Chapter 115 Auction 1

As the morning sun shines on the streets, the silent Tahamat begins to come alive. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Outside the houses, the sounds of the streets gradually became noisy, the creaking of the axles, the laughter of the children, the coughing of the elderly, the greetings of the neighbors opening the gates, the quarrel between husband and wife, the gossip between sisters, the ridicule between brothers, the scolding between father and son, all the voices mixed together, enveloping the whole city of ore.

The faint smell of the bread baked in the bakery, the smell of the bacon hanging in the butcher's shop, and the aroma of the ale wine transported in the large wooden barrels on the cart gradually drifted from afar.

Sounds and smells blend together to show the arrival of a new day.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Carl pushed open his door and knocked on Alexia's door.

"Knock knock. ”

No response, knock again.

"Haven't you woken up yet?" the girl's marked voice cleared Carl's mind.

Turning his head to look to the side, Alexia was already standing in the hallway waiting for him.

"I'm sorry, I was too late to work on a small project last night. Carl yawned.

"Are you okay like this?" Alexia skeptical.

"I didn't have anything to do today, I just went to the auction and had a look. Carl rubbed a water balloon with both hands and slapped it on his face, "No problem, I'm much more awake now." ”

Holding on to the improvised stone handrail, Carl staggered downstairs.

"Yo, little Carl, what's wrong with you. Bantri beckoned, "Did you stay up late again last night?"

"I'm a mage. Karl pointed to his nose, "The researcher's business, can it be called staying up late, this is called desperate." ”

"Don't mess yourself up. Bantri said casually, "Are you going out today?"

"Auction, old man. Carl complained.

"Ahaha......" The old dwarf smiled awkwardly and turned to Alexia, "Little Thea looks very energetic today, much better than yesterday." ”

Alexia bared her teeth at the old dwarf: "I'm not young, I'm fifteen years old!"

"Mmmm, not small, not small. Bantri pulled out two beers and placed them on the bar, "To celebrate in advance that you can shoot what you want, let's have a toast first!"

Carl walked over to the bar and took a cup and poured it down, rolling his eyes at the old dwarf, "It's not like you're going to pay." ”

"You don't have to drink it. Bantri smiled.

"Bring me two more barrels. Karl said decisively.

Sadly, he had saved a bucket before, and then it was taken by Patchouli, and now he couldn't drink it if he wanted to.

"We dwarves like you. Ban gave Karl a thumbs up and placed a large barrel on the table in one hand.

"Two drunkards. Alexia muttered as she took a sip.

"What's wrong with a man drinking?" said Karl with the old dwarf.

"Hmph!" the girl turned her head away in displeasure.

Bantri and Carl looked at each other, then laughed.

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Passing through the noisy business district and the relatively quiet aristocratic district, a huge circular open-air auction hall has come into view of Carl and Alexia.

In the classic pre-imperial style, the tall stone pillars of the three people hugging each other are distributed high in the south and low in the north, and the exterior wall of Niwalk, a specialty of the Metz Highlands, is built along the stone pillars, and the wind and rain have left traces of time on them, and moss grows between the stone crevices.

Compared to the general quiet environment of the upper districts, the Tahamat auction hall was much more lively outside, with the chatter of the nobles, the private exchanges of merchants, the laughter between the mercenaries from time to time, and the humans, dwarves, winged people, gnomes, and other less common races gathered here at this moment, waiting for the auction to begin.

"This building existed 700 years ago, but at that time Tahamat was not the main city of Padre, and this building was not an auction house. "It was originally built to be used as a Colosseum, but it wasn't long before this barbaric sport was abolished by the wise Hawthorn II. ”

"It's going to be an auction here?" Alexia asked, looking up.

"After all, it took a lot of effort to build a landmark building, how can it be wasted. Karl laughed, "Merchants will seize business opportunities, and the city lord is not stupid. ”

"Are you going to wait in line?" said Alexia, looking at the bloated crowd.

"No, I don't. Karl shrugged, "Bring that invitation, we can enter through the special passage." Come with me. ”

Going around to the side of the auction house, there is a side door, and there are some people who want to trick themselves into it, but they are all stopped by the guards.

"Tourists stopped. The Tahamat guard, dressed in iron armor, said to the two.

Karl took out a gilded letter, and Alexia took it out as well.

The Tahamat guard took the invitation letter from Karl's hand and looked at it, and moved out of the blockade: "Dear Mr. Karl, please." ”

Karl retrieved his invitation and walked into the passage with Alexia, and the guards quickly closed the gap.

"Why are they able to get in from this side!" said a diminutive dwarf merchant, "you are racist!"

