Chapter 4

The black Maybach sped towards the auction house.

The moment the driver opened the door, a frail-looking Seraphina Thorne came into view.

Two bodyguards stood between them, holding up the auction house chairman.

The chairman was an old man, his hair white with age.

But now he looked utterly dishevelled.

His hair was messy, and both sides of his face bore prominent slap marks.

The next second, Julian Hayes’s furious voice rang out.

“You old fool, how disgusting! How dare you shake Seraphina’s hand without gloves on?”

“If anything happens to Seraphina, I’ll tear down this auction house and use its doors for your coffin!”

Seraphina Thorne was born with an exceptionally delicate constitution.

Only her fated Julian Hayes was permitted to touch her.

My left foot hadn’t even crossed the threshold.

When I was mercilessly dragged by a bodyguard directly in front of Julian Hayes.

Julian, cradling a weak Seraphina in his arms, frantically shouted at me.

“Seraphina has been corrupted by foul energy! Aren’t you the scavenger who can cleanse anything? What are you waiting for?!”

While a scavenger *can* clear away impurities, I can’t exactly cure illness.

I was about to open my mouth to explain.

When Seraphina spoke, her voice barely a whisper.

“No… foul energy can only be cured by a scavenger’s blood.”

“If I had to wash my hands with my sister’s blood, I’d rather die.”

Julian, hearing this, clutched the woman in his arms even tighter.

“Don’t be foolish. It’s her honor, a filthy scavenger, to have the chance to save you.”

“Besides, a scavenger wouldn’t die even if she was drained dry.”

I listened, stunned, from the sidelines.

Were these two using my life for their flirtation?

But then I remembered the Ultimate Tonic was just one step away.

I glanced at the basin prepared to collect blood beside me.

My heart hardened.

*I’ll do it!*

I clutched at Julian Hayes’s pant leg, a look of martyrdom on my face.

“Darling, for Miss Thorne, what is my worthless life compared to hers? Drain me!”

Julian Hayes smiled, satisfied.

“Good, you know your place.”

The needle slowly pierced my vein. A sharp, intense pain ripped through me, and I bit my lower lip until it bled, my breathing growing shallow.

The basin slowly filled with my blood.

I could feel my energy almost completely draining away.

I looked at Julian Hayes before me, swallowing hard.

“My Ultimate Tonic… oh, no, darling, you smell so good.”

The doctor nearby quickly popped a candy into my mouth.

“Don’t worry, Mrs. Hayes, you’ll have your fill soon enough.”