Saturday evening at a warp gate''s exit~
In the kingdom of ctona, close to the warp station''s exit, a handsome boy caught the eye of nearly every woman passing by with his dashing appearance.
His toned physique was highlighted by the ck shirt, ck pants, and light gray Jean-Jacket he was wearing.
His attireplemented his incredible idol-like appearance. He was so attractive that it almost didn''t seem real.
And It looked like a scene from a television show to see him standing there while he was absorbed in his smartphone.
But due to the fact that he is now essentially a social media celebrity, everyone knew who that boy was.
It didn''t seem unusual to him that he had already been approached by a few girls in a short period of time.
But the handsome boy politely rejected each girl while treating them all with respect and firmness.
"Kyaaaaaa! He''s even more handsome in person!" Eximed the teenage girls as they stared at him, hearts appearing in their eyes.
The people around him are giving him side nces and seem genuinely curious about the person he was waiting for.
Swish!—
Suddenly a ck Limousine stopped not far away from them and the door of the car was opened by the driver.
And soon a youngdy got out of her limousine and approached the boy.
Tap! tap!... The sound of her footsteps reverberated.
"I''m very sorry, did you have to wait long?" the girl asked, with an apologetic expression.
"So you finally arrived, huh?" muttered the boy.
All of the onlookers turned their heads, curious to find out who this girl was.
The sight of a girl with medium-length grey hair tied with a ck ribbon greeted them.
Her face was clear and lovely, her eyes were enchanting grey, and her pink lips arced delightfully upwards...
She wore ace one-piece miniskirt dress with a pitch-ck jacket over it. She was also paired in high heels and ck stockings.
The girl wasn''t overly dressed, nor did sheck the youthfulness of a teen girl.
Evaluating everything, she appeared pretty alluring.
People who were paying close attention could only sigh in their hearts as she walked up to the handsome boy with a smile on her face. "What a lovely match!" they thought.
''
...Of course, the couple in question was none other than Ares and Silvia.
"Yes, I''ve been waiting for an hour," Ares responded, putting his phone away with a smiling face that would make any girl''s heart skip a beat.
"...Seriously? B-But you''ll forgive me because today is our engagement anniversary, right?" Silvia chuckled before linking arms with Ares as if it were natural.
''What the heck is this engagement anniversary?'' I considered it for a moment before shrugging it off.
Together, we then left the station and made our way to the limousine Silvia had arrived in.
***
"How is it? Don''t you think it feels more like a date this way? Of course, if we didn''t have this third wheel with us, it would have been more fun," Silvia said while sitting on Ares''p with her hands around his neck and staring at Irethiel before returning her gaze to Ares.
"You have no idea how much I missed consuming your blood," Silvia said, clearing her lips, which were now stained with Ares'' blood.
!?
"Shut up vampire, I didn''t want to join you on this dating adventure, but this bastard master of mine dragged me along.
He even vowed to destroy every anime series I was watching if I disobeyed his orders," Irethiel grumbled.
"It serves you right, ve," Silvia grinned.
"...."
"Miss Silvia, we''re almost there,"
While Silvia and Irethiel were arguing, the driver informed us that we were about to arrive at our destination.
...which happened to be an auction house.
Yeah, that is right! We were heading to the Aloctona Kingdom''s auction house which is called The Quintessential Royal as it was renowned for its tasteful design and only invited individuals were permitted to attend.
And the reason for my sudden visit there was that I wanted to purchase something that wouldplement my new element of psychokinesis.
And I knew exactly what I needed because I heard that ''item'' is being auctioned off in the same auction house we were visiting.
We heard the driver''s voice again while I was pondering.
"Miss Silvia, we''ve arrived," the driver said.
As she heard him, Silvia stood up from myp and straightened her dress before getting out of the limousine while the driver held open the door for her.
As soon as Silvia stepped out of the car, a swarm of auction house employees rushed over to greet her.
Many young nobles looked at her with interest, as Silvia was now officially umitted, as her engagement with Aretrus had been canceled not long after that incident.
