Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 94. Bag exchange. 2
Inside the room, a silent atmosphere was created for a moment. Jack started to say something and now the faces of his two guests turned frantic.
“So tell me, is the person coming with you to this place?”
Arkan was panicking but his determination was already strong. There is no reason to doubt.
“Be–truly. The person is outside as it is not allowed to enter by the gatekeeper”
“Is he really the sword man without the sword sheath in question?” ask Seren
“True. I'm not sure I can tell you his name but if it's just physical traits I might still be able to give it”
“……”
Jack and Seren were silent. They look at each other and then smile.
“Forget about it. I'll see him later. After all, since Justin died, he's no longer our target. I don't want to do the work of the dead. Ahahaha”
Who would have thought that Jack just easily ignored it and went straight to the subject.
“So, let's talk about the exchange transaction you said. You want to exchange the body and have me cancel all remaining transactions that have been made with Justin, including releasing the children?”
“What Jack-sama said is true. I don't want those three people to get involved or be merchandise. From the beginning they were not merchandise. At least for me”
Arkan deliberately added his last sentence because he realized he was talking to a human seller. He blatantly put emphasis on that last sentence.
“Ahahaha, you're right. They were still ‘not’ to be trading. Take it easy” Jack said with a laugh
“Before?” Arkan asked while showing a scared face after hearing that
“Aa. I want to sell as usual. But because of something, I was no longer interested so I decided to sell them in a living state”
- Deg
Arkan turned increasingly pale and his heart immediately beat fast as if getting another bad feeling towards the sentence spoken by Jack.
“Jack-sama, why are you–“
When he wanted to ask more about the reason why he was so quick to accept this exchange, Jack spoke again.
“Ah, let's just get this over with so I can quickly do my job. Okay, I got my friend Justin's body and I canceled everything, including those two kids, I'm gonna give you back”
“Really?!” Arkan seemed to not believe what he heard
- Deg
Riz felt that something was not right with Jack's words. However, Arkan seems too surprised to hear his transaction can be taken for granted. Riz tried to set it straight.
“Shortly, Jack-sama. About that earlier it seems there is a kesala–“
But it seems he didn't have time to do it because Jack continued his sentence.
“Because from the beginning there was never a written agreement between me and Justin so it doesn't matter. Besides, as I said earlier..Why continue the business requests of the dead? It would just be a waste of time”
“.....” Arkan and Riz looked at each other hearing Jack talk like that
“Although the children were originally very desirable to me, but since I have already lost my interest and switched to another so it is better to throw away the things that you do not like. Well, that's how it is. This way the transaction is completed and I will not issue this in the future”
“Truely already–“
Arkan's face became delighted yet he had to hear another shocking fact that made him go into shock.
“But a little information for you. The boys just escaped from this place not long after we entered lobby”, Jack said casually
“What!!” Arkan and Riz stood together with panicked faces
“They are alive. I only had a few blisters but nothing I broke yet. So just calm down. Well, maybe one to five strands of their hair were already lost when brought to this place but they were already not here”
“Ke–why didn't you tell me as soon as?!” Arkan panicked and spoke in a high tone to Jack
It seemed, he had already forgotten who he was dealing with. Riz looked frantically at Arkan, who spoke disrespectfully to Jack. Then he also saw the face of the same Seren who was ready to take something on his back waist.
‘Si this fool!’ riz shouted in heart
Jack still looks relaxed and smiles and then like holding the wife to do nothing. Seren finally held her husband's hand with a sweet smile.
“I'm sorry. I had intentionally left the storage room door unlocked because I knew they were going to try to escape. If it's still my trade, I'd like to use them as a warm-up for this place before opening”
“What is–“
“Usually my customers are still happy with the fresh living goods that are free to roam here. They can hunt it themselves on the black market”
“.....” Arkan became even more shocked to hear it
“I told Riz and all the black market merchants that they were free to carry any weapons. It allows the market to be very crowded and I will not lose the human supply to sell. So if they try to hide in this place, as long as they do not go out of the gate then they still have the potential to be traded by other sellers. Or later I can catch myself so I can promote as a cheap slave”
‘This is crazy! He's demon! It turns out that he is not human!’Arkan muttered in his heart
Jack continued his words.
“They are no longer my merchandise so you can take them home. But since William doesn't know this yet, maybe he can break the bones of the two boys later. You can go with my wife and later she herself will tell William not to hurt them and you all get out of this place”
Jack kissed his wife's forehead and asked her to go with them both. Before everything was done, Arkan hurriedly went straight out of the room to search for the children himself.
Amazingly, he did not say goodbye at all or say another sentence to Jack as the owner of the place. Maybe if the mood of the two couples is bad, Arkan can really end up being a display. But it seems like luck is taking his side this time.
