“Don’t be so aggressive, it will take the shine off your cute face.
I am happy to serve a charming lady like you and tell you the whereabouts of your brother."
Hei Yao acted calm and composed in front of Iyas, not looking like his life was threatened at all. He tried his best to comfort Iyas with a tone that seemed to empathize with her.
"First, let me confirm what your brother looks like, so that I can distinguish the brother you are looking for from among the many male elves.
As far as I can remember, your brother seems to be this tall, with a mole on the back of his neck, and other characteristics include..."
Hei Yao methodically gestured the height of Iyas's younger brother and described the characteristics of Iyas's younger brother one by one.
Hei Yao had some impression of the young man who was placed together with Ias.
Male elves are generally more handsome, and when they are young, they are almost no different from ordinary girls. Some people with special fetishes particularly prefer this kind of boy with androgynous beauty.
Unfortunately, those with this special hobby only account for a small part of the customers.
Young male elves are often captured as girls and sold to their auction houses.
But only half of them can find buyers.
If supply exceeds demand, the market will be oversaturated and business will become difficult.
The Chaoyang Chamber of Commerce had to make a rule that they would refuse to accept anyone unless they were a high-quality handsome boy.
The problem is that if the elves were placed in human society, there would be few who didn't have outstanding looks.
Without knowing how to fully define a high-quality beautiful boy, auction houses can only accept all of them as they did before, leading to further saturation of the market.
However, the surge in the number of male elf slaves is also closely related to the war between the Rose Empire and the Wansheng Kingdom.
If one day, the war between the Rose Empire and the Wansheng Kingdom ends, the price of elves, both men and women, will continue to rise.
In order to make a lot of money one day, the Chaoyang Chamber of Commerce had to keep the male elves that couldn't be sold, turning them into useless things that were neither tasty nor worth throwing away.
At the beginning, Hei Yao used his eloquence to easily sell Iyas for a sky-high price, but he was helpless against Iyas's brother.
At first, many people were interested in the pitiful Huck, but when they heard that Huck was a man, their faces changed immediately, and they shouted "Fuck", and immediately lost the desire to bid.
Those who should have male elves as slaves already have slaves.
Only when they have some spare money next time will they reluctantly look for a new love they like.
The auction of male elves has already fallen into a trough, and Hake's auction is even more tortuous than imagined.
For Obsidian, this kind of product that only suits a few people can only be auctioned at an extremely low price unless all the enthusiasts are gathered together.
So, after one or two auctions, Hei Yao became disgusted with this auction item that could never be sold, and he no longer cared about it and handed it over to other people.
Now Hei Yao has no idea whether Iyas's brother has been auctioned off, nor does he know where Iyas's brother is.
But that's not a problem.
I don’t know. I can just make it up. This is Obsidian’s area of expertise.
"It's him. You're absolutely right! Where is he now?"
Knowing that Hei Yao had dealt with her younger brother, Iyas raised her voice unconsciously.
"It's not impossible to tell you." Hei Yao pretended to frown slightly and acted very embarrassed. "But if I tell you what I know, I will have to take certain risks on my side.
Unless you swear to the goddess to ensure the safety of me and my mother-in-law and not tell anyone else what I told you.
This way, I can tell you where your brother is."
"I promise you! I swear to the goddess that I will never tell this to anyone else." Iyas agreed without hesitation and swore, then immediately urged, "Tell me quickly, don't try to delay!"
With a smile that ordinary people could not detect, Hei Yao said seriously:
"Your brother, after selling you, was not sold immediately, but was bought by someone after a long time."
"Bought it? Who bought it? Tell me now!" Iyas asked.
"Ms. Iyas, calm down. I understand how you feel. Please wait for me to finish what I am saying."
Using words to calm Ias down again, Hei Yao continued:
"Although he was sold, I heard that the person who auctioned your brother spent a long time but failed to discipline your brother. In a fit of rage, he beat him and sent him back to the auction house."
“Which auction house was it returned to?”
Noticing Ias's suddenly sharp eyes, Hei Yao added hastily:
"It's the auction house that once auctioned your property. It's located in the city of Hildela, west of this city.
Don't worry, your brother is probably fine. In order to sell at a good price, the returned elves will be trained in the auction house's special training room.
At that time, I was temporarily assigned to that auction house to conduct the auction, and now I have been transferred to another place.
That's all I know. Is there anything else you want to ask?"
Obsidian's words were half true and half false, and Ias couldn't see any flaws at all.
Seeing that Hei Yao was so cooperative in telling everything, Iyas slowly relaxed the bowstring and asked the next question.
"What's in that training room you mentioned? I want to know if my brother is in danger."
"That's not the area under my jurisdiction. I'm not 100% sure about the details."
Hei Yao suddenly became unclear, and noticing Iyas's eyes were sharp again, he quickly changed his words,
"But I'm sure that as long as you listen carefully to the instructor, you won't suffer any physical pain. As for the danger to your life, don't worry about it. There are important goods there. If the goods are defective, you won't be able to sell them at a good price, and you will be taught a lesson by the upper echelons of the Chamber of Commerce."
Hearing this, Iyas asked in a cold tone: "If they don't obey, should we beat them again and again until they completely surrender?"
Hei Yao was silent for a while, and then he could only answer in a positive tone: "They usually use coercion or inducement, so this possibility cannot be ruled out."
After listening to Hei Yao's confession, Iyas completely relaxed. She knew her brother's whereabouts and safety, but the displeasure on her face became even deeper.
"I'll let you go this time because you're so cooperative. Don't work in this kind of crappy chamber of commerce in the future. Take care of yourselves."
After saying that, Iyas jumped off the carriage and turned away.
The top priority now is to quickly bring this information back to the forest and let Yang Yu go to the auction house to rescue her brother.
Even though they hadn't seen each other for so long, Iyas knew Huck's character very well.
It is impossible for him to be obedient and follow orders given to him just because someone said a few words to him.
Even if he suffered physical pain, he would never give in easily. Every minute of delay would mean Huck would suffer one more minute.
If his spirit completely collapses under repeated torture, how should I face him and how should I face myself then
Iyas pulled her hood up slightly, but before it covered her face, a ray of icy cold air broke through the sky and whistled towards her.
(End of this chapter)