Chapter 402 - Going to the auction
It was our second day in the Capital.
We were standing in front of a large building. It looks like it was the building of the capital's leading theater.
Although Eliante, for us, created a list of the 10 best attractions of the Capital, suggested that we visit this theater, we politely declined.
Even under the most favorable conditions, Fran was unable to carefully look at the theatrical performance, not to mention the fact that it seemed to be some kind of snotty romantic performance, and even about love between young mens.
Since the title of the production was "The Sword of the Purple Rose", I thought it would be something about fighting. I thought that if it was a colorful production with a lot of action scenes, Fran could well have seen it, so in general terms we learned from Eliante the duration and content of the production.
She said that the main theme of the movie is love, although all the characters are men. What kind of romantic movie is this? And the "sword" in the title is that a dirty euphemism ?!
She was so carried away by her story that, without noticing it, she completely went into the jungle of her hobbies. Fran probably only understood 20 percent of what she said.
Eliante probably loved the aesthetic side of this kind of operas and theatrical productions. When she talked about the beauty of the actors, she was already heavy breathtaking. It's even creepy how local noble women go crazy about this production.
Indeed, when we are talking about cultural things , is it not worthwhile to understand in advance where to draw the line between simple decline and decay?
I'm a bit of an otaku too, though. It's not that I can't understand such a culture. But how can you advise such an innocent girl? At least I would not want Fran to recommend that.
When she asked with excitement in her voice about other attractions, out of 10 places 5 turned out to be something in the same spirit.
This is the palace garden, which was used as a stage where Eliante's favorite performances were played, and the cemetery of one princely family, whose lineage was interrupted due to the homosexuality of one of its heads, and the house in which the author of popular plays about same-sex love was born, and that's it. like that.
But in the other half of the list were places such as the Great Temple and the hill from which the royal palace is clearly visible - in general, thanks to her for recommending at least some normal places.
I was especially pleased with the giant building of the royal palace, which by its appearance told the rest of the city "The right to sunlight? What is it?" Although no one is allowed to live next to the palace except the high nobility, there is a corner where aristocrats of lower rank live. This place is the worst of all, as it is in the shadow of the royal palace all day. Nevertheless, it is a great honor to live near the palace, so there are still a lot of people do so. One of the soldiers-patrolmen told us all this, not hiding his disdain for the aristocratic vanity.
Well, let's finally come in(Master)
- Nn.(Fran
At the entrance of the hall, we presented a certificate of what they did for us in the guild. At first glance, it looked like a simple metal plate, from the engraved pattern on which one could understand the rank.
The certificate that was given to us was the 5th step, the second from the top in terms of the degree of admission. It allowed you to participate in all auctions, but it forbade you to take places specially prepared for large merchants, guild leaders, and so on.
As expected, it looks like noble visitor rooms are also not allowed.
(Auction of weapons and armor is open today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow - three days)
- How many weapons.(Fran)
Fran was flipping through the catalog we bought earlier while exploring the city.
This catalog has been on sale for over a week, so it's no surprise that usually the bidders arrived at the time when the items of interest were being displayed.
Spending the whole day at the auction from morning to evening, not being sure whether the product you are interested in will be displayed here is not the most efficient waste of time.
But in our case, there were no special products that we had our eye on. Our goal was to visit the weapons and armor auction. So we were still in the dark about what kind of items are being auctioned.
Of course, this does not mean that we did not look into the catalog at all. Gallus wrote in his letter about the scabbard that he puts up for the auction of weapons and armor. And his words sounded somehow suspicious.
I thought he was going to somehow contact us when this scabbard is put up for sale, but …
The only problem is that there were several scabbards among the goods, and the time of their putting up for sale was very different. We tried to find the signature of the manufacturer of each of the scabbards or the name of the seller, but there was not a word about this in the catalog.
Apparently, we will have to come to terms with the fact that we will not find out. There that we decided to came to the auction in the morning.
We are of course entitled to special reserved seats, but (Master)
- What to do?(Fran)
-Hmm (Teacher
I don’t know how Gallus was going to contact us, but if he is here, it’s not a fact that he will be able to go to special places. So it was better to take the usual place.
The question was whether Fran could sit in one place all this time.
-Can you handle it(Master
- Uh-huh!(Fran)
I don't know if her enthusiasm will last for a long time …
3 hours passed.
-Hey Fran, don't sleep. You’ll draw unnecessary attention(Master)
-… yeah.(Fran
(We may be kicked out)
- … yeah.( Fran)
Its useless. Its cant be helped , I will support her with telekinesis. I certainly understand her. Different weapons and armor appeared again and again, one after another. In addition, these were not only enchanted items, for example, they sold a collection of one hundred ordinary swords, that is, there were many simple things.
Having somehow endured all this boredom, in the afternoon they began to display special goods. As for those products that were registered after the catalog was printed, no matter how unique and striking they are, it is not a fact that they will agree to put them up for sale.
In fact, the first thing that was exposed was an ordinary long sword. It was said that the engraving on its blade was done in a way that did not affect durability.
However, when I saw the next item, I involuntarily exclaimed.
Huh? … Hey Fran!Master
- … mmmm?(Fran)
I lightly shook Fran with telekinesis. We had to get ready to place a bet. Although a bet can be made at a special place using a magic device, it cannot be done at a regular place. As we were told before the start of the auction, for the bid you need to show the sign with your fingers.
- And here is the scabbard for the long sword! Thanks to the parts of the demonic beasts that were used in the manufacture, they are not only durable, but also able to adapt the size to your needs!
The auctioneer brought a sword scabbard and put it on the stand. The scabbard was made of brown leather. But when the words were said that they were fascinated by the adjustment of the size, a noise arose in the hall.
In this world, people find valuable the ability of the scabbard to adapt to the size of the sword. It's not the cheapest thing, but for an expensive scabbard put up for auction, being enchanted with resizing magic was a matter of course.
Without it, no matter how wonderful the scabbard is, it will always be limited to only one type of sword.
But that was not important for us. For some reason, it seemed to me that this scabbard was very similar to the scabbard by Gallus, in which I was sitting now. And the default size is the same. This scabbard is made exactly for me.
Finally, the auctioneer's voice, drowning out the voices of all the other participants, loudly announced the signature on the scabbard.
- The creator of the scabbard is unknown! Signed - The Mentor's Scabbard! The starting price is 10 thousand gold!(auctioneer)
Fran! We have to win the bid! (Master)
- Nn!