180 The auction begins (1/2)

Sirin was truly impressed by Zatiel wits and capabilities. The problem with selling records with knowledge, it's the fact that they are easily duplicated making his value plummet since a great number of copies could be done and flood the market.

But with the alteration that Zatiel did to the book, that problem was handled.

”We will perform the examination and if everything goes well, we will put the book in the auction and endorse them with our name. But I was wondering whether you will be willing to directly sell the 'Book of resurrection' to the auction house, we will pay you greatly of course.”

The Magus was very interested in the rituals of the book. The knowledge about resurrection magic in the kingdom is not small, but the one related to bringing back people who had died of old age was uncommon, and more so if it only needed the power of a Rank 4 life form to be able to use it.

As for the 'Book of rune crafting', it also draws her attention but the information in it was not something she could not obtain in the kingdom.

”These two books must be sold in the auction.” Zatiel posture was firm and it seems that no amount of well could change his mind...” but I have a proposition for you.”

Sirin was disappointed but she immediately focuses on Zatiel when she heard the last part and saw how he took four more books.

Two of them were blue and two black. These were exact copies that Zatiel had made and had the same information and type of runic writing made in them.

”After the two books are sold in the auction, you will wait ten years. During that time, the ones who bought the books will start to display some of the impressive features of it that will allow you to send these other four for a higher price, but you must be careful and make everyone believe that there is only one 'Book of resurrection' and one 'Book of rune crafting'.” There was a crafty light in Zatiel eyes as he spoke and he smiled.

The rest were not very clear about the purpose of Zatiel strategies and wonder why he did not just sell the six books at the auction, however, Sirin was different.

The Magus did not obtain her position just for her wealth, and much less for her looks since that was meaningless in the kingdom. She understood that Zatiel wanted to make everyone thought that there is only one each book in order not just to inflate the price but to give it collective value.

There is no small number of powerful individuals that will be willing to overpay for something, even if it is not useful for them, just to gloat that they have the only one in existence.

The illusion could be easily broken if too many books were released, but with just three of each, it will not be hard for Sirin to maintain it.

As for the ones sold in the auction. They just need to hint that the real ones are the ones they are selling and the other are just useless replicas put by the previous owner to avoid shame.

The books are real and they are not really tricking anyone, so the Magus found no problem with the job

”What do we get as payment?. The books cannot be copied and we will lose access to their knowledge after ten years.” No matter how ingenious a business deal was, Sirin was not willing to work for free.

”It's true that you will not be able to remember the words in the book once you lose physical contact with it. But if you can fully understand all the knowledge in the book, you will retain it.”

Zatiel word made it seem as if he had intentionally left that method, but the truth was different. He did not have the power to put conditions in the retention of the knowledge people obtain from the books and once they make it their own and fully understand it, the runes and Mind Force could not erase it.

For someone like Sirin, ten years to learn the information in both books was enough, but she did not accept Zatiel proposition yet and looks at him carefully.

”Are you not trusting too much on me?. What is stopping me from learning the information in the books, sell them and then keep the money, after all, due to the nature of it you could not tell anyone that I broke our business deal.” Sirin's expression was cold as she looked at Zatiel.

Heinz, Zitra, and Totto were surprised by the woman's change in attitude and were worry about Zatiel, as for Gabriel, his eyes narrowed but he remained silent. The only one who did not show any change was Sophia.

When Zatiel hears the Magus words, he only smiled at this obvious test. There were several ways he could handle this situation, the most direct one will be using the might of his title and the fact he was an honorary member of the kingdom to put pressure on her.

In the end, he chose to go with a more natural approach and closed his eyes before speaking.

”If the money doesn't reach my clan in ten years, I will just have to ask you personally for it at a later time. Of course, I will also be collecting interest.”

Sirin was surprised by the fact he chose to only rely on himself but she shook her head. She was a member of the Scientia Kingdom and a Rank 4 life form, even a Rank 6 life form could not make her felt threaten.

But everything changed when Zatiel opens his eyes. For an instant, she saw a figure covered in darkness who was looking at her with his monstrous red eyes.