"That's it!" cried out a great goblin for fear that the world would not be chaotic.

The captain of the guard scolded secretly, seeing that the crowd was becoming more and more chaotic, so he had to patiently explain: "Except for the nobles, only those who have a transaction volume of more than 100,000 gold coins in this auction can get an invitation. ”

The nobility here refers to the true nobility, and only those who have obtained the title in a family are counted, and the rest can only be regarded as the dependents of the nobility.

"One hundred thousand, are you kidding me, just those little boys?" shouted a human mercenary as strong as a bear.

At this time, an old man with white hair came out of the side door, and when he saw this chaotic scene, his face sank: "What is the noise, you don't want to come if you think the auction is unfair, and if you disturb the guests, you will be included in the blacklist of the auction that will never be welcomed." ”

The noisy crowd fell silent in an instant.

This old man was the head of the auction and the chief auctioneer, and Laurent Gauld was still quite famous in Tahamat and a very capable right-hand man of Archduke Sapier.

A few days ago, he had obtained a list from the Grand Duke, which had been sent by the Imperial Capital to the Grand Dukes of various towns, and the list of trials of the Yarlin Academy in that region -- of course, did not include special tasks -- and the Grand Duke would try to make it as convenient as possible if he saw the people on the list, and he would be able to ask someone to do something in the future.

Especially the two who went in just now, even if Carl didn't meet the conditions, if he was interested in coming to the auction, Laurent would send two invitations to the door, not to mention that he still met it.

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Carl and Alexia walked into the open-air auction room, and entered through the side door to a table on the upper level, which was 60 centimeters narrow, and the upper level was much more spacious, with a small table on the right-hand side with a menu of food and auction items.

The upper floor was nearly half full, and Carl's gaze swept over, revealing an acquaintance, the gem merchant Brent he had met on the airship, who was talking to a female wingman dressed in aristocratic attire.

More than a dozen eyes looked over, and when they saw that they were two young people who were so small, there was a trace of surprise in their eyes.

A red-haired young man in a white school uniform saw the two of them, his eyes lit up, he got up from his seat and walked over quickly: "Alexia, it's been a long time. ”

Carl identified the color of the tie, which was from the third grade.

"Who are you?" Alexia frowned.

She didn't know the man at all.

"I am the heir of the Keppel family, Viscount Keno, and you can call me Keno. The red-haired young man introduced himself.

"What kind of family is that, I haven't heard of it. Alexia said expressionlessly.

"Is there any mission for Alexia to come to Padres, I can help. Kino said.

"Don't call me by my name, we don't know each other that well. Alexia said coldly, "Get out of the way." ”

"Alexia......

Carl put a hand on Keno's shoulder, "You're making the lady feel impatient, senior. ”

Keno looked at the hand on his shoulder and frowned.

Karl patted him on the shoulder, turned his head and said, "Alexia, you go find a place to sit first." ”

"Hmm. Alexia nodded, past the red-haired young man with an ugly face.

"You're Karl?" Kino whispered threatening, "I don't care what your reason is, get her out of her quickly." ”

In the top five in the first year of the college, the only thing Keno is not afraid of is this No.2 who is completely dependent on luck.

"Are you thinking too much, sir?" Karl smiled and staggered past him, "Although I have nothing to do with Alexia, I still have to say that your way of accosting is too stupid and showing off too much. ”

Looking at Carl's back, Keno felt a strong sense of jealousy in his heart, and Carl's direct address to Alexia made him turn pale.

He was just a crane at the bottom of the academy, and he could only look up to those who were at the top of the rankings, but in Padrey, in Tahamat, he was a nobleman and they were just outsiders who had nothing to rely on, why did they dare to give themselves a face?

A dark red flame quietly ignited in the palm of his hand, and Keno was ready to teach Carl a lesson with the three-ring magical flame touch he had just learned, but-

A slight explosion sounded in "boom", and Kino's half-prepared spell immediately failed to eat, and the pain of fire permeated his entire right hand.

Carl slapped him with a Fire Emblem marker, which would dissipate in a few minutes if he didn't do it, and would automatically detonate if he was to sneak attack.

"It's not appropriate to do it in the auction, please be a quality person. Carl turned his head to glance at him, "Is the sneak attack fun?"

More eyes from the upper seats cast over him, and Keno's face distorted for a moment, and then returned to normal: "I hope that Senior Karl can successfully complete the trial task and get out of the way." ”

"Lend you good words, hehe. Karl smiled and sat down next to Alexia.

After today, I will go to the elven forest, and those who have the ability will follow into the territory of the elven clan.