“Fray, why are you sweating…”
“…don’t call me by my first name from now on.”
“…..What?”
I hurriedly cut off Isolet’s words, and I fell into thoughts with a cold sweat all over my body.
‘…I thought all three of us wouldn’t move around at this point? Did you have too much sweat?’
The item I want to secure now is the ‘Stone of Domination’, one of the items that the Demon King will use in the future.
The artifact, which has the characteristic of suppressing and controlling the target, will be treated as a ‘cheap ornament’ in the auction house that begins shortly thereafter and will come out for just 1 gold.
So, I bought some useful items from the auction house today, bought the Domination Stone at a reasonable price… At that moment, I entrusted Isolet with the legions of demon kings that came to the auction house, and then I planned to escape.
However, all the main heroines gathered at this auction house.
Perhaps, you think that you can control me with that stone of domination… As long as I have ‘Blessing of the Stars’, I am not subject to any mind control abilities. In other words, the main heroines are completely in vain.
‘…By the way, do they have the money to buy that now?’
Kania has no money.
Although he is the duke’s butler, he spends most of his money on his younger brother, so he usually carries only a few coins and silver coins as an emergency fund.
And if you think about it, the same goes for Saint Ferroche and Princess Clana.
Although Perloche is nominally in a position where even the Pope cannot treat him lightly, he has been taken advantage of by the leaders because of his pure nature.
For that reason, of course, her personal assets do not exist.
Most of the fortune went into the hands of the bishops and the pope, and she has made racial donations, which herald because of her pure character.
Of course, there is a possibility that the denomination brought the money, but it is unlikely that the saint with the same personality obtained money from the bishops or the pope, even if he had experienced the previous rounds.
And Princess Clana also has no money.
You might say that it is nonsense that the princess has no money, but it is not at all nonsense to her, who is at the bottom of the line of succession.
Because her brothers and sisters are jealous and envious of her for her natural looks and guns, but at the same time they are afraid that they will hit her up and climb up.
Thanks to that, she was kept under control by as many as five brothers and sisters, and despite being a princess, she lived a life of poverty.
Anyway, the bottom line is that they are very short of funds right now.
‘Besides, shouldn’t these guys be here now?’
Today is the day Kania goes to see her brother once a month.
No matter what happened, I was a little reassured because she was always going to see my sister, but I was hit in the back of the head.
And, saints are required to perform sacred rituals in the denomination today. Since it is an essential ceremony that is held only once a year, the denomination must have been in an uproar by now.
In the case of the princess, today there is a major event to select her fiancee. It is a very big risk for her to be absent without permission from the position of her who needs to grow her power.
In other words, despite having no money to rule me, three main heroines came here without giving up attending the places they must go.
I am so grateful that I am almost in tears.
‘…I’m glad Irina didn’t come.’
Irina would have wanted to come, but she would not have been able to obtain a pass because she did not have an identity. At this point, she’s just a student at the commoners academy.
“Come on, everyone! You’ve been waiting a long time! If that’s the case, then we’ll start the auction!”
After being immersed in thought for a while, I was awakened by the loud voice of the moderator.
One of the must-buy items here today is the ‘Stone of Domination’, but I had plans to buy some useful items in the future.
However, the plan became unclear due to the intrusion of the main heroines. I don’t think I should buy anything except for the most usable and cheap ones.
“Okay, the first thing! A decorative box with pure white color and fine carvings! I’ll start with 1 gold!”
With that in mind, as soon as I found the first item, I wrote down the price on the panel in front of me and started preparing to bid.
Of course, my spending is not bad. That box is actually a hidden element of the game.
According to the prophecy, if an auction house event occurs when you ride the False Evil Root, a decorative box containing a kit to help the False Evil activity comes out in the auction.
In Seonjo-nim’s words, it’s an ‘Easter egg’ of the ‘developer’, a nonsensical being, the creator of the world.
It’s not an essential item, but if you have it, it’s helpful in many ways to act as a false evil, so it’s a good idea to buy it.
“…Yes! I got 5 gold! Does anyone have a higher price?”
When I presented 5 gold, some people who were trying to lift the panel glanced at me and then quietly put the panel down.
Maybe they spent 2 gold to 3 gold, and when I offered 5 gold they already gave up because they didn’t want to lose their power.
“3…2…1…Successful bid! Successful bid! Decorative box, 5 gold!”
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Eventually, as the moderator announced the winning bid, the staff carefully wrapped the box in a cloth and handed it to me.
“…After the original successful bid, do you get the goods right away like this?”
“…but still, illegal is illegal. It’s very different from a legal auction that safely delivers to your home.”
“…for that kind of thing, there doesn’t seem to be anything very dangerous.”
Isolet looked at the ruby necklace for the next auction with a sullen expression and muttered. But, that’s because she doesn’t know what to say.
