Chapter 8 - 9 : Questions (1/2)
Arthur arrived in the stage but the auctioneer didn't dare take his money now because 2 million gold coins are no small amount and he had to do the transaction thoroughly. Edward said a few words to end the auction and thanked the people who participated in it, he then turned toward Arthur and politely said
”Esteemed customer, please follow me to the building so we can confirm your payment and hand you the 'goods' ”
The tone he used was very polite, it's like he was addressing his master and not a customer.
Arthur nodded toward the auctioneer and followed him to the building, the muscular guy had already dragged the girl to the building some time ago.
When Arthur and Edward went on their way, Feylord who was sitting in his chair was shaking with anger , he couldn't believe he was humiliated this way, after all, he was used to oppressing and humiliating others instead of being the one humiliated, he, a dignified noble lost to an unknown man without being able to fight back in a show-down of money.
The one thing he always boasted about and now he had to go back empty handed with his tail between his legs, he soon stood up but you could notice he was furious by the look in his eyes, he went to an armored men standing 2 meters or so behind him , this man seemed to be his bodyguard or servant , Feylord went to the men and said with a low voice so no one could hear him
”find out who this black-robed man is, you have until tonight to tell me his identity”. He snorted and headed back to his mansion fuming in anger.
Arthur followed the auctioneer to a luxurious building, the exterior seemed to be made from high-grade wood and stone, and the interior was even more fascinating, there were gold pillars in the entrance, and a big red carpet which seemed to cover all the floor. He followed Edward until they arrived at the neat and luxurious room, it seemed to be the office of Edward.
Edward went to the chair near his desk and sat on it then smiled back at Arthur and said
”Please sit.”
However, Arthur wasn't in the mood to chitchat, he was a man of a few words so he shook his head not willing to sit, even after standing through all the auction he didn't feel any numbness in his legs or wasn't remotely tired.
The auctioneer wanted to befriend the man in front of him since he was able to pay up such a humongous sum but when he saw his unwillingness to sit and talk he felt depressed as he wanted to be acquainted with such a mysterious man,
”He either must have powerful backers or is from the royalty.”
thought Edward as he was assessing the man in front of him.
After some time passed, with an awkward silence in the room, the muscular men came in with the girl in front of him, she glanced at Edward then toward Arthur but her face was emotionless as though she didn't care who would buy her.
Edward so his men coming and was happy, as he couldn't wait anymore and wanted to receive the money.
”I sincerely apologize for the long wait dear customer, here is your prize, if you would please pass us the gold”
Even though Arthur heard the auctioneer to talk to him, he seemed in a daze as he was staring at the girl while of something..but after some seconds he regained his senses and waived his hand and a magical bag appeared.
When he was in the tomb and searching through his storage, near the mountains of gold coins he found magical bags and when he got them out to try to find out what they were, he understood they were some kind of a storage ring but limited, he found a lot of bags in his storage and some of them had more gold coins in them, but the good thing is that somehow when he held the bag and sensed what was in it, something like a message popped in his head telling him exactly what was in there, even the exact amount of gold in the bag .
He guessed that since everyone uses this magical bag instead means they too will get the message, and will not need to check every single cold coin, after all, if they started counting from 1 to 2 million gold coins it would take forever.
He threw the magical back to Edward and the latter caught it excitedly, and held it tightly with his hands as if it would disappear at any moment. After 20 or so seconds, Edward opened his eyes after having sensed what was in the bag, he mumbled something to himself in a low voice then smiled brightly at Arthur and said
”Hahaha, thank you for your payment dear customer, I have checked the bag and it was indeed 2 million gold coins, you may take the girl, she is your property now ”
The muscular received the signal and pushed the girl toward Arthur and said
”He is your master now, obey him or be gone forever.”
Even though the muscular man said that his eyes were cheating him, it seemed he too wanted to have the girl but he couldn't when he pushed her away it seemed as if he was throwing his own child away.
Arthur no more looked at the auctioneer and saw that the girl was still bounded with chains so he used a tiny bit of dark magic to break those chains, and 'poof' all the chains just fell down from the girl.
Edward saw what the black-robed man just did and he knew for sure that it was magic, and a power type of magic at that, because those were special chains that bounded the physical abilities of the demon girl because even with sealed powers she could still be dangerous so he hurriedly said to Arthur
”Emm, Dear customer, I see that you are a powerful mage but I must advise to bind her as even though she has her powers sealed, she is still a demon and would be considered a threat.”
