Chapter 124: Matvey's Provocation
Seeing three bids with the same name and an extra gold carat, even Afra could tell that Matvey was targeting Lear.
At this time, Matvey came up to her with a tall beauty in his arms and said to her, "Nacia, have you seen this necklace? I will definitely buy it for you." ”
Narcia said sweetly, "Thank you, generous Baron Matvey. "Her father was just an ordinary baron of Crous, and she could only get the equivalent of two thousand carats a year. And this necklace is worth 800 gold carats, which is more valuable than all the jewelry on her body.
Lear hooked his hand at the waiter who had received him, and the waiter trotted over at once.
Lear said, "I'm going to bid on three things, and you watch them for me, and whoever bids on them, you add an extra gold carat in my name." As long as you clap your hands, I will give you two hundred gold carats. ”
"Everything is as you wish, honorable noble lord. The waiter said humbly. The income of the attendants of the magic cruise ship is similar to that of the mid-level warriors of the mercenary group, and the monthly salary is only eight arcane coins, which is equivalent to ten gold carats. They live entirely on the tips of their guests, and on average they only have 30 carats a month. There are very few nobles like Lear who give at least one hundred gold carats.
Matvey deliberately said loudly to Nathea: "You see, the auction is an interesting stage, and there are always people who can't even afford to live in the premium cabin, and for the sake of insignificant vanity, endure the tearing heartache and give away the gold carats they don't know where they got. ”
Lear said to Afra indifferently, "Honey, the auction is over, let's pick up these three things." "Leave with that.
Nathia pretended to say, "Baron, since others also like this necklace, let it be given to them, this necklace is not worth so much money." ”
Matvey smiled and said, "This necklace is worthless, but you are my priceless treasure, you can rest assured, it must be my Nacia who left with this necklace tonight." ”
"My dear Matvey, you are such a fascinating man. Instead of resisting, Nathea half-pushed and half-stuck to Matvey.
Not far away, Afra complained, "This is a nasty nobleman, Lear, we shouldn't buy something that expensive." ”
Lear patted her on the waist and said, "You should see that he is targeting me, and if you don't crush him completely, he'll stick like a fly." He invited me into the auction just to crush me in terms of wealth, so I will compare myself with him as he wishes, hoping that he will not let me down. ”
Afra's beauty is one of the best even in this aristocratic banquet, one after another aristocratic young men come to talk, but Afra stands intimately beside Lear, no matter who accostes her, she can't seem to see, and whispers to Lear.
They politely leave after being rejected, and although they curse in their hearts, they still bless Lear and Afra with their mouths. Those nobles were lucky, because this was a magic cruise ship, and they didn't dare to cause trouble. If it were a banquet in a noble castle, they would definitely find Lear to compare swords, and the ending would be very tragic.
If Lear is alone, he can attract many women, but with Afra, no woman is bored.
An hour later, the auction began, with fourteen high-class lots – there were only thirteen, but the number was too unlucky, and Viscount Iverson, who had summoned the party, offered an ancestral antiquity as the fourteenth lot.
The auctioneer of the Magic Cruises walks up to the auction table and begins to auction the first item. The first lot that thrilled the elegant nobles was a bust of a woman whose arms were broken at the elbows. The statue was created by the master sculptor, Mokello, whose arms were destroyed by his own hands.
"I can't add arms to other statues with these broken arms. These are the words of the master sculptor after destroying the statue, which was called the "perfect hand" and became a top-notch work of art.
Lear had heard a similar story, and he used to think that the statue was a broken perfection like a normal person, but today when he heard the auctioneer tell this story, he realized that Mokelo was a master of marketing among sculptors, blinding everyone with non-existent perfection.
Afra had great respect for Master Mokelo and looked at the statue excitedly.
Lear smiled and said to Afra, "Forget the author of the sculpture, forget his words, forget the two arms that didn't exist in the first place, and look at it again." Don't let the non-existent cover your eyes. ”
Afra said, "But these are there. ”
Lear smiled and didn't speak, he liked it when Afra said that.
Lear is happy when he can't see his arm, and Afra is just as happy when he can see his arm.
Lear asked, "Do you want it?" I'll buy it for you. ”
Who knew that Afra said, "It's not as perfect as the perfect hand in my mind, and I don't want it." ”
As Lear and Afra whispered, the auction house heated up and more and more people were bidding, and the statue of Mokelo was enough to show off their money, which was more of a taste than gold.
Lear had no interest in any of these things, as he chose the longsword in front of the general instead of the earl's crown.
In the end, the statue attracted an earl of the Ona Kingdom who lived on the second floor of the cruise ship, who rushed here from the second floor and auctioned it off for 340,000 arcane coins, which converted into nearly 410,000 gold carats, which was enough to buy two pieces of high-grade magic equipment.
This price far exceeds the estimate, in fact, there are many works by Mokello, and the market price of this "perfect hand" is around 200,000 yuan.
The first high-priced lot heated up the auction house, and then one item after another was auctioned, and although the later items were not as precious as the "perfect hand", the bidders were very enthusiastic. At the ninth of the auction, the auctioneer declared the lot to belong to Baron Matvey.
It is a mid-level mage that unleashes a small tornado that is enough to destroy a normal castle.
During the auction of the magic guide, Matvey walked up to Lear with Nathia's waist around him, pretending to be depressed and said, "I came in a hurry this time, and I didn't bring anything, so I can only use this magic guide to fill the scene, it's really embarrassing." ”
Nashea was surprised and said, "My dear, you are so humble, you listened to the bidding, and it was 30,000 arcane coins, you are really amazing." ”
With a smug look, Matvey turned to Lear and asked, "Dear Mr. Lear, what is your lot?"
Lear shrugged and said, "You'll find out in a moment." ”
Matvey scoffed and said, "I don't have time to go to the booth to find your lots one by one, I'm not interested in those things that are hundreds of gold carats." ”
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