In the corridor of the hotel, Alyssa tilted her head sideways, looked at Lynn, who suddenly "increased" a lot next to her, and asked suspiciously.

"Why do you want to get stuck in?"

Lynn also tilted his head to look at her: "Since it's a masquerade ball, it must be danced, right?" ”

"Do you know how to dance?"

"No, it won't." Alyssa's reply was calm, "But, I can learn." ”

"Learn?" Lynn was slightly stunned.

"This kind of thing, it should be simple, right?" Alyssa whispered, "I may not be able to learn the corners, but it shouldn't be too difficult if it's just a simulation." ”

“.......”

Alyssa's words surprised Lynn slightly.

You know, dance is about the coordination of the whole body, as well as the familiarity of movements, not to mention whether a magician can really make every muscle of the body obey the arrangement of the brain, in the dance of the nobles, in fact, there are quite a few dances, are more complicated.

Even Lynn, it took a while to get acquainted with it, although it wasn't much, but it was certainly not something that could be learned at a glance.

But Alyssa says she can do it.

Lynn didn't feel that the girl was talking, but inexplicably sighed at the other party's strong learning ability.

Shaking his head, he responded, "Anyway, we still managed to get in, and the rest doesn't matter." ”

Alyssa nodded in agreement: "Although most of the time, the process is more valuable for research, but the ultimate goal is to achieve the result. ”

This time, Lynn didn't reply to her.

Because, they have already arrived at the auction site.

It's a big hall, and there's no place like a stage box around it, everyone is in the center of the hall, each wearing their own mask and sitting in their own place.

Lynn and Alyssa sat down in a low-key position and waited quietly for the auction to begin.

During the boredom of waiting, they occasionally whisper something to each other.

"Anyway...... What is the process of the auction? ”

"Normally, it's the opening, the organizer brings things up, and the interested people shout the price, and the one with the highest price wins."

"So, what about the abnormal?"

"Abnormal ......."

"Then, change the subject, you ......."

During this short period of mutual communication, Lynn felt that her judgment of Alyssa might have to change slightly.

Originally, he thought that Alyssa was a relatively taciturn person.

Because of the limited time she had in the academy, she barely communicated with other people.

But now, he's going to change that label.

Not only is Alyssa not taciturn, but she is definitely a talker, and she is also a talker who likes to ask questions.

During this time, she was able to move the conversation from the auction to astronomy, then from the sky to the earth, and finally to Lynn herself.

If it weren't for someone coming up on stage, Lynn felt that she might even ask what color she liked about her underwear, and even come up with a reason to explain why she was asking.

Don't think it's impossible.

A few days ago, the barrage used a wonderful metaphor to describe Alyssa's character.

[In case Erin is annoyed by the question, it is also very likely to have a conflict, because Xiao Ai, but a person who is more curious than X! ] 】

Lynn didn't know what it was, but he did see it when he was curious.

"The .......," Lynn pointed to the table, "the auction is about to start, shall we prepare first?" ”

Alyssa closed her mouth unsatisfied, nodded obediently, and looked at the stage.

On the stage, a middle-aged man in formal clothes stood at the front of the stage with a smile on his face and bowed deeply to everyone.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! Tonight, it's sure to be an exciting night. ”

"Because, at this auction, we have prepared a lot of good things."

The familiar opening remarks directly gathered everyone's attention in just a few sentences and led them to the main topic.

I saw that the auctioneer's palm was flipped, and a gem quietly appeared on the white glove.

"It's a brilliant gem." The auctioneer smiled and said, "I know that for everyone, although the Brilliant gems are precious, they are not particularly difficult to obtain, even the top layer of the Brilliant Grade. ”

"So, if that's all there is, this gem wouldn't be worthy of us tonight."

He gently flipped the gem over to reveal the star mark behind it.

When the engraving was displayed in front of everyone's eyes, the originally quiet field suddenly became as enthusiastic as a bomb.

"Actually, it's actually a gem from the imperial capital!

”

"Mr. Yinnok, can you even get such a thing?"

"It's ....... Who the hell will be lucky enough to get this gem......."

“.......”

Looking at the inscription on the gemstone, Lynn narrowed her eyes slightly.

The so-called "imperial capital", in these people's mouths, does not refer to the capital of the Divine Starlight Empire, but to the imperial family.

Because in their opinion, there is no difference between Catalina and the capital of Starlight, anyway, they are both places for ordinary people to live.

Only the palace where the emperor is located can be called the imperial capital.

Therefore, this gem from the "Imperial Capital" should actually be exclusively for the use of the Starlight royal family.

"They seem to be keen on this kind of thing?"

Beside her, Alyssa asked puzzledly: "If there is no problem with my perception, that gem, although it is full of energy, its magic power is enough, it is not special, it is just that there is more magic power, and there are more impurities." ”

"This kind of thing, even if it is used to supply magic to experimental items, it may affect the experimental process due to impurities, right?"

"But these people ......."

"It doesn't matter what the thing is." Lynn said softly, "What matters is the notch on the back of the gemstone. ”

"For these 'nobles', face is the top priority."

"If there are guests in the house, and they take out this gem for each other to see, the other party will definitely be shocked how they can get something from the Starlight royal family - this shock is giving them a long face."

"Therefore, although its practical value is not high, the gemstone that is named 'emperor' is really not practical, and it is completely unimportant to them."

"Because when they take it back, they are afraid that they will have to find a place to offer it to them. I must be reluctant to use it. ”

Alyssa shook her head, indicating that she did not quite understand.

Lynn didn't explain much, just continued to look at the stage.

Above, the auctioneer was holding the auction hammer and shouting loudly.

"Now that everyone has a preliminary understanding, then ......."

"This gem from the 'imperial capital', the starting price is."

"—a gold coin!"