Mage of the Magic Tower (7)

The clerk, his face deathly pale, ran out of the VIP room.

Before long, I saw him whispering to the host, who was in the middle of auctioning off another item on the stage below.

Even the host, who had started out looking annoyed, widened his eyes the moment he heard the clerk's words.

“Hold on, just a moment! Something urgent has come up, so we'll be temporarily suspending the auction. We'll resume shortly, so please wait a little longer!”

The host hurried down from the stage with the clerk leading the way.

And in less than a minute, he was out of breath as he knocked on the door of the VIP room where Dean Raymond and I were.

“Huff, huff... P-pardon the intrusion!”

The host asked anxiously, breathing hard.

“I-is it true that you're putting up for auction a magical tome explaining how to use natural mana?!”

“Yeah, well...”...