Chapter 285: 050 – Guests
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"How did they do it?" Julian the head curator of the auction house asked Lirian while panicking.
Lirian shrugged his shoulders, "How would I know?" he asked back, "I was brought here and locked up in my cage, then the guard went to insult those two who were in their cages," Lirian added in a small lie about the guard.
"A short while later they opened their cages and left, they didn't even offer to help me escape," Lirian explained in a saddened tone.
But inwardly Lirian was laughing aloud at the success of his plan, now he just hoped that the two would not be found for another day.
A short while later the guard who brought Lirian to his cage was dragged into the room and tied to a chair, where they found that his keys were missing.
A long interrogation session ensued, by the end of which the guard who brought Lirian in was nothing more than a bloodied corpse.
Lirian sighed after the musical sound of someone being slowly tortured to death came to an end, from beginning to end the guard claimed to be innocent, and died saying the same thing, he had no idea how his keys went missing.
But most importantly, he didn't say a word to the other captives, yet everyone had it in their heads that he spoke to them when he came down to lock Lirian in his cage.
All the while Lirian smiled merrily at the plight of the guard.
Julian kicked the chair with the dead man flying in a fit of anger, and barked orders at his men to scour every inch of the city for the elf.
That was a treasure that he was extremely lucky to come across, and he would not have put the elf up for auction, if he had the confidence to take him to one of the big cities.
If he had the ability to smuggle the elf into Proge without being caught, he could have sold the elf for tens of thousands of gold, even important nobles would offer him the highest titles they possibly could to obtain an elven male.
They were just that rare and valuable.
Julian paced up and down through the collections of the auction house, an entire day passed, and he still had no idea where the two escaped to.
The girl was the last surviving member of a minor noble family, so she was naturally a valuable captive, but now all he had was some captive, who was not only blind, but his legs were also broken.
The time for the auction was quickly approaching, and Julian was struggling with admitting his defeat, when his personal butler came rushing to his side.
"Sir our first guest has arrived," the butler panted out loud.
Julian widened his eyes in surprise, 'It can't be time already,' he thought and pulled out a silver pocket watch from one of his coat pockets, when he snapped it open he looked at the needles only to find that it was merely three hours afternoon.
The auction wouldn't start until late in the evening, "Send them away, the auction isn't for a good few hours," he told the butler.
But the butler lightly shook his head, "Sir we can't do that, it's madam Selner who has arrived, and there were a few others on their way in as I came to inform you,"
Julian's breathing went rampant at any other time he would have been delighted to entertain such guests, even if he had to dedicate an entire day to them, but now he realised that it was to late to back away from the auction.
His main piece was gone, and he'd be lucky if none of his important guests attempts to kill him at the end of the day for wasting their time.
But worst of all was that after today his reputation would plummet.
Julian turned to the butler, and said, "Get all our valuable possession's ready for a quick get away, and also kill all the guards who were on duty, we'll report to our superiors that someone broke in, killed all the guards, and stole the elf, and the girl,"
As Julian spoke he neatened up his coat and put on a confident smile, as he left to greet the incoming guests.
Julian held up an umbrella as he reached the carriage of madam Selner and knocked on her door.
The door soon opened and a beautiful woman with dark ivory skin stepped out in a puffy dress, she gave a polite nod of her head as she climbed down the steps of her carriage and stepped under the shelter of Julian's umbrella.
"Lady Izlandi sincerely apologises for being unable to attend your grand auction good sir Julian, she is currently in a critical point of her cultivation and cannot leave he cultivation chamber," madam Selner said apologetically, she was lady Izlandi's right hand, and handled most of the management of Lady Izlandi's establishments.
"As a token of apology Lady Izlandi has asked me to give you these items as a gift for granting her this opportunity," madam Selner said clapping her hands and several servants came out of the carriage carrying multiple large coffers.
The fanciest coffer was brought before Julian and he was briefly shown the contents, he saw dozens of jewellery pieces and ornaments, that were worth their weight in gold.
