Sapphire Auction House (1)

Of course, that statement was not wrong.
Unlike the people in the VIP lounge who were listless even when I… more accurately, Yeon Taeseon, arrived, the Constellations were quick-witted.
No, no matter how sensitive the Constellations are to the hierarchy, is it really to the point of such a grand welcome?
A considerable number of the Awakeners among those who were greeting us had already lost their minds.
One of them had even fainted.
Why did he receive divine punishment?
Did he badmouth me or something?

“This area… it’s called LA, right? There are no top-tier Constellations around here.”
‘So that’s why they’re giving such a grand welcome?’

“Think of it as the company chairman visiting the employees’ dorms.”
‘Explain it in a way that I can understand.’

“Think of it as a strict Magic Tower Head visiting the research lab of an apprentice.”
‘An unwelcome guest…’
Of course, it could be a very happy event for some, but most of the Magic Tower students who were engrossed in their research did not particularly like the visit of a high-ranking person.
I feel like a professor asking, ‘Why did you think of it this way?’
So the LA Constellations are now sucking up to me like this.
I was taken aback and asked the Administrator.
‘There’s an auction in LA now, right.’

“That’s right.”
‘Awakeners from all over the world are gathering and Constellations are watching, but there are really no top-tier Constellations?’

“There are, but they’re few.”
‘How many?’

“Two, including you? For the record, considering that about 800 high-ranking Constellations arrived yesterday and today, it’s a phenomenal number. Of course, there are more low-ranking ones.”
Excluding me, only one top-tier had come.
It’s still daytime here, and I don’t know how many more will come until the auction starts at night.

“The one who came has a bad personality, so he didn’t receive such a grand welcome. The other top-tier Constellations on Earth are not interested in such things…”
‘So there are only three top-tier Constellations on Earth right now?’

“That’s right. And among them, those with a good personality are even rarer. For the record, there are many cases where there isn’t even one in other dimensions, and also…”
‘Anyway, there are three top-tiers on Earth, and one of them is me?’

“Yeah.”
The Administrator said in a rather refreshing voice.
I had only heard that top-tier Constellations were rare, but isn’t this almost at the level of being endangered?
I became a jellyfish salad and decided to just lie on Yeon Taeseon’s head.
“Pi.”
“I’ll ask for a car to the accommodation. Is the screening over?”
Thanks to the Yeon Taeseon taxi, which was quick on the uptake, I was able to comfortably escape the chaotic lounge and head to the accommodation in a limousine.
A certain researcher, who was wearing a lab coat and had infiltrated the lounge, was bowing to the stigma for show, saying, “This is a phenomenon of the century!”
Well, it’ll work out somehow.
We just have to rest at a top-class hotel to adjust to the time difference…
“Room 1701.”
“…There’s only one room?”
“That’s right. However, since it’s a suite, the space inside the room is separated like a normal house, so people of different genders can stay without any problems.”
In the meantime, Yeon Taeseon and I almost fainted, but we moved on.
When I asked Jiye, she said that they could only get one hotel room because there were many guests for the auction.
And that was only thanks to the association president, Hong Yuon, who had also helped.
Hong Yuon, the contractor of Aphrodite, had a lot of influence even in foreign countries.
Anyway, an Awakener’s body can adjust to the time difference perfectly within 2 hours.
As a Constellation, I didn’t even have to adjust to the time difference.
Thanks to that, we were able to get into the limousine heading for the auction house at 6 PM.

