my age of magic

Chapter 842 343. Mortgaging the Star of Elune

There are many elves living in the imperial capital, they have their own living area, almost all the elves live there, elves usually only like to eat fresh fish and fruits, I have tried elves-style fried fish, sweet and salty The taste is not bad.

Both of them probably don't want to cause trouble in the auction house. If there is a big trouble, the organizer will not only lose face, but also lose the opportunity to participate in the auction, which is unavoidably worth the candle.

Although there was a little bit of friction, there was no physical conflict. Probably the elves were also worried that the incident would gradually escalate, so this group of young men and women of the elves did not stay at the entrance of the auction hall, but hurried away. Into the auction hall.

There is a layer of aristocratic pride on their faces, but who can enter the auction house, who is either rich or expensive, I really don't understand what they have to be proud of, is it just because they are elves?

Our group did not rush into the main venue of the auction hall, but walked through the long corridor to the service area behind the auction house. At the corner of the end of the corridor, there is a hall of more than [-] square meters, which is as smooth as a mirror. On the marble floor, there are exquisite fabric curtains and large oil paintings hanging on the whitewashed walls. The crystal chandeliers on the roof are like extremely gorgeous fire trees and silver flowers, illuminating the hall brightly.

On the innermost wall is a counter nearly 40 meters long. Auctioneers in uniform are sitting neatly behind the counter. Unexpectedly, there are many people gathered here today, but it seems that the order here is maintained. Very good, although there are many people, but no one is making loud noises in the hall, everyone will pay attention to keeping their voices down when they speak.

Noah saw someone put the magic-sealed box or bag of jewelry on the counter, and the jewelry appraiser behind the counter checked it. Those experienced auctioneers handled it very quickly. Although not everyone was satisfied, some people left happily , Some people left cursing, but the most basic order can still be maintained in the hall.

"What are they doing?" Noah asked curiously.

"These jewelry appraisers seem to be appraising 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 greatest interest is to specialize in hybrid magic, but he is rarely willing to contact the outside world, even auctions. I seldom participate, but I don't know as much as Shirley Newman.

"Jijia, what are we doing here?" Noah asked me with a puzzled look.

I stood at the end of the line, took out a handful of bright magic gems from my magic belt, and explained to Noah: "I have some magic gems, and I want to mortgage my property here. There are the most professional gem appraisers here to confirm the magic gems. The value of the gemstone, give the gemstone the lowest estimate, I am just worried that if the magic gemstone I want appears in the auction for a while, I will not bring enough magic spar when bidding, just in case."

"What kind of gemstone do you want to buy? If you lack magic spar, you can use mine." Noah patted his wallet.

I put my arms around his shoulders and said with some emotion: "I know this. If there are not enough magic crystals, I will use yours."

Shirley Newman stood quietly aside, looking at Noah's side face, his eyes seemed a little bright.

Seeing three people in front of me holding gorgeous gemstones in a row, but being rejected by the jewelry appraiser behind the counter, those people put the gemstones in their pockets in frustration and left the hall in a hurry.

"What's wrong with them?" Noah was like a curious baby who always liked to ask questions.

Shirley Newman said with a smile: "Probably because the appraisal and valuation of the gemstones in my hand failed, I'm a little frustrated!"

Standing pretty between Noah and me, she lowered her voice and said, "The jewelry appraisers at the auction house don't give estimates for all gems. The auction house is only willing to take over those precious and rare magic gems, which are of ordinary quality. , shoddy jewelry, and jewelry whose valuation does not meet psychological expectations, the auction house will not accept it, and will not show the valuation certificate."

Shirley Newman's skin is as white as snow. Standing beside Noah, she is also a girl who is rarely fresh and beautiful. Moreover, she has obviously received a good aristocratic education in both manners and etiquette. She is an excellent girl in every aspect. The most important thing is that Shirley's character 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 that Noah drank a little wine one night and confided in me some rare things. Among them, he once asked Shirley: Why did you choose him?Shirley asked him back: Do you need any reason to like it?Shirley's words were deeply engraved in Noah's heart.

But in my opinion, of course, you need a reason to like it. Noah is not outstanding in many aspects, but he has three major advantages.

First, he is a very creative magician. In the star-studded place of the Royal Academy of Magic, although Noah appears to be very mediocre in all aspects, he is the kind of magician with a powerful and unconstrained imagination. , he has been persisting in the research of mixed magic, and will definitely become a scholar-type magician in the future.

Second, he is a person who is very generous to his friends, and also a person who likes to suffer. Sometimes it is obviously not good for him to do so, and sometimes he does not need to pay more, but he will rush forward for his friends without hesitation. To offer his friendship.Among the aristocratic young people of the Green Empire today, there are not many people who can have such excellent qualities.

The life of rich clothes and good food makes many noble young people arrogant, extravagant, violent and suspicious, and impatient.

Third, the family behind him is the ruler of Palestina—the Mensa family, and Noah is the leader of the youngest generation of the Mensa family, and the younger brother of Louis Mensa, the first heir.

After dating Noah for just two months, Shirley Newman invited Noah to his house as a guest, which obviously showed that Shirley's family had officially accepted Noah.

I stood next to Noah and listened to Shirley telling us all kinds of anecdotes about the auction house. I realized that the elders in Shirley's family owned an auction house. It's just that Shirley Newman's family's property is not in the imperial capital. But for Shirley Newman, who has played in the auction house since she was a child, the auction house is the place she is most familiar with.

