Chapter 288: 053 – Auction 3
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In all but a second of the auctioneer stating the opening bid almost every person in the room raised a paddle, even the people who weren't collectors were showing their interest in Lirian.
'Even without my charm fully active, my beauty is a curse,' Lirian thought sadly, 'Maybe I should just shout out that the elf is gone missing, or that there never was an elf in the first place, and that the black market lured them here to assassinate everyone present,' Lirian thought.
[Host is advised against such action, prediction scans show that such an action will lead to the certain death of host.]
The system gave Lirian it's prediction as soon as he had the thought, which left Lirian with no choice but to accept being sold, 'I suppose that messing with people I don't understand yet is of the tables for now,' Lirian thought as the price started to rise rapidly.
When Lirian stopped to listen, his value had already doubled from 5 gold to 10 and the increments were raised to 20 silver and yet it showed no sign of slowing down.
When the bid reached 25 gold the increment changed to 1 gold with every bid it was then that the first few people stopped raising their paddle's.
"We have reached 50 gold will anyone go higher?" the auctioneer asked with a look of wonder in her eye, for a common person to reach such a value was simply unheard of, even for collectors, 50 gold was the cut of line even for a unique item because ultimately while unique in appearance Lirian had no special use or purpose.
"Going once,"
"Going twice,"
"Going…" but before she could finish two people called out at the same time.
"51 gold," everyone turned to look in the direction of the two bidders who suddenly stepped in.
They turned to see Stanley Kurt raising his paddle as well as madam Selner who also occupied her own private booth.
It was then that another battle begun to take place.
"53 gold," Stanley said quickly increasing his bid.
"55 gold," madam Selner said, calmly increasing her bid.
"57!"
"59!"
"61!"
"…"
"75!"
The bid continued to raise, and both madam Selner and Stanley kept increasing it without a care in the world.
"May I know why Lord Stanley is so insistent on having this man?" madam Selner asked politely, as if this was just idle chit chat as she continued to raise the bid.
Stanley lightly smiled, "He'll make a good gift to spoil my lovely girls," Stanley said as he casually increased his bid.
"I've heard a great deal about the respectable madam Selner, I've heard that my sister depends on you very much for the management of her business," he said in acknowledgment of her.
"Lady Izlandi is a brilliant woman, it is my life's fortunate to be of use to such a woman," madam Selner said proudly.
"Indeed she is," Stanley agreed readily, "Would madam Selner tell me why this man is worth so much to you?"
A wry smile appeared on madam Selner's lips, "How could I refuse to answer the respectable Lord Stanley," she said with a hint of flattery in her voice.
"You know how to flatter madam Selner, you definitely couldn't have learned that from my sister," he said in amusement.
Madam Selner showed no anger at the slight provocation, she knew that Izlandi treated her family members very coldly, ever since her younger brother tried to defile her at a young age.
"Lord Stanley is very popular with the ladies," Madam Selner said with a small grin as she looked at the beautiful escorts, it sounded like a complement but anyone could see the underlying insult.
"As one so popular with woman I'm sure that Lord Stanley is aware that most women prefer to keep their affairs secret," she said in an amused tone as if she felt like Stanley didn't know about that.
"Of course," Stanley added while doing his best not to go red in the face, he knew painfully well that without showing off his status and wealth he couldn't get a woman, let alone get one to have an affair.
Madam Selner nodded with a light smile, "What Lord Stanley may not know is that a lot of the women who come to the male brothel request that the men are blind folded,"
"That slave would be the prized possession of Lady Izlandi's establishment, not only is he the most attractive man I've seen in my life, he is also blind which is a major added bonus, he is the perfect candidate to act as a male escort," she said with a bright smile as she looked at Lirian.
"Do you really think a blind man will be able to hit a woman in the right places?" Stanley asked with a derisive laugh.
"Of course, I've had first hand experience of a blind man's prowess, I will always regret not making him mine," Madam Selner said with a cheeky laugh, "The only problem with this man is his legs, once those are healed up, he'll become the talk of the city," she gave her evaluation of Lirian.
Their conversation was heard clearly by everyone, as they continued to converse and increase the bid, Lirian felt killing intent being directed at him.
'She's the one taking jabs at you, why the hell do you suddenly want to kill me?' Lirian wanted to yell at Stanley.
Evidently Madam Selner's words had gotten under his skin, and he was starting to regret being so generous with the three ladies, how was he to know that blind people were good in bed.
