When the cloth covering the box fell off, everyone saw a small, bright green ball inside; the shape plants usually took when they felt threatened.

Everyone knew it was a plant just by looking at it.

The auctioneer then described what it looked like. "The Filipendula Jaburan is an extremely rare, tiny plant and can be found mostly in savannas. It blooms once a year for 1 week.

It has thick, toothed leaves, which are usually light green. It also grows small flowers, which can be red, light silver, light pink, and dark purple.

These plants grow in large groups, but controlling and maintaining their growth is challenging.

They can be cooked and eaten.

As a defense mechanism, the Filipendula Jaburan relies mostly on its surroundings to survive.

They rely on cloning themselves by growing a new specimen to reproduce.

The most interesting thing about it, however, is its affinity to the elements of light and wood, as well as the orange pentagram inside of it.

Whoever buys it will easily get a pentagram and will be able to use the rest of the plant's body to make a dish rich in mana and nutrients.

Filipendula Jaburan Soup is not only delicious but also has healing properties that can not only repair physical wounds but also restore magic foundations and raise the mana quality of those below the 3rd stage."

Everyone around heard the presentation words for the third item of the evening, while Vicente was determined to buy this item.

'Not only could this plant help Eve become stronger and gain a healing type ability, but Nina could drink its soup and improve her situation a little.' He imagined.

According to magic theory, a person's talents and magical form were usually determined at birth, more than 97% of the time. However, mutations were possible, and external events influenced the improvement or deterioration of talents and magical forms.

Little was known about how to influence such mutations, and any opinion on the subject was somewhat idiosyncratic and not widely accepted by scholars across the continent.

But even without knowing how positive it could be for his sister, whether it would change her situation zero or 100%, Vicente thought it was worth trying to obtain such a resource.

Even if it didn't change anything for her, he thought it would still be worth it because at least he would be trying something.

And there was no risk of it going wrong. Filipendula Jaburan's report said that even people without Magic Gems could consume it as food and that it would affect each person in proportion to their characteristics and powers.

The limit was people at the 2nd stage, the same magic realm as the plant.

"Very well, the starting price for bids on the Filipendula Jaburan is 90 gold coins, with a minimum increase of 1 coin per bid." The auctioneer said, letting those interested in the plant do their math. "You have 47 seconds to decide."

The conversation spread through the theater again as Layla saw Vicente pick up the bidding board, an item used at this event to organize the auction.

"Is anyone in your family compatible with this?" She asked him.

"Hmm, more or less."

"You know that anything we buy will draw the attention of the people at the auction to us, right?" She asked him. "Are you really going to raise our stakes for something like that?"

"Of course I will. If you're afraid, you can return to your hiding place while there's still time. I'm not afraid to attract people who are interested in something of this quality." Vicente commented in a serious tone. "If someone wants to die for this plant, I'll help them get what they want."

"Your arrogance will get you killed one day." She said as she turned her face to the stage and gave up arguing with Cesar.

Meanwhile, the signal for the bidding was given, and soon people started to bid.

"91 gold coins!"

"95 coins!"

"97!"

Then Vicente joined the auction, drawing the attention of many people to his VIP balcony.

"140 gold coins." He said calmly while his bidding board indicated he was ahead in the bidding for such a plant.

Immediately after his bid, the auctioneer looked over to where Vicente was standing and saw a level 5 masked person.

At the same time, the Viscount looked at Cesar and other local nobles in the vicinity and noticed that this mercenary was not there without his purchasing objectives.

Some of the people who attended such auctions went to see who would win each bid for the disputes that might take place after the auction.

When they saw that Cesar was there earlier, many local nobles thought he wouldn't bid on anything and would join the post-auction evening adventure.

But with his first bid, everyone saw that he wasn't just a profiteer waiting for an opportunity but that he intended to buy things.

'Vicente...' Shelby looked in his direction from where she stood.

Meanwhile, those who didn't know Vicente or Cesar, people from outside Millfall, noticed the first one from the VIP area bidding.

Livia looked at the two masked people and then at Shelby. "It seems the local powers are quite interested in these people." She commented to her two traveling companions.

"How strange. Why does even the Viscount seem to be interested in these people?" Livia's old advisor muttered, seeing that Viscount Symons looked a bit annoyed as he looked at Vicente.

Nicolas then gestured to one of the men who had come with his group and ordered. "Find out who these people are."

"Yes, young master Grant."

At the same time, Sarah gave Cesar a sharp look, seeing that he intended to spend his coins on this event.

"If any 3rd-grade defense items are up for auction later, we should join the auction if Cesar does. We can't let him take any 3rd-grade defense items." She commented to her companion at the auction.

"Yes, Miss Mercer."

While several Mages talked about Vicente, most of his competitors for the Filipendula Jaburan dropped out after the ridiculous increase in bids.

The fair value of the plant was 139 gold coins. But since he had already bid more than that so early in the auction, many interested parties thought it would be hard to surpass him.

But not everyone gave up!

"145 gold coins!" Someone in the general audience said, drawing the attention of the people of Millfall, who knew who Cesar was and how foolish it would be to bid against him.

Cesar was trying to take over that plant by the book. If anyone stood in his way, what would happen?

Cesar was a tyrant who could walk over the bodies of his enemies, according to many of the local nobles!

Vicente said. "150 coins."

"151!"

"What a fool..."

"Doesn't he know who he's bidding against?"

Murmurs spread through the theater as the value of the 2nd-stage plant increased.