Silvia, on the other hand, simply ignored them and turned toward me.
"Shall we go, Ares?" Silvia asked, smiling.
"...Yeah," I said as I slowly exited the Limousine in front of all the gazes of the young aristocrats in attendance.
[ "A-Ares?"] Eximed one of the nobles.
[ "Isn''t their engagement already over?"]<novelnext> </novelnext>
["And wasn''t he recently disowned?"]
[ "Did he have enough cash to make a purchase here?"]
[Perhaps he''s here to swindle Miss Silvia''s money!]
...
...
As soon as their gazesnded on me, I could hear a variety of chatter from the nobles; many were envious, while others were dismissive.
But, in between all of their stares, I had a huge grin on my face.
Silvia was about to reassure me, "Don''t worry about them Ares, they are imbeciles—" but she stopped when she saw my smile.
''Yeah, I should have known he wouldn''t be bothered by their childish remarks,'' Silvia said to herself, smiling as she looked at me.
"...Why are you smiling so shamelessly even after hearing their remarks on you?" Irethiel inquired abruptly telepathically.
"Because, I don''t give a flying fuck about what they say, but seeing me smile will definitely inme them even more," I conveyed to Irethiel.
"How typical of you!" Irethiel made ament.
"...."
"Shall we enter?" I asked Silvia, smiling as I turned to face her.
"Sure," Silvia responded with a bright smile, linking arms with me.
A staff member then led the two of us into the auction house and showed us to the VVIP room.
***
We were soon directed to a sizable, opulent room after some walking.
And I was impressed when I entered the room.
The room looked stunning with a huge golden chandelier lighting it up and was filled with delicate fragrances and melodies of aristocratic amusements.
It had a smooth red carpet covering the floor that was soft and supple, and there were multiple canvases at the side of the interior which enriched the pastel walls wlessly.
I noticed the auction tform most, which shone brilliantly as if made of pure gold, through therge see-through window in the front of the room, which looked out onto arge hall that I assumed was where the auction would take ce.
"...."
"wow, it''s luxurious!" Irethiel eximed.
"...It sure is," I said as I moved toward the sofa.
Its edges were crafted with the velvet and gold craftsmanship that the nobles marveled at.
As I sat down on the sofa, I nced at the auction catalog that was hung on the armrest.
[...Porcin pots, pendants, rings, artifacts, finding from the Gates..., and ck Onyx Magic Stone.]
Aside from thest item I noticed, many artifacts were useful to wizards.
When I looked into the price of the item that I needed, I discovered that it ranged from 1 to 5 million.
[—I''d like to extend a warm wee to the distinguisheddies and gentlemen who have gathered here at the quintessential Royal Auction House for today''s grand Auctions.]
As the lights went out, the auctioneer''s voice echoed throughout the hall and the music began to fade.
As items were carried to the top of the tform, he went with his opening.
[—And this will be the first item up for bidding to start our auction.] the auctioneer eximed as he unveiled the item.
As he unveiled the item, we were able to see a simple ring with red ruby imnted in it.
[—This Ring here is an artifact found in one of the C-Rank Gates.
And equipping this greatly enhances the flow of the wearer''s blood and mana.
Its price starts at 500,000 CB, and goes up in 50,000 CB increments!] The Auctioneer informed.
''If converted into gold coins, 500,000 CB is equal to 500 gold coins which were exorbitant formon people, but of course, it wouldn''t mean anything to the nobles.''
While I was thinking, I heard a beeping sound that indicated the start of the Auction.
Beep!—
The bidding soon began...
[—Room Number 7 with 550,000 CB! Ah, Number 3. 600,000 CB!]
The first auction was fiercely contested, but I disregarded it because I was only interested in one item, the Magic stone.
[─Number 37 with 650,000 CB!, Number 3, our distinguished guest bid 700,000 CB!]
...
!?
[—900,000 CB. 900,000 CB. 900,000 CB! SOLD to Number 7!]
p!— p!— p!—
I was in agony while observing how the auction was proceeding.
"...."
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