Lord God Investigator

Luo Feng led the team members to take a final call. Only Zhang Daniu did not appear in public. He was the strongest one and was making preparations in the background - putting Io's mechanical body into a good-looking posture so that he could make his debut during the auction later. Look handsome.

"Ladies, ladies."

After letting Kara and Tang Xiaotian leave the stage first, Luo Feng solemnly announced: "The reason why I was able to create the stage play "Titanic" was because I was given the treasure of 'Io, the lover who looks at him from afar, the man who is immortal for ten thousand years.'" Inspiration, it is indeed a historical artifact with a beautiful legend, now everyone is invited to appreciate this treasure together."

Zhang Daniu pushed a pulley platform to the stage. On the pulley platform was Io's mechanical body, covered with a piece of black cloth.

Luo Feng then bowed goodbye to the audience and walked backstage under the reluctant eyes of all the ladies.

Klecia took over hosting the auction, and she invited the audience to choose two representatives to come on stage to unveil "Io, the lover who looks from afar, the one who is immortal for ten thousand years."

Dame Hathaway was elected without any doubt. She is one of the most famous ladies of Amn. She was elected together with Lady Bailana Janulin, the mayor of Askatra. long.

It is no coincidence that the female mayor came to the Five Jug Hotel today. Although nominally she accepted the invitation of the art contractor Quartalis to come to support her, in fact her original intention was to supervise the taxation of the auction income in accordance with the law.

Amn is a commercial country where "taxation comes first". In addition to the headache of urban security issues, the mayors of major cities in the territory have the second problem of collecting taxes. 14% of the residents of Amn are halflings and dwarves, both of whom are big tax evaders, causing huge losses to Amn's fiscal revenue every year.

If the largest tax evasion households are dwarfs, then the second largest households are art contractors. It is difficult to assess the value of art. If there is a private transaction and both parties simultaneously claim that the transaction is for a friendly price of 1 gold coin, then there is no need to pay taxes. But the actual transaction volume may be 10,000 gold coins.

Although the auction was open to the public, the female mayor was still worried. She learned from rumors that this piece of art was extraordinary and magical, and would definitely fetch a sky-high price. If the art contractor interfered with it and colluded with the auctioneer, If the transaction price is falsely reported, the Ascatra City Hall will suffer losses, which is something the female mayor will never allow to happen.

So she came in person today, saying she wanted to support him, but actually she wanted to supervise him.

The female mayor's eyes are also swollen. As the most powerful woman in Amn, to others, she looks like an iron lady made of steel. Not to mention shedding tears, her face does not change even when she bleeds.

However, today the noble women of Amn saw another side of the female mayor. She cried and called a man's name for a long time.

The mayor and the lady came on stage and stood on both sides of the sculpture covered with black cloth. Each of them grabbed a corner of the black cloth and lifted it hard.

"Io, the one who looks at his lover from afar, the one who is immortal for thousands of years" appeared in front of the noble women in Ascaltra City who had just experienced loneliness and sorrow, and still cherished the indulgence of love.

"Wow..."

There was a chorus of uproar.

"It really looks exactly like Io in the stage play, his affectionate eyes are lifelike..."

"This is a sculpture? No! This is obviously a living person. Is Mr. Bredreau joking with everyone again? Did he dress up as Io and go on stage to pretend to be a sculpture?"

"Didn't you hear Miss Klecia introduce it? Io is a living statue. It can be immortal for thousands of years and remain the same as before."

Dame Hathaway looked at Io blankly. She stretched out her hand to caress Io's cheek, just like the action made by the old Rose in the last scene of the stage play.

"Sunny, Goddess of Love!" Hathaway's fingers touched Io's cheek, as if she was burned. She exclaimed: "This touch... is just like when I touched Lyarkat's cheek at the wedding. Same."

The more she looked at Io's face, the more he looked like her late husband, but Io was younger and more handsome.

In fact, her husband's face in her memory had long been blurred, and Faerun did not have photography skills. Instead, there were painters who painted portraits of nobles. The portraits were always somewhat distorted, and they often looked specious.

This is now called the "empathy effect" in psychology. What she really loves is the character Io in "Titanic", but that is just a fictional image. In reality, the only object that can place her feelings on is Io's sculpture. She His affection was transferred to the sculpture.

This is the same as anime nerds selling blood and buying action figures. What returns can they get from investing huge sums of money in the plastic villain industry? The most important thing is to place your feelings.

Io in the plot of "Titanic" is really a perfect lover, Prince Charming in the hearts of women in Askatra, and Morpheus, the dream monster encountered in a beautiful dream.

She naturally transferred the feeling of the man she loved most in her memory to Ao, thinking that Ao was very similar to her former husband, both in appearance and touch.

It's just an illusion, but Hathaway is completely unaware of it and thinks that's the case.

"I must get him!" Dame Hathaway secretly determined.

She suddenly figured out, why would she go looking for those little wolfdogs who had other agendas?

If you have Io, you can sit in front of him and look at him quietly during the day, or talk to him. He will look back at her with those affectionate eyes and ask her to talk patiently, and you will not get tired of it all day long.

She could hold him in her arms at night, rest on his broad chest and let him accompany her through the long night. Even if she had needs, Io could satisfy her, even tirelessly.

What a great companion!

Even if her appearance has aged and she has turned into a gray-haired old woman like in the last scene of the stage play, Io will still look at herself with affectionate eyes and treat her as before.

Even if your life passes away, you will be buried with Io, and the immortal person will accompany your remains for thousands of years. How romantic and happy this will be.

However, standing on the stage, Dame Hathaway looked down and found countless pairs of greedy eyes. Every female noble in the audience probably had the same idea as her.

Miss Minna, the daughter of the Governor of the Port Authority, had screamed and shouted: "He is my true love! My dear Io, I am willing to elope with you!"

The mistress of the Dellin family told a blatant lie: "Oh, my husband who loves antiques will definitely love this art treasure. I must take a photo of Io and give it to my husband!"

Even the female mayor Ms. Bailana, who has always been fair, strict and strict in self-discipline, took the opportunity to use power for personal gain and secretly touched Io's strong chest muscles, her hands and feet were very dishonest.

I'm afraid this auction can't be solved with a small amount of money.

There is only one Io, but there are hundreds of women who want to be Io's ever-watching lover. Amn's annual feud is about to begin.