her desk, misunderstood the reason for Angel's silence. Assuming that this angel, who frequently displayed a fondness for money at the Tarot Club, was dissatisfied, she hurriedly added:
"Actually, all the money for the purchase came from your Iris Flower Winery's earnings over the past two years, including wine sales and transactions involving the surrounding land... In fact, over the year and a half spanning the war, the estate's assets appreciated by more than thirty percent. Apart from buying that house on Burningham Road, everything else was invested in the Charity Fund according to your instructions.
"Also, the businesses you hold shares in have entered a healthy phase of development under Miss Shermane's management. Now that the war has ended and Backlund's production and consumption are gradually returning to normal, I think