A servant came in with the fancy box in which the manual was stored. Karna decided to keep the manual inside his ring for now and check it out later. The auction was now almost over as all kinds of items had been auctioned off until now. Only the final special item was left. Although Karna did not need to stay anymore, it wouldn't hurt to see what the last item would be. "It's time for today's last item everybody!" Villa said and clapped. This time it wasn't an art piece or a sculpture that was brought, nor it was some jewelry, potion, or a rare item. What was brought in front of everyone this time was a cage. There was a magical creature in it. The creature seemed to be the cub of a Quilin. It had a body like a deer, a single horn and white hair like a unicorn, the tail of a lion, and a head like a dragon. It also had tiny immature scales on its body with black and large puppy dog eyes. The creature looked pretty cute as it was small right now. Only that it appeared to be very

The auction was officially over and now it was time to get back to the castle. Everybody else had already left. The carriage was parked in the backyard of the Auction House, although it would not harm to reveal that it was 'Rudra' who spent money so lavishly, he decided to keep it under wraps for now. Especially now that he had Eirwen with him. Sophia did not speak much while the whole journey back to the castle. Eirwen was not in the cage anymore. In fact, she was sitting in Karna's lap. She was a newborn and despite her intelligence, she was still a child. Her body wasn't mature and big like an adult Qilin and so she looked like a rather unique puppy with a horn on the head and a strange tail. It took around an hour for them to get back to the castle. Sophia said goodbye and left, Karna had much to check and think about and so without any delay, he went back to his room. Sophia got back to the same chamber as before. The doors were still closed and some kind of meeting still seem

Karna suddenly felt something in his hands, when he looked down... He saw that he was now holding a sharp knife. The scenery suddenly changed to Karna's past life memories. His whole life started flashing before his eyes. He saw how he lived in the absolute filth of the slums. The rundown and broken small hut were full of holes. Not one night could he sleep peacefully. In the winter, he would shiver with cold, and in the rain, the small hut would be filled with water. He saw before his eyes when he had to beg in the nearby market to earn some food that wasn't even edible, he would have to make do with people's leftover food when he didn't get any money. But most of the time he would starve for days before having a decent meal. He also saw when the local hooligans treated him like trash, they beat him senselessly and treated him like some kind of toy for their amusement. All of this was extremely hard for him to see, his eyes became red and the hand in which he was holding the kn

Karna saw as the two assassins were closing in on him despite hindering their movement with fireballs. The Assassin with the cutlass was going on full force as he did not give Karna any opportunity to run away. "Damnit! If only the spell had more power..." Karna thought. Fireball and Wind Blast spells were just apprentice-level spells but mages ranked higher were able to increase their power to an unimaginable level despite that. Karna suddenly remembered his previous life and the things that he had learned. "Wind... There is only one way to increase the impact." Karna thought and resolved himself. First of all, he emptied all the spells he had in backup to buy some more time. Multiple fireballs were blasted near where he and the assassin were standing. Karna got burns on his legs from the impact but he endured the pain, the assassin was far worse off than him and halted the continuous assault for a few moments and moved back. The fireballs had created a lot of dust and smoke whi

Karna took a sip of his wine and looked at the entrance as a sound of footsteps was heard coming from outside the Hall. The special guest came in and Karna's eyes widened as he almost spat out the wine in his mouth. "Our first special guest today is the representative from the Leblanc Auction House... Lady Vilma!" Marquis Miller said and raised his glass of wine. Everyone else followed his lead and welcomed her. Vilma came in with Kuku and Mayra on both sides and waved to the people present seductively. "How typical of her..." Sophia muttered. "Why is she here?" Karna spurted out, "You will know soon..." Sophia said. Many people were also wondering the same thing. But no one argued that the Leblanc name didn't deserve to be treated with respect as everyone knew that the mysterious house of Leblanc was not just limited to the Auction House. While on the other hand, Liam was fuming with anger seeing Karna and Sophia whispering to each other. The Duke shot him a glance hinting t