Chapter 678 Night market
[Eon's POV: ]
"The way she chose you as her sponsor was quite unexpected for all of those people, you know? I quite liked the response Lady Carolina had when Mia said she would have as her sonser even after that weak ass speech of yours."
"It wasn't weak, alright? It was just right for her mind and heart to accept me without much thinking. It has taken me a while to condition her, you know?"
"So, you conditioned her to accept you subconsciously? Bad bastard, hehe. Condition me for some things as well, hehehe."
"Well, fuck girl. There are people around you. Mind your words a little."
Vice president has a sudden surprised look on her face after she heard Rein say those things. There was also a little worry and envy, but, the way she got jealous becuse of her words was satisfying~.
"And you, bastard. I can see the hidden smirk you are making! Stop that!"
She shouted at me and almost broke down the ornament in her hand, giving the shop owner a subtle heart attack.
"And you! I will buy everything if it breaks because of me so don't be scared like that!" She shouted at the normal shop owner of this jewellery stall and since she had almost broken a few things already, with some stuff being damaged beyond repair, she was going to pay for a lot of things.
However, even after his worries, he couldn't say anything to this disguised vice president of ours. He was hella afraid of her from what he had seen her do to those regular thugs a while back.
"Hump! Zod! Come here! Tell me what looks good on me!"
"Yes, yes…"
She was also a difficult one to handle, the tired look on president's face said everything.
'He must be regretting his suggesting to go for a walk in the night market before heading to the auction house site. Poor student council president.'
We finished our talk with Miss Mia and her companions a while back and since the talk had went on for too long, it was late. Miss Mia stood her ground better than I had expected again those people, but, when talking with me, her confidence, attitude, and resolve didn't work that well.
She gave us too many openings and since I alredy had upper hand, when I see the triggers, she couldn't even fight back against her own mental actions.
'She did well, but, she can do better than this.'
Her will to be with us instead of the others was quite strong at the end though. Others were pretty surprised since they had put every word better than me, with their offerings being far better than what I was expecting.
"Rein? Any suggestions?"
"Nah, both are bad. How about you try that design~?"
"Yes~!"
We all finished our talk with about what she should do with her unique creation and how she should go about the thihngs that might not only affect the stability of the political circles but also the working functionality of the world governments.
'Miss Mia didn't need long chats after hearing all that I had to say and all that I could provide them. It was an easy decision, and she chose me.'
That thing ended there, and since it was too late today, we postponed our dinner talk to tomorrow. It would be the second day of the alchemy competition and things were going to be very exciting with the actual challenges…
"Oy, you. Come here. Tell me what you want from these things. You won the bet so you get to have something from me."
"Oho? Such honourable offer to this lowly soul? How can I possibly reject such precious offer, vice president~."
"Yeah yeah. Shut your trap. Tell me what you want before I change my mind."
"Haha, of course~."
It was late night already so it was time to do the second main work we had come here for, the student council work that the headmaster requested from us specifically.
'The two of us were busy with the competition and the other things the whole day while president, wise president, miss Moon, and many of Celes' familiars were looking for the clues relating to that cult of demonic humans all over this city.'
According to what we discussed over our own dinner, they had also found substantial evidence of their activities in this city, and Celes even managed to spot a few of them in their signature hoods, however, they somehow managed to slip away from her.
'We knew for now that the opponents we were going to face weren't the usual demonic humans that we usually fight, and their numbers weren't that high either.'
If they managed to slip from all of them, then it certainly meant those were the elites of their cult and since we didn't find any evidence of a base with concentrated demonic energy anywhere around, or under this city, those people had not made their base anywhere near the city.
'In conclusion, the demonic human were only here to retrieve some items. And according to our leads, they were most probably after something that would appear in the grand underground auction that would start in a while.'
According to me, there was a chance that they were after that half demon girl that was with Prince Charles, so, just as a safety measure, we had stationed Miss Moon near her with some of Celes' clones keeping a constant eye on the girl.
'My background check on her confirmed she was no threat so for now, we were assuming she isn't working with the demonic human bastards in any way.'
We might be wrong, perhaps, we couldn't tell until we grab one of those cultists and get everything out of him. But before we go to the auction to do that, we were here in the night markets at the suggestion of President Zodiac before the auction started.
And, well, this was nice…
"This one will look good on you, right darling?"
"Hmm~? Yes~! This is lovely~!"
We were at a normal roadside shop in casual clothing and a unique disguise and, vice president was buying us seashell jewellery.
They weren't pricy or anything, nothing compared to we usually wear, but, they were pretty, and she was the one buying for us, so, we obviously had no reason to deny her generous gifts.
"Oyyy! I said I would buy it for you! Not for her! And besides, I had that one in mind for her since we came here!"
She snatched the small necklace with a crystal like pink shell and without asking for Rein's permission, she tied it around her neck.
"Perfect! Now it's yours~."
"T-that one is a special-"
"How much for it?"
"It isn't for-"
The shop owner certainly was wary of her however, he was also afraid of her her after she brutally, one sidedly beat a dozen of strong men that were causing a ruckus at this very shop.
"Just tell me the price."
"Haaaa… miss. I would know the price of that piece of I knew it, however, I wasn't the one that made this. I had found it a long time ago and had it on display for more than a decade now.
It's not for sale, however, if I ever have to put a price on it, I would say it's at least a hundred gold coins.
I know it's absurd pricing some simple piece that-"
"Here. I will give you this platinum coin for everything we purchased today with a strong anti theft spell cast on it. This should be enough, right~?"
She just tapped the shoulder of the guy and, with a cheerful smile on her face, she dragged us all towards our next location, leaving the old guy and his stall alone with the platinum coin that was ten times more than what he was asking for this pretty crystal necklace.
He didn't know the price of this piece in the first place so it was understandable he was only asking a hundred gold for something worth hundreds of it time that number.
"Lucky you, Rein. You should thank vice president for gifting you the special treasure of the sea."
"Hehe, yes~! Thanks Del~."
Rein hugged her and even kissed her cheeks. Something that certainly was worth more than a few platinum coins to her.
"Ha-hahaha… yes, yes. T-that was nothing."
And, seeing a blush on vice president's face was something President Zodiac enjoyed quite a lot.
It was very rare expression anyway so, as her closest friend, he loved it every time she had this expression.
"Well, it was an unexpected sight to see something like this in that normal small stall, but it would certainly be more useful to miss Uriel. We don't see a finely crafted shell of a [Pink sea angelfish]. Their extremes rareness is what makes these things a 'treasure' of deep waters."
The creature this material comes from is perhaps the rarest kind of deep sea creature that few in the world had ever seen with their own eyes.
Just seeing that (Purple) rank creature is called a legendary experience for the people interested in sea and waters, so, possessing something crafted from the shell of one of those creatures of legends is not something that happens everyday.
'Besides, only a grandmaster or higher level craftsman could work on that material, so, the fact that something like that was present in a place like that, was a surprise in itself.'
Well, we got lucky ultimately.
"How about we go the auction site now?"
"No! Let's go there first~!"
Rein dragged vice president to another shop, and, with a powerless expression, we followed behind those ladies.
They were going from one place to the other in this pretty night markets full of pretty lights, crowds of various people, sounds of night and bargains, and much more in this fine night for a while now.
We have work to do tonight.
"Stop Rein! Slow down please!"
Tonight was going to be a long one as well…
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