All lights in first floor are now dimmed. The only light is coming from the spot light the is focused on a guy wearing tails and top hat that is standing in the center of stage. He also wears golden masquerade to cover his face.
"Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. Once again, welcome to the Galliluere Auction."
The man pauses for few seconds to let the audiences's claps to be heard.
"Tonight, we have thirteen amazing, sophisticated, and one of a kind items that are ready to be handed over to you," Once again the master of ceremony speaks up before continue with the auction's rule, "Each item will be brought to the stage by its own owner. The announced price is the base price. It will raise up for a certain designated value every tine one of you places a bid. Audiences shall have a remote for bidding. Audiences with golden tokens shall find their remotes placed on the side tables, while the audiences with silver tokens shall have their remotes on their chair's left arm. Audience who would like to bid can press the black button on the remote. The announcer will announce your chair or room number followed by your bidding value. The announcer will count up to five to determine the last bidder as the winner. At the end of this auction, all winners will be guided to the transaction room to finalize your transaction. All transaction may only be proceeded with our private bank account.."
"Geogie gyejeong-i issseubnikka? (Do you have an account there ?" Miss Lee suddenly asks, breaking the silence in our room.
"Mullon. Chodaebad-eun modeun salam-eun eunhaeng gyejwaleul gajigo issseubnida. (Of course. Everyone invited has an account," I answer her, end it with sipping my glass of wine.
"... transactions made here are rest assure secure and traceless."
The master of ceremony's long explanation is ended with another applause by the audience.
"We will start this auction with our first item..."
The backdrop curtain is opened, showing a man standing beside waist-height table with a clear glass box on top. Inside the box is a roll of some kind of sheet.
"This is the lost scripture of John the Baptist," the master of ceremony continues his words. "It is believed written by John the Baptist for his disciplines before he was captured and beheaded. It has been curated by our own experts as well as Romans church and to be proven authentic. The bidding starts from 10 grand and will be increased by one grand each time. The bidding start... now!"
"Number 10 for 50 grand. Number 12 for 11 grand. Number 228 for 12 grand..."
The bidding goes fast and ends at 45 thousands.
"Migug dalleoingayo? (Is it in USD ?)" Miss Lee asks me again.
"Aniyo. Geudeul-eun jasin-ui tonghwaleul sayonghabnida. 1000 US dalleo sangdang-ui 1 dalleo tonghwa. (No. they use their own currency. 1 dollar of their currency worths like 1000 USD)."
My answer makes Miss Lee almost spits her drink. "Maeu bissada (So expensive)," her mumble makes me grin.
"For our second item ..." The master of ceremony that is also being the announcer has moved forward to the next item.
A lady comes up to the stage, wearing a white gown and big glasses. Then, four men wearing almost like fire fighter outfit are entering the stage, carrying a two feet by two feet size of box that surrounded with iron cages all over its five sides. Inside there is something living that has black color. Suddenly, a fire ignites from inside the cage.
"Ooohhh !!!" All audiences gasp to see the ignited fire.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is... a baby fire dragon !"
"Ah!!" Another gasp comes out from all the audiences.
"This one month is the second generation. Its father and mother were the result of cloning technology about ten years ago. But this one... this one is actually result of a natural breeding. It hatched from one of four eggs its mother delivered. Unfortunately, its mother died right after delivered the eggs, and its father followed not long after. And out of the four eggs, this baby is the only one that hatched."
"How big will it become ?" An audience suddenly speaks up.
The announcer turns his head to the lady to give her a chance to answer.
"The parent, they died at age of ten years. They about... two floors house big ? More or less," the lady answers with her rough English, but still having a lot of amazement gasps and murmurs from the audiences.
"Thank you, Miss.." The announcer says his gratitude with a wide smile toward the lady. "So.. we start the bid with 25 grand and will be increased for couple of grand each. Oh.. there is already some bidders to start. Okay, Room I for 25, room B for 27, Number 105 for 29..."
