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It starts with 10000 gold.

The price is cheap considering the blood of the Wolf King, but they are merchants. A merchant is someone who makes profits in any situation.

There’s no way I’m offering a low price for no reason.

“Number 65! 10500 gold!”

“90 times! 11000 gold!”

“Number 5! 13000 gold!”

“Number 14! 13700 gold!”

“Number 11! 15000 gold!”

“Number 51! 17000 gold!”

“6, number 65! 17800 gold!”

“Number 51! 20000 gold!”

With the price doubling in an instant, the auction house is buzzing. A sinister smile appears on the host’s face.

Ah, that was it.

Auctions are ultimately an event that stimulates competition.

Set the offer price appropriately low so that as many people as possible bid for it.

They won’t like to lose. The demon race is born with a passion for victory that reaches the sky. If you look at it, there is not much difference between a power struggle with force and a money fight with financial resources.

The prices will skyrocket anyway, so the organizers have nothing to lose. If anything, I would have benefited from it.

As expected, the merchant group is truly interesting. If you bet on money, you become smarter than anyone else in the world.

I understand their feelings and feel the pleasure of fun.

Okay, then let’s see how far we can go.

“9, number 90! 21000 gold!”

“Number 37! 22000 gold!”

“Number 53! 24300 gold!”

“Number 76! 25000 gold!”

“Number 74! 27000 gold!”

It keeps going up without my intervention. However, it is still far from sufficient.

“27000 gold has arrived! Isn’t there someone next?”

“Number 1.”

Oh, yes.

“50000 gold.”

“““… … … !!”””

It’s finally here.

Lilith Klanine. Currently the eldest daughter of the Western Duke, she is a great female demon who becomes the Western Grand Duke and takes on the name of the Succubus Queen.

The auction house freezes as a cold voice penetrates my heart. The price was jumped nearly 5 times from the original price by just one person. Some give up, some grit their teeth, and some surrender for the not-so-small amount of money of 50,000 gold.

The host was also quite surprised, as he shouted loudly without even using a loudspeaker. Nevertheless, the voice itself was loud and clear.

“5, 50000 gold has arrived! Is there anyone else you would like to call?”

His eyes tremble. This is because they realized that the price they jumped at once broke the competitive spirit of others.

Of course, 50,000 gold is not a small price by any means, but it is the bloodline of the Wolf King. The price that the organizers expected would be at least 100,000 gold.

Think about it, a piece of dragon king Derous’ scale was sold for 4999 gold. And the Wolf King is a being who once faced Horus, the King of Dragons, who is on the same level as the Dragon King.

It’s a legendary story, and the bloodline may have faded a lot, but whatever.

And in fact, King Lua later becomes as strong as the Dragon King. It is not for nothing that it is nicknamed ‘the utopia of swordsmen in the shadows.’

It was Rua who assassinated the emperor of the empire, so what else do I need to say?

“(Try more, stimulate more! Don’t let the audience see it! Make them go wild!)”

In the silence that followed, the host looked towards the back of the stage and shouted with an urgent expression on his face.

As if they understood what he meant, one of those behind the stage picked up a long skewer, inserted it through the bars, and stabbed the wolf girl.

The girl, who was curled up with her head buried between her knees as if she were dead, reacted violently to that sharp stimulus.

“Kyaaaagh! Wow! Wow! Kkkk! Grrrr… !”

The girl instantly changed her posture to that of a wolf’s battle stance and glared forward with her back to the corner.

“Kung! Crrr! Kkkk! Grrrr… !”

The sight overflowing with barbarism passionately fascinated the hearts of the demons who were watching.

An indomitable fighting spirit that does not collapse even if the body is damaged or the heart is torn out. When the demon god created the demons in the beginning, he put the most effort into it.

Just now, the wolf girl vigorously pumped up the temperament of those demons.

“Keuuu… ! Number 73! 53000 gold! I have to buy that!”

