(Thanks to Zerel for the monthly pass, and the chapters that I just forgot to give!Don't go away!There's still at night!)

The knighthood ceremony and celebration banquet held by the royal family came to a perfect end, but the people of the royal capital were boiling, starting from the news of the great victory in the northwest to the end of the celebration banquet, and cheering for half a month before gradually calming down their emotions.

But it is worth mentioning that after the celebration banquet, a shocking event occurred, that is, their great Lady Sert XV suddenly fell ill yesterday.

As the pillar of the kingdom, as soon as His Majesty the King fell ill, all parties reacted differently, and after both the Temple and the Mage Association came to check the body of the Fifteenth, they both said that they could delay the disease, but even if the patient was cured, His Majesty's body would not be able to support it for long, this is the law of nature, life will be exhausted, and non-human beings can recover. It can be bought for a short time, at most to extend the life of His Majesty the King for half a year, and the price paid is too great.

As soon as this news came out, the group forces led by the two princes had begun to compete for the power of the kingdom from all sides, and some nobles who could not hold their breath were eager to express their stance and occupy a stable position, and of course, some people took a wait-and-see attitude and continued to remain neutral.

Donald, who had planned to return early and did not intend to get involved in this muddy water, decided to stay for an extra day because of a piece of news brought by Ferdinand.

The reason is that the auction house of the Celt United Chamber of Commerce gathered a number of chambers of commerce and forces to prepare to take advantage of this grand event to hold a large-scale auction on the third day after the end of the celebration banquet. An auction of this scale was unprecedented for Selt, and there were even many foreign forces involved.

When Donald heard the news, he was moved.

In addition to accepting the king's reward and following Messer's instructions to enter the library of the Kingdom Mage Association, there is also an incidental purpose to make the production of the Night Manor famous in the royal capital.

Originally, Donald planned to entrust Catherine as an agent to deal with this, and although the countess from a business family had not been committed to business for three generations, she still had a lot of experience and channels in this area.

This auction saved them a lot of effort, as long as they could participate in the auction, the production of Night Manor would be an instant hit.

The auction houses in the royal capital are far from being comparable to those in Boulder City, there are several of them alone, the largest is the Celt Royal Auction House run by the royal family, and the most famous is the United Chamber of Commerce Auction House formed by several large chambers of commerce in the royal capital.

In contrast to the Celtic Royal Auction House, which can only be attended by nobles, the United Chamber of Commerce Auction House is open to everyone, but it requires at least 1,000 gold soles of funds to enter.

Whether it is a nobleman or a wealthy businessman, a powerful professional or a good adventurer, or even a lucky commoner, as long as the conditions are met, they can participate in the auction or offer a lot.

So on the day Donald got the news, he took the countess to the auction house of the United Chamber of Commerce and went through the procedures for consigning the auction.

Of course, the Ferdinand siblings also joined in the fun, and although they are the younger generation of the Ansel family, they basically lack nothing, but if they come across a favorite item, it is also a pleasure to take a picture of it!

On the day of the auction, although there was news that His Majesty the King was seriously ill, the atmosphere in the royal capital was still relatively warm. As a result, the previous tension was diluted.

Donald and his party came to the auction house early and sat on the second floor of the special seat for the powerful. After all, the identities of Ferdinand's siblings are there, and Donald is a hot upstart in the kingdom and an important consignor of this auction, so the auction house naturally has to arrange a good position for them.

Many people at the meeting were talking in small voices, from the situation in the kingdom to the content of this auction, of course, there were many people like Donald who were not very interested in politics and had a harmonious atmosphere.

At this time, I saw a handsome middle-aged man on the auction table come up to the stage, this auctioneer who is obviously a relatively famous auctioneer in the royal capital, as soon as he came to the stage, there was a good voice.

The auctioneer thanked him again and again, and then bowed politely to the audience, and said with a full heart:

First of all, let us thank His Majesty the great Celt XV for his strong support for this auction, and His Majesty the King and Queen are also here today!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was puzzled, until the lights came on the stand facing the auction table in the center of the second floor, and His Majesty the King, who had been rumored to be seriously ill for the past two days, was sitting on it with a very good complexion, and the beautiful queen was sitting next to her, protected by guards.

His Majesty Celt XV left the palace and appeared in the auction house, so the rumors of serious illness before were naturally self-defeating, and the crowd present was shocked, and after coming to their senses, everyone, regardless of nobles and commoners, couldn't help but stand up and salute the position of the central stand.

Even Catherine, who had been following the queen, didn't know about it, Donald looked at Ferdinand beside him and kept smiling, not surprised by the sudden appearance of His Majesty the King, obviously knowing some inside information in advance, so he also had some guesses about the occurrence of this incident, but whether His Majesty the King was seriously ill or not had little to do with him, so he didn't think too much about it.

His Majesty Sert XV nodded in response to everyone, and then stretched out his hand to signal the auctioneer to continue.

The auctioneer then announces the start of the auction and launches the first lot.

