Europe / British Empire / London (Ainsworth Estate): May 29th, 1817.
(Mordred's POV)
"Tch…how dare he kick us out of the castle even after I gave him my daughter's hand In marriage, is this our new home." Said svyatapolk with a pissed look on his face as he stared up at a giant estate.
"Useless until the end, you didn't contribute shit, you pigsty" I thought while glancing down at a very short silhouette next too me.
Margaret groaned and said with a pained voice and gritted teeth "Ugh…my back. I can't keep traveling like this, it's bad for my health at my age."
"Are you ok aunt margaret." Asked adelaide calmly as she help steady margaret.
Margaret nodded and said with a sigh and wave of her left hand dismissively "I'm fine, my booty just needs to find a couch to connect with."
Everyone was absolutely silent.
"Ahem…mr ainsworth, this is the estate that lord fletcher transferred into your name and upon entering he has given you a bag full of 22,500 for you inside of your study, his lordship also told me to convey a message, he said to use it wisely." Said the short man with a serious look on his face as he adjusted his glasses.
I nodded while rubbing my chin with my right hand and asked calmly "Is it already furnished."
"Oh. Yes quite indeed, you have nothing to worry about mr ainsworth." Said the short nodding his head quickly.
Vladimir stepped out of the carriage with a yawn and said while looking up at the huge estate "Is this our new cave."
"Yes, it is in mordred's bame so don't you start touching anything." Said adelaide calmly with a scary look In her eyes.
Vladimir waved his right hand dismissively while adjusting his cravat tie and said "Yeah, whatever you say my dearest lovable mommy."
Everyone was silent.
"I would slap you right now if we didn't have a guest here." Said adelaide calmly with a vein bulging on her forehead.
Margaret groaned and said as she started waddling off towards the entrance of the estate "Yall have fun, I'm out."
I followed behind margaret with the short man and the rest of the family and asked calmly "Are you sell land."
"Indeed. I am a real estate agent, are you looking for a specific property or area type that is in your cost range." Asked the short man with a serious look on his face as everyone entered the luxerious estate.
I stopped by the door and said calmly while looking down at the short silhouette "I Want land that is big and by water."
"Ah. If that's what you truly want, there a lot of them on sell but I would highly advise against it because the previous owner put them up for sell because the land had no potential in any area." Said the short man with a serious look on his face as he adjusted his eye glass on his right eye.
"Because they are retarded. Majority of land by water has mining potential even if small" I thought with a quiet sigh.
I rubbed my smooth chin with my right hand and asked calmly "What are ones you think I would like."
"Hmm…if I had to pick I would say bamburgh in northumberland and greenland." Said the short man while rubbing his bearded chin.
I was silent for a moment and asked calmly "What did you just say. I believe my ears went deaf for a moment."
"Haha, it's fine, we all have those moments. I said bamburgh and greenland would be ones you would like, they are also ones with owners that want to get rid of them the most so that's a good sign." Said the short man with a sigh as he rubbed his beard with his left hand.
I was silent for a moment while still rubbing my chin and thinking "If I purchase greenland, I will have to sit on it and take the long term investment route, the infrastructure will be very slow and their is also the climate to consider"
"What are the prices for both of them." I asked calmly with squinted eyes.
The short man was silent for a moment while rubbing his beard with his left hand and saying "The price for bamburgh is 11,555 and that is because it still has crop potential and is notable for its history."
"I see, what about greenland." I asked calmly with a nod while biting the nail of my right thumb slightly with slightly squinted eyes.
The short man sighed and said dryly "750 dollars."
The entrance was absolutely silent. My eyes squinting as I thought while rubbing my smooth chin with my right hand "The total is 12,305"
"Excellent. Are you based in london." I asked calmly.
The short man momentarily looked up at my eyes but immediately looked back down at the papers in his hand and said stutteringly "Y…yes, just have the money sent to me and I will handle the paperwork, I'm one of lord fletcher's men."
"Good, thank you for your time." I said calmly with a nod while shaking the hand of the short man as he started took his leave. Me closing the double doors behind him.
*Boom*
"LOOK LADY IF YOU TOUCH ME, I'MA FIND A LAWYER." Said vladimir's loudly from the sitting room.
Margaret laughed loudly and said from the sitting room and said "I DIDN'T TOUCH YOU YET."
I sighed and started making my way to the sitting room filled with voices and said upon entering "Can I please have everyone's attention please, the most efficient person has entered the room so quiet down please."
The sitting room went silent. Margaret's cane freezing before it landed onto vladimir's face, his body in a defensive posture.
"Excellent, now that I have everyone's eyes and ears. I am about to buy buy bamburgh in northumberland and greenland so I want aunt margaret to open five brothel's with the help of mother. I will give you the dollars for it and I want vladimir to overseer and protect them because the grave smoke will be circulating through the brothels and the trade routes of bamburgh, dose everyone understand." I asked calmly with a genuinely fake smile on my face.
The sitting room was absolutely silent.
Vladimir adjusted his throat and asked while leaning forward with a serious look on his face "With what money."
"Bank money vladimir. We are getting loans from the rothschild banking house under the pretense that we are lord fletchers family." I said calmly with my face returning to it's usual neutrality as fast as the wind.
Svyatapolk eyebrows creased and asked with a serious look on his face "Won't we have to pay back the money."
"I'm not paying back shit. If I did pay back the money, this game would only turn into greed and accumulate more until we are ruined so we keep getting loans until they reconsider." I said calmly with squinted eyes as I sat down in a chair at a table.
"My experience has taught me to never pay back a loan from a bank. I was fucked over in my previous life because of it" I thought while feeling the table slightly and grabbing a cigar and lighting it with a candle, it making the air heavier in the sitting room.
Svyatapolk had a horrified look on his face and said Immediately "But what if the rohschild send their men."
"You misunderstand rat. They will definitely lend because banks don't lend money out of kindness, they lend because I am family to a baron and social status matters a lot. They think they can seize Ivan and my assets later, they believe I have a lot of hidden wealth and most of all they all want political Influence. From my own experience these so called rothschilds especially might have often financed people because it gave them power over them. So lending me money could be a way to control me later." I said calmly with a shrug as I tapped my own forehead with my left pointer finger and a slight smirk forming on my face.
The sitting room was absolutely silent. The atmosphere tense.
Margaret chuckled with a huge smile forming into a conniving grin and said "When do I start."
"Now." I said with scary look in my squinted eyes.
Margaret nodded while getting from the couch and said as she took her leave "I'll go with vladimir to the bank, come along you runt."
"Tch…dried up hag." Said vladimir snaking his teeth while getting up from the couch, his vision nearing closer and closer towards the floor.
*BOOM*
Adelaide put her right hand over her mouth and said with surprised eyes "Oops…, my foot moved on it's own. I guess it didn't like your attitude."
"Ugh…" Said vladimir with a pained voice as he got up from the floor with a red nose and left with limp as margaret laughed at his misery.
*Boom*
I started taking my leave silently.
"Wait…mordred, what about me." Asked svyatapolk Immediately while getting up from the couch.
I froze and looked back at his silhouette and asked calmly "What…"
"What about me, what do I need to do." Asked svyatapolk with a big smile on his face.
I rubbed my chin for a moment and said calmly "What you always do. The usual."
"And what might that be." Asked svyatapolk with a confused look on his face. His smile fading.
I took my leave from the sitting room while saying calmly "Being useless."
*Boom*
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THE END…