Just after he finished speaking, he saw Arthur glare at him and felt something cold that could suffocate him from within the black hood. Immense fear surged him and made his body shiver uncontrollably for a split second, knowing that it was not a good idea to continue to press on this matter, he could only smile back awkwardly.
Arthur did not stare much, he soon walked out of the room followed by the girl. When they walked out of the building, the crowd seemed to be gone, maybe the guards dispersed them to not cause any trouble but there was still some people scattered who stared at Arthur with jealousy. As they were walking, Arthur noticed that many people were gazing at the girl behind him and then at him, and he didn't want to attract more attention than he already has so he retrieved a grey cloth which seemed similar to a robe.
Actually, it was a good item from his storage but he just retrieved it for the girl so she can wear it and hide her appearance, so he stopped walking and passed her the cloth.
She stared at the cloth and the stretched hand of Arthur, then she quickly understood that he wanted her to wear the cloth to avoid unnecessary trouble, so she lifted her little white hands and took the cloth from the man then she quickly wore it.
If you look at her now you could only see her petite white hands and her bare feet, you couldn't see her face or even her silver hair. It was such a waste to hide a beauty like her in a robe but Arthur had to do this as he underestimated her charm which attracted nearly everyone they passed by, even the females were either jealous or admiring the girl.
Arthur noticed that it was getting late and the sun was setting so he decided to go back to the inn, he also wanted to read the books he bought to get a better view of the world and maybe learn where he currently was.
He knew for certain that he is on the human continent, but where exactly, that, he didn't know.
After walking for a couple of minutes they arrived at the inn.
As usual, the Inn at the evening was bustling with people, especially adventures who were tired from a long day of hunting, they would go to the inn's restaurant which was surprisingly famous in this town and drink beer while talking with their comrades.
The entrance of the Arthur which was wearing a black-robe and a smaller person behind him wearing a grey cloth which covered him entirely, have caught the eyes of a few people but they recognized Arthur as he came in last night too but they were curious as to who was the person behind him , but of course no one came to cause him trouble and after a couple of glances they continued to chat with their companions.
The landlady also was there, serving people and taking their orders, she seemed very busy working alone in a bustling place but with her big frame, she must have a big endurance. Surprisingly, Arthur waited for her to finish with her customers then he walked towards her to say something.
The women noticed Arthur walking towards her and seemed kind of surprised as she knew he didn't talk, he didn't even greet her in the morning but she didn't blame him as she was used by some customers being this way.
Arthur arrived in front of the landlady and said
”Bring food to my room”
his voice had a cold feeling about it as it seemed it could pierce any person's heart, even the girl behind him lifted her head and gazed at him when she heard his voice, as it was almost the voice of a ghost and no a living person. The landlady was taken aback when she heard the voice but she soon regained her senses and said
”I'm sorry mister, but we only serve food in here and don't deliver them to the rooms.”
Arthur heard her reply but he wasn't surprised as he expected her to say something similar so he just retrieved 2 gold coins and passed them to her.
The woman saw him taking 2 gold coins to give it to her but she just interrupted him and said
”Sir, I'm sorry but those are rules, even if you would give me more gold coins I would not break rules that I personally made”
She had firm and decisive eyes and a strong personality, she was not greedy about mere gold coins and was strongly against breaking the rules she made for her inn and restaurant.
Arthur admired people like that , it was true that the world was corrupted by greedy and evil people but there still existed good people in this world but it was really rare to meet them as they are the first to die by the hands of the wicked, but that nevertheless those good people are a source of admiration for Arthur as he saw the evil the world had, when he saw kind and strong-hearted people who were not swayed by their desires.
Arthur nodded toward the landlady who was smiling at him and he headed upstairs toward his room, actually he didn't any food as he was a skeleton but he the girl behind him is a living being with needs so he wanted to buy food for her to eat, as he was temporarily her master even though he loathed that idea.
He will take care of her in the meantime until he could break her sealed power so she can live freely because if he let her go now, she will only get caught again and it would also be a waste of 2 million gold.
He also wished to ask her some questions about the world as he saw she was LVL44 maybe she knew quite a bit about the world, so maybe she could explain to him something.