Chapter: Chapter 359
“Celebrity calligraphy and paintings, the origin of such things is probably not that proper?” Letycia sat lazily on the soft leather sofa, looking curiously at a famous painting being auctioned. Her artistic cells were insufficient, and she couldn’t tell what was special about the painting, but seeing others’ enthusiastic attitudes, it seemed that this painting was quite valuable.
Or rather, most of the people who came here were buying ordinary things, unlike Letycia and Little Green, who were here for some extraordinary items.
“The author of that painting was a great painter from a long time ago. Very few of his works still exist, so selling them for a good price is not a problem. Of course, it has nothing to do with us.” Little Green drank the beverages provided by the organizers with little interest. She didn’t have the spare money to compete with these people for a painting with no practical use.
Even high-level heroes were poor compared to these big bosses.
“The auction of extraordinary items is usually held after the ordinary items, so we still have a while to wait.” Having attended several auctions, Little Green was very familiar with the auction process. This was just an appetizer, and the real show was yet to come.
“But the final transaction price of that painting will probably be higher than all the things we want to buy combined, right?” Although extraordinary items have a very impressive name, most of them are not very expensive.
The reason is very simple: this world is a very miraculous world, and the number of extraordinary items is definitely not small. If you pluck a blade of grass from an area where giant beasts are active, it will most likely be an extraordinary item.
“That’s true, but ordinary and extraordinary things must be separated. Some people don’t want to get involved in the world of the extraordinary. After the auction of ordinary items ends, they will leave early, leaving the stage to people like us.”
Just as Little Green was speaking, the so-called ancient painting was sold at an outrageous price.
Hearing the transaction price, Letycia could only sigh, “I don’t understand the world of rich people.”
The following items were still ordinary auction items. Letycia slumped on the sofa, her gaze constantly drifting to another direction. In that direction, there was an aura that she couldn’t ignore at all.
Silver, that deity was hiding in that direction.
“She’s not hiding it at all.”
Perhaps she was deliberately letting Letycia sense her aura, letting Letycia know she was here?
“Eh, Qianqian, you have work to do!” Just as Letycia was lost in thought, Little Green suddenly reached out and nudged Letycia. “That item seems to be a cultural relic that was stolen not long ago.”
Hearing Little Green’s words, Letycia immediately turned her head to look. What was being auctioned now was a dark silver dagger. The blade of the dagger was adorned with beautiful golden patterns, indicating that it was not an ordinary thing.
Moreover, looking at the dagger, Letycia had an inexplicable feeling as if the item was not as ordinary as it appeared.
“Stolen items are being sold openly here? Can I jump down now, snatch the item, and arrest all the organizers?”
“No, we don’t have evidence that the organizers are behind the theft. Moreover, due to a certain tacit understanding, we cannot act directly during the auction. However, the association will handle this matter afterwards.” Little Green said in a low voice to Letycia. Such stolen cultural relics were not at a level that required them to take action.
If they were to take action, it would have to be a very serious situation, such as the sudden appearance of an extraordinary item with a destructive power equivalent to a nuclear bomb. In that case, Letycia and Little Green would have to take out their Hero Association identification and stop the auction.
Minor violations are acceptable, but if you want to do big things, you’d better go to sleep.
“Then if I buy that thing, will the association take it back from me?” Letycia’s hands were itching a little. She kind of wanted to buy the dagger and study it carefully at home.
“In principle, no.” Little Green shrugged. However, she wasn’t very concerned about the dagger. To her, anything without extraordinary characteristics was scrap metal. “But I can turn a blind eye.”
After all, she wasn’t here to complete a mission, but to buy something. In other words, she was dancing in the gray area.
And for Letycia to buy this dagger of cultural relic would not cause any major problems for human society. It’s just a cultural relic, not something important. If you buy it, you buy it.
“Little Green, I didn’t expect you to be such a bad woman.” After receiving Little Green’s vague reply, Letycia eagerly joined the bidding. “But there are so many people bidding for this thing, it’s too weird.”
In just a few sentences, the price of the dagger had soared to over a million, which made Letycia, who was used to being poor, feel a little sick. Her savings were not even that much. If she wanted to bid for it, she would have to use Bai Ling’s small treasury.
Yes, before going out today, Letycia specifically asked Bai Ling for a card, just in case she encountered something good but couldn’t afford it due to lack of funds.
Letycia was a very pragmatic girl. When it was time to humble herself and ask for help, she would definitely do it, just like now.
With Bai Ling’s bank card as her backing, Letycia’s confidence was off the charts. She had asked Bai Ling to check her bank card balance earlier, and after checking, Letycia had almost knelt down at Bai Ling’s feet and shouted, “Rich woman, support me!”
“I’m a bit curious where you got so much money. Did you rob a bank?” Seeing Letycia’s speed in her bids and her expressionless face, Little Green’s mouth twitched a little. The materials she wanted to buy would only add up to a little over ten thousand, but Letycia was now spending over a million.
It was too outrageous. Even an S-class hero would find it difficult to take out so much money at once!
“Huh? I’m not using my own money. Your Bai sister is a big rich woman. I asked for her card before I left, so I dare to do this.” Letycia replied indifferently. She wasn’t worried about owing money. As long as she seriously worked some side jobs, earning money would be easy, wouldn’t it?
As soon as Bai Ling’s name was mentioned, Little Green nodded thoughtfully. Although she didn’t know who Bai Ling was, she did know that Bai Ling was a super rich woman.
