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I prepared as well as I could for the auction date. I printed a thin booklet informing people about the dangers of old magic, and the cost of removing it. I used the house as an example, giving guesses as to what kind of magic it would contain and what the cost of removing it would be. The booklet served to scare potential competitors, but it was also an advertisement for my magical services. I didn't think anyone would hire us, but what if they bought the house? Then at least I'd get the money.
I handed them out at the auction date, standing at the doors. People gave me weird looks but accepted them. They even leafed through them.
Jack, who had one of his colleagues drive us, was standing beside me, smiling awkwardly. I showed him the booklets the week before, and while they weren't
