* Raon POV *
"That's alright, I agree to your condition. Here now all I need is a signature."
"Very well I will send it to our patriarch and we should have it in around half an hour."
"Alright that works for me."
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"Alright now that we have the contract signed we can start."
"Very well, here is all of our assets. You may pick exactly half."
"Alright."
Hmm, I'm honestly surprised they even put these in here. I thought they would just deny that they had it at all. Well that's fine, it makes this a lot eaiser.
"How will be determining the price?"
"Well we will be calling a librarian to oversee the transaction."
"Hmm? How interesting!"
"Let's get this started.
I invoke my privilege for an overseer!"
After he was done talking, a crack in space appeared in the middle of the room. That's when a figure walked out. It was clothed in a pure white cloak with gold lining. His presence seemed to be nonexistent yet also suffocating. It had a star tattoo on his right hand. It had long white hair with a pair of the blackest black eyes. It looked human, yet I instinctively knew it wasn't. It was something wearing the skin of a human. That's when it's voice pulled me out of my trance. It was soft and calming, filled with intrigue and curiosity, yet also seemed to have touched my very soul.
"It's kinda rude to stare Mr.White."
"…"
"Well uhm, this is the librarian that will be overseeing our deal. He is a Gold ra-"
"No,no,no, you're thinking of my brother. I was just curious about who wanted the help of a librarian."
"Your brother?"
"Ah yes I haven't properly introduced myself. My brother Michael who is a Gold-Outer—3 rank Librarian, while I am a Manager of the Library."
"A-a-a manager?! I thought their was only 3 managers?! The master and one of the creators of the Library, the Heavenly Demon, and lastly The Grim Reaper."
"Well you are right, only 3 managers exist. I am the third manager the Grim Reaper and harbinger of death. I had a few questions for this one over here and decided this would be as good of a time as any."
"Questions?"
"Yes, however that can wait. Let's finish this deal between both of you first."
"Alright I want your transportation firm, your stakes in the Astral Bank and Libary and al-"
"Wait! Wait! Wait! This already is most of our assets."
"No, you have more they only take up around 1/4 of your assets."
"Hmm, he's right you know."
"…"
"Well I'll take a hotel in every human sector."
"Hmm? That would put you over the agreed 50%"
"Hmm? Then what about if I didn't take a hotel in this sector?"
"Hmm? That would put you a little below half."
"Then what about a bar in this sector."
"That's fine and would put you around 000.01% below half."
"That's fine with me."
"Alright can you calculate the price for us Sir."
"Well alright."
The manager pulled up a hologram and was flipping through pages incredibly fast. After an hour of flipping through pages he closed the hologram.
"Hmm? Interesting, interesting indeed."
"Well the price comes out to 650,000,000 Astral Coins."
"Hmm? That's a lot actually."
"What do you mean it's a lot!? How much are the shares for the Astral Library and Bank!?"
"Well for all your shares inside the Astral Library and Bank it comes to around 500,000,000."
"Thats not right we bought them for at least a couple of billion."
"Oh no you did, it's just that someone sold their shares recently and the Astral Bank and Libary go off previous sale. So their shares sold for 50,000,000 each."
"Oh my god! What am I going to tell our patriarch!"
"Well that's your problem. Now that this deal is done I need to talk to him."
"Wait! It's not done yet he still has to pay. If he's unable to pay in 24 hours then the deal becomes void."
Well I have around 10 million I would need 640 million more. That would be around 64 billion.
How am I going to explain this to Shin? Uh, we'll let's just do it.
"I would like to exchange for 640 million Astral coins. I would like to transfer 650 million to the Lin family.
Alright the payment has been made."
"Alright now the deal is fully finalized, leave so I can talk to him."
"A-alright."
He leaves on the verge of tears and with a dark face. I don't feel any remorse for what happened or even pity.
"Now that he's gone I have a few questions I need answered."
"… What's in it for me?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I'm not answering anything unless I gain something."
"… You will either answer it or I will kill you. Simple as that."
"Hehe! That's no fun Grim, we can't have you breaking the rules now can we."
"Tch you were here too?"
The Grim Reaper looks up and starts to talk to somebody or something. I am unable to see them, yet the Grim Reaper seems to acknowledge their presence. He talks for a couple of minutes and returns facing me with an annoyed face.
"Fine! What do you want?"
" ??? "
"I'm asking you what you want to answers my questions."
"Hmm? I want to pick something from your treasury."
"Huh? First off, how do you even know I have a treasury? Secondly, why would I ever do that?"
"Well I was just guessing you had a treasury and that all depends on if you want those answers that badly."
