Chapter 325
Chapter 325 Worth
A deathly silence washed over the entire place, followed by Nina’s hysterical laughter.
“You. What did you say? You fell in love… with Alice? Haha…that is way too funny.”
The green mist remained unmoving.
Endor’s ugly wrinkled face was completely frozen. Even her muddy eyeballs didn’t move.
On the other hand, Greem was calm and solemn. It was difficult to read his emotions with the serious face he presented.
Nina straightened her body midway through her laughter. She looked around her and finally fixed her gaze upon Greem.
“Did you mean what you said? You weren’t joking…” Nina questioned doubtfully.
“When you succeed, I want the permanent management rights to the territories of the Witch of Fate. The Sarubo Clan can bear the burden of all the resources you need to craft the steel golem. I can guarantee Alice’s safety as long as she remains in the Sarubo Clan. It is settled then!”
Sanazar didn’t even give Greem a chance to reply. The green mist rose to the skies once she finished speaking, and disappeared from the spot in the blink of an eye.
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It was Alice and Snorlax that waited for Greem when he finally returned to his dwelling.
The two of them held a set of tarot cards in their hands. It seemed they were entertaining themselves with a card game.
Alice had stuck all sorts of stickers onto Snorlax’s green face. Alice, on the other hand, hadn’t seemed to have lost a single game. In fact, she was still in the mood to eat an apple as she played. A large pile of odd little gadgets was placed right in front of her. Snorlax wore the bitter expression of a constipated man.
“You are back!” Alice leaped off the chair in her excitement. She ran to Greem’s side and lifted her head to ask, “How did the negotiations go?”
Alice’s huge eyes blinked as she asked.
“Don’t you know how to divine? Can’t you see the results without me telling you?” Greem asked curiously.
“Lady Sanazar was present. Her aura was far too powerful. I can’t see through the occurrences around her with my abilities right now.” Alice’s small face instantly soured when she talked about this.
“You aren’t afraid of me selling you off?” Greem asked her teasingly.
“Hehehe. I might not be able to divine the exact information I want, but there’s always some vague feedback! I only need to know that it’s good news for me!” Alice immediately went back to her jovial mood.
“I sold you!” Greem couldn’t help but grunt.
“How much did you sell me for? How many magic crystals did they use to buy me? Quick! Tell me…” Alice was suddenly filled with energy.
Behind her, Snorlax trembled as he extended his hands and reached towards the piled up ante on Alice’s side.
“What do you think?”
Alice tilted her head and thought for a bit. She extended three fingers but quickly extended another two.
“Fifty thousand!”
Greem smiled as he shook his head.
“Too much or too little?” Alice closed her palm as she betrayed an expression of anxiety.
“Too little!”
Alice was happy to hear this. She lowered her head and thought for a bit before gritting her teeth and saying, “A hundred thousand! The price couldn’t possibly be any higher! I know how the Northern Witches are. They might be powerful fighters, but they are all idiots when it comes to making money!”
Her tone dripped with contempt.
Greem shook his head as he added, “I have already told Witch Nina of your advancement to an adept!”
“It was Witch Nina that came? She’s one of the more powerful witches amongst the Witches of Deceit!” Alice couldn’t help but mumble, “Then it’s two hundred thousand?”
Greem shook his head still.
Alice’s breath started to become heavy.
She was from the Northern Lands herself. She knew very well what two hundred thousand magic crystals meant to a witch clan.
Don’t even mention an ordinary witch. This amount of money was more than enough to hire a Second-grade witch as a bodyguard.
“Three hundred thousand.” Alice had practically squeezed these words out through her teeth.
Even Snorlax had stopped his thieving actions to turn and look at Alice. His eyes spilled over with gleaming magical crystals.
If there were three hundred thousand magical crystals piled right here in this room, it would probably be enough to drown him in crystals, wouldn’t it?! Was Alice worth this much?
Alice felt like her heart would stop beating when Greem shook his head again.
“Four hundred thousand crystals!” Alice screamed at the top of her lungs.
She even had half a mind to sell herself at this moment.
That was four hundred thousand magical crystals after all!
However, Greem shook his head once more and looked at her pitifully. He then spat out a shocking sum.
“Five hundred thousand! And then I rejected them!”
Alice’s breath instantly paused.
The apple she was eating clattered as it fell to the ground and rolled away into the distance.
Snorlax’s mouth opened so widely that it was hard to believe that was how his anatomy was supposed to be. Snorlax pointed his finger at Alice, his face full of shock and disbelief.
“Why didn’t you sell me? Why didn’t you sell me off? Why…” Alice’s eyes overflowed with a thick shroud of confusion and inability to comprehend.
Snorlax nodded intensely at Alice’s question. He had the same doubts.
Greem smiled bitterly and looked at the solemn Alice. He finally spoke, “Because I feel like you can be worth much more than that!”
Greem then turned to leave the room.
Even though it was a cold and practical reason Greem had left her with, Alice couldn’t help but feel her nose twitch. Her tears started to streak down her face without her knowing.
She sobbed as she turned and looked at Snorlax, her only ‘relative’.
“My dear Snorlax, would you sell me for five hundred thousand magical crystals?”
Snorlax froze. He frantically nodded then shook his head with all he had. He didn’t even know what he wanted to express in the panic he had fallen into. Snorlax instantly covered his head and stopped moving when he saw Alice extending a hand towards him.
She caressed Snorlax’s head then left the room; her heart crowded with various emotions.
What was it with today? Why was everyone behaving so weird?
Snorlax scratched his head in confusion. He looked around, and in seeing no one present, he quickly shoved all the ante he had lost in the card game back into his storage belt before sneaking away from the room.