The auction continued, but aside from the two slaves, nothing was interesting, and it took almost 3 hours for everything to be presented, as there were many things in the other categories and it was very boring.
Amiya woke up after an hour and a half, apparently without any effect from the drink, it seems that being blessed by the stars has its advantages.
So I told her about the progress of the auction and the two slaves, and I also told her that she will have to kill one of those two, she clearly seed disturbed, but did not seem to try to deny it, knowing that it wouldn’t work.
I still haven’t decided which of the two to try, they both seem delicious in their own way, but maybe I’ll go with the 13-year-old girl, I think her at will be tender and tasty.
But I’ll only know when I try, it’s like it will take so ti, there’s no point in thinking about which one is better.
"And now, let’s move on to the last category, information, I see that few of you are left, a sha," Serena says sarcastically, it’s obvious that the few who are left are because they need or are looking for sothing.
She begins to cite information not directly, but by saying to whom they are connected or to the location they are connected, citing them all and placing papers on a table that was placed on the stage.
Each paper contains the purchased information, that paper is what guarantees that she will deliver the information later, and there is a lot of information, she keeps citing nas and writing the na on the paper that she places on the table.
She also talks about locations, but nothing that still catches my attention, Amiya gets agitated with the number of nas and locations cited, the castle, the academy, popular places, various noble families.
An extrely high amount that she just ntions the na and writes it on the paper, and in 15 minutes she cited more than 169 nas of nobles.
And more than 247 locations for which she has information to sell, obviously she didn’t explicitly say what it is, so it’s like a surprise box, you buy it and sothing good can co, but it can also co trash that’s useless.
She also ntioned my na 5 tis, I wonder what information she has about the Grand Duchess to share, but it’s not like I care about that, I’ll let so lucky person buy that information.
If they co to threaten , I’ll make them disappear from existence, I won’t even leave a trace for soone to find.
"Now, let’s start auctioning in order of what I think has the most importance, so who pays the most for the papers of information about the king, the castle and the church all together?" Serena starts with sothing quite large.
"50,000 gold coins" I speak, starting the bid for the information, it’s not a high value, but it’s not low either, there’s no need to spend unnecessarily, I just set a high price on the slaves to make my position clear.
Paying a huge amount for the slaves is like a warning, I have enough money to compete for anything, and so only the richest can try to compete with .
And of course, the paynt in gold is the only real one I’ll give, since the paynt in Celestial Stone will always be destroyed because I won’t give my blood to soone so easily.
"I pay 500,000 gold coins" A bid several tis higher than mine is made by soone next to , I don’t know who the person in the seat next to is since we’re far apart and separated.
And she is the best equipped person here to hide, and although I can see such personnel, I literally don’t know her, I haven’t seen any book about such a person, but if she can pay so much, she must be at the top.
So one option is a servant of soone like the Pope or the King, who ca just to buy the information.
"1 million gold coins" I say, doubling the value for the information, it seems I’ll have so competition.
"...5 million gold coins" The other side increases again, while Serena on stage sits in a chair and puts her feet on the table with a smile.
"..." Gold coins don’t really have that much value, because alchemists can produce gold with magic, of course, to not break the economy, this is illegal and can only be done with the kingdom’s permission.
However, for those who are criminals, they can very well arrange a secret place with skilled alchemists and then make gold without stopping, if the kingdom discovers it, they will have problems, but in the end, it’s just a matter of whether the kingdom discovers it or not.
I myself can easily offer 1 trillion in gold coins and that wouldn’t be a blow to the economy I have, because what is really valuable are magical ores, they have an absurd value because alchemists can hardly fabricate one.
And those who manage to fabricate a single piece take years to do so, showing why magical ores are the most valuable currency.
"I offer 1 billion gold coins" I offer a large amount, even though gold coins in quantities like millions are of "low" value when it reaches billions, it becos more expensive for two reasons.
Either you are insanely rich, or you illegally produce gold so that you can offer this kind of value.
Only and the person next to are competing, so it’s hard for others to enter without being sothing useful to them.