Right now, there is a setting that even this decorative box was stolen by the artisan Rocinante.
And now, the ruby necklace, which Isolet is looking at with a sullen expression, is cursed to drive people crazy after 3 days of wearing it.
This auction house is a place where items obtained through such illegal means or items subject to a curse are traded.
“Well, it’s illegal to be in the back alley first.”
Of course, if I had told him that, Isolette, who had a strong sense of justice, was highly likely to hit the chess board before the ‘Stone of Domination’ came out, so I was talking moderately, but the host suddenly shouted out loud.
“This item is one of the most valuable items that have been released so far! If it wasn’t for the trump card that would mark the end of today’s auction, it might have been in the last order!”
“Why are you seasoning like that?”
“Perhaps that wouldn’t be a big deal? From the auction house’s point of view, the commission increases when the price is raised as much as possible, so gilding is essential…”
“That’s right, it’s the missing swordsmanship secret book of the Bywalk!”
“……!!!”
When I heard the shocking sound coming out of the presenter’s mouth, I stopped speaking as I felt my hair turn white.
“…Did I hear wrong now?”
“…uh, so… it’s probably like that…”
“This noble swordsmanship secret book is said to have been lost 450 years ago during the clash between the Bywalk and the Moonlight, but… we recently got it back in full form!”
“…you get out of here quietly. There will be some commotion.”
“Wait, wait! Wait a minute!”
Isolette, who was staring at the presenter who spoke with an excited voice, quietly put her hand to her sword and tried to get up, so I hurriedly grabbed her.
“Are you going to play a chess game here? Are there people of interest in the Empire?”
“…let it go.”
“Even if we can’t catch the terrorists and find out who’s behind it?”
“……..”
“And because it’s me who brought the professor, if he causes a problem, I’ll be put on the auction house blacklist? So…”
“…Give me the panel.”
“…..yes?”
As I was drying her in a cold sweat, Isolet opened her mouth, pointing to my panel.
“…First, I will secure the non-essential documents, stop the terrorism, and then destroy the auction house.”
“No, so the people of Imperial interest…”
“…Give me the panel.”
“……..”
When she was forced to hand over the panel to her young words, she opened her eyes and began to prepare to write on the panel.
“The starting price is 1000 gold!”
However, after hearing the presenter’s words, she immediately opened her mouth and started rolling her eyes.
“…why? You said to secure a non-essential document first?”
“Hey, the price of cheongold… is it too high…?”
“…Is that enough?”
Isolette, who looked at me confusedly as she tilted my head, started to speak in a cold sweat.
“My wife, if it’s a thousand gold… Even if I save my teacher’s salaries for several years…”
“…Yes! Five thousand gold has arrived! It’s strong from the start!”
“Hey!”
As she gazed anxiously at the wealth of her family that had begun to soar to the ceiling, she soon began to glance at me.
“…why?”
“Do, do… help…”
“…Huh? What? Can’t you hear me?”
“Uh, uh…”
When I made a vague expression on my face, Isolet blushed red and hesitated for a while, then spit out the words with difficulty.
“…Help me…”
“Yes! The bid for 25000 gold! Today’s best price!”
“…ah.”
But at the same time, the secret book was sold at an exorbitant price from her point of view, and she, who watched the scene blankly, sighed briefly and then bowed her head.
“………”
“…Oh, I think you’ve found the right owner?”
“…Shut up.”
After a while, she raised her head again at the sound of my disgusting voice, and began to stare at the person receiving the secret letter with a lively expression on her face.
‘…It’s true that you went to the real owner.’
Of course, I said this after noticing the fact that the person who took the secret paperwork for information search was the head of the Byworks family, but it must have sounded like a joke to Isolet.
[False evil points 1pt acquired! (False evil, unintentional)]
After confirming that small false evil points were coming in exchange for unintentionally teasing Isolet, I calmed down the spirited Isolet and started watching the auction go on.
“This item is a ‘superman’s potion’! I’ll start with 500 gold!”
“If you brew tea in this ‘Moon Teacup’, which was one of the heirlooms of the Moonlight family, your sagging skin…”
“Don’t be surprised! It’s a ‘fire sword’ that burns anything! It’s the favorite sword used by the former Swordsman!”
A lot of useful things passed, but the main heroines who were aiming for the ‘Stone of Domination’ had to save money, so the last order of the auction came.
“Then, today’s auction highlighter, here’s the final item!”
Hearing the voice of the presenter, he lifted his head and began to look at the objects on the podium.
“…that’s right, the warrior’s armor!”
At those words, a commotion began to erupt around him.
“It is a legendary weapon said to have been used by the stellar hero ‘Hanbyeol Raon Starlight’, who defeated the Demon King who went to the point of devouring the world 1000 years ago! It is an honor to present this to you!”
“……..!”
