This was the first time DeWitt had met Mr. Lowell's wife.

The other party called himself Erin, and his words and deeds gave people a good impression of being dignified and well-behaved, although his appearance was ordinary, but he was better than being youthful, out of politeness, he did not look at the other party too much, and he was keenly aware of the temperament problem mentioned by the butler Bernie in the conversation so far.

Especially at the moment of shaking hands, his always unwavering mood actually had violent waves, but he covered this up well with a smile.

This feeling is very strange, as the butler Bernie said, it is obvious that it is the first time to meet, but you will subconsciously feel humble and afraid in front of her, and even have the strange idea of wanting to bow and worship, if you don't deliberately experience it, it is difficult for ordinary people to find this.

At the end of the simple greetings, DeWitt directly said his intention.

"Banquet?"

To be honest, Xia Lan still has a superficial understanding of the process of the auction, which is nothing more than admission, auction, finalization, backstage checkout transactions, etc., and the so-called banquet has no idea what is going on.

"Yes." De Witt seemed to see his confusion and explained: "The underground auctions in Montrés are not limited to simple auctions, and each time before the auction, the organizers will hold a banquet to invite all the guests, to exchange with each other and take what they need, or to promote some kind of relationship and cooperation. ”

"I see." Xia Lan nodded. I roughly understood the meaning of the banquet. "When are we leaving?"

"It's still early. Admission is available before the evening. DeWitt said. Reaching out and taking out a beautiful paper document from his arms, he handed it to Xia Lan and said, "This is the list of auction items I received yesterday, Mr. Lowell may wish to see if there is anything you are interested in in it." ”

Xia Lan took the list and looked at it quietly, there were many types of auction varieties in it, the classification was clear, the introduction was detailed, and the auction order and reserve price were clearly marked, so I had to admit the rigor and professionalism of the auction from this point alone.

Adelina, who was sitting beside him, poked her little head and looked at the list in Xia Lan's hand with curiosity, her big round and bright eyes full of surprise. After all, many of the auction items on the list were unheard of by her, giving people an eye-opening feeling.

"Rune Sword?"

When Xia Lan turned to the last page of the list, his eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help but murmur.

"Mr. Lowell, you are interested in the rune sword, one of the finales of this auction?" DeWitt, who had been keeping an eye on Xia Lan, spoke at the right time.

After carefully reading the introduction of the rune sword on the list, Xia Lan casually threw the list to Adelina and said, "That's right, although the list says that this ash rune sword has been damaged and repaired, but even so, I still wonder how this precious treasure could enter the auction in Monteres. ”

The rune sword infused with the power of the law is a powerful weapon beyond the mortal world, and it is not a grade at all compared to the inscription sword, if the inscription sword is the ultimate of cold weapons. The Rune Sword is a hot weapon that surpasses cold weapons.

The forging of the rune sword is extremely difficult, first of all, the forger must have the strength of the law realm. And the forging ability belongs to the master level, and the materials for forging rune swords are precious and scarce, and it is difficult to collect them alone, the most important thing is that the process of forging rune swords is extremely dangerous, and the slightest carelessness will endanger life, and most of the rune swords that are now circulating on the Elderan continent are from other eras in history, and since the beginning of the New Moon Apocalypse, there are only a handful of successfully forged rune swords, so the preciousness of the rune sword can be imagined, even if it is a damaged and repaired rune sword.

"I happen to know a little bit about the origin of this runic sword, I heard that fishermen on the coast of PolyLanka accidentally dug it out of the mud layer of the seabed while fishing for pearl shells, and then it made it to the auction of the Singret trading market." De Witt said: "After several appraisals by the auction appraiser, after determining that the power of this rune sword after being damaged and repaired is severe and cannot be restored, otherwise, the auction will not push it out for auction, but even the rune sword with a big problem is not comparable to ordinary inscription swords, plus there are many people who are lucky to restore the rune sword, it is conceivable that this rune sword will be pushed to an unprecedented height when it is auctioned." ”

"I wonder what you think the final price of this rune sword will be, Mr. DeWitt?"

The low price of the rune sword is marked as 100,000 gold coins, but the real value of the auction item is often several times or even dozens of times more than the initial low price, relying on the original ransacking of the treasury of Viscount Moron of Sisinia and the subsequent theft of Claydo. Aoqi's property, now Xia Lan's entire net worth is only about 1.2 million gold coins, don't look at this number is very huge, even comparable to a small principality's financial income for a year, but in front of people whose wealth has accumulated to a certain level, this money is not worth mentioning at all, because in the eyes of people at these levels, money is often just a bunch of numbers.

