Chapter 83: Deal with Maya (2/2)
”Oh, please do tell Lady Maya. What kind of deal are we talking about?” Sam asked with curiosity.
”I wonder, how much you know about the admission you got from the Marquis academy?” Maya asked without talking about her deal.
”Not much actually.”
”Well, I will tell you something then. The Marquis academy is going to start a special branch within it. In this branch they will select all the Elite candidates from the Marquis city and the Elites from various Counties. In which the Falcon Cliff City is also included and now the top ten, of the tournament are also going to be placed inside this branch.” Maya started explaining.
”Oh, I really didn't know about it. Thanks for the information. But how is it related to the deal you mentioned?” Sam asked
”Actually, Jasmine also got an admission into this branch from the special quota of the Marquis city's Artisan tower. But there is something that is quite troubling for me about the rules of the branch.” Speaking up to this point, she paused and looked at Sam's face which was filled with calmness and no trace of emotions. Then she continued.
”One of the rules of this special branch is that the students will not be in contact with outside world in certain circumstances and there is also a rule that states that the candidates can only come outside of the academy only when permitted and until then, they have to stay in the academy itself.
So, I have some trouble to send Jasmine to the special branch.” When Sam heard this, he was quite surprised. He looked at Jasmine with a scanning gaze. He wasn't able to find anything unusual about her. She seems to be completely normal person. Then Maya continued.
”Jasmine is a special child. Since, her childhood she lacked emotions. She will only interact with me and whoever I tell her to interact with. But the problem is that I won't be able to communicate with her when she is in academy.
You know how the world is. All the noble children are having some designs about her. If I leaver her with them in the academy alone, they might take advantage of her which will cause trouble.
Even though, my status is considered not bad in the Marquis city, the noble families aren't pushovers either. We are at most at the equal standing and within the academy they might even have the higher say.
So, I have trouble leaving her there.” Maya finished explaining and Sam finally had an inkling on what the deal is going to be about. Before he could speak Maya continued on saying.
”I want you to take care of Jasmine.” When Sam heard this, he shook his head with a smile, this is exactly what he predicted.
”Lady Maya, let me be blunt with you. From what you said, Jasmine is just like a little child with no emotional quotient. If she tags along with me, you don't know how bad my influence can be. I am telling you directly. I am not exactly a kind of person who is suitable to stay with a pure hearted person.
Even if you can still allow that, from what you said, there are many noble children in the special branch who set their eyes on Jasmine and that might not be just because of her looks right, it might have been something to do with her talents and been approved by their Noble families.
If I interfere between this mess, not only would I have to face the noble children, I also have to become an enemy of all those families. Do you think I can cope with it at my current level?”
Sam said as soon as Maya finished speaking.
When Maya heard this, she became instantly silent. Jasmine is just sipping her juice as if the whole topic isn't about her at all. After a long silence and pondering, Maya finally replied.
”Sam, then I will proceed the deal in this way. You don't have to take care of her continuously. Every time, if someone approaches her or tries to become close to her, she will come to you and ask for advice, all you have to do is, to give her suggestions, whether she should talk to them or not. She will listen to whatever you have to say. You only have to involve yourself, if they get heavy handed and try any forceful methods. Are you okay with it?”
This time, it is Sam's turn to be silent. After a brief gap, he asked. ”Why are you asking me this?”
”Actually, I didn't have any thoughts of asking you first, but you are the only candidate that is suitable for it. After all, you yourself are a talented person in not only artisanship but also in other professions. You don't have much use for Jasmine's talents. Other than that, you seemed to be a person who isn't attracted to fleshly beauty that easily. Then only I came to this decision.”
”Okay, then what is your offer?”
Maya took out a red colour gem and placed it on the table. The red colour gem is small and is only the size of thumb nail of an adult. Sam took the gem in his hands and took examined it carefully. The gem is filled with fire elemental energy. But the energy is not in a form where one could directly absorb like a spirit stone.
Sam looked at Maya questioningly. The latter replied.
”This is a fiery ruby. This is mainly used by Jeweller artisans and tailor artisans to implement on their products. This not only serves the purpose of aesthetics, but also can be used as an emergency spiritual energy from the user.
As you can see, the energy in the ruby can't be used for cultivation, but the energy can be used to enhance the attack or defence. The wearer can use the energy directly without absorbing it. I will give you 50,000 of these”
When Sam heard the explanation, he was surprised, but when he heard the number, he was immediately stunned. The number is too high. But the thing is Sam doesn't need these rubies in the battle, because, he can use the spiritual energy around him to enhance his attack, but he has some ideas on how to use them for business purposes, if he can use them properly, maybe he can make a small fortune.
”Deal.” He immediately agreed.
Maya beamed with a smile with satisfaction. Jasmine didn't show any expression.
”In this ring there are ten thousand rubies, I will pay the remaining in instalments.” Sam didn't have many objections and agreed.After confirming the transaction, Sam left the Violet dew estate and walked back to the mansion. But when he entered the isolated area around the mansion, Sam felt something amiss.