The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 954 You’ve Lost

When he finished, he was crushed to discover it was still spotless-not a trace of red in sight.

"Daniel, what's going on? Your Heliotrope-I thought you colored it?"

"Well, how does it look now?" Daniel grinned. "Going to stick to your belief that the blood-red color is from dye?"

"Of course! It still makes sense you dyed it!"

"If I dyed it, Grant, after your hard touch, your fingers would have to show some remnants of the color. But look at your fingers-perfectly clean!" "Don't think you can pull one over on me. You must have used a top-quality dye, making it stick well, and that's why nothing came off!"

Grant was adamant, determined not to believe Daniel.

"You insist the Heliotrope is dyed! I'm tired of arguing. Every time you see the truth, you refuse to acknowledge it."

and offered the Heliotrope to Aaron. "Hey, Aaron, you're an expert. Can you check this? Is the red color from dye?" Aaron accepted the stone and examined it closely, even scratching

said,

it

off easily,

well. It would

if

fightly.

coming

what you're saying, you're acknowledging it isn't dyed-it's the real deal?"

"Exactly!" Aaron nodded, adding,

But it's only a thin layer on the surface. While it might look amazing, it doesn't make it worth two million. If I had to assess, d say it's worth about five hundred thousand. That's significantly

so you're saying this Heliotrope is only

Aaron nodded. "Yes."

open? If the