"Welcome back to Corleone Manor, esteemed young master Saya Kolia," Rio said with a smile as he greeted Saya. "Didn't you have enough fun last time?"
"Mm." Saya nodded with a dark expression.
Caroso had already disguised himself. He was even ten centimeters taller, his entire body concealed beneath a black robe, so Rio did not recognize him.
"This way, please. I trust today's auction will not disappoint you." Rio made an inviting gesture toward Saya.
Soon, Saya and Caroso arrived at the auction venue.
Today's auction was even grander than the last one. After all, they were auctioning off a High Elf and a Dark Elf. These were not young elves, but elves over six hundred years old.
One of them was an elven mage. A mage like that carried tremendous weight. Any elven mage over four hundred years old possessed knowledge far beyond that of a human Eighth-tier Mage.
Caroso and Saya sat on the second floor, where they had a better view, while Ailin sat on the first floor, closer to the auction stage.
After the auction began, neither Caroso nor Saya had any interest in the warm-up items.
Saya even yawned and complained, "Last time was the first time, so they had to make a splash. This is the second time, so they don't have to anymore, right?"
"Second Brother actually understands this stuff?" Caroso casually jabbed back.
"I understood this stuff while you were still playing in the mud." Saya sneered.
He strongly suspected that Caroso had sat beside him solely to annoy him.
"The next item... Rupert's Tear! This is a Transcendent Item on the same level as Pandora's Eye, with remarkable effects on a mage's spellcasting!" the auctioneer announced loudly. "Wearing it also makes the mind clearer, equivalent to receiving a permanent Arcane