At the same time.
Pedestrian Street, Wander Bar, the first trading room on the second floor.
The bidding period for those "remains" had long since ended. The Wanderer Wizard had just announced the winning bidder: the number plate held by Colmar.
Most of the wizards had expected this result, but one wizard found it impossible to believe.
"No one could have bid more than I did!" The hunchbacked wizard abruptly rose to his feet and roared hoarsely, "The amount of jade coins I offered could buy an entire dragon!"
Naturally, that was an exaggeration. To wizards, most terms related to dragons were exaggerated descriptions. But from another perspective, it did prove that the hunchbacked wizard's bid had been exceptionally high.
The Wanderer Wizard paid it no mind and gave the unfamiliar wizard a kindly smile. "To wizards, jade coins do not represent everything. Magic is the most reliable hard currency in this world."
After seeing off the dissatisfied customer, the Wanderer Wizard returned to the room. Colmar had not yet left. However, she had removed the White Mask from her face, revealing her delicate features.
"You are the boldest young witch I have ever met." The Wanderer Wizard praised her with unmistakable admiration in his voice. "Even among the boys at First University, few wizards would dare take off their masks in this room and look me in the eye."
"That is because they are too incompetent." Colmar had completely lost her earlier aggressive air, and a trace of laziness colored her voice. "If they had completed the Registered Wizard ritual before their third year, they would not be so overly cautious."
"Registered Wizard and Archwizard are two different levels," the Wanderer Wizard reminded her kindly.
"A twenty-year-old Registered Wizard and a hundred-year-old Archwizard are on the same level." A