After the presenter finished the explanation in an excited voice, Isolet began to look at me with a puzzled expression.
“I, that’s actually…”
“…not my part. Don’t ask me.”
“still…”
“Well, I don’t know?”
When I replied nervously, she shut her mouth quietly and began to look at the glistening warrior’s armor with anxious eyes.
‘…for a counterfeit, it’s pretty plausible.’
However, knowing well that the warrior’s armor was kept sealed in the secret room of the duke in the basement, I just started to measure the completeness of the imitation.
‘…It doesn’t shine until you wake up, the pattern on the wrist decoration is completely different, and there’s not a single scratch on it. What, the limit of counterfeiting?’
I was playing while looking for the wrong picture, and the host laughed loudly and shouted.
“Oman gold! Oman gold has arrived! Those who would like to offer a higher price… Oh, fifty-five thousand gold! fifty-five thousand gold… oh my! seventy-five thousand gold is out!”
People who turned their eyes to the words of the warrior’s armor began to run wild. I wanted to tell them it was fake, but I decided to leave it alone because most of them are corrupt people and they won’t believe me unless I reveal their identity.
“…150,000! 150,000 gold has been released! Although the auction house hasn’t been established for a while, the all-time high price has been released!”
The madness that lasted for such a long time only subsided after the all-time high price came out.
“3…2…1…Successful bid! Successful bid! The warrior’s armor was sold for 150,000 gold!!”
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Eventually, the warrior’s armor was sold for 150,000 gold, wrapped in silk and handed over to the buyer, and everyone around him began to look at him with envy.
‘…ttt, hogu child.’
Of course, I glanced at him with a pitiful gaze and began to wait for the upcoming event.
“…Yes! Then, I’m going to close the auction today with this…Um?”
On the other hand, the moderator, who was about to close the auction with a bright smile, probably because it made the highest profit ever, began to frown when a staff suddenly approached him and started whispering.
“Hmm, big, everyone! Sorry! Some items were missing from the auction! We’re really sorry for the disruption to the auction!”
“”………””
“Then, I’ll introduce you to the ‘Unknown Stone’! He’s a strange guy whose results show that it has unknown powers!”
The moderator shouted with a bright expression, but in the end, the item sold before that was the weapon of a warrior who renewed the highest price ever, so the people who had lost their excitement did not even pay attention to the poor looking stone.
“Uh… um… Well, let’s start with 10 gold!”
The moderator, who had been watching people for a while, had already made a huge profit, so he offered the ‘Unknown Stone’ at a low price without any regrets.
‘…Okay, this is the start.’
That ‘unknown stone’, which people don’t even pay attention to, is the ‘stone of domination’, which is a must-have item for me now. That, I have to secure it by all means.
“Yes, 15 gold came out!”
As I carefully looked at the main heroines and lifted the panel, the host looked at me with surprise and exclaimed.
“…Of course, no one can offer more than that? Then, let’s count! 3…2…”
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Eventually, as the host started counting, I swallowed my saliva and prayed and prayed to myself that the main heroines would doze off from the long-running auction…
“1…Ah, back gold! Back gold is out!”
As soon as the princess intervened in the bid while holding the panel, she sighed and bowed her head.
“You don’t have more than one hundred gold? Then… Count, wait a minute! Wife, thousand gold has arrived!”
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Eventually, even the saint started bidding while holding the panel, and I, with my head bowed, silently wrote a thousand and one hundred gold on the panel and started the war.
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“Oh, ten thousand gold!! Ten thousand gold came out!!”
The nerve war, which had been going on for a while, began to come to an end when I started to get nervous and raised the price.
“Fifteen hundred and fifty gold! Oh, fifteen hundred and tenth gold! fifteen hundred and twelve gold!”
When the saint and the princess started to write down the amount they raised while sweating profusely, I listened to the panel again with a smile of conversion.
‘…If you ignore the wealth of the peasant, it will be spent.’
“Ah! I got fifteen thousand gold!”
“”……..!””
The princess and the saint, trembling at those words, looked at me for a moment and then started writing prices on the panel with trembling hands…
“…from now on, the price increase will be more than 100 gold!”
Hearing the moderator’s sentence, he lowered his head as he dropped the panel helplessly.
“Do you have any more suggestions? If so, I’ll count! 3…2…”
‘…By the way, do they think they had as much money as they wrote? If so, where did you get it?’
I had a gut feeling that I had won, and I began to guess where they got their money, but…
“Four, thirty thousand!! Thirty thousand gold came out!!!”
“……!”
Soon after, when someone suddenly offered a double price, I looked at the person in amazement.
“…..Hmm.”
‘…Are you a geeky collector who bought the warrior’s armor for 150,000 gold earlier?’
After sweating for a while, I closed my eyes tightly and lifted the panel.
“Saman Gold! Saman Gold has arrived!!”
