Juliet ; I don't understand. Miss.

Nana spreads the cream over her arms " Ruin. Back. Back. "

Ruin helps her to spread it.

Juliet ; I can do it.

Ruin ; it's ok. You're holding onto the tray of tea and cookies.

Nana : done ?

Ruin : yup.

She wears her dress back " thank you. "

Juliet: he cheated on you. Had sex with another woman. How could you forgive him so easily?

Nana : then should I kill Allison once she births the baby ? She's useless after that anyway. Not to mention she might be...

Ruin ; I'm pretty sure she is. I can tell.

Nana ; you can ?

Ruin ; she's not a good person.

Nana : that's not grounds. I see a lot of bad people.

Ruin : Juliet thinks she's not a good person too. This type , usually are always trouble .

Juliet ; she is trouble!
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Pinlana was Nana's information broker in some sense. She helped to collect information and organise them only for Nana.

She knocked onto Lent's hotel room. Lent opens up " errr...."

Pinlana ; Pinlana.

Lent ; oh! Sorry. Don't think I saw you many times. You brought information?

Pinlana : yes. Miss says to look into a blade. A short sword. Anything in Shadenia's black market that is either very known or kept away from eyes because it's too precious.

Lent ; that sounds like a tall order.

Pinlana : the library sprites I'm linked up with have information on the past. Not new ones or coming ones. So... There is one.

Lent ; oh great. I shall call Yui.

Pinlana: I don't want to see him. Let me in. I'll tell you.

Lent let's her in " it's about the Allison thing ? "

Pinlana : I despise him.

Lent : oh...

Pinlana: what oh ? Intelligence keeper can't have emotions ? Can't judge ?

Lent ; I... Didn't say that.

Pinlana opens the fridge " ooh. Mini cocktail. I like this one."

Lent : and I have to pay for that...

Pinlana unscrews the cap and takes a sip " uuu strong. "

Lent information?

Pinlana; right. Um... So. There is one short sword that used to be known in the hands of a trade dealer. Dalius.

Lent ; ok... That sounds about right.

Pinlana: he spread news it was for sale and claimed it was the sharpest blade ever and could cut anything. It could cut so cleanly not even blood could stain it.

Lent : who's the buyer.

Pinlana takes another gulp " don't know. News was it was never sold."

Lent : that's not useful.

Pinlana ; the name of the short sword was carved on its handle. Evas . Now... There is one collector who collects all kinds of Knicks knacks. Cursed things. Old things. All kinds. Often buy stuff off the black market.

Lent ; you think it's him ?

Pinlana : oh. We sent a sprite. We're sure is there.

Lent : and you couldn't steal it ?

Pinlana downs the entire bottle " lots of magic traps and barriers. Our sprite sneaked it by being in the pocket of one of the security guards. "

Lent : I see. Thanks for the info. We'll think of what to do next. What's the name of this collector?

Pinlana : Kelix Hid .

Lent ; I see. Thank you.

Pinlana wipes her mouth " one more. You owe us now. He holds an auction annually. Whatever the audience asks for sale. He usually sells. To get in... Haha. You need a recommendation. Someone who went to the auction before. "

Lent ; we will owe you two. You know someone who went ?

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Lent passes the letter to Yui . He takes it " this is a nice envelope." He takes a little smell " perfume."

Lent stops the car and she comes down. So does Yui from the passenger seat. The valet comes to take over the car.

They were presented with a white mansion with a red carpet leading in.

They walked up the stairs and presented their envelope. The bouncer takes it " this isn't our invitation. Ours comes in a specific envelope and card.

Lent : it's not for you. It's a specific letter for your Master. Special recommendation your Master will be sure to recognise. He promised so.
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After a while, a different personnel came out and said a few things to the bouncer. The man nodded and let the two in. "Welcome to the Hid Auction."

As they walked tbrought the doors and further down but not even into the hallway, a man appeared.

" You are her special guests ? You two are ?"

Yui ; Yui and Lent.

" I see. Relationship is ?"

Lent ; daughter and that's the husband.

" I see. I am Mr Hid. Welcome. "

Lent ; the owner ?

Kelix ; ah. You must mean my young looks. The long life is due to an artefact I maintain. The looks are simple solutions I purchased from Miss Nana.

Yui ; she sold that to you ?

" the recipe. Yes. " He stood a step closer to Yui and sniffs around a little " you don't have it on you..."

Yui ; have what ?

Kelix ; the perfume. She used it on the envelope. She must have kept it. I thought she used it on herself too so it stained onto it. I did make it so that it would linger easily and strongly. Unless... You're not her husband.

Lent ; she rarely buys any , not to mention actually uses it.

Kelix : so sad. And here I thought she would finally think of using one. So she used it just to garner my attention.

Lent : any benefits for us ?

Kelix ; I will give you one chance to make me sell something I don't want to sell.

Lent : thank you.

Yui ; so how did you meet her ?

Kelix ; in my auction at Dewery. I have a few houses. She was a woman hard to ignore . Buying several of my items just to catch my attention. She needed me to sell an item I didn't want to.

Yui : I see.

Lent : but she always gets her way.

Kelix ; oh she does . Despite I have several wives , she's still one of the woman I think off time to time. Never getting makes you want it more huh.

Lent ; wait. You asked her before ?

Kelix : she rejected , said her heart was with only one man. I thought it was her guard Guseppi at that time. He did protect and take care of her well.

Yui smirked a little.

Lent noticed " that's my mother. We will go take a seat."

Kelix ; yes. Please do. I will watch from my own seat.

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Yui and Lent were escorted to a table. Their table was number 17. Lent took out one of the bid card out of the slot " we have money right ?"

Yui ; Joy will take care of it. Worse come to worse...

Lent : ask mama for help ?

Yui ; I'll steal it .

Lent ; oh.

" Didn't think this was your kind of thing. Yui. "

Yui turned around " tsk. "

Lent : Neva.