"Mei'er, wake up, is anyone in this house?" Ayton looked vigilant, his ears listening carefully... However, there was no movement.

"Whew... Master, what's wrong? Could it be that last night... Huh?" Mei'er leaned out halfway through her words, stretching out as if she had just woken up.

Gu Ayton knew that she didn't need to sleep at all in this form, and he didn't have the intention of joking at this time, so he quickly ran to the second floor: "Mei'er, help me see if there are anyone else around here."

The little succubus realized that there was a sudden emergency, closed his eyes and concentrated, and the entire structure of the mansion was like a variety of dotted lines connected together, two thermal images, and an illusory black mist-like figure came to mind.

But it was just Ayton, Ariel, and the soul body herself, Mei'er shook her head and complained, "Master, there is no one else in this house..."

Ayton had also come to the bedroom door at this time, and the sound of the girl's even breathing came into his ears, and after hesitating for a moment, he moved away and walked gently towards the first floor.

"Someone came last night, did you find anything"

"Has anyone been? sure?" Mei'er floated behind Ayton, her two demon wings slightly agitated, her sharp tail curled into a question mark.

"100% sure. Ayton had already arrived at the place where the incident occurred, half-crouched on the ground, and picked up the small piece of paper on the ground with a solemn expression, and the mark he made was by no means something that the night wind could blow.

It's just that... Ayton slowly looked up at the closed door in front of him, behind which there were no precious items, just the storage of the new food he had bought yesterday.

This small room was adjacent to the kitchen next door, and he planned to use it to stock up on food for a long time. Secondly, the forge room used to study muskets and forge weapons is also on the first floor, but there is no sign that no one has touched it.

Mei'er used her mental power to reconnoiter and scan it again, making sure that there was no one around, and said leisurely: "Just go in and see..."

"Hmm—" Ayton nodded, pushing the door slightly.

Sure enough!

Food theft...

Ayton couldn't help but hold his forehead, he had heard that the southern district was chaotic, and there were thieves, ruffians, and hooligans, but someone really stole from him, and the most important thing was that he didn't even notice it overnight... It can be seen that the other party is professional.

"The hosts... This..."Mei'er looked very strange.

Ayton counted the stolen food, which was just a daily serving, and there were still two days left.

It's just that this incident really scared him, looking out the window, this is not like a dark cave, which can be blocked by an iron door like that, with low walls, broken windows, and untended weeds and vines around the house, you can sneak in casually.

If the master comes to assassinate... The unsuspecting two are likely to suffer from this.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

A crisp and pleasant girl's voice came from behind him, and Ayton turned his head to see the familiar delicate figure standing by the door.

"Someone came last night and some of our food was stolen..."

"What?, food was stolen!" Ariel stared in disbelief, for the first time since she was a child, she found out that something had been stolen.

"Master, since it's okay, I'll go back first" Mei'er seemed to be deliberately avoiding Ariel, yawning and turning into a pink glow that sank into Ayton's chest.

Ayton was a little depressed: "Forget it, it's okay now, I'll do some anti-theft measures in the next two days, I'm going to cook now, you go around and check if there are any traces"

Ariel let out a growl in her stomach, nodded obediently, and turned to go to the backyard.

Ayton touched the obsidian membership card in his pocket, nine o'clock this morning is the start time of the auction, it is not early, he also wants to see how the 'epic' longsword he has built will sell, and see if there are any good things to buy.

Speaking of the auction, he suddenly remembered that the last time in the underground auction of Thorn City, in order to track down the human nobles who bought Emerald Bessi, he deliberately bought a useless mutilated treasure map, which was really useless, but Ayton was reluctant to discard it, so he kept it in the Fraud Orb.

......

After about a quarter of an hour, Ayton had just made two bowls of hot rice porridge, and Ariel came to the kitchen door with a brisk pace, and said urgently: "Brother, I found footprints, come and see." ”

Ayton was slightly stunned, originally just sent her to go outside for activities, not to let her disturb herself in the kitchen, but she didn't expect that she could really find some traces.

"It's beautiful, serve the porridge first, let's go and have a look"

......

Follow Ariel to the side of the mansion, where a narrow aisle connects the front yard to the back yard, overgrown with weeds, and the walls on both sides are slightly narrow, making it difficult for ordinary people to climb over them.

"Brother, this is it!" Ariel looked determined, holding the bowl in one hand and pointing to a weed with the other.

Out of the corner of Ayton's eye, she focused on her white fingers, which were now stained with a thin layer of dirt.

Put down the dishes and chopsticks, and gently remove the weeds that obviously have trampling marks, and there is a small footprint printed inside.

"Brother, how is it? I'm amazing," the corners of Ariel's mouth rose, and a cute little tiger tooth was exposed.

"Mmmm, it's amazing, I won't eat porridge at noon today, I'll take you out for a good meal. ”

"No, I just want to eat what you made," the girl pouted.

"Whatever you want, then let's go to the vegetable market again to buy a good meal" Ayton smiled faintly, turning his head to stare at the shallow footprints on the dirt, his eyes full of solemnity.

The footprints are not big, there are no shoe lines, the other party should have wrapped a layer of cloth on the feet, I don't know if it is a man or a woman.

