Feneport City, Huanna District.
Hobart searched back and forth along the street several times. "It seems to be here?"
He stepped through the door. The male servant sweeping near the entrance saw Hobart and politely asked, "May I ask who you are looking for?"
"Your butler." Hobart had already forgotten the name of his butler in Feneport City.
Seeing Hobart's extraordinary bearing, the male servant politely asked again, "May I ask who you are?"
"Baron Hobart."
The male servant froze. The name sounded so familiar. "Please wait a moment."
Two minutes later, the butler hurried out with the male servant. The butler also studied Hobart several times before saying, "Lord, we've been waiting for you to return!"
The male and female servants in the courtyard all looked over. After more than half a year, this was the first time they had seen the owner of this estate.
Only then did Hobart dare to confirm: This is my estate.
He had only spent one night here in total, yet he had already spent 6,000 Gold Lire on the estate.
Half of that had gone toward daily expenses, while the other half had been for repairs.
Hobart also knew that such repairs were purely a waste of money, because he would not spend more than a few nights here all year.
However, repairs of this sort were an attitude. They showed that Hobart valued the King's reward and therefore had the place repaired. Yet the repairs could not cost too much either, or it would imply dissatisfaction with the King's gift.
Aside from displaying his attitude toward the King, repairing the Baron Estate also told the nobles that Baron Hobart's finances were healthy, preventing rumors harmful to Jeffrey Territory from spreading through noble circles.
Hobart knew that these nobles had nothing better