Villain Retirement

"I know you are selling more… oddities, Master Zero — I would like to buy them all."

"And what sort of oddities are you looking for, huh?"

"Does… the girl with the big tits speak for you, Master Zero?"

"Excuse me…!?"

Riley, Liza, and the woman who bought the undead themarian from the auction were now in Riley's apartment… along with the woman's guards.

And suffice it to say, they could barely fit inside Riley's apartment; with one of the woman's guards having to stay in the kitchen area, which was only a meter apart from the living room area—no. Perhaps it would be better to say that the entire thing was the living room area because of how small it truly is. As for Riley, he was just seated on the sofa along with Liza, while the woman was standing beside the counter while drinking a cup of coffee.

And due to its small size, the woman and Liza's voices just echoed through everywhere, causing Riley to just close his eyes and wait for them to be done. Fortunately for everyone else present in the room, Liza and the woman finally looked away from each other before letting out one final harrumph.

"Although she could be noisy and very talkative, Miss Liza's query is correct, Miss Anastasia." And with the two finally quieting down, Riley had the chance to speak as he addressed the woman, who previously introduced herself as Anastasia, "What sort of oddities are you looking for?"

"Ho…?" Anastasia raised an eyebrow as she looked at Riley from head to toe, "With that kind of question, a girl might assume that the number of treasures you hold is immeasurable."

"It is not," Riley shook his head, "Please stop assuming things, Miss Anastasia."

"Well, let me assume something one last time, Master Zero…" A smile then very slowly started to crawl on Anastasia's face as she placed the cup of coffee on the counter, "You…

…are a multiversal diver, aren't you?"

"I…" Riley turned to look Anastasia in the eyes, causing her to slightly flinch in excitement, "...do not know what that is."

"Okay…" Anastasia shrugged and smiled before winking at Riley, "...Let's say you're not."

"I am not."

"Okay, I believe you," Anastasia winked again.

"Why are you winking at me, Miss Anastasia?" Riley squinted his eyes, "Is that some kind of code?"

"Actually, he might not really know," Liza joined the conversation again before turning to look at Riley, "Multiversal Diver is an illegal occupation, Zero. It's when people open or find portals to other dimensions and get whatever relic they could find there and bring them back here to sell."

"...Hm," Riley nodded at Liza, "Then no, I am not a multiversal diver, Miss Anastasia."

"Okay, I said I believe you," Anastasia smiled as she raised both her hands in surrender, "I am only saying that if you have something else on you that I might be interested in…

…then I would like to buy them all."

"I do not know what you would be interested in, Miss Anastasia."

"Should…" Liza started looking around, "Should I really be here… this feels illegal."

"Surprise me, Master Zero."

"Hm…" Riley placed his hand on his chin for a few seconds, before finally pulling something out of one of his many pockets,

"...What about this, Miss Anastasia?"

"Zero!" Liza's eyes widened in shock—no. It wasn't only her, even Anastasia's guards who were trying their best to be stoic could not help but widen their eyes.

"What…" Anastasia's eyes trembled as she looked at the thing in Riley's hand, "...What is that?"

"Something I will not be willing to part with unless you give a very suitable price, Miss Anastasia," a small smile crawled on Riley's face as he nodded to himself.

"What…" Anastasia took in a small gulp as she looked away, "...What would I do with a mummified head?"

"Something else, then," Riley let out a small sigh; shaking his head before hiding Bernard's decapitated head back to his pockets, "What about this, then?"

"That—!!!" And once again, everyone's eyes widened as Riley retrieved something else from his pocket.

"I…" Liza no longer knew what to do as she just stared at Riley's hand and his face back and forth, "I can't let you sell that, Zero."

"$2,500,000."

"Wha—" Liza's eyes widened even more as she looked at Anastasia, "Just who the fuck are you? Why do you have so much money!?"

"Deal."

"Don't just hand it to me!"

Anastasia could not help but just back away as Riley just casually stood up from the sofa and tried to hand him a Guardian Force — a stone literally containing the power of a mini dwarf sun.

