When Did I Become An Artifact Dealer?!
Chapter 117 - 118: Substitute?

Chapter 117: Chapter 118: Substitute?

Cail walked to the car. Inside, it was cold and dry. Beside him was a man who looked very healthy and young for his age. When looking at his face, you would see a resemblance to Cail’s features.

This was also the first time Cail had seen the man up close. At first, he thought he would lose control and take out his rifle to shoot him, but unexpectedly, he felt calm.

"What do you want from me?" Cail went straight to the point. Never in his entire life had he been willing to surrender to this man. He never bothered to show goodwill to people he planned to torture in the future...

The man looked at him. It was also his first time seeing this illegitimate child of his up close. He looked very similar to Saeb—so much so that if they were together, people would immediately know they were siblings.

Similar to Saeb in appearance, but different in aura. Saeb was blank and orderly, while this child resembled a wolf that would bite people when they were unprepared.

Such an unruly temperament was not suitable for a puppet, but what else could they do?

"Since you want to get this over with, then I’m going to tell you my offer. I’ll give you anything you want, as long as you replace Saeb at an event. You can name your price—I’ll give you what you want," he said, getting straight to the point.

Cail sneered. Oh look, he was basically asking Cail to be cannon fodder for his beloved son. Sure enough, he knew that a man who could produce someone as despicable as him was not a good person.

Although he was despising this man in the depths of his heart, he was also curious about the offer.

"Before I agree, I want to ask for more information about the deal. Will I have to get plastic surgery to look like him? How many days should I pretend to be him? How can I pretend to be him?" Cail laid out all his concerns.

The man saw that he was very thorough about the deal. He had a feeling that Cail would agree, so he said, "No need for plastic surgery. You’ll be given a special mask. As for how many days you’ll pretend to be him—it should be a month. Only at night. And how can you pretend to be him? Of course, we’ll teach you how to."

Hearing that, Cail’s eyes shone with a faint glow. This guy... He had no idea who he was dealing with. If he knew Cail’s personality, he would never have proposed this deal.

Because after hearing all that, Cail had an outrageous idea... What if he really replaced Saeb? That would be fun. This man had a peaceful family. He could have just sat back and waited for Cail to kill him, but instead, he actually offered an olive branch.

He proactively courted trouble, and now he had no idea what kind of mess his family would fall into.

"Is there anyone who knows about this?" Cail asked. This meeting was very secretive, so there shouldn’t be many.

Cail expected the number to be small, but the man’s answer still shocked him.

"No," the man shook his head. "Except for a few people, no one knows. Not even my wife and children."

Did something happen to Saeb? Cail thought. Although that guy was injured during the Fake God battle, it wasn’t as bad as the gardener boy’s injury.

Missing? Dead? If dead, then this man probably wouldn’t be as calm as this. Cail knew how talented Saeb was, and he was someone that should be nurtured. Although he envied and despised him, he was clear-headed when it came to Saeb’s capabilities.

"Deal. I want 20 million Nu," Cail said immediately. The mischievous streak that often caused him trouble had gone awry again. 20 million Nu was very little, but Cail planned to take more.

This could also be an opportunity for him to use the money he had put in the corner.

The man smiled. It did not look sincere—it was just a formality. Cail knew he was probably being despised inside for being cheap, but he didn’t care.

"I’m going to give you a contract to sign." The man waved his hand, and the butler gave Cail a pen and paper.

The moment Cail touched the paper, he knew it was an artifact. He tapped his glasses and realized this artifact was a very bad contract—slightly better than Virehn’s, but still bad.

It was almost like a slave contract. Punishments, rules, and restrictions. Cail felt that if he violated the contract, he would suffer life-threatening backlash.

After reading the contract, Cail signed it. A void energy entered his core, then immediately dissipated into smoke the moment it touched his own void energy. It wasn’t effective.

"So, when does the training start?" Cail asked.

The man crossed his arms as he looked out the window. "Now." The car suddenly drove off.

Cail took a deep breath. He hated such domineering operations, but he needed to pretend to be obedient now.

He took out his phone and messaged his mother that he would be staying at a friend’s house tonight. It wasn’t suspicious—Cail had done this before.

Inside, the car became silent. The passenger and the one in the back looked like father and son, but the atmosphere wasn’t warm. There wasn’t any hidden emotion after the meeting—just coldness and calculation.

Cail looked out the window. He was a bit familiar with the place they were driving through. It was a very remote corner of Nyx City—a mountainous area.

He remembered that when they would conduct their "flush," they would bring the traitors here and shoot them execution-style. No one was around, so no one could hear the gunshot.

"It looks like they want to do something bad to me," Cail thought, mixed with a bit of sarcasm. Even if he hadn’t been brought here, he wouldn’t believe that this man could be soft-hearted.

Finally, the car stopped at a very secluded mansion. This was the place where Cail would be trained to act like Saeb.

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