The Nobles

Chapter 23

THEODRED is really bored as time goes by. The party before the actual auction is taking the time so long. At ang kasama niyang si Egon, isang oras nang hindi mahanap. He must be enjoying himself right now.

Good thing, the wine is good, it's clearly from a wine company of the Noble in human country.

Ipinikit niya ang mata niya habang prenteng nakaupo sa isang couch. It's a little bit noisy but he can focus on taming the power inside him. He is literally disaster himself. Kapag gusto niyang magkagulo, magkakagulo ang lahat ng nasa paligid niya. It was just one of his powers. But disaster is taking toll in his body, because it is really "disaster," it needed taming from time to time.

Naidilat niya ang mata niya nang umingay ang paligid, kasabay ng pagpasok ng ilang malalakas na personalidad. In a swift motion of his hand, his beautifully-made fan appeared. Bahagya niyang ipinaypay ito sa sarili niya habang tumatayo.

He faced the entrance of the hall to see who that persons are. It is a Noble Leader whom he knew, and a half blood, this half blood is clearly an S Class.

The atmosphere is heavy around those two. S Class and Noble Leaders have this anger, and they are distant towards each other.

Kaniya kaniyang tunguan ang ibang Noble para sa pagbati sa kakarating lamang na Noble Leader. At ang half bloods naman ay nagbigay galang din sa S Class na kararating lamang.

This girl is no other than the tenth in rank Noble Leader. She is Augustra Igor, she's quite weak for a Noble but nothing can harm her. She has one heck of a power, the supreme healing.

Strong Nobles have plenty of powers in their sleeves but this girl has only one, she's weak yet very strong. She can heal everything, yes, everything!

However, healing something difficult is limited into ten a day, but minor injuries are unlimited.

For him, this Noble Leader exceeds some of the Noble Leader in the higher rank, too bad, she only have defensive power.

He's been eyeing this girl for a long time because her healing ability is like those of the Victorian's. He wonder if there's a connection. But Igor Clan is mysterious, they are made of secrets so he had a very hard time investigating.

Kitang kita niya ang biglang pagpunta ni Mikhail Nicholas, na siyang pangalawa sa ranggo ng mga Noble Leader, sa babaeng kakarating lamang.

They bow down to each other. Nanonood lamang ang iilan sa mga bagong dating, samantalang ang iba ay pinagmamasdan ang half blood na nasa parteng maraming babae.

It's rare to have both S Class and Noble Leader in one place, looks like the auction has something big.

The half blood is releasing the same p*****t and flirt are as Egon. Ah, he's really tired encountering punks like these.

Pumikit siyang muli para hanapin ang presensya ni Egon. The f**k, how come this asshole is in the farthest part of the cruise ship?

He really is enjoying his time here. Napabuntong hininga na lamang siya at lumabas ng lugar na iyon. Naabutan niya sa labas ng hall ang dalawang Noble Leader na hindi niya napansing lumabas pala.

Pareparehas silang nagkatinginan sa isa't isa. They must be talking about a serious matter. He bow down a bit to honor both of them. Magkakakilala sila dahil pare-parehas silang nasa Nobilis, pero hindi sapat para masabing panatag ang loob niya sa mga ito, o kahit sino maliban sa King at sa mga Nobles ng Victoria's Town.

"Sir Theodred, I noticed you're here." Sambit ng babaeng si Augustra.

Nagpaypay siya sa saglit bago sumagot.

"Yes, Leader Augustra, seems like this a very important event to have Nobilis sent the both of you, and of course, yours truly."

This time Noble Leader Mikhail answered him, "His Highness just advised us to come but he really didn't say any details few days ago."

The King is with his master. Ibinaba na nito ang mga utos at dapat gawin bago pa umalis kasama ng kaniyang Master.

"Second in the rank leader Mikhail, I think Sir Theodred has an idea about this auction."

Napailing siya kasabay ng pagpaypay sa sarili. He really loves his fan.

"Why would you think of that, tenth leader Augustra? I was just the personal royal knight of the King."

"You are very trusted by the King himself, Sir. Would you mind telling us what should we do here?"

The King is talking in an elegant way. Nothing new from the Igor Clan of the Nobilis.

"I apologized but I had no idea, tenth leader, may you excuse me."

He smirk as he passed through them. Rinig niya pa ang huling bulong ng dalawa.

"He really is like a cunning snake."

"Well, he was the knight of the King."

He's nicknamed as a snake. He's just a beautiful flower! Too good to be true.

Binilisan niya pa ang kilos para marating ang nais marating. Having Egon accompany him is giving him headache.

The auction later will reveal a very valuable material that will cause a ruckus all over the world. The King even threaten him that if he fail on this, he will kill him instantly. Dang, the thought of it is already making him shiver.

He was like a flower bathe in a poison.

Nang marating niya ang tamang silid, agad niyang sinipa ang pinto para makapasok. Tinakpan niya agad ng pamaypay ang mata niya sa nadatnan.

Nagtilian pa ang mga babaeng kasama nito.

"You scoundrel! How dare you do lewd things here! Quickly get up!"

There are two girl with him and it's been an hour and half, he's still not done! He wanted to boil this bastard to death.

"Dang, Rainier! You ruined my fun!"

"You freaking ass! I bring you here to help me accomplish the mission from Alaric himself, and you're here having fun all by yourself!"

He mentioned one of the name of the King, only few knows about it so if the information leak, no one will know how important it is, especially to the country of Nobilis.

Rinig na rinig niya ang biglaang paggalaw dahil sa sinabi niya. Mukhang natauhan na si Egon.

"Damn, Rainier, why didn't you tell me earlier? Fuck."

