There are many elves living in the imperial capital, they have their own living area, almost all of them live there, elves usually only like to eat fresh fish and fruits, I tried elven style fried fish, sweet and salty taste is not bad.Probably don't want to cause trouble in the auction house, if it gets big, the organizer will not only lose face by being driven away from the auction house, but also lose the opportunity to participate in the auction, which will inevitably outweigh the losses, although there is a little bit of Mo.
Rub, but there was no physical conflict, probably those elves were also worried that the incident would slowly heat up, so the young men and women of the elf clan did not linger at the door of the auction hall, and hurriedly walked into the auction hall.They all have a layer of aristocratic pride on their faces, but who can walk into the auction house is not rich or expensive, I really don't understand what they have to be proud of, is it just because they are elves?
At the end of the corridor, there is a hall of more than 400 square meters, smooth as a mirror, with a beautiful marble floor and a large oil painting on the whitewashed walls, and the crystal chandeliers on the roof are like incomparably gorgeous fire trees and silver flowers, illuminating the hall brightly.There is a counter nearly forty meters long on the innermost wall, and the auctioneers in uniform are sitting neatly behind the counter, but I didn't expect that there are many people gathered here today, but it seems that the order here is maintained very well, although there are many people, but no one is making a loud noise in the hall, and everyone will pay attention to keeping their voices low when they speak.Noah saw someone placing the jewels in the sealed box or bag on the counter, and the jewelry appraiser behind the counter checked it, and those experienced auctioneers handled it quickly, although not everyone was satisfied, some left happily, and some left with scolding, but the most basic order could still be maintained in the hall."
What are they doing?"
Noah asked curiously."
These jewelers seem to be identifying magic gems."
Shirley.
Newman stood beside Noah and explained to him.Noah usually likes to lock himself in the reading room and read all kinds of elementary magic skill books, he is a standard otaku, his biggest interest is to specialize in mixed magic, but he is rarely willing to contact the outside world, and even the auction rarely participates, but it is not as good as Shirley.
Newman knows a lot better."
Jijia, what are we doing here?"
Noah asked me with a confused expression.I stood at the back of the line, took out a handful of brilliant magic gems from the magic belt, and explained to Noah: "I have some magic gems, I want to mortgage my property here, here are the most professional gem appraisers to confirm the value of magic gems, to make the lowest valuation of the gems, I am just worried that if the magic gems I want appear at the auction, I will not bring enough magic crystals at the auction, just in case." ”"What kind of gem do you want to buy, if you lack magic crystals, you can use mine."
Noah patted his money bag.I put my arm around his shoulders and said with some emotion: "I know this, if the magic crystal is not enough, I will inevitably use yours." ”Shirley Newman stood quietly aside, looking at Noah's side face, and her eyes looked a little bright.I saw three people in front of me holding magnificent gemstones, and the jeweler behind the counter waved them down, and they put them in their pockets in frustration and hurried out of the hall."
What's wrong with them?"
Noah is like a curious baby who always likes to ask questions.Shirley Newman said with a smile: "Probably because the gemstone appraisal in my hand did not pass the appraisal, I am a little frustrated!"
”Standing between me and Noah, she lowered her voice and said, "The jewelry appraiser of the auction house does not give an appraisal of all the gems, the auction house is only willing to take over those precious and rare magic gems, and the jewelry of ordinary quality, shoddy, and the valuation does not meet psychological expectations, the auction house will not accept it, and will not show the appraisal certificate." ”Shirley.
Newman's skin is as white as snow, standing beside Noah, she is also a girl with a rare fresh and beautiful appearance, and she has obviously received a good aristocratic education in both manners and etiquette, and is an excellent female magician in every aspect, and more importantly, Shirley's personality is not as paranoid as other magicians, she is cheerful, generous, lively, and compassionate, and she is better than Noah in every aspect.But Shirley chose Noah decisively among many suitors.I remember Noah drank a little wine one night and confided in me some rare things, including one of which was when he asked Shirley: Why did you choose him?
Shirley asked him rhetorically: Do you need any more reasons to like it?
Shirley's words are deeply engraved in Noah's heart.But in my opinion, of course, liking needs a reason, Noah is not great in many ways, but he has three major strengths.First, he is a very creative magician, in the star-studded place of the Royal Academy of Magic, although Noah seems very mediocre in all aspects, but he is the kind of magician with unbridled imagination, he has been insisting on the study of mixed magic, and will definitely become a scholar-type magician in the future.Second, he is a person who is very bold to his friends, and he is also a person who likes to suffer, sometimes it is clear that it is not good for himself to do this, and sometimes he does not need to pay more, but he will rush forward without hesitation for his friends and offer his friendship.In today's aristocratic young people of the Green Empire, there are not many people who can have such good qualities.The life of fine clothes and food has made many aristocratic young people arrogant and lascivious, tyrannical and suspicious, and impatient.Thirdly, the family behind him is the Mensa family, the rulers of Palestina, and Noah is the youngest generation of the Mensa family, and is the first in line to the throne Louis.
Mensa's own brother.After dating Noah for just two months, Shirley.
Newman invited Noah to his home, which obviously showed that Shirley's family had officially accepted Noah.I stood beside Noah and listened to Shirley tell us all kinds of interesting stories about the auction house, and I learned that there were elders in Shirley's family who ran the auction house.
The Newman family's property is not on the imperial capital's side, but for Shirley, who has been playing in the auction house since she was a child.
