Chapter 87: Volume 6 - CH 23

An auction is organized by the Okeii Silver Bank.

There were a lot of things posted by them.

“Participant number 132! A charming young man with red hair who stands out for his sincerity!”

And the majority of them were fully grown, young men.

‘Why the hell……’

What the hell happened? Let me out of here! I’m here to reclaim my mine! Not those dirty-looking bachelors!

‘Obviously, I assumed the auction would only sell items like land and genealogy records, but I had no idea they’d also buy and sell people.’

I couldn’t hide my embarrassment because I was expecting a typical auction.

‘No wonder there were only women when I walked in……’

I couldn’t see much because I was covering my face, but everyone who came here was clearly a noble lady.

Even if the women were not exactly noble, they were clearly wealthy women with money.

Somehow, I was so intense that I put out Camilla’s folding fan which I secretly carried to cover my breath.

‘Ha, shi~ what is this, really.’

It was quite late, and no matter how long I waited, the mine seemed to show no signs of coming up.

I eventually got up after seeing a red-haired young man wearing only his underwear because reality pushed me.

Nevertheless.

“You can’t leave right now.”

The front door was firmly shut.

A strange-looking young man stood in front of the door, refusing to open it.

‘Is that the rule?’

This auction appeared to be a playground for noble ladies with nefarious intentions.

The wives who were happily laughing while raising the ransom for the red-haired young man seemed to be very happy.

“If that’s the rule here, I should abide by it.”

I sat down once more because I didn’t want to cause a scene by breaking the rule.

This auction would be over anyway, and I planned to leave quietly when the time came.

‘When you look at it, it’s kind of interesting.’

First and foremost, the young men up for auction were not slaves, and the noble ladies were to spend one night with them.

‘So that’s the reason why they were called by participation number.’

The young men attended the auction on their own. Maybe that’s why the atmosphere was so pleasant.

It was finally time for the wave to change when the ‘men’ auction went over 200 times.

Finally, the real auction began.

House documents, aristocratic genealogy, a massive gem ring, and so on.

There were also numerous suspicious items that appeared to be stolen goods.

“Item no. 217! The Movilon mine.”

Finally!

I quickly straightened my body, which was half-slung on a soft chair.

“Speaking of this, it’s a gold mine where gold is extracted. The amount of mining is unknown, but other gems are said to emerge from time to time, so it must be valuable, right?”

Despite the auctioneer’s astute remarks, the audience remained silent.

Because the gem could not be used as jewelry right away, and because the mining was not recorded, no one knows how much was mined.

“This is the property of a very ignorant lady. I’m not sure how much pure gold is buried, but it’s a good thing.”

You don’t know how much pure gold is buried, but you are sure it’s a good thing, huh?

‘Does it make sense?’

There was no way people would buy a mine like this.

“One disadvantage is that it’s located far over the mountains and across the water, haha……”

A suffocates laughter burst from the spot next to me as soon as the auctioneer’s awkward smile ended.

“Who would buy such a thing?”

It’s me, by the way. I’m going to buy that.

“Let’s get started…… 300 million!”

The starting price was lower than expected, possibly because it was an unpopular and unappealing item.

“300 million runa!”

It was difficult to expect income other than mining minerals due to the difficult terrain.

Furthermore, gold mining required labor.

‘Just because they buy it does not mean they will receive gold immediately.’

It was necessary to hire workers for several months, and it was unclear whether pure gold would be extracted.

There were also many fraudsters who deceived and sold mines that had reached the end of their useful life or mines that were discovered to be devoid of minerals.

“It’s free, it’s free! Just pay for the land and take the mine along!”

The auctioneer yelled belligerently. There was fierce criticism from the sidelines.

“Tsk tsk, you’re hell-bent on catching an idiot.”

Because it was a high-risk sale, no one could easily hold up their sign.

“Is there really no one there?”

Then someone came running up to the auctioneer and whispered something to him.