Chapter 6
Kazuki and Mira reserved a Vip room where they could sit alone. Soon, more people began to show up as the auction was going to start soon.
"Oh! Isn't this the first prince? What a good day to see you, your highness."
Kazuki had been talking to attendant Lee outside the Vip room when suddenly, a bulky youth with blue colored eyes showed up and interrupted them rudely. The bulky youth looked at Kazuki with a smirk.
"Emon, aren't you going to bow your head to his highness."
Attendant Lee said, looking furious. Bowing to the imperial family members was considered a national law for the Azure Empire's citizens
"Oh! I forgot to do that. Please, forgive me, your highness."
Emon said mockingly before bowing slightly.
"Boom"
A powerful burning fist crushed towards Emon sending him flying across the pavilion lobby.
The entire pavilion lobby became deadly silent. All of the people looked at the petite girl who performed the powerful attack with astonishment.
"Who did it?."
Emon stood up with burned clothes and roared.
Emon felt extremely furious. He would have received some serious injuries if he didn't use his water element at the last moment to defend against that burning fire element. Emon was a first stage bronze ranked warrior. He could easily block that attack, but unfortunately for him, that attack came suddenly and without any warnings.
With his identity as a direct descendant of a major clan and a loyal subordinate of the second prince, Emon was sure that no one in his right mind would dare to offend him in the Azure Empire.
"Me."
Mira answered with an extremely cold voice.
"Ah."
After seeing the identity of the attacker, Emon didn't know what to say. Emon knows clearly that some people in the Azure Empire must not be offended. Mira was precisely someone from that category. It was known among all the people that the higher-ups in the Azure Empire had some high expectations towards princess Mira. So, offending Mira was akin to offending the emperor and the ministers.
"This is only a warning. This is better be the last time I see you behave like this in front of any member of the imperial family."
Mira said coldly before turning around and returning to the Vip room.
From the side, Attendant Lee cheered for Mira inwardly.
Seeing the people gaze on him, Emon Felt ashamed and embarrassed, he didn't want to stay anymore and only turned around and left.
The atmosphere inside the pavilion's lobby gradually returned to normal after Emon had left.
Inside the Vip room, Kazuki looked at Mira warmly. He wanted to interfere earlier, but it was too late to get involved. Kazuki decided to not talk about Emon. He didn't want to ruin the mood.
"Thank you."
Kazuki gave Mira a simple thanks.
"It was nothing."
Mira replied back with an emotionless face.
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After some time, the auction was finally going to start. A middle-aged man clad in white robe entered the high stage of the pavilion and stood at the center. All the talking people inside the pavilion went silent.
"I welcome everyone. This humble servant will be the host of this auction. I am truly honored to serve you all."
The host said politely and bowed.
"In our auction tonight, we will have seven things to auction. Now, let me start with this thing ."
The host announced passionately before bringing a small weapon box.
"This is a crystal dagger weapon. Its grade is a low level, however, its exterior was made from fine materials as you can see how beautiful it looks."
The host said, after taking out a dazzling white dagger from the small weapon box.
As a matter of fact, the crystals can be divided into four grades. They are: low, medium, high, and top. The more the crystal is glowing the higher the grade is.
A weapon with low-grade crystal would have the ability to boost the element damage by two times. A weapon with medium grade crystal would have the ability to boost the element damage by three times, A weapon with a high-grade crystal would have the ability to boost the element damage by four times. A weapon with a top-grade crystal would have the ability to boost the element damage by five times.
Mira's weapon had a medium grade crystal which was extremely precious.
The sounds of the people's thrilled voices could be heard throughout the entire pavilion, even though the crystal weapon was only a low grade, still, it was a crystal weapon. Crystal weapons had always been in high demand.
"The initial price for the dagger would be 1000 golden notes. The minimum bid would be 50 golden notes. Let's begin."
The host said.
"1000 golden notes."
A Vip customer offered quickly.
"1100 golden notes."
Another Vip one offered.
"Mira, don't you want to buy it?."
Kazuki asked Mira who was sitting beside him.
"Nope. I already have one."
Mira answered.
Besides using small weapons like a dagger as a primary weapon, some warriors like Mira would carry small weapons as a sub-primary weapon.
As time went on, the price of the dagger kept raising and raising."
"2100 golden notes"
Someone offered.
"2150 golden notes."
Another one offered.
"It's only those two who are competing for the dagger right now."
Attendant Lee thought inwardly while watching from the side.
"3000 golden notes."
A feminine sound offered gently.
All the people looked slightly shocked. Three thousand golden notes were way too pricey for the normal price of two thousand and five hundred golden notes for a low-grade crystal weapon.
"Three thousand golden notes from the young lady inside room four. Does anyone want to bid more?. No one? Okay, this dagger is sold for the young lady inside the Vip room of number four."
The host declared excitedly as he would take a small commission for hosting this event.
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Afterward, the other items showed up one after another, pills, rare herbs, unique ores, and some other things. Kazuki wasn't interested in them as he didn't see anything he needed.
Kazuki waited patiently for the wild beasts eggs.
"Now, the time for the last things to auction has finally come."
The host said loudly with a smile.
Three big eggs with different types of shapes and looks were brought to the stage by an attendant, the size of those three eggs was amazingly big. Being this big indicated that these three eggs were truly from elemental beasts.
Every elemental beast was known for its huge size. So, no wonder that its eggs are that big.
"These three eggs were found in different locations around the savage forest. Now, the initial price of each would be 2000 golden notes. The minimum bid would be 200 golden notes."
The host announced the prices.
After hearing the price, some inexperienced guests who didn't attend a lot of auctions felt dumbstruck. It was an extremely expensive price for a risky thing like this. Someone may pay 2000 golden notes and get nothing in the end.
But experienced people know exactly how precious it is to have a wild elemental beast as a pet. It was worth it for them to take the risk.
"We will go first with this gray colored egg. Start the bidding."
The host said, pointing towards a huge gray egg.
"2000 golden notes."
Kazuki offered
"3000 golden notes."
The owner of the feminine sound said.
"3500 golden notes."
Kazuki offered.
"5000 golden notes."
The owner of the feminine sound offered again.
People looked at Kazuki and the lady at the Vip room number four with bulging eyes as these two were offering money like nothing. It was known that the normal price for an elemental beast's egg was mostly around 3000 golden notes. After seeing the high price of 4000 golden notes, Those who wanted to bid for the eggs earlier could only sigh in helplessness.
"5000 golden notes from room number four. Does anyone want to bid more? No one? Okay, this gray egg is sold to the young lady at the Vip room of number four."
The host said.
"This second red egg would be the next, start the bidding."
"2500 golden notes."
Kazuki offered.
"5000 golden notes."
The young lady offered.
A lot of people were curious about the young lady's background, this young lady's background is definitely extraordinary. A lot of people thought to themselves.
"Attendant Lee, how much money had you brought with you?."
Kazuki asked.
To be continued.