“Number 44! 55000 gold! If you’re confident, come along!”

“Number 36! 56000 gold! Who knew you would be scared!”

“Number 24! 60000 gold! If you have the blood of a wolf king, that blood alone is valuable experiment material!”

Anyway, those guys who drain you to your core and the idiots who are dragged around here and there. I smiled at that funny sight.

“Number 1.”

“1, customer number 1?”

“100,000 gold.”

“… !”

That is, until I heard Lilith’s second offer.

At the enormous price of 100,000 gold, the host’s face gradually filled with joy. It’s because I got my money’s worth.

The auctioneers turned their heads and glared in the direction from which the sound came. I followed suit and turned my head.

“100,000 gold. Any objections?”

A girl with skin so white you could almost believe she was a snowflake, hair as black as snow, and eyes so red that blood seemed to flow.

At first glance, she looks similar to my sister Adela, but she is different. It feels different.

Adela is pale. The color of the face, the color of the face, everything is the same. But that succubus girl is not like that. The girl, dressed in a luxurious black dress and with several bodyguards by her side, exudes a haughty vibe.

The arrogant Demon World noblewoman, Lilith Klanine. A conscientious demon who owed a debt to a saint and forgot his duty as a demon in his previous life.

He looks similar to me in his age range. Approximately 15 to 16 years old in human terms? The Demon King and I and Lilith were around the same age. Actually, it would be between 9 and 10 years old.

Demons grow faster than humans. The calculation takes that into account.

“Li, Lilith! I’m here for some reason… !”

“Lilith? Lilith from the Duke of the West? shit… !”

“Ha… How can we beat the duke family with our capital… !”

“Damn… Even if I didn’t spend more than I planned because of that guy who said number 99 or something… .”

Almost all demons are frustrated in front of an insurmountable wall. The value of Lilith’s name, or more precisely, the ‘Klanine’ family that follows it, is so great.

The auction pattern in my previous life was similar to this.

What would you do if you dared to steal what Lilith Klanine wanted and incur a grudge against her? Ordinary demons cannot handle the wrath of one of the greatest families in the demon world.

It was not about money, but about giving in to the favor. It doesn’t look very good.

The virtue of auctions is that they only compete based on property and psychological warfare.

“Si, Sisi, 100,000 gold came out! Do you have any more-!”

The host, who has been promised the expected price, shouts excitedly. There are no demons reacting.

If this continues, Lilith’s winning bid is confirmed.

“Heh.”

Lilith, who rarely smiles, laughed for the first time in a while. It is a mocking smile.

It is also a smile filled with a sense of victory and superiority that hangs heavily at the auction house.

“Giggle.”

What should I do? I want to slap that arrogant nose.

If you act so arrogantly in front of a scoundrel like me, I have no choice.

“Hey, number 99.”

The man sitting next to me started talking to me. As he slowly turned his head, he shook his W-shaped mustache and spoke.

“You’ve been interfering in all kinds of auctions since before, but are you planning to keep your mouth shut this time?”

I answered in a sonorous voice.

“Giggle, I guess you were watching me carefully?”

“Because it stands out so much. That mask too.”

“It seems like I can’t hide my presence even if I try to hide it. Ah, this is definitely a pain in the ass. Why is Idazi feeling so good?”

“… And, even though they offered that much price, they never won a bid. As if the only goal is to raise the price.”

“Oh, you are correct? But, let’s talk about it a little later.”

“… ?”

“I have to auction it now. It’s not a fake like before, it’s a real auction!”

Before the host announces the successful bid, that is.

“Yes! Well, since no one is coming forward-! As it is, the descendants of King Lee will return to customer number 1… !”

“Number 99!”

Attention is focused. The spotlight that had only been shining on Lilith until now falls on me. I stood up proudly, spread my arms wide, and shouted.

“100,000 days of gold!”

“… ! I’m out! Customer number 99! Poetry, 100,000 days of gold!”

