The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 28 Deal is Deal

“Two million is definitely out of the question! For these three items you have, Jessica, I can only offer two hundred thousand.”

“One million eight hundred thousand!”

“One hundred eighty thousand.”

Nicholas’s counteroffer left Jessica stunned.

“Smiley Nick, what do you mean by this?”

“Jessica, I wasn’t particularly interested in your items to begin with. Since you’re calling out random prices, it’s only fair I can too! I never planned on buying them. However, I can totally accept if you want to sell at the price I offered.”

dollars. If he could get them for a mere one hundred eighty thousand, he’d

a bit too far? You scammed me out of eighty million, gave me three forgeries, and still, that’s not enough for you? You want to keep scamming me? As the owner of Auctiq, you can’t possibly fail to recognize that even as

you wanted to buy antiques, there’s always a risk involved! If you failed to discern

to scam you again, that’s even less correct. You’re aware these forgeries are valued at five hundred thousand in the market, yet you called out a price of two million, clearly aiming to deceive me for my money. I naturally can’t accept that, so my offer of one hundred eighty thousand is purely self- defense. Of course, the choice is yours – you can simply choose not to sell. Auctiq has been operating for over three hundred years, and up to this day,

no one would be willing to buy them. The risk associated with

other auction houses might not offer more than one hundred thousand because

luck. Genuine antiques are difficult to match with

even harder to sell

was its vast network of clientele. In the whole of Delvin Hub, only Nicholas

antiques.

you’ve put it that way, Smiley Nick, I

and commanded Daniel, “Pack them