Charles thought carefully. His main purpose for attending the auction was to contract a mystical beast, everything else was secondary.
However, since it was the annual auction of Genosha, there should be plenty of good items available. It wouldn't hurt to take a look.
"I would like to participate in all of them. Are there any requirents?" Charles replied.
"Well, Mr. Charles, in order to participate in all of them, you must be a senior mber of the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association." Yana said.
Charles continued to ask, "Senior mber? How can one beco a senior mber?"
"It requires the recomndation of two other senior mbers, or one distinguished mber, along with a verification of certain assets." Yana explained in detail, worried that Charles might not understand.
"The mbership is divided into five levels: junior, interdiate, senior, distinguished, and the highest, supre level. To beco a senior mber, you need recomndations from others."
Charles frowned at this information. He hadn't expected that attending the auction of the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association would be so complicated, requiring him to seek recomndations from other mbers.
"If I don't know any other mbers, does that an I can't participate in the auction?" Charles asked.
Yana shook her head and replied, "Mr. Charles, you must be joking. If you ntion that you lack mber recomndations, there will be plenty of people eager to be your referee."
Charles nodded. He didn't plan to do that. Instead, he took out his phone and sent ssages to Zachary and Camilla to ask for help.
Within a minute, Camilla replied:
"[Seven Kingdoms rchant Association mber, Charles, let ask my father. He seems to be a supre mber.]"
Charles quickly replied:
"[No, it's just a small matter. I only need two senior mbers.]"
It seed like Camilla didn't see the ssage, as there was no further reply.
On the other hand, Zachary sent a string of numbers and said,
"[Charles, this is my father's mber account. Just use this.]"
Monts later, Camilla also sent a string of numbers, clearly another Seven Kingdoms rchant Association mber account.
Charles looked at Yana and said, "I have two mber accounts here. Is that okay?"
Yana appeared sowhat surprised. She nodded and walked over to the equipnt in the private room, starting to input the two accounts from Charles's phone.
When the account information appeared on the screen, Yana froze in place, unable to move.
Seeing this, Charles slowly said, "What's wrong? Is it not possible?"
"No, no, no, Mr. Charles, there's absolutely no problem. Please wait a mont, I need to report to my superior." Yana said, a bit flustered. Given her extensive experience, she usually wouldn't be so shocked.
But the information from the two accounts Charles provided was truly astonishing!
One was the mbership account of the Emperor of Genosha with the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association, and the other was the account of General Mason of Genosha.
Both were supre-level mbers!
Originally, there would have been no issues processing a senior mbership, but Yana had other thoughts in mind. She wanted to make a good impression on Charles as much as possible.
So, Yana went directly to the office of the president of the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association's Genosha branch and briefly introduced the situation.
Unexpectedly, the president, Daniel Long, imdiately beca sharp-eyed. He knew a bit more than the average person.
What Ezra did that night at the Taylor family and Robinson family had spread among the upper echelons of Genosha!
Without further thought, Daniel Long hurried to the door of the private room where Charles was, knocking carefully. After receiving Charles's permission, he entered.
"Hello, Mr. Charles, I am the president of the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association's Genosha branch. Given your special circumstances, we will directly process a supre-level mbership card for you. Please hold on a mont."
Charles was sowhat bewildered. He hadn't expected that the accounts sent by Zachary and Camilla would attract the president's attention.
"Is it because of those two mber accounts?" Charles inquired.
To his surprise, Daniel Long shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Charles, it's because of you. If I had known you were here to apply for mbership, I would have been waiting for you."
This was no exaggeration. While the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association was powerful, they usually didn't pay much attention to ordinary Beast Masters, even disregarding them entirely.
It was simply because Charles's teacher was Ezra!
The information of the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association was more comprehensive than that of so prominent families, and the more they knew, the clearer Ezra's strength beca!
Soon, the mbership processing was completed, and just as Charles was about to leave,
Daniel Long said, "Mr. Charles, there's a small auction starting shortly, and there are quite a few good items inside. I'm not sure if you're interested?"
Charles was a bit puzzled and asked, "Isn't the auction supposed to officially start tomorrow evening?"
