Lionarch City
The yearly knights' initiation tournant would actually be held in the Logress Kingdom territory, but the rules stated that every squire who wanted to be knighted had to be in service of one of the seven kingdoms and join the tournant under their recomndation.
Hence, before they could participate, every squire would need to receive a proper invitation letter from a king of one of the kingdoms.
Therefore the plan was, impress the king, receive the letter, go to the Logress for the tournant, win it while finding the sword and the girl during the process.
It sounded easy enough on paper at least.
Tomorrow, all the squires would gather in the Lionarch Castle's courtyard to be presented before the king for assessnt. Since he didn't have anything to do for today, Ery decided to kill so ti by visiting the city.
There was never a ti of quiet in Lionarch City, as it was located on a huge port. In fact, it was the ho of one of the two largest ports in the south of Briton and the fastest way to access the three large kingdoms across the sea Celtic, Belgae, Germania, and of course the rest of the world. Thanks to that, rchants were thriving here and the streets were always filled to the brim with rchants selling their wares.
Carts and traders ca in and out to restock or to barter their goods. Rich rchants garbed in luxurious and exotic daily wear walked around the streets accompanied by ard guards.
Ery decides to drop by in a particular shop, the largest shop he could find in the city of Lionarch. It was the sa shop he went into the last ti he ca here with his friend Lanzo: its the Lionarch Apothecary.
Just like his first visit, the shop was fully guarded. Ard rcenaries stood at the ready, their eyes constantly scanning the crowd for potential threats.
Ery pushed the door and walked inside. This ti, the fat owner wasn't standing behind the counter, only his young assistant stood there watching the door with slight boredom.
Upon seeing Ery, his eyes lit up and he gave Ery a warm welco.
"Good day, sir, anything I can do to help you?"
Unlike before, this ti Ery ca wearing a tunic and cloak made of hand-made luxurious linen, given to him courtesy of the Quintins. It was no surprise he received preferential treatnt unlike before.
He walked around and looked at the ingredients lining the shelves with interest. The last ti he ca, he had so little coin and he was only able to grab a bunch of them for analysis and contribution points.
The shop clerk watched Ery look around for a few minutes before chiming in. "Anything that interests you, sir?"
Ery turned around and looked at the young assistant.
"I would like to sell so potions. Can you help ?" Ery asked.
His face changed for a second and Ery was able to notice the disappointed expression right before the assistant flashed a cordial smile.
"Sure, sir. Please co to the counter."
In the last two weeks, Ery set aside so ti in the middle of his routine to concoct so potions and supplies for later. After all, it paid to be prepared and he never knew when he might need so healing paste, strength paste or cleansing potion.
Ery took out one bottle of the three items and opened his mouth to ask.
Before Ery could get his question out, the assistant said with a straight face. "One coin."
Ery scratched the back of his head. How similar was this man to the fat man he encountered before?
He tried to show another bottle of potion, and the answer remained the sa, just like the assistant's expression. Though he was a little bit taken aback when he saw the blue potion, he only slled it before saying. "Two coins."
Ery had asked about all the potions he had on hand and he felt it was ti to complain about the treatnt.
"The last ti, my half-done low quality cleansing potion got an offer of five coins from the owner. How could this perfected one be worth less?"
He was about to call out the man for trying to fool him, but he decided against it and held his tongue for now.
That question sounded like nothing, but it was enough to startle the young man's composure. With a surprised expression, he asked.
"You… cleansing potion… five coins…? Are you him?"
"… what do you an?" Ery stared at him in confusion.
"rlin. Are you rlin?"
Ery was caught off-guard by the question, but he answered quickly and shook his head. "No, I am not him, but yes I know him. He is my friend."
"Sir, please wait, don't go anywhere!" The assistant ran to the back and entered the storage room, shouting a muffled na.
Not long afterwards, the fat owner Ery saw before ca out from the storage room door and walked to the counter. He looked at Ery up and down before asking. "Yes, you… you were there, you are his friend, aren't you?".
Indeed, last ti, Ery did co here together with Lanzo. It seed the fat man's mory was quite good.
When the store owner saw the blue potion, his expression betrayed his interest. He ntioned how the potion that was left by rlin before was proven to be very effective.
"Actually it's very important as it concerns the lives of many" he added
The fat owner ntioned that very recently, the war between Ro and the neighboring Gaul kingdoms leads to a pandemic outbreak across the sea.? This cause dicine for disease to beco even more popular. The blue potion Ery left behind was tested by the apothecary association and among many, his seems to be the best one to stop the pandemic.
"I have been waiting for rlin's return for weeks. Tell , when will he co back? I need more of his potion."
Ery smiled and took out the few blue-colored cleansing potions he carried with him in his pouch. As he placed each bottle, the owner rubbed his hands together, while his eyes were glimring with excitent.
He looked at the fat owner and asked the sa question he had asked the last ti he ca.
"So… How much would you buy this for?"
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