The man on stage seemed to be the host. A portly host enthusiastically greeted everyone.
“We greatly appreciate you coming to this auction prepared by our Kiki Group! To offer you a delightful experience, let me show my face first and…!”
Uncharacteristically, he cheerfully removed his mask, greeted, put it back on, and greeted again.
“So, is the item for today of good quality?!”
The host’s lengthy greeting was interrupted by a question from the audience. Apparently, others were also bored with his speech.
“Of course, of course! Those who have participated in the Kiki Group’s auctions would know, who are we if not men who live on the trust of our customers! Especially if you go to other auction houses, you’ll see how we only offer you cheap and quality items…”
“No, I’m asking about the elixir of immortality you’ve been advertising for the past fortnight!”
The room suddenly went silent. It seemed everyone had the same reason for being here.
I forced down a sigh that was about to escape.
‘There’s no way something that grants immortality exists.’
I had never heard of anyone becoming immortal by consuming a snake.
Even if such a precious thing existed, these people wouldn’t offer it.
Yet these people seemed to believe such an implausible lie.
“Yeah, I came for that!”
“Are you sure it’s not a scam?!”
“Show us the item, now!”
As someone began to argue, the atmosphere around quickly became chaotic. The host showed no signs of panic among the murmuring crowd.
‘Just watch the people.’
Even as people spoke out, the host didn’t try to easily calm them. Instead, he simply waited for them to settle down.
It clearly had an effect. Gradually, the voices faded as people closed their mouths to listen to the host.
“Now, who am I? Am I not the leader of the Kiki group?”
His playful voice rose over the hushed silence.
“I thought some of you might think so. Please wait, I’ll explain everything. I’ll show you all. Come on, didn’t our Kiki group travel around the world?”
“Yes, you surely did!”
“Come on, calm down—today’s object is the last one we’ve found. I discovered it myself. The moment I saw it, I knew! Ah, this is it! The elixir of eternal life!”
“So what did you see?”
“Just like that, it vanished before my eyes!”
I gasped involuntarily.
‘Vanished before my eyes…’
“What the hell do you mean? Stop speaking in riddles and explain!”
“Literally. The snake concealed itself while I was watching it. In an instant, without a trace.”
“How did you catch the snake if it vanished?”
“It wasn’t difficult. Though it hid, I was able to capture it with my hands! Ah, look at the time! Just trust me and wait a bit longer! Everything has its order. Let’s start with the first object I’ve prepared!”
Finally, I couldn’t hold back a long sigh I had swallowed earlier.
If it truly disappeared, it might be a divine beast.
‘No, no. It’s still unknown. There’s still hope.’
The host could be lying.
I forced myself to calm down. Panicking now wouldn’t change anything.
Just then, a staff member brought two drinks to our table.
Sophia received the cups. A red aura entangled and disappeared from her hands.
“Yes, it’s fine. You can drink it.”
Clemens took the drink and sipped it right away. I looked back and forth between Clemens and Sophia.
“Sophia, what does that mean?”
“I was just checking for poison. You never know if someone has poisoned it.”
That made me more confused. Sophia had simply held the cups filled with drinks.
How did she check for poison?
“It’s not difficult, young master. If you channel magic into the drink, you can easily find out if it’s poisoned.”
“Magic?”
Not comprehending, Clemens casually added to the explanation.
“You didn’t know? Didn’t you tell him?”
“I never had the chance.”
“What? What don’t I know?”
“Oh, I used to work in a magic tower.”
…What?
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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