The ladies of the wealthy families who lived in the splendid mansions sat on soft chairs in splendid evening dresses, discussing all kinds of gossip like housewives in the plebeian area, and they usually talked about which young marquis had become the duchess's guest of the curtain, or who had a young and promising earl who married his fifth bride, or which Feng.
In the bathroom, the beautiful lady of the stream receives the young captain who has returned from the battlefield of the plane.In the eyes of these noble ladies from aristocratic families, they will also have a strong interest in news such as plane wars, and they are more willing to talk about the lace news and peachy news that appear in the imperial capital, or the more serious noblewomen, when they get together, they will talk about those beautiful dresses, gorgeous jewelry, exquisite palaces, and the duke's ball is the most luxurious.Their social activities were boring on weekdays, many ladies preferred balls, and occasionally went out on outings in magic caravans, horseback riding in manors outside the city, attending various dinners and salons held by nobles, and over time, the annual summer auctions became the most anticipated social events for ladies, in addition to spring, autumn and winter auctions.Many wealthy ladies like to bid on a few pieces of jewelry at the auction, the lots here are often some luxury jewelry that is not usually seen on the market, and there are many unprocessed magic gems, these precious magic gems are very expensive just the first cut molding, jewelry designers often do not directly process them, but first take them to the market for sale, how to process them to refer to the buyer's opinion, generally tailor-made for buyers some exquisite jewelry.It was the first time that Caterina had participated in such a large auction, and everything in the venue was full of novelty.
Newman did not snub her because of her status as a maid, but took the initiative to act as a commentator, telling Caterina some common knowledge about the auction, and Noah and I had just sat down in our seats when we saw an uproar at the entrance of the auction hall.I don't know what it is, but the news spreads like a wave from the door of the auction hall.Some of the ladies who were talking to their friends were unmoved at first, talking about their own topics, but when the news spread, they also became part of the rioters, and some of the people who followed them became excited.Obviously, Noah and I are not in the circle of noble ladies, even after the news spread, Noah and I did not immediately know what happened, and originally wanted to hear some news from the mouths of the noble ladies behind us, but those noble ladies were obviously not interested in me and Noah, and they were not willing to deal with us at all, they leaned their bodies, twisted their necks, and chatted with the ladies in the back row.Noah was curious about what was going on, so he beckoned to the maid standing in the aisle, and when the maid came over, Noah asked her, "What happened?"
What is everyone talking about?
”The maid didn't know what was going on, so when she saw us asking, she ran to the entrance hall of the auction hall to find the reason, and soon after, the maid brought back a message: "I don't know who actually pledged the six Elune Stars in the auction house, and the people in the auction house want to find the owner of the magic gem." ”Noah and I were a little speechless, and I asked the maid curiously, "Why are you looking for the owner of the magic gem?"
It's just the Star of Elune, could it be said that the magic gems that the auction house is bidding on today are not up to the level of the Star of Elune?
”"Please believe that the magic gems carefully prepared in our auction house will definitely satisfy the two magicians."
The maid explained."
The Star of Elune, legend has it that the tears of the goddess of the moon are the purest blue, and are highly sought after by the elven nobles in the elven world, who like to make the Star of Elune into ornament pendants, exquisite necklaces and earrings."
A pleasant voice came from the side, and an elf beauty stood quietly in the aisle."
Although it can only be regarded as an intermediate magic gem in the water element magic gem, the price of the Star of Elune is far higher than that of other mid-level magic gems, and the nobles in the upper class of the imperial capital have a very strong influence on many luxury goods in the elven world, and because of this, the Star of Elune has always been a very sought-after jewelry in the imperial capital magic market."
Noah and I turned our heads to look, and the elf beauty smiled faintly at me.The beauty of the elves' lightness and purity is perfectly reflected in her, she stands in the aisle in a long beige dress, surrounded by noble ladies, and she looks a little out of the crowd.The elven beauty smiled and asked me: "Hello, I am Geraldina Paia, the person in charge of the gem lot of the Imperial Capital Auction House, can I take the liberty of asking, are the six Elune Stars mortgaged in the auction house yours?"
