"Your Excellency Soth, you seem a little absent-minded today?"
After circling the castle, Richard finally stopped and looked at Zuo Si who was following him with his eyes that had accumulated over time.
Because from the beginning, he noticed that this young man's vision was always erratic, and from time to time he would use the corner of his eye to scan the surrounding buyers who came to participate in the auction.
Zuo Si shook his head gently: "No, it's not that I was absent-minded, but I found a few interesting little mice sneaking in."
"Little mouse?" The old man blinked in confusion.
"Yes! Haven't you smelled the faint smell of blood filling the air?" Zuo Si asked with a half-smile.
As a person with a perception attribute of over 20, he has gradually begun to learn to believe in that very wonderful intuition, or it can also be called the "sixth sense".
Although this thing is not as convincing as careful analysis and logical reasoning, the accuracy is frighteningly high.
Especially when there is danger around, this feeling will give you the first warning.
Obviously, Zuo Si's intuition was warning him at this moment that a bloody event was about to happen.
Although it is not yet possible to identify who it is, Zuo Si is already certain that it is probably Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
After all, if you can't get the magic stone, getting a piece of magic mercury is the only option.
But he didn't know if these people were too cautious and never appeared in his sight.
Otherwise, with the blessing of [True Seeing], even if it is disguised by transformation magic or polyjuice potion, it will be recognized instantly.
"What? You mean a dark wizard has sneaked in!"
Richard's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
If something unexpected happens at today's auction, he and the entire family will be disgraced, and they will be unable to hold their head high in the circle of ancient European families.
"These people are not ordinary dark wizards, they have great backgrounds.
If you want to avoid trouble by canceling the auction, I advise you to give up as soon as possible.
Because once they do this, they will kill without hesitation.
So my suggestion is to carry on as usual and wait for these little mice to jump out on their own."
After saying that, Zuo Si picked up a glass of soda water from the table next to him and drank it in one gulp, slightly moistening his throat.
"Caroline, go tell the family members to get ready, and also give the Ministry of Magic a break."
After a brief hesitation, Richard immediately made corresponding arrangements.
If someone else had said this, he might have turned a deaf ear to it, but Zuo Si was obviously not the kind of person who would make such a joke casually.
Especially through some channels, the old man had long known that the statue pieced together from corpses in Berlin was most likely the work of the young man in front of him, and he had long regarded it as the same as Voldemort and Grindelwald.
A powerful wizard who treats his enemies ruthlessly and has no inhibitions about killing.
Such wizards usually have one thing in common, that is, they are extremely sensitive to danger, blood and killing.
Since the other party dared to say that there was a dark wizard in the castle in front of him, he must have sensed something.
"Understood!"
Mrs. Caroline did not dare to neglect, and immediately turned around and walked towards her brothers, sisters, and a large number of family descendants.
After a while, these people quickly left the small circle where they were originally talking and gathered together, one of them always holding the wand hidden in his sleeve.
From this, it is not difficult to see how important it is for a wizard family to have a prosperous population.
Coupled with some house elves, they are simply equivalent to separatist warlords in the magical world. Their essence is not fundamentally different from the feudal system that has been maintained for thousands of years on the European continent.
As long as a family has a long enough history, has enough heirs, and can maintain a good relationship with each other and be united, they can easily gather a dozen or even dozens of wizards with the ability to cast spells.
There may not even be so many law enforcement officers in a country's Ministry of Magic.
Of course, Lady Caroline's family is able to have such strong cohesion thanks to Earl Richard, who has lived for who knows how many years.
Otherwise, even pure-blood family members will gradually go their separate ways after the death of the older generation, or even slowly evolve into several branches.
Among them, the famous Lestrange family is the best example.
They originally originated in France, but later one of them came to England and became very popular, even becoming one of the twenty-eight pure-blood families.
After everything was arranged, Mrs. Caroline walked to the temporarily set up stage with elegant steps. First she tapped the goblet with a spoon and made a crisp sound, attracting the attention of everyone present.
, and then ordered the servants around him to open two exquisite wooden boxes.
