Chapter 726 - Final Price
“If I were the maker of such a music box then I wouldn’t allow the auction house to throw it away at 150 crystals!”
“Nevertheless, we found its true value, didn’t we? See, the bid’s already above 10,000.”
As people recovered from the amazing journey in the illusion, they started talking about the price again.
In fact, new bids were already being called before Theron resumed the auction.
“Thirteen thousand,” Leona cried.
“Fourteen.” Shildeen followed up and gave Leona’s room a hateful glare.
Leona sneered and wouldn’t give up yet.
“Twenty thousand.” Sumesh suddenly joined them.
“Was that Angor’s lover?” an apprentice took a guess.
“Possible. Hey, have you heard that he has a lover?”
Dave quickly explained something else before the subject was led astray. “I-I’m not sure if the woman has anything to do with Angor, but he told me that her name is ‘Elise’.”
“A piano composition made for Elise? I see,” said Leona.
Theron was going to continue with the auction now. Of course, he knew that the remaining items would appear rather boring after the music box. But there was not much he could do right now. He had to do his job.
“Ahem. The fourth item sold today was delivered from—”
He halted his speech when he saw almost half of the crowd leaving, while Sumesh was walking in front.
Wait! Is EVERYONE from Brute Cavern going to quit?
…
Soon, Chalon was informed that half of the customers had disappeared, whereas almost all the VIP guests had gone.
He almost vomited blood due to the sudden rage. It was like Brute Cavern meant to embarrass him today!
Still, the VIP rooms didn’t completely clear out. Leona and Kate remained behind.
“Aren’t you going to return together with Mister Sumesh?” Kate asked her partner in confusion.
Leona glanced at Dave’s position. “You see, I’ve been looking for a chance to fix my relationship with Angor. Now here it is.”
“Oh… you want to help that shop assistant and use him as a bridge to get to Angor?”
“Not really. I’m rewarding him for telling me the name of that song.”
As a canny witch, Leona knew that being too straightforward might instead further annoy Angor. She was going to use a milder approach.
“But he never told you the name of the song.”
“It doesn’t matter. What is important is that I have a good excuse to help him later. Besides, he seems smart enough. He’ll understand what I want with him.”