”Out of courtesy among the nobles, I could only get up from the soft chair in response to a lady's inquiry, hesitate for a moment before introducing myself, and said, "That's right, I mortgaged the rough stones of the Star of Elune to the auction house." ”The elven beauty showed a hint of joy between her eyebrows, then bowed slightly, and said, "Wizard Jiga, can you take a step to speak, I want to talk to you about those precious stars of Elune." ”I smiled, but my footsteps didn't move half a minute, Noah originally thought that I would gladly walk with the elven beauty Geraldina Paia, but when I stood up, I almost collided with me, and when I saw that I had no intention of going down the aisle, he sat down again.I smiled and said to Geraldina Payia: "Miss Geraldina Payia, with all due respect, although I mortgaged the Star of Elune to the auction house, I did not have the idea of auctioning these magic gems, and the reason why I mortgaged it to the auction house was also because I was worried that the magic crystals originally prepared would not be enough, and I would miss out on the lot I liked, so I took out a few Stars of Elune and put them in the auction house as collateral." ”"Since the Wizard Jiga has a need, maybe we should talk to each other, right?"
The smile on Geraldina Paia's face remained unchanged and said persistently.At this moment, my eyes fell on the blue gem the size of a pigeon's egg on her white chest like a deep valley, under the refraction of the light in the auction hall, this light blue magic gem took on the shape of tears, and the jeweler polished the gem into countless even and small planes, these planes perfectly refracted the brilliant light, although I could not look closely, it was preliminarily estimated that this was a perfectly polished Elune Star, if not a perfect gem, at least flawless.I do want to know if there is an inside story of the soul gem in this lot, and now this elf beauty has to say it blatantly: this is willing to sit down and talk, and the inside story can also be exchanged!
Originally, I only knew a little about the trend of the imperial capital jewelry market from the mouth of the person in charge of the jewelry trade of the Emerald Bay Trading Company, and I also knew that the Star of Elune was a very sought-after luxury gemstone, which was highly sought after by wealthy ladies and elven nobles, but I didn't expect it to be so popular."
In that case, good!
Let's talk about it. ”I reached out and patted Noah on the back, motioning for him to come with me, pulling up Caterina who was sitting next to me, and following Geraldina Paia to the small door on the side of the auction hall.Noah also hurriedly pulled Shirley at this time.
Newman followed, although he was the noble son of the Mensa family, he was a complete otaku, usually only like to delve into magic, but he did not have the slightest contact with these luxury gems.
Newman asked in a low voice, "Shirley, are those magic gems that Jijia took out very valuable?"
”Shirley, a very intelligent girl, whispered to Noah's ear, "Oh, the appraisal given by the appraiser of the auction house is not a low estimate of a hundred magic crystals, and this kind of medium-grade magic gem can only be worth this price from the Star of Elune." ”Noah pondered for a moment before he said suspiciously: "That's not too precious a magic gem, since it's just an auction agency business of six hundred magic crystals, is it necessary to rush us to talk in private before the auction starts?"
”Shirley liked this intimate interaction, so she continued to stick to Noah's arms and whispered to him, "It is said that the Silver Moon Elves believe in worshiping the moon god Elune, probably something to do with this!"
”I didn't mean to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two of them, but they didn't realize that the whispers that the two of them thought were very low were like someone talking to me normally, and it was sometimes embarrassing to have too sharp five senses.Geraldina Paia, who was walking in front, also looked back secretly seemingly unintentionally, and in an instant, the reflection of Shirley was reflected in her pupils, as if the conversation between Noah and Shirley also fell into the ears of this elf beauty.Geraldin ushered us into a small lounge in the side hall, which was much quieter, and we sat down on the sofas in the lounge, and the maids of the auction house brought a few cold drinks with ice cubes, although the auction hall was very well ventilated, but so many people were crowded into one hall, and the auction hall was very stuffy.This small side hall is not much cooler, sitting outside in the auction hall of the ladies mostly bring their own ice cubes and fans, at this time to present a cup of cold drink, is a very intimate move."
I don't know how to convince the Jiga magician to cut his love?"
Geraldina Paia sat upright on the sofa with slender pairs.
The legs are stacked together, and the sitting posture is meticulous, which is very aristocratic.When her gaze fell on Katarina, her face suddenly turned cold.It seems that she recognizes the orc blood that Caterina possesses, and the orc rabbits are so rare in the Grimm Empire that most people don't think much of it even when they see Caterina's ruby eyes.But the Silver Moon Elves who live on the Eastern Continent with the Orcs Rabbit People recognize the Catalina Orc bloodline at a glance, the Elves and the Orcs are natural mortal enemies, even after such a long period of peace, that kind of hatred still can't be easily resolved.However, the unhappiness on Geraldina Paia's face only stayed on her face for less than a second, and it quickly turned into a sweet smile.I picked up a glass of lemonade and took a few sips of it unhurriedly before I smiled and said to the elven beauty, "Miss Geraldine, can I have a sneak peek at the list of auction skins in the gem auction hall?"
