118. Last night at the auction house (1)
Auction on the second day.
The North Barn Auction continues for two nights and three days. And the auction was held for two days, and I was able to receive the auction item on the last day.
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Just like yesterday, the auction house was crowded with people. Tesha looked at the catalog of blue gems.
‘I’ve been saving money for this day… !’
But when you write, you have to write.
Tesha worked as an assistant at the library and saved money little by little, and usually did not receive help from the imperial family.
Originally frugal, Tesha has led a more frugal life.
In the process, I realized that making money is difficult.
Still, it was a very rewarding life. In the eyes of others, it will be nothing more than a commoner’s experience.
Even after returning to the imperial family, Tesya intended to maintain her van habit until now.
“Okay, let’s start the last auction of the year!”
At the moderator’s words, an artifact came up on the podium. The prize in the glass cabinet was a teddy bear with a mustache.
‘Oh, what! ear… It’s cute!’
Compared to what I saw in the catalog, the real thing was cuter. The moderator’s explanation followed.
It is the only one in the world that the teddy bear craftsman made with his whole body before he died.
‘ah… , Want… .’
While Vivien prefers cool things and Tia likes fancy decorations, Tesha loves cute things.
But seeing the starting price, Tesha shook her head. The starting price of a teddy bear was 3,000,000 ele.
“The starting price is 3 million! That’s 3 million ele! Not expensive by any means! It’s the one and only teddy bear in the world made by artisans stitch by stitch! It even has a warranty!”
A woman raised her hand.
The participants wore masks, and Tesha was in the back row, so all she could see was the back of her head.
Back of pink hair. It was somehow a familiar back of the head.
Rows from the front to the middle were difficult to sit without a premium membership.
It wasn’t that there was no way.
Tesya also had the imperial family’s pattern, just in case she didn’t know. If I showed it to the organizers, I was immediately assigned a special room and was given the front row.
However, while attending the academy, Tesya had never received the privilege of the imperial family.
‘I was envious when I heard that Sepia had a teddy bear… . Wait, sepia?’
Somehow, I thought the pink hair was familiar, but it resembled the back of sepia’s head.
“Four million eles.”
Pink hair raised a hand lightly. At that price, Milton raised his spectacles with his left hand.
At the signal to raise the price, the organizer raised his hand.
“Five million ele!”
“Five million! 5 million came out! It’s a doll that young girls love! It could be the best gift ever!”
Before the moderator continued, the pink hair raised the price without hesitation again. If you can follow, it was an attitude to follow.
“Seven million ele.”
“Oh My God! 7 million! 7 million eles came out!”
Seeing that the number reached 7 million, Tesha tightly closed her eyes. I wanted to have it, but I had no choice but to give it up.
I don’t know how much the ‘blue jewel’ in the last auction right now will rise.
‘What kind of teddy bear is so expensive? Ying, sorry… .’
Still, it was a pity. Then someone raised their hand. It was a gentleman with a brown mustache.
“Ten million ele.”
The auction house became quiet for a moment at his soft words. The auction, which started at 3 million, jumped to 10 million.
Even Sepia glanced at the gentleman with the mustache. Pointed ears were exposed through the mask.
‘Are you an elf? what? Are you trying to fight me?’
Again, Sepia raised the price.
It is said that it is the only teddy bear in the world, but since there are over 10 million, even sepia is a burden.
In the end, I had no choice but to raise it little by little while watching the liver.
“11 million ele!”
“11 million! 11 million eles are out!”
As soon as the moderator finished speaking, the gentleman raised his hand again.
“Twelve million ele.”
Sepia glared at the gentleman again.
The gentleman with a thick mustache and pointy ears was wearing an operatic half-mask.
Due to the overheated auction, the price had already reached 15 million ele.
Ethan watched the suffocating interface between the gentleman and sepia.
‘Does sepia want that much?’
From the middle, the organizers who secretly raised the price did not raise their hands anymore.
Suddenly, Ethan remembered what Tia had said. In the meantime, Tia was looking at the catalog and measuring the prices one by one.
‘Tia, I’m suddenly curious. Then, how much will this knife cost?’
What Edan held out was an Arkensan steel sword. The sword he always wore and the sword he received from Sepia. Tia laughed.
‘How much do you think it will be?’
‘Twenty million?’
‘Let’s call more.’
’30 million?’
Tia stopped writing the price and brought the quill to her mouth.
‘Ethan, it’s because I don’t have eyes to see like that… .’
‘uh… , sorry. I don’t have eyes to see.’
‘Calling that sword is worth it. The Arcenite Steel is out of stock, plus Orichalcum. I don’t know who made it, but it must have been made by a skilled blacksmith. If it were me, I would call 100 million. It’s cheap, though.’
Ethan widened his eyes and swung his sword again. I’ve been fighting for a long time, but the blade hasn’t gone out.
One time the handle looked worn and I took it to the blacksmith, but even the blacksmith shook his head and replied that he couldn’t make a better handle on his own.