Julian took a calming breath to calm his nervousness and put on a humble smile, "Madam Selner as much as I appreciate such gifts, I do not think it right for me to accept such exquisite pieces," he said perfectly hiding his nervousness.
Madam Selner smiled at his response, "Lady Izlandi insisted that you accept these gifts, I have instructions to toss them in the streets if you don't accept them,"
With that Julian was unable to reject the items any further and smiled happily as he accepted them.
"I see that you have other guests to tend to so I shall not take any more of your time, I look forward to your marvellous auction tonight," madam Selner said giving him a wink as she raised a light blue umbrella of her own and walked away with the servants carrying the other coffers.
Madam Selner was guided to a room where the servants brought in the remaining coffers all of which were filled with gold.
'My Lady I will succeed in obtaining the elf, no matter the cost,' madam Selner swore internally, it was under Lady Izlandi's instructions that she came to the auction, apparently her Lady had a plan to use the elf.
Julian continued to go out greeting guest after guest, all of the early arrivals were nobles, his auction might have been for the black market, but his main clients had always been the nobles, he had a special understanding with House Kurt.
He paid them a set fee after every auction and they didn't bother him about the sales he made and he also provided them with a few additional services, it was a win-win for both sides.
As time passed by Julian received gift after gift from the nobles that arrived, none of them could compare to the gifts he received from Lady Izlandi, but when pilled up, he was certain that he collected well over a thousand golds worth of items.
A short while later he saw a light blue carriage with the circular shield painted on all four side's, he immediately recognised it was from House Kurt, and rushed to greet his new guests while sweating internally at how large his auction was.
To have the distinguished guests of House Kurt attend an auction was every auction house's dream, but this was only making Julian all the more nervous.
When Julian reached the carriage he gave a reverential bow as Stanley Kurt walked out accompanied, by three of the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life.
Julian could hardly stop his eyes from wondering all over the three beauties luscious bodies, Julian had never met Stanley before, but he naturally knew who Stanley was.
"Lord Stanley it is my pleasure to act as a host to one such as yourself, I'll arrange for a private room that you can share with your three beautiful ladies," Julian said while trying to avert his eyes from the stunning beauties.
"hahaha," Stanley laughed heartily, glad that the women were drawing the envy of every man around him, "That will be most appreciated," he said while intimately wrapping his arms around the waists of Jasmine and Lavender.
"Will Lord Cornick be joining you?" Julian asked curiously after all he did send a personal invite to Lord Cornick.
Stanley sighed and shook his head, "My brother has received some severe injuries, he'll be in recovery for some time," Stanley said with a slight shudder as he recalled his brother's injuries.
"Training injuries?" Julian asked with concern, after all Cornick had been a good customer.
"Sure, lets go with that," Stanley said with a distant look in his eyes, before giving Julian another valuable gift and heading off into the entertainment area.
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"How did they do it?" Julian the head curator of the auction house asked Lirian while panicking.
Lirian shrugged his shoulders, "How would I know?" he asked back, "I was brought here and locked up in my cage, then the guard went to insult those two who were in their cages," Lirian added in a small lie about the guard.
"A short while later they opened their cages and left, they didn't even offer to help me escape," Lirian explained in a saddened tone.
But inwardly Lirian was laughing aloud at the success of his plan, now he just hoped that the two would not be found for another day.
A short while later the guard who brought Lirian to his cage was dragged into the room and tied to a chair, where they found that his keys were missing.
A long interrogation session ensued, by the end of which the guard who brought Lirian in was nothing more than a bloodied corpse.
Lirian sighed after the musical sound of someone being slowly tortured to death came to an end, from beginning to end the guard claimed to be innocent, and died saying the same thing, he had no idea how his keys went missing.
But most importantly, he didn't say a word to the other captives, yet everyone had it in their heads that he spoke to them when he came down to lock Lirian in his cage.
All the while Lirian smiled merrily at the plight of the guard.
Julian kicked the chair with the dead man flying in a fit of anger, and barked orders at his men to scour every inch of the city for the elf.
That was a treasure that he was extremely lucky to come across, and he would not have put the elf up for auction, if he had the confidence to take him to one of the big cities.
