The auction ended and almost everyone left the building.
The only ones that remained were those who were here to claim the items they won on the auction. As such, Siphyr waited inside the room.
Ever since he entered, he never sat on the chair as Diane was sleeping on his back. He stood and waited for the pill he bid to come.
Knock! Knock!
A knock came from the door a few minutes later and a familiar voice called out to Siphyr.
"Esteemed Guest, I came to deliver the pill you have bidded for." She announced. A moment later Siphyr replied, "Please come in, the door is unlocked." He said and a click sounded from the door.
Opening the door was a woman with an above average face, she had black hair and big brown eyes, having the aura of a professional she was calm and elegant. However, after the moment she came in, her face that was previously calm and collected was immediately filled with shock.
"S- S- Senior Liliane?!! Greetings Senior Liliane!" She quickly fell to her knees bowing her head towards Liliane.
'Why is senior Liliane here? I thought she was always with the master.....' This was the moment realization came in.
The moment she saw Liliane she immediately bowed her head, giving up the chance to see the man behind her.
Then, her eyes move slowly and nervously, her anticipation rose to the max. She gulped and stopped, in front of her sight was a man's legs covered in a robe.
At this moment her heart beat faster than it ever had. Slowly, her head went up to look at the man and was met with a smiling gaze that pierced her heart.
"Greetings to you too, Lily's subordinate." He said whilst smiling brightly and her mind went overload.
'To call the leader, Lily, so casually and be accompanied by the leader's sister, senior Liliane... This man he's.....'
"Ah." She fainted from shock and the realization she had. After all, she had never thought that she would meet her master here.
"Liliane, why did she faint? I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything." He was confused and so he decided to ask Liliane who sighed in response.
"Haa... You see Siphyr, Lily's subordinates... To describe them in one sentence.... They're crazy for you."
"Is that so... Then, should I not reveal my identity to them?" He asked.
"No, it's fine. They're just shocked that's all and they've all been wanting to meet you for a long time. As you can see none of them ever came to visit you because they were afraid to bother you."
Hearing that they didn't visit him for the sake of not bothering him. His respect for them went up even more.
Then, he went his way and lifted the unconscious subordinate of Lily after throwing the jade gourd to Liliane.
He carried her like a princess and gently placed her down on the sofa in the side of the room.
"Well, let's wait for her to wake up." He said and sat on the sofa seeing that it could fit a few more people.
"Mmmph...?!" Diane was woken up by Siphyr sitting on the sofa as her face went deeper into his back.
Siphyr intended to do this as a way of waking her up for fun.
"Siphyr....?"
"Diane, the auction's over so get ready because after she wakes up we're going on a date!"
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Seconds passed and it soon turned into minutes before the Lily's subordinate woke up from fainting.
Her eyelids trembled and she slowly revealed her big and round brown eyes. Then, she mumbled in a daze, half awake.
"Was I dreaming? Ah.... I- I thought I'd finally gotten a chance to see the master...." She lamented in her own misfortune before sitting in an upright position on the sofa.
Afterwards, she looked to her side feeling someone's gaze upon her. At the same time, she once again almost fainted from shock.
"M- Master...?" She asked, perplexed by the situation in hand. Her mind currently was in a mixture of emotions.
"Master....? Liliane why do they keep calling me that?" Siphyr questioned and Liliane answered him with a wry smile.
"Don't worry about it, just let them call you that. You will naturally know the reason why when you visit Lily."
"Oh, okay. So, what's your name Lily's subordinate?" He asked for her name. The girl then stuttered to reply.
"I- I am Jing Yui, master and I am honored to finally meet you in person! I've been waiting for this moment ever since the leader saved me!" She once again fell to her knees on the sofa and kowtowed towards Siphyr.
He felt awkward by this and gestured to her to raise her head. "Please raise your head... Jing Yui, I'm just here to pass the time before I meet my fiancee." He said to her.
Jing Yui raised her head by then and sat in a formal manner on the sofa. Her movements were stiff as she was quite nervous being near Siphyr.
Seeing her stiff reactions, Siphyr sighed and unconsciously patted her head as if he was comforting a little girl.
'I did it unconsciously because she looked like a puppy who got scolded. I hope she doesn't feel uncomfortable by it.' He thought to himself and his guess wasn't far from the truth.
Currently, the girl was feeling overwhelming emotions of joy and she wanted to enjoy this sensation even longer.
However, a few seconds later, Siphyr removed his hand and got off the sofa. He then went towards the door.
"I'll get going now and tell the owner to get the gold from my father for me, I'll visit you again once I get the chance, Jing Yui. See you!"
As he said that, Diane walked behind him and started latching herself on his back. Siphyr waited for her to finish and left the room but before that he threw something towards Lily's subordinate.
It was a gift similar to the one he had given Maya.
Left behind, Jing Yui stared at the gift in her hand before closing the door to the room. It was soundproof so she began screaming to the top of her lungs in joy as she reached out her hands towards the ceiling.
"HELLLL YEAAAHHHH!!! I JUST GOT A GIFT FROM MY BELOVED MASTER!!!"
After screaming her lungs out she placed the gift inside her ring for safe keeping. She looked at her ring with a bright smile for a few moments before cheerfully walking out of the room, whistling and skipping in the hallway.
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Extra: Letter of Debt
On another note, a few days later, Siphyr's father received a letter from the auction house.
It was the debt Siphyr owed, but instead of getting angry he cried tears of joy.
"Honey! Our son finally used his father's money, my gold coins for himself!"
He was quite happy by this incident as Siphyr never really requested that much towards them.