โIt seems you don't fully understand how I work, Prince Pisces. I'm not a backstabber. I'm just doing business.โ Zari answered to him.
โAs I said I'm waiting the highest bid. Let me explain. Let's say you would offer me 2000, King only 1000 and Queen 3000. What I do to get the highest amount of money? I would let you and the King to know there's been higher bidder but I don't tell the amount of money. Let's say you would next offer me 4000 and King only offers 2500. Now you have highest bid, right? In this point the King would also drop out of contest.โ Zari smirked. โGuess what I do next? Yes, I would inform the Queen about the higher bid, but I still don't tell the amount. Let's say she offers 4500. And now... We're on the final round!โ she laughed a bit. โI would tell to both of you and the Queen to do the final, last bid. I also would tell you that the current bid is 4500. Let's say you now offer me 6000 and Queen only 5500. So there you have it. In this case I would be in your side.โ she paused for a while. โAnd be 6000 richerโ
Zari leaned back in her chair. "So now you know, how I work. And if you're afraid that the King or Queen would try to use force to get your kingdom in their side, I can also offer protection. I can sent few dozens of my soldiers to your Kingdoms. They all are good fighters and will follow orders. Of course, that's not free either."
Zari started to get irritate. She couldn't wait this meeting would be over. She would go to search Cayden and Sevi from town and run another two hours over the mountains and kill couple of more cougars, or perhaps a boar, to calm her nerves. She had put her claymore leaning against the chair. It was hard to sit when it was on her back. She glanced at it. Maybe it hadn't been so good idea to take it with her...
One wrong word and she might lose her temper.