My Muscle System in the Mage World

Chapter 121: Winning the Bid

Aur walked through the caravan. The people chattered and hawked with each other, voices growing louder and louder by the second. The loud sounds echoed in his ears, making him muse to himself.

"These caravans are unusually crowded today,"

It was the fourth day of the caravan already, with many people surrounding the place.

There were even stalls on the street, however, the people who were in the street all had cheaper quality clothes than the ones which were in the shop.

Aur peacefully walked towards the larger and most luxurious tower in the caravan.

"Look, there's an academy wizard."

"I think I have heard about that lord. He should be a new wizard in the academy,"

"Oh, a new wizard could be so strong?"

"Are you stupid? Do you think the wizards fight with their muscles?"

"I forgot sorry…"

"But I have heard he is in the middle rankings of the class despite being less talented than most of the people. You should also learn from his hard work."

"Cough about that first. Let's finish that after eating the new delicacy!"

"Hmph…"

Aur's ears twitched as he heard the surrounding people chatter. His giant figure naturally attracted everyone's attention. He was a head taller than almost everybody, placing him in the category of a giant already.

Most of them, seeing the badge from his waist hanging, swiftly recognized him and their eyes were filled with reverence soon after.

Wizards were like superheroes to the common people — their idols, or even gods, to worship.

He quickly reached the auction house and entered the place, directly making it to the higher floor.

"I am sorry, miss. There was someone who bid higher than you, so unfortunately, we can't give this spell to you."

"Who could bid higher than me?" Amelia said in a cold tone.

"Well…" the servant shook his head helplessly.

However, his eyes suddenly lit up when he saw a bulky, white-haired youth there. The youth had just entered the place.

"Madam, you should talk to him rather than me." the servant pointed at Aur with a bitter expression.

"Oh," Amelia turned around coldly to meet the sight of Aur, who was silently coming towards them.

"It's Aur."

A frown appeared on her face. "If it was another person, it would have been easier,"

She couldn't help but curse.

"Are you the one who won it?" Amelia asked in a neutral tone.

Aur frowned as he looked at the pink-haired woman with narrowed eyes. Then he casually shrugged. "I don't know."

He walked up to the servant, who hurriedly took the spell out from the mirror case and put it in another container, carefully handing it to Aur.

"Young Lord, please handle these with care please."

"Okay." Aur nodded his head and walked out expressionless, ignoring Amelia completely.

Amelia coldly looked at this. However, she didn't make a move at all, just staring at him.

"Hmph, he'll turn back for sure! Offending the village leader's daughter won't do him any good."

To her astonishment, Aur never turned back, leaving the floor going down silently.

"Is he really willing to offend me?" Amelia thought with disbelief.

Her cold facade momentarily flickered in a nervous display, but it was just for a split second before she looked down at the servant with a frown

"How much did he bid?"

"I can't tell that, madam. It's our store policy."

"Your store policy?" Amelia asked with a smile on her face.

Just then, however, a man wearing a monocle and a black tuxedo entered the room with a slight frown on his face.

"What is going on here?" he asked with a frown on his face.

"Oh, I finally found you, Maximus," Amelia said with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Miss Amelia," Maximus said with a smile on his face.

He looked at the servant. "You can leave now."

"Yes, ninth master." The servant bowed without losing his composure and left the place.

"You guys have professionally trained servants, huh…" Amelia said with a chuckle.

"Yes, this might not be the place to talk though, Miss Amelia," Maximus said, with a friendly smile.

Her expression gradually returned to the usual cold one as well.

"Well, I am not here to catch up with you, instead I have a question to ask of you."

"Oh, and what would that be?"

"Well, let's talk in private," she said, looking around her.

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"Okay."

As both Maximus and Amelia left, whispers instantly began to spread.

"Was that Aur?"

"Yeah, we previously thought he was gonna lose the bidding miserably, but looks like he won in the end."

"I am shocked as well. Did he bid even higher than five times?"

….

Amelia sat in a chair with a cold expression.

"When did you become such a cold person, Amelia?" Maximus said with a smile while preparing coffee.

"Forget about that. Tell me, how much did Aur bid to be higher than even me?" Amelia asked directly.

"Aur?" Maximus questioned with a frown on his face.

"The guy who won the bidding against me. Don't try to act ignorant."

"Oh, that guy huh…" a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

"Well, you tried to scam my shop and got countered instead."

Amelia's countenance changed slightly when she heard this.

Maximus' expression turned cold. "You used your status as the village leader to dare to cheat my shop. Did you think I was ignorant about this as well?"

"Well, still you must have gotten a nice profit out of Aur for placing his bid, so why are you even complaining?" Amelia retorted.

Maximus' eyes started to twitch when he heard this "Profit. We only barely made up for the loss we gained."

"What do you mean?" Amelia asked with a shocked expression on her face.

"Well, it's true, though," Maximus said with a shrug.

"How much did he even bid?"

"Twelve middle-grade crystals and ten low-grade mana crystals, just greater than you by the low-grade mana crystal."

"This… this, how is this possible?" Amelia asked with disbelief.