I was accidentally injured by God and I just want to be an ordinary person

"Eh... Then I'll join Lotte-chan. Setting up something like this in a beautiful girl's room is truly despicable!"

Angelique stood up and walked behind Lotte after saying this. Although Ella wanted to complain, "Do most people call themselves beautiful girls?", if Angelique said that she was average-looking, it would seem too modest and make people feel that she was hypocritical.

"Then I'll go with you, Senior."

"Really? Then Fuka-chan, come along too."

The conversation ended quickly. After Ella finished eating, everyone split into two groups and started different tasks.

Chapter 26 Underground Auction House

*January 30, 6187, 9:30 PM, Geos City Underground Auction House

If you were to ask what the hottest places are in a town near night, people would definitely mention casinos and brothels. Although these two places are where human filth and filth converge, it is precisely because of this that they have become places that can be called the daytime of the night.

However, if this question is posed in the capital of the Kingdom of Barris, Jeos City, there are more than just the two answers above. In addition to the frequent noble banquets held to maintain relations within and between factions, there is also a place called the "underground auction house."

The reason why it is called the underground auction house is because there are some items that cannot be traded openly, such as drugs that can destroy a country if they spread, "demon whispers" that can attract undead creatures, and various things that are strictly prohibited by the kingdom. However, it is precisely because of this that the underground auction house is extremely popular.

Stepping down from the carriage tightly wrapped in curtains, Ella took the prop handed to her by Iris. This was a mask that could conceal cognition and isolate magical detection. She and Shen Gan chose the type that covered the upper half of the face, similar to the type used in masquerade balls, while Iris used a pure white veil.

In front of me was a large hotel that looked quite deserted, and anyone who saw it would think it was about to go bankrupt. Among the several small windows facing the outside, only a few were emitting faint candlelight.

With the attitude of "Is this really an underground auction house?", Ella opened the "Terrain Search". Under the huge hotel, there was a large venue with a structure similar to an ant nest, connected by winding passages. Judging from the constantly moving light spots on the screen, there were at least nearly a thousand people in the auction hall.

After finishing her simple observation, Iris patted Ella's shoulder.

"Go in. The mask is an orichalcum-level magic item. Without fourth-level detection magic, it's impossible to tell our true appearance."

"Um."

After stepping through the unguarded door, Ella and the other two arrived at the interior of the hotel. The unusually empty hall was simply furnished with a few sofas and a reception counter. While Iris was communicating with the person in charge of the counter in a form that was almost like a secret code, Shen Gan poked Ella's back with a very subtle movement and glanced at the corner of the hall.

"Senior, that's the entrance. There are about twenty people around."

Even though he had already known it through the "terrain search", he still chose the appropriate words to answer Shen Gan. With Shen Gan there, he could check on the people that the "terrain search" could not detect, which was like an extra layer of insurance.

When I came here, Iris explained to me why the underground auction house was able to survive. The kingdom had actually known about the existence of the underground auction house for a long time, but had always turned a blind eye. As long as it didn't go too far and sold items like large magic cannons that could directly threaten the royal capital, they wouldn't deliberately send people to inspect it. The underground auction house was the lifeblood of a large branch of the nobles. Even if the king could supervise it with the kingdom's laws, it would cause considerable trouble. Therefore, on the scale of risk, the pro-kingdom faction could only turn a blind eye, and the aristocracy was happy to do so, not doing anything that would actively provoke the pro-kingdom faction.

Not long after, Iris ended the conversation with a black card. Along with her came a guard who had been hiding upstairs before - he should be the one responsible for leading the way. It was normal to spend a whole day wandering around in that complicated passage if one was not already familiar with the terrain.

Led by the guards, everyone passed through the illusion wall and walked into the winding and dim passage.

"Ah~ah, you actually want a gem coin as collateral? That's too expensive."

Elise closed one eye and said playfully.

One gem coin is equivalent to one hundred platinum coins, or ten thousand ordinary gold coins. For ordinary people, they will never see so much money even if they spend their entire lives. But for Iris, it is just an error level. She said it deliberately just to ease the atmosphere.

"The card you have chosen is of a relatively high value. Although it requires a gem coin, the treatment will be different from that of ordinary users."

The masked male guard explained respectfully that although Iris was wearing a veil and dressed very ordinary, anyone who could casually take out a gem coin was definitely not an ordinary noble. If he neglected it, he would most likely be punished by the head of the family.

"Eh? Does that mean I don't actually need to spend gem coins?"

"Really? Ordinary people only need to pay one silver coin to enter. After all, the auction house doesn't always have precious items. If the threshold is set too high, some potentially valuable adventurers will be blocked out."

"So, how did Iris spend this gem coin?!"

Although he was not so excited as to grab Iris and shake her, he did raise his voice considerably. In his own opinion, he would not stay in the city of Jayos for more than a month. It was really unimaginable to spend a gem coin for such a month.

After turning another corner, Iris waved her hand with a helpless smile.

