"..." Yu Ling was speechless. "If you don't want him to be bought, just say so!!!"
Since he's not using the original owner's body now, and only Payu knows who his soul is, he doesn't need to worry too much about the character setting. So, he can probably be a little mischievous, right?
Hmph, yell at him! A starting bid of 30,000 gold coins—what family can afford that? Are they going to pool their money?
Although Yu Ling was angry, she didn't dare to throw a curse at the black market boss, fearing that he might kill her pre-ordered underling in a fit of rage. However, the fully armed bodyguards and guards next to her were perfect toys to show off their claws. In a flurry, they each threw a curse of bad luck at her.
He's becoming increasingly skilled at casting curses, probably because his previous experience of being possessed by an unlucky celebrity was so disastrous, and he's gained experience from it...
In any case, his current curse is completely different from the kind of curse that can be broken by wizards in other fairy tale worlds, which is "as long as certain red lines are not crossed" (similar to the curse that cannot be touched or will fall into a deep sleep).
As long as you cast a curse, the person cursed will be affected instantly, and the curse will come true immediately; it's a sure thing every time.
The heavily armed black market guards suddenly felt uncomfortable all over; they felt itchy here and awkward there, and wanted to move around.
But this movement... Oh no!
Before long, the guards went from standing in formation, ready to go, to staggering and falling over.
I either trip over my own feet and fall flat on the ground, or I get hand or leg cramps, or my clothes get stuck, my mask gets stuck, or my belt gets too tight, making it impossible to breathe.
This reaction was clearly due to the fastest kind of curse, unlike the old wizard's delayed burst, and the black market boss reacted immediately.
His sharp gaze had already swept over Pai Liu, who was bound hand and foot, but the giggling rag doll in his hand clearly told him that the culprit was this cursed doll that looked like a mermaid!
"Alright, good boy, stop fooling around. Let's lift the curse. Tonight I'm taking your wizard to the auction. If you really want to redeem this little cutie (Pailiu), you can participate in the bidding by my side. This time it's for real."
As he spoke, the black market boss poked Yu Ling's cotton-like head with a long, slender finger.
It's normal for this doll to be rich; many favored magical creations run errands for wizards. Of course, it's more likely that the black market owner just liked Yu Ling and was playing with her.
“This time it’s for real. Which part of what you said earlier was a lie? But... tonight??? So soon! That’s a bit strange. You’re already here so early. Are you going to do something else to him?” Yu Ling asked.
Most importantly, is this even something he should be able to see?!
“You’re right ( ￣ ▽￣).” The black market boss looked at the guards around him who had only been given a debuff by one person and then slowly returned to normal. He became even more interested in the doll Yu Ling and said, “Come on, let me show you how the black market makes pretty goods, little guy.”
The way he addressed her kept changing, and his attitude towards Yu Ling kept shifting. No one knew what the black market boss was up to. Thinking back to what he'd seen when he came in, he put the doll Yu Ling on his shoulder, ordered those around him to wait outside, and took matters into his own hands.
"I used to be a wizard, but I specialized in wizarding curses. I wasn't interested in magical attacks, magic potions, or magical creations."
This remark immediately revealed the black market boss's sudden interest in Yu Ling: it was the unlucky curse Yu Ling had cast that had attracted him. He said...
"However, if I had known back then that there was such a special being as you among magical creations, perhaps I would have chosen to study curses while also taking courses on magical creations."
“Back then? It’s not too late for you to learn now!” Yu Ling replied casually, but he knew that he was just a special case, originally a soul parasitizing a doll.
"Now? Don't we already have you now, little one?"
Good grief, are they going to keep my cursed doll body separately? Not sell it along with the wizard? It doesn't really matter, a soul returning to the egg can solve the problem, and I still need to buy the wizard anyway, so I can just buy myself along with him.
I'm buying myself?
While chatting with Yu Ling, the black market boss's hands didn't stop. He was busy doing what he was supposed to do, applying some maintenance products to the props that were about to be used. I won't go into details about the rest, but Yu Ling on his shoulder was thoroughly enjoying the view.
Payu's inner monologue: Hey! Mermaid King, aren't you even a little bit heartbroken about what happened to me?! Why are you watching this with such relish?!
Yu Ling was not heartbroken at all. After watching for a while, she even started to act like she was giving orders to the black market boss, telling him to put this and that. It was clear that she had almost learned what she was watching.
The black market boss certainly didn't treat this strange and unusual monster as a human (strictly speaking, Yu Ling is a monster and not a human), so he wasn't angry and even cooperated with the actions of his hands.
Of course, it could also be because Yu Ling explained the steps correctly, and they just looked very in sync when they were together. In any case, compared to Yu Ling and Pai Liu, these two seemed to be on the same page.
Time passed slowly. Although there was no actual two-person performance, the final product was "very beautifully" dressed up and received a perfect score. Pai Liu's tears were almost all gone.
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