CH 115

: Gehena Auction House (1)

Jamie escaped Ars Magna.

The contract of the soul was successfully made. With this, you can get your sanity back.

"Are you crazy, Master?"

Benna seemed to have a different idea.

Returning to her original form from the squirrel, she said to Jamie with a very bewildered look.

"It's a contract of the soul!"

Noisy.

"Not noisy! Don't you know what it is?

I made an offer to Kiriel directly, but I can't figure it out.

However, it was understandable that Bena reacted like that.

The contract of the soul was that dangerous.

Simply put, you can think of it as selling your soul to the devil. It's not just the devil, but it didn't make much of a difference if the contract could not be fulfilled as a result.

"Did your eyes see me as a reckless offender?"

" Not that."

Bena knows it too.

That the Master is not a person who speaks rudely.

He is a person who clearly distinguishes between what he can do and what he can't. There are so many things that I know how to do, I just don't show up.

"Nothing is impossible. So don't worry."

Jamie patted Bena on the head. Because Bena's height was about an inch taller than that, it wasn't a very cool look.

Bena made a slightly distressed expression on her face and then took a deep breath. It is already irreversible, and as always, we have no choice but to trust the Master.

"But how do you win the bid? You have to be with Sir Siegfried."

With that said, Jamie can't participate in the auction.

Jamie smiled and looked at Bena.

Bena tilted her head and asked.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

But instead of answering, Jamie only smiled deeper.

* * *

It was the morning of the second day.

Siegfried asked Jamie with a happy expression on her robe.

"Are you ready?"

Yeah.

Jamie was also dressed in a no less flashy attire.

Although it is a secret auction, the people participating in it are all upper class. Even if there was no set dress code, at least they had to wear luxurious clothes.

Fortunately, Jamie had too many of them to rot.

His mother, Sears, was very worried about her son, so she put dozens of clothes in her subspace pocket.

From functional clothes to formal suits for ceremonies and banquet tuxedos.

'You can wear it roughly.'

Looking at the many clothes, I remembered Sears, who was trying to attach a servant somehow.

-My mother trusts my son, but how do I live alone in another country? My son can't even wear clothes by himself, and he can't even eat by himself!

Mother. My son also wears clothes by himself and eats well.

-son. Think carefully. I have to cook and eat by myself, do laundry, and do the cleaning myself. My son never did. So, when your mom says nice things, take her with you.

Mother. Even in the magic world, there are people who can do it.

And what else can't you do?

-son! Aren't you going to listen to your mom?!

how persistent you are

Later, he even put the servant on standby, saying that he had to take him unconditionally.

Jamie wanted to be alone somehow, so she refused, ready to die, and with Siegfried's help, she was able to come out without a hitch.

Fully understood.

On the inside, he was an old man who was tens of thousands of years old, but on the outside he looked like an innocent child. It's strange to have parents who don't care.

'It's only been a few days, but I miss you.'

When I thought of that, I was shocked.

It was a shock to me that I had such a thought without knowing it. miss someone

Since becoming a warlock, such a thing has ceased to exist. It was relieved to some extent by going through the past, but it was not an idea that could come out of my unconscious mind.

"Why?"

Siegfried looked at Jamie, who suddenly flinched, and asked in a puzzled voice.

Jamie looked at him and shook his head.

No.

Siegfried shrugged his shoulders with a sullen face. Then he handed me a mask.

"Write this."

This?

"It's a must-have for a secret auction."

Siegfried wore a mask with a good-looking face. It was a black matte mask, with a flower drawn on it with gold thread.

Jamie looked at his mask. The mask, which was divided into black and white, had only eye holes.

" This is an artifact."

"It's a mask that hides mana. You have to hide anything that could reveal your identity. I will change the color of Confucius' hair."

Emerald hair stands out.

They must have been mostly upper-class people who hid their identity due to the nature of the secret auction, but there was no way they could not recognize the characteristics of the Welton Street.

"I don't know if only Confucius is caught, but I'm also caught."

Already, information has circulated that Siegfried, the 7th Elder of the Magic World, will escort Jamie Welton himself.

Like it or not, they were 1+1.

"It's a specification that I find out too."

The Welton heir has appeared at a secret auction dealing with illegal goods!

It was the specification that these rumors spread.

"Shall we go?"

Siegfried reached out, and Jamie took it with a slightly disapproving look.

The two of them disappeared like a lie.

* * *

There was one large museum in Saint-Dermain.

It was a place called 'Redum', and it was a place to exhibit artifacts and fossils found in the Kelton Mountains.

It was quite a famous tourist attraction even within the Kingdom of Seldam.

In the basement of such a place, a 'secret auction' was held that was far from the museum, but in a way infinitely close.

"There are so many people. It's a secret auction, right?

"Few people come through the Redum Museum like we do."

of course?

