Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 57

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Don’t you dare to fool my husband! (I)

The merchants exchanged glances, and as if they could communicate with their minds, they had a tacit understanding of what to do.

Naturally, as a merchant, they wouldn’t miss the chance of getting these perfect pearls. They could sell it for triple or even quadruple the regular pearl’s price.

They could also commission jewelry from these pearls and mark up the price until only the royals could afford it.

The possibilities were endless, but they couldn’t afford this sack of best-quality pearls without breaking their savings.

Hence, they devised a plan.

"These pearls are surely the best quality, Your Majesty. However, I don’t think it would sell for a high price," the merchant from the Rianel Kingdom said.

"Why not?"

"Because pearls aren’t the trend right now," the merchant from Holy Achate added. "Gemstones, especially ruby, are the current trend because they are hard to come by. Only old women would wear pearls."

"I see," Gale wasn’t troubled at all. He didn’t care how much gold they would earn from selling these pearls. He could always fetch some more.

Even Mako the fishmen king said they could harvest the same quality of pearls every three months to half a year.

But he wanted to make Swan happy, so he asked again, "Then, how much can I get with these pearls?"

The merchants were glad that the Beast King was easy to fool.

He might be powerful, but he was still a savage who knew nothing about the worth of certain items.

’Once a beast, always a beast,’ they thought in unison. It was obvious they could take advantage of the beast’s obliviousness to reap huge profits.

"Then, how about we pay this with the regular price from our human kingdom? One pearl should be around fifty silver coins. We will count the amount of pearls, and calculate the amount we have to pay," the merchant from Holy Achate suggested. "This is the highest price we can offer, Your Majesty."

"Sounds fair," Gale nodded, but before he permitted them to check on the pearls, he noticed that Swan was staring at the merchants with a burning gaze as if she was angry at them for some reason.

He felt that she had something to say, so before he gave his permission, he asked his mate first, "What do you think, Swan? Those pearls are yours, so if you agree with their price, I will permit them to count those pearls."

Swan said nothing, but her heart was boiling with anger right now.

She knew these merchants were lying because she had heard from the Queen Mother and Aria that one piece of round pearl would cost around one gold coin, which was roughly 100 silver coins, and those round pearls still had bumps, unlike the perfectly round pearls that Gale brought.