"Madam Selner I'm sure that you have come prepared to buy that elf, but will you still be able to afford it if you waste what you have for this slave, 200 gold!" he loudly said pushing the price up by a large margin.
He wanted to keep pushing the value up, so that it would cost madam Selner a fortune to pick up Lirian, it was his way of getting back at her for insulting him.
The others looked at him like he was crazy, as it was none of them would pay more that 50 gold for Lirian since to them he was just a unique person.
For madam Selner it made sense, since she would receive an outstanding return on her investment over time, but for Lord Stanley it was no different from splurging wastefully, just so that his woman could have a fun time with another man, it was utterly ridiculous.
If he wanted to become a cuckhold so badly, there were many men in the audience that would happily sleep with his women.
Lirian gritted his teeth in frustration at how helpless he was, he couldn't see anything, and his current choices were work in a brothel, or spending a few nights of passion with whores before being killed by an adapt.
'I need the brothel to take me,' Lirian thought as he remembered that the woman said something about getting his legs healed before making him work. 'That would afford him at least a month, at which time he'd have to find a way to escape,'
With that in mind, Lirian increased the power of his charm, and attempted to direct it to madam Selner, but Lirian still lacked that level of control the charm was a unique skill the likes of which Lirian had never used before, which made it's control very difficult.
In the process of trying to influence madam Selner, the wave of charm splashed all of the room, and many of the people who had earlier chosen to give up at the 50 gold mark, started to raise their peddles.
"210!"
"220!"
"240!"
"…"
"300!"
The audience rapidly raised the price, for a minute before recovering from their stupor, everyone looked around with confusion as if not understanding what they had just done.
"Lord Stanley, I have come fully prepared to win the elf," she said as she softly tapped against a case in her hand, only she new that inside the case was the title deeds to all of Lady Izlandi's establishments.
"400!" Madam Selner said and looked at Stanley with a wry smile.
As sole heir to House Kurt, Lord Stanley had full access to 50% of the family's main coffers, Lady Izlandi knew that extremely well which is why she was prepared to use everything she had to obtain the elf.
With the elf, Izlandi had a chance at buying her freedom, so she was prepared to sacrifice everything for the chance of obtaining it.
"600!" Stanley shouted.
"Lord Stanley has already spent a considerable amount, on your last purchase," madam Selner added, "If you waste anymore you may not be able to beat me in the next bid," madam Selner said with a smile and waited for the very last second before increasing her bid.
"610!" she called out and looked at Stanley.
Stanley locked eyes with her, he didn't want Lirian, all he wanted was push the price up to make things difficult for madam Selner for insulting him, but if she let the bid slip it would take a small chunk out of his wealth, and from that look in her eye he could tell that she had something up her sleeve to obtain the elf.
"Very well, I'll let you have him," Stanley said and stopped increasing the bid.
"That's very gracious of Lord Stanley, I promise that once the slave has recovered I'll let the three beauties be the first to take him for a ride," she said with a wide smile, that made Stanley's expression sink.
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In all but a second of the auctioneer stating the opening bid almost every person in the room raised a paddle, even the people who weren't collectors were showing their interest in Lirian.
'Even without my charm fully active, my beauty is a curse,' Lirian thought sadly, 'Maybe I should just shout out that the elf is gone missing, or that there never was an elf in the first place, and that the black market lured them here to assassinate everyone present,' Lirian thought.
[Host is advised against such action, prediction scans show that such an action will lead to the certain death of host.]
The system gave Lirian it's prediction as soon as he had the thought, which left Lirian with no choice but to accept being sold, 'I suppose that messing with people I don't understand yet is of the tables for now,' Lirian thought as the price started to rise rapidly.
When Lirian stopped to listen, his value had already doubled from 5 gold to 10 and the increments were raised to 20 silver and yet it showed no sign of slowing down.
When the bid reached 25 gold the increment changed to 1 gold with every bid it was then that the first few people stopped raising their paddle's.
"We have reached 50 gold will anyone go higher?" the auctioneer asked with a look of wonder in her eye, for a common person to reach such a value was simply unheard of, even for collectors, 50 gold was the cut of line even for a unique item because ultimately while unique in appearance Lirian had no special use or purpose.
"Going once,"
"Going twice,"
"Going…" but before she could finish two people called out at the same time.
