"WHAT?!"
Velen's eyes widened in shock as he turned to look at Anastasia after hearing Sherlock's words.
All of my auction items… were bought by Anastasia?!
A wave of darkness clouded Velen's vision.
"My mentor! My dear mentor!"
"I designed five separate auction rules for those five items—each one uniquely devious—and you bought them all?"
"Were you here to support your mentee… or to sabotage the entire auction?!"
He stared at Anastasia in disbelief.
With you buying them all, what's left for me to sell? What about my luxury points?!
"If I told you this was all just an accident… would you believe me?"
Anastasia asked in exasperation.
Velen's mouth twitched.
Do you really want to guess whether I believe you or not?
"Mentor! Once is an accident—five times is fate!"
Velen looked at her long-suffering expression and was genuinely spooked.