If he had the ability to smuggle the elf into Proge without being caught, he could have sold the elf for tens of thousands of gold, even important nobles would offer him the highest titles they possibly could to obtain an elven male.
They were just that rare and valuable.
Julian paced up and down through the collections of the auction house, an entire day passed, and he still had no idea where the two escaped to.
The girl was the last surviving member of a minor noble family, so she was naturally a valuable captive, but now all he had was some captive, who was not only blind, but his legs were also broken.
The time for the auction was quickly approaching, and Julian was struggling with admitting his defeat, when his personal butler came rushing to his side.
"Sir our first guest has arrived," the butler panted out loud.
Julian widened his eyes in surprise, 'It can't be time already,' he thought and pulled out a silver pocket watch from one of his coat pockets, when he snapped it open he looked at the needles only to find that it was merely three hours afternoon.
The auction wouldn't start until late in the evening, "Send them away, the auction isn't for a good few hours," he told the butler.
But the butler lightly shook his head, "Sir we can't do that, it's madam Selner who has arrived, and there were a few others on their way in as I came to inform you,"
Julian's breathing went rampant at any other time he would have been delighted to entertain such guests, even if he had to dedicate an entire day to them, but now he realised that it was to late to back away from the auction.
His main piece was gone, and he'd be lucky if none of his important guests attempts to kill him at the end of the day for wasting their time.
But worst of all was that after today his reputation would plummet.
Julian turned to the butler, and said, "Get all our valuable possession's ready for a quick get away, and also kill all the guards who were on duty, we'll report to our superiors that someone broke in, killed all the guards, and stole the elf, and the girl,"
As Julian spoke he neatened up his coat and put on a confident smile, as he left to greet the incoming guests.
Julian held up an umbrella as he reached the carriage of madam Selner and knocked on her door.
The door soon opened and a beautiful woman with dark ivory skin stepped out in a puffy dress, she gave a polite nod of her head as she climbed down the steps of her carriage and stepped under the shelter of Julian's umbrella.
"Lady Izlandi sincerely apologises for being unable to attend your grand auction good sir Julian, she is currently in a critical point of her cultivation and cannot leave he cultivation chamber," madam Selner said apologetically, she was lady Izlandi's right hand, and handled most of the management of Lady Izlandi's establishments.
"As a token of apology Lady Izlandi has asked me to give you these items as a gift for granting her this opportunity," madam Selner said clapping her hands and several servants came out of the carriage carrying multiple large coffers.
The fanciest coffer was brought before Julian and he was briefly shown the contents, he saw dozens of jewellery pieces and ornaments, that were worth their weight in gold.
Julian took a calming breath to calm his nervousness and put on a humble smile, "Madam Selner as much as I appreciate such gifts, I do not think it right for me to accept such exquisite pieces," he said perfectly hiding his nervousness.
Madam Selner smiled at his response, "Lady Izlandi insisted that you accept these gifts, I have instructions to toss them in the streets if you don't accept them,"
With that Julian was unable to reject the items any further and smiled happily as he accepted them.
"I see that you have other guests to tend to so I shall not take any more of your time, I look forward to your marvellous auction tonight," madam Selner said giving him a wink as she raised a light blue umbrella of her own and walked away with the servants carrying the other coffers.
Madam Selner was guided to a room where the servants brought in the remaining coffers all of which were filled with gold.
'My Lady I will succeed in obtaining the elf, no matter the cost,' madam Selner swore internally, it was under Lady Izlandi's instructions that she came to the auction, apparently her Lady had a plan to use the elf.
Julian continued to go out greeting guest after guest, all of the early arrivals were nobles, his auction might have been for the black market, but his main clients had always been the nobles, he had a special understanding with House Kurt.
He paid them a set fee after every auction and they didn't bother him about the sales he made and he also provided them with a few additional services, it was a win-win for both sides.
As time passed by Julian received gift after gift from the nobles that arrived, none of them could compare to the gifts he received from Lady Izlandi, but when pilled up, he was certain that he collected well over a thousand golds worth of items.