"51 gold," everyone turned to look in the direction of the two bidders who suddenly stepped in.
They turned to see Stanley Kurt raising his paddle as well as madam Selner who also occupied her own private booth.
It was then that another battle begun to take place.
"53 gold," Stanley said quickly increasing his bid.
"55 gold," madam Selner said, calmly increasing her bid.
"57!"
"59!"
"61!"
"…"
"75!"
The bid continued to raise, and both madam Selner and Stanley kept increasing it without a care in the world.
"May I know why Lord Stanley is so insistent on having this man?" madam Selner asked politely, as if this was just idle chit chat as she continued to raise the bid.
Stanley lightly smiled, "He'll make a good gift to spoil my lovely girls," Stanley said as he casually increased his bid.
"I've heard a great deal about the respectable madam Selner, I've heard that my sister depends on you very much for the management of her business," he said in acknowledgment of her.
"Lady Izlandi is a brilliant woman, it is my life's fortunate to be of use to such a woman," madam Selner said proudly.
"Indeed she is," Stanley agreed readily, "Would madam Selner tell me why this man is worth so much to you?"
A wry smile appeared on madam Selner's lips, "How could I refuse to answer the respectable Lord Stanley," she said with a hint of flattery in her voice.
"You know how to flatter madam Selner, you definitely couldn't have learned that from my sister," he said in amusement.
Madam Selner showed no anger at the slight provocation, she knew that Izlandi treated her family members very coldly, ever since her younger brother tried to defile her at a young age.
"Lord Stanley is very popular with the ladies," Madam Selner said with a small grin as she looked at the beautiful escorts, it sounded like a complement but anyone could see the underlying insult.
"As one so popular with woman I'm sure that Lord Stanley is aware that most women prefer to keep their affairs secret," she said in an amused tone as if she felt like Stanley didn't know about that.
"Of course," Stanley added while doing his best not to go red in the face, he knew painfully well that without showing off his status and wealth he couldn't get a woman, let alone get one to have an affair.
Madam Selner nodded with a light smile, "What Lord Stanley may not know is that a lot of the women who come to the male brothel request that the men are blind folded,"
"That slave would be the prized possession of Lady Izlandi's establishment, not only is he the most attractive man I've seen in my life, he is also blind which is a major added bonus, he is the perfect candidate to act as a male escort," she said with a bright smile as she looked at Lirian.
"Do you really think a blind man will be able to hit a woman in the right places?" Stanley asked with a derisive laugh.
"Of course, I've had first hand experience of a blind man's prowess, I will always regret not making him mine," Madam Selner said with a cheeky laugh, "The only problem with this man is his legs, once those are healed up, he'll become the talk of the city," she gave her evaluation of Lirian.
Their conversation was heard clearly by everyone, as they continued to converse and increase the bid, Lirian felt killing intent being directed at him.
'She's the one taking jabs at you, why the hell do you suddenly want to kill me?' Lirian wanted to yell at Stanley.
Evidently Madam Selner's words had gotten under his skin, and he was starting to regret being so generous with the three ladies, how was he to know that blind people were good in bed.
"Madam Selner I'm sure that you have come prepared to buy that elf, but will you still be able to afford it if you waste what you have for this slave, 200 gold!" he loudly said pushing the price up by a large margin.
He wanted to keep pushing the value up, so that it would cost madam Selner a fortune to pick up Lirian, it was his way of getting back at her for insulting him.
The others looked at him like he was crazy, as it was none of them would pay more that 50 gold for Lirian since to them he was just a unique person.
For madam Selner it made sense, since she would receive an outstanding return on her investment over time, but for Lord Stanley it was no different from splurging wastefully, just so that his woman could have a fun time with another man, it was utterly ridiculous.
If he wanted to become a cuckhold so badly, there were many men in the audience that would happily sleep with his women.
Lirian gritted his teeth in frustration at how helpless he was, he couldn't see anything, and his current choices were work in a brothel, or spending a few nights of passion with whores before being killed by an adapt.
'I need the brothel to take me,' Lirian thought as he remembered that the woman said something about getting his legs healed before making him work. 'That would afford him at least a month, at which time he'd have to find a way to escape,'
With that in mind, Lirian increased the power of his charm, and attempted to direct it to madam Selner, but Lirian still lacked that level of control the charm was a unique skill the likes of which Lirian had never used before, which made it's control very difficult.
