“Lurok? Who’s that weird guy you brought with you?”
“Oh, just someone I met in my store before I headed here.”
I didn’t want to tell them about his identities and his strength since it would just put everyone in this room on edge. It was better for them to think of him as some kind of imbecile.
After all, even I wasn’t totally sure about his identity. The reason I brought him here is because of what I felt when I looked at him with my eyes. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before, which is why I wanted to know more about him. However, from a quick glance, he doesn’t seem to be the smartest of the bunch.
“Is he anyone special?”
“Special? I don’t know yet. I just met him, after all.”
“Hm, fine. If you don’t want to tell me, I’ll just find out with my own means.”
The man snapped his fingers, and instantly, someone appeared beside him. He whispered something, and the person was gone once again.
That man, or rather, the dragon sitting next to me, was actually someone who held a lot of power. He was the prince of one of the most prestigious dragon families.
“Did you really have to do that, Zephyr?” I said with a sigh, as this wasn’t the first time something like this had happened. “I’m telling the truth. I really don’t know much about him. I just thought he was interesting, that’s all.”
“If you found something interesting about him, it means that there really is something. I’m not stupid. I know about your eyes.”
I waved my hand in a dismissive manner as I looked back toward Caedrel and the two maids who were currently taking care of him.
I wasn’t too sure what was happening, but he was making the maids quite shy as the two of them were completely red. To be honest, it was the first time I had ever seen maids get flustered around clients.
‘Maybe his strength relies on his charm?’ I thought in the back of my mind.
Ever since I had met him back in the shop, there was only one thing on my mind, finding out the source of his powers. After all, my eyes had indicated to me that he was extremely powerful. However, that was it. There was nothing else, usually I would get a lot more information, but this time no matter how much energy I put in my eyes…I would get absolutely nothing.
It was as if there was a veil hiding his real identity and power.
“Lurok, can we trust him?”
This time, it wasn’t Zephyr who spoke up, but someone that even I was wary of. A man I barely knew anything about. He called himself Zero, and he always wore a black mask covering his entire face.
“Yes. He won’t say anything about this place to anyone, trust me.”
“Fine. But if something goes wrong, you will be the one receiving the punishment.”
I shrugged. After all, I had already made sure that there was no way for him to speak of this place to anyone. I had done so right before we had entered the portal by looking at him in the eyes and making him accept not to.
He doesn’t know it yet. But if you accept to do something by looking at me in the eyes, you are bound by a death contract to respect what you accepted. That’s why I had brought him here without a second thought.
“Anyways, enough about him. You’ll be able to ask your questions once he’s done with the maids. What are you two looking to buy today…it doesn’t happen often to see you in here.”
“I heard there was an interesting item that would be sold here. That’s all,” Zero said without a single hesitation.
“Oh, are you interested in her?”
“Perhaps. It’s not every day that we get an elven princess put up for Auction.”
I nodded as I shook my head.
Slaves were not my thing. I honestly found it disgusting that people were interested in buying some. However, it’s not like I could change anything on my own. This place has strict rules, and I wasn’t about to risk death for some people I had never seen before in my life.
“What about you, Zephyr? Anything that interests you?”
“Meh, not really. I was just bored, so I decided to come here.”
“Mhm, not surprising.”
“What is that supposed to mean?!”
I shrugged. “Nothing, don’t worry about it.”
Before, Zephyr could continue to press me about it. It seemed like it was finally time for the Auction to actually start.
“Ladies and gentlemen! I’m very sorry for the delay, we had some last minutes important customers we had to take care of. However, now we have dealt with everything and we are ready to start! I hope everyone is excited!”
I looked one last time behind toward Caedrel, and for some reason, he seemed to have gotten a lot closer to the two maids as they were now following right behind his shadow as he stood up.
‘How did he manage that in literal minutes…?’
“Caedrel, come here. It’s about to start; if you want to bid on anything, just tell me, alright?”
It seemed I pulled him out of a great moment as it took him a few seconds to answer me and even stand up.
“Ah, sure. Thanks.”
“You can stand behind my chair.”
“No, no, come and sit down next to Zephyr! I’m interested in learning more about you.”
I looked at Caedrel’s face when Zephyr said this, and for some reason, he wasn’t intimidated in the slightest. He just revealed a bright smile and walked toward the empty seat on Zephyr’s right.
“Seems you already got to know both Nymira and Lirael, huh?”
“Ah, yes. I just bought them, actually.”
“YOU WHAT?!” I shouted as loudly as possible. “Do you have a death wish or something?”
“What do you mean? I have enough money for them, I swear.”
I face-slapped myself. “Don’t you know who’s their owner?”
“Uh…no? Am I supposed to care?”
Quick question: Do you like chapters being written from a different POV to the main character?
I personally think that it’s fun to see what people think of Caedrel and the way he acts. But I don’t know if you guys agree, so looking forward to what you guys have to say.
