-Knock!
-Knock!
-Knock!
The bearded fishman had made me follow him upstairs. He seemed to be quite the respected guest, as most people he would cross would bow when they got a glance at him.
However, that wasn't the strangest thing about this place. It was the number of people from all races. There were humans, elves, fishmen, dwarves, you name it. There were literally thousands of people in some kind of secret auction.
'Does the Emperor know about this?' I thought.
I had a feeling he knew about this place, and that was concerning to me. I already knew that the Emperor didn't fully trust me, and it was the same thing for me. I wanted to know more about him before I started telling him everything I knew.
If I ever found out that the Emperor was affiliated with a place that sold off slaves...I don't know what I would do. But one thing was sure, it wouldn't be pretty.
Nevertheless, I put those thoughts of mine in the back of my mind as the door the Fishman had been knocking on suddenly opened.
I tried to ask the fishman some questions about this place, but he hadn't said anything yet.
He had kept silent ever since we had entered this auction house. However, he was a good customer from the looks of it. Truth be told, the more I looked at him, the more I thought that there was a slight chance that he was the boss of the Ocean Outlaws.
Still, he didn't look like much. I couldn't feel the slightest amount of strength coming from his body. It was strange.
As the door opened, we were met with two beautiful elven maids who were tight outfits, showing off their nice curves.
"Hello, esteemed guest. We are happy to see you once more."
"Ah, it's fine. I don't mind you guys asking my name, haha. It's Caedrel, Caedrel Stuart! Nice to meet you, ladies."
The two of them blushed once more as they could barely look straight into my eyes.
'I guess I really am that beautiful, huh? Ava, now them...maybe I was always a charmer, but I never found out because I was always fighting on the battlefield?' I thought, noticing that most girls I had talked to since I became a professor were mostly shy around me.
"N-Nice to meet you..." The two of them said in complete unison.
I brought my head forward and whispered, "So, which one of you two is going to explain what this place is and how it works?"
"Oh, right...!" Nymira exclaimed. "This place is the Underground Auction House! It's a secret place that no one apart from a select few knows about. Here, the richest and most powerful people around the world gather and buy everything they desire...at a certain price, of course."
"Hmm, alright. And where are we exactly?"
"That's a secret. After all, we can have undesired visitors coming here since it wouldn't be very secret at that point, now would it?"
I nodded slowly as what she had just said were things that I had managed to grasp already by walking and hearing what was happening in this place.
"I see, then...would it be possible for me to buy you two beautiful ladies? You see, I need help with some hard tasks...in my job."
The two of them didn't say anything at first as they just looked at each other with a red face, clearly surprised by what I had just asked. But hey, I was actually serious, I was actually interested in buying them. I needed some help around in my class to deal with the boring paperwork and some tasks.
After all, I missed out on getting an assistant to help me, so this was pretty much the perfect occasion to get one or two...I'm not one to count. I also didn't want them to rot in this place any longer, if I could get them out, I would do it in a heartbeat.
"You could potentially buy us...but we're quite expensive," Lirael said as if there was no chance I could have enough to buy them.
However, the look on her face completely changed when I asked my next question.
"How much?"