waking up early for once, i look and see the sun just passed sunrise. it's still so early. rubbing my eyes I get off my bed and start to get dressed. walking down the stairs and going to the kitchen I see my mum and xue drinking tea, while talking. my mother hears my foot steps.
" your up early, did the sun rise from the east" she says.
" I can wake up early some times I retort," good morning xue"
" morning nyx" she says with a hint of fear.
pouring myself a cup of already made orange peach tea, I added some milk to it and it taste even better. sitting on the chair swing my feet back and forth while I drink my tea. my mum turns to face xue with a serious face. " so when do you think yu and star will hook up?" me and xue cough up the tea we just drank as it went down the wrong hole. when xue coughed a few times to clear her throat "i don't think till late teens" she says with a thinking face.
I look at them with a baffle stare is this what adult mothers talk about with each other? I think to myself. I shouldn't hear this, espucally bc it's about yu who most people will think as a muscle head but is actually smart and calculated. he may habe already forming a plan when he met everyone... I quickly finish my tea and go upstairs.
an hour goes by and we all head down to have breakfast.
"are you guys going to Konica sect or school" lee asked everyone at once. silence filled the air..
silver turns to him and ask" what's the difference between them? he replies.
well in simple terms a sect is more like a group of people learning and trying to reach immortality, usally it has strict resteictions, like you can only be in one sect for life, and its more bonds. while a school is like that but there is more freedom and you can choose to stay or leave." fang lee says with much thought.
" I think I'm going to try and join a school, I can't speak for everyone but I love my freedom" nyx said with a straight face.
" I'm still undecided, I just want to join something where nyx isn't" yu says.
"hmpt you think your strong enough to be by yourself, good" nyx said back.
after breakfast we all gather in the carragie. " I'm going to take you all somewhere before we meet the city lord in city hall". fang lee then hands a slip of paper to the carriage driver. an hour later we arrive at an unknown place in the middle of the forest, it looks like to be am old nobel house, why are we here?
Welcome guests, we are about to start" a man wearing a plain white mask says. we all walk out of the carriage and into the old house, as soon as we get in we are handed , magic tool mask to hide our identity. I turn to my father and ask" what's a magic tool?"
a magic tool is what blacksmiths, alchemists and enchanters make, they fellow the same grade of as both Warriors and mage level. however anything under mage or knight grade are inferior grades. but anything higher have the same name too so it's easier to memorize, these mask are grades 1 magic tools, meaning it's just bearly a magic tool with the simplest fiction, it also prone to breaking when hit by a strong enough force.
" oh okay" I said back.
would you please follow me" the mask strange said as he lead us up some stairs and into a room. the auction will start shortly. he says bowing down before leaving.
"what auction? ming says to lee
" it's how an demonic beast surprise auction, I over heard some of the parents who had there kids pass the talent test talk about getting a pet, and decided why can their kids have pet and not mine, hmpt" he turns to look at us. you all get to pick a demonic beast egg, nothing over 10 platinum , okay?
xue looks baffled, " I can't do that, you already helped and fed me so much, I don't want to impose" she said in a panic.
" xue let me do this. the world is a dangerous place and who knows what danger your daughter could be in, we might be in the same school so it's extra protection". lee says back with a smile.
star and silver look at fang lee and swore in there hearts they will do everything in their power to pay back fang ming and fang lee for everything they did.
" wait aren't demon beast wild and attracts everything, how can they be pets" star asks
" well it's hard to say, but in this part of the world, it would be rare to see one since they are costly, but you can take one. you can plant a slave and master mark on it, forcing it to obey you. or an equal contract where it makes you equals. everyone usually opts for slave mark of they are trying to tame a full grown demon beast. but if you get an egg or a new born one, it will attach itself to you. and you can form a bonds of equals." fang lee says trying to act smug.
the lights dim and focus on the stage" a guy wearing a frown mask walks up, he is very tall at least 6ft 9 inches, wearing formal wear. "welcome ladies and gentlemen to the surprise beast auction, the rules of this auction is every bit must be 5 higher then the previous. pausing for a moment. " without further ado, let's start" waving his hand a girl dressed in a black bunny suit walks out pushing a change, in that change is small white egg, 30cm talk and 20cm round.
" first we have an egg of a rank 3 thunder hawk, full grown it is the fasteat 3rd rank flying mount, it's able to cast down thunder from it's body to attack any rank 3 beast and even some rank 4. shall we start the 50 small silver?" he says.
"55 small silver", 60 small silver, 90 small silver the bids kept on rising till.a hug in the next booth over says 3 big silver" going once, twice, sold for 3 big silver. the mask man says.
our next egg is from ancient nest, we don't know what beast laid this egg, but it has the ice affinity but since it could be a hit or miss so we can only start the bid at 10 small copper. the bunny girl wheeled out an egg with an ice blue color. nyx stares at the 10cm egg, i want it. "she looks to her father, can that egg be my pet?"
nyx are you sure it could be a dud and have a rank 1 beast which won't be good for you" he said with a serious tone.
yes I'm sure, I said back.
okay, I bid 3 big silver" lee calls out. making the room go silent.
"going once, twice, sold" he says. the bunny girl wheels the egg up towards us, lee pays her and picks up the egg. he then gives it nyx. "here you go, you have to take care of it and treat it just right".
I will" I say.
the auction continues, yu got a variant lion beast, it's was token form the golden flame lion which was a rank 4 beast it cost 100 gold . star picked an egg tbay had a fiery shell, the masked man said it could have a thin bloodline the immortal Phoenix, it cost 400 gold coins. and silver got a pale black egg, it was token from a rare death raven. a rank 5 beast with the bloodline of the immortal death raven. who legend said we s the pet of an ancient immortal named lord death. it cost 3 platinum. lee almost threw in the towel, and nearly cried when he gave the gold away.
the last item was about go up, and good timing we been i. here for close to 3hrs. we have a slight chance to make on time to the city hall.
" the last item is an unknown beast which comes a romored dragon decent. we know this to be true because when we place the egg near any normal best it causes them to be fearful. and only a handful of beasts can do that, but none of those beast eggs have shown up in a surprise auction. the price for this egg is set at 600 gold and bids are 100 higher.
the first few seconds are quite, 900 gold coins the guy next door yells. 1 platinum, a person on the left side of us says. 7 platinum I called out.. silence rang
the masked man blinked and said sold. without any missing a beat, with that i call this auctuon closes. the bunny lady quickly from the stage and appears in front if us.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING" fang lee yelled, he was extremely upset with me. he was never upset at me. ever.. I down cast my head, " I may have spoiled you in the past, but do you know how much 7 platinum for am unknown egg? it may have a bloodline of a dragon but it could be super thin and stay at a rank 2 beast." he gives me a serious look. I clearly messed up but I felt something with that egg. it's not simple..
fang lee hands the bunny girl the money, because he knows he has to follow thought with the rules.. he then grabs the 29cm egg and gives it to me. taking a deep breath he says" follow through with your choice, under no circumstances will you abandon this beast egg. even if turns out to be a waste you have to care for it you would a family member".
holding the two eggs I have bearly any room on my chest." thank you father, you won't regret this" I said with a smile
fang ming just shakes her head at my actions and gives me a gentle smile. we all turn towards tje entrance with our eggs, we all walk out of the old house, returning to the carriage. it was an awkward atmosphere as we headed to city hall.