Leo stood in the center of the stage, frozen like a statue. The blinding spotlight, designed to highlight the treasure that was first to be auctioned, was currently brightening up his bewildered face instead.
Silence... absolute silence filled the entire Auction House. Thousands of eyes, ranging from the wealth magnets of varying space sectors in the back to the literal overlords in the VIP booths, were fixed on the young man who had just materialized out of thin air on the stage.
'I am going to dismantle that ship piece by piece,' Leo thought, his mind temporarily going blank. 'I asked for a location where I wouldn't be detected. I didn't mean a place where everyone is literally paying to look at!'
In the front row of the VIP section, Yvenol leaned forward. He blinked his eyes that were filled with amusement.
"Is this... part of the entertainment?" Yvenol asked. "He's a bit skinny for a gladiator, isn't he? Is he going to juggle the treasures?"
