Chapter 40 - Too Pricey (1/2)

Oh...

Hecathe was about to ask for the agreement but he suddenly realized that he was no longer the rich tyrant that he used to be.

Since he was running low on cash, wouldn't it be better to discuss the price of the apartment first before jumping into a contract?

”H-How much are you taking for a month?” Hecathe asked a bit hesitantly.

The woman chuckled as she held up two fingers.

Hecathe's eyes almost popped out of their sockets as he exclaimed with surprise, ”Just two hundred Lenix?!”

Two hundred Lenix was cheaper than the cost of the food that he had eaten at the restaurant so of course Hecathe was shocked.

The landlady looked to be surprised as she heard his naive guess.

She immediately shook her head and informed him that his guess was wrong.

”Then two thousand?” Hecathe frowned a little as he questioned.

This price sounded a bit more realistic and he could afford it as well.

The landlady chuckled as if she had just heard the biggest joke, ”Young man, don't play around. Even if we rent out for cheap, we still don't go around selling rooms for free.”

Hecathe pursed his lips into a thin line and gulped as he heard this.

”Then... Twenty thousand Lenix...?” He asked reluctantly, wishing in his mind for the woman to say that he was once again wrong.

The landlady chuckled as she shook her head, ”That's not it either.”

Hecathe sighed in relief but his sigh eventually got stuck in his throat as he heard the woman continue.

”It's two hundred thousand Lenix.”

Hecathe coughed as he choked on empty air after hearing the rent.

Damn it... He would have to sell one of his kidneys in order to afford that.

The woman chuckled as she tilted her head and asked, ”You seem a bit worried, is the price not good with you?”

Hecathe shook his head as he immediately responded, ”I don't have that much at this moment. Can I pay in installments or pay it later?”

The landlady pouted as she heard this and responded, ”We can't do installments. I'm sorry.”

”...” Hecathe frowned as he started to wonder if it was better to just go and look for some other apartment with cheaper rent.

”You can't find any other place cheaper than this,” The woman spoke up, seeming to have read his mind, ”This is the cheapest price for a month. It comes with all your necessities fulfilled, including your three meals per day. It's a really great offer, young man.”

”But I still can't afford it,” Hecathe sighed.

”How about this? You can rent out a room for a week and it would only cost you about forty-five thousand and two hundred lenix.”

Hecathe gulped as he shook his head, ”It's still too expensive for me. I don't have that much either.”