Chapter 995 - How Daring

"Aa… Aaa… Aa…" Aria's voice kept echoing in the room as she tested the perfect voice that should come out from a man. Her voice gradually turned heavier. Although it didn't look like a typical man, combined with her beauty that still couldn't be hidden by the makeup, she appeared to be a beautiful man.

Unless people started touching her chest or her crotch, no one should know she was a woman.

"Still, I am wondering what your real intention is." Alex narrowed his eyes.

"I just feel that Nella will try to approach you during this auction. And it might be something that is too big for you to handle, so I think I can help you by dressing like this."

"You want people to think I am gay?"

"It's just the last resort." She shrugged. "Besides, sooner or later, you will leave this world, so what is the point in maintaining your image? No one knows about your real identity yet, so who cares?"

[Pfft. This girl is crazy. No wonder she could keep her calm when she was almost r.a.p.ed in the past.]

'You shut up.' Alex sighed inwardly before looking at Aria. "Well, your identity won't be exposed as well, so I think it's fine. Just make sure that it's the last resort, alright?"

"Yes." She nodded.

Alex then turned around and walked straight to the door. "Let's go then."

Aria smiled and followed him. "Yes, Young Master."

She immediately acted like his "secret" butler. Her expectation when Nella saw this, she would feel disgusted and maintain her distance from Alex, but she might also think the fact why Alex had no thought about herself or Nella was because of this preference him.

Alex didn't pay more attention to it and headed straight to the auction building with the hotel staff becoming his guide.

He gave some tips to him since he took care of the entire process until the auction's staff took over his job and led him to his room.

Surprisingly, Alex found someone in the room. He didn't need to guess who it was.

When he entered the room, that person hurriedly stood up and greeted him. "Welcome, Mister Nyx. Please forgive me for not being able to visit you during your stay."

"No need to mind me." Alex waved his hand and looked for an empty seat. "I wonder what does Miss Nella want with me?"

"Every single VVIP room will have one personal bidder that can help you during the auction. I will help you during this auction, so you can rest assured." She smiled.

Aria saw this and furrowed her eyebrows. It seemed her worry was true. Little did she know, Nella was more prepared than she could imagine.

It started from the cup on the table. Alex could see a trace of poison on the glass and felt something was wrong.

'What is this?' Alex tried to identify the poison but to no avail.

Lin Xingzhi then took over and asked Anna and Anya about it, finding something amazing. She then informed Alex.

[There is an aphrodisiac smeared inside the cup. This girl went a bit too far, no?]

'Yes. From the dosage alone, I believe it is not much, but it is enough to make one aroused. Now, I wonder whether I should make her leave.' Alex agreed.

[Not yet. With her in this room, she will be able to be your witness from doing your action. After that, they will soon realize that you have died, so they will probably give up on you after that. This will become a better proof to the Unsurpassed Blade Sect after taking the information from Aria.]

'Fair enough. Since she tries to take advantage of me, I will do the same then.' Alex smiled inwardly.

He then acted as if he didn't know anything and walked to the glass inside the room. The room itself wasn't really that spacious since they needed to give enough space for others. Luckily, there was an array to block off the vision from outside, so they couldn't see him in front of the glass.

At the same time, he also couldn't see other guests from the other two rooms.

Suddenly, Nella's attention was taken by another person that came inside the room. It was Aria.

She never thought Alex brought someone with him, and it wasn't Aria.

"He is Jack, my butler." Alex introduced Aria and sat on the couch.

Nella tilted her head as if she felt something wrong with the guy here, but she just couldn't see what it was.

However, considering Jack, who was only his butler, she only nodded and turned around, ignoring him. For a person with such a level, she didn't need to greet him. And it seemed Alex didn't mind it too because he didn't say anything.

Little did she know, both Alex and Aria already sighed in their hearts. Aria knew Alex didn't like someone who could easily look down on people. Even her, who would become her subordinate sooner or later, was treated like that of a family, let alone his butler.

This was already a minus point, and Aria knew that her choice in disguising herself as a man was the right choice.

Either way, she walked toward Alex and stood right next to him. "Young Master."

"Yes." Alex decided to follow what Nella thought was right by waving his hand. "Stand beside me."

"I understand."

