"Who is that Miss Merlin?" asked Hilvert as she looked at the departing figure of a girl in front of her.

"I'll go and inquire right away. The butler Albert was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted...... My own adult's mistake of messing with flowers and grass has been committed again.

Hilwitt liked Albert's cleverness, but he advised: "Go and check where she lives and how she lives on the ship, and pay special attention to whether anyone is secretly protecting her." ”

Albert, the butler, was familiar with this kind of thing, and bought off the crew for a hundred gold coins, and easily obtained Merlin's details, and put them into writing and handed them to Hilvert, who was a very strict wizard and had a habit of putting everything into documents.

"I live in a sea view cabin, and I need 1,000 gold coins a day, which seems to be quite wealthy. Such a young, beautiful and rich young lady did not have a single servant...... Maybe it's the aristocratic lady who ran away from home, she must have seen too much. Hehe, that's what makes such a prey interesting, Albert, where was our first hunting scene?"

A sea view cabin is a room with a window and costs half as much as an enclosed inner cabin.

Albert immediately said: "My lord, the auction you are going to participate in tonight will probably have more than a hundred guests participating, and the total number of people is about three hundred. ”

Hilwether thought for a moment and said, "Well, ask me Nashy to ask for an invitation to the auction of the collection, don't sign it, let the waiter give me the prey, and say that a big man on the ship specially invited her to go." ”

Albert hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, you are really wise, as long as the little nobleman hears the invitation of the big man, he will definitely be impatient." ”

Hilvet laughed, "Clean up the room, today is my night with Miss Merlin, it's a romantic night." ”

Albert, of course, knew what his master was, and he hurried away to do his business for Hilvert.

As night fell, Merlin returned to the cabin, but was stopped by a waiter.

The waiter politely handed over a beautiful light purple invitation and said, "Miss Merlin, a big man on the ship has asked me to bring you this invitation, and I hope you will enjoy it for tonight's auction in Hall Three." ”

Merlin smiled and took it, tossing the waiter a gold coin.

After the waiter left, Merlin opened it and took a look...... She didn't have any impression of this kind of gathering, but she thought it was a little interesting. But she also had some doubts...... Anyway, she is also a person who has received a normal aristocratic etiquette education, and invitations like this should be delivered at least six hours in advance, otherwise it is very impolite, and someone is suspected of not being enough to make up the number, and now there is only less than an hour of time. But since it was a gathering of nobles, the grade would not be too low, and she didn't think much about it.

Back in the cabin to tidy up a bit, Merlin walked towards Hall Three.

The Light Eagle is a luxury passenger ship, which can completely make the guests feel no shaking, so Merlin is willing to pay for this passenger ship.

She arrived ten minutes early, and there were already hundreds of people in Hall 3. There is a buffet table on the left side of the hall, a booth on the right with some collectibles, and a set up auction table in front of it.

The hall was brightly lit, melodious music echoed, and the room was luxuriously and elegantly furnished, revealing an elegant atmosphere everywhere, and Merlin nodded, acknowledging the environment.

A waitress walked over and politely examined her invitation, his expression changing slightly as he looked at it—because it was genuine, but missing a lot of important information.

The waiter looked at Mei Lin carefully again, and said softly: "Honorable miss, this party is a traditional gathering on a passenger ship, and it is an auction with its own collection. Each guest who takes the invitation card has to give a lot, and if you don't want to actually auction it, you can ask a friend to auction it. However, there is a 5% fee for the ship thereafter. ”

"There are still such gatherings. Merlin nodded slightly.

Her gaze quickly scanned the hall and found no one she knew. Ten glittering gold coins appeared out of thin air in her hand and threw them to the waiter: "Thank you for your explanation." ”

She took out another necklace, handed it to the waiter, and said, "I will auction the beauty necklace at a reserve price of 10,000 gold coins......

The waiter excitedly took the gold coin and the beauty necklace, took out a small notebook, and asked respectfully, "Honorable Miss, may I ask your name?"

"Merlin. "It's a common name, and there's no need for Merlin to think of another name.

The waiter made a note of it, and then said, "Invitation number 13225113, Merlene." Lot: A necklace for alchemy jewelry. Do you have any more questions?"

"No more. Merlin said.

"Then congratulations on a great evening. The waiter hurriedly left.

Seeing the waiter leave, Mei Lin's face became gloomy. There is no doubt that the person who delivered the invitation deliberately omitted these details. If it wasn't malicious, then she wouldn't know what malicious. But the strange thing is, when did she become hated?

Could it be the people of the Black Tower or the Valley of the White Fangs?

Merlin shook her head, it is unlikely, on the one hand, these two forces are still facing each other tense on the island of Mindanao, and if they want to take themselves, it is impossible to run to the sea. On the other hand, she was well prepared, and it was impossible for them to keep up, let alone resort to such mischievous tricks.

She wasn't too worried, though. Compared to hiding and running away, if she thinks she is second, no one dares to call her first.

When the time came, everyone arrived one after another, and Merlin naturally saw Hilvert and Albert, but she only had the impression that the two people had 'seemed to have met', so she didn't pay special attention to them.

Before the auction begins, the ship's wizards and appraisers sort the lots into categories, picking out the valuable ones to auction at the auction table, while the other low-priced lots are placed on the right stand. Whoever wants to buy those low-priced lots can write down the invitation number, name and price in the notebook below the lot.

Merlin walked over to the bargain lot and looked at it as she went. There are all things under 10,000 gold coins, mainly jewelry, paintings, porcelain and other handicrafts, and a few alchemical ornaments...... Merlin's beauty necklace is also among them.

Merlin was not interested in low-grade alchemical products, but after looking at a wood sculpture and two pieces of jewelry, and leaving her name in the booklet below, she continued to look at the other collections.

After looking at all the items on the stand, Merlin went back the same way to see if anyone had bid on the three pieces. Merlin's price was 10 percent higher than the market price, and she was sure that no one would compete with her.

However, Merlin saw a glaring name appear underneath her name...... Hilvert, the notepad of all three items has this name.

Is it a coincidence?