For Newman, the auction house is the place she is most familiar with.Soon it was our turn, and the jewelry appraiser sitting across from me was a very capable middle-aged woman, with a row of magnifying glasses of different sizes on the table, and a few magic crystals that didn't know what their function was, she looked up at us, and asked with a flat expression, "Do you have any magic gems that I need to identify?"
”Maybe it was because we were too young, maybe it was because we were wearing magical robes, so she subjectively concluded that we were students in the magic academy, or maybe it was because of the family behind us that we were qualified to participate in such a grand auction.The middle-aged female jeweller didn't pay much attention to us, her attention fell on the next table.With a few soft exclamations, I saw the jeweler at the next table holding a fist-sized bloody fist in his hand.
Magic gems, between the rough stone skin, there are red rays the size of beans, those red rays are strong and weak, as if they are breathing, and a faint magical aura fills the entire magic gem."
What a big piece of hematoparnet!"
Someone behind him couldn't help but exclaim.I said in my heart that this gemstone is called hemandanete, which sounds quite appropriate, and the jeweler sitting behind the counter is also holding a magnifying glass with a dignified face, repeatedly inspecting this fist-sized hemandanetic, and only after a long breath and said: "This hemanete does not have any artificial splicing points, it should be a complete hemandima, but the hemmelite is not full.
Man, this is the only flaw of this hemmeloid garnet, on behalf of the auction house, I will give you the minimum price of this hemmeloid fifty magic crystals, if you can accept it, sign this certificate. ”"What, such a large piece of hemantoid is only willing to give an estimate of fifty magic crystals, and at this year's spring auction, didn't this gem still sell for a high price of eighty magic crystals?
How can you cut so much at once?
”The owner of the hematomid standing in front of the counter had an ugly face and asked with some surprise.It seemed that he was not satisfied with the price offered by the jewelry appraiser, but he could not say anything."
What is done here is to maintain the lowest stock price, after all, the auction house is also profitable, and in addition, the gem market has been sluggish recently, and it is normal for the price trend of magic gems to be sluggish, you will mortgage the hemmelite here, if you can't buy what you want, you don't need to use the money, you can also take this gem garnet back with this certificate."
A friend next to him explained to him.Na Ran thought about it for a while, and felt that what his friend said was very reasonable, so he ruthlessly received a certificate, looking at his reluctance, and he didn't know what he would take out his beloved things for mortgage this time.At this time, a nobleman standing behind me said impatiently: "Young man, if there is anything that needs to be appraised, take it out quickly, the auction is about to start, and if you miss some good things in front of you, it will be worth the loss." ”The appraiser frowned slightly, flitted a magnifying glass between his fingers, and glanced at me impatiently again.I smiled slightly, ignoring the urging and slightly mocking words of the nobleman behind me, and pulled out a sheepskin pouch from my magical fanny pack, which was half a pouch full."
Your Excellency this magician, only intermediate-level and above-level magic gems are accepted here, and the auction house is very picky here, even if it is an intermediate-level magic gem, not all of them will be accepted, and the unpopular gem auction house will not bear the risk of backlogs."
The nobleman behind me couldn't help but remind me again.The middle-aged female jeweler also looked at me with a strange gaze, and when she saw her posture, she waited for me to unfold her leather pouch to reveal the ordinary gems inside, and then resolutely rejected me.Instead of making those fearless arguments, and I didn't untie the leather bag as they had hoped, I just reached into the bag, grabbed a handful, and casually laid it on the counter, and six egg-sized stones appeared in front of the jewel appraiser, with mottled marks on the gray skin."
What is this, pebbles picked up from the beach of Lake Young?"
The nobleman behind him laughed unbridledly.But before his ridicule stopped, the female jewelry appraiser sitting behind the counter picked up a stone egg with a serious expression and looked at the cloud pattern on the outer surface of the stone egg.A blue magic halo came through her fingers, and she saw that the stone in her hand had a small cut on one side, and under the rough stone skin, there was actually a blue gem of magnificent color, and the deep halo was hidden in the core of the stone."
Star of Elune."
The female jewelry appraiser blurted out, then her eyes widened, and she began to seriously examine the other five pebbles, and found that the core of the gems all exuded a deep blue light, and the six magic gems were all Elune's Star, the female jewelry appraiser held her breath and carefully observed the color of the Elune's Star gemstone, and the female jewelry appraiser quickly wrote down a voucher on a piece of magical parchment, and then pushed this voucher in front of her, and said to me: "These magic gems are indeed Elune's Star, although the color is average, But after all, it is one of the rare gems, and the auction house can bid 100 magic crystals per Elune Star, and if you can accept this price, sign this certificate. ”I feared that the auction might have already begun, so I quickly signed the certificate, leaving the six Stars of Elune with the female jewelry appraiser, and just took the paper with me, and under the stunned gaze of the people around me, I turned around and walked out of the hall with Noah, and went straight to the main hall of the jewelry auction.The ticket was unfolded again, presented in front of the venue guard, and smoothly entered the auction hall.The hall of the jewelry auction is like a large movie theater that can accommodate 1,000 people, and about 70% of the seats in it are full of bidders, and the commentators are on the booth in the center of the hall, and a row of maids wearing light gauze and white silk skirts slowly walk in from the back door with trays, and those wooden trays are covered with velvet blankets, and it is impossible to see what is on the tray.When we walked in, the auction had not yet begun, and by this time the narrators had already occupied the stands, and it looked as if the auction was about to start, and when we looked closely at the bidders in this hall, more than half of them were noble ladies, who were sitting in their seats, talking about something.