my age of magic

Chapter 843 344. Internal Transactions in the Auction

Seeing those rich and noble ladies living in gorgeous mansions wearing gorgeous evening gowns sitting on soft chairs, discussing all kinds of gossip like housewives in the civilian area, who are they usually talking about? The young marquis became the guest of the duchess again, or the young and promising earl of so-and-so married his fifth bride, or some romantic and beautiful lady received the queen in the bathroom. Meet the young captain returning from the battlefield.

In the eyes of these ladies from aristocratic families, they will also have a strong interest in news about plane wars. They are more willing to talk about the lace news and romantic affairs that appear in the imperial capital, or more serious ones. Ladies, when they get together, they will talk about those beautiful dresses, gorgeous jewelry, exquisite palaces, and the ball held by the Duke is the most luxurious.

Their social activities are very boring on weekdays. Many ladies prefer balls, and occasionally go out for outings in magic caravans, ride horses in manors outside the city, and participate in various dinners and salons held by nobles. Over time, the annual The summer auction has also become the most anticipated social event for ladies, in addition to the spring, autumn and winter auctions.

Many wealthy ladies like to bid for a few pieces of jewelry at the auction. The items here are often luxury accessories that are not usually seen in the market, and there are many unprocessed magic gems. These precious magic gems are just the beginning. Cutting them into shapes is very expensive. Jewelry designers often do not directly process them into shapes, but sell them in the market first. The specific processing method depends on the buyer's opinion. Generally, some exquisite ornaments are tailor-made for buyers. .

It was the first time for Katerina to participate in such a large-scale auction, and she was full of novelty for everything in the venue. Shirley Newman did not neglect her because of her status as a maid, but took the initiative to act as a narrator, telling Katerina some auction According to the common sense in the meeting, Noah and I just sat in our seats when we saw an uproar at the entrance of the auction hall.

Although I don't know what it is, the news spread from the entrance of the auction hall like waves.Some noble ladies who were chatting with their friends were unmoved at first, talking about their own topics, but after the news spread, they also became part of the rioters, following some of the original people who became Get excited.

Obviously, Noah and I are not in the circle of ladies. Even after the news spread, Noah and I didn't immediately know what happened. We wanted to hear some news from the ladies behind us. , but the ladies were obviously not interested in Noah and me, and they didn't want to talk to us at all. They leaned their bodies, twisted their necks, and chatted with the ladies in the back row.

Noah was curious about what happened, so he waved to the maid standing in the aisle. When the maid came over, Noah asked her, "What happened? What are you talking about?"

The maid didn't know what happened. Seeing our question, she ran to the entrance hall of the auction hall to find the reason. Not long after, the maid came back with a message: "I don't know who sent six 'Elune' The Star' is mortgaged at 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 that the magic gems that the auction house bid for today can't reach?" Star of Elune' class?"

"Please believe that the magic gems carefully prepared in our auction house will definitely satisfy the two master magicians." The maid explained again and again.

"The Star of Elune, legend has it that it was transformed from the tears of the Moon Goddess, has the purest blue color, and is highly sought after by elves and nobles in the elf world. 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 among water elemental magic gems, the price of the Star of Elune is far higher than other intermediate magic gems. Deeply influenced by the nobles in the elf world, because of this, the Star of Elune has always been a very sought-after jewelry in the magic market of the imperial capital." Noah and I turned our heads to look, and the elf beauty smiled at me .

The light and pure beauty of the elves was perfectly reflected in her body. She stood in the aisle wearing a long beige dress, surrounded by noble ladies, which made her stand out from the crowd.

The elf beauty smiled and asked me: "Hi, I'm Geraldine Paia, the person in charge of gem auctions at the Imperial Capital Auction House. May I take the liberty to ask, are you the six Stars of Elune mortgaged at the auction house?" Is it?"

Out of politeness among nobles, I could only stand up from the soft chair when asked by a lady, hesitated for a while before introducing myself, and said, "That's right, those rough Stars of Elune I mortgaged it to the auction house."

There was a hint of joy in the elf beauty's brows, then she bowed slightly and said, "Magician Jijia, can you take a moment to speak, I want to talk to you about the few precious stars of Elune."

I smiled, but my footsteps didn't move a bit. Noah originally thought that I would happily walk with the elf beauty Geraldina Paia. When I stood up, I almost bumped into me. Seeing that I didn't go into the aisle Meaning to leave, he sat down again.

