Gathering Wives with a System

Chapter 692: Scamming Althea, Seventh Queen POV

Isaac was surprised when they heard the price, but after thinking about it for a moment, it actually made sense. Divine Stones, even fragments of them, were extremely valuable, and if Alice had not already possessed such treasures in the Calloway Mansion treasury due to their ancestor being a Sun Dragon and a Saintess, they would have needed to spend a considerable amount of money or resources to obtain one.

”Let’s take this,” Selene said, unable to completely hide the excitement in her eyes as she looked at the stone. She moved toward the Divine Stone Fragment, clearly intending to place it inside her storage ring.

However, just as she was about to reach it, Celia suddenly chuckled and said, ”Wouldn’t it be funny if that thing is actually the power source for this entire spatial space, and we remove it and then things go wrong?”

Celia continued chuckling for a moment, but when she noticed that everyone was silently staring at her, her laughter gradually faded.

She looked from one person to another before asking, ”...What?”

”Please don’t make those kinds of jokes. It feels like you are trying to jinx us whenever you say things like that,” Isaac said with a helpless expression.

Celia chuckled again, seemingly finding it amusing that Isaac actually believed in that kind of thing. However, when she realized that everyone else was looking at her as if Isaac had made a reasonable point, she coughed lightly and decided not to continue.

”It’s fine. This is one of the first rooms we found, so it would be strange if the main power source was here. The power source is actually somewhere closer to the center of this spatial space. I can sense it,” Selene said calmly.

She raised her hand, and the locks holding the Divine Stone Fragment in place immediately opened. Selene then carefully placed her hand on the stone and transferred it to her spatial ring, and the happiness on her face became impossible to hide as her tail began slowly moving from side to side.

Isaac could not help but chuckle when he saw her reaction, and the group soon continued deeper into the spatial space. As they walked, he looked toward Althea, who had been quietly observing everything around them.

”We will give you one-fourth of the Divine Stone Fragment,” Isaac said.

”What?” Althea looked at him in surprise, clearly not expecting such an offer.

”We found it together, and we also wouldn’t have found this Sky City if we hadn’t followed the route you decided on. Because of that, it would be too unreasonable of us to take everything for ourselves without giving you a proper share,” Isaac explained.

”But...”

”I insist,” Isaac said with a sincere smile, not giving her much room to refuse.

Althea hesitated, but it was obvious that she was becoming tempted by the offer. One-fourth of such a large Divine Stone Fragment was an enormous resource, and bringing to kingdom something of this quality, she could easily obtain an Apex-rank evolution potion.

Isaac’s smile became slightly deeper when he saw her reaction. Althea might have been raised as a princess and had already learned about politics, business, and the importance of resources, but she was still young, and even she found it difficult to resist the temptation of receiving such a valuable treasure.

”Thank you,” Althea said sincerely after making her decision.

Isaac simply smiled and continued walking with the others. He did not say anything else about the matter, but a moment later, Celia’s voice suddenly entered his mind through telepathy.

’Wasn’t that a little too scummy?’

Isaac turned his head slightly and saw Celia looking at him with an expression that clearly said that, even by her standards, he had gone a little too far. She did not need to say anything aloud for him to understand exactly what she was thinking.

’What do you mean?’ Isaac asked innocently.

’Do you really think I can’t tell what you are trying to do?’ Celia replied, rolling her eyes.

Isaac knew that she had seen through him. Celia might have seemed carefree most of the time, but she was not the type to become so excited by a treasure that she completely forgot about the bigger picture.

Still, there was no reason for Isaac to admit it.

He simply smiled at her through the telepathic connection, which made Celia stare at him for a few seconds before shaking her head. She clearly knew he had no intention of explaining himself.