The manager pouted and looked at the paper on the table impatiently. He would have to walk through the entire hall if he wanted to get all the herbs. He sat on the chair and did not get up. Instead, he pressed his finger on the piece of paper and rubbed it twice. Then, he tilted his head and looked at Lin Li from the corner of his eyes. He said with extreme disdain, "You want these herbs? Do you know how much they cost?"
"What do you think?" Lin Li frowned and thought to himself, What's with all this nonsense? Hurry up and get the herbs and leave. It's none of my business even if you sleep to death.
"Hey, young man, I advise you to be more realistic. You can't afford to dabble in pharmaceutics." The manager pushed the paper back from the table and closed his eyes to doze off again.
Lin Li knocked on the table twice, and said, "Can you please hurry up and get me these herbs?"
"Bam!"
The manager slammed the table and stood up. "You want these herbs, right? Please pay first. Otherwise, if I take them out and you say you can't afford them, it will affect the medicinal properties. Who am I going to sell them to? Do you know how strict the requirements of noble pharmacists are for the medicinal properties of herbs? Do you think that by pouring a bunch of herbs into a pot, it will be a potion? "
Lin Li wanted to laugh when he was asked if he knew how to make potions, but he could not be bothered to argue with this kind of person. He asked, "How much?"
"Oh, okay, I'll calculate it for you." The manager glanced at the paper on the table again, and raised his nostrils at Lin Li. He said, "20,000 gold coins."
"How much?" 20,000 gold coins were not money to Lin Li. Let's put it this way. If a person came to greet him warmly and gave him 20,000 gold coins as a tip after buying the 2,000 gold coins worth of herbs, it would not matter to Lin Li. However, someone asked for 20,000 gold coins for herbs that were only worth 2,000 gold coins. He would be an idiot if he gave that money.
"20,000? You can't afford it, right? Didn't I tell you that you can't afford to dabble in pharmaceutics? Look at you. Mages, what's so great about you? Do you know what a potion is? Have you ever seen a real potion in your life? A few country bumpkins, learning from others to buy medicinal herbs. Do you know how to use them? Buy them and cook them into porridge! "The manager said with extreme contempt.
Upon hearing this, Lin Li's frown disappeared, and the corners of his mouth curled up into a faint smile. In fact, watching an ignorant person show off in front of him wasn't something that could easily make him angry. Instead, it was more of a joke.
"Don't be silly, potions are the exclusive rights of noble potioneers. You country bumpkins should go back to where you came from. You can't even take out twenty thousand gold coins, yet you want to pretend to be a potioneer? Ptui …" The manager's saliva flew everywhere as he clamored.
Wilkinson couldn't stand it any longer. Master Felic was a pharmaceutics Master who was more knowledgeable than Teacher Balbo, and should be respected by everyone. How could he be insulted by such a despicable person? He was so angry that he wanted to reveal his identity and reprimand this reckless guy in front of him. He wanted to let him know that pharmacists were not people he could humiliate.
"Shameless!" Seeing that Lin Li could still laugh, the manager picked up the piece of paper on the table angrily and tore it into pieces. He then rolled it up in his hand and was about to throw it at Lin Li.
However, at this moment, before the manager could open his palm to throw the paper scraps, a bone-chilling dagger suddenly appeared at his throat.
Although the sharp blade of the dagger was only on the skin of his throat, the chilling dagger seemed to have cut into his throat. The manager wanted to swallow his saliva, but he had no choice but to stop because he was afraid that the movement of his Adam's apple would touch the sharp blade. He didn't even know when he let go of his clenched hand. The shredded paper in his hand had already fallen to the ground, and was extremely conspicuous on the clean marble floor.
These barbaric country bumpkins actually dared to treat him like this! The manager could hardly believe that this was the truth. Although he wasn't considered an impressive figure in Roland City, no one dared to look down on Seven Leaf Grass. Just based on his identity as the manager of Seven Leaf Grass, no one would dare to not greet him politely, be it a barbaric Warrior or an arrogant mage!
"You … You guys!" Even though his body was trembling unconsciously, the manager still suppressed the fear in his heart. With a trembling voice, he shouted, "What do you want? Don't forget where you are. Our boss and Castellan Arathor are friends. If you dare to touch a single hair on my head, don't even think about leaving Roland City."