“But the money has to be paid back, right? At this price, Qianqian, you’ll probably have to work for a long time to pay it back.”
“Haha, I’ll think about it later.” Letycia said she would worry about things later. For now, she needed to focus on how to get her hands on this seemingly popular dagger.
Fortunately, after the price slowly reached a level that astonished everyone, only one person was still bidding against Letycia. And judging by the interval between each bid, that person seemed to be unable to hold on any longer.
Each time Letycia followed the bid, she did so within a few seconds after the opponent bid, giving an impression of being at ease. This made others think that this mysterious guest seemed to have an infinite budget, and buying such a dagger was not something to be distressed about at all.
Finally, after Letycia bid again, the person who had been competing with Letycia also couldn’t hold on any longer. With a sigh of regret, that person withdrew from the competition. The victor was naturally Letycia, who remained until the end.
“Done.” Since it wasn’t her own money, she didn’t feel any pain at all. Letycia had no awareness that she had just spent millions. She lazily leaned back on the sofa, waiting for the next item to be auctioned.
If Little Green didn’t know that Letycia was using Bai Ling’s money, she would have been fooled. You see, Letycia’s outfit now made her look like a wealthy loli from a rich family. Combined with her current indifferent expression, wow, she was a super wealthy loli who had no concept of money at all.
Looking at her small legs wrapped in black and gold stockings and crossed, Little Green lowered her head and looked at herself. Indeed, she had no rich loli aura at all.
“Little Green, I think your gaze is very rude.” Letycia turned her head and smiled at Little Green. “Are you saying bad things about me in your heart?”
“No, I’m praising you for being a rich loli.” Little Green claimed innocence in response to Letycia’s speculation. Is being a rich loli a bad thing? That’s clearly praise!
But for Letycia, this was not a good thing, after all, she was neither rich nor wanted to be a loli. Moreover, her height was supposed to exceed the traditional sense of loli!
She belonged to that ambiguous type. If she wore something young, people would think she was a loli. If she wore something mature, she would have a girlish feel. She was perfectly situated at the boundary between the two.
“Speaking of rich lolis, Little Green, aren’t you one of them?” Letycia casually asked. The auction hadn’t reached the latter half yet, and there was nothing interesting to her at the moment, so she started to wander her mind again.
Of course, this was not daydreaming, but multitasking. She was mentally planning how she would proceed with the sealing ritual later.
First of all, she hoped that her ritual would not be as attention-grabbing as the Dream God’s. That time had troubled the Hero Association for a long time. With such a large impact range, they didn’t know how to find an excuse. They couldn’t say that the gas pipelines in an entire city had exploded, right?
What Letycia hoped for was to secretly break the seal. During this process, it would be best if no one discovered she was performing the ritual. This would require some other means, such as seeking the help of other deities.
That was why Letycia was so enthusiastic about Silver’s request for cooperation. A deity of space was very versatile, and with her help, her chances of achieving her goal would greatly increase.
While chatting with Little Green, Letycia also paid attention to the auction. After a very boring period of time, the auction finally entered the second half.
After nearly half of the guests left, the auctioneer, wearing a revealing red dress, smiled and bowed to the guests who remained in their seats. “The items to be auctioned next, I’m sure you’re all eager, right? Then, to save everyone’s time, let’s start with a small appetizer.”
As her voice fell, a small cart covered with a red cloth was pushed in by two staff members in black clothes.
“Good heavens, this is so exciting right from the start?” Even though the red cloth hadn’t been lifted, Letycia could sense what was inside.
Little Green, who had a strong perception of life force, was the same. However, she seemed accustomed to such things, and her expression didn’t change at all. “It’s a fixed item that appears at every auction. Someone always likes exotic races, doesn’t anyone?”
As the red cloth was lifted, a cat-eared girl, confined in an iron cage, appeared before everyone’s eyes. She was a very cute little cat girl, with short light yellow hair falling on her face, and her cat ears drooped, giving her a pitiable appearance.
“No special abilities, just an ordinary beastman.” Looking at the little cat girl, Letycia’s emotions didn’t fluctuate. She wasn’t a beastman herself, so she just felt sorry for the girl. As for anger? That wouldn’t happen.
Even the beastmen themselves might not see their own kind as humans, let alone demons and humans who were different races.
To put it bluntly, most beastmen were just walking alchemy materials in Letycia’s eyes. Over the years of war, demons had thoroughly researched the bodies of the other three races. Among them, the various parts of the beastman’s body were the most valuable among the four races.
Many potion ingredients could use parts of beastmen’s bodies as substitutes. When Letycia practiced alchemy, she often used materials sourced from beastmen.
At this moment, the auctioneer in red also explained the origin of the little cat girl. This cat girl came from the world of beastmen. She was the daughter of a chieftain from a defeated tribe in a tribal war. After being captured by enemies, she was originally going to be roasted and eaten directly.
Then, a human merchant happened to pass by. He thought that such a cute cat would sell for a good price if brought back to the human world. So, he spent a little money to buy the cat. After a period of training, the cat arrived here.
“Hoo, what an interesting experience. Unfortunately, I’m not interested.” Letycia gave her mild evaluation. She reached out and picked up the teacup beside her, took a sip of water, and then she heard a cold voice stating a price.
Silver?
Letycia turned her head in surprise towards Silver’s location. This person actually bid?
So, Miss Silver, you like this kind of thing? This little cat looks only thirteen or fourteen years old. Even if the adult age of beastmen is very young, but… it’s better to have Miss Silver come with us.
