“He wasn’t there either.”

“Damn it, it was there until the auction! Where could it have gone?”

“I, I’m sorry!”

Unable to contain his anger upon hearing his subordinate’s response, Aguil overturned the table beside him.

The glass on the table shattered, creating a cracking noise. The subordinate briefly flinched at the sound.

“Go out and find it right now! Search the other warehouses, whether some thief took it, just find it!”

“Y, Yes sir!”

After the subordinate hastily exited the room, Aguil violently shut the door. His nostrils flared, and his face flushed a bright red.

“Damn, damn, damn!”

He soon threw a flower pot in a fit of rage. The shattering noise spread, and the subordinates outside came in and hastily cleaned it up.

‘Selling that would bring in money! Two million gold would be in my hands!’

Immortality, magical potions, what nonsense! It was merely a white snake he had chanced upon.

And it was a dying one at that. It hadn’t moved an inch even after being brought to the auction house and caged.

‘Some idiot said he’d buy it for two million gold!’

He couldn’t afford to miss out on a million gold right in front of him. He didn’t even consider losing it.

‘Damn, I warned them to keep a close eye on it!’

Aguil thought about the subordinate’s face he had fervently slapped a few minutes ago.

‘Please, save me, I’m sorry, please save me.’

Even thinking about it made him boiling mad. They must have neglected their duty because they took his rank lightly.

‘If I were the head, they would have listened!’

‘No, if you think about it, I’m practically the head. I’ve been running this auction house for years!’

Today’s income alone would be substantial. If he took all the money, he could buy status from any minor noble.

“Ma, Master!”

One of the subordinates hurriedly ran into the room. Aguil glared at him with bloodshot eyes.

His subordinate was visibly intimidated, but he had to report.

“The, the count of slaves is incorrect. One of the, the women is missing.”

“What?!”

The value of each slave! He was losing a million gold, and now he was losing saleable goods.

“You incompetent fools! Which warehouse are you talking about?”

“Warehouse number one!”

“Did you count the others?”

“I already told them to recheck the numbers…”

Eventually, the subordinate was hit in the head by a flower pot Aguil threw. Bleeding and staggering, the subordinate was pushed aside as Aguil stormed out of the room.

He was going to find it himself.

Because if he left it to those imbeciles, they would dillydally and lose another perfectly fine slave.

“Useless people!”

Footsteps were heard from a distance. I hid myself in the shadow cast by a tree.

“Hey! Did you check there?”

“Yes, nothing was there!”

“Damn it, what are you dawdling for? Go search somewhere else! If we can’t find that snake, we’re all done for!”

They were all scrambling to find the missing white snake.

Hiding in the bushes near the warehouse, I held my breath, praying that the remaining two subordinates would hurry up and leave.

Actually, getting to the warehouse after running away from Yan wasn’t hard. This place was one of the locations in the original story.

“Damn it, what’s going on!”

“It’s void, it has to be void!”

“Just one more round, just one more round please…”

Eliza clenched her teeth.

The first thing they encountered was people gambling.

“Your Highness.”

“I know, let’s watch a little more.”

Despite the warning from her escort, Eliza didn’t turn back.

As they moved further in, they saw people with blurry eyes, emitting weird laughter, heads tilted at odd angles.

“How dare they do such a thing…”
Gazing at the scene unfolding before him, Eliezer was filled with rage.

“Never, I will never let this go.”

‘Eliezer was here as well.’

To be more precise, he was planning to be.

I walked straight east, passing the rear of the building just as it was written in the original story, and found the warehouse.

I knew what this place was as soon as I walked into the building.

It was because many people gathered on the first floor were gambling.

‘So that’s why Yan specifically blocked my view.’

The Duke also pulled my hood down even further.

Yet, blocking my sight couldn’t block out the sounds and smells around me.

‘So that’s why Philren was so opposed to this.’

This was not a simple auction house. It was an illegal auction house that dealt in gambling and drugs as well.

I can’t imagine how much the people around adult Eliezer opposed him coming to a place like this.

Yet Eliezer came here secretly, bringing only one escort.

He then gathered evidence of all illegal activities here and eliminated the auction house.

‘Usually, they build a warehouse behind the building and store goods there.’

I looked around and slowly moved. Following the directions provided in the original story, it wasn’t hard to find the warehouse.

‘Found it!’

Just then, the warehouse door creaked open.

I quickly hid my body in the nearby bushes.