Episode 2 of the Overly Competent Villain

Black Market (3)

Elysia saw the astronomical amount moving in front of her eyes and lost her mind.

Before following Jacques Pietro, the cost of lodging at the local inn she had traveled to was around 30 Gulic per night.

Even if the Bureau of Investigation pays for her lodging expenses, her daily living expenses are around 50 Gulic.

For her, the black market auction, where the astronomical amount of 10 million Gulic is exchanged, is a number that cannot help but be stunned.

At one time, even my father, who was a master of swordsmanship and served as the head of the Imperial Knights, used 30,000 Guliks a month while maintaining a nice mansion in Jedo.

The amount of money that Pietro and Lady Mayer poured out would probably not be used up even if the Wittenberg family spent a lifetime.

-8 million Gulik! 8 million Gulicks! 3 times you have been awarded!

Elysia held her breath as she watched the ever-new record for the highest amount.

Zach was also Zach, but the third box seat… In other words, Lady Mayer’s ruthless spirit was stiffening the entire auction hall.

“Not good.”

“·······?”

Elysia glanced at Zach with a hard expression. He had a deep sense of disappointment in many ways, but I think it was a series of failed bids.

“Since we saved money, shouldn’t we think of it as a good thing?”

In Elysia’s eyes, all the items coming up from the auction house are useless.

Jewels, accessories… When the treasured sword of the ruined kingdom was revealed, as a knight, possessiveness arose, but even if I received it, it seemed that it would be of no use.

However, Jacques is a different type from himself in many ways.

If she takes thrift, thrift, and integrity as standards, he has no qualms about extravagance, extravagance, or splendor.

The Zach Elysia understood was as confident as his extravagance and had something overwhelming about him.

Is that why? To Elysia, Zach looked frustrated at the auction house.

“Why are you looking like that?”

“Yes? What do I mean?”

“Your expression makes me feel like someone who saw the bad boy who bullied me get beaten up by a stronger bad boy.”

“I didn’t think that much concretely!”

“It’s okay. You seem to be very happy with me messing around. I never thought Ellie would have such nasty sadism.”

“Oh, no, it’s not. Am I you?”

Elysia made a puzzled expression, but Zach stood up.

“Are you leaving?”

“Unfortunately, none of the auction items were awarded, so I have to leave. That’s fine.”

“Pietro… what you promised——”

“I’ll protect it. This is all a build-up.”

I still don’t understand how buying things on the black market is the way to arrest criminals. However, Elysia is trusting in her heart.

This man is a man who keeps his words.

* * * *

“Okay! I got all the junk stuff.”

Aris giggled at the results of this auction.

She has a gift for reading golden fortunes. For some reason, she succeeds in everything she touches, and there are many cases where antiques purchased on a whim are rare cultural assets of the ancient kingdom.

She was born with the intuition of reading golden fortune, but with Mir, it became even easier.

“How about it? Do you have something better?”

“Nothing. I bought pretty much anything.”

Aris knew the magic talent of her half-aunt, Mir.

Even in the Mage Tower, her aunt Hangyeolsang’s talent, which was said to be a genius, arouses Aris’ envy and jealousy, but it’s convenient at times like this.

It’s because he has a unique psychic ability to see the essence of the object itself, rather than intuitively recognizing golden luck like Aris.

“Aren’t you using too much?”

Watching Aris humming, Mir made an obvious point.

So far alone, 50 million Gulik has been spent at auction. No matter how direct Mayer, this money is not small money.

“Well, there’s money won at the casino. It’s actually plus or minus zero.”

“It is, but.”

“If you do, I’ll make money at another casino tomorrow! Don’t you know me? I’m Aris May~ If I roll some dice, I’ll get a few pennies right away~”

Mir didn’t bother to say that Aris would be blacklisted at the Kelberg casino because of the chips he’d swept today.

My nephew, who is the same age as me, tends to become conceited quickly and does not read the danger. Mir was instinctively aware of the disturbing atmosphere of the auction house that he had been reading from earlier.

It drew too much attention.

If it was something that could be made money, it was the purchase of a jokjok crime, so it was inevitable to attract the attention of the participants.

‘If I buy even Poonglim jade, it won’t be over.’

