THE LAST HOBBIT'S

20 - Lunar Orchis

...'In a time when beauty fascinated everyone, only she felt nothing at all.'...

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The Lunar Orchis,

"We really came to this place?" Sofia smiled bitterly and gulped a few times. He was currently on the second floor in the Lunar Orchis building and saw the large-bodied people sitting on the bench next to him.

Sofia held her breath and again swallowed. He rubbed his neck in nervousness and then muttered, "It feels like we're wrapped around giants. I-I'm right, right?"

Sofia's words were not noticed by the two friends sitting beside her. The natur who had just first attended the auction looked very enthusiastic. The teenager got up and walked towards the ledge to see the stage on the ground floor, but was in the middle of this building.

"Cool..!" there are a lot of people coming. This room is also very large with shades of sky blue and golden. It was so luxurious and completely different from the front room he had gone through before.

Lunar Orchis does look like an old building that is mediocre when viewed from the front. The deep red color of the building was very unattractive and the inside was full of strange items, looking claustrophobic and more like a witch who sold junk.

With such a display, Natur did not expect that the Lunar Orchis had a middle room as big and grand as this. Even the vaulted ceiling display in the middle of this room is made of marble decorated with a lot of magic stones.

"That one magic stone is very expensive. His low level was sold for ten gold pieces. Oh my... Is the money I brought enough to buy ginseng water?" Nature blinked a few times. He was amazed before returning to his seat.

"Inhaling the air in this place makes me feel like a sultan," Natur opened his voice. He smiled and said, "Isn't this the scent of a rich man? I'm not even sure that the Elmora Kingdom palace has this kind of luxury."

Sofia heard it and looked over. He was annoyed, but his guts shrunk to pinch Natur because there were too many people and they seemed to have an unusual aura. Sofia could only bow while holding her hood.

"A-arslan..." Sofia called Arslan who was sitting next to her, but the 1.3-meter-tall young man looked down and muttered something.

"There are 50 guards in this place. There were 40 people standing guard outside. There were 10 entrances.1000 magic stones in the middle of the room.500 of them were at a high level. The witches on guard were those who were extremely crippled magicians and the capacity of this room reached 5000 people."

"Arslan, what are you muttering?" Sofia made a soft voice, but the figure nearby did not hear at all.

Arslan moved his finger as if he was counting, "Everyone in this room is someone with a lot of money. Seating on the first floor... There are at least rich merchants down there. On the second floor were those who were very confident with his money and there were special guests inside the secret room in this place."

"My time was only 5 minutes. The 1000 magic stones on that ceiling had to be destroyed. There is no way out, then it can only go through the roof and that means having to destroy the dome. I don't have flying magic, but...." Arslan turned to look at Natur then nodded slowly.

"Arslan, hey?" Sofia waved her hand in front of this short youth, but Arslan did not look at her at all. "You're why the hell?"

Arslan finally looked at Sofia and made the beautiful Elf flinch. Sofia was tense from being stared at so suddenly. He's not a voice, either, "W-what?"

"Now just how to get rid of you,"

"Huh? You want to get rid of me?" Sofia pointed at herself and blinked a few times.

"Tsk, you're so chatty."

"You-you why the hell? What's wrong with you?" Sofia scratched her head because she did not understand what Arslan was talking about.

Sofia will only talk back when she hears a drum that makes her shocked. The crowd was a sign that the auction was about to open.

Dots of light appeared in the middle of the stage and then solidified. Natur stood up to watch the dazzling thing in her eyes and made Sofia disturbed. The elf girl also pulled Natur's arm and patted the teenager back to sit down.

The sound of music is heard and other points of light are formed among the guests, even including in the presence of Arslan, Sofia, Natur and An. The giant from the viridis race was about to touch the light point in front of him, but the point immediately flew and gathered in the middle of the stage.

Sofia and Natur were also stunned. They watched as the dots of light spun and partially solidified, beginning to form several scarves in a soft white color.

One of the waving scarves turned a soft blue color. The scarf that is now changed into clothes and wrapped the body of the beautiful figure.

Sofia opened her mouth wide enough to witness how beautiful the subject she was seeing was now. The woman standing on the stage had brown-colored hair with beautiful eyes, a charming nose bridge, and beautiful lips.

The girl's clothes were very bold with a decoration in her hair. Sofia was again startled when she found out that the figure she saw was from the human race. He really did not expect that a creature that came from the human race could be this beautiful.

Sofia took a close look at the subject before starting to compare with her current appearance. His facial expression turned sullen as he touched his chest. He crossed his arms and snorted before finally returning to sit near Arslan.

"What's wrong with you?" Arslan opened his voice, he could see Sofia's expression that did not look good at all.

"No, it's just a personal matter." Sofia threw away her face. He blinked and looked back at the short-bodied young man beside him.

Sofia said, "Who do you think is prettier? Me or that woman?"

Arslan raised his eyebrows. He looked down at the ground floor with a calm face, he said. "I guess... Your jealousy of that woman's beauty is already the answer."

"Arslan," Sofia puffed her cheeks. He stared dejectedly at this short-bodied young man beside him before crossing his arms and snorting.

Sofia said, "What attracts from a girl in open clothes? Especially if you see a lot of people like that. Embarrassing,"

"He's got... Beautiful curves," Arslan said calmly and made Sofia stunned.

"Arslan, you're this-"

"And it seems..." Arslan interjected, "I guess in addition to seeing the items that will be auctioned. People also came to see the girl,"

"Arslan, I can't believe you're the same person as them." Sofia shook her head, "Basic is short, smelly, and perverted. You're shameless,"

"What's my fault...?" Arslan sighed and set his sights on Natur. He saw the teenager still standing and looked so attentive to the woman who was already like a prima donna in this place.

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People called for Helena's name and some even chanted words like, 'I love you', 'Marry me', 'Look at me', and 'Be mine'. Not even a few who say the word 'Very beautiful' and even Natur himself began to follow along.

"Wait another 3 years and I'll propose to you, Miss!"

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Sofia and Arslan were shocked by the call of Nature. The figure standing on the stage also seemed to hear this and then turned his head. He smiled and it just made Natur touch his chest.

"What's wrong with you?" Sofia asked as Natur turned around and stared at him. Arslan was astonished.

With a smile, Natur said. "I've found my future wife. Her smile shot me right in this place,"

Arslan shook his head slowly, while Sofia clucked a few times. The naturist sits down and never stops smiling. He even began to imagine a future with the woman he had only seen for the first time.

"This kid is getting crazy" Sofia whispered to Arslan. He noticed Natur and felt concerned about this new friend.

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