"Yes, Mr. Charles, the annual auction indeed officially begins tomorrow night, and the list of auction items will also be sent to your phone then." Daniel Long explained first, then continued,
"The small auction happening shortly features so special items, such as information, news, and other things. There might be sothing you want."
Upon hearing this, Charles glanced at Celestine beside him. He was sowhat interested, a small auction for special items might yield so good finds based on the information presented.
Noticing Charles's interest, Celestine directly said, "Charles, I have nothing planned for later. Why don't we go check it out?"
Charles nodded, and under Daniel Long's guidance, they headed down to the underground of the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association.
On the other side, Yana completed her reception duties and returned to the hall, where a colleague imdiately asked curiously, "Yana, is that Charles really here for the auction?"
"Yes, could it be that he actually got his mbership and is qualified to participate in the auction? The requirents for a mid-level mbership are not low." Yana replied.
Thinking of President Daniel Long's attitude and the two supre-level mber accounts, she smiled and said:
"Guess what level of mbership Charles has now?"
Soone guessed, "It can't be a high-level mbership, can it? Does he really have that much money?"
Yana shook her head, indicating that was incorrect.
Others discussed, "I told you, he seems like just a commoner. How much assets could he possibly have? He must be a mid-level mber."
"But Yana, you really have an eye for talent. You successfully processed a mid-level mbership, so your performance this month won't be low."
"Pfft, it's just a mid-level mbership, it's not that difficult."
Yana replied, listening to her colleagues' discussions while her mind kept recalling monts spent with Charles.
This was the first ti Yana had t soone like Charles. He was clearly a big shot but had no airs about him, exceptionally low-key and calm.
Thinking of this, Yana glanced disdainfully at the colleagues who were gossiping and said lightly, "Yeah, he just processed a supre-level mbership. With a little effort, you could do it too."
"What! A supre-level mbership? No way!"
"What qualifications does Charles have to be a supre-level mber? There seem to be only fifteen of them in all of Genosha!"
"He seems to be just a third-level Beast Master. How could he possibly be a supre-level mber? Yana, you shouldn't make up such ridiculous stories."
Yana didn't explain. Having seen many people, she naturally understood that so would struggle to accept things they had never witnessed.
She wouldn't attempt to convince them, once the rewards from the association were handed out, they would know that everything she said was true.
anwhile, in the underground elevator of the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association.
Daniel Long stood in the elevator and said, "By the way, Mr. Charles, the small auction will officially start in an hour. Before that, there will be a market for item exchanges, and you can take a look. You'll be notified when it's about to start."
"Item exchange market?" Charles hadn't heard of that before. He had only been aware of the annual auction of the Seven Kingdoms rchant Association and didn't realize there were so many other activities involved.
It seed that only by entering the upper echelons of society in Genosha would one be qualified to know these things.
"Yes, Mr. Charles. The items in the exchange market are generally unidentifiable in terms of quality or purpose, a mixed bag. The Seven Kingdoms rchant Association only provides the venue and takes no responsibility for anything else." Daniel Long explained a bit further.
This intrigued Charles even more. He understood Daniel Long's implication: the items in the exchange market varied in authenticity, and it depended on one's discernnt and appraisal skills.
For Charles, that was no problem at all!
With his information prompts, taking advantage of a good deal in the exchange market would be incredibly simple!
"Charles, let's just wait for the auction to start." Celestine said with so concern.
As a student at the academy, she was only proficient in Beast Mastery, she didn't understand anything about item appraisal.
"Don't worry. With around, no one knows appraisal better than I do." Charles replied confidently.
Daniel Long in the elevator twitched his mouth at Charles's words. Even the most skilled appraiser wouldn't dare to say such things, considering the vast number of items in the world that not everyone could recognize.
He assud Charles was just trying to impress his companion with exaggerated claims, so he didn't think much of it.
"Alright then, we'll see. I don't have much money on ." Celestine whispered close to Charles's ear.
Looking into Celestine's sincere eyes, Charles felt a warmth in his heart. He knew she was worried about not having enough money. The Stokes family only had a bit of influence in Lsengard, and in Genosha Calivia, they were nothing significant.
"Don't worry, leave it to . Trust ." Charles said.
At that mont, the elevator stopped, having reached its destination.
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