Chapter 655 Borrowing Money
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"System Task: Take a picture of the stone statue of the god in front of you!"
"Mission reward: 20 energy points!"
If it weren't for the ridiculously brief task prompt that was completely inconsistent with the system's previous style, Gervis would naturally not have any interest in this stone statue.
Ever since Gervis came to the Holy Continent, the system seemed to have hidden itself away, without any sense of existence.
Now, a task has been actively issued for this stone statue. Although the task reward Gervis is not very attractive, he still needs to choose carefully.
So Gervis turned his attention to the auction venue.
Just as Laci had said before, although this stone statue was only worth 5,000 gold coins, no one in the audience opened their bid at this time.
The rules of this auction in another world are that if no one bids for about two minutes, the item will be unsold and the next item will be auctioned.
Gervis calculated that there was about half a minute left. If no one spoke up, he would make his bid.
Although he has no gold coins on him now, he can go to Adela to borrow some in Harry's identity later. It seems that he can borrow 5,000 gold coins from Adela with Harry's face.
As for Lach, it should be no problem to borrow 500 gold coins from him, but he couldn't take out 5,000 gold coins.
Just like that, Gervis was about to make his bid when he suddenly heard someone in the audience speak first.
"I'll offer 5,100 gold coins!"
When Gervis heard the voice, he immediately looked in the direction where the voice came from and found that the person who was bidding was sitting in the hall on the first floor. This person must have been curious about the stone statue and chose to bid when he saw that no one was competing.
At this time, many people in the venue looked at the person who started the bidding like fools.
Just when they were watching that guy's show, the second idiot appeared.
"I'll offer 5,300 gold coins!"
Gervis knew he couldn't wait any longer, so he started bidding immediately and added two hundred gold coins at once.
As Gervis's words spread, everyone turned away from the previous man and looked at the second idiot in surprise.
Anyone who knows about this stone statue will not bid for it again. And several people who frequently attend the auctions of the Sacred Trading Company also know that this stone statue has been unsold two or three times. Although the starting price has been getting lower and lower, it has never been sold. Unexpectedly, two fools came out to bid today.
"Harry, you're crazy! That's 5,300 gold coins!"
Hearing the sound of bidding coming from beside him, Laci turned around and looked at Gervis with wide eyes.
He was just worried that Harry would be interested in the stone statue because of the deeds of the Golden Shield family, so he mentioned a lot of negative examples and gave some warnings.
But I didn't expect that I couldn't stop Harry!
At the same time, Adela also met Gervis and Laci. When she saw that the second person who made a bid was Gervis, a strange look appeared in her eyes.
"The magician offered 5,300 gold coins. Is there anyone who wants to raise the price?"
"5300 gold coins for the first time!"
"5300 gold coins for the second time!"
"5300 gold coins for the second time!"
Bang!
"Congratulations to the magician at position 56 for buying this stone statue for 5,300 gold coins!"
The first person who opened the bidding did so because he saw that no one else was bidding, so he thought of buying the stone statue for more than 5,000 gold coins to study it and try his luck.
But Gervis added 200 gold coins as soon as he opened his mouth, as if he was determined to get the stone statue, so he naturally would not continue to offer a higher price.
When the third hammer in the host's hand fell, the stone statue was bought by Gervis for 5,300 gold coins.
"Laki, when the servants bring the auction item, ask them to wait for a moment. I'll go borrow some money from Adela!"
When Gervis saw two servants carrying the statue of the god down the platform and coming towards him, he whispered something to Laci.
"Harry, you..."
Lachi felt sorry for Gervis because he had lost 5,300 gold coins. But when he heard that Harry even had to borrow gold coins from Adela to pay for the stone statue, his tone suddenly froze and he didn't know what to say.
"I'm leaving!"
Naturally, Gervis couldn't tell the real reason why he took the picture of the statue of the god, so he didn't explain much. He said something to Laci again, and then Gervis went directly to where Adela was.
"Adela!"
Since they were on the same floor, Gervis only took a few steps to reach where Adela was and shouted to her in a low voice.
Adela had been observing Gervis before, so she naturally saw Gervis coming towards her.
Although he was a little confused as to why classmate Harry was walking towards him, he smiled and said to Gervis.
"Harry, I didn't expect you to come to the auction. Do you have something to talk to me about?"
"It's like this, Adela. I just took a picture of that stone statue, but I don't have that many gold coins on me right now, so I want to borrow 5,300 gold coins from you. Don't worry, I will definitely return it to you within three days."
"Ah! You took a picture of that stone statue when you had no gold!"
Even though Adela and Gervis were very familiar with each other, she was still surprised by his action.
What kind of mentality would allow someone to do such a thing? This was completely different from the impression Harry had given her before.
At this time, Edward finally turned his gaze over and looked at Gervis carefully.