"Well, don't get so excited. What are you trying to sell, Aira-chan? Those magic weapons?"

"Magic weapons?"

"Yes, these are the things I made from scraps when I was crafting the dagger with rotating magic circuits for the black dragon Vera."

"You mean those spinning spears, arrows, swords, and the like?"

Placing her index finger on her lower lip, Ella thought for a moment.

His original idea was to sell a few ancient gold coins from the Demon God era, but after being reminded by Iris, selling those magic weapons seemed to be a good choice, although he didn't think he could get much money from them.

After all, they are all magic weapons that cannot withstand actual combat. In the final analysis, the rotating magic circuit itself is a useless existence. Although they have considered using the rotation technique to make things like blowers, engines or wheels, the prerequisite for using magic weapons is to have sufficient magic power. Even if a mechanical body like a car is made, it still needs sufficient magic power to run for a long time. In that case, it is better to ride an excellent monster, or simply use "flying" magic instead.

Of course, if I could make a magic item similar to a battery that could store magic power, then there wouldn't be much of a problem, but that would definitely be a long, long time in the future.

Therefore, the current strategy is to sell off all the magic weapons, sell as many as possible, and then use an ancient gold coin from the Demon God era as a guarantee. In this way, at least there will be no need to worry about the expenses in the city of Jayos in the future.

Perhaps because he had overheard the talk about selling magic weapons, the male guard slowly stopped, turned around and said to Ella very respectfully.

"Excuse me, are you looking to sell a magical weapon? If so, please come with me to the consignment office to complete the paperwork."

Ella turned her head to look at Iris, who covered her mouth with her hand and yawned.

"Ella-chan, please go with Fuka-chan first. I'm going to the venue now. Just come find me there later."

"Yeah, no problem."

After watching Ella leave, Iris immediately changed to a triumphant smile and murmured softly.

"So, what kind of excitement will Ella-chan bring this time? Ah~ah, I'm so excited that I want to start right away."

Chapter 27: The Surprise Brought by the Rotating Magic Circuit

Led by the guards, Ella and Shen Gan came to a dark room with a layout similar to a honeycomb. According to the "terrain search", the main venue of the auction house was not far away. Although they were a little curious about how Iris reached the main venue without the guidance of the guards, since she said so, she must have her own way.

The guard who entered the main venue stopped at the main avenue of the hall and bent down to ask Ella.

"Excuse me, sir, what items would you like to consign?"

"Some magical weapons and a collectible."

"A-some?"

There was something off-key about the guard's words. Magical weapons were very valuable items on the market, and this was an auction house, not a weapon shop, so the weapons the sellers brought out must be rare treasures that were hard to find in weapon shops. Generally speaking, being able to bring out two pieces was already surprising, but now Ella said there were "some", which really made the guard feel surreal.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh, nothing much. My apologies. Magical weapons consignment, please go this way. Can we talk about collectibles later?"

"Yeah, no problem."

Ella nodded, but the guard seemed to have something else to say and hesitated, stopping where he was.

"Is there anything else you need to say? If there are any rules that must be followed, please feel free to speak up."

"Yes, although it may be a bit rude...Excuse me, sir, do you have a magic weapon appraisal certificate? I can consign it if you don't, but it would be easier to set a price and sell it if you have one."

"Appraisal?"

While Ella was muttering, Fukagan, who was standing next to her, answered.

"Please take us to a place where we can produce the appraisal certificate."

"Yes."

The guard nodded heavily and led Ella to the corridor on the left.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ella turned to look at Shen Gan and whispered in a voice that the guards couldn't hear - after all, Iris had already portrayed the three of them as a noble family from outside the area. If she showed that she knew nothing, it would be embarrassing.

"Does Fukagan know what an appraisal certificate is?"

"It's issued by someone with the qualifications to appraise magic weapons. It's used to distinguish the rank and function of a weapon. Having an appraisal certificate allows for higher prices. Are the magic weapons you made, senior, not the type that require appraisal?"

"I see...it would be nice if I could have ten gold coins."

Thinking of the magic weapons she made, Ella couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The "Item Identification" skill in this world doesn't seem to be of the same standard as the one he uses. His own "Item Identification" can display all information and functions including the density and temperature of an item, while the "Item Identification" magic in this world seems to be quite limited. Low-level magic casters using "Item Identification" can only display the name of the object and cannot even know the specific function.

Soon the three of them arrived at a spacious and bright room. Sitting at the counter in the back of the room were two elderly men who looked quite knowledgeable. In contrast, the arrogance and stubbornness of being elders were also reflected on their wrinkled faces.

"Master Lid, this gentleman requires an appraisal certificate for a magical weapon."

The guard who walked to the counter bowed deeply, his voice revealing a sense of extreme respect, but the old man called Lid had an expression that looked annoyed.

"Another petty noble from the countryside? Why not just sell those low-level magic weapons?"

"Um... Master Lid... This is someone brought by the master who holds the black card."