Ibinaba niya na ang tumatabong pamaypay sa mata para tingnan ang ekspresyon ni Egon. Nakadamit na ito, at ang mga babaeng nasa kama ay kapwa nakatapis ng kumot.

Egon look really pale as he realized that they are actually fulfilling a mission handed by the King himself.

He laughed elegantly on their way back to the hall. Habang ang kasama niya ay natutuliro na sa nagawa.

"You f*****g snake, why didn't you tell me earlier? What if we fail?"

Nagkibit balikat siya.

"I'll just tell his Highness that it's because you enjoyed yourself first before doing what he commanded us to do."

Akmang sasapakin na siya nito ngunit agad siyang lumipad at mabilis na iniwan ito roon, agad niyang nakita ang hall kung saan sila nanggaling kanina, at pumasok.

And it looks like they arrived in time. Bumukas na ang pinto papasok sa auction hall. Kaniya kaniyang pasok na ang lahat ng naririto. Si Egon naman ay agad ding nakasunod sa kaniya.

Inabot niya rito ang isang papel kung saan nakasulat ang impormasyon tungkol sa gagawin nila ngayon. He looked shock when he read what is written. Maya maya sumeryoso na ito, parang handang handang sumabak sa gyera.

EGON realized how serious the situation is. Ang buong akala niya lamang may iniimbestigahan si Theodred, little did he know, something big is about to happen.

Nasa VIP room 2 sila sa loob ng auction hall. Apat lamang ang VIP room, isa sa S Class half blood, sa kanila, sa dalawang Noble Leader at isa sa hindi nila kilalang personalidad.

Inilagay na rin nila sa things to be auctioned ang jade necklace na galing kay Claudius.

Nagsimula ang auction sa isang hindi naman ganoon ka-importanteng bagay. It was just a strengthening pill. But for sure, some weaklings here are easily amazed by something that like. If Duncan is here, he'll mock that pill. That dude can do something more valuable than that.

One way mirror is letting them see the whole auction hall. Lahat ng nasa gitna ay kaniya kaniyang upo at naghihintay para sa bagay na pupukaw ng atensyon nila.

That strengthening pill was sold to a human business man, he bid 30, 000 for three strengthening pill. That's too much, it's low grade quality pill. Fool.

Sunod na inilabas ang isang rusty sword. Sa unang tingin, parang isa lamang itong basura. Many of the bidders groan when they saw the sword, they look at it like it was a trash, but for him and even for Theodred, it was kind of valuable. It is hiding its true strength. Half bloods, humans and some not so strong Nobles will benefit from that. But for nobles who already has their own weapon, too bad, they won't have something out of that sword.

"VIP room no.1 bidding 5 million!"

Wew. The S Class half blood has a sharp eyes. Dahil sa ginawa nito, nagkaroon din ng interes ang iba sa lumang espada. Some from the crowd bid 6 million, until it reached 10 million. In the end, the half blood in the VIP room still won the bidding.

The in the line is the jade necklace. Paglabas pa lamang nito, marami nang nagpakita ng interes.

"Claudius gave us a very good thing to be auctioned." Theodred commented. Tumango naman siya bilang pagsang-ayon.

But those things are common inside the Victoria's Town.

"This Jade Necklace has seven layers that will protect the owner seven times from death! Starting bid is 30 million!"

The crowd roar as they hear the information about the necklace.

"40 million!"

"45 million!"

"70 million!"

"VIP room number 4, bidding 100 million!"

"100 million going in 1, 2, 3! The jade necklace was sold to the person inside the VIP room no. 4!"

Siniko niya ang katabing si Theodred at nakangisi, that's some humble amount they got there. The auction is very generous, they will have the 70% profit from the necklace.

Sunod sunod pa ang mga gamit na ipinakita, most of it is did not really caught their attention. Tahimik lang din sa kabilang VIP room ang mga Noble Leaders.

Maya maya, nilabas na ang isang bagay na hinala niya ay may kinalaman sa gagawin nila sa gabing ito.

"This roll contains the map leading to the greatest treasures in our world! Starting bid, 100 million!"

Sabay silang napamura ni Theodred nang marinig ang sinabi ng host. It is connected to Victoria's Town! How come someone was able to obtain that map? Greatest treasure, it is surely pertaining to the town. If the world knew about that place, it will be dangerous, it can break out a war.

Pinindot ni Theodred ang red button. Ang staff na nasa labas ay pumasok sa loob para tanungin ang bid nila. Nang banggitin ito ni Theodred nanlaki ang mata nito ngunit tumango rin.

"VIP room no. 2, bidding 10 million golds!"

Gulat ang marami at nawalan ng pag-asa para sa bagay na iyon. But that amount of gold is nothing compared to the treasures to Victoria's Town.

"VIP room no. 3, bidding 12 million golds!"

"f**k, those Noble Leaders are ruining my plan."

Napamura na rin siya nang magsalita si Theodred.

"VIP room no. 2, bidding 15 million golds!"

"VIP room no. 3, bidding 17 million golds!"

"VIP room no. 2, bidding 30 million golds!"

"30 million golds for the map going in 1, 2, 3! The bidding is closed!"

Napangisi silang dalawa nang kasama niya nang iabot sa kanila ang map. f**k. It was really about Victoria's town. It has some clues but not accurate enough, still, they cannot let it fall in anybody's hands.

"Destroy that." Bulong sa kaniya ni Theodred.

"You do it, you can summon disaster, you shit."

Napailing ito sa katamaran niya at unti unting nilabas ang kapangyarihan, kontroladong hinawakan ito ni Theodred at maya maya unti unti itong nasira hanggang sa hindi na makilala. Maging ang lamesa sa harap nila ay nasira sa pwersa nito. Siya naman ang sumunod, he use the poison of his petals to make sure not a single trace of the map is left.