Chapter 2 Life
The house that the agent took Sneck and others to see was on a short circuit called Bering Street on the edge of Fleet Square. At the end of this road is the Bering River, one of the many rivers in the city. The whole road is only more than 200 meters long. No. 21 Bering Street is in the middle, with No. 19 and No. 23 on the left and right, and the two numbers are opposite. This street is not wide, and it can only accommodate two carriages in parallel.
No. 21 is a two-story Victorian building, with an alley that can only accommodate one person to walk along with the neighbors on both sides. Behind it is a shared wall. "This family has gone to the New World, and the price of commissioned consignment is 550 pounds." The agent opened the door, and most of the decorations inside had been taken away, some of the rough furniture was still left, and the floor on the floor was well preserved but the carpet was gone.
There is a hall on the first floor, a kitchen, bathroom, storage room, and a guest room. Walking the stairs on one side to the second floor, there are three suites, each with a bathroom and a small living room. There is also a semi-basement on the first floor, which exists as a storage room. Of course, there is also an attic on the second floor that also contains miscellaneous items. Sneck did not intend to bargain because money is the most meaningless to him - something that magic can produce.
After looking up and down, Sneck even looked at a small wasteland behind the house - of course, it was a garden, and there was a door blocked with a wall - there was also a trash can. Cleaners would enter the alley at a fixed time to drag the trash can out and clean it. This is a service that the homeowner who paid the cleaning fee could enjoy. "I am very satisfied, where can I sign the contract to pay?" Sneck said.
The agent was very happy and immediately let the carriage return to the agency. The contract was already drafted by the lawyer. Both parties only need to sign each other and file the record and ask the notary to sign it. These things will be done within one day. Sneck paid 550 pounds to exchange for a house. "We have to renovate it after moving in, so we can use magic. Of course, we have to advertise in the newspaper and name the detective office."
Sneck also had to accompany Padma to purchase daily necessities such as furniture and carpets, and let a girl from a colony purchase them separately. Sneck felt that something would happen. London is now almost the "center of the world", and goods from all over the world are sold here, so they bought some furniture, high-quality carpets from Persia, some bone porcelain tableware and silver tableware and went back, and the store would deliver them to their door.
After that, we have to negotiate a contract for regular delivery with nearby stores - such as milk delivered every day, bread delivered every day, and vegetables and meat delivered every few days. On the way, we turned to the newspaper and bought an advertising location. When we finally returned to our new home, it was time to use our magic.
"First of all, the traceless expansion spell, expanding the original space. Of course, if ordinary people come in, there is only a little bit of a place." Therefore, Sneck casts an almost semi-fixed spell on the second floor. A spell that keeps dry and warm was cast in the basement, and a "boiler" was also created to heat the whole house. The fireplace was not needed. There is no need for other magic. Anyway, there are no strong people who can force the two wizards to break into the place where the two wizards are.
The sign of the detective center was hung out, and whether there were guests to come to the door was another matter - anyway, these two wizards did not have to worry about food and clothing. The windows and doors of the room cast a purification spell, which made the dirty air that filled London naturally turn into fresh air when it entered the house. In the city of London these days, it was these smells and air that made Snake unbearable, and the others were fine, and when you went out, you must use a modified spell - so transparent that ordinary people couldn't see it.
Actually, there is an abnormal taste in the food, but there is no way to say too much. Sneck is also studying the separation spell, preparing to separate the contaminated ingredients that do not constitute flavor substances - first of all, most of the heavy metals. "Magic is a miracle, it is 'wanted', so I just need to try to turn the strong idea of 'I don't want to eat pollutants' into a fixed spell, and others should be able to use it - that is, you, Padma."
The development of the curse was super smooth, and every food delivered in the future had to be used once. The pollution of the empire was so serious these days, and it was common to enrich the food with heavy metals and toxic compounds. Sneck threw the separated things into the sewer, which could probably poison at least a large group of mice. Air pollution, water pollution and deadly factory labor, the average life expectancy of the imperial civilians in recent years may be shorter than before.
You should know that this is also an era of the development of medical technology. Speaking of medical technology, Sneck immediately remembered sulfonamide drugs. In this era, this thing is a magical medicine for disinfection and preventing wound infection. As a gentleman, he also had to show reasonable professional income on the surface. For example, inventors, chemists and detectives, Sneck thought it was quite fun in this world. Conquering the world is not a single source of fun.
It will take decades to discover the sulfonamide thing, but Sneck has complete industrial production steps here. "If you think about it carefully, it may be more interesting to invent explosives." So he soon applied for Hesorkin's patent - one step faster than the Germans. These are all small things that are not worth mentioning. The detective career is interesting, and if it is not so criminal career, the same is true.
There has never been a business - advertising in newspapers and the address of the firm proved that the detective's asking price may not be low. Snake has no reputation in the London detective industry, so he simply prepared to commit crimes. The first is an idea, stealing a bank vault - "This is an inspiration obtained from the Red Hair Club, to see if it can be used to make trouble in reality."
The first thing is to check the spot. Sneck used magic to easily obtain a complete map, but then it was not an advertisement in the newspaper - because the house next to the bank building divided the house and rented it to several people. So we had to arrange some interesting things for these people to leave the room. Padma is also very interested in this kind of thing now, so she asked Sneck, "What method should I use?"
Chapter completed!