OLD MAN EXAMINED

Moreover, he mentioned the name of my fiancée. It's obvious that he wants to make use of this opportunity to embarrass me.

I intensified my glare and moved my mana through my body. Al retreated involuntarily, but he quickly realized his mistake and tightened his fist in fury.

"You know that once the goods are taken outside the auction house we are not responsible for them, right? Moreover, you had the vase a few days. Why did you not notice anything until now?"

"As I told you, I just checked this morning. Besides, I'm sure you can make an exception for a family like mine." He replied mockingly. We both knew that it was nothing more than a trick to harm the reputation of my business. This was nothing more than a farce.

However, I wanted to play with him.

"Are you sure that the vase is fake?"

"Of course, you can examine it. Also, you must give me an explanation about my men's injuries." He replied confidently.

I took the vase and observed it carefully. Then, under the astonished stares of the surroundings, I threw it against the ground.

The vase crashed and broke in hundred of pieces. Everybody looked at me with frozen gazes, but I ignored them. With a calm expression, I grabbed a piece of the vase and showed it to the surroundings.

"Five-hundred-years-old clay. It looks genuine for me. What do you think? I passed the piece at one of the clerks casually. The clerk put on a startled expression but quickly received it. "Y- You are right, Your highness. I-It's genuine."

"... Huh?" Al could not understand what was happening.

I passed the piece of clay to the old man behind him. The old man examined it and quickly, his face turned pale.

"Y-Young master, i-it's genuine."

"Impossible! I'm sure it was fake!" Al replied. He looked at the piece of clay, but soon, his expression turned unsightly.

"I think you forgot to bring the fake and brought the original instead, young master Al." I chuckled softly and mocked him. "A shame, I destroyed it thinking it was fake. Well, you can't fault me for that, right?"

Al looked at me with a dark expression, but then, he waved his hand.

"Let's go! Someone carry the injured out!"

"Wait a moment!" I interrupted him.

"What do you want?!" He asked.

"Do you think you can cause trouble here without any consequence?"

Al's expression changed. But before he could react, my sword flashed.

In the next second, the heads of the two soldiers fell to the ground. Then, the sword pierced the heart of the old man behind Al.

Finally, the tip of my sword stopped before the young man's neck.

Al's face turned pale. An expression of fear appeared on his face, but I simply chuckled and retracted my sword. "How useless."

I did not care about showing strength greater than the fourth layer. After all, my fight against the captain was witnessed for a few people, so it will not take long before the nobles learn that I showed strength equivalent to the sixth layer.

It probably will give me a bit of breathing room.

Al stepped back continuously with a frightened expression. Then, he turned around and escaped quickly. I chuckled again and looked at the surroundings. Coughing a pair of times, I raised my voice and spoke to the people watching the spectacle.

"Everybody, this farce has ended. Please don't block the entrance."

A few seconds later, almost everybody was gone.