In Waddington's reports these days, it was the student named Harry who had the closest contact with Adela. However, Harry was only an apprentice magician a few days ago, so it was naturally impossible for him to be the one who prepared the potion.
Hearing that he took pictures of the things and then asked his granddaughter to borrow gold coins, Edward was thoughtful.
The reason why Gervis did this was either because he saw something special about the statue, or he was just a heartless dreamer.
Judging from what Waddington said last time, this Harry, who dared to face hundreds of orcs alone as a rear guard, should not be the kind of person with a weak mind who wants to gamble his luck with the stone statue.
If it was the other possibility, it also didn't make sense, because even he couldn't see what was special about the stone statue, so he didn't believe that the junior magician in front of him could see it.
"Meet Duke Edward!"
When Gervis saw Adela's grandfather looking over, he immediately called out respectfully.
Since he and Adela were friends, and Edward was his elder, Gervis was naturally very polite.
"Well, you are Adela's classmate, right? I'll lend you 5,300 gold coins! Come and sit for a while!"
Hearing Gervis's greeting, Edward spoke in a calm tone.
Gervis didn't quite understand what Edward meant. Why did he ask to lend him gold coins? He was thinking about whether to agree or not, but Adela spoke up.
"Grandfather, Harry is borrowing money from me, so naturally I am the one lending it to him!"
When Adela heard what her grandfather said, she didn't know what he meant, but when she saw that Harry was a little hesitant, she spoke immediately.
"Haha! Okay, okay! Adela, you borrow it!"
When Edward heard what Adela said, he immediately laughed and did not refute.
He didn't have any interest in it, but he wanted the young man named Harry to come over and sit for a while so that he could investigate the matter carefully. After all, he was the only young man he had seen who was closest to Adela.
As for borrowing gold coins, he knew that with his granddaughter's character, if a friend who was recognized by her came to borrow money from her, let alone 5,000 gold coins, she would probably lend it out even if it was 10,000 gold coins as long as there was a legitimate reason.
So he just used the topic of borrowing money to ask Harry to come over and sit for a while.
"Thank you, Duke Edward. I'll come over after I pay the gold coins!"
"Thank you Adela!"
Although he didn't understand Edward's intention, Gervis naturally couldn't refuse the invitation from the elders, and finally agreed.
"Harry, this is 5,300 gold coins, keep it!"
At this time, Adela had taken out a small wooden treasure chest and three small black purses from the space ring, and then placed them in front of Gervis.
"She is indeed a little rich woman!"
Seeing the small treasure chest on the ground, Gervis immediately recalled the scene when he first met Lolita.
At that time, Lolita took out several piles of gems from the storage space and used them as stones to break the magic circle, and at this time, Adela had the same idea!
Holding the small wooden box and three small purses silently, Gervis left where Adela was amid the strange looks from the people around him.
After returning to his original position, Gervis saw two servants from the Holy Trading Company waiting with a tray containing a stone statue.
Gervis didn't say much. After checking that the stone statue was the same as before, he handed the small wooden box and the three purses to the two servants.
After the two servants left, Gervis carefully looked at the statue of the god in his hand, and Lachi also took a moment to look at it, but in the end he didn't find anything strange, so he withdrew his gaze.
There is nothing strange about holding this statue in the hand, it is no different from an ordinary stone sculpture.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s been stained by the aura of the gods, but this statue of the god is very complete, with no signs of weathering at all.
As for whether this statue is a fake, not to mention that the system has already given a hint, the reputation of the Holy Trading Company itself is enough to make everyone believe that it must have come from a ruin somewhere in the Land of the Fallen Gods.
The reason why Gervis had checked before was that he was worried that the items might have been replaced by others along the way.
"The statue's armor is really beautiful. Hmm, there seems to be a spear on its back. This is quite rare!?"
The face of the god statue is that of a handsome middle-aged man. The texture of the armor on his body is clear and carved very delicately, and there is a bayonet on his back.
In this strange world, most of the titled knights that Gervis had seen were holding long swords, except for the cavalry who used bayonets.
So when nobles made their own statues or paintings, most of the time they had a long sword hanging from their waists. But this god was not like that. No long sword was seen on his waist. The only thing he had on his back was a bayonet that could be divided into two parts.
Although it was strange, after checking it for a while and finding nothing else strange, Gervis pretended to put it into his sleeve, but actually put it into his space ring.
"Larch, Duke Edward told me to go sit with him for a while. Do you want to come with me?"
"Ah? I'd better forget it!"
When Ratch heard Gervis' question, he was very surprised that Edward invited Harry to sit over.
He actually wanted to go there too, after all, Adela was there.
But thinking of the presence of Duke Edward, Lach wisely chose to stay away.
"Okay, I'll go over first!"
Seeing that Lackey was not going to leave, Gervis said goodbye to Lackey and then walked towards Adela again.
That's all for tonight! Everyone, go to bed early!
(End of this chapter)
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