Counting out the last Gold coin onto the servant's platter, I felt my heart sting slightly as I parted with 130 Gold coins, which was most of my winnings over at the Yanzif Arena, but as the slightly heavy, velvety purse fell into my hands - and the sound of dozens of Mana Crystals clattering together filled my ears - I felt that sting alleviate sowhat as it was replaced with jubilation.
"Thank you ver much, Miss, and do enjoy your winnings. Ah, and Master Mubar wanted to give you this."
The well dressed and handso Caninekin man servant smiled at as he placed a letter before , alongside a bottle of wine that made Jahi frown a little, since it was kind of clear what sort of gift this was ant to be.
So I decided that I wanted - and rather enjoyed - playing with fire, so I smiled back at the servant and said "Please tell Master Mubar that I am flattered by his gift, would you~?", noting how the man's smile widened slightly and how his cheeks darkened as he looked away. I picked up the letter and began to read it, holding back a slight groan at how cheesy it was but still finding myself sowhat flattered about how - despite being cheesy - the man still tried to convey that he was simply both curious about what I would do with the Mana Crystals and also alluding to finding it attractive that I seed to know what to do with them since I was willing to bid that much.
Of course, despite being flattered, I wasn't going to do anything with this besides tease and rile up my lovers even more than I already had, so as I sent the servant away with a kind smile, I ignored them sowhat as I opened up the parcel and stared at the myriad of glittering stones within, each one radiating a fair amount of mana.
Gently lifting one from the bag, I held it up and admired its beautifully rough edges, the uncut, raw Water Crystal almost stealing my breath away as I imagined turning it into sothing a bit more 'wearable', specifically for jewelry; that special pearl that woman was wearing over in the arena was still on my mind, I guess, since I really did want sothing to wear besides my collar...
"Isn't it gorgeous..? It's almost as dark as a sapphire, but it glimrs with its own light instead of needing an outside source to shine. I cannot wait to sand this down and make sothing with it..."
"You- can't wait to sand it down? Are you going to take up gem cutting when we get back ho? Or are you just saying that you'll be the one to do it even though I'll be the one to do it?"
Anput brushed over the letter and instead grabbed the bottle of wine, creating a corkscrew with her mana and popping the bottle open before taking a sip, nodding her head appreciatively at its flavors and using that as a way to let know she was still a bit aggrieved about what happened, even if she did ignore the letter resting beside .
"Yes, I can't wait to give it a shot. You can, of course, show how to do it, but in the end I want to give it a try myself; sothing that I can start doing on my own, to create sothing with my own hands instead of needing to wait for soone else to make sothing for . Enchanting is fun and all, but needing sothing pre made to actually begin enchanting is a bit irritating..."
Placing the Water Crystal on the clean plate in front of , I glanced up at the stage and gave the dual scimitars being auctioned off a quick appraisal, their Wind Mana blades and large Wind Crystals making them extrely potent and deadly weapons for both physical damage and arcane damage, since the blades themselves were long and sharp, the jade green tal likely rather light compared to other materials.
The only thing was... I knew Anput could make sothing of similar quality, if not better if I gave her so ti and money to do so, and it would be made to my specifications, making it so much better than sothing soone else had made however long ago. Plucking a Fire Crystal from the parcel, I handed it to Leone and asked "Is your alchemy set still up to snuff, or are we going to need to invest so of these Mana Crystals into making you a newer, better set? We're going to need to start getting potions and ointnts stocked up, after all...", letting the Vampire admire the ruby-esque stone in her hand as I diverted her attention away from the letter as well.
Jahi wouldn't fall for it though, the Demoness grabbing the letter and reading it herself before rolling her eyes and snorting softly, placing it down beside herself and away from as she grabbed the wine bottle next, pouring so for herself and muttering almost silently as she shook her head.
"Uh... I wouldn't mind a second one, since it would speed things up imnsely, but if you want to keep these Mana Crystals for other things then that's fine too I guess."
Leone placed the crystal back into the parcel and gave a smile before accepting the glass from Jahi, taking a sip from the wine and nodding as she too enjoyed it taste, leaving to be the only one who hadn't tasted the gift that had been ant for ...
It would seem I wasn't going to be getting a taste of that gift either since Jahi just kept the bottle for herself, sharing it with Anput and not even sparing a glance as I sat beside her, the Demoness ignoring and forcing to hide my chuckle as I felt her annoyance through our bond.
Discussing the usage of the crystals with Leone and Anput, I kept my attention on the items being auctioned off as my initial task of creating spells fell to the wayside thanks to my two lovers giving so good ideas on what they wanted to use these crystals for, the two listing off so wants and needs that we had as well as potential gifts that we could make for other people as a way to convince them to give us sothing we needed.
Tribute or well aning gifts to soone like Duchess Klaki would make earning her favor a bit easier, and the sa idea applied to a myriad of other important people around the Empire that we might want to et for one reason or another.
Our discussion was interrupted when another item caught our eyes, the auctioneer announcing a special bid for a journal containing the notes of a now dead Mage who used to travel the Sultanate years ago, sothing only recently found.
It started at a low price of 25 Gold but quickly made us all pause as it reach 200 Gold in just a couple of minutes, with Anput explaining that the Mage was a bit of a folk hero in so parts of the Sultanate thanks to the good he had done and the impact he had on everyone around him; on top of that, he was apparently a genius when it ca to different types of ways to use magic, be it Ritual Circles, alchemy, enchanting and more, so his journals could be extrely niche and hyper focused or extensively broad on damn near everything.
After it sold for around 300 Gold, the next item that was announced kept us hooked as three rather large chunks of a rare ore were placed on display, each one containing enough tal to make Anput salivate sowhat as she stared at them with wide eyes; they were rare, but just like the parcel of Mana Crystals they ca from a flourishing Dungeon mine, so the market here was sowhat saturated with this particular tal, keeping its price and its demand low inside the Auction House.
Anput needed to plead with Jahi to get it, and after a very quick agreent to spend an hour kneeling between the Demoness' legs Anput found herself hugging three large pieces of ore, the Jackalkin almost purring as she held them close.
A few more things popped up here and there that caught our attention, and Leone spent so of her own Gold when an herb was auctioned off for a decent price, the Vampire excitedly telling us it was a wonderful enhancer for regeneration potions and that she could make a gigantic vat of high quality potions now, maybe even dilute so of it and turn it into either more coin for us to spend or use it for any situation where we needed healing over ti and we didn't have the ti to cast spells on one another.
All in all, the Auction House experience was a quaint one, and with three successful bids and
one singular failed one - Jahi made a bid on a hamr that seed rather unique, only to be outbid as soone spent far too much on it - we left the Auction House feeling fulfilled and
content.
On the way back to the palace though, Jahi very swiftly pulled all three of us into a boutique and forced each of us to get a new article of clothing for tonight, our blue skinned lover supplenting her failed bid with this as she spent 20 Gold on each of us and secured herself a night of top tier entertainnt that we were more than willing to give.
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