I smiled and said to Geraldine Paia: "Miss Geraldina Paia, with all due respect, although I have mortgaged the Star of Elune to the auction house, I have no intention of auctioning these magic gems." The reason why I mortgaged it to the auction house was because I was worried that the original prepared magic crystals would be insufficient, and I would miss out on a lot I liked, so I took out a few Elune Stars and put them in the auction house as collateral."

"Since Magician Jijia needs something, maybe we should communicate more, shouldn't we?" Geraldine Paia said persistently with the same smile on her face.

At this time, my eyes fell on the blue gemstone the size of a pigeon egg on the deep valley-like cleavage of her white chest. Under the refraction of the lights in the auction hall, this light blue magical gemstone took on the shape of tears. The jeweler polished the gemstone into countless uniform and small planes, which perfectly reflected the bright light. Although I couldn't look carefully, it was preliminarily estimated that this was an extremely perfectly polished 'Star of Elune', even if it wasn't perfect. Gemstones, at least, are also flawless.

I really want to know if there is any inside story about the 'Soul Gem' in this lot, and now this elf beauty just blatantly said: 'If you are willing to sit down and talk about it, the inside story can also be exchanged! '

Originally, I only knew a little bit about the trend of the imperial capital's jewelry market from the head of the jewelry trade of the Emerald Bay Trading Company, and I also knew that the 'Star of Elune' is a very in-demand luxury gemstone, which is popular among rich and noble ladies. He is sought after by elves and nobles, but he never thought that it would be so popular.

"In that case, okay! Let's talk about it." I reached out and patted Noah on the back, motioning for him to come with me, pulled up Katerina who was sitting next to me, and followed Geraldine Napa Oia walked towards the small door on the side of the auction hall.

At this time, Noah also quickly pulled Shirley Newman to follow. Although he is the noble son of the Mensa family, he is a full-fledged homeboy. He usually only likes to study magic, but he has no contact with these luxury gems. At the same time, he asked Shirley Newman in a low voice: "Shirley, are the magic gems that Jijia took out worth a lot?"

Shirley is a very smart girl, and she whispered into Noah's ear: "Oh, the valuation of [-] magic crystals given by the auction house's appraiser is not low, and this kind of mid-level magic gems is only available in Ai. The Luen Star is worth the price."

Noah thought about it, and then said doubtfully: "That's not too expensive magic gems, since it's just an auction agency business for six hundred magic crystals, it's necessary to rush us to have a private meeting before the auction starts. to talk about?"

Shirley liked this kind of intimate interaction very much, so she continued to stick to Noah's arms, whispering to him: "It is said that the silver moon elves believe in worshiping the moon god Elune, which probably has something to do with it!"

I didn't mean to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two of them, but they didn't realize it themselves. The whispers between the two thought they were low, to me, it was as if someone was talking normally by my side, and the five senses were too sensitive Sometimes it's embarrassing too.

Geraldine Paia, who was walking in front, also looked back secretly seemingly unintentionally, and for a moment, the reflection of Shirley was reflected in her pupils, like Noah and Shirley. The conversation also fell into the ears of this elf beauty.

Geraldine took us into a small lounge in the side hall. It was much quieter here. We sat down on the sofa in the lounge, and a maid from the auction house brought a few glasses of cold drinks with ice cubes floating on them. , although the auction hall is well ventilated, but with so many people crowded in one hall, the auction hall is also very stuffy.

This small side hall wasn't much cooler either. Most of the ladies sitting outside in the auction hall brought their own ice cubes and fans. It was a very thoughtful gesture to offer a cold drink at this time.

"I don't know how to persuade the wizard Jijia to give up his love?" Geraldine Paia sat on the sofa, her slender legs were folded together, and her sitting posture was meticulous, showing a very aristocratic demeanor.

When her eyes fell on Katerina, her complexion suddenly turned three points cold.

It seemed that she recognized the orc blood in Katerina. In the Grimm Empire, the orc rabbitmen were so rare that most people wouldn't think much about it even if they saw Katerina's ruby-like eyes.However, the Silvermoon elves who lived with the orc rabbitmen on the Eastern Continent recognized Katarina's orc blood at a glance. The elves and the orcs were natural enemies. This kind of hatred still cannot be easily resolved.

