A luxurious auction that was held differently than auctions in general attracted the attention of high-ranking officials and rulers of the archipelago at that time. Trading commodity export goods of the highest quality and selling profitable local land tenure rights to those who can win them. With the final prize as the attraction of the auction, they were auctioning off native women who were said to be the flowers of the village because of their stunning beauty.

At first, Edward did not take an interest in this auction, but his demands were as a nobleman who went to native land to look for export commodities for his country. Arriving at the final point of the auction, the highlight of the event was the presenting of seven village girls with stunning beauty faces. Until his eyes fell on a girl who was standing shrunk at the end of the line, taking an interest in her. A little girl with a beautiful face, even though she was covered in a shabby kebaya and batik cloth wrapped around her long legs.

"Two hundred million rupiah for the girl on the far left," his tongue fluently pronounced in Indonesian a moment he bought the girl. A highest price bid occurred which at the auction that day.

Until the sound of a hammer being knocked was heard—not until the auction took place—he had officially bought the girl and made her his own.