Chapter 182: What was overlooked
The child's mother disagreed with that explanation.
"Kesby? I'll admit he knows a thing or two about appraising paintings, but this is a mirror!"
The father, who was driving, understood his wife's doubts and continued to explain patiently.
"Darling, here's something you don't know. Kesby may not recognize the patterns around the mirror, but he knows a lot about materials."
At that, he couldn't help glancing at the box in the rearview mirror, even lowering his voice.
"He already tested it privately. He couldn't identify the materials in this mirror at all. The frame isn't any conventional metal or common stone, and its temperature never changes, no matter what environment it's in. And the mirror itself isn't glass or metal, either, and it's quite hard!"
The child's father grew excited just talking about it and swallowed.
"Darling, do you know what that means?"
The woman in the back seat began to catch on. From what she was hearing, the mirror sounded quite mysterious.
"Hard, transparent materials found in nature are usually gemstones. That means the mirror's surface might have been polished from some unknown gemstone, and the frame could be made from meteorite material, or even raw gemstone!"
"As Kesby put it, if the surface is gemstone, polishing it that smooth and flat would take craftsmanship worth far more than what we paid."
The mood in the car grew lively, and the child's mother began to appreciate how precious the mirror was.
In fact, it had caught her eye earlier. She had simply been reluctant to part with two hundred euros.
"Actually, Kesby and I split the cost this time. Since he's an employee at the shop, he couldn't buy it himself, so he deliberately gave the seller a low appraisal first, then had me