The Gothic Lolita outfit that the scoundrel brought was quite uncomfortable to wear.
If there hadn’t been several people around to help me, including Erin, I wouldn’t have dared to put it on.
“This is a nice outfit. It’s clear the artisan put a lot of thought into it.”
It’s better than something cheap.
But why is something like this here?
None of you would wear such clothes.
The more I thought about it, the more I wondered if this was the scoundrel's personal taste?!
As my evaluation of the scoundrel fell in my heart, Erin and the people from the Newman family kept working without stopping, and before long, my disguise was complete.
In the mirror that the scoundrel had brought, I looked like a somewhat gloomy beautiful girl.
My long red hair was hidden beneath the hat,
My sharp gaze was concealed by the brim,
I wore colored contact lenses to change my eye color,
And with makeup to pale my skin, I had transformed into a completely different person.
How is it that just by touching a few things, I changed so much?
I looked like an entirely different person!
Though the scoundrel is a disgusting pervert, perhaps his eye for fashion and skill are genuine.
As I turned to check if the outfit was properly worn, I couldn't help but let out a gasp of admiration.
...It does suit me well.
I looked like a living doll.
While I was admiring my reflection, the silly fox beside me licked his lips.
“Ooooh. This one is quite... slurp.”
‘Can you tone it down a bit?...’ “Hey, silly fox. You better behave before I toss you into the laundry of the Alrn Knights!”
“How horrible!”
Of course, my voice, tone, and actions remained unchanged.
With the Mesugaki skill active, how could they change?
The scoundrel seemed to expect this, as before heading to the auction house, he asked me to keep a few things in mind.
Don’t speak. Don’t act in front. If you have something to say, write it in a notebook and show it.
In summary, until I exit the auction house, I was to stand behind the scoundrel and the others like a puppet.
Easy enough. All I had to do was stand still.
Porcel and the members of the Newman family, who didn’t know me well, looked at me anxiously, but those who knew me well, like Erin, weren’t worried at all.
I wasn’t the old Lucy anymore. There was no way I’d ruin it by suddenly acting out while simply standing still.
<You seem anxious.> ‘Grandfather? You don’t trust me?!’ Why are you like this, of all people?!
You know me better than anyone else!
<That’s exactly why.> ‘What’s wrong with me?!’ I felt unjustly wronged but my grandfather didn’t offer any rebuttal.
Hmph. If you have nothing to say, you’re just being unreasonable.
Look! During this auction, I won’t say a word!
Even outside the base of the Newman family, while walking through the streets, I attracted the attention of various people.
However, the meaning of those gazes was different from before. When I walked outside in Lucy’s form, there was fear etched on people’s faces.
But now it was different.
Simply having the name Lucy Alrn disappear changed people’s gazes to ones filled with goodwill.
I guess this is the power of a high charm stat.
However, this high charm stat doesn’t always have a positive impact.
The charm held by someone who looks weak tends to attract bad intentions.
Among the crowd, I spotted a man reaching out his hand toward me.
Just an ordinary piece of trash.
A mob that I could play around with using just one hand in my current state.
Avoiding his outstretched hand wouldn’t have been hard, but I didn’t move.
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I had promised to do this, and I had some faith in myself.
“Do you want to die?”
Just as I disguised myself, both Porcel and Erin had minimally disguised themselves as well.
Unlike Lucy, whose traits were strong, they were easy to disguise.
With Porcel transforming into a burly man with a nasty impression and Erin appearing as a quiet and potentially irritable woman, the man flinched as they glared at him, causing him to fall to the ground.
Thanks to the intimidation Porcel displayed, after that one line, a path naturally opened, and I hid behind the others and moved forward.
<You said you didn’t want this, but you seem surprisingly calm.> ‘What can I do?’ If I don’t do this, I won’t be able to enter the auction house, so I’ve resigned myself.
Besides, right now, I’m not Lucy Alrn but a completely different person.
If it’s a fleeting daydream, what’s the point of holding it in my heart?
<What’s your true intention?> ‘I feel like I’m going to die of embarrassment.’
Even now, I feel regret about once every second.
Why is everyone looking over here?!
The same people who couldn’t even make eye contact with me when I was myself!
Ah. I want to finish this quickly and toss this outfit away!
As I sulked inwardly while walking, I soon caught sight of the auction house.
Entering the auction house wasn’t too difficult.
The scoundrel standing at the front presented a complex noble name to the guard and introduced us, and the guard, clearly familiar with the scoundrel, let us in without suspicion.
Perhaps due to the imminent start of the auction, the inside of the auction house was bustling with people.
Among them, many gazes touched and then quickly passed over me.
Admiring glances of beauty. Curiosity about which noble house I belonged to. Sticky gazes continuing in silence.
My sharpened senses from numerous trainings didn’t miss any of those.
Hmm. I think I understand now why grandfather couldn’t stay quiet.
“Here, Lady. You can go inside now.”