"According to my conservative estimate, this rune sword is very likely to be sold at a price between two million and three million, after all, among the people who came to participate in the auction this time, there are several wealthy noble merchants, and they are bound to get the rune sword, so the final transaction price will definitely be speculated to a sky-high price." DeWitt calmly analyzed.

"That's a shame." Xia Lan shook her head and sighed.

DeWitt heard the meaning of giving up from Mr. Lowell's words, and roughly judged his financial resources, to which he could only comfort: "Hehe, in these big auction games, we are often just foils, just get used to it, just see the world." ”

"I can't see that Mr. DeWitt is in a very peaceful and natural state of mind." Xia Lan smiled.

"Because I believe that a good mindset can often change lives." DeWitt smiled indifferently.

"There are other things to do down there, I'm afraid I can't greet you for the time being, and during this time of going to the banquet, Mr. DeWitt might as well rest here for a while." At this time, Xia Lan suddenly said apologetically.

"Mr. Lowell is polite, I should have disturbed you." DeWitt said.

"Bernie, please take Mr. DeWitt to the guest room on the second floor to rest." Xia Lan instructed the butler who was waiting not far away.

"Yes, my master."

After the butler said this respectfully, DeWitt got up from the sofa with a sense of humor, and after a while, the two left the living room.

"Erin, I'm sorry I can't take you to the banquet and auction in the evening, after all, someone needs to supervise the house." Xia Lan reached out and took a sip of the teacup on the table, turned her head to Adelina who was still looking through the list of auction items beside her.

"I know." Adelina hung her head, looking a little emotional.

Since moving to this manor villa, she has never left here, and she basically stays in the real yàn room of the underground warehouse on weekdays to monitor Winnie and Magnison, and when she hands over to Xia Lan at night, she returns to the bedroom alone to rest, such a repetitive and boring day is simply depressing, and Xia Lan and Xia Lan have little time to spend with each other.

She is a smart and sensible girl, she knows her current situation, understands that everything Xia Lan does is for herself, in order not to cause trouble to Xia Lan, she can only silently endure the life in front of her.

"Erin, hold on for a while, and sooner or later I'll give you a free life." Xia Lan put her arm around Adrina's shoulders and reached out to caress her head softly.

"Hmm." Adelina muttered, snuggled in Xia Lan's arms with a well-behaved face, and for a moment, she seemed to remember something, raised her head to look at Xia Lan and said, "Lowell, when I shook hands with Mr. DeWitt just now, I seemed to have an inexplicable feeling of peeping......"

"Don't take it to heart, although this Mr. DeWitt is not a simple person, he is just not simple." Charan understated. "Even if he finds out something strange about you, he will never be able to guess your identity."

"Really? I hope so. Adelina didn't think much of it, and nodded in approval of Xia Lan's answer.

The summer sun shines through the stained glass windows, and the sweltering heat makes people feel restless, and when the sun sets, the summer breeze that sets off a heat wave finally becomes cool, the annoying cicada chirping gradually subsides, and people can be seen talking and laughing everywhere under the shade of the big trees in the streets.

Single Trading Market.

Horse-drawn carriages drove along the wide road, presenting a lively scene of neighing of people and horses.

Ansel stepped out of the carriage, looked up at the richly decorated clubhouse number in front of him, and muttered a broken word, and then he let a young squire lead him inside.

"What a rarity, Inspector Ansel."

In the opulent banquet hall, as soon as Ansel entered the door, he heard a warm voice in his ears from a distance.

Following the prestige, I saw a tall man in a neat black dress walking over.

"Monsieur Rolsay, long time no see." After recognizing the person in front of him, Ansel smiled and said, "What? Don't you welcome me? ”。

"Hehe, with your identity, who dares not welcome you!" Rorsey shook hands with Anse Air and smiled. "After getting the notification that you are coming, do you think I am not the first to greet you?"

"Rolsay, don't gossip, you know what I'm here for." Ansel tore off the polite words and said directly.

"Inspector Ansel, since we have something to talk about, we might as well wait until the banquet and auction are over, because I can't afford to neglect the guests here today." Rorsey still smiled.

"No problem, it just so happens that I also want to see this auction that has been famous in Montrex for a long time." (To be continued......)