"I will offer 50 billion gold coins for this" The person next to offers much more than I expected, in the end, it must really be soone connected to the Pope or the King to be able to offer this amount.
"I offer 100 billion gold coins" I say, doubling the value he offers, Serena doesn’t even bother to speak, just watching with a smile this little competition.
"Hmmm...I will bid 10 trillion in gold coins"
"..." Everything falls silent with this offer, even I am shocked by the absurd jump in value, 10 trillion gold coins is still not a problem for , but if he can bid that value, it becos suspicious.
’Should I give up?’ It could be a trick, I may be being fooled into spending more than I need for sothing that may not even have that much value, anyway I’m going to the church, I can find things out on my own.
’I’ll make one last bid’ If he bids sothing even higher, I’ll give up, I’m not stupid enough to keep competing.
"I offer 20 trillion in gold coins" I make the last bid I’m willing to pay, there’s the option of trying to buy with Celestial Stone, but offering it in very high amounts will cause its value to decline and, worst of all, put annoying eyes on .
I’ve already offered a very high amount, if I offer another high amount of Celestial Stone, they may co to bad conclusions about having a source of them or sothing like that, which could make the Grand Duchy a target of certain annoying people.
Who would try to discover what they shouldn’t, and could even really discover sothing problematic, after all, I know that even disguised, soone can discover that it’s who is here.
After all, anonymity in the black market depends entirely on you, and there are few who can pay such high amounts in the black market.
"I offer 30 trillion in gold coins" The other side makes another bid higher than mine, I just sigh, clicking my tongue, I hate to lose, but I must be smart here.
"..." I don’t speak anymore, assuming defeat, while Serena gets up from the chair satisfied with the result, 30 trillion in gold coins is a value equivalent to the economy of several small kingdoms together.
The asure for this is the cost of maintaining a kingdom, depending on how much it costs to maintain a kingdom, its value increases or decreases, and 30 trillion clearly allows for a lot of things in several kingdoms.
"It seems we have a winner, or would there be soone who offers more?" Serena makes a final question, holding 8 papers containing information about the 3 things we competed for.
"One, two, three...sold!" Serena says, placing the papers in a separate location inside a red box.
’Tsk...I hope I didn’t lose anything valuable’ Life is not just victories, I may hate losing, but this information might not even be useful to , and since I don’t plan to destroy the gold coins but rather leave them for her, it might not really be worth it.
And even if I destroyed the coins, if the information was useless, I would still be at a loss anyway, at least the Celestial Stone will be destroyed without any evidence that it was my fault.
I just wonder who this person is who is willing to pay so much just to prevent things about the church and the king from being revealed.
"P-Pandora, are you okay?" Amiya asks.
"...Totally fine" I’m irritated, undeniably irritated, I didn’t think there would be such strong competition, I don’t even know how far he was willing to compete, but from the unhesitating tone, I think this would have gone on.
’At least we’ll have sothing to have fun with after this’ We’ll have two slaves to vent our frustration over a defeat at the auction, the rest of the information isn’t really worth it.
They’re about nobles and places that I have no real interest in knowing, plus for the auction mbers, it’s not really a disgrace to know when to stop.
Sotis certain competitions aren’t worth it, stopping here doesn’t an I don’t have money, it just ans I know how to weigh the rits and derits, and paying too much for information that I don’t even know is useful is clearly a detrint with a high risk of failure.
Only the stupid would continue in a competition where the risks of coming out at a loss are too high, with 20 trillion gold coins I can make very big improvents in my kingdom by buying new things.
In addition, I may have a lot of money now, but when the war starts, the money will disappear like water in the desert, after all, there will be many expenses in the war for troops, materials, weapons, reconstruction, rewards, etc.
In the end, giving up on this only had one real downside, it left annoyed that I had to admit that continuing to compete could go wrong for , but it makes curious about who the competitor next to was.
It’s a sha I failed, but I can still talk to Serena later, because she’s sure to co and check my Celestial Stone paynt.
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