”"AhhOK. ”Geraldine waved his hand very dryly, and whispered a few words in the ear of one of the maids.The maid ran briskly out of the side hall, and in a short time she walked in with a roster in her hand, and the maid stopped beside Geraldine, and carried a wisp of incense, and her long skirt swayed in the wind.Geraldine wasn't in the mood to look at the roster, so he handed it to me.Noah and I didn't say anything, we opened the roster directly, time was limited, I could only look down from a series of item details to find the items I wanted, my eyes slipped from the lines on the list, and Shirley next to Noah also came over to look at it, Noah kept pointing to a few high-grade magic gems and asked Shirley if she liked it, which caused Shirley to smile sweetly.It seems that no woman can resist the temptation of jewelry, and neither can magicians.Seeing the lots prepared by the auction house, sure enough, each one was extremely precious, only a few intermediate magic gems appeared in the lot, and the rest were high-grade magic gems, or precious luxury jewelry processed by master jewelers, polished perfect gemstones, precious oil paintings and other types of art, when my eyes fell on the bottom line of the third page, my hand stopped completely.Four words appeared in my eyes, which made my eyes tremble.Soul Gem When the dream thing appeared in front of my eyes, I couldn't describe the mood at the moment, my eyes stayed on the soul gem for a long time, and still refused to take it away, Noah pushed me with some doubts, and whispered to me: "What do you think, turn the page, and see what good things are there!"
”Geraldine, on the other hand, waited quietly, and her eyes lit up when she saw me stop.Following my gaze, he saw that I was stuck on the soul gem, and immediately said to me: "The last soul gem auction was held in the spring of this year, and there was only one at that time, but although this gem belongs to the category of high-grade magic gems, the market is very limited, I remember that it was auctioned for five thousand gold coins. ”Geraldine stopped, then looked at me quietly, waiting for my offer.I smiled faintly, looked up at Geraldina Paia, and said: "Six Elune Star Rough Stones, the conservative price is six hundred magic crystals, and if you exchange them for gold coins, it will be worth about six thousand gold coins, which should be the most basic starting price, and I am willing to exchange six Elune Stars for soul gems in private." ”Geraldine frowned slightly, the elf beauty probably didn't want to break the rules of the auction house, and took out the lots that were ready to bid for private sale, she hesitated a little, and said to me: "Our auction house can provide two plans for the Jiga magician, the first plan is that the auction house directly takes over six Elune Stars at the price of one hundred and twenty magic crystals each, so that you can get seven hundred and twenty magic crystals, and I believe that you can directly participate in the bidding of soul gems at the price of seven thousand two hundred gold coins, It's impossible to be robbed by someone else!
”I was about to say no, but Geraldine hurriedly said the second plan: "The second plan is that the auction house arranges the auction of these six Elune Stars for you, and the specific number of magic crystals that your six Elune Stars can sell is up to the bidders in the auction hall to decide."
Either way, it's far more cost-effective than mortgaging the gem to the auction house and exchanging it for a credit certificate of 600 magic crystals, not to mention that 600 magic crystals may not be able to get this soul gem at the summer auction. ”Hearing Geraldine say this, I stood up directly, smiled at her slyly, pulled out a bag full of magic crystals from my waist bag, untied the mouth of the money bag, and said to the elf beauty: "If I just use magic crystals to bid at auction, then I don't need to sell these six Elune Stars at all, I believe that the magic crystals in this money bag are enough, in that case, we will take our leave, and thank Miss Geraldine for the inside information provided to us." ”Geraldine looked at the bag full of magic crystals on the round table dumbfounded, and couldn't say a word unless he didn't want it, those great magicians who had a demand for soul gems wouldn't care about hundreds of more magic crystals, and I didn't want any variables at the auction, and I didn't want to raise the price to grab the soul gems.
Proof of assets to exchange for 600 magic crystals.In fact, the purpose of the six Elune Stars is to lure out the head of the auction house like Geraldina Paia, and it is best to conduct internal transactions in private, so that other bidders will not be aware that this soul gem has appeared before the auction.Just as I was about to step out of the side hall, Geraldine quickly stood up and grabbed me, bit his lip and said, "Okay, I promise you, I will coordinate this matter, and the six Elune Stars will be exchanged for soul gems."