In the process of trying to influence madam Selner, the wave of charm splashed all of the room, and many of the people who had earlier chosen to give up at the 50 gold mark, started to raise their peddles.
"210!"
"220!"
"240!"
"…"
"300!"
The audience rapidly raised the price, for a minute before recovering from their stupor, everyone looked around with confusion as if not understanding what they had just done.
"Lord Stanley, I have come fully prepared to win the elf," she said as she softly tapped against a case in her hand, only she new that inside the case was the title deeds to all of Lady Izlandi's establishments.
"400!" Madam Selner said and looked at Stanley with a wry smile.
As sole heir to House Kurt, Lord Stanley had full access to 50% of the family's main coffers, Lady Izlandi knew that extremely well which is why she was prepared to use everything she had to obtain the elf.
With the elf, Izlandi had a chance at buying her freedom, so she was prepared to sacrifice everything for the chance of obtaining it.
"600!" Stanley shouted.
"Lord Stanley has already spent a considerable amount, on your last purchase," madam Selner added, "If you waste anymore you may not be able to beat me in the next bid," madam Selner said with a smile and waited for the very last second before increasing her bid.
"610!" she called out and looked at Stanley.
Stanley locked eyes with her, he didn't want Lirian, all he wanted was push the price up to make things difficult for madam Selner for insulting him, but if she let the bid slip it would take a small chunk out of his wealth, and from that look in her eye he could tell that she had something up her sleeve to obtain the elf.
"Very well, I'll let you have him," Stanley said and stopped increasing the bid.
"That's very gracious of Lord Stanley, I promise that once the slave has recovered I'll let the three beauties be the first to take him for a ride," she said with a wide smile, that made Stanley's expression sink.
In all but a second of the auctioneer stating the opening bid almost every person in the room raised a paddle, even the people who weren't collectors were showing their interest in Lirian.'Even without my charm fully active, my beauty is a curse,' Lirian thought sadly, 'Maybe I should just shout out that the elf is gone missing, or that there never was an elf in the first place, and that the black market lured them here to assassinate everyone present,' Lirian thought.Host is advised against such action, prediction scans show that such an action will lead to the certain death of host.The system gave Lirian it's prediction as soon as he had the thought, which left Lirian with no choice but to accept being sold, 'I suppose that messing with people I don't understand yet is of the tables for now,' Lirian thought as the price started to rise rapidly.When Lirian stopped to listen, his value had already doubled from 5 gold to 10 and the increments were raised to 20 silver and yet it showed no sign of slowing down.When the bid reached 25 gold the increment changed to 1 gold with every bid it was then that the first few people stopped raising their paddle's."We have reached 50 gold will anyone go higher?" the auctioneer asked with a look of wonder in her eye, for a common person to reach such a value was simply unheard of, even for collectors, 50 gold was the cut of line even for a unique item because ultimately while unique in appearance Lirian had no special use or purpose."Going once,""Going twice,""Going" but before she could finish two people called out at the same time."51 gold," everyone turned to look in the direction of the two bidders who suddenly stepped in.They turned to see Stanley Kurt raising his paddle as well as madam Selner who also occupied her own private booth.It was then that another battle begun to take place."53 gold," Stanley said quickly increasing his bid."55 gold," madam Selner said, calmly increasing her bid."57!""59!""61!""""75!"The bid continued to raise, and both madam Selner and Stanley kept increasing it without a care in the world."May I know why Lord Stanley is so insistent on having this man?" madam Selner asked politely, as if this was just idle chit chat as she continued to raise the bid.Stanley lightly smiled, "He'll make a good gift to spoil my lovely girls," Stanley said as he casually increased his bid."I've heard a great deal about the respectable madam Selner, I've heard that my sister depends on you very much for the management of her business," he said in acknowledgment of her."Lady Izlandi is a brilliant woman, it is my life's fortunate to be of use to such a woman," madam Selner said proudly."Indeed she is," Stanley agreed readily, "Would madam Selner tell me why this man is worth so much to you?"A wry smile appeared on madam Selner's lips, "How could I refuse to answer the respectable Lord Stanley," she said with a hint of flattery in her voice."You know how to flatter madam Selner, you definitely couldn't have learned that from my sister," he said in amusement.Madam Selner showed no anger at the slight provocation, she knew that Izlandi treated her family members very coldly, ever since her younger brother tried to defile her at a young age."Lord Stanley is very popular with the ladies," Madam Selner said with a small grin as she looked at the beautiful escorts, it sounded like a