Chapter 38: I have a surprise for you!
Kael looked at old Roy’s face without saying a word. He didn’t need to say anything; the result was right there in front of his eyes.
Roy Medici inspected the stone, which was about the size of an ostrich egg. He wanted to make sure it wasn’t some trick, as had happened in past generations.
However, upon examining it with extreme meticulousness, he found nothing. There were no signs of tampering or falsification.
That meant the stone was genuine!
Kael watched as old Roy brought his hands to his forehead after examining the stone.
Did he think I would cheat? I do not need to do that. He saw no benefit in it. He knew many ways to fake a stone of origin that would be used a lot in the future.
Kael knew how important origin stones were; their value was five or ten times greater than that of a mana stone. Furthermore, they were extremely difficult to obtain.
Everyone knew that, to obtain an origin stone, one had to clear a dungeon or, in the rarest of cases, it came from a spiritual spring, which were as difficult to find as a drop of water in the sea.
In the Medici Clan, there were only three spiritual springs that produced ten thousand stones of origin per year. These were the source of the clan’s wealth.
With a single spiritual spring, a family of viscounts was able to live without worry for at least 10 years.
Without letting those thoughts distract him, Kael held his gaze on the elderly Roy, his face unperturbed.