Chapter 110 The Auction Hall’s Troubles
When I asked Lena if she wanted to go to a place in particular, she tilted her head cutely and shook her head.
Lena obviously just wanted to spend ti with , so she did not care what place we visited.
I shook my head helplessly and asked the coachman to take us to the Reincarnation Auction Hall. I could as well take advantage of this opportunity to see how my aunt and Susan are doing.
Different from , who usually is not accompanied by guards, each ti Lena leaves the palace she is accompanied by an entourage of guards and servants. Most of them followed behind us in another carriage, but I could feel so of them hiding above and below the carriage.
The difference in treatnt is truly huge.
Well, it makes things more convenient for , so I don’t care.
We took less than twenty minutes to reach the Reincarnation Auction Hall. When we stepped out of the carriage, the auction hall’s guards bowed respectfully towards us.
"Welco, your highness, princess Lena."
"No need to be so formal." I nodded at them. "Is my aunt here?" I asked.
"Madam Dayana is inside. She is discussing sothing with so guests that ca earlier."
"Guests? Do you know who they are?"
"We don’t." The two guards shook their heads simultaneously. "But Madam Dayana seed very serious."
I nodded with a thoughtful expression and entered the auction hall together with Lena. Most of the guards and servants remained outside, but so of them followed us in.
Once inside, I was greeted by the clerks and so custors. I then guided Lena to the second floor, where most of the valuable things were located, and patted her head.
"Lena, I need to see aunt Dayana for a bit. Why for here, okay?"
Lena looked at and nodded begrudgingly but not without before making promise her that I would spend the rest of the day with her.
I then went up to the third floor.
When I reached the third floor, two strangers were leaving aunt Dayana’s office. They looked at her with a dark expression.
"I hope that Mrs. Dayana can consider our offer."
"There is nothing to consider. I already gave you my answer."
The two n shot my aunt a deep look before turning around and leaving.
They were slightly surprised when they saw , but they just greeted perfunctorily and followed their way.
Aunt Dayana also saw and sighed in relief. "Claus. It’s good that you are here."
"Sothing happened?" Seeing my aunt’s relieved expression, I knew that she was having trouble. I followed her to the office and sat down.
"Susan, bring us sothing to drink." Aunt Dayana told to a girl that was seated nearby. I instantly realized that it was Susan, the girl I t at aunt Dayana’s ho.
She looked down shyly when she noticed my gaze and ran away. Seeing that, my aunt smirked.
"... I wonder what magic you used to make her fall in love so deeply with you."
"The sa magic I used in you, aunt."
Aunt Dayana blushed and rolled her eyes. "Stinking brat. Daring to tease your aunt."
The next instant, however, her expression turned serious.
"Claus, we had so troubles."
"What happened?"
Aunt Dayana sighed. "It’s like this..." She then recounted everything that happened in the last few days to .
After the farse with her husband, aunt Dayana beca more cautious. She knew that her husband was just a pawn, one of our enemies’ attempts to weaken our businesses and that they would attack again soon.
And just like she expected, the next attack ca less than two days later.
So of the custors accused the auction hall of selling low-quality goods. At the sa ti, so rchant organizations refused to continue dealing with us.
Aunt Dayana realized that the enemies’ attacks had started, so she replied firmly. In less than two days, she had uprooted the rumors about the quality of our products. As for the rchant organizations that refused to deal with us, aunt Dayana had been ready for sothing like that long ago, so she quickly found a solution.
But even she was overwheld by the enemies’ next attack.
"... An unknown group had been attacking our stores. We received more than five attempts to robberies and more than ten violent assaults. Many of our workers had been threatened, and many of our custors were assaulted after leaving our stores."
I wrinkled my brows. They were more ruthless than I thought.
They even dared to attack the custors, sothing like that is a taboo in business.
It looks like they are going all out against us.
"... Have you tried to ask rcenaries for protection?"
"I did, but they refused to accept our request or their conditions were outrageous." Aunt Dayana shook her head dejectedly. "You saw the two n that just left, right? They asked for shares of our businesses in exchange for protection!"
I nodded. "I understand. Don’t worry, I have a solution for that. I’ll send you a group of n in a few days."
Aunt sighed in relief. "Thank god."
"What about our deals outside the capital?" I asked.
"... Two of our caravans were attacked by bandits, but I’m not sure if it was a coincidence."
"Do you have a suspect for the attacks?"
"The clues point to the Riea family and the Ferret family..."
I fell deep into thoughts. It’s normal for the Riea family to attack us, but the Ferret family too?
I could not help but think about the white-haired girl I t a few days ago. Is it also part of her plans?
While we were talking, Susan brought us cold drinks and left the room. Although she had beco aunt Dayana’s apprentice, she was not still qualified to know so things.
After all, aunt Dayana must test her loyalty and character before giving her more responsibilities.
Once she left, we continued our talk for another hour. The auction hall had more troubles than I thought.
Finally, aunt Dayana heaved a tired sigh. "It’s all."
I smiled and stretched out my body. I then used a thread of mana to lock the door.
The next second, I walked behind my aunt’s chair.
"Aunt, did you miss ?" I breathed on her ear while hugging her back.
Aunt held her breath and shivered.
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