"Don't… don't you have something that could contain it?" Anastasia took in a small gulp as the light reflected on her face.

"Hm…" Riley squinted his eyes for a few seconds, before raising his other hand and stretching it toward the window. Everyone then turned toward the window, wondering what it was he was actually doing.

"What—"

And before they could even ask, the window suddenly slid open; causing a tiny explosion to erupt in the air as something flew right onto Riley's palm.

"What… where did that come from, Zero!?" Liza quickly rushed toward the window and started looking around.

"It is a piece of rock from New Th—from the home of the gods," Riley then said as the rock from New Theran started to form into a box.

"You used your abilities again!?" Liza pointed at Riley, "That's illeg—you know what, never mind."

And as Anastasia watched as Riley placed the Guardian Force on a box made from materials from the home of the gods, she could not help but just look at Riley.

She… hit the jackpot. She had friends in the Reserves building, so she knew basic information about Zero and how he's a Class 7 entity or above and was just discovered days ago…

…but from what she was seeing right now, he could even be a Class 9; the fact that he was able to capture an undead themarian would mean he was as strong as them — or maybe even stronger?

Whatever the case was, she needed to build an undying connection with the man.

"I will add an additional $250,000 for the box," Anastasia smiled as she raised her hand, ordering her guards to bring in the money, "And an additional $250,000, in hopes that you contact me in case you want to sell a few more things again."

"Hm," Riley just nodded as he handed the box to Anastasia. One of the guards did not allow Anastasia to hold it, however, as he was the one who grabbed it from Riley…

…only for everyone to watch as his arm split into two due to the weight of the box.

"Stop doing unnecessary things." Fortunately, Anastasia caught the box before it could actually kill anyone if it fell through the floor.

"You…" Liza quickly pointed at Anastasia, "...You're a themarian!"

"Am I…?" Anastasia only smiled before proceeding to head out of the apartment, "Well…

…it doesn't really matter, does it? Money — money is the only thing that matters. I really hope to do business with you again soon, Master Zero."

And with those words, Anastasia and his guards just left the room; not even caring that one of them was injured.

"What…" Leaving Liza completely dumbfounded with what just happened—no. Everything that had happened to her that day finally fell on top of her, causing her to just drop to the floor there and then, "What… just happened?"

"Interesting," as for Riley, he just calmly placed his hand on his chin, "It would seem I truly need to learn more about this world, I did not even realize she was a themarian until it was too late, Miss Liza."

"No… enough about that," Liza then took in a small gulp as she looked at the bags just scattered in the room, "Just… how much did you get today?"

"We, Miss Liza," Riley turned to look at Liza, "Since the auction took 50% of the $6,400,000, and then we received a flat $3,000,000 from—"

"Wait, don't say anything anymore."

And before Riley could even finish his words, Liza suddenly rushed toward him… and kissed him without even any warning.

"..."

"Wh—I'm sorry!" Liza then quickly leaned away as she covered her lips, "I just… I don't know what I did. I… I don't know where to release all of this excitement and…"

Liza then stopped talking and she just looked at Riley's face. And then, once again, without saying another word…

…she just removed her dress and let it fall onto the floor, "Let's…

…fuck."

***

"Oh my god… it's really happening!"

A few days after the eventful sale, Liza and Riley were outside the apartment building — watching as the construction workers started working on their newly bought space.

"It… it actually feels like I'm achieving something in life after 600 years," Liza almost wanted to cry, "But I know I didn't since this is all you."

"Did you not have savings even after 600 years, Miss Liza?"

"Wh—I don't want to talk about it. It—Wait, why are they also moving that part!?" Liza then pointed at the construction workers who were removing the walls of the next space, "We are going to get a complaint at this point!"

"No," Riley stopped Liza from approaching the construction workers, "It is fine, Miss Liza…

…I bought the entire building."

"...Right," Liza could really only blink a couple of times as she heard that.

"I also bought the next apartment."

"What the… what for!?"

"It is blocking our view, Miss Liza."

"Right…

…of course, it is."