Chapter 555: Chapter 555. Auction Starts!
An hour went by quickly while talking with these powers.
Cecile, Hanna, Tatyana, and Carbira mainly stayed silent except when Yasenia asked about something for confirmation.
For the rest, she maneuvered herself without problems around the problematic questions and traps they set up to try and trip her.
The four of them didn't find it boring since Yasenia's confident, elegant, and skillful level while speaking was very attractive.
Our dragoness sharp ears caught many sounds of steps and blinked, looking toward her entrance with her spiritual sense.
The other seniors followed Yasenia's eyes and waited.
Then, the doors opened, and a literal avalanche of people entered the area and scurried around the previously empty streets.
Even with its massive size, the outdoor market was filled with people quickly.
Giant races also walked through their designated areas and approached the booths that sold things their size.
In this way, there was no real risk of a giant race stepping on a smaller race.
Yasenia chuckled and asked jokingly. "Are you sure there is enough capacity, Carbira? There are many more than I expected."
Carbira's protruding eyes spun in thought. Her face scrunching up with doubt.
Yasenia's eyes bent as she laughed and patted her head. "You are so cute~."
Carbira coughed to hide the blush and answered. "We should be all right. Moreover, Lady Yasenia's aura is exceptional, so people will probably avoid being close to you."
The dragon woman's wings flickered as she looked at Carbira and asked Yasenia. "Do you really find her cute? Isn't her face quite unattractive with those eyes?"
Carbira flinched.
Lately, she had been accustomed to Yasenia's and her subordinates' treatment, so she allowed herself to be more expressive in their presence.
She was about to ask for forgiveness from the Dragonkin, but Yasenia spoke first.
With a lifted eyebrow, Yasenia asked back. "What do you mean?"
Another woman also spoke. "Well, look at her. I don't understand where you find her cute."
Yasenia looked at Carbira and saw her looking down.
With a sigh, she lifted her chin with her finger gently and saw that there was a hint of moisture at the bottom of the pearly black eyes.
With a smile that relaxed Carbira's flustered heart, Yasenia spoke. "I find her cute, really cute. Look how her pearly and expressive black eyes move, making her expressions easy to decipher. Don't they appear cute to you, madam? I find the fact that her emotions are so easy to tell is adorable. The movement of the eyes is also lovely. If I had a daughter without partners, I would probably present her to them."
Carbira went from feeling down to feeling her heart fluttering. She knew her chances with Yasenia were null, so being considered for her children was very nice.
She knew those children would be raised with values similar to Yasenia, which made Carbira expectant of finding a mate in the future. 'Although I'm in my eighties, I'm pretty young since my cultivation is not low and will continue advancing. Maybe I can wait half a century and ask Lady Yasenia to present to me a mature child... Although calling Lady Yasenia mother-in-law might be a bit... um? It doesn't feel bad?'
Carbira chewed the words in her mind. 'Mother-in-law Yasenia. Hehehe. Mother-in-law Yasenia~.'
The dragon woman and the other madams looked at Carbira's happily dancing eyes, blushing cheeks, pink shell, and perfect body ratio more closely because of Yasenia's comments.
Carbira would be a beauty that not many could compare if it weren't for her protruding eyes.
After looking closely at the happily smiling woman because of Yasenia's comments, the word 'Cute' flashed in their minds, startling them.
The dragonkin woman thought to herself. 'Well... Yasenia is not wrong. Her figure is also exquisite, not to mention that her facial features are good. A small face, a straight and beautiful nose, pink and soft-looking pink lips, and a rounded face. Her short hair is also charming, and it fits her. Was I looking at her too superficially?'
Carbira snapped out of her fantasies and spotted something at the side, making her excited. "Lady Yasenia, look! Look! Your item is getting so many offers."
Yasenia laughed. "You are happier than me."
Carbira giggled. "Of course, Lady Yasenia's items must be sold at the highest prices~."
Hanna commented. "By the way, Carbira. We've opened a spa in our Clan. If Lady Yasenia is not against it, you can come over. The massage people have been specially trained by Lady Yasenia, a massage expert."
