Chapter 82.2 \nâCry-san, your face is red, you know?â\n
â⊠You are just imagining it.â
âIt will be fine, I will put my name on the line, we will absolutely, with any means necessary, get it. Rest assured. If we canât buy it with our current funds⊠I can even sell my house.â
Without understanding what I was thinking about, Sytry holds her fists. It isnât exactly the mood to ask for a little bit of money to participate in another Relic bidding.
Intense regret struck me. Damn, if only I have saved even a little bit⊠No, if only Luke and the others quickly came backâŠ
No wait. Thatâs it. I still have Luciaâs savings. I have Luciaâs savings! ⊠Hey, is there really a brother who will spends his little sisterâs savings on his own?
Items are coming out one after another in front of me who is fidgeting poorly.
Whether the timing is good or bad, it is only Relics that are coming out. A finger chain with mysterious power, a cloak that allows you to breath underwater. Boots that float only over one centimeter in the air. A crystal ball that predict the weather with an accuracy of seventy percent. A sword whose blade can change size from thirty centimeters to three meters.
I want them. I definitively want them. Even if I donât use them. I am a Relic collector. Even if it doesnât make you stronger, I want them.
A lust that usually rarely appears, come out of me. A precious Relic is sold for dirt-cheap. Maybe because my eyes have been blinded by them, if I had the money, then I wouldnât hesitate to get my hand on it. Damn, if I could have bought the ăReverse Faceă cheaply, I could have gotten all of them.
You arenât buying it for a future investment, arenât you? Are you really going to use it? I will use it. I am sure I will treat it preciously, so please give it to me.\n
Isnât it fine? Isnât it fine to forget the ăReverse Faceă? Is quality better than quantity? Seeing Relics being bought by strangers or Hunters in front of my eyes is as painful as if I was watching the girl, I love being taken from me without being able to stop them.
No, but at this point in time⊠If I start to bid and lose the bid for the ăReverse Faceă, then I wonât be able to look at everyone faces when they have worked so hard for it.
I hold my fist with all my strength. Endure this. It seems that I would raise my voice if I let my guard down. Why am I not a billionaire? Damn, is this my limit?
Tino is *chirachira*1 glancing at me. It is as if she was waiting for my sign to start bidding. The main target is already known but it is probably because she is so dutiful that she has to confirm with me every single time.
I am being tempted. I am being tempted by Tino.
Master, do you really donât need that? If you donât get it now, you wonât get it for the rest of your life? Is what Tinoâs inner voice is saying and I can clearly hear her.
Is it a hallucination? Or is it really happening?
I wasnât so unsettled even when I was surrounded by Wolf Knights in the ăWhite Wolves Denă or when I noticed the disappearance of Sytryâs Slime. The words holding my fist just isnât enough to describe it. Both of my hands tremble and I can feel numbness in my fingertips. When I press my chest, I fell a strong pulsation as if I just finished sprinting.
My throat is dry. I want to drink water. I want a bottle Relic that gives infinite water. I want a ring that will keep my throat wet went I am equipping it. Someone please stops me! Damn!
Tino is⊠Tino is telling me to buy Relics. She says, she has misjudged Master because Master canât even get his hands on such something so easy to get. She says that I am disqualified as a Relic collector.\nIs this really fine? Is obtaining that ăReverse Faceă, really worth betraying my Kouhaiâs expectation for?
I wipe my sweaty hair and stare at the stage. It is the time to pick a choice. ăReverse Faceă isnât going to come out before a long time. This is an auction, but the strongest enemy is without doubt yourself.
I am not bragging but my physical strength is not the only part, which is weak, my mental strength is too.
I can bear it. I will endure by holding my breath. I feel like wanting to close my eyes and block my hears but it will feel like admitting my loss.
âWhat happened? Are you okay?â
âHm⊠Aaah. I am fine.â
Liz anxiously looks at me.
I close my eyes and ask myself a question.
Ah, even though I am useless in battle, am I a human who canât do nothing it even in such a situation?
No, no. I am certainly a small fish. I am a small fish but that is why, I canât let everyoneâs expectation falling short. For example, if I lose against my temptation and participate in the Relic auction right now, what would Martis-san and Eva think after I have bothered them so much? What would the Clan Members think after they saw me running around asking for a loan?\n\nNo, maybe Anthem could equip and use it.
While everyone was keeping their breath, the auctioneer reads its synopsis out loud.
â is entry number Forty-Four. A giant metal doll that has been recently discovered near the Imperial Capital. Please be assured, it doesnât move. The armaments are integrated and the helmets canât be separated but there shouldnât be any problem. Its total length is three meter ninety, with no cavity inside. It has been determined that it is made with a special metal. You can melt it. You can use it as a decoration. Or if you want to buy it just for the sword and the shield, those weapons will be well worth your money. Moreover, it is nearly three tons in total. If you can have it of course⊠Letâs start with thirty million Gils!â
I see⊠It is not a weapon but a doll. It is an amazing design⊠But this⊠I donât need it. I donât have space to use it as a decoration.
When I was feeling relieved, Sytry who was next to me, suddenly give a stupefies voice.
âAka⊠Sha? Why?â
Thanks for reading! Ta⊠Da⊠Da!!!!!! In the same this as Cry giving up and start to buy all the Relic, what came out is Akasha. What is he gonna do? The time has come! Infinite Variety was aiming for this! Akasha the Golem made to beat Strange Grief made by Sytry! XD Will Cry bid or wait for the mask? Let the misunderstanding begins! Tchao à plus!
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