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When Xavier and Harvey came back they saw Gerald waiting for them at the village entrance.

Xavier sighs with a smile.

"Eldest brother worries alot."

Harvey laughs.

"Get used to it."

When they finally get near Xavier told him to sit down inside the carriage.

"How are you two?" Gerald asks.

"Brother, we are fine."Xavier smiles.

"Well, Second brother had an incident but its a happy incident." Xavier teased.

Harvey coughs.

"Leave me alone."

Gerald frowns.

"What happened?"

Xavier laughs aloud.

"Brother sold a pretty woman a cup of noodles but he is too distracted to answer her. So he just gawk at her."

Harvey scratches his head.

"Don't tease me."

Gerald chuckles.

"So its like that. Did you manage to sell her the food?"

"Eldest brother! Not you too!" Harvey blushes.

"I'm sorry." Gerald chuckles.

"He didnt eldest brother. I gone up and serve her the noodles. She is almost puffing smokes from anger."

Harvey rubs the space between his nose and lip then pouts.

"I did manage to apologize."

"Ahahahha." Gerald laughs patting Harvey's back.

"You oaf!"

Xavier chuckles they look at Gerald.

"Guess its also okay in your side brother?"

Gerald frowns a bit.

"It's fine but I did see Lufus a lot waiting for Arianne shadily. That bastard!" Gerald clenched his fist.

Xavier sighs.

"If this is my world, you can call a police for that stalker behaviour. This place is really not safe."

Xavier shakes his head.

Gerald rubs his head not saying anything.

***

"Me?" Arianne asks.

"Why not?" Xavier smiles.

"You can help us selling things to the town. Today brother Harvey will help in our field. Brother doesnt want to leave me alone going to the town so you will be alone today. It'll be bad if some bad wolf come." Xavier grins

Gerald shakes his head with a smile in his lips.

Arianne smiles awkwardly.

"I don't.....know how to calculate...Itll br bad if I got cheated."

"No worries! I will be gone for a bit but brother will be there with you."

Arianne knows that they are doing this to help her out so she clenched her fist and nods.

"I am not much help but if you are okay with me."

"We are okay!" Xavier smiles.

Gerald also smile at them.

So they went out, the three of them.

When they arrive there are already other people selling tea and noodles qt their spot.

Xavier smiles awkwardly.

"Well, let's just change location."

Gerald frowns.

This is obviously bullying.

Those people see them attracting customers so they want to steal their customer like this.

But since this is not their place, they really cant complain and just go to the side of the street with less people walking by.

Xavier smiles seeing Gerald dark expression.

He pats his shoulder.

"Brother, you are scaring Arianne with your face."

Gerald and Arianne flinched and look at each other.

Xavier laughs.

"It's fine if we have less customer today. Just think of it as our first day and while we have less traffic,slowly teach Arianne calculation."

Gerald nods and smiles at Arianne.

"Sorry, I am justa bit mad that some people want to steal my brother's ideas."

Xavier grins and pats his shoulder again.

"How can they be compared to me? You know I have a cheat right?"

Gerald nods.

"Yeah."

"What cheat?" Arianne asks.

Xavier grins and put a finger in his lips.

"Once you are part of the family I will tell you so wait a bit before unfolding our family's secret."

Arianne laughs at Xavier's funny face.

***

Xavier came inside the auction house alone.

He did asks his family members who wanted to go with him but everyone is not familiar with it and Cheska is scared she will mess up and make trouble so he comes alone.

Auction house sounds luxurious but it's not as elegant as the auction house he has been to.

Of course comparing the other sides auction house is too much.

Seeing his number, the guard immediately reacted.

"Follow me Sir."

Instead of the auction house seat, Xavier was walking further away from the auction room.

He feels a bit scared.

"Excuse me, where are you bringin me?" He asks cautiosly.

"The Manager wanted to talk to you,Sir."

That didn't make Xavier feel any better.

When they finally came to the third floor, the guard knocks on the door.

"Sir #108 is here."

"Let him in."

Xavier feels his palm sweating.

He wanted to run away but the guard looks like one punch of him will send him to hos death door immediately.

All his thoughts are not visible to his face as he stoicly look at the guard opening the door.

The guard motion for him to come inside as ge respectfully bow a bit to him.

Xavier nods and walks confidently, at least that's how he looks.

Butler Arwin and Xavier flinch seeing each other.

"You are number 108?"

"Sir." Xavier bows his head a bit then looks up.

The butler nods his head.

"I see. You really bring lot of unexpected things.

My Master wants to talk to you about other business but that's for later. Right now let's talk about The Queen of The Night."

Xavier nods.

'Are they so inexperience that they thought I brought a fake pearl?" He is nervous but standing tall and smiling.

"You place your item in the auction Grade C?" Butler Arwin asks.

Xavier nods.

Butler taps his fingers on the table.

"I check your item out of curiousity since it is worth 100 Gold. Nobody put a 100Gold tag price in the Grade C items."

Xavier feels his heart is about to jump from nervousness.

'I mess up!'

"I propose we change it to Grade A and the starting price will be 100 thousand Gold."

Xavier sighs so natural that Butler Arwin thought he is sighing because he find it troublesome.

Xavier smiles.

"Do what you see fit, Sir."

It was an expensive pearl to begin with.

But since this is a place where he is not sure how they will value his items, he is being modest. But of an ancient people doing business with luxurious item says it was worth 100K gold then it means it was worth more than that.

Xavier grins.

'Good. Its good that they are not trying to scam me instead of buying the pearl cheap and resell it in high price.'

Xavier likes this Auction house,from now on he will be an avid fan.

"Okay." Butler Arwin thinks that Xavier is really amazing. If its other people they will show much richer reaction. An item you are selling for 100G turns into 100K. Even his eyes pop eyes when his Master said to raise the price to 100k. But Xavier looks like he is troubled that people notice his item and know his item price from the start.

Butler Arwin gasps.

He looks at Xavier.

'He wanted to attract more attention!'

If they proceed to putting the item to Grade C, people will go crazy to buy it. It will still end up in a high rocketed price and on top of it, people will get curious with him. Nobles that didnt able to see the item will be aware of Xavier.

"What a terrible scheme."

Xavier frowns.

"Sir?"

Butler Arwin shakes his head.

He cant let this man know he find out his scheme.

"Nothing, are you sure it's fine for me to change it? I think you have your own plans."

Xavier smiles.

"Not really. I leave it to you, Sir."

'He will still earn more money yet he wont get much attention. I think he considered that sucking to me is better than attracting nobles. Good choice.'

Its not good to attract nobles attention without any backer anyways.

Butler nods.

"Then here." He was given a jade card.

"You can go to the upper level of the auction house."

Xavier smiles.

"Thank you Sir." Before he lefthe turns around.

"And I am open with any business offers in the future." He is talking about how the butler said his master wants to look for him about other matter but Butler thought he still have lots of item to be sold and he is informing in advance to co work with it.

Arwin nods.

"He is a good businessman."

Xavier happily waited in a room alone with some free refreshments.

This is 100times better in treatment.

A/N:

Yoo..

I was thinking of starting a new story and found out a panda praising this story so I thought...why not? Ahahhaha.. thanks as always.