"A million?" Melissa was taken aback, and she gave another look at the idol. Perhaps it was because she heard that the idol was worth a fortune. Suddenly, it looked beautiful, the craftsmanship undeniably fine. "Are you sure it is an adamantine alloy? Have you appraised it? No, where did you find it in the first place?" She no longer looked calm as before. Questions were shooting from her mouth, one after another.
"I found it in a black market," Kael continued, "and it doesn't have any ancestral ties to my family. So there's no pressure for me to do whatever I want with it. I can sell it for a fortune, and that's the best way to fund our future."
