The next day, Cecil's party had gathered together at the city's gate. Each member of the Little Kings was now ready to go about completing their individual trials after Cecil had beaten them into shape. While everyone else was still fretting, their devil-like instructor was smiling leisurely at them.

"Don't worry you guys. Just go out there and do your best. I'm sure you'll be able to come back with favorable results," Cecil said.

Although he was trying to boost everyone's confidence, his rather leisure attitude didn't convince anyone. They were still feeling a little doubtful because their 'hellish' training felt rather short and they didn't feel like they had achieved any significant improvement.

"Easy for you to say Cecil... we have to hunt down A+ ranked monsters... they're borderline S ranked y'know!" Ainz worriedly exclaimed. The other 3 also echoed out their worries, but Cecil only smiled and reassured them.

"Hey, don't sweat it. Have a little more confidence in your abilities. I mean, you guys did survive my training after all!"

"...so if we failed, then we weren't going to survive at all?"

"Well... nothing that drastic."

Cecil's words made the 4 members of Little Kings reflect back onto the training that they had to endure for the past month or so. Now that they carefully thought about it, the group constantly faced S ranked monsters together, sometimes only fighting in teams of 2s or 3s, and yet, they were able to take down such monsters quite easily. There were also times where Cecil had dumped them deep into the wilderness or mountains alone and told them to fight their way out. The environments where he dumped them were teeming full of B to A ranked monsters, and even then, they also survived.

The trials this time were only to hunt a singular A+ ranked monster and retrieve a specific item that'll act as proof of their subjugations and trial completions. The group's expression immediately brightened and they became a little bit more confident than before.

"Yeah! We did survive this brat's training after all! We could totally do this!" Ainz confidently exclaimed.

"...I'll be going now. Don't worry, and wait for the good news," Elizabeth said as she departed for her destination.

"D-Don't worry! We got... we totally got this! I did survive that demon's training after all..." Velicia muttered as she psyched herself up. The girl then let out a cute tiger roar and dashed for the hills.

"Ah! Veli! We were supposed to grab a carriage!!! Wait for me!!!" Fina said as she chased after the aura covered Velicia. She quickly summoned a large ice wolf familiar and mounted it before having it chase after the overly spirited tiger girl.

"...Wow, that was fast," Lucia said as she stared after her departing friends.

"Well, I guess it's time for me to get going then. It's a bit far away, but I think I can get back by tomorrow or the day after."

Lucia smiled and said, "Take care, Cel~"

"Yup! See ya later, Lulu!" Cecil waved good bye and in the next instant he disappeared from his spot.

"Phew, hopefully he won't be too reckless with his mana," Lucia said worriedly. She walked back into the city with the pet form Silver in her embrace.

"Hey Silvy~ let's kick back and relax today! It's rare that we could get a day off from anything~"

"Woof!"

Silver barked in agreement and wriggled his way out of Lucia's arms. He transformed his body to the size of a horse and gestured for Lucia to get on. The girl giggled and hopped onto his back. The two took their leisure time walking around the capital city, looking for something interesting to do. Since Lucia had an abundant amount of money in her bank card, she splurged a little on food, snacks and some girly clothing.

"Oh yeah! There was that auction thingy that Cel told me about the other day. Maybe I'll go visit~" Lucia mumbled with a sandwich in her mouth. "Cel did say there were many high leveled materials for magic ink the last time he went."

Lucia finished her skewer and said, "Alright, let's go Silvy! To the auction house!"

"Woof!"

With Lucia on top of him, Silver quickly dashed towards Angla City's largest auction house. When they arrived, the two unexpectedly bumped into a certain person.

"Oh? Lucia?" A golden foxkin called out.

"Eh?" Lucia turned towards the person who called out to her and saw a golden foxkin girl waving at her.

Lucia was a little confused since this was only the second time they met. It was Aurellia Aurielle, the female leader of the Royal Fox Faction. Since their last encounter with the 10 factions, Lucia didn't look so favorably upon them, although the Royal Foxes did pull out before the standoff and didn't try to confront them directly like the other factions did.

Aurellia approached her and smiled gently, like a big sister would when they looked at their young and rowdy little sister.

"I didn't expect to see you here, Lucia. Are you going in too?" She asked gently.

"Uhh... yeah. Well, excuse me then," Lucia replied a little awkwardly. This person wasn't her family member or anything so she was caught off guard by her gentleness. She turned around and walked to the auction house's door.

