## Chapter 388 – 388. God’S Atlantis
After bedding the fifth dancer, dusk began to slowly settle.
“Were you satisfied with the dancers’ fortune-telling?”
“Yes. The dancers’ fortune-telling skills were excellent. I was very satisfied.”
“I’m glad you were satisfied. Do you have a place for dinner and lodging?”
“I’ll have to look for one now.”
Romreng’s eyes lit up.
“I would like to invite Inspector Seong Yu-jin to our Pishian family.”
“…Well, I guess I could impose on you.”
“Impose? It would be a great honor just to have you stay at our mansion, Inspector.”
“Guide me to the next dancer.”
“……Ah, understood. Oh, by the way, there’s a dancer who recently came to the city.”
I looked at him indifferently. I knew that not all dancers were the same.
Romreng, who had been scolded by me a few hours ago for guiding me to a dancer I didn’t like, spoke with a tense voice.
“Her beauty is outstanding. Not only the robust young men in the city, but also the elderly and even the nobles are interested in her.”
“Oh?”
Romreng wouldn’t dare lie, so I was intrigued.
“However, there’s a problem.”
“A problem?”
“She’s different from the usual dancers. I guess it’s because she hasn’t been here long… She’s much more haughty than the other dancers. Several nobles have invited her to their mansions, but she has refused them all. There was even a noble who proposed to her.”
Unlike the dancers I had encountered, she wasn’t easily swayed.
“If she’s so haughty, can she even do her job properly?”
“The dancer’s combat power is quite high. And because she’s so famous… thousands of people are watching her. It’s not easy to mess with her.”
“Good. I want to see that dancer. Where can I see her?”
“She dances every evening on a makeshift stage in the plaza. Anyone, noble or commoner, can see her for a certain fee. I’ll guide you.”
A dancer who has captivated thousands of people. I was quite curious about what kind of woman she would be.
***
Thousands of men stood with their mouths agape, staring blankly at the dancer on stage. But I couldn’t blame them. The dancer’s beauty was so outstanding that I could understand their dumbfounded expressions.
Long, dark blue hair, deep blue eyes. Fair skin and delicate features. Her eyes had a slightly upturned look, which seemed to express her high confidence.
The clothes she wore were form-fitting, revealing her figure. But unlike the usual dancers’ outfits, the design was reminiscent of a celestial maiden’s robe.
Her breasts were full, and her waist was slender. The curves of her hips seemed to embody the golden ratio. Her arms and legs also had the optimal proportions, and there was nothing to criticize.
“Thank you for coming again today!”
Her voice was like the sound of jade beads rolling, as they say.
“Yeeees!!”
The thousands of men gathered there replied in unison. I was momentarily dumbfounded. Was this an idol concert?
“I’ll start the auction! If you want to receive a fortune-telling from me today, please participate in the auction! Let’s start at 1 million pennies!”
For reference, you had to pay 20,000 pennies to enter here.
20,000 pennies. 200,000 won in Korean currency. It was a price that didn’t burden me at all, but it was a burdensome price for commoners to pay just to see a dancer’s dance.
‘Something doesn’t make sense. She’s definitely a stunning beauty. But she’s not so beautiful that people would pay 20,000 pennies to see her performance. Is she an amazing dancer? She wouldn’t be doing a striptease in front of so many people.’
The auction price quickly exceeded 3 million pennies.
I turned my head to look at Romreng. Romreng was staring at the dancer with a lovesick expression.
“What’s that dancer’s name?”
“Ah, that dancer hasn’t revealed her name.”
“An unusual dancer. What happens if you win the auction?”
“You become a special guest and can receive the dancer’s fortune-telling.”
“Is she good at it?”
“No. She’s not good at it. But you get the privilege of seeing the dancer up close.”
“……”
I was even more confused.
The auction was now exceeding 5 million pennies. 50 million won in Korean currency. As a fortune-teller, she wasn’t even good, but people were willing to pay 50 million won to get a fortune-telling? Was being a special guest such a coveted position?
‘Even the merchants are spending money without hesitation. Unless they’re wealthy merchants, they usually don’t spend a lot of money on such entertainment… Are they shills?’
The auction’s heat began to cool rapidly as it exceeded 7 million.
“7.21 million! Is there anyone else?!”
“7.22 million!”
“7.23 million!”
“No way! 7.24 million!”
“Ugh…. Damn it. If only I had more money…!”
“I wanted to see the dancer up close too!”
“7.5 million!”
A man shouted as if driving the final nail. He was a middle-aged man with a mustache and a bulging belly. Judging by the flamboyant red coat he was wearing, he was definitely a noble.
“7.5 million! Is there anyone else?!”
The dancer looked around. Was it my imagination? I felt like our eyes met.
I stood up and shouted.
“8 million!”
“……!”
The crowd was shocked and stared at me, not expecting me to raise the bid by 500,000 so suddenly.
The middle-aged noble’s face contorted as he stood up and glared at me. He acted as if he had been greatly insulted.
The middle-aged noble spat out the words.
“8.01 million…!”
The middle-aged noble was saying something without words. Stop here. You’ll regret it if you don’t.
I scoffed at him and shouted.
“9 million!”
“……”
The middle-aged noble glared at my face once and then sat down, his lips tightly shut.
“9 million! Is there anyone else?”
The crowd was silent.
“The person who bid 9 million! Please come to the stage!”
I walked towards the stage, receiving envious and jealous gazes from the men.
I paid the staff in front of the stage and sat on a chair on the stage.
The dancer approached me briskly.
A dizzying fragrance wafted over me. It wasn’t perfume. Having held countless women in my arms, I recognized it as a kind of body odor. I never thought I’d smell such a scent from a woman who was fully clothed.
