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Chapter 476:- The Azure Moonflower Herb [III]

Thomas felt the walls closing in around him, the pressure becoming unbearable. He knew that he still had time to admit his mistake, to let go of his useless pride and ego and confess that he didn't have the money. If he persisted in his folly, the humiliation would extend to his entire family, tarnishing the name of the Terra Regency Empire, and destroying his own reputation. And paying the money was not an option, as neither he nor the empire possessed such vast wealth.

With a bitter and defeated expression, his face contorted in shame, Thomas spoke in a voice barely above a whisper, but in the pin-drop silence of the auction house, everyone heard his words, "I don't have that much money with me."

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