Carbira nodded. "I'll check it out."
The dragon woman looked at the harpy and realized. 'This woman is also gorgeous. I ignored her because of her nakedness, but she has been properly using her wings to cover herself while her gestures are elegant and proper...'
The middle-aged woman frowned. 'When did I become so narrow-minded?'
She looked around, and as if her mind was opened, she realized that many things she was looking down upon were not that bad. Not only that, a few cheap things she ignored because of the prize caught her interest.
Her frown deepened.
Sometimes, people close their minds too much and forget to look around. They become less receptive to outside input and shut themselves in a protective bubble.
Everyone does it.
However, what marks a great person is the ability to allow other thoughts to enter their bubble and either change things or make them realize that what they thought previously was the truth.
"Why does this person think this way?"
"Although this thought is interesting, it is factually incorrect. Should I try to help them realize this?"
"Oh, this thought on my part was too emotional, and I didn't realize it."
Reflection on the surroundings was something that old cultivators forgot to do since routine, latent heart demons, superiority, status, and many other things blinded them and stop.
If it isn't broken, don't fix it. However, things that are not entirely broken sometimes pile up together and need fixing.
Thus, the dragon woman felt as if her mind was submerged in a refreshing spring, and she began thinking back to her recent attitude.
She found out that lately, her attitude had not only been arrogant and snarky but that she had even failed to see some reasonable offers that she had turned down for stupid reasons.
'My heavens, I was about to become one of those arrogant madams I hate!'
Yasenia saw the dragon woman look pale and asked. "Is everything okay, Madam? You've been lost in your thoughts for a while."
The woman snapped back to reality and looked at Yasenia. "Eh? Yes, yes. Everything is fine. Thank you."
Looking at this person, she couldn't help but smile, full of gratefulness.
The previous stern face softened, and her facial features lit up, giving her a graceful and elegant temperament.
Yasenia blinked, surprised. 'Hm? What happened? Why does she look younger and more... relaxed?'
She looked closely and realized. 'Hm? This woman is different from before. The feeling she gave then was much more arrogant than what I feel now. Her answer now is much softer. She also looks much better because her eyebrows are more relaxed.'
She looked at the others, and three or four of the group of about twenty people had this happen to them. 'Strange...'
Tatyana understood everything. After all, for her, everyone here was considered a junior. What's a several hundred years old for the hundreds of thousands-year-old senior?
Guessing their aura changes was like looking at a reflection of their emotions.
'Don't mind her much, little treasure. She realized what kind of woman she was slowly becoming. Nothing more.'
Yasenia nodded and ignored it.
Without any more delays, the time for the auction arrived three hours later, at one o'clock in the afternoon.
When they were leaving, Carbira was a bit flustered because four madams that previously looked down on her were speaking to her gently, like old mothers.
"Say, little Carbira. Do you really not want to meet with my son? He is very handsome."
Carbira was near Yasenia, holding to her arm for her dear life. "N-No need, Madam. I appreciate the offer, though."
The dragonkin sighed. "Such a shame. Well, I'll try again in the future."
'There is no need.' Wanted to shout Carbira.
Nevertheless, thinking that she might find a mate, she didn't completely deny them. Although her ideal was becoming Yasenia's family, people had to be flexible.
"Madams, I wish you luck in your purchase. I hope that those treasures you covet are easy to win!"
It was a mandatory sentence, but the four madams that were pestering Carbira smiled like a flower. "Oh, you are so nice, little Carbira."
"Tsk, you old woman should find someone in the Empire and let us these fresh ones."
"Ha! Are you two speaking? My clan is not far from Koran City, so my sons are the most suitable!"
"You three, stop embarrassing little Carbira. Look, her face is as red as a cooked crab!"
Carbira's eyes spun in embarrassment as she grabbed Yasenia's arm and dragged her away.
Meanwhile, our dragoness felt dumbfounded and amused. 'Did I promote her too well?'
After that minor setback, Carbira led Yasenia to a VIP room and asked them to sit inside the couches.
The room was wide enough for ten people to sit around leisurely and had a window to the main auction hall.