People who were just glaring at me until now are giving angry looks. I guess I didn’t know I had this much capital.

“Kkdeuk-.”

Or, it could be because it engraved gold in the pride of that arrogant succubus girl.

“Number 1, 110,000 gold.”

“Number 99! 11,000 gold!”

“Number 1. 130,000 gold.”

“Number 99! 130,000 gold!”

“Number 1. 150,000 gold… !”

“Number 99! 150,000 days of gold!”

The important thing is not to lose your composure.

In this way, we allow our young Lilith to feel the unknown fear of how much the author’s capital may be.

No matter how well you have been treated, there is still fear as you are a demon. We just can’t acknowledge it or realize it.

With only a bright smile on his face, he raises the price without any shade. What is important is the repetition of the 1 gold increase.

‘No matter what price you offer, I will only raise it by 1 gold. The psychological pressure of ‘You can’t beat me no matter what price I offer.’

The shredding method is the same, raising 1 gold each and competing all day… Would that proud Lilith tolerate that?

“Dare! You are rebelling against this Lilith Klanain, the heir of the Klanain family! Can you even have multiple lives?”

Lilith clenches her fists and gets angry at me.

I think he did that to the saint when he visited Tartarus.

It is a direct act of threatening that is not allowed in the sacred auction house, but the host is not so generous as to dare to stop Lilith.

Lilith knows that too, so she threatens him.

“Multiple? How can a demon have multiple lives?”

“Of course not! It means that you are not afraid of death!”

“Hahaha! As long as you don’t die, you can!”

“This guy! The moment you leave this auction house, your body and limbs will be torn apart!”

“Wow, are you being too cruel? But why are you talking so much? Are you not paying attention to the auction? Oh, are you already running late?”

“… ! Two hundred thousand! Two hundred thousand gold!”

Lilith, whose face turned red at my sarcasm, raised the price sharply. Are you trying to make us realize the difference in capital?

You will quickly realize that it is a pointless struggle. Lilith Klanine.

“Number 99! 200,000 days of gold!”

“Number 1! Two hundred and fifty thousand gold! Please keep following along! Until your assets disappear! I’ll beat you up!”

“Oh my! Are you going to eat me? I’m curious about a sweet night with a succubus, but… We are fluid! Forbidden Love! Unauthorized deviation!”

“… ! What, what, what nonsense! Moon, what a sweet night!”

“What? Are you sure you wanted a muddy night? Sigh, how am I supposed to demonstrate my superb technique again… But then, Lady Lilith won’t be able to forget her one night with me and won’t be able to faithfully fulfill her duties as a succubus… First of all, 250,000 gold!”

Lilith’s face, which had been filled with anger and bewilderment, gradually turned bright red. A haughty noble lady is unskilled at night life. This is no different from a succubus who feeds on men’s vital energy.

In addition, I am slowly starting to have doubts about my cheerful shouting, which does not show any hesitation.

It’s a lot of money, 250,000 gold is a lot of money, so how can you bet like it’s not that big of a deal? This can be read from Lilith’s expression.

You can also read the embarrassment that is not hidden. I was taken aback by the appearance of a different species that openly rebelled against me, who was an extremely rare species of natural monument beyond the greenhouse flower that no one had treated carelessly.

If it had been a grown-up Lilith who knew how to giggle and use a poker face, things wouldn’t have gone so smoothly. A child is a child?

*****

Noisy.

it hurts.

so painful.

scared.

Everyone, please stop.

10,000 gold coins, 100,000 gold coins… Why does something I can’t eat have the same value as me?

I am the king, the king of wolves.

You filthy demons are the ones who decide my value arbitrarily.

I’m going to kill them all.

Even though they are now trapped in a cold iron block, I will tear them all to pieces and kill them.

I’m going to kill you in the most horrible way in the world.

therefore.

Please stop before I kill you… .

so painful… … .