Transmigrated as a Wrong Character in a Sorcerer World

Chapter 111 An interesting building, in an interesting area, that sparks interesting thinking

"What's going on?" Klaus asked, curious.

The young man smiled, "Can we talk for a moment? I won't take up much of your time, and I don't mean to get in your way. I just want to thank you."

"Thank me?" Klaus looked at him quizzically. He didn't think he'd done anything to make this guy thank him, but he had no reason to refuse since he was waiting.

So he exited the car, and they walked to a nearby tree.

In front of the company was a large garden made specifically for photographing cars so that when caravans of cars arrived, they would look beautiful and elegant. Some beautiful trees were planted all over the place.

As soon as he arrived, the young man smiled at him and handed him a small card.

"My name is Leof Cardiff; nice to meet you, sorcerer Klaus."

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Klaus nodded and politely returned the greeting, though he didn't say much more as he expected him to take the initiative.

Leof knew that, so he smiled.

"While you may know my last name, it wouldn't make sense for me to want to thank you when you surely have had no contact with my family, but in fact, indirectly, you did. Mr. Frederick and Mrs. Marly, whom you personally saved a while back, were the ones who raised me throughout my childhood. Although my last name changed later, and I am now a Cardiff, I still consider them my parents. So thank you very much for saving them; I am indebted to you." After saying this, Leof bowed to him to show that he really wanted to thank him.

Klaus nodded softly. 'I see, so that's why.' This unveiled the possible mystery that might be behind this guy.

"It's okay, you don't have to think you owe me anything. It was a mission; I had to complete it."

"Haha, I understand that, but I was supposed to thank you personally. Besides, I may not be very good, but if I can help you, you can call me. I'm only the son of a nobleman, but I have some status within the younger generation and within a limited business circle, so I'd be happy to help you if you need something like sponsorship or something similar."

"All right, then. I'll take you up on your offer if I need it."

Just as Klaus finished saying that, Carion's car arrived nearby, so Leof smiled.

"Looks like you must go now; see you later, sorcerer Klaus. Thanks again; I hope we can meet in the future."

After that, and without saying anything else, Leof and his assistant left, and Klaus entered his car, later leaving, being directed by Carion.

The city road was clear at this hour, or maybe it was because of the cost of their cars, which made many move aside, but they were able to drive without problem and arrive at the next designated place.

Well, they visited three different places first, as Klaus wanted to stop by and buy some things he would need shortly. Later, they went to a place where they sold the most expensive things in town.

Properties.

With the growing number of people in the country, especially in Sam'an City and the larger cities, property prices have skyrocketed these past few years. This is partly due to the small and quiet civil war that has been going on since Sariel II dethroned Sariel I and crowned himself king, which has caused many people to move to relatively quiet cities like Sam'an City.

An increasing number of cursed beasts has also fueled this in recent years.

It is a popular problem that has plagued the world, and it is known to all. The cursed beasts are becoming stronger and more numerous. As Klaus was taught, this has something to do with the cursed beasts themselves and the cursed energy.

Cursed energy is becoming more and more abundant in this world thanks to an increase in negative emotions. Still, it is also thanks to the fact that cursed beasts, especially those of the first level, let a lot of cursed energy escape from their bodies, as they cannot contain it wisely until they level up.

All this cursed energy serves for more and more cursed beasts to be created in exceptional circumstances, such as in places of slaughter or filthy places, which give birth to cursed beasts of disgust and so on.

If all that is added to the fact that scientists are altering things more and more, it has made the cursed beasts more numerous and powerful.

Soneli is a country with hundreds of millions of people, and this has negatively affected it. Property prices have skyrocketed almost everywhere in the country.

Sam'an City is one of the cities most individually affected by this. The city's strategic position and the good powers that be here have made that possible.

That's why Klaus had to frown this time when he found these properties' prices so exorbitant.

