Sapphire Auction House (2)

Mue?
Emily let out a rather foolish sound.
If a woman who was not of this world’s beauty, whom he had never met, suddenly appeared and greeted him cheerfully, it was understandable that he would be dumbfounded.
It’s not like Emily had no sense of beauty, and since she was quite interested, she must have been even more surprised.
It would have been better if Sion had been next to him, but since he had met the unfamiliar Yeon Taeseon, Emily didn’t recognize me.
“Who…?”
Ah.
I need to get a grip.
Emily has never met me.
To be precise, my human form.
I suppressed my cheerful expression and cleared my throat.
“You’re our contractor’s teacher, so of course I should greet you.”
“Teacher?”
Emily, whose eyebrows had been furrowed like a slime for a moment, finally came to her senses and bowed her head in surprise.
She seemed to have recognized me properly.
“I am in the presence of the Silent Calamity.”

[The Constellation, ‘The Blooming Spring Flower’, welcomes you.]
A faint floral scent emanated from the surroundings.
No, I told you not to use a stigma in a place like this.
“Please… get up?”
“You don’t have to use polite language.”
“If Emily speaks comfortably…”
“Let’s do that. Constellation-nim! I used the Starlight Flower you gave me last time very well!”
Her change of attitude was fast.
I smiled brightly and exchanged a short greeting with Emily.
“What about Seona? Has she been doing well since then?”
“Of course, she’s doing well. Her growth is so fast that it’s almost a problem.”
“As a teacher, that’s very happy news! I should go to Korea soon. If it weren’t for the unavoidable call of the nation at that time…!”
“Don’t talk like you’re going to the army.”
“Why is this the army?”
I’m feeling the cultural difference here.
I slyly changed the subject.
“Why are you here?”
You’re a cheapskate.
When I looked at her with that question in mind, Emily answered sheepishly.
“I heard that the ‘Scepter of Pope Jupiter’ is coming out at this auction… It’s expensive, but since I have to maintain my position as the Saintess of America, I was pushed into it.”
“What’s that?”
“Ah, you haven’t received the catalog yet. Here, I’ll give you mine.”
I received a catalog from Emily.
At some point, Yeon Taeseon was also standing behind me as if to guard me and was looking at the catalog.
The major auction items were listed in the catalog.
Items like the ‘Scepter of Pope Jupiter’ were listed as starting at least at S-rank, but fortunately or unfortunately, there were no EX-rank items.
Well, it’s not that common of a grade.
The reason we were able to pick up rare items from the warehouse of some junk auction house in Korea was because the Administrator had intervened, so they were precious items.
It’s just that our guild has a lot of them.
‘Hmm, so it looks like this.’
I lightly deployed my Sun’s Eye and found the scepter.
The one decorated with gold and rubies suited Emily well, but…
“Don’t buy it.”
“Pardon?”
“I said don’t buy it.”
“But this is a great item that even the US has entered the auction for! A 30% increase in the healer’s healing effect! It has a special skill! There must be people who have entered just for this item…!”
“Hmm. You have no eye for things.”
I turned my gaze and looked at Yeon Taeseon.
Unlike me, Yeon Taeseon couldn’t freely deploy his vision like the Sun’s Eye to see the real thing, but he seemed to have noticed a strange sense of unease from the catalog.
He also slowly shook his head.
When judged by the collaboration of the Sun’s Eye and the Starlight Eye, this scepter was…
“It’s a replica, so not so much.”
That’s right.
The scepter, which was introduced as an SS-rank item, was a replica.
They had come all the way to the Sapphire Auction House and had put up a replica, not a genuine one.
“Huh?”
Emily’s squeak echoed in the hall.
The other hunters, who had been watching with curiosity as the two with their splendid appearances entered, were also agitated.
In fact, if an Awakener who came to an auction of this level was at least an A-rank or an S-rank, they would have heard my story clearly if they had been in the hall.
“The scepter is a replica?”
“Are you saying it’s a fake, now?”
“But it was put up at this auction…”
“In the first place, who is that?”
What had started with surprise gradually turned into suspicion and ridicule.
It seemed they thought that a person who knew nothing was trying to show off.
‘Hmm.’
But whether that was the case or not.
I had given advice to Emily.
It didn’t really matter if the others believed it or not.
A replica is not a fake that just looks good.
No, it is a fake, but it’s just that it’s inferior in terms of functionality, but it does have abilities.
But for an SS-rank, the effect would be inferior, and from my point of view, who had seen the minimum bid, I would say, ‘Why would you pay this much for this…?’
So this advice was a very valuable piece of advice for the cheapskate Emily.
Because she hated it when things were not worth their price!
“If you don’t believe me, then don’t.”
I had no intention of bragging if they didn’t recognize me as a Constellation.
Here, it was more convenient for things to go smoothly if I were in my human form, and there was also the pretext of a date, so I had taken on my human form, but I had no intention of advertising that I was a Constellation.
Absolutely not.
But since Emily was a person who knew that I was a Constellation, she looked dizzy from the sudden words, but she soon nodded her head.
“Well, your eyes are probably more accurate than an appraiser’s.”
Emily chose her words, noticing that I didn’t want to reveal that I was a Constellation.
And these words also had an impact on an unexpected person.
“Hello? Tell the guild member who was going to bid on the scepter not to.”

