Since he'd won the other three bids, the remaining bidders had quite a bit more cash to attempt to bid on the kitsune. By the end of the bidding, the whopping price of ten-thousand, five hundred finally clinched it for Draiss, the final bidder giving up past the ten-thousand mark. Naturally, everyone here is<em>intensely</em>curious as to who the mystery bidder is, with this kind of funding, as paying sixteen thousand gold, in a world where few even imagined owning such wealth, was certain to draw notice of him; just as he gathers information on the nobles, they're eager to find out<em>everything</em>about him.