Fire Mage (Web Novel)
chapter-193

Chapter 193: Bidding

"17.500."

"18.500."

"20.000."

"23.000."

…

The bidding started to rise steadily as the auctioneer lady ended her speech.

Upon watching such a scene, Charles suddenly felt something was amiss.

'Why do I feel like we would lose in the bedding?' A strange premonition appeared in his mind.

"Jessie, who informed you about today's auction? Who said that someone is going to place the 'Midday' potion for auctioneering?"

During normal days, she would always come to attend the auction with Rhea or Titus.

But today, she came here alone while informing others about her departure in a hurry, which gave Charles a bad feeling.

Meanwhile, Jessie didn't put much thought into it and spoke in a calm tone.

"Actually, this 'Midday' potion is supposed to auction three weeks later, Teacher. But the auction manager suddenly changed the program and chose to put seven more items in today's auction. Thankfully, she sends someone to inform me, otherwise; I would have missed such a great opportunity." She said with a regretting tone before raising her paddle and added.

"45,000 Gold coins."

Her voice instantly attracted everyone's attention!

Almost everyone turned their heads in unison and looked into her emerald-green eyes.

On the other hand, Charles wore a troubled look and hurriedly took out the Book of Secrets, a golden quill, and ink bottle.

Then, he opened the golden-covered book, flipped it to the mysterious blank page, and opened the ink bottle using another hand.

Although nearby mages got startled by his strange actions, they didn't put much thought into it and retracted their gazes.

Meanwhile, Charles picked the golden quill, dipped it in ink, and wrote Jessie's basic information.

"Jessie Jones… Date of birth 14.05.6382, Second Arcane Era,… Elemental affinity 'High' in Knowledge, Place of Birth… Sweet Village…"

As he finished writing, he muttered the short chanting and soon entered a strange state.

A few seconds later, he snapped out of the strange state and looked at the newly mysterious page.

"A young master lays his eyes on it… He will buy it… No matter what… Jessie will fail."

Those words appeared on the paper, and soon they started to distort before disappearing.

'A pampered fool, huh.' He narrowed his eyes and soon heard Jessie's words.

"90,500 Gold coins."

Other than Jessie, there were only two people who fought for this potion at that moment.

One was a 30-years old looking woman in a black hood, while the other was a black-haired young man in his twenties.

The black-haired young man appeared a little fat, round face, pale skin, and wore a red silk waistcoat. His eyes showed cold, calculative, and cautiousness.

'He is not a pampered fool…' A troubled expression appeared on his face.

Meanwhile, that black-haired young man raised his bidding paddle and spoke with a calm look on his face.

"94,000 Gold coins."

Charles's eyes squinted as he heard those words.

"Who is he?" He asked.

Meanwhile, Jessie also wore a grim look and grumbled in dissatisfaction.

"He is Duke Foster's grandson son, Samson. He rarely visits the auction and always stays in the mansion while training. He is a Psychologist class mystic, has a very stubborn character, and hard to handle. If he lays his eyes on something, he would even spend millions of gold coins to buy it. I couldn't even understand why that family would send such a character for an auction."

'Duke Foster… Second consort Felicity Boneflare's father… It seems I made the right choice.' He nodded his head and spoke.

"Try your best."

Saying so, he leaned his back a little and closed his eyes.

But if someone looks closely at his fingers, they would notice that his fingers were moving on their own like as if they were weaving something!

On the other hand, Jessie once again raised her paddle and spoke in a cold tone.

"100,000."

She currently had 187,000 gold coins in her void pouch. But she didn't think such a single potion would almost cost half of their savings.

'No. He hasn't given up on the potion.' She started to get anxious inside.

'Would Teacher get angry if I didn't buy the potion? Would he kill him out of anger?' She clearly knew of her Teacher's temperament and sighed heavily.

She felt like someone placed heavy boulders on her shoulders.

Before she could think further, Samson raised his paddle and increased the bid.

"120,000."

A blank look appeared on her face.

On the other hand, another hooded woman let out a disappointing sigh and shook her head.

She gave up on spending more money on this dexterity potion.

Noticing her face, the auctioneer lady nodded her head and spoke.

"120,000 gold coins once… Going twice… 120,000 gold coins, if there-"

Before she could finish her words, Jessie snapped out from the daze, picked the paddle, and raised it above her head.

"130,000 Gold coins." Her cold voice echoed in the auction hall.

Meanwhile, a change appeared on Samson's face. He turned his face into a cold one, turned around, and stared into her eyes.

His eyes were yellowish and appeared more like a poisonous snake's eyes!

An unknown fear gripped Jessie's heart!

As Samson was about cast a unique skill on her, his body suddenly turned stiff.

No, he felt suffocated all of a sudden!

'Sh*t! That ancient mage is here.' He cursed inwardly, turned around, and shouted in a hurry.

"150,000 Gold coins."

Simultaneously, he shifted his gaze turned towards the metal box, and grinned.

'An Ancient Mage lays his eyes on it, huh. So what? I will get it no matter what.' An icy look appeared on his face.

While he was in muse, something extraordinary happened inside the metal box.

A strange invisible ring passed through the metal box like an illusionary wire and encircled a small green vial placed in it.

The next instant, the whole vial turned illusionary and went invisible!

Two seconds later, Charles opened his eyes, stretched his hands above his head, and stealthily caught something invisible.

After that, he retracted his hands and crossed his arm together.

Meanwhile, Jessie gritted her teeth, raised her bid paddle once again, and spoke.

"180,000 Gold coins."

It was her final bid.

Unfortunately, the black-haired man didn't even turn around, raised the bidding paddle, and spoke.

"200,000."

As she heard those words, Jessie lost all her will to even look into her Teacher's eyes.

'I lost.' A bitter smile appeared on her face.

Although she expected such an outcome, she still felt hurt inside.

She remained silent for another three seconds, and soon everyone turned around.

But as they look at her watery eyes, they knew that the bidding was already over.

Some were disappointed, while others felt amused.

On the other hand, the auctioneer lady cleared her throat and spoke in a professional tone.

"200,000 gold coins once… 200,000 gold coins going twice,…200,000 gold coins going thrice… Sold! Congratulations, Mr. Samson. You have won the 'Inborn Dexterity Potion' for 200,000 gold coins!"

Saying so, she went near the wooden table, picked up the metal box, and went near the stage end.

At that moment, the black-haired Samson also stood up from his seat, went towards the front stage, and took the metal box from her.

After that, he turned around and started walking towards his seat while opening the metal box.

Two seconds later, the metal box opened with a clicking noise and soon revealed its content.

No, it was nothing but an empty box!