Chapter 281 - The Fateful Auction
Void turned his head towards me and clarified, "So life in that hellish village is that hard, huh? Now I am really curious to see what is in there? My tolerance for seeing evil is quite high so I hope this mission will give me something amusing to do."
I rolled my eyes at his statements. This guy seemed to see as something that keeps his boredom away. I just told him that it was a rescue mission and he find a "hellish village" potentially amusing.
I gave him some final instructions and sent some nourishment orbs to our shared storage once again for his people. I was still holding his hand as of the moment but this time, I pulled him close to me. Not expecting the sudden pull, he stumbled forward towards me with widened eyes. I gave him another fiery kiss on his lips which he reciprocated in an instant. We made out for a few minutes and we only stopped as an announcement was heard from the stage about the auction starting in a bit.
I pushed him a bit to put space in between our lips as I looked towards the stage. Void's head limply rested on top of my left shoulder and I can clearly hear him panting heavily. I whispered to him, "Do you like me to incubate a baby dark elf for you?"
He murmured in between heavy breaths, "I don't want to have a child with you through that method. I want to carry the child in my body. Of course, I desire the process itself of how you will put that child in body above all else."
I giggled at his unfiltered response which is as expected, to be as perverted as it can be. I hugged him tight and ruffled his hair teasingly. I felt him kissing my neck and I jokingly pulled his hair to get his face away from me. I looked at him and that naughty smirk on his face. I then instructed him, "I have already fed you so you should go on your way. We'll talk more about that process you so want to try once your race has moved inside the world tree realm."
He reached for the hand that I used to release his hair from being pulled. He then leaned towards me again to give me a smack on the lips. He then said, "I will arrange for that to happen as soon as possible. I'm going back to work. Don't miss me too much." With that, he teleported away with none of his traces from the room.
As he left, the auction has started at the stage and they started with herbs, potions, jewelry, weapons, expensive cloths and as expected, the main event was the auction for slaves. There wasn't that many interesting things in the earlier part of the auction but I did bid for some rare herbs and expensive cloths just for fun.
I was given an orb earlier which was placed inside this VIP room so I can silently make my bids for things on the stage that I am interested in buying. This made things convenient and my bids discreet. I did win all the things that I bid for since I have the money, of course.
Towards the end of the auction, they started pushing some cages covered with black cloth on the stage. I wonder what slaves they have for sale again. I did buy Richard's brother here and some of his fallen kingdom's citizens last time so maybe I will be lucky again this time.
They remove the cloth covering the cages one by one. The first couple of cages are filled with men who were criminal slaves and debt slaves so I did not bid for those. On the fifth cage though, I saw two men and a woman who were in their late 40s most likely. They don't look special but I remember them from Richard's memories. They were loyal subordinates of his parents handling the affairs regarding money and citizens' needs. They are just the people I need for my new city.
Since there were three of them, the starting bid was quite high. They were simply tagged as prisoners of war with no description. I easily won the bid since none of the people downstairs place much value to these middle aged people. I saw the three people inside the cage try to look up to where I was but was disappointed since they couldn't see clearly how I looked like.
There a few more cages that were uncovered then came the last and most expensive product in the cage. When the dark cloth was removed, I saw a gorgeous man with pale skin, dark pink hair and light purple eyes. He was dazed and gaunt as if he was not fed or drunk anything for a long time. He was scantily dressed and the auction house is definitely selling him as a sex slave with how he looks.
There were suddenly a lot of murmurs downstairs right in front of the stage but the man in the cage seemed to have lost his soul or his reason for living and does not hear anything. The starting bid was a surprising one gold and each bid is in increments of 500 silvers. Sure, he was still looked handsome, no, beautiful I think? This despite the fact that he was quite malnourished.
The bids went up to 3 gold in just a few seconds and is steadily going up. I waited for their bids to slow down because it would simply mean that the people below are nearing their spending limits which I honestly do not have. Besides my inheritance, I do work hard and I have people working for me to earn even more money too so I am quite rich, I believe.
I wouldn't have bid for him if not for the fact that this guy was a mystique. He seemed to be too weak to emit any mystique mana but he definitely is from his soul aura. To be exact, he's a beast man which makes him eligible to be rescued for my latest project. I hope mermen and sirens can live in rivers since that's the only thing we have in Marahuyo.
The bidding stopped at 7 gold and as the auctioneer called out for any more bidders, I made my bid for 10 gold which shattered the hopes of the highest bidder. She kind of looks pale from the expensive bid she just made. When she heard my bid, she actually kind of looked relieved since her money was spared from this excessive spending.
As the bidding closed, the products that the bidders won are then given to them. The first things that arrived in my room are the herbs and the bolts of expensive cloths. I should have my favorite tailor in Hoffen City make these to gorgeous set of clothes for my husbands.
The next things that came in were the four slaves I won which are now out of their cages but were still heavily chained around there wrists and ankles. They were asked to kneel in front of me which they did with no complaints. I waited for the auction house staff to leave before I spoke to my new people.
I spoke to the three middle age people first and started with saying, "I was sent by Richard, Chandler and Wylden. I will send you to meet with them soon."
The three people's eyes widened and they started crying loudly. They hugged each other and even started praying to the gods for being saved. I whispered to the wind and one of the high ranking spies of Noir appeared beside me. He immediately went down to business by asking for what I need.
I pointed at the three people who have suddenly stopped crying as they saw the mysterious man in black appear out of thin air. The man looked at the three people and his eyes were not the friendly type. The three people shivered at the way he looked at them. He does look like an assassin through and through so I couldn't blame them for being scared.
I coughed a bit to ease the tension and told the three, "This is one of my people. He will be the one bringing you to those three princes of yours." I then gave a receipt to the assassin and whispered to give it to Richard. He did say he will pay me back so I am sending him the purchase amount for these three.
Once the four people have left, I proceed with talking to the other guy left in the room. I asked him a very simple question, "What is your name and how old are you?"
He was still staring blankly forward as if he did not hear or understand anything I said. I sighed and changed my question, well, the language that is. "Y ug ubxylf jeh aeoh lugi ulm ufi, jybd kiubp gul." (I am asking for your name and age, fish beast man.)
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Author's note:
It looks like gibberish but I did use a merfork translator. Thank you to twilightrealm.com for this translator! <3