"Places like this usually install a mobile warp machine."

At the mention of a mobile warp machine, Jamie smirked.

Warp magic is one of the top magic in space magic. It was an astronomical amount just to put that power into an artifact, but I had no idea how expensive it would be if it was made portable.

"That's how much you are looking for the main shrine."

Siegfried put his thumb and index fingers together to form a coin.

After all, secret auctions deal with everything from the illegal to the very rare.

Moreover, since it is a secret auction, the commission will be huge, so the profit from the auction fee alone will be huge.

A few mobile warp planes are not difficult to obtain.

"It's a waste of money."

"You can't use bad words for a child."

"Can I kill people?"

"So is it."

Saying that, Siegfried smiled.

He's uselessly handsome, which makes him angry.

Jamie looked around. There were a lot of people, but everyone was wearing a bizarre mask.

There are thousands of interested seeds who want to stand out somehow.

As I was walking along Siegfried somewhere, two men and women passed by.

The calming scent of the forest lingered on the tip of my nose.

Well?

What's wrong?

just now ."

Jamie looked back, but disappeared like a lie as to where the man and woman had gone.

the smell of the forest.

There is no such thing as a perfume of this kind, and as Jamie knew, there was only one race that smelled like this.

'Elf?'

As he said that, he smiled and shook his head.

That's nonsense.

Why did the elves come here?

In other words, unless you are an elf caught by a slave trader, there will be no elves to set foot in such a filthy place.

"It must be an illusion."

"It's pointless. Come on, let's go. It's time to enter."

* * *

A space too large to be said to be under the Redum Museum.

When you see mana everywhere, it seems like you used space expansion magic.

It would have cost a lot of money to expand to this size, but the place that hosted this secret auction seemed to be overflowing with rotting money.

Siegfried, who was looking at the seat ticket next to him, muttered, 'Let's see,' and looked at the numbers on the chair.

"There it is."

It was pretty far ahead.

It must be difficult to occupy the front seat in a place like this, but it seems that Kiriel has used a bit of energy.

As soon as we went and sat down, the people participating in the auction started filling their seats one after another.

In the seat next to Jamie sat a man who was thick enough that the chair was cramped.

"I'm sorry."

The man first apologized to Jamie as he thought he was a bit of a nuisance.

Jamie clicked inwardly and got back into position. When I stretched my body to the side, it was worth living.

Then I found two men and women sitting diagonally.

'Is it those people?'

The shape of the mask, the size, and the scent of the forest were clear.

But now there is no smell.

As if it was artificially erased.

I wonder if it's a real elf, but no matter how much I think about it, what's the point of having an elf come here as a guest?

Since they are a race seeking goodness, they hated such secret auctions, even if it was hypocrisy.

"Why are you like this?"

No. Sir, please stop worrying about me. I can't even see properly."

"Hmmmm. Since then, Confucius's parents have given him this and that authority."

Instead of taking an attendant, Jamie promised to follow the advice of the grown-up Siegfried.

I don't really want to follow everything, but not following it at all is a violation of my promise, so I had to accept it.

The lights went out.

All the lights went to the stage. It was the stage where the auction items were to be displayed, and the red curtain in the back opened and a man walked out.

Wow! Today is a good day! Very precious people have visited our Gehena auction house!"

He was a host wearing a red tuxedo and a funny clown mask.

With exaggerated gestures, he greeted each place in a gentle way.

nice to meet you! It's very nice to meet you~"

But no one accepted him. Nevertheless, the host greeted here and there, regardless of whether it was familiar or not.

"People who have been to this place know very well that they don't have a lot of patience, so I would like to introduce you to the first auction. Are you all looking forward to it?"

This time there was no response.

The moderator looked at the crowd in silence and shrugged.

"You are still funny. What! It doesn't matter because the customer is the king, right? Come on, bring it in!"

The moderator was definitely a pro. Although it would be difficult to proceed in such a miserable atmosphere, it proceeded as smoothly as flowing water.

With a rattling sound from behind the stage, a large wooden crate appeared loaded into a cart.

It was big enough for one or two people to fit in, but from inside, it was like, 'Eup! Whoops! was heard.

"The first prize is a slave!"

Gehena Auction House is a secret auction house. It also deals with illegal things. And slaves were also treated as illegal auction items.

"Everyone will be surprised. It was pretty hard to find."

Unlike before, the presenter spoke in a serious voice.

"Please open it!"

And when I exclaimed vigorously as if it had ever happened, the men who had brought the box opened it as it was.

Jamie's eyes narrowed at the contents.

Siegfried, who was sitting next to him, muttered in a slightly startled voice.

Elf ."

What was in the box was an elf man and woman who couldn't move with restraint devices.

It came out pretty tight from the start.

- Continued on next episode -