'Even being not so big and not so luxurious properties, they are still staggeringly expensive. While there are still plenty of cheap ones in the rural areas and further away from the center, for a person who is not a sorcerer of good standing, they are still a bit expensive.' He thought.

'I'll have to check the statistics later. Interestingly, they're so expensive, and I'd like to see if it's some kind of inflationary bubble or if they occur with a genuine motive.' He smiled.

In reality, he had no interest in most of the luxurious constructions he was being carefully shown. Contrary to buying an 800K car with incredible luxury, he didn't come here to buy a luxurious house because he didn't need it. As long as Sua doesn't deny him the right to live there, he will continue to do so for a while.

He just needed a big building.

'A building, preferably...' He thought.

But he didn't look in the main areas; he looked in the rural areas, as they suited his plan and weren't too expensive.

Buildings in the main areas could cost a few million extreme coins or even tens of millions; the most luxurious ones amounted to more than 50 million.

While in rural areas or areas he considered 'good', they could be half the price of his car. Some were more expensive and some a little cheaper. Some were abandoned, and practically, what they were selling was the land to build on.

'Still, the city hasn't developed to those points. Sam'an City is very big. I should say it's a bigger city than any of the cities on earth.' Klaus thought, looking everything back and forth.

Now that he was looking at this with a map like this, he could size it up better. This city was huge in every sense of the word, and that was only one of the cities within a little country. How big was this world?

As he looked around, he also noticed that different curious designs were for sale at low cost.

'It looks like some architects wanted to try new designs and had a lot of money, ' he thought.

He ignored the fact that, in this world, that was normal. It happened frequently and was usually sponsored by sorcerers. Being the ones who charge the best, many of the wealthier ones tend to try making different exotic designs with the idea of selling them for a good price shortly.

Sometimes, those kinds of investments don't work out at all, but there are times when they work out so well that they earn millions of extreme coins.

The ones Klaus was looking at were the ones that didn't do well—failed models.

The one he saw recently when he visited Ronan Grimwell, is the other side of the coin—a model of success. Although in that case, it had a lot to do with the fact that the land where it was built was in a good area of the city, but the design was spectacular in terms of luxuries.

As he skimmed back and forth through the different buildings, he found several interesting ones that met his standards, but there was one that was just perfect, even though it was abandoned.

He looked up to see the man who waited on him.

"This building is abandoned, isn't it? From its shape, it looks like an industry used to operate there. What kind of industry? It doesn't say so here."

The man approached carefully and nodded. 'The young lord wants a building to invest in an exotic design. These sorcerers are getting weirder and weirder, picking buildings from failed industries.' He thought but smiled kindly.

"Mr. Klaus, it is as you said. Initially, there was to be a chemical industry there, but the first design failed to contain everything they needed. The new owners rebuilt it from scratch to build a manufacturing industry. It didn't work for long, only 3 months. The previous owners abandoned everything and left for another country. I don't know the reasons, but before leaving, they sold it at a low cost. That was 4 months ago. The current owner is still doing maintenance on it, but he says that if it is not sold in 15 days, he will increase the price because it would not be profitable."

Klaus looked at him, "Why isn't he using it? He's not selling it too expensively, despite being in a decent area. He's even still doing maintenance on it. Is there something wrong?"

"Haha, no. There isn't anything weird. We have verified that everything is in order, as he says. The problem is that that area has been affected lately, haven't you seen the news? The price of that area you're looking at has decreased since the mass disappearances these past few weeks, but since the King has already issued a statement, they may go up. Even so, the owner does not seem to be happy and wants to leave the place as soon as possible; he is a superstitious person and seems to believe that they are ghosts or terrifying cursed beasts lurking in the dark."

Klaus frowned and looked at the area once more. Soon after, he could concatenate that area with a nearby location where he himself had been working recently.

'I see. It's an area near where Ronan Grimwell's disappearances have occurred.' He thought. He shortly after smiled as he realized something.