Listening to his words, I went silent. This man had decided what he was willing to do business. He was willing to pay our price. I could see that his lifeforce was in his calculation but his luck. He didn't want to give it up.

Just that thought made me smile a little. Easy prey was the best prey for me.

"Take half of my remaining lifespan."

I look at him a blink, the man was foolish. There wasn't enough time for him to buy a hat. It wasn't much to trade even if you include his soul. And I really don't want the bother of binding a soul.

"Sorry, invalid transaction. I'm not here to give a free reading but there is not enough lifespan to complete the transaction. I CAN accommodate it with your luck points. A deal if you ask me."

"I won't live for another 10 years" A terrified look emerged on his face,

I was impressed. He knew the price. But it wasn't helping him at all. He was just adding pressure to himself. It was the hard truth. Death was waiting.

Looking at me the wheels in his head started to turn. He seems to want to ask for more. Then he pulled something out of his pocket. A small four-leaf clover Brooch made of jade, the color was very pale but it had power.

It also explains why he hand so little lifespan on him in contrast to his luck points. People with high luck usually live longer and happier.

Rusk may just be the exception of the rule. The man had led a hard life. His father jailed. Mother disappeared. Raise by aunt with six kids of her own. Living on the streets at sixteen.

Rusk clenched his teeth and said:

"Take this instead, and add all the remaining tally to my lifespan."

"Eh"

The item was good for six-hundred thousand years of lifespan in a trade. I look at him like he was mad. Of course, he didn't know it's worth. I could easily scam him but I didn't. After calculating the cost Of adding lifespan, there was still four hundred thousand something years on the tally. I sign. Turning into my bag and pulled out a STACK of luck boosting tailmen. They were one-time use so they were less valuable. Stacking thirty I place them in his hand.

"I can't. I'll be adding 967 years to your lifespan. And the rest after the cost of your son's liver is in tailmen. IF in the future you need to trade visit me and use those tailmen as payment. They are one-time use items that give luck twice as strong as that brooch with a time frame of six hours. You, of course, can choose to use the item if you need a bit of luck boosting. They won't burn away your lifespan like the brooch."

Rusk nodded and took the notes. I smirk. The man was getting a good deal as he was my customer. And I was getting a great deal as a witch only had to use an incarnation to activate the brooch.