“Wah wow, he's so excited. Seren my dear, please treat him well huh. Remember because they are still our customers before exiting this market so treat them gently”
“Baik”
“Do not throw weapons at them”
“I understand my dear”
“And don't hurt them even if you're upset. Lots of things to do after this so I want you not to get tired, my love”
“I understand. I went after him ya”
“Nee, my dear Jack. I want to wrap this up first because Arkan has to spend it”
“Do as you please. My lunchbox and water bottle are in the next room. Use that only. Don't forget to wash again because you want to use again to bring our food when you go to visit my beautiful in-laws' place”
“Baik”
And sure enough, Seren actually brought a cup of tea and a part Arkan cream cake.
In the room only Jack left with Riz. Jack looked at Riz who was still standing with a pale and shocked face. He asked with a relaxed face.
“What's up? The transaction is over, Riz. I'll take my friend's body to the usual place. Are you sad that Justin actually died at the hands of an unexpected person?”
Riz was silent for a moment. Arkan may not have time to ask her but Riz realizes the exchange is not really going his way.
“J–Jack-sama..can I ask you about the exchange that just happened?”
“Sure. What's up with the exchange?”
“Ka–You said that you agreed to cancel all Justin transactions with you and release the person you brought, right?”
“Bar”
“But why did you only say two children?”
Riz started to show his panicked face. Instantly he felt a strange aura that made his hair goosebump. Jack's eyes might look relaxed and there was no change in the strange expression on his face. But that's not true.
“What's wrong? Justin and I did make a transaction as Arkan” said
Jack explained everything.
“She asked me to find the sword man without a sword sheath and capture him alive. Instead, I can have her nine little angels and can be taken any way during the search process. Because Seren wanted to take the children one by one so he asked Arkan about where the children lived and finally they brought two of them to this place. What I said was true, right?”
“I–that's right but..there's not right here!”
“What?”
“Didn't Arkan from the beginning say he wanted to exchange Justin's body for the three people taken! Arkan told me that there were three people that Seren-sama brought to this place, so shouldn't Jack-sama release one more person!”
“....” Jack went silent
As Arkan and Jack discuss his contract, Riz really listens to everything each of the actors says carefully. That's why he can say all that and that's one of the reasons Arkan asked him to help.
“I. Pe–need Jack-sama to know that one more person brought by Seren-sama was a friend of the sword man without the sword sheath outside and since he himself killed Justin, he said, he wanted to exchange it for the lives of three people including his friend also”
“.....” Jack is still listening
“At first he also wanted to enter this place but Uncle Will blocked him from entering for some strange reason. I think that Uncle Will purposely detained her because she was the one Justin had been looking for ever since you guys accepted her request. Until now Uncle Will did not know that the contents of the cart we brought was Justin”
“……”
“A–I think that isn't barter happening it–“
Unfinished with the defense he has, Jack cuts Riz's explanation.
“It seems you have misunderstood the explanation between the contract I made with Justin and the transaction that happened just now, Riz”
“Eh?”
“You heard what I said? I made a transaction with Justin and got his nine little angels in return. When he dies then I no longer have the obligation to make his request again but the payment I get is not obligated I return”
“.....” Riz listened to Jack with a face of shock and mouth open
“Since Arkan brought Justin's body to this place to make an exchange then the equivalent value for the corpse is his nine angels. That's because they're the payment I received from him when he was alive. It could be said like I returned all the rewards I received from Justin and exchanged for his corpse”
“A–what?!”
“Regardless of who killed Justin, the last person you meant was never in the contents of the contract I made with Justin. So, what am I giving it back?”
“Eh? Musta–“
“The child you are referring to is a teenage boy and my wife told me that the teenager was already with the two children while she was on her way to the children's residence. She was brought to this place as a gift from my wife to me”
“Ta–but it does not match the exchange we submitted!”
“But it is in accordance with the conditions of my contract with Justin at the beginning”
“……!!!”
“No matter what you say or what Arkan put forward at the beginning. For me, the one worth Justin's body is his nine angels. Therefore I will let you bring those two children and I will not do anything bad to them”
Riz was silent. His face panicked and could barely think of anything. Unless a thought he himself had just realized.
[Then what if he's interested in them?!]
He remembered that sentence.
While seeing Jack drinking tea in his wake, Riz gulped and ventured to ask.
“Jack-sama..did Jack-sama use that excuse not to let go of that teenager?”
Jack remained silent. The cup of tea that had just stuck to his lips was restrained.
“Jack-sama always ignores humans or corpses that do not grab your attention just like that by ignoring them or selling them for cheap. But you're gonna use all the means you can to keep a potential item or something you really like. So...”
Riz clenched both his hands and spoke in a rather high tone.
“...So I feel that you are using all those strange explanations as an excuse not to let go of that teenager! Is what I said true?!”
Hearing that, Jack put back his teacup and smiled. A smile that reflected a real psychopath and instantly made Riz almost lose the strength to stand up.
He dropped his body to sit on the sofa back with a pale face. A sentence came out of Jack's mouth.
“I'm glad you know me so well, Riz”
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