Three days later, Antariskh opened her eyes groggily, as she fully conscious of her surroundings, found the other occupant of her room namely Ryuu missing, she cursed herself for letting her guard down, a peak Wanxiang Adept moving without alerting herself shows she had gone lax too much for her comfort, Ryuu was her brother but what about the assassins her family's enemy might send after her head not only her but her baby brother would have been in danger because of her carelessness.
Antariskh as such hastily tried using her divine sense to search for Ryuu, only to freeze as she found Ryuu entering the room looking a bit glum.
Antariskh, "Brother where have you been?"
Ryuu was startled by his sister, "eh, big sister when did you awake up? I just went to have some breakfast but apparently there will be none till 8 in the morning."
Antariskh had a weird sense of déjà vu as she quickly checked the time to find it was only 4 a.m., "Brother I would love to inquire you on what you are doing getting ready so early in the morning but if I would hazard a guess it is about the auction that we will be attending today."
Ryuu nodded eagerly at that with great enthusiasm causing Antariskh to have a twitch on her brows, with incredible show of agility she sprung from her bed made her way towards Ryuu so fast that to him it seemed she literally teleported before smacking his head hard enough to make him face plant on the floor, as she picked him up by holding him by his neck before throwing him on his bed, by the time Ryuu fell on his bed his sister was already by his side as covered him with the help of a blanket, after making sure Ryuu was fast asleep she made her way to take a quick nap.
By 6 in the morning she woke up again but this time she sighed in relief seeing her baby brother was still sleeping instead of goofing around, as she got ready for the day her other siblings came in to her room.
Sylvana: "Good morning sister, did you have a nice sleep yesterday."
Antariskh nodded as she greeted back, "Good morning sisters."
Shamiran smiled at her before looking towards Ryuu curiously, "Why is he still sleeping? I thought he was already awake a few hours ago."
Antariskh shrugged as she replied, "Well he was too excited as such I lulled him to sleep."
Sylvana and Shamiran were both worried at that as they had a good idea by what kind of person Antariskh was when she was awoken from her 'beauty' sleep, as they checked Ryuu they deadpanned towards their elder sister as they treated their younger brother's concussion andslowly brought him back to the world of living.
Ryuu rubbed his head as he felt the phantom pains as he muttered, "Ouch, did anyone see the gorilla who slammed on my head.", his sisters would have laughed at that but Antariskh had amuderous aura on her as such they decided to save their brother from punishment as such Sylvana: "Brother it is already nearing 7 in the morning, please get ready and wash your face it has drool marks all over it."
Ryuu blushed with embarrassment as he made his way towards the bathroom.
Soon they were sitting in the dining hall of the hotel helping themselves with a nice helping of tandoor-baked bread with various options like honey, butter, cream and fresh cream to be used along with it, a sizable side of Piti served along with it, the heart breakfast which can be easily considered a brunch was accompanied by very hot strongly brewed black tea with a slice of lemon and a separate small jar containing cubed sugar, the tea was accompanied with a jam created with locally produced fruits.
Ryuu poured himself the tea from its pot into a pear shaped glass, he casually took a couple of cubes which he mixed with his spoon, he loves the way the sugar melts as he stirred the contains of his glass, he placed the jam in his mouth as he was about to drink his tea through it as dictated by the local customs.
His sisters watched as their breath hitched, over the years Ryuu had taken a liking to drinking tea, he might not be a tea connoisseur but he is quite fussy over it and is prone to violent outbursts if it is not to his liking.
As the glass containing the tea neared he closed his eyes as he took in the smell, as he twirled the liquid releasing a fresh bout of steam from it as he drank the tea savoring every drop of it.
He realized a content sigh, as he lowered the tea which had a hint of fig in it hinting as one of the ingredients used in order to brew it, he turned towards his sisters who were staring at him as such he could not help but ask out, "What?"
Sylvana just smiled and replied, "Nothing dear brother.", the memory of his rampage across a tea house the visited a few weeks back still fresh in the mind, the place of the tea house is now a massive crater.
Antariskh: "Well if you all have finished with your breakfast I believe it is time for us to leave."
The group then made their way into the auction house, as they neared their destination they heard a various rumors floating by.
Man #1: "Did you hear the items they are selling?, if I could get a single one of them…"
Man#2: "You get a hold of it, the great clans including the governor himself will be attending moreover you a measly Houtian have enough money to afford them."
At that everyone laughed aloud.
A promiscuously dressed woman spoke, "If only I could snag some of this young masters my life will be set, did you know there is a rumor that the person who is selling the medicine will be visiting this auction house, oh if I could just....", she finished with a lust full moan.
Ryuu shivered at that, he scooted close towards his sisters casting a worrying frightful glance at the woman, his sisters cast a questioning glance at him he mouthed out, "Kidnapper".
His sisters just gave an amused smirk at that, while giving a couple of reassuring pat on Ryuu's back.
As they neared the entrance they saw long queue in front of it, the entrance was divided into two halves one was for people who were purchasing their entrance ticket another was for those who have pre-booked everything. When they were about to enter a couple of men around late twenties came forward as one of them the apparent leader stepped forward dressed richly as he spoke flaring his Xiantian level as he spoke with arrogance, "My what a great karma I have gathered to have witnessed stars that have fallen into the mortal realm in front of me, I dare not cause any taint in your otherworldly divine aura by staring too much as such I would love to offer you this flower as token of appreciation my goddess.", he bend his knee as he offered a rose to Antariskh, who just treated him as a bug and passed by.
Ryuu meanwhile was busy taking in the site as he observed various people as such he did not pay attention to the road in front of him which unfortunately for him he ran into the guy who had his knees bend as he offered the flower, which found its way into Ryuu's nose, causing it to tickle. "Aaaaaachooooooooooo! Aloud sneeze erupted from Ryuu, who had momentarily lost control of his strength had hit the group with full force which had caused the man and his group of lackeys to be swept off their feet and finding themselves getting acquainted by drainage system of the city.
Ryuu for the first time glancing towards the group exclaimed, "Big sister what are those people doing inside a drain."
Antariskh snorted with amusement, "Do not pay attention to them brother, they are weird people who love spending their time inside drains so stay away from them they are not only dirty but also diseased."
Ryuu nodded as he looked at those people in disgust as he went inside the auction house.
As they went inside they were greeted by Jureks Lodiņš the manager himself, "Welcome my Lord and Lady, I hope you are all in good health."
Sylavan: "We are fine and I hope you are also doing well."
Jureks nodded in affirmation with a happy smile on his face.
As they were being escorted by Jureks towards their booth Sylvana spoke, "Mr. Lodiņš My brother is not only very young child, I hope your attendants will be responsible people.", she finished with a tiny hint of murderous aura.
Jureks Lodiņš spoke as sweat dripped down his forehead, "Of course you're Majesty the attendants will be responsible and well cultured and mannered people."