Maybe I should run away with Aris. Fortunately, there were bodyguards near the casino to escort Mayer, but going there would be a problem.

“Punglimok. Are you thinking of giving up?”

“What do you mean by that? It’s true! It’s something you would buy even for hundreds of millions of guliks!”

A step-nephew who has a strong will to wipe out any money-worthy items on the black market. When Mir read that his nephew’s eyes were obsessed with ‘gold’, he gave up further persuasion.

My nephew, who is the same age as me, has the characteristic of being possessed by the energy of gold, as much as he is loved by gold.

It is not solved by rational persuasion, but it can be resolved only by holding the energy in one’s hand or by having a larger energy, possibly close to a curse.

Mir carefully took out the dice from her bosom. Three polyhedral dice for divination. Rolling it reveals the sides of each die.

Her pupils examine the sides of the dice. In order to interpret the results of the Sanggwae, Hagwae, and Donghyo, there is no need for an interpretation of the protagonist.

Connected to the heavenly spirit, she had magical powers that could not be explained even with the principles of magic and Taoism, so the world she reads is different from that of criminals.

“······It’s a big deal.”

And the results were hard to read even for her.

The great road and the great evil are still there. If you try to dig further here, you will be leaking heavenly secrets, and great feedback will come to the magician.

In the end, the only thing Mir could do was to finish the auction of the Poongrim jade quickly and quickly leave this place and drag Aris along…

“Okay, now everything in the catalog is finished. Now only Poonglim jade remains.”

Alice’s eyes shine. She was waiting for the golden aura she had seen before to reappear before her eyes.

Looking at the pictures in the catalog, it was about that, but how about looking at the real thing?

Even in the Mayer Group, which is the largest player in the artificial terranite processing industry, securing natural terranite will bring huge profits.

According to what I heard, it was said that the lost brain stone in the Pasha War produced enough electricity for the entire kingdom with only the brain shed.

‘I heard that Poonglim jade is a treasure of the northern beast tribe…’

It is said that 30 years ago, the Prisoners were robbed of Poongrimok by the Empire’s invasion. Its whereabouts had been unknown until now, but it appeared in the black market after 30 years.

Only a few have found out the news of the exhibition, but it would not be ordinary big people to find out that information.

“If only this Poonglim jade wins the bid, my dad will make a big splash in the future competition for the succession of the chairman! Shouldn’t my uncle and aunt have to move their feet together?”

However, contrary to Aris’ expectations, what the host announced was not the progress of the next auction.

-Then, thank you to all the guests who have attended the Grand Cruno auction so far.

It is closed.

“uh?”

The auction is over.

With Poonglimok not coming up.

* * * *

The Warlocks of the Golden Dawn, the Prisoners of the Brotherhood, and even the ladies of Mayer.

The ultimate goal of their visit to the black market was because they had heard rumors about natural terranite Poonglim jade to be exhibited here.

Terranite, which is the condensation of this natural energy, represented by the thunderstone of the Pasha Kingdom, is a different level from artificial terranite, which is completed through magic engineering processing.

No, in the first place, artificial terranitite is a downgrade degraded version to imitate natural terranitite.

In myths handed down from ancient times, the majesty of the original Terra Knight is widely known.

Wasn’t there a rumor that the reason why the Empire invaded the Pasha Kingdom right away was to secure the natural terranite, the Brainstone.

“Hey! What the hell is this case!”

So, for the participants who came to get their hands on the Poongrim jade, this reversal at the end of the auction was not a disaster or an ordinary disaster.

“Calm down, sir.”

“Really? Do you know how long it took me to get here?”

Poongrim jade did not come up for auction. That alone made Aris upset, but Jacomong’s attitude was unparalleled.

“What’s the case with the rumor that Terra Knight is coming out?”

“Unfortunately, this item had a passenger.”

“So who!”

The ones who pricked up their ears at those words were the prisoners who were watching Aris’s actions.

They came to find out the whereabouts of Poonglim-ok, but they watched Jacomong react calmly to Aris, who was very angry.

The rules of Jacomong, the owner of this Grand Cruno, are famous.

He was not a person who would violate the principles of an auction due to outside pressure. Who the hell can move him like that?

“I cannot reveal the guest’s information.”