Instantly!
The silver liquid flowing in the translucent container appeared in the sight of the buyers.
Especially the light refracted under the moonlight has a kind of beauty that cannot be described in words.
Mrs. Caroline noticed the guests in the audience who were either greedy or passionate, and said in French with a smile: "Everyone, I think there is no need to introduce more about what this is.
And as the creator of the second magic stone, Mr. Soth was also invited to come today, so there is no doubt about their authenticity.
Now, as the organizer, I announce that the auction of two magic mercury has officially begun.
The base price for each copy is five hundred thousand gold galleons, and each bid increase shall not be less than ten thousand. The two highest bidders will win tonight's bidding."
As the last word blurted out, a man in the audience who looked about thirty years old immediately raised his hand and shouted: "I will offer one million!"
There is no doubt that this kind of "super doubling" behavior immediately attracted the collective attention of other buyers.
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"He is from the Brunger family, and he is also the guy who publicly shouted out before that he wanted to buy a piece of magic mercury for one million gold galleons." Richard lowered his voice and whispered in Zuo Si's ear.p>
"Oh? So his family is very rich?" Zuo Si had a curious look on his face.
Because there is basically no mention of the ancient wizarding families in Europe in the original work, and there are no books on this subject in the Hogwarts library, so he doesn't know much about it.
Richard smiled and explained: "Compared to its history and heritage, the Brunger family is not a famous family. It is just a new wizard family that only started to rise in the 16th century.
It is said that it originally originated from a Muggle who accidentally rescued a witch in distress. The two fell in love and eventually got married and had children, gradually integrating into the magical world.
But because they are rooted in Switzerland and obtained a large amount of gold and jewelry from Muggles during the two world wars, their wealth is no worse than any other family.
Moreover, this family is very good at management. Not only does it own several dragon farms, but it also owns the largest magic plant cultivation base in Europe.
However, they know that their background in magic is still very poor, so they are always very willing to pay high prices to buy various treasures."
"So... this guy paid a high price to buy a piece of magic mercury just to take it back and collect it?" Zuo Si's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
He originally thought that the guy who was willing to pay one million galleons for magic mercury had someone important who wanted to be resurrected.
Who would have thought that it was the willfulness of a "rich" person.
"No, of course not. Magical mercury contains the power to resurrect people from the dead, and its value cannot be measured by money at all. If I were asked to choose between a pile of gold galleons and a portion of magic mercury
, I will choose the latter without hesitation." Richard said meaningfully.
Zuo Si shook his head disapprovingly: "But the problem is that magic mercury cannot be stored for long after leaving the magic stone. Even if a special container is used, it can only be stored for two or three years at most."
The preservation of magic mercury has always been a big problem.
He has made many attempts, but with little success.
At this stage, the best solution is to make one copy and use one, which has no long-term collection value at all.
It's a pity that the crazy bidding buyers in the audience don't know this at all.
While the two were talking, the price had doubled from the initial one million gold galleons to an astonishing two million gold galleons.
Although this amount of money is far from breaking the bones for these ancient families with thousands of years of history, it is already an astonishing sum of money.
But what’s interesting is that the Blenger family who made the initial bid has always been the highest bidder.
As long as someone outbids him, the thirty-year-old wizard will immediately follow up without any hesitation, as if money is just a bunch of meaningless numbers to him.
Eventually, the price finally began to exceed the affordability of some buyers, and some people began to withdraw from this brutal competition.
But some people are beginning to try to use some things or properties as collateral.
There are properties such as manors, castles, and villas, as well as herbal gardens, magical animal farms, shops similar to Diagon Alley, etc., as well as pensieves, invisibility cloaks, disappearing cabinets, and double-sided mirrors that can be transformed into
Silver bracelets that can be used as swords or shields, amulets and other precious items that can protect against black magic attacks.
After a series of valuations, all collateral is marked with a specific price.
And these prices will become precious ammunition for the last buyer to see his bayonet.
"Two million three hundred and fifty thousand!"
To be continued...