The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

338: Identity

The boss’s smile was so big, you couldn’t even see his eyes.

“This is fine.
I’m sure you must be busy since it’s the big auction day.”

The boss could see Ming Xi didn’t want them to stay, so he immediately excused himself and led all the staff out, but before he left, he told Ming Xi he could purchase anything he liked.
The funds from the house were at his discretion.

This, of course, shocked Henry.
His own spending accounts were strictly monitored by his father.
His father wasn’t a scrooge, but he wasn’t a generous person either.
But here his father was telling this beautiful young man that he was free to buy whatever he wanted.
It was unheard of!

Understand, none of the goods up for auction in the house were cheap.
His father had wanted to capitalize on the sea emperor’s tomb, so he’d spent over two months preparing for the auction.
Extra was even spent on advertising; so you can imagine how high the turn out would be.
They stood to make a fortune, but his dad was throwing money away! Henry wanted to yell at his crazy father.

Henry could barely wait to ask who the young man was as they walked back to the office.

“Father! Who was that person just now?! You were so respectful toward him.
Is he some super rich young master? But no, that can’t be.
With our reputation, even a super rich young master wouldn’t make you get like this.
Is he. . .  a royal family member of the Ancient Silver Moon kingdom?”

Henry excitedly started speculating out loud.
He had had so many guesses through out the day.
The most likely was that the person was a high-ranking member in the kingdom, possibly even someone in the royal family.

Boss looked at his son with satisfaction.
This boy’s IQ was not bad.

“You’re not stupid.
The young man just now was the prince.”

“A son of the Moon emperor? What is his rank? Is it high up? Is he favored?”

Henry was very curious.
He had returned to the kingdom only a few times in his life.
He was the son of the boss of one of the kingdom’s auction houses, but he wasn’t a person of any consequence in the kingdom, so the few times he returned, he didn’t really get on with the aristocratic ladies.
He never mentioned wanting to visit again after that.

He rarely ever went back and instead remained on Bilou island and would occasionally help his father with the business.
He never imagined he would ever be able to meet a prince, so this whole situation was a shocker to him.

“You ask so many questions.
How am I supposed to answer them? All I know is that he is the youngest prince of the Ancient Silver Moon kingdom and his father is the current king.
As long as there are no accidents, the prince should be next in line to rule.”

“That can’t be right.
You said he was the youngest prince, then isn’t there an older prince ahead of him? Would that older brother really give up his position to the youngest?” Henry didn’t believe the princes of the kingdom would be that friendly toward each other.
No way would the older brother have nothing to say about a younger sibling stepping in front of him for the throne.
Never mind the throne, even on the small islands of Bilou, there were siblings who gladly betrayed each other to snatch family position.
For something as grand as the throne for the kingdom, the princes would definitely use troops to fight each other.

“Stupid child.
What did I have you study the kingdom’s history for? Look at you.
You don’t even know something as basic as this.
Successors for our kingdom aren’t chosen by their birth order, they’re chosen by the strength of their blood.

Whoever has the most potent blood is the chosen king.
This is how our kingdom has chosen our rulers for generations.
Don’t ask such foolish questions again.
I won’t be so inclined to answer next time.”

The boss rolled his eyes at his son.
Kids these days, they didn’t study.
All they did was think about business.

Henry gave a goofy smile and scratched his head.
He wanted to know more about the silver token, but he was afraid the answer would be something commonsense, thereby exposing his own ignorance on the matter.
His father was obviously dissatisfied and would likely cuss him out a blue streak, so he didn’t dare ask anything else.

Forget it.
He’d just wait until the auction was over then ask the manager about the token.

Ming Xi’s group were oblivious about the conversations going on about them.
They felt a lot more comfortable after the boss and the rest of the staff left.

“Big Brother Xi, I had no idea.
You really are a bigshot.
Even the boss of the Moon Auction House will give you face.” Margaret never dreamed she had a local bigshot next to her.

“Senior Ming Xi, did you get your item back?” Ink’s thigh holding was smooth as silk.

Ming Xi’s mouth twitched.
He could feel a headache coming on.
“Stop making trouble.”

“Senior Ming Xi, what was that token? Was it a family crest?” Leo was also interested.
There were so many rumors about Ming Xi at school.
Some said he was an ordinary citizen, others said he was a nobleman, while others suggested he was a prince.
There were so many rumors though, it was impossible to tell which ones were actually true.

The girls who adored Ming Xi declared he was a prince and anyone who disagreed would be in their bad graces.

The boys who looked down on Ming Xi for being a pretty boy said he was of low birth, an illegitimate child of some untouchable aristocrat.
These guys were unbearable.

Leo had heard all the rumors, but had never participated in any gossip spreading.
They had nothing to do with him, so he had always ignored them.
But after seeing Ming Xi in action, he had to admit that he was curious.

“This is a gift from an elder in my family.
All us brothers have one.
With this token, we can go to any Ancient Moon Auction house and enjoy the best treatment with a thirty percent discount on all items.”