Chapter 172

“So, you know?”

She knew precisely what Apollonia needed but she still wanted to provoke her further.

Whatever she offered wouldn’t be enough for what she had.

Evangeline’s eyes twinkled as she waited for Apollonia’s response.

She originally planned to refuse Apollonia’s bargain just like what she wanted her to do.

“It’s impossible to measure it with money, huh?” Apollonia repeated slowly.

Didn’t she have any argument to counter it?

There wasn’t much of that in this world.

“What about Lady Idena’s business empire?” Apollonia asked.

Evangeline’s eyes widened in shock and the chair she had sat on, faltered.

The entire wealth of Lady Idena’s business empire could buy her a dozen kingdoms similar to Rajan.

A hundred people couldn’t earn the same amount in their lifetime even if they give it their all.

“What are you saying? You’re just giving the entire thing to me??”

“It took me five years to build that business and enjoy the current financial resources it accumulated. If I go back from the start, I can rebuild it in two years.” Apollonia spoke seriously.

Money-making was easy for her but what she wanted right now was intelligence.

However, what Evangeline wanted was——

“I will add your freedom in this bargain.”

Apollonia’s voice rang low in the quiet library.

“You’re not just going to be the richest woman in the continent, you will also be free.”

Evangeline’s eyes went round and large.

She looked at her silently for a while as if to grasp her true intentions.

Then, she took a few deep breaths to organize Apollonia’s suggestions in her head.

“Wow. You really mean it.”

“Trying to fool someone who knows everything will not work so why lie?”

Evangeline shook her head in disbelief.

“That’s surprising. No one has ever offered me that much before.”

“Are you telling me that no one had ever offered this much money to you in the past?”

“No. That’s true but that’s not what I’m talking about.” She looked at Apollonia with a mix of disbelief and amazement before answering, “Some offers were really tempting such as half of their fortune, the Queen’s throne, money I could spend in my life without ever working——”

Apollonia nodded.

Who in this continent wouldn’t want such assets?

Right now, the Emperor and Petra’s eyes must have turned upside down, searching for ‘Milon’s eye’.

“——but no one,” Evangeline said, bending down close to Apollonia. “No one has ever offered to lay down everything they’ve built up in their lives. The powerful offered to elevate my status without giving me a chance to surpass them, and the rich calculated their bargains carefully so that their wealth would never falter. They might consider ‘Milon’s eye’ great but it’s scary to miss what they already have——”

Apollonia listened to every word she said without moving.

“——Because the fortune you have amassed in your life is more precious than what you don’t have in the moment. They can bear the regret of not accessing ‘Milon’s eye’ but the loss of what they just had is hard to bear. This must be it.”

“Of course it is.”

“But you’re something else, Your Highness.”

She spoke without taking her eyes off Apollonia once.

While talking, she accidentally hit a couple of books next to her and dropped them, but she acted as if she could hardly see them.

The books she considered precious until a while ago, were no longer in Evangeline’s view.

“You told me that you would give me all your wealth without question since you said you would just get it back soon. There’s no one in this world who’s more confident about herself than you, Your Highness. I’ve never seen it before.”

“If it’s something that ‘Milon’s eye’ haven’t seen yet, it’s probably true that it’s not in this world. I won’t deny it.” Apollonia smiled. “There are two reasons why I made such a proposal. One is that, as I said before, I am confident that I will amass the same wealth again soon. And the second is that what you have is worth it.”

“That’s a relief.”

“Then are you going to take it? My suggestion?”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Evangeline seemed to be having fun, studying her, but Apollonia’s interest was elsewhere.

She tried not to forget it.

Evangeline closed her eyes and thought, not opening her eyes for an awkwardly long time.

She was a real freak.

She was silent and her eyes were closed in front of the person who just asked the question.

She was also muttering something back and forth while sighing and frowning.

Then, she started pacing around in circles.