Female Novel
Chapter 476
“Don't you dare tell me that you've seen the emerald seal because that will be a joke! This is a nationalappraising event with plenty of experts here. An inexperienced junior like you shouldn't be boastingabout your meager skills here. Take a step back now and stop speaking nonsense.”
Bailey found the situation amusing.
And he calls himself an experienced specialist. How funny.
They could have been fine if they had admitted that they were unable to discern whether the seal wasthe real deal or not.
Their insistence was going to backfire terribly if someone were to prove that the current seal they hadwas a replica.
The crowd around them was noisy as they bombarded Bailey with ill comments.
However, Bailey kept a faint smile on her face and rested her head on Artemis' shoulders before sayingto Raiden, “See what I mean? They don't believe me and are certain that this is real. Why don't you goalong with their words and pretend that this is the real one?”
Raiden could hear the discontent in her tone.
Indeed, he was at fault for this. He knew that putting her in the spotlight would pressure hertremendously, but he still did it.
It was nothing unusual for her to be furious to be on the receiving end of everyone's doubts and
mockery after that.
“I'm sorry to have pushed you into this, but this is the only thing I can do. I can't just sit back on watchas the real emerald seal disappear while the national museum receives a fake one.”
Bailey waved him off.
She understood the difficult spot Raiden was in. It would be challenging to correct the mistake if theydid not reveal the truth instantly.
Bailey only had a foul tone because she was pregnant, and pregnant women tended to be quicker tobecome angry than others.
With a bellow, Raiden stopped the others from talking. He then uttered, “I'm sure no one wants the realred emerald to continue getting passed around strangers' hands while we keep a fake one in ourmuseum, right?”
A short and sweet speech that dispirited the angry people.
Raiden continued, “There must be a reason for people to voice their doubts. Don't worry. I'llreinvestigate this matter. We'd rather spend more time looking into this than let the real red emerald slipby us.”
Lina gritted her teeth, a touch of anxiety flashing past Lina's heart.
She thought no one would dare to question the legitimacy of the red emerald in public.
Yet, it seemed like Bailey was fearless with the way she instantly said that the seal was fake.
Why is she so skillful? It was the same for Beauty's Tears, too. No one realized it was a fake but Bailey.If the real deal had not still been in the auction back then, she would have been exposed. Ha. BaileyJefferson. She's truly my personal harbinger of doom. novelbin
With things having come to this, Lina had no choice but to steel herself and keep fighting againstBailey.
“All right. I'll give Mr. Fletcher three days to look into this. If you still have no evidence that this is a fakeantique three days later, I'll have to resort to legal measures.”
“Master Vespera, that's so nice of you.”
“That's right! This is nonsense, and you have no need to care about it at all!”
“Mr. Fletcher, if this red emerald turns out to be the real one, what do you plan to do with Bailey? Shecan't get away from this scot-free, can she?”
Before Raiden could say anything, Lionel uttered, “If this emerald is real, you can send me to jail fordisrupting public order. I promise the Luther family won't intervene.”
At that, Raiden cast Bailey an apologetic look before turning to Lina. “Bailey has already said her part.Isn't it time for you to do the same?”
Lina pursed her lips in response.
Although she was filled with uneasiness, she could only steel herself and swear, “If this emerald is fakeand I'm just a fraud, you can send me to jail too.”
“We have trust in you, Master Vespera.”
“That's right. Master Vespera is one of the best in the appraising industry. In fact, I heard that shelearned her appraising skill from an experienced tomb raider. If you can't recognize it, no one in thisworld would be able to do that.”
“Bailey's ignorant. She's going to fail.”
There were other relics to be appraised after that, but Bailey was more concerned about the antiquestatue.
“Ratemis, let's go backstage.”
Seemingly reading her mind, Artemis reached out to pinch the tip of her nose before leaving.
After the two of them went out of the exhibition hall, Artemis looked for the person in charge of themuseum.
“Can you sell those three replicas to me? I'm thinking of bringing them back to let my darling studythem. She's too lousy of a judge, and I'd like her to practice more often.”
The museum curator received a huge sum of donations from the Luther family just a few days ago.
Even if Artemis had asked him for the real relics, he would have still found a way to give them to him,let alone the replicas.
“Mr. Luther, how could you say that? They're but worthless toys. Please just help yourself to them.”
Bailey happily took the antique statue.
The moment she took it, she sensed the uniqueness of the statue.
It was almost spiritual, and if she were to close her eyes, she could smell a hint of fragrance comingfrom it.
How can those experts toss such a priceless treasure away as if it's trash? How ludicrous. Evencombined, the antiques today aren't worth as much as this antique statue.
After all, how could a statue that had been blessed in Tonitrus Temple be anything ordinary?