The carriage left the castle and began heading toward the city. Sophia was looking at Karna attentively. Karna was very awkward and just kept staring outside the window as he tried to sneak glances from the corner of his eye.Karna wanted to calm himself but he couldn't help but get memorized by Sophia's beauty. Not having any choice, he decided to calm his mind with the breathing technique. He breathed out in a specific pattern as he focused his mind on the sound of his breathing. His mind immediately calmed down and he did not feel any awkwardness anymore.Sophia was also observing Karna, her eyes gleamed for a second when she saw a change in Karna's breathing pattern. "I have heard that you were met with an accident a few years ago. it must have been terrible." Sophia said suddenly as she tried to start a conversation."Yes, I suddenly collapsed back then for an unknown reason. I just recently recovered." Karna said as he looked at Sophia calmly. His previous awkwardness was nowher

The large crowd was beginning to pour into the Auction Hall. Sophia and Karna were just looking at the stage waiting for the Auction to start.Sophia suddenly looked as if she remembered something and looked at Karna."By the way, what did you come here to buy?" Sophia asked, she wanted to know why 'Rudra' who was rumored not to take any part in activities like Auction and Banquets wanted to come to an Auction House today."Spirit Force recovery potions..." Karna blurted out. He had no reason to hide as in a few moments he would be buying the potions in front of everyone anyways.Sophia did not know that Karna wanted a bulk of them so she did not ask why he wanted the potions. The potions were expensive and although buying a few for a 'Young Master' wasn't a big deal but buying a bulk of them was not something anyone could do so nonchalantly.Karna was really not taking the wealth he had seriously, it hadn't dawned on him fully yet that he was literally heir to one of the topmost rich

The auction continued after the first item which was the painting. Karna was feasting on the snacks as he had nothing to do with any other items. He only wanted the Potions.A few other items like Artistic sculptures, belongings of famous people, rare books, and some random items were auctioned off. Many different people participated. The anonymous person from the VIP room also bought some items."All the beginner items have been auctioned and now we will proceed to the next stage. The more important items will now be presented before all of you." Vilma said."Our first item in this section is the Mana Recovery Potion. The Potions have been tested by our potion masters and alchemists and we guarantee that these potions have a 45% efficacy. The potions will be auctioned in a bunch of 10 bottles in every batch and there are only 12 batches available.""The starting bid is 100,000 Gold Hons for each batch of ten bottles. Let's begin!" Vilma said."110,000!" Someone shouted from one of th

Karna then proceeded to acquire all six batches of the potions. The man from before did try to get but no matter how many bids he raised, Karna would bid even more.The others just watched awestruck by the turn of events. All the mercenary groups also wanted the potions but the truth was that not many people needed Spiritual Force Recovery potions as there weren't many people who used Spiritual Force in such high demand as Karna did. When the two madmen started bidding like crazy, it was wise of others to not be stubborn. However, Karna garnered a lot of attention from everyone as he was spending money like water on something like Spiritual Force Recovery Potions."Why did you buy so many?" Sophia asked wide-eyed. "Well, I had a use for them. For training..." Karna answered vaguely.Sophia looked at him suspiciously as of trying to figure him out. Karna felt the awkwardness and tried to change the topic,"Well, should we leave now? we have got what we came for," Karna said. He had f

"It's him!" Karna suddenly exclaimed."Who's who?" Sophia asked, she was still somewhat in shock from before. "It's that Brycen guy from the House Carlstine. I remember him well." Karna said. Sophia frowned when she heard of House Carlstine and looked at the VIP room in which the man probably was. 'God damn it! What the hell is his problem?' Karna thought, He needed the Manual at any cost. It was very critical to his progress. Sophia seemed to have understood Karna's concern as she said, "I'm sure he doesn't know that it's us in here." "So he really wants it then?" Karna muttered while knitting his brows. He had a great headache coming in. Although the Zarx family was rich to the point that it was ridiculous, the wealth of a Duke was not to be underestimated. Karna did not want to spend an impossible amount of money. "There's no need to worry My Lord, I don't think the Duke would hand that dimwit a large amount of money. The reason we can afford to spend so much is because of