I was reborn as an orphan, But I won't let that stop me

Once they arrive where Loyd is Annette gives him a bright yet mischievous smile and says: "Big brother, what are you doing here being all lonely?"

"What?" Loyde says, confusion clear on his face. Then Annette walks towards him and puts her arm around his neck with her face near his ear. Which makes him blush not knowing how to react. 

Pov: Loyd Quincy

What is he doing, why is he so close? As I look at his face for some reason my heart starts to race. Normally when someone is so close to me I feel very uncomfortable or disgusted. Why is it different this time? I have to look into this once this is all done.

Pov: Third-person 

'Is he shy? How adorable.'Annette thinks once she sees the faint blush on his face.

She whispers in his ear telling him about the situation with as few words as possible.

"So I want you to treat that pretty lady with respect, after all, you have to give your younger brother face. Who knows, maybe she will be the one?"

Annette says and then releases her arm on him.

"Miss, this is my big brother Jhones Zavrickix, brother this is... Ah, miss, you didn't give me your name."

Annette says as she looks at her.

"Ah, where were my manners? I am Lillalin Sungale."

"Miss Sungale, I have to apologize to my brother. He probably gave you some sort of unnecessary hope into your head."

Loyde says.

"Oh no, not at all. He told me everything very clearly. I am very aware that you are not interested. I just thought to give it a try."

Lillalin says looking very mature and seductive without even trying.

"... If you know why did you are?"

Loyd asks.

"Because I want to help your brother out, he told me about the rule made by your mother and that he cant get together with his loved one until you get married. So if I can help you get a little interest in the opposite sex I want to do it."

"... Since when were you in love?"

Loyd asks Annette.

"Hey, I told you many times that I am in love with Lea but you never listened."

Annette says as she acts upset so perfectly that if he did not know that she was faking he would believe it.

"... Who's that?"

He asks confused.

"... You... don't tell me that you have forgotten the name of our childhood friend who went to become a knight. I know that you haven't seen her since 5 years ago but... you forgot about her? Lea will be so sad if she finds out."

"(Sigh) Alright I will talk to her but I won't promise anything."

"Thank you brother, Since I know that you are terrible at the small talk you can ask her a little about the auction since she should know a lot more than we do who are new here. Now then I will leave until the auction starts."

Annette beams as she walks away to eavesdrop to see if she can find any useful information from all these nobles. Rumors and small intel circling around, most not important and others were things already known. From time to time some aristocrats picks up a conversation with her but all was trivial. It seems that either no one knows anything important or they all know not to talk about it. Both are equally possible with the latter being the most possible. It is not until later that finally the main event starts and Annette takes her seat beside Loyd. The first thing auctioned are all rare and valuable jewels, jewelry, poisons, illegal elixirs, and aphrodisiacs. While jewels and jewelry by themselves are not illegal those acquired by the black market are either required by questionable means others are smuggled in in order to avoid taxes and most often are of very high quality that is hard to find somewhere else. While the other things are obvious why it could not be sold at a normal market. But all these are not what they are after. But the next thing that appears is a bottle of phoenix tears.

"Now for what you all have been waiting for, the promised bottle of phoenix tears given to us by the Salone family to celebrate our 15 years partnership. As the rumors say just one drop can revive a dead man, but recently the Salone family researchers have discovered another use for this item. That is if you mix it together with green sin you can create an invincible soldier under your control. They don't feel pain, get a boost in strength and speed. They also heal faster than an average human. So with just one teardrop and 1 kg of green sin, you can create 13 of these mindless soldiers."

The person on the stage declares and this of course makes the crowd go wild making them bid like crazy. If this claim is true both Lyod and Annette know that this just smells trouble. Especially Annette who has met someone affected by green sin. She seriously doubts that these soldiers will follow orders, instead, it is more likely that they will go on a mindless rampage like superpowered zombies. While this drug was a part of Alzid's route, she never played far enough to know it this was part of the game or not. And if so then the timeline has been seriously disrupted. Since this would not happen until A year after the game began when Lucia has already turned 18. If she was someone else she would probably regret not having completed the game but to Annette, this only spikes her interest. It appears that the duke was right on the money saying that this would be worth her while, extra salary aside.

That's when Lode decided to also take part in the bid, probably not because of it getting into the wrong hands. But because of its usefulness in alchemy which is stated in the game is something that was his favorite activity after magic as she will be later ranked 25th place of the kingdom's most talented alchemists. This ingredient is one of the most valued and rare ingredients. And luckily for him, he won the bid paying 540000 for it. Then the last bid appears and it turns out to be two beautiful salve girls. One of them is tall and slender with big hips and long blue hair. Her face is not exceptional but her eyes have a rare eye color. The other woman is average high with a sexy yet cute body and a face that is almost as beautiful as Lucias. Her hair is light pink with big curls and her eyes are colored like the ocean. Both of them are in their early adulthood with one of them having dead-eyed like they have given up on life and the other is on the brink of tears. It is clear that one of them has been a slave for a long time while the other has not. 

"These two beautiful women are both slaves from a foreign land. The pink-haired girl is a former princess who has lost her country in a rebellion. While she is inexperienced with her former status and her sexy looks out of this world she is a rare gem that anyone would want. The other girl is from a clan of beast tamers with her being able to tame bears and tigers. She is a valued asset on the battlefield and will fulfill your evry need without defiance."

As they listen to this Annette can tell that Loyd feels very infuriated with this, like he will go berserk at any moment and slaughter everyone present. Though he hides it well someone of Annette's caliber can still tell. Fortunately, he keeps it under control. Then they start to bid with the beast tamer going to Baron's family and the princess being sold off to Walsh Salone. This of course gives her an idea. She will swish places with the princess to get in