A short while later he saw a light blue carriage with the circular shield painted on all four side's, he immediately recognised it was from House Kurt, and rushed to greet his new guests while sweating internally at how large his auction was.
To have the distinguished guests of House Kurt attend an auction was every auction house's dream, but this was only making Julian all the more nervous.
When Julian reached the carriage he gave a reverential bow as Stanley Kurt walked out accompanied, by three of the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life.
Julian could hardly stop his eyes from wondering all over the three beauties luscious bodies, Julian had never met Stanley before, but he naturally knew who Stanley was.
"Lord Stanley it is my pleasure to act as a host to one such as yourself, I'll arrange for a private room that you can share with your three beautiful ladies," Julian said while trying to avert his eyes from the stunning beauties.
"hahaha," Stanley laughed heartily, glad that the women were drawing the envy of every man around him, "That will be most appreciated," he said while intimately wrapping his arms around the waists of Jasmine and Lavender.
"Will Lord Cornick be joining you?" Julian asked curiously after all he did send a personal invite to Lord Cornick.
Stanley sighed and shook his head, "My brother has received some severe injuries, he'll be in recovery for some time," Stanley said with a slight shudder as he recalled his brother's injuries.
"Training injuries?" Julian asked with concern, after all Cornick had been a good customer.
"Sure, lets go with that," Stanley said with a distant look in his eyes, before giving Julian another valuable gift and heading off into the entertainment area.
"How did they do it?" Julian the head curator of the auction house asked Lirian while panicking.Lirian shrugged his shoulders, "How would I know?" he asked back, "I was brought here and locked up in my cage, then the guard went to insult those two who were in their cages," Lirian added in a small lie about the guard."A short while later they opened their cages and left, they didn't even offer to help me escape," Lirian explained in a saddened tone.But inwardly Lirian was laughing aloud at the success of his plan, now he just hoped that the two would not be found for another day.A short while later the guard who brought Lirian to his cage was dragged into the room and tied to a chair, where they found that his keys were missing.A long interrogation session ensued, by the end of which the guard who brought Lirian in was nothing more than a bloodied corpse.Lirian sighed after the musical sound of someone being slowly tortured to death came to an end, from beginning to end the guard claimed to be innocent, and died saying the same thing, he had no idea how his keys went missing.But most importantly, he didn't say a word to the other captives, yet everyone had it in their heads that he spoke to them when he came down to lock Lirian in his cage.All the while Lirian smiled merrily at the plight of the guard.Julian kicked the chair with the dead man flying in a fit of anger, and barked orders at his men to scour every inch of the city for the elf.That was a treasure that he was extremely lucky to come across, and he would not have put the elf up for auction, if he had the confidence to take him to one of the big cities.If he had the ability to smuggle the elf into Proge without being caught, he could have sold the elf for tens of thousands of gold, even important nobles would offer him the highest titles they possibly could to obtain an elven male.They were just that rare and valuable.Julian paced up and down through the collections of the auction house, an entire day passed, and he still had no idea where the two escaped to.The girl was the last surviving member of a minor noble family, so she was naturally a valuable captive, but now all he had was some captive, who was not only blind, but his legs were also broken.The time for the auction was quickly approaching, and Julian was struggling with admitting his defeat, when his personal butler came rushing to his side."Sir our first guest has arrived," the butler panted out loud.Julian widened his eyes in surprise, 'It can't be time already,' he thought and pulled out a silver pocket watch from one of his coat pockets, when he snapped it open he looked at the needles only to find that it was merely three hours afternoon.The auction wouldn't start until late in the evening, "Send them away, the auction isn't for a good few hours," he told the butler.But the butler lightly shook his head, "Sir we can't do that, it's madam Selner who has arrived, and there were a few others on their way in as I came to inform you,"Julian's breathing went rampant at any other time he would have been delighted to entertain such guests, even if he had to dedicate an entire day to them, but now he realised that it was to late to back away from the auction.His main piece was gone, and he'd be lucky if none of his important guests attempts to kill