Ding~Ding~Ding~

The golden spoon collided with the crystal cup, and the crisp sound spread throughout the hall in an instant.

This is a small ceremony before the host of the cocktail party appears, which is to inform everyone that the Count of Tulip is about to appear.

Donald and Stephanie stood beside a pillar on the right. The former had his hands behind his back and his eyes passed over the crowd, looking at the handsome middle-aged man walking out of the inner hall.

Yes, from any angle, this Tulip Earl can be said to be a man with outstanding appearance, with a tall body, meticulous hairstyle and outfit, and aristocratic temperament vividly reflected in him.

The low voices and whispers of many ladies around us can prove this.

"Gentlemen, ladies... Next is a small auction for this cocktail party. If you are interested, you can go to the venue on the third floor."

After a long passage of words similar to a toast, the Count of Tulip finally talked about the most critical thing.

Although the small auction hosted by the Aldridge family has a "small" prefix, any upper class in East Deutsche knows that nothing can appear at this auction is ordinary. Donald also heard Huxley talk about this on the way here.

This auction does not have a variety of restrictions on the lot, including humans, strange beasts, antiques, strange objects and the capital company that Donald is bound to win today... As long as it is precious enough, it can be taken out here, and the Count Aldridge who provides the venue will naturally have to be drawn from it.

But just like the acres of flower fields outside this castle, this count has always been particular. He has a special team to review all the items. The lowest starting price is 80 pounds, and the value is lower than this price and there is no qualification to go on stage.

Therefore, what the Count Tulip said about those who are interested in auctions is not a general polite word, but rather telling everyone in a tactful way that if the money you have prepared is not enough, it is best not to follow them overestimate yourself.

"Let's go."

Donald wore Stephanie without any hesitation and began to walk towards the stairs, while people began to approach the crowd near them.

"Look at the front of the left, the man just now."

As soon as he stepped onto the stairs, Stephanie whispered in Donald's ear.

The latter turned his head and saw Viscount Philip, who had been humiliated by him not long ago, diligently following two women who looked graceful from their backs. From time to time, he went over and said a few words. The expression on his face seemed to Zhu Jue as lustful as ever.

The two women who were originally walking in the center of the stairs were squeezed by him to the carved wooden railing on the left, and walked upwards with embarrassment.

"It should be the mother and daughter of the Steve family... This disgusting guy is really shameless."

Donald was involuntarily resentful of the mother and daughter's experience, but he did not come forward to stop it. It was not that he was unwilling to do so, but that he really had no position.

Because Sevit Taros seems to be one of the culprits in this situation... At this time, the bigger thing is that he is regarded as an accomplice.

"Vissue Philip, please respect me and my mother!"

Before she could walk up to the third floor, the girl who looked relatively slim and finally couldn't bear it and scolded her.

This attracted almost everyone's attention.

"I'm a backbone, but unfortunately the time to show backbone is not right."

The consequences will undoubtedly be very serious when you have no pillars in your own family to have a viscount whose financial resources and power are far beyond your own.

If both of them had some room for maneuver before, then after the girl scolded Viscount Philip, she would not only not let the latter retreat, but instead forced him to attack.

Because if Viscount Philip fails to achieve his goal, it is equivalent to admitting his incompetence to those around him.

After he achieved his goal, the outcome of the mother and daughter may not be so optimistic.

"Ilena, why don't you apologize to Sir Philip!"

The girl's mother obviously realized the inappropriate behavior of her daughter, and asked her to apologize and said,

"Sorry, Sir Philip, Ilena is in a bad mood recently because of family affairs."

"Hmph, when Mr. Francis buys your company, you will understand what kind of identity you should face me!"

Philip looked at the mother and daughter's beautiful figures with a gloomy face, and then walked forward without looking back.

At this time, he had not received news from Joyce that Donald was going to participate in the competition. The latter, who realized that he could not stop things from happening, decisively pretended not to know anything, and had not even come to the auction. He was ready to ask questions and ask questions at that time.

This little episode did not cause too many waves. Except for the mother and daughter with a dull face, everyone entered the venue step by step.

The venue was well arranged, not like the first floor of the empty space, but it was arranged like a theater. Because there were only dozens of people participating, everyone had seats. The front row was very exquisitely arranged with nearly ten special seats that were somewhat different from the rear, both in size and in color.

A noble party.

Status is reflected in all aspects.

Donald and Stephanie were led to the front seat by the waiter as soon as they entered the door. The former spent a lot of money here. In addition, they were Mayor Renas, so they were naturally qualified to sit in this position.

After everyone is seated, the auction will start immediately without any delay.

"The first lot is the Emerald Dream Pocket Watch created by Master Craftsman of the Imperial Capital and Master Bronte... The starting price is 80 gold pounds."

The waiter, wearing white gloves, held up the wooden box with some angles, and showed everyone the exquisite pocket watch with bright green light flashing under the light. During the exhibition, he also introduced an old man with gray hair, wearing a black vest and a white shirt.

This kind of thing is a veritable luxury, and Donald was not interested at all, because there were not too many similar pocket watches in Servet's treasure house. Even if they were given to Stephanie and the others, they would still have more luxury, and the degree of luxury of several of them was no worse than the Jade Dream in front of them.

Of course, Donald doesn't mean others are looking down on him. The pocket watch was eventually taken down by a nobleman from Delchimo for 100 gold pounds.

At this price, you can even buy a pretty good thing in the original sea market.

Most of the auction items were artworks that had no practical effect, including old antiques dug out from ancient ruins and paintings left by a master. These are naturally good things for the nobles who pursue art, and almost every piece can be easily called for a high price.

But it is not entirely useless. For example, the two spears that are being carried on the field have attracted Donald's attention.

The rod on the left is a gorgeous surface coating and engraved pattern. The fine gears that are looming under the silver-white metal shell in the middle and the scope about two fingers on the top are all explaining to people that this is a rifle with excellent performance, while the one on the right is much simpler, but it seems that the style is also a relatively rare style.

"The latest product of the Lovak Arsenal this year, the Mithrilian collection model, pure mechanical drive, and its own scope. It can easily break the wild bear's skull within 800 meters... This one is its gift, brass 2-type combo gun, and the melee power is not inferior to that of an ordinary shotgun."

These two guns were obviously prepared for men who were keen on hunting. Even in the introduction, they mentioned the content about hunting many times.

In the end, Donald bid 110 gold pounds to buy them.

He did not want to compete with him, Mayor Renas, and several hunting enthusiasts shouted symbolically and then shut up.

Don't get me wrong. Donald doesn't want to change to a gunsmith. He just likes it, especially the gift, which he wants to take back and let professionals test how it performs.

Now that the ordinary garrison in Renas is too weak, Donald has long wanted to form a qualified combat force for his own use.
Chapter completed!