After wrapping up matters at the Cigar Factory, Russell eagerly threw himself into another task: renovating the house.
At first, he had felt that the manor residence was spacious enough. With more than a dozen servants attending to him, it had seemed perfect already.
But now, there was more money in his pockets, and he even had two sprites.
Naturally, he had begun placing greater importance on quality of life.
The little manor residence no longer matched his current wealth and status, so renovations and expansion had become urgent matters.
"The manor residence is currently large enough, especially since your four Knight Retainers have all moved to Small Market Town, freeing up two rooms." Butler Morris placed the floor plan of the manor residence before Russell's desk.
He had drawn this plan himself.
As a butler, he needed to know a few practical skills. After learning that Russell intended to renovate the manor residence, he had put considerable effort into it.
The entire manor residence had a rectangular courtyard layout.
There were five rooms at the front and five at the back, each four meters long and wide, with another two four-meter-square rooms in the middle, making twelve rooms in total.
With walls half a meter thick and staircases one and a half meters wide on both sides, the entire manor residence was twenty-six meters long and fourteen meters wide.
It was divided into two floors.
There was also a cellar for storing wine and pickled vegetables, roughly four meters square, with its entrance in the courtyard garden.
"Hmm, Morris, your drafting skills are quite good." Russell offered a compliment.
On the plan, many of the large four-meter-square rooms had been partitioned into smaller ones. Butler Morris had carefully marked the purpose of every room, as well as who lived