"Wae geudeul-eun yong-e daehae geuleohge heungbunhabnikka? Yong-eul gileuneun geos-eun wiheomhae boinda (Why are they excited about the dragon ? It is risky to keep a dragon)," Miss Lee murmurs with a frown on her head.
"Naneun yong-ui taaeg-i manh-eun jilbyeong, teughi pibubyeong-eul chilyohal su issdago deul-eossseubnida. Ttohan pibuleul jeolm-eojige hal su issseubnida. (I've heard dragon's saliva can cure many diseases, especially skin diseases. It can also rejuvenate skin)," I answer her.
"Jeongmal ? (Really ?)"
I nod. "Gwansim-issni? Wonhasindamyeon ibchalhaedeulil su issseubnida (Are you interested ? I can bid it for you if you want)"
"Naega imi neulg-go juleumsal-i jyeossdaneun malsseum-isingayo? (Are you saying I'm already old and wrinkled ?)" Miss Lee asks with pouted mouth.
I laugh. "No... No... Of course not," I deliberately deny. "Dangsingwa gat-eun jeolmgo aleumdaun yeoseong-eun mullon dangsin-ui aleumdaum-eul hyangsangsikigi wihae eotteon doumdo pil-yohaji anh-eul geos-ibnida. (A young and beautiful lady like you would of course no need any help to enhance your beauty," I coax her, reaching her left hand and give it a tender kiss. "Yeogiseo wonhaneun geos-i issdamyeon mangseol-iji malgo (If you want anything from here, don't be hesitate)."
"Dangsin-i neomu joh-eun (So nice of you)," Miss Lee says with a little blush on her cheeks. She then takes the food tray I put in between us and while shifting her self on to me, she then put the tray on her side. After putting the tray aside, Miss Lee makes herself comfortable under my embrace, laying her head on my chest while her tight hand wrapping my waist. I try hard not to show it, but I'm so tense. Espescially when she is starting to kiss my chest and moving her hand onto my belt.
"Miseu Li (Miss Lee).." I sighs while halting her hand at once. "Ulineun yeogiseo hal su eobs-eo (We can't do it here)," I say again.
"Wae an dwae ? (Why not ?)" Miss Lee asks with her seductive tone.
"Na... kondom an gajyeoga (I... I don't bring condom)," I make an excuse.
Miss Lee deliberately stops her seductive movement toward me. She even straightens up her body a little, no longer laying her head on my chest. "Geuleom.. geunyang i ibenteuleul jeulgyeoyaji (Then... we should just enjoy this event," She says in slightly cold tone.
"Hwa naeji ma (Don't be angry),: I coax her again. "Oneul bam-e gap-eulge, al-assji?
Lihat detail (I'll make it up later on tonight, okay ?)" I say then pulling her head to lie on my chest again. Still, pouting, Miss Lee just nods.
I sigh in relieve inwardly. Having the information that Miss Lee supposedly only using Seo Jeong So to enter this auction, I've never thought she would be this aggressive toward him. Beside being not attractive to this gorgeous Miss Lee, I'm worry that any intimate movement may unclose my camouflage. This new hologram mask I wear has never been tested for any intimate movement, such as kissing. So, yeah.. I won't make any reckless action to fail my mission.
So, with the 'No Condom" excuse, I manage to control the room situation for the rest of the night. We spend almost an hour behaving our selves to only eat, drink, and chat while watching ten items being auctioned.
There are many interesting yet to be honest, useless items -in my opinion- being auctioned tonight. After the baby dragon, there was ancient shield from Romans era, Goblin potion that can turn anything into gold, King Arthur's sword, original recipe of the famous beverage, and some other items that I don't acknowledge, since I found chatting of sweet nothing with Miss Lee suddenly becomes more interesting than the auction items. It is not because Miss Less is interesting, but because of how boring is the auction.
"And the eleventh item is.. A tube of blood. Not just any blood, but a Diamond Child's blood."
Miss Lee who was relaxing on my side suddenly straightens her body in tsens.