The soil is soft, the footprints are very shallow, and the other party's weight should be very light, Ayton thought about it, and said to the girl next to him: "Ariel, stretch your feet over"

Ariel instantly understood what he meant, and her slender and smooth jade feet stepped lightly beside the footprints.

After moving away, Ayton was surprised to find that the footprints were actually a little smaller than Ariel's, and the depth was shallower, could it be that the other party was lighter than her... Child?!

For some reason, Ayton thought of the little girl Raya he had met in the East End the day before yesterday, she was estimated to be only twelve years old, and she was also agile and agile, and had the ability to steal.

If that's her, then what's the reason...

"Brother, could it be that person?" Ariel also thought of Raya, who was particularly difficult that day, and it was said that she also had the title of 'demon' in the South District, and I don't know how she came to be...

"I don't know," Ayton gestured with his hand to the size of the footprints, keeping them in his mind, waiting to confirm them when we see each other later.

"Eat now, we're going to wait for some obsidian auction"

"Another human auction, brother, you don't want to buy a woman to take home and raise, do you?" Ariel's eyes narrowed slightly, and her eyes looked Ayton up and down.

Ayton almost squirted out the porridge in her mouth, the chopsticks flipped in the palm of her hand, and the other end tapped lightly on her brain.

"What to buy or not to buy a woman, we went to a regular auction this time, not the disgraceful industry last time!"

In the so-called formal auction, the things auctioned should be some rare treasures, and the source is more right, not like the underground stolen goods of unknown origin, and there is no such thing as sex-slavery.

Forehead... Probably not.

Ayton hadn't been to the auction in Huangyao City either, so he wasn't sure in his heart, in short, he wouldn't do that kind of boring thing...

......

After breakfast, the two walked out of the door, and suddenly out of the corner of her eye, Ariel noticed a small basket at the door, which seemed to store several... Egg?

"Brother, look..."

Ayton followed her gaze, and suddenly his face became very strange, obviously he had just arrived in Huangyao City for a few days, why was he targeted by so many people?

As a dark elf, he originally wanted to keep a low profile!

The small basket contained five or six eggs, and there was no trap in sight, so Ayton stepped forward to lift the basket and looked at it carefully, but there was nothing unusual.

"Who did this, brother?" said Ariel, looking at her suspiciously.

"Don't look at me, I don't know" Ayton carried the basket into the front yard gate, and locked the gate once it was settled.

"Don't worry about that for now, we'll know later," Ayton pulled the girl and walked side by side towards the East End.

If stealing food last night was hostile to them, then today's egg delivery is undoubtedly a gesture of favor or gratitude, as for who...

Warren, a teenager from the South Side, who is good at seizing opportunities, Kenich, a gangster in the South Side, Reiner, the only son of a restaurant couple, Lehner, a down-and-out businesswoman in the East Side?

Or maybe it was Eva's mother and daughter who met yesterday at the vegetable market? Or maybe it was the nameless poor girl he unintentionally rescued from the black hands the day before yesterday...

The faces of these people blended together, and he was really confused...

I don't know, Ayton simply didn't think about it so much, the two of them came all the way to the East District, standing outside a luxurious building, all of them came in and out of the clothes were either rich or expensive, and the status was prominent, and they were more or less followed by some entourage guards.

Ayton was the only one behind Ariel, and she was still dressed in the out-of-home adventurer's outfit, which was convenient for fighting, and she carried three weapons with her, if it weren't for the beautiful faces of these two people, you could be sure that they were foreign dirt buns just from their clothes.

From time to time, the attendants standing at the door cast disdainful glances, warning the idlers not to approach.

Ayton looked around and confirmed that this was the site of the obsidian auction, and that it was at this chamber that the dwarf Chili auctioned his own weapons, and he deliberately did not come with him in order to hide his identity.

Even if they meet, the two will pretend not to know each other...

"I'm sorry, guest, there's a major auction going on inside, so we're not selling anything yet..."

Seeing the young man and woman walking straight towards him, the attendant stopped the way with a blank face.

"Auctions, we're participating in auctions," Ariel paused, her face a little displeased.

Ayton knew that their group of dog-eyed attendants were too lazy to talk nonsense, so they directly took out the black VIP card.

The attendant just wanted to expel the two of them, but this ordinary-looking teenager actually took out a black VIP card, and his speech suddenly became stammering.

"I'm sorry, honorable young master, just now the villain had no eyes, please inside, please inside..."

Ayton raised his eyebrows: "Why didn't you respect other people so much just now?"

The gatekeeper hurriedly bowed his head: "You are a black member, this is the right thing to do... It should be"

"Black member?" Ayton touched the bland black membership card in his hand, whether it was texture or thickness, it was much stronger than the black card given by the old man of the Thorn Chamber of Commerce, could it be that this Obsidian Chamber of Commerce was still graded?

Hearing the questioning tone in Ayton's mouth, the attendant explained respectfully: "Yes, our Obsidian Chamber of Commerce membership card is divided into three levels, and the one in the young master's hand is the highest level of black. ”

Ayton glanced around, and there were still people coming in and out of the door.

"Well, let's go in first."

"Yes..."The attendant turned sideways and led the two to the auction site.