Having received such a good sword, Edan even had a sense of debt that he hadn’t had before.
‘Sepia wants it like that… .’
Ethan looked at the teddy bear, now 20 million ele. Maybe it was because of that one teddy bear that Sepia participated in the auction.
But even Sepia didn’t raise her hand anymore.
A teddy bear was forming a similar price range to the sword used by a warrior named Arundal.
“Twenty million! 20 million ele… ! If there are no more, I will close! 3… 2… .”
Ethan quietly raised his hand. Many eyes turned to Ethan.
“Thirty million.”
At those words, the auction house fell into silence for an instant. Even the mustachioed gentleman shook his head. The moderator, who came to his senses belatedly, continued.
“30 million! 30 million ele came out! If there are no more, I will close! 3… 2… One… ! Item number 102! Closed!”
Tesha looked at the man wearing the fox mask. It was a man with black hair. Since yesterday, that man hadn’t asked such a high price.
It was expensive but fell out after looking at the liver for a reasonable price.
‘Is that teddy bear really expensive?’
Tesha tilted her head once. Either way, the auction went on.
And soon the final turn of the auction came.
“Last product of the day! Let the blue jewel auction begin!”
The jewels on the display case were dark.
Although it was blue, it was not as beautiful as a sapphire and seemed useless for decoration.
Tesha glanced around and raised her hand.
“1.1 million Eleyo!”
“1.1 million! 1.1 million eles came out!”
The man wearing the fox mask raised his hand.
“Two million ele.”
Tesha held her breath at the words of 2 million eleres. If it was the royal family’s funds, 2 million ele was not even expensive at the auction house.
However, now Tesha was in a situation where she had to cover all living expenses by herself.
Suddenly, the amount doubled, and I felt sick to my stomach.
“Two and a half million ele!”
Again, Tesha called the amount. Then a man raised his hand. It was a man with gray hair and a bat mask.
“Three million eles.”
“Three million! 3 million ele came out.”
Tesha looked at the bat mask, then turned to the fox mask. Ethan still raised the price with a nonchalant eye.
“Four million eles.”
“Four million! 4 million ele came out! Is there something in this jewel?”
Milton watched the competition with interest. The current competition was a three-way structure.
A man with blond, black and gray hair.
Milton looked up and raised his glasses. At the signal to raise the price, the infiltrator raised his hand.
“Four and a half million ele!”
“4.5 million! 4.5 million eles came out!”
Ethan narrowed his brows. I didn’t like that the organizers secretly raised the price while watching the liver.
Then Tesha raised her hand high.
“Five million! 5 million eleyo!”
Ethan glanced at Tesha. He was wearing a mask, but his voice was familiar.
‘A familiar voice with bobbed hair? no way… ? Tesha… ?’
Tesha placed her hands on her lap. The pupil trembled on its own.
It was the first time since entering the academy that he had tried to spend this much money on something at once.
“Five million! 5 million… ! ah.”
“5.5 million ele.”
said the gray-haired man. The moderator who was making a comment had to adjust the price again.
“5.5 million! Only 5.5 million came out!”
Tesha touched her forehead. I did not expect that the jewelry that started with 1 million would go to 5 million.
“Six million.”
Ethan raised the price in a calm tone. Tesha was now in a panic.
‘Oh, what to do… . I have to retrieve the jewels.’
However, it was not an amount to do with the money he had right away.
‘loan? Should I get a loan?’
Meanwhile, the gray-haired man raised the price again.
“Seven million.”
“Seven million! 7 million ele came out! Do you have more?”
Ethan looked at the gray-haired man.
‘what? I don’t think it was planted by the organizers, right? Could it be that he knows about jewels?’
The man had never participated in an auction before.
That means, like himself, he was aiming for this jewel in the first place. Even so, I couldn’t lose.
Edan had already made a contract with the spirits, and as a condition, he had decided to revive Runia.
“Ten million ele.”
When 10 million ele came out, Tesha couldn’t keep her mouth shut. It was not an amount that he could do with the money he had earned in the past year.
‘Ah, do I have to explain the circumstances to Obama?’
However, I decided to graduate from the academy without opening my hands. Tesha turned her eyes to the dark-haired man.
The one wearing the fox mask looked familiar.
It wasn’t just that familiar. I had heard the voice somewhere before.
‘ah… , Where have you heard of it?’
Even while I was thinking about it, the amount increased like a snowball. Again, the man with black hair parted his lips.
“Twenty million ele.”
The voice overlapped with the voice I heard a long time ago. The voice of the owner who was whispering lowly towards herself as the princess. Only then did Tesha realize.
‘Ethan?! Was it Ethan?’
When Ethan called for 20 million eles, the gray-haired man was shaken.
The gray man snapped his fingers once. At that moment, smoke rose from the rear row.
Thinking there might be a fire, Tesha hurriedly turned around.
But it wasn’t that kind of acting. Those who inhaled the smoke were falling one by one.