“How much did you buy it for, so it comes out like that? I’ll pay you five times that amount, so sell it to me!”

Aris had been paying attention to this natural terraite from the moment it appeared in the catalog.

Her Golden Eye has recognized the value of Poonglim jade, and she has a firm will to acquire it at all costs.

And Aris, the 3rd generation conglomerate of the Mayer Group and blessed by the Golden Castle, was someone who could write checks that sounded billions enough with the wealth she had accumulated.

Jacomong understood that fully and was deeply hurt by the loss he had suffered, but quickly shook his hands about the opportunity he had already lost.

“Five times… that’s a very tempting proposal.”

“Right? Call me the amount. I’ll write you a check right away!”

Aris, who thought she could get her hands on Poonglim jade, had a bright smile on her face. However, the answer Jacomong gave was completely unexpected.

“He doesn’t have to pay me.”

Since there is no money received, whether it is five times or fifty times, 0 is only 0.

* * * *

“Ah! Really what!”

Aris threw herself into the suite bedroom in a fit of annoyance.

Mir passed by Aris and organized his luggage.

“You bought some nice stuff. I’m satisfied with that.”

“It’s nothing! It really was that!”

Aris bought a lot of rare items at the auction house, but what she really wanted was one Poonglim jade.

Natural Terranite. A mythical treasure. She had never been possessed by such a gigantic energy.

Whether it is to satisfy one’s desires or to satisfy wealth luck. It was a precious treasure that Aris must acquire.

“Who the hell bought it? The owner isn’t quite the big man in this city? But he just gave it away for no money?”

nonsense. That treasure cannot be saved even if you give it a billion dollars. That’s why Aris asked for five times the amount, intending to buy it even with the money in her private account.

But if you bought something without paying a dime, five times or something won’t matter.

“It must be a big deal. And it’s obvious who it is.”

“What? Did you know?”

As soon as Aris stood up, Mir shrugged and told her the truth of her guess.

“Jacques Pietro. He disappeared in the middle of an auction. And a tycoon incomparable to the king of the casinos in Kelveg. The West is his domain.”

“ah···!”

It was only then that Aris realized who had stolen the Poongrim jade. With Jacques Pietro, that notorious criminal, nothing is impossible.

“Ugh… I don’t want to get involved with criminals.”

Aris recalled the ‘energy’ she saw when she ran into Jacques Pietro. A temperament she first saw who could read the golden aura. Above all, he–

“Are you… that, okay?”

“what?”

Aris couldn’t ask more about her aunt, who was the same age as her, who gave her a blunt answer. The aunt who mentions the name Jacques Pietro and sheds ferocious energy with an expressionless expression is not very happy.

“Anyway! Such a treasure should not fall into the hands of criminals. An elegant and dignified businessman like me should hold it to use it for the benefit of society.”

“That’s a bit controversial.”

“Kyaaak!”

“······!”

A voice that should not be heard in a suite where only the two of us should be. Aris, who was startled, and Mir, who immediately went on alert, stared at the intruder who appeared in the middle of the suite, where the lights were turned off.

On the sofa in the living room of the suite with the lights off. There is a silhouette of a man in a hat.

‘How? The bodyguards must have been lined up?’

Mir took out a small wooden stick. A demon for wizards to use their magic. To be precise, a trigger to gather mana and fire it.

It is convenient to compare it to a magazine with bullets inserted. It is an ash wand that Aris bought for a large sum of money, but she threw it away at Mir in a fit of rage.

But its performance is certain. The power of Mir’s basic elemental magic flames is amplified through a catalyst called a staff.

Mir added an extra element to it. The flames are amplified even more simply by adding simple wind magic to the fire ball, an elemental magic belonging to the intermediate level.

The moment the fireball arrives, wind magic will be added to trap him in a whirlwind of heat.

It is impossible to block the amplified power of magic unless you bring a knight’s protective coat.

“It’s a combination of dual attributes. I know many genius wizards, but I don’t think there’s a wizard who has achieved that much at Miss Mir’s age.”

The man who immediately recognized the nature of magic stood up from the sofa with a bottle of champagne. Soon, the two of them recognized the man’s face revealed by the moonlight and were shocked.

“Now, Jacques Pietro?”