Chapter 770 Jones


    Sure enough, the mage swung the gate open and stared around thepound with an impressed look. "Oh, Jones, it''s you. How are you doing today?" He asked.


    "Jones Junior, are you here to cast the barriers?" The Stonesmith replied.


    The slender Dragonkin mage smiled. "Assuming that I can get paid." He agreed.


    Remi handed Karl a Mana Jade ring, engraved with Spell Power and Mana Storage runes.


    Karl quickly poured mana into it as the Mage watched in shock, then when it got to the Royal Rank limit of the item, he handed it to the Dragonkin.


    "I don''t suppose that will get us a proper barrier for the house?" He asked.


    "I think that it might. I don''t suppose that you were looking for an apprentice? I''ve got one just about to start looking for training in a career, and her mother''s a Magic Demon. Quite the skilled young prodigy." The Mage, who looked almost human with whatever disguise spell he had activated, replied. @@novelbin@@


    Karl shook his head. "I''m not sure that I''ll be here enough to provide proper training for an apprentice. But I do need someone who can identify and appraise items brought for trade, so perhaps we should talk. If the student is self-motivated, the teacher doesn''t need to be around every day."


    Rain looked down from a third floor window, with a curious frown.


    "Why is he Jones Junior, but you''re not rted?" She called, loud enough for Jones to hear.


    Both the Stonesmith and the mage began tough.


    It was the mage that answered her question. "You see, my name is Jacob Jones. But he also goes by Jones, as nobody can pronounce his full name, and he is much older than I am, so he is the Senior Jones, and I am Jones Junior, or Mage Jones."


    That was less interesting than the young Dryad had hoped, and she pulled her head back in the window to continue showing Lotus around.


    Mage Jones walked inside the main room, followed by Karl, so he could exin the situation. The others waited outside, wanting to be surprised once it was all done.


    "Oh, this will work wonderfully. They even built railings to define the edges of the barriers. I will give you an ess stone, so you can add employees to the list as necessary. I specialize in this, so I will make you proper jewellery cases." The Mage exined, then tied his long ck hair back and out of his face.


    The room looked like one of the Elven residences Karl had seen on the other continent when he was sent to the past. It was all organic curves, not ned t. Except on the inside of the disy cases. But the walls were white stone, polished smooth, and the floors were hardwood and simrly well-fitted. In the back, hidden behind a door that looked like the back storage room, was arge kitchenplete with a freezer that the Mage enchanted, and the actual storage room, which was essed through the kitchen. It was an odd setup, but Karl suspected that it was meant for dried goods storage for the Guards, so the location actually made more sense, as it was opposite the freezer, allowing a group of cooks to work efficiently during meal prep.


    Once the disy cases and the kitchen were finished, Jones Junior put an Overlord Ranked barrier over the whole house, and then Karl followed him to the second floor, where he saw arge central room surrounded by small rooms.


    They must have been guard dorms in the past, barely two metres wide. The doors were currently all open, revealing single beds, a desk and a dresser inside. There was onerge restroom at the back of the building, and two shower rooms. So, theyout hadn''t been changed since it was a dorm for the guards. But that did give them far more than the twenty required bedrooms for the Guild House standard.


    The mage cast a soundproofing spell over the rooms, but notpletely deadening the sound, if Karl guessed the details correctly. It would make regr noises inaudible, but those in themon area would still be able to hear if someone shouted for help.


    The third floor was much more fancy, with sixrge bedrooms and one slightly smaller one, plus a smallermon area with a kitchte. The smallest of the rooms on this floor was piled high with neatly organized stuff that had to be Caretaker Jo''s, maintained as her own room since she was actually employed here. But the others were all immactely clean. Her stuff would be arranged soon enough, it was just that the room had been renovated, and she needed to put it all away again.


    On this floor, he cast a temperature control spell, the usual soundproofing spells, and a venttion spell that drew air from the lower floors up and out through the chimney of the firece column that ran through all three floors and both kitchen areas.


    There was no such thing as a modern stove here, but the fireces were fire magic, and had an oven above them, as well as a magic burning stone stove top that was definitely not child safe by the Golden Dragon Nation''s standards.


    "There we go. I will put a perimeter spell around the property as well, and that should be enough to keep unwanted visitors out when you''re closed without confining your members to the house." Jones Junior exined.


    "Wonderful, thank you. This is perfect." Karl agreed.


    Rae stepped out of her space with an armload of cloth and a serrated smile.


    The mage gave her a confused look, as he hadn''t seen anyone by that description earlier. But she was putting new silk sheets on all the beds, so she must belong here.


    Rae also hung new curtains, and arranged a number of rugs on the floor, which were made from the fur cloaks pilfered from the Frost Giants.


    The oversized cloaks were perfect for throw rugs to dampen sound in the rooms, though the white colour would be a nightmare to keep clean.


    She hoped that Caretaker Jo was not only passionate butpetent about her Obsession.


    Before long, she had all fresh bedding and pillows on all the beds that the Dryads had made. They weren''t a solid mattress, more like an extra fluffy cushion, but they lookedfortable to sleep on, as both Rain and Lotus had flopped down on one the moment Rae had put the bedding on.


    Rae gave a thumbs up from the front window when she was done, and the others came inside to see the contents of the house after the renovation. Unlike Karl, they knew what it looked like before, so their sense of awe was much higher after the hour''s worth of work.


    "So, you will be selling all your goods here?" Mage Jones asked.


    Karl shook his head. "I intend to make some lower grade items to sell at the Royal Jewellers. The sort of items that can be spread on the mass market, instead of one-off and exclusive items for sale here. But the potions and other items will be exclusive to our shop, unless someone is going to resell them elsewhere for a higher price."