"Tch! I always hate you stupid lizards. Fine, I accept your condition. You may take one item from my treasury if you answer my questions with honesty."
"That's fine by me."
"First off, why do I smell death on you?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I smell that you should be dead or have died."
"Oh! Yeah, I have died."
"Then how are you able to be here?"
"I also am part phoenix."
"Wow! So your part lazy lizard and annoying chicken."
"Is that all?"
"No. Why is their the smell of Sin on you?"
"Hmm? Oh right I did get a message about something found with someone having the pseudonym of Original Sin."
"Hmm? Alright then, how are you able to survive with primordial chaos inside your body?"
"Huh? What do you mean primordial chaos?"
"Hmm? It seems you don't know? Well that's fine I guess. Luckily we found out about it in time. Alright! As promised you may pick one thing from my treasury."
"Alright! I shall teleport you to my treasury, however you must keep the things you see to yourself. Also I will be only giving you a day."
"Alright then I shall keep to myself."
"Good."
He summons a gray scythe and taps it on the ground. We vanish from the room and appear inside a room filled with treasure, gold, items, and more. The sight was overwhelming yet also fascinating.
"Alright you have a day to find the item you want to keep."
I first went through looking randomly and I did find quite a few good things. Yet I knew I could find something better. My instincts were screaming at me to find something. It was telling me that something here would help me a lot more than something else. I scrambled around to find what I wanted to find. What my body and mind wanted to find.
After 23 hours I found two items that gave me the same feeling. One of them was a sword and the other was a skill with also a technique manual. The sword was a pristine and holy white. It had strange markings and runes all over its blade and an engraved name on the midnight black hilt.
Absolute
The other item was a skill book that also included a technique manual. The skill book was called Contractor of the Void. You form a contract with something that is outside of the multiverse. It gives you many abilities like sending and imprisoning someone inside the Void. You would be able to visit and survive the void. The target that gets imprisoned may be released if you want them too. The technique manual is a sword style that uses the properties of the void as a base. It uses an absolute nothingness to deliver unpredictable, precise, and swift strikes. While also destroying the molecules and being that it come sun contact with. The technique is called Decent of the Void.
While I was contemplating on what I should choose. The grim reaper appeared in front of me.
"Oho! To think you would find both of these in that little of time."
"Could you explain to me what they are?"
"Hmm? Why not? The sword was a natural creation. It was an absolute, it was an anomaly. The sword gives the user an absolute ability. An absolute ability is something that can ignore the laws of reality. The only way to contend with an absolute ability would be another person with an absolute ability. I do warn you though that the ability isn't really yours as the sword is just lending it to you. If you don't preform adequately then it will take the ability away.
The skill Contractor of the Void is something that I found while exploring the void in my younger years. The skill is different from the modern skill books. The modern skill books let you use the skill without understanding it. Of course the skill is weaker than if you had understood the skill. In the past skill books would help guide you in understanding them and even help enhance their prowess. Unluckily those skill books are made naturally and the person wanting to use them have to meet some conditions to even use them. The technique is something I have no idea about as no one has been able to use the skill book and actually perform the technique.
"Hmm? That's a lot to take in. Uhm, then I choose the skill book."
"Are you sure? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and you might even be unable to use the skill book."
"Yes I would like the skill book. I trust in my intuition."
"Hmm, alright then."
He summons his scythe again and taps it on the ground and we disappear from the room. We reappear back inside the hotel room. I put the skill book inside my storage ring for later.
He nods to me and then taps his scythe again leaving me alone in the room. I leave the room and head back to my villa. Once there I inform Ron about our new assets and put Stephanie in charge while I'm gone. I leave 3 million in reserve funds and I prepare to return to the Mortal Realm. I first prepare a few items. I prepare a space stabilizer, a coordinate map, a cross realm communicator, and a beauty serum recipe. I used the space stabilizer to be able to keep my storages ring safe and let me take it to the mortal realm.
I leave the Astral Realm while laying down in my villa.
Once I arrive inside the Mortal Realm I notice I am laying down on the floor. I sit upright and notice something. I look over and notice the Village Head looking at me with concern and confusion.
"Uhm? What wrong Village Chief?"
"T-that's impossible!!"
"W-what are you on about?"
"Your soul wasn't here a second ago."
"Oh! Yeah I was using an ability I have."
"Hmm? Well I guess that's fine. We are going to the human empire soon to celebrate the emperor coronation."
"I understand."
The village Chief leaves and I look through my storage ring for the Contractor of the Void skill book. I take out the skill book and prepare to try and learn it. That's when a voice that sounded empty with no emotion and also ancient.
"You're not qualified young being.
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Wait? That title… I see… barley qualified…"