My dick had a slight reaction. The dancer glanced at my crotch and smiled seductively. I felt an urge to pounce on her right away.
It was a familiar urge.
I feel the urge to pounce on every beautiful woman I see.
“What do you want to know?”
“I want to know about you.”
“Woooooo!”
Boos erupted from all directions. I was about to get angry, but I ignored them. All they could do was be jealous of me.
“Hoho. You’re good at joking.”
“Tell me if I can achieve my goal.”
“What is your goal?”
“……”
I couldn’t say it was to bed you.
When I kept my mouth shut, she smiled and headed to the center of the stage.
Music began to play from outside the stage. It was slow and relaxing music.
The dancer slowly began to dance.
I, along with all the men, stared at the dancer as if we were bewitched. The dancer’s clothes were not very revealing. At most, they exposed her calves and parts of her wrists. But as I watched, I felt a strange tension in my lower body and my heart beat faster.
The dancer’s dance was not fast but slow, and it had an elegance that made it impossible to look away. With a single gesture of her hand, clouds seemed to float in the blue sky, and with each step she took, it felt like a waterfall was flowing.
“……!”
At some point, a stream of water appeared on the stage.
The stream moved, defying gravity, following the dancer’s movements. It rose into the sky like a soaring dragon and spun around like a spinning top.
I and the audience stared at her blankly.
And before we knew it, the dancer’s dance was over.
The dancer, drenched in sweat, approached me and said.
“The fortune-telling results are out! The water told me. Your goal will be achieved!”
“Thank you for that.”
I didn’t miss the note that the dancer secretly handed me as she spoke.
The dancer went to the center of the stage and shouted.
“That’s the end of today’s fortune-telling! Please come again tomorrow!”
The dancer left behind the stage without hesitation. The audience expressed their disappointment and dispersed. It didn’t take long for the thousands of people to disappear from the plaza.
I glanced at the note in my hand.
[1 AM. I’ll be waiting for you at the west fountain.]
‘Hehehe…. Is she smitten with my wealth? No… she saw my crotch earlier… she might be smitten with my dick. She’s no ordinary woman.’
Maybe she knew I was an inspector.
“You!”
The pot-bellied middle-aged noble walked towards me on the stage. He expressed his anger with his violent footsteps. Around the middle-aged noble were men with sturdy builds and swords at their waists. They seemed to be his guards.
Behind them, Romreng, who had been sitting blankly, was running towards us in a hurry.
“……”
I stared at the middle-aged noble without a word.
The middle-aged noble, thinking I was intimidated, spoke to me with an arrogant expression.
“You! Do you know who I am? I am one of the eight pillars who rule this area, Baron Hartong! Don’t think you can get away with the insult you gave me! You’ll have to give up at least one of your arms.”
“……”
The middle-aged noble yelled at the three guards around him.
“What are you doing! What do you think I’m paying you for! Grab him!”
“…Hey, buddy. You’re having some bad luck. You seem to have a lot of money, so how about compensating with money?”
“Oh! Not bad! 10 million pennies! If you compensate 10 million pennies, I’ll forget about the insult you gave me.”
“You’ve crossed the line.”
Thwack!
I punched the middle-aged noble in the face. The guy who took the punch head-on rolled on the floor, bleeding and spitting out teeth.
Clang!
The guards drew their swords. Just as they were about to charge at me, Romreng, who was running towards us, shouted.
“You bastards! How dare you try to harm the inspector!”
“……Inspector?”
The guards were flustered. They held their swords but couldn’t charge at me, looking around cautiously.
“D-don’t be ridiculous! Where did you get that lie from!”
The middle-aged noble stood up and pointed his finger at me.
I chuckled and showed him the letter of appointment that Elena had given me. The color drained from his face in an instant.
“N-no way…! You were Duke Baldert’s inspector…?!
“Did you say I had to give up one of my arms? You’ll have to give up everything.”
I snatched a sword from a dazed guard and swung it, cutting off Baron Hartong’s arms and legs.
“Aaaaaaaah!”
I took out a potion and roughly poured it on Baron Hartong, who was screaming and writhing. I did it out of anger, but I didn’t intend to let him die.
‘If he’s willing to spend 8 million pennies on a dancer, he must have a lot of wealth and be fond of women. His wife must be a beauty.’
The guards and the people who were still there stared at me in astonishment.
“I-Inspector Seong Yu-jin!”
“Shut up, Romreng.”
“H-he’s Baron Hartong, a noble of the city council!”
“He insulted me. He tried to extort money from me and tried to kill me. Romreng, guide me to Baron Hartong’s mansion. I will audit everything belonging to Baron Hartong with the authority of an inspector. Also, since Baron Hartong’s crimes are clear, I will hold Baron Hartong’s trial tomorrow at noon.”
“T-trial? You don’t have the authority to do that, Inspector…”
“I do. If there are more than five nobles besides Baron Hartong, I can hold a trial with my authority. I am the judge. Don’t forget that Baron Hartong tried to kill me, the inspector.”
“……”
Taking on the role of judge was a bit beyond my authority, but since the inspector position was temporary, I didn’t think they would stop me.
‘And the Millennium Duke and Elena wouldn’t care about a guy like this. Especially the Millennium Duke, who has no interest in such things, and I have the justification.’
I called Romreng, who had a dumbfounded expression, once again.
“Romreng.”
“Y-yes!”
“You don’t have to guide me if you don’t want to. I’ll find Baron Hartong’s mansion myself.”
“No! I will!”
How beautiful would Baron Hartong’s greedy wife be? I quietly smacked my lips.
