The housekeeper stood at the top of the staircase in the cloister, holding a silver-decorated letterhead in her hand, Betty ran over and whispered to the housekeeper, and then took the silver-decorated letterhead back, and Arya sat up from my arms, took the silver-glittered letterhead, and unfolded it, and I saw from the side that it had the words "invitation" and so on.Arya just glanced at the letterhead, her curved willow eyebrows raised slightly, and then handed the letterhead to me.I took the letterhead and read the contents to know that it was an invitation, basically inviting Mrs.
Arya to participate in a private auction, and if Arya had any high-end goods in her hands, she could also take them to the auction to participate in the auction.I returned the invitation to Arya and asked her, "Do you want you to bring some spider silk to the auction?"
”Mrs.
Arya tucked away her long blond hair and said to me: "Well, there will always be something special in the hands of the owners of this kind of private auctions, and they hold these small auctions, in order to gather some popularity, they will also invite the owners of the more popular commodities in their hands to the auction, in short, if they go, it is equivalent to getting in touch with a new sales channel, and there are other goods that can be auctioned in the future, which is a mutually beneficial thing."
However, there are restrictions on this type of auction, so the items that come to the auction must be high-end. ”She reinserted a golden hairpin on the top of her head, and when she raised her arm to lift her long hair, she revealed her snow-white slender neck, elegant as a white swan, and she was always able to inadvertently reveal a different style."
Who is the owner of this invitation?"
I asked curiously.Arya carefully identified it at the place where the invitation letter was registered, and said to me: "Marquis Jonathan, I have heard his name, he is a famous demon in the emperor's capital, he has served as the leader of many large adventure groups, it seems that he only settled down after the outbreak of the plane war, he held a small auction, it is estimated that there can be some high-quality high-grade leather, are you interested in taking a look?."
”I thought about it for a moment and asked her, "When is the auction?"
I'm going to see if I have time. ”Arya opened the invitation again, her eyes fell on the lower left corner, and for a moment, her expression froze a little, and then she said to me, "It says today!"
”When I heard her say this, I was also surprised to see that such an invitation was only sent today, which was a bit rude for that Marquis Jonathan.I said, "Today?
Afternoon?
”Arya nodded."
In such a hurry?"
I asked her.Alya didn't pay much attention to it, threw the invitation to Betty, and turned to me: "This kind of small auction is like this, it will never give you time to prepare, and it will not send invitations to only one person, the opportunity will only be reserved for those who are prepared, as for whether you can buy what you want, it depends on luck." ”No wonder the housekeeper would go up to the cloister on the top floor to find Arya, it turned out that it was because of the time written on the invitation.Arya took my arm and asked me, "Have you thought about it, do you want to go?"
”I hesitated, but I didn't really want to participate, but I agreed, and I said, "Okay!
I didn't have much to do in the afternoon. ”Lady Arya smiled charmingly, pursed her sexy lips slightly, and said to me, "You seem to be very idle lately, has the matter come to an end at the Magic Research Institute?"
”As I walked side by side with Lady Arya into the spiral staircase of the tower, I replied, "Not yet, I've made an appointment with Yerkes to see you in the evening."
Today is the weekend, and there is no magic class at the academy, so Ying Li is reluctant to come out because of the photos in the magic newspaper. ”Immediately, Arya happily instructed her personal maid Betty, "Betty, you go and arrange for the butler to put ten pieces of cloth into the magic caravan, and each piece of cloth should be packed separately in a small magic box." ”Betty agreed, "Yes, master." ”Sometimes, I can't help but feel that Betty is really a right-hand man when she follows Arya.Arya tugged at her long blond hair and said to me, "I'm going to take a shower and get a new dress, it seems that I'm going to hurry" It turns out that Arya said that she should hurry, and she was not wrong at all, the time she spends every day on grooming and dressing up is definitely enough for me to draw a set of magic patterns.If someone asks me: what do you like about this castle?
I would not hesitate to tell him that I liked the twin towers of the castle, and that the arched cloister on the top floor was the finishing touch, but when it came to the décor and interior, I preferred the kitchen, which was completely semi-open.The restaurant is connected to the kitchen, and Arya's estate employs two chefs, one for meat and the other for pastries.Whether it's the maid, the cook, and the two chefs who cook the food, they all make the food right under my nose, and they process those fresh, top-quality ingredients, which are definitely the best things that can be seen in the imperial capital market.It can be said that Arya is quite particular about what she eats, but in order to wait for Arya to take a shower and eat lunch together, my lunch time had to be postponed for half an hour, and when Arya came out in a bathrobe, the barbecue on the table was already cold, and in order to be able to wear a long court dress with a corset, Arya's lunch was only a piece of bread and three slices of beef, and she didn't even dare to drink too much water.After lunch, Arya invited me to watch her try on in the dressing room.I sat on the comfortable soft leather sofa, the best place in the fitting room, with a maid holding delicate refreshments for me.Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, Arya chose an apricot yellow dress on the clothes rack, the hem of which was large, and a large area of fair skin on her shoulders and chest was exposed.Her skin was like milk, and this court dress looked very beautiful indeed, because of the corset, she sat very straight, and her breath needed to be small and small, and with each breath, the exposed breasts on the cups of the low-cut dress would increase with the inhalation, as if the rabbits were breaking free from their restraints and jumping outside every moment.The maids who stood by and served her all looked at her thin waist and exquisite long skirt with envy, and it seemed that the women in the imperial capital liked this kind of low-cut waist-cinching long skirt.This is the most popular style of court dress in the imperial capital at the moment, and I happen to know that the dress that Arya gave to Fanny before may be this style, and I don't know if Fanny can wear it.It wasn't until she dressed up in a fancy way that Arya clapped her hands in satisfaction and motioned for Betty to call the magic caravan to the castle gates.Sitting in the magic caravan, I sat across from Arya and asked her, "With such a tight dress, is it hard to even breathe?"