However, the unhappiness on Geraldine 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, took a few sips unhurriedly, and then smiled and said to the elf beauty: "Miss Geraldine, can I have a quick look at the list of auction skins in the gem auction hall?"

"Ah! Sure." Geraldine waved her hand very simply, and whispered a few words in the ear of a maid.

The maid ran briskly out of the side hall, and came in holding a register before it was too late. The maid stopped beside Geraldine, bringing a scent of fragrance, and the long skirt swayed with the wind.

Geraldine was not in the mood to look at the roster and handed it to me directly.

Noah and I didn't have a word, just opened the list, time was limited, and we could only look down from a series of item lists to find the items in our minds, my eyes slipped from the list line by line, Shirley beside Noah also came over to watch it together. Noah kept pointing to a few high-level magic gemstones and asked Shirley if she liked it or not, which drew a burst of sweet smiles from Shirley.

It seems that no woman can resist the temptation of jewelry, and so is the magician.

Looking at the lots prepared by the auction house, it turns out that each piece is extremely precious. Only a few mid-level magic gemstones appear in the lot, and the rest are high-level magic gemstones, or expensive luxury jewelry processed and polished by jewelry masters. When my eyes fell on the bottom line of the third page, my hands completely stopped.

Four words appeared in my eyes, making me feel dazed for a while.

'Soul Gem'

When the thing I dreamed of appeared in front of my eyes, I couldn't describe my mood at the moment. My eyes stayed on the soul gem for a long time, but still refused to move away. Noah pushed me with some doubts, and whispered to me: " What are you thinking, turn the page and see what good things are there!"

And Geraldine waited quietly aside, her eyes lit up when she saw me stop.

Following my gaze, seeing me standing on the 'soul gem', he immediately said to me: "The last auction of the soul gem was the spring auction held this spring, and there happened to be only one soul gem at that time, but this Although this kind of gemstone belongs to the category of high-level magic gemstones, the market is very limited, I remember it was auctioned off for [-] gold coins at that time."

Geraldine stopped talking, then looked at me quietly, waiting for my terms.

I smiled lightly, raised my head and looked at Geraldine Paia, and then said: "Six Elune star rough stones, the conservative price is [-] magic crystals, and the market value is about [-] if you exchange them for gold coins." Gold coins, this should be regarded as the most basic starting price, 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 sold the items that were ready for auction in private. She hesitated a little and said to me: "Our auction house Two plans can be provided for Magician Jijia. The first plan is that the auction house will directly take over six Elune Stars at a price of 120 magic crystals each, so that you can get 720 magic crystals. The price of seven thousand two hundred gold coins directly participates in the auction of soul gems, it is impossible to be snatched by others!"

Just as I was about to refuse, Geraldine quickly said the second plan: "The second plan is that the auction house arranges the auction of these six Elune stars for you. The bidders in the auction hall have the final say on how many magic crystals to sell. Either of these two options is far more cost-effective than pledging gemstones to the auction house to exchange for a credit certificate of [-] magic crystals , not to mention that the six hundred magic crystals may not be able to get this soul gem at the summer auction."

Hearing what Geraldine said, I stood up straight away, smiled slyly at her, pulled out a bag full of magic crystals from my pocket, untied the bag, and said to the elf beauty: "If If I just use magic crystals to bid at the auction, then I don’t need to sell these six Elune stars. I believe there are enough magic crystals in this money bag. Miss Geraldine provided us with inside information."

Geraldine stared dumbfounded at the bag full of magic crystals on the round table, unable to say a word

Unless they don't want it, those great magicians who need soul gems don't care about a few hundred more magic crystals. I don't want any changes in the auction, and I don't want to raise the price to fight for soul gems , such an offending thing, it is better not to do it or not to do it, so under the premise that there are enough magic spar, take out no more than six Elune Stars to the backstage of the auction house for mortgage, exchange for six Proof of assets of Hundred Magic Crystals.

In fact, the purpose of the six Elune stars is to lure out the person in charge of the auction house like Geraldine Paia. It is best to conduct internal transactions in private, so that other bidders will not be aware of this soul. The gems showed up before the auction.

Just when I was about to walk out of the side hall, Geraldine quickly stood up and held me back, biting his lip and said: "Okay, I promise you, I will coordinate this matter, and exchange six Elune stars The soul gem..."

(End of this chapter)