The manager didn't know magic or martial arts. With a dagger against his throat, he was actually so scared that his legs turned to jelly, and he almost couldn't stand straight. If the other party was dressed luxuriously and was obviously a mage from a powerful force, even if he didn't kneel down and beg for mercy, he would at least say a few words. Of course, if it was really such a person who came in, things wouldn't have come to this.
But now, these four country bumpkins didn't look like mages from a powerful force. The manager was very confident in his judgment. Although his body didn't dare to move, and there was an unconcealable panic in his eyes, his mouth didn't stop clamoring for a moment.
"Open your eyes and look carefully. This is not your village. Seven Leaf Grass is not a place for you to behave atrociously. You'd better consider the consequences before doing anything, and don't provoke people you shouldn't provoke. Let me tell you, I'm someone who serves the noble pharmacists. What's so great about being a mage? You're just fooling those ignorant villagers. Mages are not rare here. " They were just a few country bumpkins who had never seen the world. As long as he showed them his powerful background, they would definitely be scared to the point of apologizing immediately!
However, the manager's judgment was obviously not as good as he thought, because he couldn't tell that the person holding him hostage was actually a Vampire. For a Vampire, killing a person wouldn't have as many concerns as a human. It was just like how a human would feel when they wanted to kill a chicken.
Furthermore, as Norfeller's master, although Lin Li was a human, and wouldn't easily kill someone over small matters, he would definitely not hesitate if he decided to kill someone. Norfeller, who was closely connected to his master through the blood oath, naturally followed suit under the subtle influence of his soul.
No matter who it was, there was only one outcome for anyone who dared to offend his master. Norfeller exerted a little force in his hand, and the manager's throat would be slit by the dagger. By then, even a pharmacist wouldn't be able to save him.
The skin on the manager's throat was already oozing beads of blood. However, at this moment, a voice came from the stairs, and a person walked down.
"Larry, what are you doing? Why are you making so much noise? Don't you know that I'm discussing something important with a guest upstairs!?" The person who walked out was the real boss of Seven Leaf Grass, a shrewd-looking middle-aged man in his fifties.
Originally, he was discussing some matters with the guests upstairs. Just as the discussion reached a critical point, there was a sudden noise coming from downstairs. This made him a little embarrassed in front of the guests. What kind of place was this? The Seven Leaf Grass was so famous that everyone in Roland City knew about it. Even the castellan of Roland City had always been polite to him. Who had the guts to create trouble here!?
After walking out of the stairs, the scene in the hall was clear at a glance. The boss of Seven Leaf Grass had a sullen expression when he saw that his manager had a dagger against his neck. He initially thought that it was just a quarrel, and blamed Larry for not doing his job well. However, it seemed that he was the one being bullied.
When the skin on his throat was slit, the manager knew that he had met a fugitive. A fugitive would not care about one's status or background. Usually, he would kill to his heart's content regardless of the consequences. At this time, the manager already regretted what he had just said. Even the words of begging for mercy were on the tip of his tongue. He was about to blurt them out.
However, at this moment, the boss of Seven Leaf Grass came down from upstairs, and Lin Li happened to stop Norfeller.
When the manager saw this scene, he knew that the downtrodden mages were afraid, and secretly rejoiced that he did not beg for mercy. Since the other party did not dare to do anything to him, there was nothing for him to be afraid of. At the thought of this, he perked up, and began to howl in pain at his boss, ignoring the wound on his neck.
"Boss, it's not that Larry didn't listen to your instructions, but these foreigners are too barbaric! Look at my neck, it's bleeding from their cuts. I was kind enough to reason with them, but they did not take us seriously at all. They took out their daggers and wanted to kill me, "the manager yelled while struggling desperately. Anyway, he knew that the other party would not dare to kill him. "Let go of me, let go of me!"
"Dear customers, I don't know how my manager offended you. We can talk about it, but there's no need to kill him right away. Dear customers, do you think you should let go of him first? Let me hear what kind of rude thing he has done to make these guests so angry. " The boss was a businessman, and since he could manage Seven Leaf Grass to such a state, he was naturally not the kind of person who would be impulsive. However, he was, after all, bullied at his doorstep, and the one who was injured was his manager. Hence, it was natural for him to look sullen.
Lin Li was very clear about what the boss meant, but he could not be bothered to argue with him. He smiled faintly, and gestured for Norfeller to let go of the manager.
The boss humphed coldly, and asked the manager, "Come over here and tell me what happened. How did you offend these customers?"
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