“Alright everyone, thank you for your hard work over the past three days at the 1665th Shucco Regular Auction.
The first day featured materials for El, and the second day, a Gorgeous Succubus. It was a truly, truly massive auction, unprecedented in recent years…”
“Yeah, we were the ones who put both of them up for sale.”
“If only we had offered a Levitating City on the final day, we could have boasted it as the highest in history… I am truly sorry.”
“Wouldn’t that require something like ten thousand Platinum Coins!”
“Now, from here on, we enter overtime. First, in the Slave Auction, a group led by an Assassin was successfully bid on. However, only the Assassin was needed, and the rest of the members were deemed unnecessary. Therefore, today, the remaining…”
And so began the re-auctioning of items with issues from the first and second days. If Mr. Bauer, a former A-class Tamer, had said he didn’t want them, they would have appeared here. While I certainly wouldn’t bid on slaves, it seemed likely that some people would bid on something as a souvenir at the end.
“Alright, the three of them start at ninety Gold Coins!”
The venue fell silent. They were indeed leftovers, or rather, leftovers.
“Is there no one? No one? We can still work!”
They were trying hard to draw out bids.
“Um, Ms. Nina, in this case…”
“The organizer will buy them back. They’ll likely be assigned to miscellaneous work at the Adventurer Guild, acquired from the Commercial Guild.”
“Hmm, is that a relief in a way?”
It’s good if a proper organization takes them in.
“If no one bids…”
Oh no, Korome raised her paddle! Poor thing. With such a low price, I can only foresee them being worked to death.
“Um, Ms. Nina…”
“Our slave count is probably full by now.”
“Still but…”
We have plenty of Platinum Coins. Let me see, where are the paddles?
“Don’t do it. We don’t have any room left to buy out of pity.”
“But, we made a profit, and…”
“It’s endless. Think carefully about why no one else is buying.”
…I suppose Ms. Nina is right. They aren’t the type of old men worth buying and then releasing after five days.
“Yes, the bid has been successfully confirmed! Ah, thank goodness!”
It’s not good, probably.
“Next, we have a staff that was broken in half during transport…”
As expected, items with issues that weren’t human were quickly bid on. People probably felt they couldn’t go home empty-handed after coming all this way. There wasn’t a group of Dwarves today, as expected. Oh, there was one. Perhaps he was just checking out the extension round.
“Next, they were hesitant to put this up for sale, but as a filler item for the final bonus, they’re taking a chance and presenting it: a Mysterious Seed!”
They’re being quite upfront about it. They’re carefully displaying it, passing it around on a clean cloth.
“Anju, appraisal please.”
“It’s far away… here I go.”
Oh, she flew all the way over and then came back!
“Um, it says, ‘Mysterious Seed. When planted, it becomes something. What it becomes is random.'”
“What is that? I’m scared to buy it.”
“But it’s probably luck.”
When you put it like that, if we have a high luck stat, our party might be worth trying to buy it and see. But what if it grows into a terrible monster?
“Well, I’ll pass. Right, Ms. Nina?”
“That’s the wisest course of action. I won’t stop you if you decide to buy it.”
“It depends on the price, but still…”
If it’s cheap, should we irresponsibly bury it somewhere and run?
“Now, to this Mysterious Seed, we are specially including fifteen ‘Delicious Seeds’ starting at ten Gold Coins!”
(Oh, no.)
“One Platinum Coin!!”
The Colosseum erupted in a gasp! Yes, the voice belonged to Anju, who had somehow acquired a paddle. Too late.
“Um, Anju…”
“Delicious seeds ♪ Delicious seeds ♪”
“Ah~~ Ms. Nina, I’m so sorry. It might be my fault under certain circumstances.”
There was no reply. That was somehow worse.
“Alright, let’s quickly wrap this up with a successful bid, bid, bid!”
Ah, why did we end up bidding on the Mysterious Seed?
(Considering Anju’s contribution, I could give her one Platinum Coin, but we really need to educate her about money again. Did they teach her anything about that at school?)
“Yay ♪”
“Yes, yes, Anju, you can’t hold a paddle anymore.”
“Ehh.”
Clarice-san, her guardian, seemed to have been asleep. Well, of course, we are also guardians. After this, the secret base in the Shucco Underground 60th floor, which failed to sell as real estate, was re-offered at a discounted price…
“Thank you everyone for your hard work. This is truly the final, final item for auction.”
Oh, does that mean our item is the last one today too!
“Sexy Taming Monster. For those who missed out on the Lamia and Succubus yesterday, good news. Some of you may be surprised by this sudden final offering on the third day. Yes, men, feast your eyes!”
Ohhh! The male voices in the crowd cheered at the sight of the monster.
“Three plant-type sexy Taming Monsters, the Alraune, and their superior species, the Alraune Leader!!”
Yes, the Leader is even sexier.
“While Alraunes are sometimes offered individually, four of them, including the superior species, are quite… quite an offering!”
I hope they sell well. Anju fell asleep on Clarice-san’s chest. Conversely, Clarice-san woke up. She’d be surprised, wouldn’t she, if I told her we bought a strange seed?
“Speaking of which, didn’t Alraunes appear in Ruanko, where Clarice-san used to be?”
“I believe the Cult of Monsters was Taming them, but it seems quite difficult.”
“Perhaps the ‘sexy type’ aspect aligned well with Helen-san.”
The male audience stirred. Being plant-type, they might be inferior in texture compared to Lamias and Succubi, but they’d likely want to use them if they could. I won’t say what or how they’d use them, but you can probably guess for what.
“Now, for the final auction, as always, we start from one Copper Coin! For those who couldn’t raise a paddle once in these three days, this is your chance!!”
Huh? Was there such a service system? If I had known, maybe I wouldn’t have recklessly bid on things as a prank?!
“Sooooo, for those who truly want to win the bid, please wait until Gold Coins. The Final Special Destiny Audition, starting from one Copper Coin… Staart!!”
“One Copper Coin!””Two!” “Three!” “Four!” “Seven coins!” “Five coins!” “Don’t skip bids!”
After a considerable amount of time, with many overlapping voices, the bidding finally moved to Gold Coins.
“Five Gold Coins!””Twenty Gold Coins!””Eighty Gold Coins!”
“Now it’s getting exciting! Are Silver Coins also allowed now?!”
“One Platinum Coin!””One and a half Platinum Coins!””Two and a half!”
Oh, oh, an unexpected high price!
“Ten coins! Ten coins!”
Ah, the merchant bidding ten Platinum Coins is the same person who rushed to buy the Gorgeous Succubus yesterday and was defeated by the Adventurer Guild! This person also couldn’t go home empty-handed, it seems.
“Yes, yes, sold for ten Platinum Coins! Today’s final auction is, yes, immediately, sold!”
(Good! With this, Anju will be forgiven!)
Unaware of the celebration, Anju slept soundly…
