Chapter 425 Auction trap (2)
That afternoon, there was a carriage that was outside the residence waiting for me.
This carriage had been prepared by the fourth prince and was supposed to bring me to the auction that was being held.
When I came out, there was only Shaka who was following me.
As for Shadow Five, she was hiding somewhere in the shadows.
The dwarves came out to send me off, but they had worried looks on their faces.
The one that had the most worried look on her face was Elsa.
I had told them about what the fourth prince had told me since this was something that involved them.
They had naturally been worried, even if they were worried for ulterior motives.
It was only Elsa who seemed like she was genuinely worried.
Before we left, she asked, "Do you really have to do this?"
I just gave a slow nod and said, "It has to be done or else they'll come after me again."
She deeply knitted her brows when she heard this before saying with a sigh, "Just be careful."
I gave a nod before turning to the other dwarves and saying, "You guys should be careful here as well. There's no telling what they will do while I'm gone."
The other dwarves all patted the axes that they had beside them as if they were telling me not to worry.
Seeing them with their axes like this, I couldn't help revealing a faint smile.
After all, this was what I thought of when I thought of fantasy dwarves.
That or with hammers at their side.
But I also knew that there was no need to worry about these dwarves.
They were powerful enough that they would be able to fight against armoured knights even without any armour on themselves.
That was just how strong dwarves were in this game.
I wouldn't need to worry about them.
What I needed to worry about was myself.
So after a few parting words, I got in the carriage and we headed off.
The driver was also someone sent by the fourth prince and would act as a guard if need be.
I could see that there was a dagger hidden on the seat near the driver, so he was most likely some kind of assassin that worked for the fourth prince.
To send all of this, it really made it hard for me to calm down.
I was about to walk into a situation where I would be acting as bait, it would be strange if I was actually able to calm down.
After all, this was a very dangerous thing that I was about to do.
As we headed to the auction house, Shaka suddenly said, "If worst comes to worst, just run. Once you get to the main street, they won't be able to do a thing to you. You don't need to worry about me."
I was surprised to hear these selfless words from him, but then again, they weren't that strange.
Shaka had been a very loyal guard during all of the time that we had been together.
He had always been there to protect me when I was in danger and even now he was putting his life on the line for this.
While I didn't know why he was doing all of this, it was a lie to say that I wasn't touched.
I knew that he was showing his concern for me by saying this, so I said, "You don't need to worry. I have a few tricks up my sleeve."
Shaka raised a brow to look at me, making the doubt in his eyes clear.
But he didn't say anything else as he just left things as they were.
Even though this was a carriage that had been prepared by the fourth prince, it took longer than normal for us to get to the auction house.
This was a large scale auction that was well known throughout the city, so there were plenty of people that were coming to this auction.
These were all people with wealth and influence in this kingdom, befitting of an auction that was run by the royal family.
So the streets were closed off for their carriages to get through.
This carriage that we were taking was disguised as a normal carriage so as to not attract attention, so it took even longer than usual for us to arrive.
Because of this normal appearance, the guards of the auction house even came forward as if they wanted to make us leave.
But when the driver showed them a token, they immediately cooperated with us and guided us to the main entrance.
Normally, I would have entered through the side entrance for events like this to avoid attracting attention, but attracting attention was what I had to do here.
That was my job as bait.
The normal carriage was just to make sure that we didn't get ambushed on the way.
Once we were here, it was time to create as big a scene as possible.
When we arrived at the main entrance, there was a crowd that was gathered.
Seeing everyone here like this, it was almost like a red carpet even from my past life.
But thinking about it, it did make sense since the guests were all rich and powerful people.
There were also some regular guests, but they were entering in a much more lowkey manner.
The people that had gathered around the entrance were those that worked with the news and those that had gathered to watch the fun.
When each carriage arrived, the owner of the carriage was announced before they came out in front of everyone.
So when our carriage arrived, the crowd couldn't help being surprised.
Many of them thought that it was a mistake for our carriage to be here.
That was until the person announcing people said, "Presenting Count Zwein."
As soon as he said this, all of the onlookers realized that they shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
I took a deep breath before opening the door and coming out of the carriage.
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