After speaking, he divided the charms in his hand into three portions. After keeping one for himself, he handed the remaining two to Altair and Audrey respectively, saying, "Don't be polite. I believe your families must also have some people who suffer from insomnia or poor sleep quality—anyway, I believe you will definitely find them useful."
"As for how to use the charms, that merchant just mentioned it. Just say'Sleep' in Hermes."
After hearing Grelint's words, Altair and Audrey did not choose to decline or politely refuse. Instead, they accepted them directly and began to examine them.
After taking a casual glance, Altair basically understood the strength and influence of the creator of the "shoddy" silver sheet charm before her.
Lacking spirituality and with extremely poor effects, being able to create such a "defective" charm already indicated that the creator was not a member of the Church of the Night, nor did they believe in the Evernight Goddess.
Although the "Sleep" charm was not the patent of the Church of the Night, others could also manufacture it through study.
However, when creating "Sleep," it was best to pray for blessings from the Evernight Goddess, because She was, after all, the true god of the Sleepless Pathway and possessed the authority of "Night."
Instead of acting like this creator, praying to oneself in the name of "I think" to carry out the creation.
But it could not be denied that the creator understood a certain amount of ritual magic; they must have been taught by someone or possessed relevant books.
The person who could meet all these conditions was highly likely sent by Vivian, a Demoness—no, they should be a member of the Theosophy Order.
After thinking about this, Altair turned her attention back to the Beyonder gathering not far away.
Not long after, she heard someone say, "I want to sell a Beyonder weapon, 'Wrath Axe.' Although its negative effect will cause the user to gradually accumulate anger and lose their sanity during battle—"
"But its positive effect is undoubtedly powerful. While angry, one's strength increases until, finally, they unleash a berserk strike."
"It has a usage limit of one and a half years. The starting price is 550 gold pounds, no bargaining."
Altair was not surprised that a Beyonder weapon would appear at this gathering, because she was the one who had arranged it.
Ever since Altair advanced to sequence six "Artisan"—formerly known as "Artisan"—she already possessed the ability to create simple Beyonder items.
In order to build a reputation for her Beyonder gathering, Altair had given the "failed products" she had previously made to Simon this morning, letting him arrange for people to sell them at the gathering.
This type of time-limited Beyonder weapon was not like a Sealed Artifact, which contained fused Beyonder characteristics.
Instead, it was like a byproduct of Beyonder characteristics, manufactured using materials such as the bones and blood of Beyonder creatures. It was just like the demon-hunting bullets used by the Church of the Night.
Of course, materials produced by out-of-control Beyonders could also be used.
Although this Beyonder weapon would cause the user to gradually become irritable and short-tempered during battle, it still could not dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd. They bid one after another until, finally, when someone bid 620 gold pounds, the crowd gradually fell silent, and the final winner was decided.
Just as the "Wrath Axe" transaction was completed, on the other side, someone else brought out a Beyonder weapon and introduced it:
"'Dark Edge' can passively reduce the user's body weight, making the body lighter, and comes with eagle-like observation skills. There are no obvious side effects. Usage limit is one and a half years, starting price 400 gold pounds."
Just like that, people fell into the bidding process again. Finally, because the weapon's ability was not high, the highest bid only reached 500 gold pounds.
And there were a total of five weapons of this quality at this auction.
After the trading of Beyonder materials and weapons was completed, the people Altair arranged began selling medicine.
"Hemostatic Potion," accelerates wound clotting and has a weak antiseptic effect; it is a staple for adventurers and low-Sequence Beyonders. One bottle costs 1 gold pound."
"Stamina Supplement Potion" can gently stimulate the body and relieve fatigue, but after use, it will lead to exhaustion. One bottle costs 10 sol."
"'Rose Antidote' can neutralize many common plant toxins and low-level curses—"
After a large amount of practical potions appeared, everyone began to scramble to buy them.
After the three of them discussed the items they needed, as the only man, Grelint displayed gentlemanly conduct and went to do the shopping on their behalf.
But from Altair's perspective, she saw that Grelint had not only bought the potions the three had agreed upon, but also purchased other special potions.
—For example: the pink "Lost Joy Potion" and the blue "Conqueror's Expedition Secret Brew."
Furthermore, he bought quite a lot and, under the cover of the transactions, put these special potions into his "pocket."
After finishing the transactions, Grelint walked back carrying three cloth bags. After handing the two small bags in his hands to Altair and Audrey respectively, he said without blinking, "I also bought some gifts for others."
As he spoke, Grelint also appropriately shook his cloth bag.
When all transactions were completed, the cautious people began to seek Simon for notarization.
Those who were carefree or believed they would not be cheated gathered in groups of three or five and began to chat. However, the content of the chat was mostly sharing the current situation in Backlund.
After a long while, Simon finished the appraisals. After confirming that no one had faked anything, he clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention and said, "Everyone, let's end it here for today."
"If you wish to participate in the next gathering, please remember the tips on the note. Between 10:00 AM next Tuesday and 3:00 PM on Wednesday, go to the Ohm Messiah Mechanical Shop on Vlad Street in the East Borough or the Circe Herbal Shop on Riverside Bryce Street to obtain the location for the next gathering."
"We follow the rules; leave one by one, with a three-minute interval for each person."
"At the same time, I also remind everyone not to do bad things near the gathering. If caught by us, troublemakers will not have a good end."
After threatening them, Simon began to arrange the order for everyone to leave.
When it was Altair's turn to leave, she said to the two people sitting on the side, "Don't be afraid. I will be waiting for you in the carriage outside the door."
After saying this, Altair turned and left the hall. It didn't take long for the two to come out one after another.
After Grelint sat down firmly, Altair said, "It's already nearly 10:00 PM, so I won't invite you to my house as guests—"
When the carriage had traveled for over half an hour and stopped at the side gate of Grelint's manor in the Empress Borough, Grelint emphasized to Altair again, "Remember the gathering I'm organizing the day after tomorrow. I have already made an agreement with that Beyonder—"
After emphasizing the importance of the gathering, he smiled and added, "But it doesn't matter if you forget; I will write you a letter to remind you."
After Grelint got off the carriage, Audrey said to Altair, "Sister Altair, I promise you that what you said today will only remain in that room. You are the sister I cherish most in this life. Your feelings are worthy of respect, and I—and I, will be your strongest backing."
After speaking, Audrey made a cheering gesture at Altair again.