Robert? Why all of a sudden…
“And tell them I don’t know if they’ll regret it.”
Robert, who had finished his call with the bewildered guild secretary, approached the woman he was sure was a Constellation.
But her iron wall was thicker than he thought.
“I’m going. I’m going to the normal auction.”
“Is there anything you want to see?”
“Our guild hasn’t expanded overseas, so we’re short on money.”
“Ah. Well, Nate is a new guild, so. Good luck.”
Emily left without any lingering feelings.
She had used the Starlight Flower and the information about the replica well, but her will to absolutely not lend any money was truly admirable.
She was a cheapskate, after all.
‘Well, since she’s that kind of person.’
It was much better for me to be able to act freely without any burden.
I looked at Yeon Taeseon and said.
“Let’s go and sweep it clean.”
“I got a feeling on the way here, and it seems pretty good.”
“Taeseon, I don’t trust your feelings.”
Actually, I do.
But I don’t trust the Administrator who will change your feelings.

“What do you take me for?”
I don’t believe you.

“No, if I played a prank at an auction like this, I’d be stoned by the Constellations.”
Was a group stoning also possible?
Good.
I’ll have to recruit some people sometime.

“I’m going crazy.”
I linked arms with Yeon Taeseon and walked to the normal auction house.
A strange blond man was following behind.
To shake him off, and to tease Yeon Taeseon, I said.
“We look like a newlywed couple.”
Yeon Taeseon fell.
In the meantime, he didn’t forget to let go of my arm so I wouldn’t be swept away.
“…”
“…Pfft.”
The only courtesy I could show him was not to burst out laughing.

Although there was the pitiful incident of Yeon Taeseon falling, we headed for the normal auction house.
Quite a few stylish items, as if to say ‘I’ve got something’, were displayed in their respective glass display cases.
The sound of laughter echoed as people gathered in groups of three and five to look at the items.
“Wow, this is pretty.”
“Shall we bid on it?”
“Even if it’s nothing special, we can just put it up for decoration.”
It would be better not to do that.

[C: Canary that Brings Misfortune]
As expected of an unidentified item.
There were also many cursed items.
I looked at the text next to the five-colored, sparkling jewel canary.

[Warning! The organizer is not responsible even if the item is cursed.]
Well, a C-rank should be fine.
At worst, you’ll just have frequent traffic accidents, right?
Just enough not to die.
…It’ll be fine, right?
‘…Should I pick out the cursed items?’
My conscience was pricking me.
Hmm, but after looking around, there don’t seem to be any heinous things like an S-rank curse.
It’s the item you chose.
Endure it with your grit.
Since you’re rich people, you probably don’t have to worry about hospital bills.
I looked around and went in front of something that caught my eye.
“Yeon Taeseon.”
“…What.”
“Are you sulking?”
To sulk over a little teasing.
But for our sensitive Yeon Taeseon, I was willing to use my Sun’s Eye a little more.
Fortunately, there was a very suitable gift in front of my eyes.

[EX: The Law of All Changes]
Yes.
It’s time to make a weapon for the Regressor too.