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"Halt!" The two guards in front of the doorway stopped Lucia just as she was about to go in.

"Eh?"

"Membership Pass, please. Today there's a private auction so all visitors must have a pass to attend today's auction!"

Lucia was at a loss, it was her first time visiting so there was no way she could have a pass or would she know that today there would be an event.

"Uhm... I don't have a pass? I just came to take a look at the normal auctions."

"Then do you have an invitation?"

"N-No..."

"Then please turn back young miss. Today's auction has been reserved for the private auction. Normal auctions will begin again tomorrow afternoon. Please come again at that time."

"Ohh... okay..." Lucia said sadly. Her fox ears and 5 tails drooped down dejectedly and her pitiful, yet adorable appearance caused many of the visitors to look at her sympathetically. Many of the young male scions who were specially invited to this auction were about to make their moves and invite the girl in, but someone beat them to it.

"She's with me. Come on, Lucia. Let's go in," Aurellia said as she flashed her pass and invitation.

"Oh! Miss Aurielle, please, head in," The guard said respectfully.

Aurellia walked beside Lucia and grabbed her arm intimately and led the confused girl into the auction house.

"Eh?"

"Sisters should look after each other, no?"

"S-Sisters? But, I don't–"

"Ah, silly me~ Well, you could say we're cousins! But, since we're close in age, and I'm a bit older than you, you won't mind me calling you little sis, yes?" Aurellia asked.

"C-Cousins? You're my cousin?" Lucia asked back, a little puzzled.

When did she have a cousin? The only relative she met was that weird Uncle back in Forest Hill Town. He was the Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild and he looked pretty young. There was no way that eccentric Uncle of hers would have a daughter as big as Aurellia.

"Ah, let's head to our private room first! I'll explain everything when we get inside!"

"...Okay."

Lucia was naturally curious and she was also grateful to the girl for bringing her along into the private auction, so she just followed along without being difficult. When they arrived at the lobby, a female staff walked towards them. Aurellia showed her the member pass and the invitation. The staff smiled and led the two up to the higher floors of the auction house.

They were led up to the 3rd floor and arrived at private booth number A06. The staff opened the door and led them inside. The room was luxurious with many decorations and expensive looking furniture decorating the interior.

Lucia was not used to this so she only stood their awkwardly. Aurellia smiled seeing her expression and dragged her to sit down on the sofa in the middle of the room. The staff then explained to the two that if they needed anything, they only needed to inject mana into the small bell-like construct in the middle of the table in front of them. A staff member will come in to take their requests if they did.

Aurellia told the staff to send them some fruits, drinks, and snacks. Lucia just looked on and thought, 'She must be used to this.'

She then turned her attention to the room's interior, after satisfying her curiosity, she turned towards the black screen in front of her.

"...why's it black?"

"The auction won't start until after another 30 minutes. For now, let me explain how we're related, Lucia!"

"O-Oh... Okay!"

Just before Aurellia began her explanation, there was a knock on the door, to which Aurellia gave the confirmation to enter. A couple of auction staff came in and brought the confectionary, drinks, and fruits that she ordered earlier.

"That was quick!" Lucia exclaimed. It hadn't even been a minute since the previous staff member left and now their orders were already here.

Aurellia giggled and grabbed a grape-like fruit on the table and popped it in her mouth. The girl then gestured for Lucia to also have some. Lucia grabbed a Lu'u fruit and began chewing on it. The Lu'u fruit was a pear-like fruit with a purplish blue skin with the meat under it being red in color.

Silver also jumped onto the table and began grabbing fruits and some confectionary. He placed them onto a small platter and once he was satisfied, he brought the platter over to the sofa where Lucia and Aurellia were sitting and began eating.

Aurellia giggled seeing Silver's intelligent antics. "What a smart wolf!"

"Hehe~ yup! His name is Silver!" Lucia introduced.

"Hello, Silver."

"Woof!"

Lucia quickly finished her fruit and asked, "So... Aurellia, can you explain now?"

"Aurel is fine. Okay. Now... where to begin..." The girl pondered for a moment before saying. "Ah! Your father is Uncle Zaqi right?"

"Zaqi? Yes, Zaqi Yukihime..."

"Well... I figured uncle would have changed his name..." Aurellia smiled sadly.

"Huh?"

"Uncle Zaqi's real name is Zaqi Aurielle. He was the former chieftain candidate that was most likely to lead our Golden Fox Clan. He's also my 1st uncle!"

"Wha?!"

"Woof?!"