The scoundrel, who had a somewhat sloppy impression, worked quickly and efficiently.
He led us to a private room in the auction house.
A place where we could be away from the crowd and relax.
“You can let your guard down here, but please refrain from speaking loudly. We never know who might hear us.”
Having escaped from the crowd to a degree, I exhaled a long sigh as I leaned back against the chair.
“Greetings! I am Frug, the host for this auction!”
Before long, the curtain in the middle of the auction house rose, revealing a man.
The middle-aged man, with an impressive neat mustache, announced the beginning of the auction in a clear voice that penetrated the ears.
In the early stages of the auction, the items up for bidding were mostly luxuries that the old Lucy would have gone crazy for.
In other words, they were luxury goods. Rings and necklaces adorned with rare jewels. Just things like that.
The noblewomen participating in the auction tossed in gold coins, but I merely watched with boredom.
From a gamer’s perspective, such items were just junk.
As the early stages passed, only then did some worthwhile items emerge.
Among them were things I had intended to give as gifts to others.
However, even those I passed up.
To save my budget for any unforeseen circumstances.
As I waited, waited, and waited some more, the item I had longed for finally appeared.
The Tablet that Shines when Infused with Divinity.
“This tablet is no ordinary item. When one devotes their faith into it, it shines with a warm light. This is a product infused with the will of the omniscient and omnipotent deity. Also, if you look here, there are words engraved from a distant past that remain clear...”
The host was doing his best to package the item to sell it expensively, but I didn’t listen.
Instead, I activated my emotional skill.
Though there was quite a distance from the stage of the auction to me, my emotional skill, honed over a long time, did its job.
[The Tablet that Shines when Infused with Divinity.] [The Tablet that shines brightly when infused with divinity. Engraved on it is a phrase: ‘Protect and guard.’]
As I read that phrase with wide eyes, I couldn’t help but clench my fists in delight.
That’s a key.
A key to obtain a hidden item.
An item to unlock a door that exists in a place so ordinary that none of the players would think there’s anything there.
I had the resolve to create an embarrassing history while wearing Gothic Lolita! I did well!
If I had run away out of embarrassment, I wouldn’t have obtained that precious item!
With that conviction, I pulled on the scoundrel’s collar, and he whispered to me.
“That item will likely be quite expensive. How far can you go?”
‘Three hundred gold.’ “Three hundred gold.”
This money was extorted from the Georg family.
After all the trouble I went through because of their son, and after saving them from the crisis of Menestale’s destruction, I asked for this.
Originally, I planned to take a reasonable amount, but with Karia intervening in the negotiation, things changed.
Once a ruler of the kingdom’s underworld, Karia was extremely accustomed to dealing.
She asserted her position as my proxy and sucked the lifeblood from Count Georg.
As a result, I received various potions, scrolls, enchanted items, and even a huge amount of gold from the Georg family.
Back then, I thought it was too excessive, but now the story is different.
The rewards that Karia brought with her were now supporting me.
“Will you definitely purchase it?” ‘Of course.’ “Are you saying that as a joke?”
“I understand.” “True to the divine objects, the starting bid is high! We will begin at ten gold!”
The auction price rises sharply.
An item that started at ten gold quickly reached a price nearing one hundred, and before I realized it, it had arrived at two hundred.
By that time, those targeting me were starting to feel the burden of holding up their signs.
The scoundrel, seeing that, raised his sign proudly and shouted.
“Two hundred and fifteen!” “Two hundred and fifteen gold has been offered!”
As the price shot up in an instant, the signs in the auction house began to lower one by one from the seats.
Though I’m not sure why, the scoundrel’s shout seemed to have broken the purchasing spirit of those around me.
“Is there anyone else? I’ll call the name three times from now! Two hundred and fifteen!”
Two hundred and fifteen gold, huh?
That’s a hefty expense, but it’s fine.
If I consider it the price of obtaining that tablet, it’s not too bad. Ah, this will mean I’ll have a lot to do during the vacation.
“Two hundred and fifteen!”
After buying Benedikt’s gift, I’ll ask to go on another trip with it.
Ah. With my current state, will that even be possible?
Hmm. In that case...
“Two hundred and...” “Two hundred and fifty.”
While I was assured that the tablet would be in my hands and was brainstorming, someone raised their sign from one side of the auction house.
Two hundred and fifty gold?!
Are you raising the price by that much all at once?!
Even the host seemed surprised, and just as the auction house fell into silence, I concentrated on my divinity and confirmed who was holding the sign.
To find out who my rival was.
And the moment I spotted the woman sitting upright with a solemn expression in the private room, I cursed inwardly.
Isabel Artea.
The mistress of the Artea territory, which faces the coast, and someone who has amassed immense wealth through her business ventures.
Though she has been criticized for her un-noble greed, she shows that most matters in this world can be resolved with money.
And the biggest trait.
If it’s an item related to the deity, she has a tendency to obsessively collect them.
...
This is going to be a problem, isn’t it?