Prologue: The Intruder

Place: The National Museum of Artefact

"Hey Siemon, what are you doing over there? " said Verma .Siemon's friend from the footstep of the statue on which Siemon is laying.

Siemon doesn't reply to his question and stays silent. After three minutes, he begins mumbling to himself along with plucking down the petals of a flower "she will visit,

she will not,

visit,

not,

visit,

not,

visits `as he plugs the last petal of the flower he can't grasp a hold of his giggling and he laughs scoffingly. He continued laughing in a gesture in which one hand is covering his eyes to control his enthusiasm..... "hahaha ....haha haha"

Verma his only friend, who is waiting near the statue thinks that his friend is an idiot who is chasing after a witch whose whereabouts have been unidentified. What they all know is that she is a private witch from the "Orean Guild".In recent years this guild become famous for the incredible level of sorcerers and wizards. It has been provided.

Dusky Shadow is one of those first-rank witches, who are rare in centuries with her master level of awakening abilities and dark aura.

"Hello everyone. I am Charles, who is going to introduce you all to the various types of artefacts we have here so that you can buy them in the auction by presenting your reliable price through the bid .There are some rules that you need to follow: " said the manager of the museum. Where all the nobles and bidders are gathered inside The Auction BallRoom.

1. In a buyer-bid auction, the highest bidder takes ownership of the items at their bid price, whereas in a seller-bid auction, the lowest "bidder" wins the right to sell their goods for the highest bid price accepted by a buyer.

[<Today we are going to have the Buyer-Bid>]

if you are a new rookie so don't need to panic...there are only two easy basic rules left you need to mind as a beginner...

2. Protocol for submitting a bid request and bidding on the bid request by the bidding members, including the selling members.

And lastly...

3. The person with the highest maximum bid will win the auction.....this is the last rule instructed by Charles.

"So, if any of you dare to steal or interrupt this gathering.He/She or anyone would prepare themselves for the consequence. I know everyone is well aware of the existence of two great magicians we have here from the 'triggered outlaw guild '.I hope you may all understand now. What it means"

"Oh! Hmm, So' There are ' Verma nim' and 'Siemon nim' here too ." Said a thief with purple hair. He has a deep scar on his eyes which is slightly visible from the eyepatch that he put on to cover it.

Manager Charles got instructions from the authorities that this museum will be secured by 4th and 1st-rank mages Verma and Siemon respectively for today's event but Siemon is nowhere to be found. He asks in a low voice from Verma. "...A- ahhh Where is he? I mean Mr. Siemon nim? The auction will be starting at any moment soon now."

Verma is standing alone on the representative position of the triggered outlaw guild to protect the auction Artefacts bid. It irritates him and he mumbles " That bastard Siemon, where the heck is he?"

With a soothing voice, Verman reassures Mr.Charles and says that he doesn't need to worry about the security .Siemon went to the restroom .He needs to take care of some important matter. Verman winked and said, "There are a lot of beautiful girls around. Right?". Charles is a little shy about the ongoing conversation. So he avoided any further discussion and continued the auction.

"Here, It's our precious Emerald. We all have been waiting for a while .It's also called "nothing green greener. It's a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl, colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium. Most emeralds are highly included but this is on par level... because of its tough nature and resistance to breakage. It's more precious than the royal artefact which is also known as "Smaragdus" Rome's Pliny which is secure near Homunan Island. After a brief introduction of the gem. Charles said some luring words which increased the interest of bidders that are high in authorities. Even the Anderson empire's young princess is no exception.

'The Royal Princess Inanna'

She secretly came here with her personal witch Ava and an attendant Simmi to see the auction's bid. Currently, Iannae is Ten years old. She has blond hair and yellow eyes that show the inheritance of her royal blood. They are on the third floor of the museum which was restricted but still they manage to get excess around some of its parts.

"Take a look there. Ava, two intruders are trying to steal the Emerald. Is the triggered outlaw guild going to catch them?" By putting down her‚ one eye binocular Iannae said " Ava. I don't know how? But I need Dusky Shadow before Siemon .

At any cost.

Ava is a personal knight and a third-level awakened witch, who swears her loyalty to the princess. Ava has blue hair and green eyes that resembles her ability.

"Princess! We need to go back, if Nobel's recognize you and inform the king and Queen. Princess will be in great trouble, said Simmi with an alarming tone.

"Princess, your order is my command .I will bring Dusky Shadow under your feets" said Ava confidently .After which she jumped off the third floor.

Narrowing her pupils to the corner of her eyes Iannae said "And Simmi, I know what I am doing along with its consequences. You better take care of the previous matter that I mentioned in the past. I will be right back. Until then stay collected and quiet." After which Iannae left her chair and moved downstairs.

Previously as the princess mentioned they are two intruders. Jack and Jill .They have six and seven levels of awakening rank respectively and they looked like cosplay anime characters. They took the enormous emerald stone from it's original position which is the main item of today's auction.

'cling - clang

smack

thud'

There were noises all over the auction room as both intruders began to cause trouble and try to escape by beating the innocent people around them.

'Swift

thud

4×(punch)

(bang)×7'

But Verma took care of them after knocking the intruders to the floor. They both were tied up with rope.

"Ahm Ahm" with a coughing Charles directed the lost attention back to him and began his description again regarding the precious gemstone and said "I apologise in place of my master who is the owner of this museum for such disgrace from our side. Now let us begin. There is no better method of restoring your eyes than by looking at the emerald, its soft green colour comfort and removes your weariness .It's lassitude and restores your energy"

He lifted the pieces of cloth that covered the emerald with his professional gesture and working confidence ,that it almost felt like previous intruders never came and it was a prepared act for entertainment purposes set by the museum council.

"smack huh!" Charles was knocked down on the floor and there is a punch mark on his cheek. Everybody in the hall wonders who hit him. It was none other than Siemon. He took the Emerald and set himself over the highest statue.

Below the statue, Verma is cursing Siemon for ruining the auction, but it didn't affect him, not even a bit instead he has a big smirk on his face.

"Hey dusky. I know that your mission is to take this too. Siemon spoke scornfully and continued his speech " come and get it."

"Do whatever you want, stinky bastard. My mission is not even the slightest bit closer to this emerald," said Ember to herself admiring this whole situation from afar with Rubina's binoculars.

"Ah Ember, what are you going to do now? He is waiting for your arrival," ask Rubina.

Ember replied in a playful way " Who knows What will Dusky is going to do, but currently, I am Ember Right?".She shrugs and hands over the binoculars to Rubina.

Rubina is Ember's best friend and a second-level awake witch. Who also belongs to the Orean Guild. They both were analysing Siemon with the help of her binoculars

"Did he know that you are Dusky?" ask Rubina in a serious tone.

Ember replied uninterested "No not yet .but with his current behaviour. It's just a matter of time before he knows that. I am dusky Shadow. What about the master? What did he say?"

"He said only 'dusky Shadow' can do it," said Rubina while holding her laughter inside.

To be Continued...