The guard tried his best to convey to the two old men that they should not provoke them. When the old man heard the black card, he frowned, picked up the monocle on the wooden counter, and looked at Ella. Although she was wearing a mask that covered half of her face, her long golden hair and the clothes she was wearing showed that Ella was a woman.

The old man muttered impatiently.

"Is he just a side toy coveted by a great noble? What a pitiful creature! Take out your magic weapon."

Although she had no good feelings towards this old man who relied on his seniority to bully others, Ella still reluctantly followed the instructions and took two steps back, dumping the magic weapons piled up in the warehouse into an empty space in the room. It looked no different from throwing away garbage - in fact, these things were indeed worthless items in her eyes.

After the clinking of weapons ended, an old man's exclamation was heard from the other side of the sight.

"There are so many!? This amount of magical weapons..."

Swallowing their saliva, the two old men stood up, slowly walked out of the counter, and began to count the items one by one.

"Longswords, spears, arrows, daggers... a whopping fifty-three in total? And they all appear to be made using the same process. Could they have been made by the same person?"

The old man, who had always had a bad attitude, put on his gloves, picked up an arrow and looked at it carefully.

"The material is ordinary bronze ore. The magic circuit inside... 'Item Appraisal'."

A faint blue light emerged from the old man's hand, covering the entire arrow. Gradually, the old man widened his eyes in disbelief.

"This is a magic circuit I've never seen before. No, even the method of constructing magic is different. Please, can I inject magic into it?"

The hand that picked up the arrow began to tremble, and the old man asked Ella excitedly. This new thing engraved with unknown magic circuits was completely beyond his imagination. Now he had endless interest in this new magic circuit, just like when he first started learning to cast magic weapons.

Unable to understand why the old man called Lid was so excited, Ella could only nod.

"It's nothing, but it's something quite dangerous, so you need to be careful."

"well……"

The old man walked tremblingly to the open space at the other end of the room, and slowly deployed a defensive magic circle to prevent the room from being destroyed.

As for the magic structure that the old man mentioned before, Iris had talked about it with Ella before. It is roughly like if the magic circuit is compared to making sentences with words, then the sentences used by the predecessors have always been fixed. Developing a new magic circuit is like scrambling the words and making new sentences, and this rotating magic circuit is different from the original structure. It is simply the creation of another kind of words, and combining these words together into sentences that can be understood by people.

[Perhaps the point is that the value lies in the innovation, not the function itself. But if there is no function, wouldn't the innovation be a waste of effort?]

Confused, Ella turned her attention to the old man who was infusing magic power into the arrow.

"Ooooh! It's a rotating magic circuit! This is amazing! This is the first time I've seen this. Whoever created this is a genius!"

Completely ignoring the arrow that was about to slip out of his hand due to the rotation, the old man shouted excitedly. After a long time, he came to his senses after being reminded by another old man. He coughed twice awkwardly, walked to Ella's side, and reluctantly put the arrow back to its original place - just as gentle as if he was talking to his first love.

After hesitating for a moment, the old man bowed deeply to Ella.

"Um...Excuse me—Um, no. I apologize for my earlier disrespect of you, sir. I'm truly sorry for calling you a country boy!"

"Eh? Uh, without going into all that, could you please issue a certificate of appraisal first?"

The reason why the old man was excited was probably similar to that of the black dragon Vera. It was the first time he had seen this kind of magic circuit.

After reacting, Ella could only give a perfunctory response. Iris was still waiting for her at the main venue, and it would feel rude if she delayed too long.

"Oh! Yes, this is the important matter. I'm truly sorry for neglecting you, sir. Considering the new magic structure, how about one gem coin per piece? Oh no, how about ten gem coins per piece?"

You can see excitement flashing in the old man's cloudy eyes.

"Wait, are you sure those are gem coins and not gold coins? One gem coin is worth ten thousand gold coins."

"My aptitude only allows me to see this far, sir. If all these weapons were made of the same material, our auction house could easily spend ten years promoting them and attract every magical weaponsmith on the continent. Even those dwarven lords would surely be begging us for favors. This would be a chance to enhance the prestige of the human race!"

"Master Lid, these weapons are useless, right? They're hard to hold when spinning like that."

The guard's well-intentioned reminder was met with merciless scolding.

"How could you possibly understand this, idiot?! This is the kind of magic circuit that drives magic weapon forgers crazy. With this new language, there are countless possibilities. Using it in magic weapons might even break through the limitation that prevents magic weapons from exceeding the first level."

"Hey, Lid, you're too excited. If we auction it off for ten gem coins, no one will buy it if we don't operate it for a long time, right?"

Another old man patted Reed on the shoulder. Just as he said, most of the people who came to the auction were nobles or adventurers, who could not see the value of this magic weapon at all. If there was not enough publicity, it would almost certainly fail to sell.

Slightly surprised by the old man's overly excited behavior, Ella slowly spoke.

"Um... I need the gold coins right now, so if I have to wait ten years... I'm a little bothered."

——And after all, you can make as many weapons as you want yourself. If you want them in the future, you can even make them on site.