Chapter 26
The manager then led them to the second floor . From this interaction, John understood that Joseph was a regular here and hence allowed to sit on the second floor . There was a huge platform in front of them in the Auction hall and all the three floors could see the Auction platform from their floors .
On the topmost floor there were nobles of many different regions and countries present today . However, it was mostly the offspring who liked to spend their money and not the other way since the Nobles would only come to auctions if there was something very valuable sold at the auctions .
Those Auctions were mainly held in the cities of Dukes and the Imperial city of Royal Family .
In the topmost floor the Main manager of the auction was entertaining various other nobles . This included the demon lady and her entourage as well . The demon lady had 2 gray horns, she had bluish-gray long curly hair, Blue round pupils, big eyes, she was a tall woman with a height of 6 feet 1 inch and bluish gray lips, she had a blue crown on her head which had 5 sharp leaf like points, she wore a tight one-piece skirt dress, which had black as background and sky blue as patterns on the black background, she wore indigo color gloves, she wore blue heels and black socks which reached her knees, she was quite a beauty with a full bust and full bottom, while on her right hand was a long dark blue thorn with a black handle as a weapon, she had a white complexion with indigo ribbon tied behind her head, she also wore a cape behind her back which was black from outside and dark blue from inside, she also wore a necklace with a sky blue pearl, she looked like a 25 year old beauty which had all the aura of royalty . It seemed that she wore something which was something unique in Aelius kingdom but those Nobles weren’t flustered a bit and then Joseph explained to John that the demoness wore the Royalty clothes of Fire Abyss kingdom . Her name was Diana Bluesea and she was the daughter of Duke Bluesea of the Fire Abyss kingdom . Their family was adept in Water and Dark arts from their bloodline . They were one of the 4 Dukes of the Fire Abyss kingdom .
Her entourage was Grand as well with numerous knights and magicians with a maid and a butler beside her at all times . Many of the noble children were trying to start a conversation with her but to no avail as she simply ignored them . It was her maid and butler who declined the nobles politely so as to not tear their faces fully . It seemed she was only interested in the Auction held today in Pearl City .
This time the announcer brought the next item . Previously the unimportant or only common items were sold . This time main items were starting to be presented after a long wait . The manager aswell ran down and started arranging the security guards for the protection of the items as they didn’t like to take chances .
As it was the main show, the Manager decided to hold the auction from now on then announced the first item,
"The first item presented this time is a longevity potion which is useful for all races and this was specially made by one of the court magician and herbalist from the Aelius kingdom, This potion can increase the age limit of a person by 15 years, I am certain all of you are astonished by the first item presented this time around . This item was specially bought by our auction 3 days back from one of the princes, though we still can’t disclose which prince sent the item . The starting price of this potion will start from 50 gold coins . "
There were voices of exclamation from the 3rd floor as nobles were scrambling to bid on this item . However many understood from the announcement of the manager why the potion managed to land its way in this auction instead of the auction at imperial city or cities of dukes .
But many Nobles still bid on it as it was rare to get a longevity potion and most of them were grabbed by Big nobles and royal family for training their knights .
"55 gold coins"
"60 gold coins"
"70 gold coins," said one of the barons .
After the bidding stopped at 200 golds coins and momentum stumped a bit . Then the Butler of Miss Diana stood up and bid 500 gold coins .
John wasn’t really interested in this potion plus he remembered Joseph’s initial warning that he shouldn’t offend the great nobles so he didn’t try it as he was new in Pearl city and Marquis Ray’s dominion .
Then a series of items were auctioned off .
The Manager announced the next item this time around "The next item this time is one of the long thorn swords made by the craftsmen of Bluesea family from the Fire Abyss kingdom . This time Miss Diana decided to auction off one of the swords crafted by her family as she hopes to show off the majesty of Bluesea craftsmen . This sword will be started with a bid of 100 gold coins . "
"120 gold coins"
"150 gold coins"
"200 gold coins"
Then suddenly came a bid of 1000 gold coins from John’s seat . John had decided to buy this Sword as he was always using the rugged sword bought from George earlier and wanted to equip an excellent sword and from his calculations, he deemed this sword worth of at least 2000 gold coins .
John bid earlier as he wanted to scare off the potential competitors for the sword . Many nobles in the second floor stared at John, they thought he was someone new as they didn’t recognize him but understood that John was with Joseph after watching them sit in the same box .
Meanwhile, Diana’s maid said to Diana,
"Miss, it seems that this guy isn’t buying that sword to show you off and buying it for his own practical use . Isn’t it quite amusing that we see such a guy after a long time"
The Old butler remarked as well "Well that seems to be true, as after watching his attire he looks like a guy with multiple professions mainly sneaky techniques and it also happens that he also knows that boy from the Morgan family . Recently our men said that it was this boy Joseph who brought those new soaps from north to sell over here . His father hid it quite well but as we know his own brothers sold off the information .
Additionally don’t you think this guy who has bid for the sword has some relation with the soaps? Plus from looking at the reactions of these Noble children, none of them know this guy . I don’t think a nobody would have this kind of money to spend on a sword . "
From the explanation and conclusion of the butler, the maid was quite astonished . She knew that the old man was quite a crafty, sly and unpredictable guy . But just by looking at Joseph and the bid from John the Old man deduced so much from the information of his men .