''She is just like how the novel described her to be.'' Looking at the kid who looked right back at him, Zick thought this.


    Varine''s gaze didn''t waver like the other ves, who didn''t dare to make an eye contract with him.


    ? Some ves didn''t even bothered lifting their heads up, when Zick passed by them. They were all waiting for death. Zick could see through the inner workings of the preservation magic caste upon them, so he knew that they wouldn''t die anytime soon.


    The magic in itself wasn''t anything special, but it would be different if it was used continuously. The preservative type magic wad caste upon the ves at set interval, so that the magic doesn''t wear off, this would let the vesst longer.


    But this magic wasn''t omnipotent, it just slowed down the deterioration of a body or object, not stop it. So there were still many ve who died everyday.


    Both Zick and Varine had nk expressions making it hard for anyone to know what they were thinking.


    CLANK!


    Zick opened the iron bar door with a simple push, the servant from before didn''t bother to lock the door in any way at all.


    ''''Come out." Zick''s voice was emotionless as ever.


    All the ve within the cage had horrified faces, they turned their head towards the direction Zick was looking at.


    A frail looking girl entered their sight, it was apparent who this new customer was addressing to.


    Varine''s gaze dimmed, she had just thought of how she would end up in the hand of an customer like any other ve, but she didn''t think it would be this fast. She had to follow the orders of a customer no matter the cost, not only her but all the ves.


    If they don''t follow the order, the ve seal would activate and make them follow it forcefully.


    Slowly getting up, Varine walked towards Zick with a downcast head. The ves can''t get out of the cage without the permission of a customer or a ve trader.


    The ck market did everything it could to makefortable market facilities for the customers.


    Varine got out of the cage and lifted her head up, staring at Zick with her Holden eyes, waiting for the next instruction. She had been trained from a long time to behave properly like a ve.


    Zick turned his head towards the camp deeper into the ve market, ignoring Varine''s gaze. A ve trader walked towards him hurriedly after sensing one of the servants being moved. He was the same ve trader that he met when entering the ve market.


    Reaching in front of Zick in no time, the ve trader started speaking in a very polite tone. ''''Sir! You might not know but this ve is going to be turned into premium product, so buying them would cost a hefty prize. Of course, there are bett-"


    "There is no need for that, just state the prize." Zick cut off the ve trader''s words without any hesitation.


    ''''Then...." The ve trader looked at Varine from top to buttom. Rubbing his chin, he started speaking again. "I won''t lie to you sir, it has only been around six months since we started training this ve. So I will offer this ve at only 200 tinum coins, the initial cost of a premium ve is 1000 tinum coins, without a doubt this is a beneficial trade for you." The ve trader smiled professionally though it just made him look even more uglier.


    ''''Alright and show me any two ve That won''t die quickly.'''' Zick epted the ve trader''s deal easily.


    tinum might have been a rare material on Earth, but in this world tinum was not very rare. There are many more rare and precious metals which surpassed tinum to arge degree.


    ''''Please this way, hehehe I am sure you will not be disappointed by our products." The ve trader started leading the way.


    ''''Follow me." Zick ordered Varine like it was the most natural thing.


    ''''Yes master.'''' Varine answered back nkly. Her future was uncertain, she might be a ything of this customer or she could also be used as an experiment subject.


    Human experimentation is strictly forbidden in the first continent, but the people associated with ces like ck market wouldn''t care about it in the slightest. She followed behind Zick quietly.


    Zick was able to discern some of Varine''s thoughts, after all he knew about her through the novel.


    Originally, Varine was brought by a merchant who had some weird fetish which circled around girls at the same age of Varine. If she had not met the protagonist of the novel, Aeiron by chance her ending could already be expected.


    It had taken a while for Zick to find Varine. He could feel almost everyone''s presence in the ck market, but he didn''t have the ability to sense other''s potential. He could only see it through his dragon eyes.


    So Zick had to go around looking at everyst ve with his own eyes. He had to go deeper into the ve market to find Varine.


    ''And her talent.....'' Zick had clearly seen Varine''s talent, unexpectedly it was more than anyone he saw until now, second to only Aeiron. There was another problem that he was facing recently.


    A ve seal cannot control anyone at the level of a master. This could be solved by making Varine sign an oath.


    But ording to the novel, a grandmaster can easily nullify an oath.


    Zick had to find a way to put a leash upon Varine in any way possible. He already had a n on how to handle it as he knew a lot about her through the novel.


    And even if his n didn''t work, it didn''t matter. He could just kill Varine before she grew and all his problems would be solved.


    Zick would lose a valuable asset but it was better than letting a potential threat go. His n was very hard to achieve too.


    ''I have to make her sign a contract with me.'' Sparks appeared in Zick''s eyes.


    A contract was totally different from an oath or a ve seal. The approval of both parties was needed to form a contract.


    A contract can''t be broken once made, it directly affects the soul which was impossible to nullify. It is usually hard to get a spiritualist or a mythical beast to help form a contract, but this didn''t worry Zick.


    Zick could ask the ck cat in the Garcia family''s mansion to help him in this matter, in the future.


    ''Now I only need to make Varine willing to form a contract with me. I know a lot about her, but I''m still uncertain if it is possible. If not....I can only use her till she bes a master assassin and then discard her.'' Zick couldn''t trust Varine without a kind of leash on her.


    Now that Zick bought Varine, it changed many events which are going to ur in the future.


    Zick could only be cautious and n his future moves as much as possible now. The value of the novel would fall to a certain degree in the first continent.


    Zick could only use his knowledge of the novel in the second continent, as nothing much should have changed there.


    Zick couldn''t help but feel happy about finding Varine and also worried about his future problem.


    The ve trader took Zick to one of the area where it was filled with strong looking ves. They were within the cages like everyst one of the ves.


    Zick chose any two strong ves quickly. One was a man in his thirties with messy brown hair, he was a middle rank knight and the other one was a old man in his fifties with white hair, he was also a middle rank knight. They followed his orders with emotionless expression.


    ''''This two ve quality aren''t bad, you have a good a eyes sir. If there is nothing else that you need to buy, then we can head towards my tent. I will pass on the ownership of this three to you there.''''


    Zick epted this proposal immediately with a nod. There was nothing else that he needed from here right at the moment.