Soon it was our turn. The jewelry appraiser sitting opposite me was a very capable middle-aged woman. He raised his head to look at us, and asked calmly, "Do you have any magic gems that I should identify?"

Maybe it's because we're too young, maybe it's because we're wearing magic robes, which makes her judge subjectively that we are students in the magic academy, maybe it's because of the family behind us that we are eligible to participate in such a grand auction .The middle-aged female jewelry appraiser didn't pay much attention to us, her attention fell on the adjacent table.

After a few soft exclamations, I saw the jewel appraiser at the next table holding a blood-colored magic gem the size of a fist, with pea-sized red gemstones interspersed between the rough stone skins. The light, those red lights are strong and sometimes weak, as if they are breathing non-stop, and a faint magical breath fills the entire magic gem.

"What a big piece of blood garnet!" Someone behind him couldn't help exclaiming.

I thought to myself that this kind of gemstone is actually called blood garnet, which sounds quite appropriate. The jewelry appraiser sitting behind the counter is also holding a magnifying glass with a solemn face, repeatedly examining this fist-sized blood garnet. After a while, he let out a long breath and said: "This blood garnet has no artificial splicing points. It should be a complete blood garnet, but the blood garnet is not full. This is also the blood garnet. The only shortcoming of the garnet, on behalf of the auction house, I will give you a minimum price of [-] magic crystals for this blood garnet, if you accept it, please sign this certificate."

"What, such a large piece of blood garnet is only willing to give an estimate of fifty magic crystals. Didn't this gemstone sell for a high price of eighty magic crystals at this year's spring auction? Why did you cut off so many at once? Price?" The owner of the blood garnet standing in front of the counter turned ugly and asked in surprise.

It seems that he is not satisfied with the price offered by the jewelry appraiser, but he can't say anything.

"What we do here is to maintain the lowest stock price. After all, the auction house also has to be profitable. In addition, the gem market has been sluggish recently. It is normal for the price of magic gems to be low. You mortgage the blood garnet here. , if you can’t buy what you want, you don’t need to use the money, and you can bring this certificate back to bring this blood garnet back.” A friend next to him explained to him.

Naran thought about it for a while, and felt that what his friend said was very reasonable, so he took a certificate cruelly, seeing his reluctance, he didn't know what item he wanted this time, so he took out his beloved thing as a mortgage.

At this time, a nobleman standing behind me said impatiently: "Young man, if you have anything to appraise, quickly bring it out. The auction will start soon. If you miss some good things that appear in front of you, that's a shame." It’s not worth the candle.”

The appraiser frowned slightly, kept spinning a magnifying glass between his fingers, and glanced at me impatiently again.

I smiled slightly, ignored the urging and slightly mocking words of the nobleman behind me, and took out a sheepskin bag from the magic waist bag, which was bulging enough for half a bag.

"Your Excellency the magician, this place only accepts mid-level and above magic gems. The auction house is very picky. Not all mid-level magic gems are accepted, and the unpopular gem auction house will not bear the risk of backlogs. "The nobleman behind him couldn't help reminding me again.

The middle-aged female jewelry appraiser also looked at me with a strange look. Seeing her posture, she was waiting for me to open the leather bag to reveal the ordinary gems inside, and then she refused me decisively.

I didn't make those fearless arguments, and I didn't untie the leather bag as they wished. I just reached into the bag, grabbed a handful, and put them on the counter casually, the size of six eggs. The stone was displayed in front of the female jewelry appraiser, and there were mottled marks on the gray skin.

"What is this, a pebble picked up from the beach of Weiyang Lake?" The nobleman behind him laughed out loud with an extremely presumptuous 'haha'.

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 sea moire pattern on the outer surface of the stone egg seriously.

A blue magic halo came out from between her fingers, and the stone in her hand had a small facet on one side, and there was actually a magnificent blue gemstone hidden under the rough stone skin. A deep halo is hidden in the core of the stone.

"Star of Elune."

The female jewelry appraiser blurted out, then widened her eyes, and began to seriously inspect the other five pebbles, and found that the cores of the gems all exuded dark blue light, and all the six magic gems were 'Stars of Elune' , the female jewelry appraiser held her breath and carefully observed the fineness of the Star of Elune gemstones,

The female jewelry appraiser quickly wrote a certificate on a piece of magic parchment, then pushed the certificate in front of me, and said to me: "These magic gems are indeed the Star of Elune. It is one of the rare gemstones, the auction house can bid up to [-] magic crystals for each 'Star of Elune', if you can accept this price, sign this certificate."

I was worried that the auction might have already started at this time, so I quickly signed the certificate and left the six 'Stars of Elune' to the female jewelry appraiser. Under the gaze, he turned and walked out of this hall with Noah, and went directly to the main venue of the jewelry auction.

Unfold the admission ticket again, present it in front of the guards at the venue, and walk into the auction venue smoothly.

The venue hall of the jewelry auction is like a large movie theater that can accommodate thousands of people. About [-]% of the seats inside are filled with bidders. The commentator is on the booth in the center of the hall. The maid walked in slowly through the back door with trays. The wooden trays were covered with velvet blankets, so it was impossible to see what was on the trays.

When we walked in, the auction had not yet started. At this time, the commentator had already occupied the stands. It seemed that the auction was about to start. Taking a closer look at the bidders in this hall, more than half of them were expensive. Ladies, these noble ladies are sitting in their seats, whispering about something.

(End of this chapter)