“……..”
Now that there was not much gold left to use, I threw a match, but luckily it worked. He lowered the panel and started to think about it.
‘…That guy spent 150,000 gold in the fierce bid earlier, so he’s definitely running out of money. If that guy here bids less than 50,000 gold… there’s a good chance.’
“Yes! Forty-five thousand gold!”
‘…Good.’
I glanced to the side before re-quoting the panel and saw the eccentric collector staring at me quietly. I stared at him for a moment and then lifted the panel up.
“…Forty-six thousand gold has arrived! Oh, forty-seven thousand gold! Forty-eight thousand gold!”
The geek collector and I, who continued to fight like that, eventually reached the end of a long war.
“Forty-nine thousand forty-nine gold came out! Seeing that the numbers were written down to one unit, it seems that you wrote down all of your fortune!”
Having presented all the money I had in my hand, I grinned and looked at the eccentric collector.
“………”
He quietly bowed his head with his arms crossed.
“Okay, it was close, but… I won.”
“I’m counting! 3…2…1…”
I sighed a sigh of relief and leaned back on my chair…
“…under.”
“…..!!!”
When he snorted and lifted the panel at the last minute, he was immediately startled.
“Fifty fifty gold! Fifty fifty gold came out! It’s over fifty thousand in the end!!”
“…a sweetheart.”
I looked at him with a sarcastic tone in a heavy voice, and I began to regret what had happened before.
‘…Damn, if I had known this would be the case, I would have received 150 gold as a gift.’
If there was only one hundred and fifty gold that came out as a reward for the second clearing of the sudden quest, a wedge could have been made, but in this case the Domination Stone was taken away by some eccentric collector.
“I’m counting! 3…2…1…”
‘This will disrupt the plan…’
I was about to get out of the auction house as soon as I received the seat of domination, but I was frustrated by the unexpected situation and grabbed my head…
“Fifty one hundred fifty gold! Fifty one hundred fifty gold came out! This won, what did something that I did not expect to do so well?”
Suddenly, Isolette, who was quietly watching our competition, wrote fifty-one hundred and fifty gold on the panel and lifted it up, and she looked at her with a shocked expression.
“…what are you doing now?”
“One hundred gold, I’ll lend you.”
“…why?”
When I asked in bewilderment, she answered, staring coldly at her father, who cherishes the Bywalk secretaries.
“…the cost of follow-up.”
“No, wait a minute. That person…”
“I’m counting! 3…2…1…”
I was trying to stop Isolet from committing an affair, but as the host started counting, I cautiously looked at the eccentric collector.
“……..”
The eccentric collector was staring at us quietly, clenched his fists.
“…a sweet child.”
“……!”
The moment he returned the same words he had said to him, the host shouted loudly.
“Successful bid! Successful bid! ‘Unknown Stone’ sold for fifty thousand one hundred fifty gold!!”
Hearing this, Isolet grabbed my arm, got up from her seat, and began to head towards the unknown stone that had begun to descend from the platform.
“…what’s the matter?”
“Take that, and you should leave immediately. I have business to do.”
“No… So…”
“…I’ll take back the secret book, both at the same time and at the same time, while preventing terrorism, so you ask the duke’s power to take care of you.”
“Crazy, do you know that I’m a cool black man who reigns in some other world? I’m just the first son of a duke who lives in my flamboyant taste… huh?”
I was trying to convince Isolet, who I thought was a black screen that could solve almost anything by wiping my fingers, but suddenly someone stood up.
‘…Cania?’
Kania got up from her seat and began to emit black energy from her right hand, glaring at the ‘Stone of Domination’.
Seeing this, I muttered to myself a guess that came to mind, and I hurriedly started running to the place where the ‘Stone of Domination’ was.
‘…By the way, Kania didn’t participate in the competition itself, did she? So, no doubt, from the beginning, I was thinking of stealing the Stone of Domination…!’
– Exactly!
‘…f*ck.’
I rushed to the Dominion Stone, and when I saw Kania snapped her finger and the black energy that came out of her body began to cover the auction house, I muttered in despair.
“That doesn’t mean that it gave me a lot of vitality…”
As the black energy created by Kania’s black magic completely spread throughout the auction house, the bewildered people began to fall one by one.
And in such a situation, I witnessed the princess who protected herself with the mana of the sun, the saint who wrapped her body with holy power, and Kania, who stumbled for a while with blood in their mouth, all started running with the ‘Stone of Domination’,
“Seonjo-sama… what kind of fight did you have…”
Soon, with dead eyes, he took out the decorative box he had in his arms and began to rummage inside.
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“…that’s a lot of fun.”
On the other hand, the eccentric collector who watched the spectacle with interest,
“Isn’t that right? Demon Lord?”
He was sending a signal somewhere, quietly capturing the sight.