Chapter 722 - Elevated Situation
“Jellal? Why is HE interested in the stupid toy?” Chalon pushed the lady sitting on his legs away and walked to the window.
He knew Jellal was a master alchemist, which meant something was definitely not right.
“No, no… Was Theron actually right, that the music box is something special?” Chalon muttered as he got a bad feeling.
The bid had reached 750, which was offered by Dave just now, who was trembling for some reason.
The apprentices around him were looking at him in either disdain or suspicion. At the same time, they admired Dave’s courage for going against a rich wizard who could enter a VIP room.
An apprentice whispered to Dave, “Hey you, I have one of those Mirage Boxes too. I’ll pass it to you for only 300 crystals. What do you say?”
“Don’t listen to him. You find this thing at about 200 crystals elsewhere. Just save your money.”
Dave paid them no mind. Angor’s music box was on a completely different level compared with the cheap knockoffs people used to know.
Dave closed his mouth and stuttered, while Theron looked away in satisfaction.
Yet not everyone was satisfied.
“What? Tell us already! So you don’t hate Mister Jellal or something, so… something about the auction house then?”
Theron interrupted the argument with a cold look, “Let’s not waste everyone’s time here. The consignor has signed our agreement for selling the item, and we shall see it to the end. I’m afraid we must consider your bidding invalid, Mister Dave. We will resume the process starting from the first offer of Mister Jellal, which is 200 crystals. If no one follows up, the music box shall go to Mister Jellal.”
Theron didn’t give anyone a chance to protest.
There was no universal law system in the wizarding world. Here, the auction would follow their own rules, which meant an item would go through the entire process that would determine who owned it later. The original seller had no right to take it back.
Or Dave could try buying the item as a customer as long as his identity wasn’t exposed, in which case the auction house would cast a blind eye about this.
The other guests chose to listen to Theron’s advice and hurry up so that they could see the auction going.
“Two hundred magic crystals, going once, going twice…” Theron called.
Dave made up a quick decision as he suddenly called again, “That’s the alchemy illusion Angor asked me to sell!”
Theron briefly stopped his action. What was that? Was he asking for mercy just now?
However, he didn’t have time to worry about Dave when the screen in front of him was instantly flooded with offers from people, ranging from 300 to 1,000.
At the same time, a voice from a VIP room called out loudly, “I’ll take it! I give you two thousand!”