Jennifer Smith
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Gilbert sighed. "It's one twist after the other. Well, I was ordered to ensure the safety of the final lot, but seeing as how it's just a fox... What're you going to do, Son?" "... I'll buy it. I don't trust for a second that everything is as it seems. If Milindo has taught me anything it's to be sceptical of fuckin' everything. Worst-case scenario I get Soph a nice new cuddly pet," Lone answered. Gilbert nodded. "Very well. I do wonder if those rumours about a Golden Foxkin were false or not...…-
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"24 white-gold coins!" Lone bid, knocking out yet another of his competitors. With that in mind, Lone continued to enjoy the thrill of a bidding war. Slowly, time kept ticking on by and only Lone and one other person were in contention for the mana orb. The current bid was Lone's at 42 white-gold coins. His opponent did some calculations in his head and then frowned and shook his head, choosing not to bid any further. The orb wasn't worth any more of his wealth than the 40 white-gold coins he…
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"Hello, everyone!" the portly human man on-stage said as he beamed a smile and slowly scanned the enormous packed auction hall and the handful of occupied private booths with his eyes. "My name is Peter, though some of you may know me as the Undying Teller. Tonight, I am simply Peter or the host. With our introductions out of the way, why don't we jump right into tonight's first lot? If I get too excited I might end up extending the already planned-to-be lengthy auction by a few more hours, and let's be…
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Gilbert's expression immediately hardened before he slowly closed his eyes and wore a warm smile. He nodded softly twice then said, "I can tell lies from the truth but it's such a shame that these old eyes of mine have stopped working properly... For a moment there, I thought I saw about a dozen or so ruby-gold coins on your palm, hahaha." "... That's exactly what you saw," Lone said as he used his fingers to rather skillfully jingle the coins against each other without letting any of them fall out…
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"Soph isn't interested in the auction?" Lone asked Sophie who was getting into her armour. Why she was wearing armour and not a fancy dress instead was easily explained. In her own words, she did not wish to be left unprepared for a battle should such a thing happen during tonight's event. "She is asleep in here," Sophie answered as she pointed to her head. "You know as well as I do that she was training our Teleportation skill from the moment we returned to our room until we took over for her and…
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Shaking her head, Sophie's swordsmanship and martial arts instructor said, "You are improving a lot, that is clear to see, but only with the Baat Jaam Dou form. You will never truly master the art if you cannot also wholly understand the hand-to-hand portion of the technique. You have yet to even master only the first form of this aspect, Siu Nim Tau." Sophie frowned as her face glistened under the sunlight from the sweat slowly dripping down forehead and cheeks. "Wing Chun may not be a perfect fit for…
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One of Duke Malik's two retainers stood up and slammed his fist against the table, denting it severely. "How dare you speak to His Dukeship like that! You're nothing but an insignificant foreign noble! If you refuse to speak of your peerage and of where you came from then you have no right to berate His Dukeship as you have!" Gilbert raised the tips of his mouth in amusement. Suddenly, Duke Malik released his SS-ranker aura in its entirety and forced it onto the retainer that had spoken up for…
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"So, uh, Duke Malik. What's he like?" Lone asked. "I've only read about him and know that he's incredibly nationalistic." "He's a speciesist to the core, a bigot, an egotistical maniac, oh, and a bloodthirsty demon when it comes to mages not affiliated with Milindo's nobility or royalty," Gilbert answered with a frown before he turned and smiled. "So a pretty nice guy, in all honesty." His sarcasm wasn't lost on Lone. "Surely that can't be allowed, right? Killing mages indiscriminately? Especially…
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"Gilbert's going to be annoyed," Lone muttered in a chuckle. Sophie nodded. "No doubt. Duke Henry Malik - the one we're concerned about - he's been hounding the guild day-in-day-out. According to the guildmaster that man also detected your outburst of MP when you... when you restored our eyes." A concerned look spread across Lone's expression. "That's not ideal..." He looked around the room for a moment and couldn't see the black sphere he used to relax himself. "Sophie, where's my orb?" The…
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"Ha-ah..." Gilbert cracked his neck as he slumped deeply into his chair. "Finally... That's the brunt of the paperwork out of the way..." He hung his head over the back of his seat as he sighed once more. "I swear, immunity to ageing or not, this damned paperwork will kill me one day..." The next moment he sensed what felt like an explosion of mana coming from the housing floor of The Adventurer's Guild which he was in. "What on Altros was that? I've never felt mana that strong before..." It was…
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