C29 Auction (1)

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POV Milo Bellrich

A middle-aged balding fat man sits on a throne of gold, as he stuffs his face with the banquet before him. No one else is in the room, as the banquet is only for him. He looks furious as he shoves a roasted turkey leg into his mouth. He washes it down with a big goblet of wine, and it drips down his double chin as he drinks.

"How could the king send his last living child here of all places. I can't have eyes on me and my operations." He shovels more food into his face. "There's too much at stake for some senseless child to ruin. It's just my luck that this child gets the Ephia Duchy. The rumors say he's a genius beyond any other, but that can't be right. I don't care how much of a genius anyone can be. A child is still a child, and today he may have gotten away, but we'll see about next time." He mutters to himself with a full mouth. A man dressed in a butler's uniform enters the room.

"Sir, the auction is starting soon." He says

"Huh? Why didn't you inform me sooner you twit!" The fat man screams and is somehow still eating.

"Sir Bellrich, you ordered us not to intervene in your meals." The butler explains with a frightened look on his face.

"You spineless oaf! Go and get my clothes ready for tonight and run the bath for me." Bellrich says as he waddled out of the room with a turkey leg still in his grasp.

POV Syrin

When the night came and the sun set, we came up with a plan to remove this syndicate from my city. After cleansing the city, we'll work our way outwards. Souei acquired me an invitation to the underground auction. While Souei, Rem, and I go to the auction, my royal guards will lock down the city, and clear out every syndicate property while also arresting every member in the city. Nova will assist them with her teleportation ability and fire magic. Of course, I'll gladly take all of these criminals' money and belongings. They won't need their possessions where they're going. It took Souei's mind control to get the Royal guards to listen to me. They didn't want to separate from me.

Apparently, my father ordered them to guard me with their lives, and they can't do that with me out of their grasp. I had Souei make them loyal to me, and follow my orders. I don't like using mind control, but this is supposed to be my time to spread my wings. I can't do that with guards constantly up my behind. They already had to follow my orders anyway. Now, they just follow mine above anyone else's. When the time for the auction came, Souei teleported us to an empty alley a block away from the auction. Rem, Souei, and I made our way down the deserted street, and toward the Bellrich Hotel.

The streets are deserted because lighting them constantly each night would cost a fortune. I'll have to find a way to light the streets later on. Every good city has a nightlife, and mine has none at the moment. I can work on that later with my other city building plans. As we arrived at the hotel, I walked up to the reception desk.

"How can I help you?" The beautiful receptionist asked.

"I would like to rent a room for the night." I say and hand her my invitation.

"Ahh, I see." She says as she read the invitation, and rings a bell on the desk. A maid enters the lobby and waits silently at the side. "Please follow her to your room. Have a nice evening."

"Thank you for your assistance." I say as I follow the maid out of the lobby.

The maid remains quiet, as she takes us to a flight of stairs, but we don't head upwards. Instead, we go to the basement of the hotel. The basement seems to be used for storage, as it is filled with wine bottles, chairs, tables, bedsheets, etc. Once we passed through towards the back of the basement, the maid brought us to a wall of barrels that I would guess are filled with some sort of alcohol.

"Please stand back." She says. We move backward, and she spins the spigot on one of the barrels. Something clicks in the wall of barrels, and a few of the barrels swing open to reveal an entryway. "Follow me please."

We made our way through the entryway and down another couple of flights of steps. At the bottom is a hallway going right to left with numbered rooms along the wall. She brought us to a room and opened the door.

"Please enter." And so we did. The room itself is a simple lounge room, but one wall has a giant window. The window showcases a lower room that looks like a run of the mill auction hall. A stage is set up, and there are a bunch of chairs below it for the less important guests. "This is one of our VIP rooms. Make yourselves comfortable, and if you need anything ring the bell by the door. The auction will commence any moment now." She bows and leaves the room swiftly.

"Souei, you didn't say you got me a VIP invitation?" I ask.

"Would you rather sit in the hall where you can be seen more easily?" Souei counters.

"I guess not." I say scratching my head.

"Master, I think the auction is starting." Rem points at the stage. An extremely fat man waddles his way onto the stage.

"Welcome, for those of you that are unfamiliar with me, I'm Milo Bellrich. I'd like to thank everyone for coming, and officially announce the start of the auction. Please enjoy yourselves." He announces and waddles back off the stage.

"Damn, that's the leader of the syndicate? He's the fattest person I've ever seen." I mutter from my seat. Rem nods her head next to me.

After the whale waddles away, a beautiful blonde-haired woman in a tight dress walks on stage.

"Hello everyone. My name is Franchesca and I'll be your auctioneer this evening. Under your seats, you will find a paddle with a number displayed on it. In the cases of our VIP rooms, the paddle is on the coffee table in your room. This paddle will be used to bid, and all you have to do is simply raise the paddle so that I can see the number of who's bidding. We ask that you keep as quiet as possible during the auction, and hope that you have a great time tonight." She says.

"Master, why are we waiting until after the auction to arrest everyone here?" Rem asks.

"Two reasons. One, I want to give the royal guards enough time to sweep the city, so they can arrive here to block the exits. The second reason is a bit more personal. I've never been to an auction before, and I'm hoping that it will be interesting." I reply.

"The first item up for auction is..."

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