A red carpet was laid on the path to the entrance of the Sapphire Auction House.
In a way, it had the atmosphere of a year-end awards ceremony of a public television channel.
The auction starts at 9 PM, but the normal auction is held before that.
Of course, many people who are not participating in the auction also come.
Since the opportunity to build a friendship with powerful hunters from all over the world is rare, the people with invitations would be there as early as 12 PM.
As the limousines arrived one after another, sharp flashes went off.
“Hunter Robert! Please look this way!”
“Is it true that you’ve submitted the ‘Crown of Pride’ this time?!”
“What do you think of the rumor that a sacred artifact will be on the auction this time!”
But they didn’t just quietly take pictures.
The lower-quality members of the media would occasionally throw questions, and most of them would just smile and pass by.
But Robert was different.
“Please say a word about the Constellation that appeared in Korea!”
Thump.
His steps on the carpet stopped.
The brilliantly slicked-back platinum blond hair suited his face perfectly.
Dressed in a white suit with blue jewels as a point, he took the microphone and said.
“I will acknowledge that she is a Constellation.”
He is a person who has experienced the ‘Constellation Welcome Incident’ that caused a stir in LA.
Not only him, but all the Awakeners were like that.
Since such a thing had happened at the time when a Constellation was supposed to come from Korea, there was no doubt that the words of the white woman, known as a Constellation, were true.
“But is she really strong?”
However, Robert was negative about the Constellation being a powerful Constellation.
It was not a discriminatory view.
It was just a very natural thought that if she were a powerful Constellation, she would not be walking around in the lower world.
Because his Constellation had explained that a huge amount of causality is required for a Constellation to descend to the lower world.
Thanks to that, his Constellation, ‘The Greatest Jealousy’, was enraged.
It was Hera of Olympus.

[The Constellation, ‘The Greatest Jealousy’, sternly scolds you to correct yourself.]
[The Constellation, ‘The Greatest Jealousy’, says she can inflict divine punishment.]
Robert flinched for a moment at the message, but he did not take back his words.
After all, a word once spoken cannot be recovered.
His remark spread like wildfire, and just as Robert was shrugging his shoulders and about to enter the auction house…
A new limousine arrived.
“A new one has arrived.”
“Who is it? Is it Jang Wie of China?”
“I heard that person is a bit late.”
Robert was about to turn his steps, listening to the short murmurs.
Click.
He would have done so if it weren’t for the powerful flow of starlight that was felt as soon as the limousine door opened.
‘……?’
A powerful Awakener sometimes becomes a person who can feel the starlight.
Robert turned his head towards the limousine.
The first to get out was an Asian man with a chiseled appearance, dressed in a dark blue suit with blue jewels of a similar color as a point.
His jewels were at a glance crafted in the shape of a butterfly, and the gold thread embroidery on his clothes was also elegant and gorgeous like a butterfly.
Whoever made the clothes, he must be one of the best craftsmen in the world.
Thanks to that, the flashes went off without a break.
From the moment the man got out of the limousine, to the way he held out his hand as if to escort someone who was getting out after him, everything.
And when a woman got out of the limousine.
The world fell silent.
Not even a flash went off.
Everyone just stared at the woman who was gently getting out of the limousine, with their mouths agape.
Her snow-white hair fluttered.
Blue, jewel-like butterflies were attached to her hair, which seemed to reach almost to her ankles, and her snow-white dress, which was reminiscent of a wedding dress, was layered in the shape of a butterfly as it went down, and the last layer changed to a deep blue color.
Clear eyes that reminded one of the sky.
The sun rotating within them.
At the sight, which was not of this world’s beauty, one reporter was on the verge of dropping his expensive camera.
And not only that, it was a moment when many people fell in love.
That was the same for even one person who had been criticizing the Constellation until a moment ago.
“…”
Robert Arthur.
The guild leader of ‘Zeus’, the number one guild in America.
He was regretting having laughed at the Constellation of a small country until a moment ago, and was begging his Constellation to please send down just one arrow of love…

What is this.
Why is it so quiet.
I tilted my head.
Is my outfit strange?
“You are very beautiful right now, so don’t worry.”
“…Is my thoughts very obvious on my face?”
“Not at all.”
I see.
But I didn’t believe Yeon Taeseon’s words.
I should just walk around with a poker face from now on.
Thump.
I walked on the red carpet with my arm linked with Yeon Taeseon’s.
The people who had been frozen for a moment, as if they had just come to their senses, flashed their cameras.
I lightly passed by a strange man who was blocking my way.
After going through the procedure of formally confirming who we were, we entered the Sapphire Auction House.
The first thing I saw was a familiar face.
“Emily!”