414 Housing Purchase Policy

The installation of the Magic Furnaces and the preparations for the ball had all been crammed into the last few days of the month. Now that the Magic Furnaces had been fully installed, Landen had to devote himself entirely to the banquet.

Inside the castle, Tania reopened some of the guest rooms for the great noble representatives from the Royal Capital to rest in.

Outside the castle, Landen had built a series of hotel buildings and invited the Archmages of the Blue Dragon family to finish the interiors, providing lodging for the middle and minor nobles.

In the three days leading up to the ball, the teleportation hall began strictly screening everyone who passed through. Assassins and thieves no longer dared enter Night-Kirin City, while those who had already slipped in were all rooted out by the patrolling knights.

The Beastmen whose hands were not stained with blood were released and became subordinates of Gildy the Hyena-woman; the rest turned into points in the knights' hands. Meanwhile, in the Royal Capital's underworld, a rumor gradually spread: thieves and assassins who survived Night-Kirin City always came away with gains.

On the 32nd, the nobles of the Northwest Territory had more or less all arrived, including Count Bristle-Wolf's eldest son, his youngest daughter, and all of the viscounts and barons in person. Toward his former colleagues, Landen was extremely generous. He marked out a city district as their permanent station, not only building a series of small buildings of around three stories, but also arranging a dedicated merchant association so these minor nobles could centrally sell their territories' specialties in the city.

"Damn if this isn't seeing a ghost in broad daylight. Someone who was still desperately currying favor with me last year, and now that he's had a run of luck,