hearing someone bid after his prize leo was surprised and asked the auction house to talk to the other bidder. he couldn't afford to increase the prize much and assumed that other party would like to negotiate.
faes was surprised to know that they can also ask to talk privately with each other but still allowed the other party to come meet her.
ali was alert as he moved closer to faes and sky not liking the presence of another person near them who they weren't acquainted with.
as the elf entered the room faes and sky blinked in surprise while leo too was dazed for a while before grinning. who would have thought that he would meet faes here under such circumstances?
"brother leo what a pleasant surprise" faes grinned motioning leo to take a seat.
"indeed; to think i would meet you here" leo patted sky's hair as he took a seat before turning to a glumy ali. leo recognized who ali was and greeted him respectfully while ali too recognized leo.
"you are acquainted with each other?" ali asked faes eyeing leo making him squirm under his intense gaze. while faes merely bit her lip from keeping herself from laughing.
"actually we are coworkers" faes replied making ali frown "about that we will talk later. currently we want that thing" faes ignored ali's frown and turned to leo wanting to know if he was going to bid again.
"actually i was originally planning to get it to gift it to you" leo confessed cheekily scratching his cheek
"alright then you buy it" faes grinned as she motioned for the auction attendant. the attendant increased the bid from leo's stead and in the end leo won the bidding.
ali who noticed leo's conflicted expression at faes actions tried not to grin but failed miserably and even began chuckling silently. he didn't knew faes much but her actions were just amusing to him.
leo resigned himself not bothering to argue with faes as he wanted her help. but faes and sky still focused more on the auction after talking with him for a while, hence leo had to wait patiently for the auction to end.
"actually i have to talk about the situation of nature's blessing" leo spoke once the auction was over and faes asked why he was giving her a visit personally instead of contacting through the watch.
"situation?" faes was confused as she and leo made their way towards the auction house VIP rooms to get their purchased items and money. apparently leo had sold few things too.
"actually the rival company that had been making problems for ours had also began to make custom made pills and potions, although they are not of similar grade and rank they are cheaper in cost hence normal people can also afford them. this had caused the decrease in our customer base considerably; aside from this they also began selling custom made weapons further affecting natures blessing"
leo couldn't believe that his friend managed to find an alchemist who can make custom made pills and potions along with a master blacksmith. if this continues then nature's blessing will barely be holding itself in the future.
"its actually like this!" faes sighed, she had expected someone to appear and rival them but it really took too much time! if they haven't appeared she would have forgotten about the business rivals she was expecting.
"its quite simple, we just need to make some changes" faes smiled softly at leo who frowned confused.
"what changes?"
"this is no place to discuss it, come meet me tomorrow i will show you rather than talk about it in public area" faes only continued to smile mysteriously at leo making him wonder what she was planning now.
after speaking faes and leo entered their own private rooms and collected their purchased items and points earned after the processing fee was reduced.
once done faes and leo met up with ali and sky once again who were waiting for them.
"what took you so long?" ali complained as he held a sleeping sky in his arms. while he was fine with sky he didn't know what to do when a kid just fall asleep in his arms! even his assistant was having a hard time stopping himself from laughing after watching ali holding sky carefully and frowning trying to pat the kid's head occasionally but then change his mind.
once ali noticed faes and leo appearing he immediately handed sky to faes relaxing.
"well its late we should part now. it was nice meeting you prince ali, and thank you for taking care of sky while i was gone" faes smiled at ali making him tense again.
ali was suddenly afraid that the girl would leave him again! he couldn't just let her go after all this time,
"this how about i stay with you? i am sure commander shiva wont refuse" ali suggested but leo frowned
"not to sound offending but your highness its not appropriate to stay with a lady at night." leo spoke, although his words were reasonable his tone wasn't, leo's tone clearly stated that he was clearly whining and even complaining wanting to not let faes go either. this tone angered ali
"i am not staying in the same room with her but a building, there are many other people in the building too. it should be appropriate no? and why is your highness not leaving yet?" ali glared at leo
"i was just wanting to discuss few things with ms faes" leo snapped back.
while the two boys glared and sneered at each other faes was amused that they were actually fighting to get her attention! this was something she wasn't used to and hence felt warmth inside knowing there are two people more who would like to keep her safe.
"shh!" faes silenced the two boys as their voices grew louder attracting attention and making sky squirm.
"it you both don't stop speaking and my sister wakes up then i am going to rough you both up badly understood?" faes spoke in a soft yet stern voice as the two boys nodded obediently. they didn't spoke more but still continued to glare at each other making faes sigh.
"see you later! good night" faes smiled at both of the boys who were still glaring at each other
"good night" the boys replied making faes chuckle silently as she entered the limo that commander shiva sent to pick her up. once she was inside she watched faes watched the boys realise that she actually left and glance at the leaving limo and faes waving at them with stunned expressions.
"its your fault!" leo pouted as ali glared at him. they couldn't do anything now that the person in question had left. hence they too left going to their respective hotels leaving their aide's snickering.