Pride House Alchemy Workshop stood on a stretch of cliff extending from the peak of Water-Drawing Mountain. Rather than a shop, it looked more like a private villa.
Looking out from the cliff toward the sea, one could take in the full beauty of Sword Coast—watching sunrises and sunsets, tides ebb and flow, and the bustling streams of people in the harbor repeat the tracks of fate.
To some extent, this place should originally have belonged to the Castle District rather than the Trade District.
However, it was said that two hundred years ago, a young female mage from Amn had arrived with the will of her teacher, the Archmage of the Lai Suoersi Family, and taken possession of the property.
Thanks to her immense wealth and generous nature, within barely a century, at least half the nobles of Water-Drawing City had sought mortgage loans from her.
As a result, many fallen nobles who could not repay their debts chose to hand over their family properties directly to the Lai Suoersi Family. Later on, the mysterious female mage simply bought all the properties along this entire street and rented most of them out to merchants and nobles in need.
As time passed and the nature of the district changed, the current Masked Lord, Kaierben, simply incorporated this street into the Trade District as well, causing an uproar among the nobility.
Yet the district's subsequent flourishing development and steady stream of tax revenue proved the wisdom of Kaierben's decree. Wealthy merchants and nobles preferred to spend their money in this neighborhood, which had once belonged to the Castle District, buying higher-end goods and receiving better service.
Rather than squeezing onto a street with those mud-legged peasants and haggling over prices.
Thus, Li Wei's first impression upon entering this renowned alchemy workshop