The first lot is a famous painting by a well-known ancient painter in the mainland, which is very collectible, and the starting price is as high as 1,000 gold soles. This is a means by which the auction is arranged to arouse people's emotions.

Donald had seen a lot of such tactics on television in his previous life, and he was not interested in pure art auctions, so he listened to the bidding around him, but turned his attention in other directions.

Gently glanced at the guests of the auction house, and found that in addition to most of the noble merchants from all over the country wearing ceremonial clothes, there were also many people dressed in strange clothes, and there were even people sitting under them wearing dirty leather armor.

The nobles did not rebuke them directly because of their demeanor, but they were also secretly pointing and discussing.

The middle-aged man didn't care about the nobles' advice and discussions, and he didn't know whether he didn't hear them or disdain them. Those nobles who don't know the origin of this country hunter will not know his terrifying strength, although on this special occasion Donald did not sense with mental power, but with a sensitive sense of touch, although the big man sat there motionless, but Donald felt that the other party seemed to be a fierce and terrifying dragon that wanted to pounce on people, and his eyelids were beating and his heart was restless just by looking at it.

Ferdinand, who was on the side, saw Donald observing the man and said:

"I didn't expect this person to come and join in the fun!"

"Ferdinand, do you know the identity of this man?"

"I've only heard rumors, he should be the most famous bounty hunter in the kingdom, the decapitator Soge, who is famous for his love of cutting off the heads of enemies in the southeast of the kingdom, and the only adventurer with the strength below the silver level who walked into one of the five dangerous places on the continent alone ten years ago and came out alive in the two-headed dragon swamp, and then completed several sensational and difficult tasks one after another, it is said that now the strength is infinitely close to the golden rank, but he has not been able to break through that threshold, but considering that this guy is not yet forty years old, he should still have a great chance to become the third golden powerhouse in the kingdom after my father and Abel Sword Saint！”

Donald sighed in his heart after hearing this.

The sparsely populated Northland has emerged in an endless stream of strong people, so what is the scene on the continent where the strong are like clouds?

Time passed quickly, the auction of some of the previous works of art on the stage had ended, and the next step was the luxury that the aristocracy was pursuing, starting with the black tea provided by Donald in a crystal box and beautifully wrapped in gold silk.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the following lot is a strange mage drink from the northernmost manor of Celt, which grows in the territory of Dalaran in the North County, and the owner of the manor is our kingdom hero, Mage Donald, Lord Baron Melinna!"

This time, the starting price was only one hundred gold solls, but after the auctioneer's witty recommendation, Donald's identity also played a certain role, so that some nobles who were very interested in this mage drink bid one after another, and the price soon grew all the way to three hundred sosores, which was already more than ten times the cost of all the costs of Donald including packaging.

"Five hundred gold soles!"

At this time, a dry voice sounded, and it suddenly raised two hundred gold soles, and all the other bidders present were suppressed.

Donald turned his head to look, only to see that it was an old mage in black robes who made the bid.

As soon as this mage made a bid, the nobles who had heard of black tea but had never seen it were doomed to be disappointed, because this old mage was not only a powerful silver mage himself, but also represented a behemoth like the mage association, so basically no one would have trouble with the mage association for these drinks.

However, not everyone was afraid of the power of the Mage Guild, and soon another voice bid again.

"Five hundred and fifty gold sol!"

Donald looked in the direction of the sound again, and saw a group of nobles dressed as nobles, one of whom was a young woman, who seemed to be interested in the unheard of mage drink. Listening to the accent, these people are not Celt natives, they should be from the central and eastern regions of the continent, and they don't look like the serious and old-fashioned church nobles of Sendel, so they are probably nobles from the Gardred Kingdom!

Both descendants of the Bannai Empire, Celt had good relations with Garderick and Poland, unlike the two countries that have been fighting openly and secretly for the name of Bannai's legitimacy. Gardret has the largest seaport in the eastern part of the continent and is the most important transit point on the sea route between the mainland and the Northland. The benefits of shipping are staggering, so despite the dangers, many of the Gardreans come to the Northland every year to do business and venture, and even in the remote areas of the Northshire, they can occasionally be seen.

"Six hundred gold soles!"

The black-robed mage continued to bid, feeling a little angry at the outsider's bid, believing it to be a provocation to the Celt Mage Guild.

Then the price rose to eight hundred gold soles, and the noble lady over there wanted to make a bid, but was stopped by an old man behind her. Although Donald couldn't hear their voices from too far away, but carefully observing the shape of the other party's mouth, it was estimated that the old man should have said that this was not Gardre, and that there should be no conflict with local forces.

In the end, the auction price of Shisuo black tea was as high as 800 gold soles, which was obtained by the black-robed mage. After deducting the share to the auction house, Donald also made a net profit of 700 gold soles. The bidding of the two parties was cheaper for him.

The old man on the other side was obviously strong and sensitive, noticing Donald's attention to them, and looked up at him. Donald still had some affection for these guests who had come from Gardre, and nodded and smiled at the old man. Then he beckoned the attendants of the auction house, handed him a crystal box, and whispered a few words to order him to transfer the things to the Gardereans.