114. Unidentified woman targeting Ethan (1)
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North Barn.
North Barn was the largest city in the northern region.
It was smaller than the capital, Setralban, but it was comparable to Eastban and Westban.
A girl was walking down a crowded street. Her short blonde hair, which reached her shoulders, could not be covered up even by a white hoodie.
And the golden eyes that matched the blonde hair shone like the blazing noon sun, adding mystery to the girl.
Those beautiful eyes, combined with puppy-like eyes, naturally aroused a protective instinct in the viewer.
The season was now approaching the threshold of November, which can be called late autumn.
In North Barn, as in the northern region, winter came early. Leaves that had lost their light fell from street to street.
The blue expanse behind the tree branches seemed high today.
The girl breathed in the cold air. The cold air irritated his lungs.
‘I guess I should have brought my friends.’
Ethan or Arthur, at least with Sepia, would be a great help. As I sighed, white breath rose.
‘Still, it’s still a secret that I’m the princess.’
The girl, Tesya, placed one hand on the handle of the sword. It was a habit I always did when I had something to think about.
Beyond the outer walls of the city, the winter mountains that stretched from Northban to Herbeiaban were majestically revealing their majesty.
However, the ice caps of the winter mountains were not visible.
For some reason, it was said that the snow in the winter mountains melted overnight.
‘As expected, it must be the devil’s work.’
It wasn’t just that. Strange things have been happening lately.
Yesterday, Tesha was sitting in a bar, eating, and from what she heard, the largest assassination organization in North Van disappeared without even a mouse or a bird’s notice.
‘I’m really relieved that they all just died.’
‘Look, isn’t that a rumor? I heard there wasn’t a body there!’
Of the two men, the one who looked like a security guard clicked his tongue.
‘What if the body disappears? There was so much blood splattered! trust me I’ve been in the guard for 20 years. They were massacred. I don’t know why that kind of knife action happened.’
As if a tooth he had been suffering from had fallen out, the man exclaimed wahahahaha loudly. Then the man talked about how he had found the base of the Assassins.
‘Did I find the stronghold of the Assassins while searching for the bloodstain? But what is this? Even their warehouses have been robbed!’
‘okay? How long have you been there?’
The man showed three fingers. The man who had been listening to the story sighed and asked again.
‘300 million?’
‘300 million! At least 3 billion. They’re the worst assassins in Northban. You must have received at least a thousand for each assassination?’
Tesha thought as she listened to the conversation.
‘The snow in the winter mountains melted, and the worst assassin organization in North Van disappeared altogether.’
It could have been a completely unrelated incident.
But who would melt all the snow on the mountain range and wipe out the underworld organizations?
The eradication of the Black Brotherhood was something that even Northban’s guards couldn’t do. The power to do that… .
‘As expected, there must be a demon behind it.’
And he might offer up all the assassins as a sacrifice.
The reason Tesha was able to come to Northban now was because of the fall break.
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t vacation.
Currently, Nadia Academy, like the best educational institution in the empire, was conducting an entrance examination to recruit students for the next year.
The duration of the entrance exam is one week.
The entrance examination period was long as students flocked to the entrance exams from all over the empire and took various subjects.
There were no classes for a while because all the professors were looking at the entrance exam evaluation, and the academy students just called it ‘fall break’.
Sitting on a bench in the plaza, Tesha glanced through the catalog once.
Numerous artifacts used to be uploaded to the North Barn Auction, which was held once a season.
Weapons that lost their owners, treasures found in dungeons, skill balls from demons and monsters, and so on.
But more than that, there was another thing Tesha was trying to get her hands on.
It was a blue gem.
It was a jewel that Master had told me about before. The one pictured in the catalog was the same, even with the pattern engraved on the blue jewel.
It looks like a jewel, but it is not a jewel.
In addition, the organizers were not aware of the performance of the artifact, and the price was measured at a fairly low price.
‘I have to retrieve it before it falls into the hands of a warlock or a demon.’
Tesha smiled once and closed the catalog. Standing up, she clenched her fists.
Then, a man with black hair passed her gaze. The back of the man walking along the edge of the plaza was familiar.
‘Eh? Ethan… ?’
Although he was far away, he definitely looked like Ethan.
Not to be missed among the crowd, Tesha hurriedly moved on. It was meant to be greeted with a tap on the shoulder.
“oh… !”
At that time, a carriage passed in front of Tesha. Tesha stomped her feet as the carriage passed.
I even thought about stepping on the roof of the wagon and jumping. However, while he was thinking about it, a carriage passed by.
After sending the carriage away, Tesha sighed softly. The man who looked like Ethan had already disappeared.
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The socialite of North Barn.
Currently, I was going to join a socialite party. It was a socialite party for the auctioneers.
A service of its own that is held by the organizers at tomorrow’s auction.
Although it is a service, it is also a place where the organizer manages customers and collects information.
Well, the entrance fee to the auction house alone amounted to hundreds of thousands of eles.
It is said that if it is not a person with a lot of money, they will not receive it in the first place. There was even a premium annual membership.
As for me, I don’t really like crowded social parties like this. This is because it is a self-proud version of socialites.
“Will you show me your ticket?”
“Mom, the ticket? Oh yeah. There is plenty of gold… .”
