WTYTIAAN Chapter 7
by VolareYan Yunqing leaned against the wall at the corner, listening to the approaching voice of the Guard Captain, and let out a long breath.
The main quest on the mission panel updated in a timely manner. From that maliciously playful cat-and-mouse description, Yan Yunqing could imagine how bad his current situation was.
He hadn’t expected that not only was the Warehouse Number 6 where they were held at the Auction House had ‘cargo’ stolen, but also three other warehouses were burglarized. It sounded like those so-called bounty hunters did it.
No wonder the Auction House would attribute the ‘theft’ from Warehouse Number 6 to the bounty hunters as well. After all, compared to the ‘cargo’ sawing through the cage themselves and conveniently stealing an elf, which sounded absurd, those habitual thief bounty hunters seemed more like the culprits who did it.
Unnamed bounty hunter sir/madam, I’m sorry, but this time the blame has to be placed on your head first. I believe the magnanimous you certainly won’t mind, right?
Yan Yunqing muttered to himself twice, and quickly left this place of trouble.
Lillian, who had somehow scurried out from the wide sleeves and onto Yan Yunqing’s neck, hiding in the shadows of his hair and hood, said in a small voice, “I didn’t expect you to be so amazing, you even fooled the Guard Captain here. But are you really just an ordinary Beastman cub?”
It was Lillian’s first time seeing such a special cub. The cubs described in books were all very innocent, easily emotionally broken, and collapsed with the slightest setback.
Even the cubs among the Elf race were like that.
Yan Yunqing listened without any response, walking out of the secluded corner. There were more people he encountered, and he could no longer talk to Lillian to avoid revealing any flaws.
His persona was still the cold and arrogant young noble master. Yan Yunqing crossed out being low-key from his acting rules after seeing the other guests.
He had clearly already taken off a lot of accessories and chose the most inconspicuous of those outfits, yet Yan Yunqing still stood out from the crowd when he put them on.
There was no way around it. No matter how inconspicuous it was, it was still clothing for the Demon King, and also a cash grab in 《Demon King》. If it wasn’t made with understated luxury and connotation, how could it attract players to spend money?
Yan Yunqing’s attire directly crushed the ordinary nobles who came to participate in the auction. Coupled with Yan Yunqing’s exquisite eyebrows and eyes, he truly achieved luxury with connotation. Low-key was definitely out of the question, at most a neutral word like “unostentatious” could be added.
The place he was in now looked like a banquet hall. The crystal lamps overhead reflected colorful light, and many people in gorgeous dresses mingled with each other, each wearing a proper smile, like maintaining exaggerated masks, making people dizzy.
The melodious music in the banquet hall rose and fell. The musicians, dressed in black and white tuxedos, stood on a platform on one side, holding unknown instruments in their hands, closing their eyes and playing in a daze.
There were also waiters carrying trays, shuttling among the many ladies and lords, bending over to serve these proud nobles.
Delicious wine, sweet pastries, gorgeous skirts and exquisite cufflinks formed a luxurious and dazzling scene, incompatible with the dark and humid style of the warehouse. One couldn’t even imagine that these two scenes were in the same space.
Yan Yunqing’s ears, pressed down by the hood, twitched, keenly catching someone talking about him.
“That one—which family is that noble young master from? Why do I find him a bit unfamiliar?”
“I’m not sure either, but looking at that attire… I guess he’s one of those with a title, pampered at home. Good heavens, he must be especially favored.”
“I heard that princes from the Bato Royal Family will also attend this auction. Maybe this one is also—a Prince’s Palace?”
“You have a point. Looking at this temperament, you can tell he’s definitely not an ordinary person. It’s really possible that he’s a Prince’s Palace. This age… could it be the Tenth Prince who is studying at Hogwarts Academy?”
“Doesn’t your family still have an unmarried young lady? Why not let her try? If she can make friends with such a noble young master, even to the point of… she will definitely become the pride of the family.”
“You’re talking about me, don’t tell me the two young ladies in your family aren’t willing to go? I see the young lady of the Bernard family over there is already restless…”
All kinds of gossiping voices entered Yan Yunqing’s ears. He completely heard the intentions these people had towards him. He sharply noticed that there were indeed many noble young ladies wearing gorgeous dresses walking towards him, and the fur on Yan Yunqing’s tail was about to explode.
He turned his toes and walked towards a waiter with a white handkerchief in his chest pocket.
“This distinguished young master.” The waiter’s eyes swept over the patterns on the hem of Yan Yunqing’s clothes, his attitude becoming more respectful. He lowered his head and didn’t meet Yan Yunqing’s eyes, respectfully asking, “Is there anything I can help you with?”
Yan Yunqing raised his chin slightly, “It’s too noisy here, take me to a quieter place.”
The waiter didn’t hesitate at all, bowing and making a gesture of invitation, without even asking Yan Yunqing for an invitation. He directly led him to take the magic compartment, a kind of elevator similar to those in modern society, up to the third floor of the Auction House.
As soon as the Elevator Door opened, the view suddenly widened. It was empty and deserted here. Compared to the bustling first floor, the third floor was much deserted. As far as the eye could see, there were partitioned rooms.
