...Speaking of propositions...
^Going once...going twice...sold! To the man from Radiant Feather! The [Rainbow Forge Manual] is his for a whooping 2.3 million gold pieces!^
^Absurd!^
"Fuck."
"Well, that honestly stings," Jinju Ren grumbled for both herself and for Zhen Liu. "I'm sorry, honey, I was really hoping to secure that manual as an engagent gift between us."
"It's fine, that just ans we have an excuse to go to Radiant Feather and kick his ass in later," Zhen Liu assured Jinju Ren. "That is, unless we decide to just jump his ass imdiately after this auction wraps up."
"Oooh! It's a date!"
"I don't think that's necessarily healthy for a relationship, but sure."
"..."
"..."
In the face of this fatal flirting, both Zhong Wei and Lythero simply exchanged silent glances of mildly perturbed reactions.
"If you guys wants, I think I can nail his ass with a poisoned arrow at least halfway across the city," Rianna offered as she took out one of her arrows and examined the tip. "I did just retrofit so of them with titanic hornet stingers."
"Appreciated, but—"
Knock, knock.
"Huh?"
At this point in ti, the auction was still going on in the background. However, now that the most relevant and interesting piece was sold, nobody else in the room was interested in any of the goods being put up for auction.
As such, hearing soone randomly knock on the door of the private suite was a little surprising.
Nepherage and Frosttusk were situated by the door in their mortal disguises and they both indicated that the person knocking wasn't a threat in the slightest.
Since the danger was basically nill, Jinju Ren made the executive decision to face it head on.
^Feel free to enter.^
The door opened to reveal an attendant dressed in a black and white uniform that clearly didn't belong to the auction house.
A quick peek at the emblem on the lapel confird that this attendant was a personal servant to Alain, or at the very least, a servant to the man's household.
The servant made sure to bow low towards Jinju Ren's direction once she confird that she was present in the room, but dared not to enter.
Whether that was due to social etiquette or nerves about the "bodyguards" in the room was unknown.
^Princess Jia Ren,^ the attendant began with a servile tone. ^Master Alain would first like to humbly apologize about having outbid you on the [Rainbow Forge Manual]. A dear friend of his had ntioned the manual before in passing, and when he saw the opportunity to do him a favor, well...^
^No no, I understand,^ Jinju Ren interjected in a manner befitting a princess. ^I rely made a bid on it because the manual sounded useful to my own progress.^
Well, a princess that didn't regularly dive headfirst into battle that is.
On a side note, Jinju Ren's statent about how this manual could help with her cultivation wasn't entirely wrong.
As soone with innate dragon force, she could absorb and use the power of dragon flas if she so desired. This was especially the case since her treasured [Dragon Taming Saber] had the power of two different Ignarii-aligned dragon-blooded beasts sealed inside it.
^Well, I am glad to hear that you had a practical reason for bidding on the manual, because the Prince would like to invite you to join him this evening over dinner and a group study of the manual.^
^I...what?^
At this invitation, practically everyone in the room had raised their eyebrows in surprise and suspicion.
This was especially the case for Zhen Liu.
...Uh oh...
'Did...did this motherfucker just ask my fiancee on a date?'
[Sounds...like...it...] Frosttusk rumbled.
[Indeed,] Nepherage concurred before asking, [want to strangle him?]
'Maybe.'
'Right! Wait...question, would I actually need the manual physically this ti around or is it possible to make a copy? Like with the other books.'
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