At the entrance stood a woman who looked like a noble lady.
She was wearing a sable shawl and a luxurious overcoat over a pink dress that exposed her breastbone. Even at a glance, all of them were antique, and they seemed like the daughter of a wealthy family.
The woman with well-groomed blonde hair and deep blue eyes was so beautiful that even anyone who saw her could call herself an elf.
And the belt draped over that pink dress stood out.
North Barn was not a safe place. How could such a woman come here without an escort?
That meant one of two things. Either you don’t know the security of North Van or you’re strong enough not to attach an escort.
“I’m sorry, ma’am, but you can’t enter without a ticket.”
“I just hate cold places. Please take this gold and let me in.”
However, unlike his antique attire, he seemed not familiar with the rules of the auction house.
The socialite party is not accessible unless you are a premium member and have a ticket in advance.
Of course, the person helping to get in was a man. And he couldn’t take his eyes off the blushing woman.
“Yeah, but if you don’t have a ticket here… .”
“under… . Is there any way at all?”
“That, ah! If you find a companion, you can come in together.”
“A companion?”
The woman touched her forehead once and then looked around. Some men were approaching to accompany the woman as a partner.
“Hey, Mrs.… . I have a ticket for two… .”
The man approaching her took out a ticket from her bosom and showed it to her. But the woman saw me and smiled and walked away.
“hello?”
I stared at the woman with wide eyes. It was a smile as if he had known me for a long time.
“Whoops, the boy will help me in my position.”
“That’s right, it’s not difficult… .”
Currently, the tickets I received were premium, so I could enter with up to 4 people.
With the help of Tia, it was issued by Istvan’s Grand Prize.
“If the boy wants gold, I can give it any amount.”
If it was money, I had plenty. He earned money through investment, received sponsorship, and received a large bounty by catching mines.
Above all, the amount earned by robbing the Black Brotherhood’s warehouse was considerable.
“I’m not looking for compensation.”
“Oh! Be kind too.”
The woman rejoiced as she clapped her hands. When I showed them my passport-like membership card, the guard respectfully bowed his head.
“It’s a premium membership card. I will see you.”
“Oh, thank you. But it’s okay.”
He was willing to give me an escort right away, so I declined. I was thinking of having a light meal anyway and going up to the hotel to sleep.
I passed the lobby and headed to the banquet hall. Until then, the woman has been running after me.
“What is the boy’s name?”
“This is Ethan. What about that one?”
“Etidorpa. Call me Dor for short.”
Etidorpa? Dor?
It was a name I had never heard of. It seems that he is not an important character in ‘The Strongest Dragon’.
Or maybe Dor is not the woman’s real name.
The probability that such a beautiful person would be the strongest extra in Dragon is low.
In the banquet hall, there were various foods like a buffet and greetings dressed in fancy social clothes.
All of them were participants in the auction that lasted for two nights and three days.
“How did the boy Ethan get here?”
“Of course, participating in the auction.”
I wondered why he was asking an obvious question. Just by being with Dor, he received a lot of attention.
“What about that one?”
“Huh, I’m here to find some people.”
Aha. You’ve come to catch even the husband who came to the auction house.
Well, if you came to catch a person who spends money like water, it’s understandable that a wealthy-looking lady couldn’t even come in from the entrance.
A woman who pulls her husband’s ear in a place like a gambling board is familiar enough to be called a cliché.
“I guess you came to catch the husband who spends money at the auction house?”
“Whoops, that’s not it. Don’t be too curious. The more secrets a woman has, the more beautiful she is.”
Yes, but what can I do? I shrugged.
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Just in time, the waiter brought steak and lamb along with wine. It was a dinner special provided with a premium membership.
“What do you mean by being indebted to this? When I owe a debt, I tend to pay it back.”
“I’m not the kind of person who refuses to say that the other person will repay the favor.”
He licked his chin and laughed as if he had heard a funny joke. Soon she sipped the wine. After that, I saw ornate candlesticks and chandeliers.
“How are you? boy and girl. May I join you?”
Before I knew it, two gentlemen had come to this table. Perhaps he was interested in Dor, not me.
They greeted us lightly and started talking about business. And, as if it were natural, he was bragging about himself.
“I doubled my investment in the adventurer guild this year alone.”
“hahahaha, I found a gold mine in the territory this time.”
It was the pride of the upper class that we saw in the movie ‘Titanic’.
“What do you two, a boy and a lady, do? If you are to the extent of participating in an auction house like this, I don’t think you would do anything ordinary.”
Dor laughed, covering his mouth with an old-fashioned fan.
“I am a secret.”
“Heh heh, then what about the boy?”
“I am just investing here and there.”
“investment? If it’s an investment, I know very well. where did you earn how much Gee, was I too snobbish? hahahaha.”
I sipped my wine and replied.
“I made about 1 billion in investment in the past year.”
The two gentlemen paused for a moment as if they were out of order. The sight made Dor burst into laughter.
“The meal is almost over, shall we go up now? Ethan?”
Dor leaned his upper body towards me as if he was having fun and called my name in a friendly way.
At the same time, she brushed my calf with her bare feet under the table.
It was an act that seduced me openly.
It seemed that the person he was looking for was someone he wanted to spend the night with.