complement but anyone could see the underlying insult."As one so popular with woman I'm sure that Lord Stanley is aware that most women prefer to keep their affairs secret," she said in an amused tone as if she felt like Stanley didn't know about that."Of course," Stanley added while doing his best not to go red in the face, he knew painfully well that without showing off his status and wealth he couldn't get a woman, let alone get one to have an affair.Madam Selner nodded with a light smile, "What Lord Stanley may not know is that a lot of the women who come to the male brothel request that the men are blind folded,""That slave would be the prized possession of Lady Izlandi's establishment, not only is he the most attractive man I've seen in my life, he is also blind which is a major added bonus, he is the perfect candidate to act as a male escort," she said with a bright smile as she looked at Lirian."Do you really think a blind man will be able to hit a woman in the right places?" Stanley asked with a derisive laugh."Of course, I've had first hand experience of a blind man's prowess, I will always regret not making him mine," Madam Selner said with a cheeky laugh, "The only problem with this man is his legs, once those are healed up, he'll become the talk of the city," she gave her evaluation of Lirian.Their conversation was heard clearly by everyone, as they continued to converse and increase the bid, Lirian felt killing intent being directed at him.'She's the one taking jabs at you, why the hell do you suddenly want to kill me?' Lirian wanted to yell at Stanley.Evidently Madam Selner's words had gotten under his skin, and he was starting to regret being so generous with the three ladies, how was he to know that blind people were good in bed."Madam Selner I'm sure that you have come prepared to buy that elf, but will you still be able to afford it if you waste what you have for this slave, 200 gold!" he loudly said pushing the price up by a large margin.He wanted to keep pushing the value up, so that it would cost madam Selner a fortune to pick up Lirian, it was his way of getting back at her for insulting him.The others looked at him like he was crazy, as it was none of them would pay more that 50 gold for Lirian since to them he was just a unique person.For madam Selner it made sense, since she would receive an outstanding return on her investment over time, but for Lord Stanley it was no different from splurging wastefully, just so that his woman could have a fun time with another man, it was utterly ridiculous.If he wanted to become a cuckhold so badly, there were many men in the audience that would happily sleep with his women.Lirian gritted his teeth in frustration at how helpless he was, he couldn't see anything, and his current choices were work in a brothel, or spending a few nights of passion with whores before being killed by an adapt.'I need the brothel to take me,' Lirian thought as he remembered that the woman said something about getting his legs healed before making him work. 'That would afford him at least a month, at which time he'd have to find a way to escape,'With that in mind, Lirian increased the power of his charm, and attempted to direct it to madam Selner, but Lirian still lacked that level of control the charm was a unique skill the likes of which Lirian had never used before, which made it's control very difficult.In the process of trying to influence madam Selner, the wave of charm splashed all of the room, and many of the people who had earlier chosen to give up at the 50 gold mark, started to raise their peddles."210!""220!""240!""""300!"The audience rapidly raised the price, for a minute before recovering from their stupor, everyone looked around with confusion as if not understanding what they had just done."Lord Stanley, I have come fully prepared to win the elf," she said as she softly tapped against a case in her hand, only she new that inside the case was the title deeds to all of Lady Izlandi's establishments."400!" Madam Selner said and looked at Stanley with a wry smile.As sole heir to House Kurt, Lord Stanley had full access to 50% of the family's main coffers, Lady Izlandi knew that extremely well which is why she was prepared to use everything she had to obtain the elf.With the elf, Izlandi had a chance at buying her freedom, so she was prepared to sacrifice everything for the chance of obtaining it."600!" Stanley shouted."Lord Stanley has already spent a considerable amount, on your last purchase," madam Selner added, "If you waste anymore you may not be able to beat me in the next bid," madam Selner said with a smile and waited for the very last second before increasing her bid."610!" she called out and looked at Stanley.Stanley locked eyes with her, he didn't want Lirian, all he wanted was push the price up to make things difficult for madam Selner for insulting him, but if she let the bid slip it would take a small chunk out of his wealth, and from that look in her eye he could tell that she had something up her sleeve to obtain the elf."Very well, I'll let you have him," Stanley said and stopped increasing the bid."That's very gracious of Lord Stanley, I promise that once the slave has recovered I'll let the three beauties be the first to take him for a ride," she said with a wide smile, that made Stanley's expression sink.