It should be the VIP boxes of this Auction House.
Seeing that some doors had hung plaques with patterns, and some doors were empty, Yan Yunqing could roughly guess the function of these plaques.
The waiter led Yan Yunqing to a box that didn’t have a plaque, took the lead in opening the door, and respectfully invited Yan Yunqing in.
“Distinguished guest, this is the supreme compartment set up by our Augreir Auction House. You can use this—”
The waiter didn’t ask Yan Yunqing if he knew how to use the things in the box, but instead began to introduce it very tactfully. He flattened his palm and pointed to a small table in front of the sofa, with several buttons on it that looked like alchemy items.
“From left to right, they are bidding increments of 100 gold, 1000 gold, and 10000 gold. You can bid on any item you like. There is also a button on the right side of where you are seated. After you press it, a special waiter will come. You can order the other party whatever you need.”
“You can fully enjoy your time at Augreir.”
Yan Yunqing’s gaze swept over these buttons one by one, and then fell on the drinks and fruit platter placed on the side as gifts.
Let’s not mention the things in the fruit platter for the time being. Yan Yunqing felt that stuff looked a bit familiar, as if he often saw it in the background of the Demon King’s Palace when he was playing 《Demon King》.
Just talking about the drinks—Yan Yunqing knew that the packaging and the vaguely wafting aroma of wine meant that it was definitely not cheap, and couldn’t be compared to the inferior goods like the cheap beer that people gave away when you booked a late-night KTV session in his original world.
As expected of a box used to receive nobles.
Yan Yunqing silently sighed in his heart, watching the waiter leave.
Seeing that the man had finally left, Lillian, who had been holding back in Yan Yunqing’s hood for a long time, finally flew out, flying around the box, looking up and down, left and right, before opening her mouth, “There’s no eavesdropping magic, you can speak freely.”
As she said this, she flew to the corner, lifted a corner of the thick carpet on the ground, and pointed to the magic array underneath, “This is also engraved with soundproofing magic and defense magic. Wow, the inlaid magic stones are actually intermediate-level. No wonder it’s the largest Auction House in Bato Vita! So rich!”
Yan Yunqing knew very little about the current worldview, but he knew about the expensive nature of magic stone levels. After all, he had played the game 《Demon King》 for a long time, and he still understood the value of currency.
Intermediate magic stones were not very rare. At least, in Yan Yunqing’s backpack, the starting point was advanced magic stones. Intermediate magic stones were already trash drops that he, who had become the Demon King, wouldn’t even bother to put in his backpack after completing a dungeon.
But for ordinary people, the value of an intermediate magic stone was basically equal to a family’s income for a year.
“So why did you suddenly run upstairs?” Lillian flew tired, landed on Yan Yunqing’s head, and grabbed his ears standing on top of his head. “I thought you would be eager to run far away. I heard it when you confronted that Guard Captain just now, your heart was beating fast!”
Tickled by the warm touch that made his ears tremble, Yan Yunqing reached out and pinched Lillian down, “Don’t stand on other people’s heads casually!”
“Didn’t you hear what that Guard Captain said? Now the entrances and exits are equipped with detection process. We don’t even know how they’re doing the detection yet. What if they have some special detection methods, and we get taken down directly when we go out?”
As a college student who was at the peak of his life’s IQ, Yan Yunqing’s mind turned very quickly. In addition, he had experience in acting, and quickly found a way to temporarily and safely avoid the first wave of inspections.
Pretend to be a noble young master who came to participate in the auction.
It’s just that the effect was too good, and he accidentally put himself into the most luxurious room at the top, which made Yan Yunqing feel a bit of a headache.
In this kind of VIP box, the advantages were obvious. No extra people would come to bother him, he could quietly think about what to do next, and even fill his stomach…
Looking at Lillian, who was already holding the fruit platter and munching on it, Yan Yunqing once again suspected that this guy was really an elf? How did this personality, which could be called a genetic mutation, come to be born from that group of sexually depraved races?
…Forget it, if it weren’t for Lillian’s revelation, he wouldn’t have known that the Elf King of the past was still a hidden Demon King fan.
Perhaps the Elf race was just like this? It’s just that Lillian was more obvious.
Gathering his thoughts that were flying around, Yan Yunqing continued to think.
The disadvantages of the VIP box were also obvious. Places like Auction Houses were ultimately business-oriented. They wouldn’t act without seeing the profit. They had already provided him with the highest-level box. If he didn’t bid on a single auction item, his so-called noble status might be suspected.
It would be fine if Yan Yunqing was really a young master from a super noble background, but the problem was that his noble status couldn’t stand scrutiny at all.
He didn’t want to be caught and taken back again so soon after escaping from the iron cage just because he said the wrong thing.
Don’t underestimate these rich people. Perhaps other things that require using intelligence are more difficult for them, but when it comes to these abilities to exploit power, the noble lords are born with it.
With just a few words, they can completely judge whether this person has any value to them.
Yan Yunqing didn’t want to be caught again for saying the wrong thing not long after escaping from the iron cage.