Seeing this, Nella then grabbed the cup and poured tea for him. "Do you like tea?"

This looked like the perfect time to execute her plan. With how indifferent Alex was to his butler, she could chase him away later after getting affected by the aphrodisiac.

Unfortunately, Alex instantly stopped her and said, "It's fine. I don't like drinking, especially in a time like this. An auction is a place where one shows wealth, but it might also become warfare the next second, so it's better to not drink."

"We, the Luzear Family, will guarantee your safety, so you don't need to worry." Nella was surprised that Alex rejected her, but she didn't give up and continued persuading him.

Alex shook his head. "Nah, I'm good. This is my principle, so I am afraid I can't accept your kindness."

Nella started shaking inside, wondering what she should do with her main plan failing. The concentration of the aphrodisiac inside the drink was so small that even Alchemist found it hard to sense, so it should be a perfect plan to deal with Alex. But even if she knew about it, she could simply blame others to make it look like someone else's fault.

Unfortunately, the plan was already a failure, so she could only do it manually.

"In that case, we can only wait. The auction will start in thirty minutes, so it won't be too long. In the meantime, is there anything you need?" Nella smiled while gently taking out the cup and tea, wanting to bring it together to prevent Alex from knowing her plan.

"No. I don't need anything." Alex shook his head.

"In that case, I will clean this up first." Nella nodded, still trying to clean up the evidence.

When she was out, Aria let out a long sigh. "I thought she was going to recognize me."

Alex nodded. He had checked the room and found nothing that would record them, so it was fine to let Aria act normally again for the time being. "To think she will resort to aphrodisiac. I have seen her previously, but since when did she become this daring?"

"What? She used what?"

"Aphrodisiac. The dosage is low, so I won't notice. And before long, I will start getting aroused and thinking I want her. At that time, it will be done." Alex shrugged.

"Seriously?" She narrowed her eyes. "You said she becomes this daring? Or she has been this daring from before, just never letting you see it."

"Who knows. If it's the former, her family might be forcing her to do this. After all, I feel like there is something wrong, and I feel she is aiming at me with a hidden intention, so there is a possibility of her family knowing it. If it's the latter, then I might need to reconsider my approach." Alex's expression turned serious.

"What are you going to do then? We can expose her…"

"Nah. It will become too troublesome at that point. We still need to buy a medicinal herb. Anyway, just pretend you don't know anything. She still has her use." Alex smiled.

"Understood." Aria nodded.

After a few minutes, Nella returned to the room. She had changed her clothes into a more revealing one.

"Please excuse me. The auction is going to start, so I need to wear the required clothes." Nella calmly explained as if she didn't do anything wrong.

Meanwhile, Aria already clicked her tongue and claimed it as a bullsh*t.

Alex didn't look like it, but he already had no trust in her. He took a glance at her and nodded before focusing back on the auction.

He checked their cultivation strength and thought there was nothing wrong with it. No one would have enough strength to steal it. And those who had the power were either VIP or VVIP, so there was no point in worrying about them.

The light in the auction room became dim before the main light illuminated the stage. A young man appeared while pushing a chart with an item on it.

The item was a Divine Bow, but the lowest quality he had ever seen, so he had no need for it. But since he wanted to make an enemy here that would seriously kill him, he needed to check their intake in this, so he decided to participate in the next round as soon as either the other two VVIPs took part.

After all, they were the only ones qualified to be his opponents.

"By the way, who are they?" Alex pointed at the two rooms.

"The left one is the Ruinshak Family, our competitor. Although they are our enemies, their pocket is deep, so we want to empty that first using this auction. As for the other one, that is the Envoy from the Qerty Family, but this one is more dangerous than the first one. And yeah, they are also our enemies." She nodded.

Alex thought for a moment and smiled.

"Do you have an item in your mind? We can give you one for free."

"I will pay it myself, so you don't need to worry." Alex waved his hand, telling his stance in this auction.

"We have promised you an item from an auction, so we will keep it no matter what." She looked at Alex with a serious expression.

Alex pondered the pros and cons before accepting it. "Alright. In that case, I do have an item in my mind."

"May I know what it is?"

"Lightning Brit Root."

"What?" Nella widened her eyes, and her face turned pale. "This…"