Chapter 59: The Sky-high Price of "Omellet Rice"

After eating, the group visited the town again.

Elizabeth bought a hairpin for Slokay from the vendor, much to Slokay's delight.

Although he secretly bought one for Miss Shelly, and then went to the bookstore to buy a few books for Serastia.

In the end, I didn't know what to buy for Becas and Lloyd Scott, and after struggling for a long time, I listened to Slokay's words and simply didn't buy them!

Then, just as she was about to go back, Elizabeth's eyes were drawn to a signboard.

"Huh? A three-day auction? In this kind of place? Elizabeth was curious.

"This is the auction of the Decca Chamber of Commerce." Field replied.

"I still know about the Deca Chamber of Commerce! But why would it open in such a town? Elizabeth continued.

Elizabeth also knows that the Deka Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in the kingdom, selling almost everything, from pots and pans to horse-drawn carriages and sailboats, why would there be auctions in such a rural place.

"It's not clear." Field replied to Elizabeth. Elizabeth, however, walked straight over.

Then the little brother guarding the counter outside saw Elizabeth, who looked like a civilian, coming over, and was about to make a fuss, and then saw that Field was also coming, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately he was not impulsive.

"I'm signing up!" As soon as Elizabeth came over, she shouted to the little brother guarding the counter.

"This young lady, the auction of our Deca Chamber of Commerce is only for nobles and merchants." The little brother said apologetically.

In Elizabeth's opinion, it is true that she is not a bit aristocratic in her current civilian attire.

"Elizabeth, do you want to participate?" Field and Slokaj followed.

"Hello, Lord Field." The guy at the counter saw Field coming and immediately saluted him.

"I'm curious! After all, I haven't seen it! I want to check it out. Elizabeth saw Field coming, and came over with sparkling eyes.

"Well, these two are the eldest and second ladies of Duke Ibekar's family, so can they participate in your auction?" Field didn't dare Elizabeth to look at each other, but turned his face away and asked the guy at the counter.

"Huh? It turned out to be the daughter of the Duke, and there was a lot of rudeness just now, and the two eldest ladies could participate. The counter brother looked awe-inspiring and said respectfully.

And I'm still secretly glad in my heart, I was lucky to have a good attitude just now! Otherwise, if you offend the duke's family, you don't have to mess around.

"So...... Please sign your name here. ”

After Elizabeth and Slokaj signed, Field came over to sign it.

"Huh? Field, do you want to participate too? Elizabeth asked.

"The auction won't start until tomorrow afternoon, so it's better for me to be in charge of the safety of the two tomorrow."

"Tsk......" Hearing Field say this, Slokay suddenly smashed his mouth again.

Why does my sister like to smash her mouth so much lately? Elizabeth was confused.

Then Elizabeth and her entourage, who had signed up, went home.

The next day, Elizabeth and Slokay, dressed in their dresses, visited the town again under the guidance of Field.

But this time they didn't come to go shopping, but to go directly to the auction and see the world, so when they arrived, the auction was almost about to start.

"Please, Miss." Before entering the venue, the staff handed Elizabeth a small mask for masquerade.

"Huh? This is? Elizabeth was confused, after all, she didn't know the rules of the auction for the first time.

"This is used to disguise their identity, and the people who come to the auction are nobles and merchants. Therefore, it is still necessary to hide your identity and avoid holding grudges when you raise prices with each other. Field explained.

I see! After all, they are all aristocrats and merchants, and it would be bad if they were remembered when they were shooting.

But can this thing really hide its identity? Looking at the mask in her hand, which was as small as a clown's glasses, Elizabeth was very skeptical.

Elizabeth, Slokay and Field each entered the field with their masks on.

Outcome......

Disappointed......

Elizabeth was disappointed, and had thought that the auction would be the kind of spectacle she had seen on television before.

As a result, there were not many people, including Elizabeth and her party, there were probably only a dozen people, and the whole venue was extremely dim, and there was no atmosphere at all.

Elizabeth has already regretted her rash decision yesterday, but it has already come, and it would be rude to leave directly!

So Elizabeth still took the plunge.

When the auction starts, it's not a precious gem! It's just some precious vessel, something like that.

Elizabeth, who had completely lost interest, was bored, and she had bought a new book that she had planned to give to Serastile yesterday, and Elizabeth had read it all night.

Now, Elizabeth dozed off and finally fell asleep directly on Slokay's shoulder.

Field also noticed Elizabeth's condition and wanted to wake her up, but when he saw Slokay staring at him with a resentful face, he immediately gave up.

"Finally...... Lot ...... Eggs! In a daze, Elizabeth seemed to hear the egg.

Egg? Egg? Omelette rice!

"I want it!" Then Elizabeth, who suddenly came to her senses, stood up and cried out.

This frightened the audience.

"This young lady, please raise the sign to bid, so good, there is already a young lady who has bid, 600 gold coins, is there anything higher?" The host was not affected and continued the auction.

Only then did Elizabeth realize that she was not in the hotel, but at the auction!

It's a shame to be embarrassed, but it's good to wear a mask! No one knows, but fortunately.

"My sister wants this!" Slokay's eyes lit up.

Elizabeth sat down stupidly, not noticing that there was something completely wrong with Slokay beside her.

"The gentleman over there has raised 700 gold coins, is there anything higher?"

Slokay silently held up the sign.

"Okay, 800 gold! This young lady here. ”

Hey? Elizabeth came back to her senses and noticed that there was a very big egg on the stage now, probably bigger than a basketball. What is it? Elizabeth muttered.

"Good! The gentleman over there just raised his card again! 900 gold coins! ”

Slokay held up the sign again.

Hey? Slokay wants to buy that egg? And it's 900 gold coins! Elizabeth had a question mark on her head.

"Slokai? Slokay? Elizabeth pulled Laslokaj's sleeve.

"Wait, sister! Slokay immediately slapped the egg off. Slokay said to Elizabeth with a crimson face.

Hey? Hey? Hey? Why would Slokaj want that inexplicable egg so much? Elizabeth was completely confused.

"I'll give out 2,000 gold coins!" The one who had been bidding with Slokay directly shouted his bid.

2000 gold coins!! Although Elizabeth didn't know much about the concept of money in this world, she knew that 2,000 gold coins was a huge amount of money.

Anyway, the voice of this guy is so familiar? I always feel like I've heard it somewhere?

"Tsk! 3000! Slokay also went up and shouted out the price of 3,000.

"So, 5000." Before the host could speak, the one over there made another bid.

Hearing this price, Slokay's face suddenly became ugly, and it was rare to see Slokay biting his thumb nails, Elizabeth was an older sister after all, and she also knew that Slokay had the habit of biting her nails when she was anxious.

"Slokai? What's wrong! Isn't it just an egg, so expensive, don't shoot it. Elizabeth whispered to Slokay.

However, at this time, it was not that Slokaj did not want to continue to lift, but that he was really beyond his budget.

"Haven't had a higher yet? None of them! Then it's a deal! "The host struck the hammer, and it was the same as the world over there.

Then Slokay stood up in chagrin. He glared indignantly at the masked gentleman who had raised the price with him.

"Don't think you've won! Sister, let's go! Slokay just didn't understand the situation at all, and Elizabeth, who was the culprit, left the venue.

Field, who looked inexplicable, also followed.

What's going on here? Elizabeth was completely stunned.