him at the end of the day for wasting their time.But worst of all was that after today his reputation would plummet.Julian turned to the butler, and said, "Get all our valuable possession's ready for a quick get away, and also kill all the guards who were on duty, we'll report to our superiors that someone broke in, killed all the guards, and stole the elf, and the girl,"As Julian spoke he neatened up his coat and put on a confident smile, as he left to greet the incoming guests.Julian held up an umbrella as he reached the carriage of madam Selner and knocked on her door.The door soon opened and a beautiful woman with dark ivory skin stepped out in a puffy dress, she gave a polite nod of her head as she climbed down the steps of her carriage and stepped under the shelter of Julian's umbrella."Lady Izlandi sincerely apologises for being unable to attend your grand auction good sir Julian, she is currently in a critical point of her cultivation and cannot leave he cultivation chamber," madam Selner said apologetically, she was lady Izlandi's right hand, and handled most of the management of Lady Izlandi's establishments."As a token of apology Lady Izlandi has asked me to give you these items as a gift for granting her this opportunity," madam Selner said clapping her hands and several servants came out of the carriage carrying multiple large coffers.The fanciest coffer was brought before Julian and he was briefly shown the contents, he saw dozens of jewellery pieces and ornaments, that were worth their weight in gold.Julian took a calming breath to calm his nervousness and put on a humble smile, "Madam Selner as much as I appreciate such gifts, I do not think it right for me to accept such exquisite pieces," he said perfectly hiding his nervousness.Madam Selner smiled at his response, "Lady Izlandi insisted that you accept these gifts, I have instructions to toss them in the streets if you don't accept them,"With that Julian was unable to reject the items any further and smiled happily as he accepted them."I see that you have other guests to tend to so I shall not take any more of your time, I look forward to your marvellous auction tonight," madam Selner said giving him a wink as she raised a light blue umbrella of her own and walked away with the servants carrying the other coffers.Madam Selner was guided to a room where the servants brought in the remaining coffers all of which were filled with gold.'My Lady I will succeed in obtaining the elf, no matter the cost,' madam Selner swore internally, it was under Lady Izlandi's instructions that she came to the auction, apparently her Lady had a plan to use the elf.Julian continued to go out greeting guest after guest, all of the early arrivals were nobles, his auction might have been for the black market, but his main clients had always been the nobles, he had a special understanding with House Kurt.He paid them a set fee after every auction and they didn't bother him about the sales he made and he also provided them with a few additional services, it was a win-win for both sides.As time passed by Julian received gift after gift from the nobles that arrived, none of them could compare to the gifts he received from Lady Izlandi, but when pilled up, he was certain that he collected well over a thousand golds worth of items.A short while later he saw a light blue carriage with the circular shield painted on all four side's, he immediately recognised it was from House Kurt, and rushed to greet his new guests while sweating internally at how large his auction was.To have the distinguished guests of House Kurt attend an auction was every auction house's dream, but this was only making Julian all the more nervous.When Julian reached the carriage he gave a reverential bow as Stanley Kurt walked out accompanied, by three of the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life.Julian could hardly stop his eyes from wondering all over the three beauties luscious bodies, Julian had never met Stanley before, but he naturally knew who Stanley was."Lord Stanley it is my pleasure to act as a host to one such as yourself, I'll arrange for a private room that you can share with your three beautiful ladies," Julian said while trying to avert his eyes from the stunning beauties."hahaha," Stanley laughed heartily, glad that the women were drawing the envy of every man around him, "That will be most appreciated," he said while intimately wrapping his arms around the waists of Jasmine and Lavender."Will Lord Cornick be joining you?" Julian asked curiously after all he did send a personal invite to Lord Cornick.Stanley sighed and shook his head, "My brother has received some severe injuries, he'll be in recovery for some time," Stanley said with a slight shudder as he recalled his brother's injuries."Training injuries?" Julian asked with concern, after all Cornick had been a good customer."Sure, lets go with that," Stanley said with a distant look in his eyes, before giving Julian another valuable gift and heading off into the entertainment area.
