Vol 1 Chapter 5 (2/2)
After staring for a long time, Cale finally opened his ht about it over and over and it still doesn’t make sense You aren’t the type of person ould betray someone… because you don’t have the brains to do so! Soiven his name, would he?”
Can’t you say that it’s because I’ed than ever He snuck a glance at the patrolquite far away,was overly noisy?
Only now did Silvester dare to speak Quickly and softly, he said, “I didn’t betray any of you! I really didn’t!”
Cale snorted in disdain It looked like he didn’t believe Silvester at all
Silvester wanted to explain hi, he could no longer risk speaking NoCale is, he’s definitely not as scary as THAT person! Well… that person has never attackedif they did!
Having thought thus far, he tilted his head slightly doard to avoid Cale’s gaze and did not venture to speak a single word of protest
“Silvester, no matter what plan you’ve devised, you’d better re us out!”
Hearing this, Silvester raised his head, thy explanation But after considering it s would be cleared up, he restrained himself
Both sides fell silent Even the slaves ere endlessly screa curses stopped, as if Cale had already helped them reach a verdict In the her and higher in the sky, and it was finally noon
Although it was “finally” noon, in actuality, when they were brought back to jail, it was already nearly daybreak They had only been in jail for roughly three hours Perhaps it was just the fact that he was being stared at with eyes filled with such animosity that Silvester finally understood how it felt to have a day crawl by like a year
By the tied hiht the impulse to thank them However, the next second, he iratitude, as the other slaves were also being escorted out of the neighboring cell They stood only a few feet away from hirip, they would charge over to beat him to a pulp
Thankfully, the current patrol team had a ht’s They see the way and so watched over the slaves very firhout the journey After they stuffed everybody onto two horse-pulled carts as if they were co Only after quite a long period of time did they finally stop
Everyone was rushed off the carts andthat looked close to being in ruins However, once they entered the building, the interior was neat and tidy, and there were already several people ere either standing or sitting These people were dressed in rather exquisite clothing, especially the ones sitting down The clothes that they earing deround
Silvester was especially curious and looked around everywhere He noticed that everyone at the event worea masquerade ball
One of the masked men walked up to a small podiunificent of clothes would not be of any help in i to make his clothes burst
The fat -tiain would be unnecessary, right?”
His words provoked a burst of soft laughter
“There are around twenty slaves in total today The starting price will be five gold”
Displeasure erupted from the floor “Why are there so few this time around?”
“About that… conditions haven’t been favorable recently, so we can’t conduct our business brazenly Please make do, everyone!” The fat man spoke with a smile, not only because the people before hiold soon to be his, but there was also a number of aristocrats in the audience that he could not afford to offend Hence, he hurriedly continued, “However, the quality of the slaves we’ve obtained this time is truly superb Have a look, everyone! They are all sturdy-bodied I guarantee they will be useful!”
Discontented gru from the floor The fat man furtively wiped the sweat on his face and promptly declared the start of the auction
The first slave to go up had a normal build and was not “sturdy” as the fat man had described Despite that, the price still cli fifty more silvers each ti before the price broke ten gold This shocked Silvester in his heart He had never used anything like a slave before, so he never fathomed that they orth such a substantial amount of money No wonder the city lord took such a desperate risk!
In the end, the first slave was sold at twenty five gold The fat man couldn’t even control the sreater than that of the previous one… probably due to the stock shortage this time around
The slaves were sold one after the other The price was always at least twenty gold, and a tall and strong slave would even break thirty
When it was finally Cale’s turn, he haughtily raised his chin His face, which gave off the impression that he was just impossible to taht and skinny build The price he was auctioned off at only reached eighteen gold, beco the lowest price of the day
Silvester, as ie While he did not have a solid build, he was still taller than a hundred and eighty centimeters, and his facial features were not bad either He also had a shy expression on his face In the eyes of the co aristocrats, this slave was tall and handsome and looked like he would be incredibly obedient He naturally became the most valued item of the auction
The fatto be the most valuable slave of the day beforehand, so he made use of the other slaves to hype up the atmosphere earlier Then only under a situation where hardly any slaves were left and there was an enthusiastic at out Silvester to auction This was all planned in order to fetch a higher price at the auctions
But contrary to expectations, Silvester’s auction price was not escalating particularly quickly, although there were a select feho persistently kept bidding Upon witnessing the situation, the fat man was not in the least worried and even felt secretly happy He knew very well how people would coet their hands on The audience would not rush to put out a price but would patiently hold out until the very lasttheir hand
While the price was rising very slowly, it still gradually rose to over thirty gold Nonetheless, this was nowhere near the price it would finish at The situation now took a turn as people became much more active than before
Silvester found this inconceivable He had never known that he orth so much money Each ti a peek at that person’s appearance
Although he could not see their faces since they were h indications about the person froures The people ere targeting Silvester were , they were clearly not of nobility and instead held the status of servants or housekeepers, but the clothes they ere not at all inferior to the seated aristocrats’ It was most likely that the noble families they worked for were even more illustrious than those present After all, truly prominent noble families would not visit such a place in person
Compared to the laid back pace earlier, once the price exceeded thirty gold, the bidding increased in a blink of an eye A man on the left who looked like a housekeeper bid thirty five gold in one go while a lady on the right went as far as to raise it to forty
I never kneorth sosold himself off earlier
At that very moment, a cold voice booold!”