”Arya nodded slightly and said, "It's okay." ”The magic caravan drove out of the exquisite manor along a straight stone road, merging into the traffic of the main street and heading towards the North End.She blinked her eyes and smiled at me and said, "Oh, by the way, I haven't congratulated you on becoming an official Mingshi. ”I rubbed my fingers on my temples and said to Arya, "Although this blessing came a little late, I still want to thank you, and I have prepared a small gift for you." ”She looked a little surprised, and quickly asked me, "What is it?"
”I pointed to her feet under her long skirt, and every time I saw her wearing a stiff crystal slipper, I would feel that if I really used this kind of shoes to walk a long way, my feet would probably be broken.So I said to her, "I can tattoo a delicate magic pattern for you, right on your ankle."
I promise you'll get unexpected benefits. ”She pulled up the hem of her long skirt, threw off her shoes, and exposed her delicate white snowy feet, her five toes were round and well-proportioned, and the arches of her feet were slender.Arya asked me, "I wonder what exactly are the unexpected benefits?"
”"It makes you run or dance with a body as light as the wind, and I want to describe it, oh, it's the kind of butterfly that makes you flutter on the dance floor."
I said to Alya."
What's so strange about this, I'm a great dancer."
Arya said unceremoniously, and then changed the conversation and said to me: "However, speaking of which, I have never paid attention to the magic patterns of the Ming Master, I heard that these magic patterns can only be used on magicians and powerful knights, and ordinary people can only be regarded as ordinary tattoos even if they have them, are you sure you want to tattoo a magic pattern on an ordinary person like me?"
”I emphasized, "It's a small gift from me." ”She laughed and said to me, "This gift is really chic, is it that after becoming a master, you will have an urge to get a tattoo on someone else's body?"
”I thought about it for a moment, then replied, "Well, not really!"
”"Do you want to get a tattoo here?"
She pointed to her snow-white breasts and asked me with a smile, her eyes blooming with charm."
Well, it's better not to, I'm afraid you won't have the courage to wear a palace dress in the future."
Slightly embarrassed, I looked away and looked out the window.Arya's eyes fluttered, and she smiled at me and said, "This little gift really makes me look forward to it, otherwise we won't go to the auction, and it just so happens that you have time in the afternoon, let's go back to the manor to redeem your gift." ”"Uh" I sweat profusely.She burst out laughing and said, "Giggles, just kidding you!"
”Arya's melodious laughter swept through the carriage like a silver bell and swayed through the busy streets.On such a sunny afternoon, our magic caravan sped down to the auction hall on the way to the Marquis Jonathan.Unexpectedly, the auction venue of this small auction was actually set up in a manor that looked a little depressed, this manor was originally planted with some tropical plants, but the heating magic array that maintained these tropical plants suspended the heat supply due to the lack of magic crystals, so in this autumn in the imperial capital, the garden became yellow, as if the withering magic was cast by the undead magician.A swimming pool is full of water, but the pool is full of fallen leaves, and I don't know how long no one has cleaned it, and the lawns on both sides of the pool are overgrown with weeds, and it is estimated that no one has trimmed them this summer.The granite castle in the manor still looks so solemn that it is easy to think of its former glory.This is the fourth block, which is where the nouveau riche gather in the imperial capital.After making money, many businessmen will choose to buy a gorgeous courtyard in the fourth block, but the current world is not good, and it happened to catch up with the plane war, many businesses have become very depressed, and some mine owners who choose to mine on the plane are basically out of the game, and other businesses are not so easy to operate.Although the courtyard of the manor was covered with yellow leaves, there were more than two dozen gorgeous magic caravans parked, and the riders of the magic caravans were gathered together, sitting and chatting on the benches by the pool, and one after another magic caravans drove in through the door.Our magic caravan stopped at the gates of the castle, and Arya took me by the arm and stepped out of it.There was a butler standing on the steps at the gate of the castle, he was holding a black leather manual in his hand, and when he saw us coming down from the magic caravan, he hurriedly greeted him, and when he saw Alia, he hurriedly saluted Alia and said: "Lady Alia, thank you for coming to this auction, I don't know if you can prepare a lot this time, if so, I will register it for you, and then determine the order of the auction, if not, then please ask two distinguished guests to enter the venue first, wait a while, the auction is about to begin." ”Arya glanced at Betty beside her, and Betty, the maid, came up and communicated with the butler, and Arya and I did not stop, but followed the flow of people into the castle.The auction was held in the lobby on the first floor of the castle, and the hall was filled with delicate indigo chairs, each with soft cushions, and there were about two hundred chairs in the whole room, half of which were now occupied by some nobles, who were talking in twos and threes, and some maids in light gauze dresses were shuttling through it with refreshments.The high platform of the auction is a wide jogging platform on the stairs leading from the first floor to the second floor, on which a gorgeous red carpet is covered, and a middle-aged man dressed in aristocratic clothing is directing the attendants in the auction hall to clear a wider space.It seems that many people in the venue know Alia, and when they saw her and I walking in together, they all looked at us, and Alia would also greet people who knew her cordially, after all, they were all nobles in the imperial capital, as long as they were not mortal enemies, they still had to maintain proper etiquette.A few nobles left their seats and walked directly to us, these people greeted Arya familiarly, and then began to ask Arya if she was going to auction the fabric of spider silk magic cloth in this auction, and when they heard Alia's clear answer, they were all surprised, and then some nobles immediately complained that the production of spider silk magic cloth was too low, and the orders from the textile workshop had been delayed, and they actually had to share some of them to be auctioned.Arya didn't care, and sent them away with a few words, waiting quietly with me for the auction to begin.