Besides this window that could be covered, many screens showed the other 99 rooms.
Carbira explained. "Depending on the card level, you'll have a better or worse room. We've made it so all items will be sold in one hundred theaters. From here, you can see all of them. Lower-level guests will have to send different people to different theaters if they want items that sell in different rooms."
"All of this was announced a few weeks ago, so Lady Yasenia should be aware of the fact."
Yasenia nodded. "It is a good system. Moreover, the items sold on the first day are many and not high-ranked, so having the less influential factions be unable to buy everything they want is not that big of a deal. I guess the number of halls to auction the items will decrease tomorrow, right?"
"As expected of you, Lady Yasenia. That's what the leader had in mind when creating this arrangement. Tomorrow, there will only be ten halls in use. On the third day, everything will be sold in a single theater."
"Either way, let's speak about your situation, Lady Yasenia. These five screens will show each of the theaters, and since this room is connected to your card, you'll see the screen shine when an item you want to bid for appears."
Carbira pointed at the black panel above each screen and commented. "This will show the price, name of the treasure, auction hall number, and expected maximum price. If you want to focus on one of the auction halls, you can use this jade pointer to signal one."
"The orb in the middle will be to make payments. You have to place your card and say the room number. After touching, it will tell the auctioneers you've increased the price by the minimum increment amount. For specific bids, you will need to write the price you want here."
Carbira made a demonstration, and Yasenia quickly learned how to use it.
Yasenia nodded. "Easy to use and easy to understand. Thank you, Carbira. Come, sit with us. I've made a few dishes to enjoy during today's event."
Yasenia made a wide variety of sweets and other foods to eat later. They will stay in this room for most of the day, so having food prepared to feed her dears was necessary.
Yasenia set up a table full of delicious food and smiled. "Let's eat lunch."
While Tatyana and Yasenia ate slowly, the rest almost wolfed down the food.
While eating Yasenia's delicious food, the Brilliant Auction's first items appeared on the displays!
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Author: We are slowly approaching the end of the foundation building in the Distancia Continent.
Tatyana: Was it necessary to write it so detailed?
Author: I mean, when you all move around, setting everything up will be much easier since you all know Yasenia's expertise.
Tatyana: Oh. If, for example, you say that "Yasenia set up her power in five years." Your little dears won't think. "Right, from where?" Instead, they will know. "Right, Yasenia can do it."
Author: That is right~. People can't tell me I used plot armor!
Tatyana: But you used it previously~.
Author: Ugh, don't remind me about the Angel inheritance arc!
Yasenia: Shouldn't you focus on summoning the dears?
Author: I'm on it... And with this... I summon you!
Kaszty: Here I'm one more time!
Kali: Hello~.
Author: well, with this question, you have none left, right?
Kaszty: For now!
Author: Hahaha.
Kaszty: Well, Tatyana. I'm here to ask you something really important.
Tatyana: Oh?
Kaszty: How did you beat your strongest summon?
Tatyana: That's a good question. Well, for your knowledge, I didn't beat my strongest summon. Not to mention, that summon is stronger than I'm.
Kaszty: Woah! Really?
Tatyana: I wouldn't lie to you now, would I?
Kaszty: That's interesting. Then, how did you gain it?
Tatyana: Well, he is... My master. I found her in my adventure after gaining the Divine Lich Empress Inheritance. He was one of her *Spoiler.* At first, he mocked me because *Spoiler* *Spoiler* *Spoiler*
Tatyana: Sigh, it was quite a difficult hurdle. But, well, everything ended well, and he decided to follow me.
Kaszty: ...
Author: Tee-he~.
Kaszty: What do you mean with tee-he!?
Author: Cough. If you want, I'll answer more in-depth in the comments section.
Kaszty: Hm. I'll see what I do.
Author: Anything else?
Kaszty: Nop.
Tatyana: Very nice, a short and direct Celestial Theater.
Evelyn: If Author mutes you, it is bound to be short.
Author: Cough, let's say our goodbyes.
Kaszty: Bye-bye!
The girls: We hope to see you tomorrow!
Author: Haha, have a great day, little lurkers.
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