The next day, Angel came to Williams Street early in the morning and found the Folk Herbal Medicine Shop that Carlson said.
There are some common flowers and plants planted outside the shop, which is decorated like a flower shop instead of Herbal Shop. You can smell a fragrance from a long distance, which is mixed with the pungent smell of various herbs.
She pushed open the unlocked glass door and entered the Herbal Shop, which was large in size but somewhat chaotically furnished.
A fat man was lying on a wooden lounge chair with his back to the door. His excessive waists squeezed out of the back of the chair, making people suspect that the chair might collapse at any time.
The chair shook slightly, and the person on it was wandering in sleep. Beside him, a handsome young man with disheveled hair was busy in the shop, collecting herbs, grinding the dried plants into powder, putting them into glass bottles by category, and placing them on the shelves.
Angel felt that this young man looked familiar. After recalling for a moment, he remembered that he had seen him in the Underground Market behind Evil Dragon Bar of Tingen City, and even bought some essential oils for Ritual Magic from him.
Of course, this kind of memory is one-way. The young man obviously did not recognize Angel with a changed face. When he saw a guest coming to the door, he greeted him warmly, wiped his hands and greeted him.
"Hello, I want to buy something that is hard to find outside, um... Mummy Ashes."
After the embarrassing scene last night, she simply didn't want to say this term, but due to the need for promotion, she could only put aside these shameful feelings.
Sure enough, the boy showed the same expression as the two people named "Machinery Hivemind", but he quickly reacted, looked back at the man on the recliner, and shouted:
"Teacher, come here, she wants to buy, buy that..."
"I've heard it, Xie Ermin, you go to the warehouse and take the newly collected medicinal materials to the balcony to dry. Leave it to me here."
The man on the recliner climbed up with difficulty and looked at Angel by the door.
Both of them were stunned.
Angel discovered that he was Fat Apothecary and Darkwill who had talked many times at the "Eye of Wisdom" party and even collaborated.
"It's you!"
The latter was even more surprised than she was. His eyes were wide open. He reached for his waist with his right hand and raised his left foot, as if he was about to break through the door and escape in the next second.
Fortunately, this real "Apothecary" had the basic qualities of Beyonder and quickly calmed down.
"I thought you were here to trouble me..."
He muttered an explanation, sat back on the wooden lounge chair, and wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeves.
"In fact, I didn't even know this was your Herbal Shop until you turned around just now," Angel looked at the room, which was large but filled with various bottles and jars and wooden shelves, and replied, "I just came here to buy some medicinal materials this time. Well, it can barely be regarded as medicinal materials."
"Mummy Powder, right?" Darkwill showed an "I understand" expression that Angel was almost tired of looking at. "You might as well just buy the potion I made. Those at the party who used it said it was very effective. The supply is simply in short supply."
"I am using it as a material. I want Real Mummy Ashes. There is no need to mix it with other things or make it into a finished product for potion."
Angel I'm too lazy to explain. Anyway, it will get darker and darker.
She could only blame the weird formula of "Demoness of Pleasure" in her heart. Why should she use this kind of Auxiliary Materials, which has special effects and is easily misunderstood?
"Real, pure Mummy Ashes is very expensive, and the effect is not as good as you think. Generally, people mix it with some excipients that are not fatal but have no effect. Most of them sell the real... medicine under the name of Mummy Powder." This Fat Apothecary seems to still want to work hard to promote his medicine, but Under the serious eyes of Angel, he returned to the right path, "The mummy comes from the Southern Continent, from 'Highlands Kingdom', where making mummies is a custom prepared for the distinguished. It is sacred and rare. And the 'ashes' you need only account for a small part of the powder ground into real mummies."
"How much?"
Ignoring these "historical knowledge" that obviously paved the way for prices, Angel went straight to the topic.
"Five pounds, five pounds per gram."
Darkwill replied quickly.
Those 5 grams are 25 pounds... Although it is expensive, it is within my affordability range, and I no longer want to suffer strange looks. If I can solve the problem here, 50 pounds will do...
Angel thought and nodded.
Darkwill took out a small glass bottle containing off-white powder from a locked cabinet, carefully measured out 5 grams with a scale, put it into a test tube, sealed it and handed it to Angel.
The latter used Magic Mirror for divination in front of him and confirmed that it was Real Mummy Ashes, not the ashes of a rat or simply wall ashes.
She breathed a sigh of relief and put the test tube away.
Finally... all the materials have been collected.
Counting out the 125 pound banknotes, Angel handed them to Darkwill who looked surprised.
"So much... oh, you gave me the 100 pounds, I thought... hehe."
Halfway through, Apothecary smiled awkwardly and closed his mouth.
"This is the final payment for the clue to the formula of 'Apothecary' from the last transaction," Angel explained, looking at Darkwill with a suspicious look on his face. "You think I won't give you the 100 pounds. Do you think it is impossible for me to successfully obtain the formula?"
"That Priest from Feysac is indeed a bit difficult to deal with. I originally thought you would fail. Although it would not be life-threatening, people like you have come to me angrily before..."
There was a trace of fear on his fat face, and he answered slowly, it seemed that the ending of that "exchange" was not very happy.
"And I heard that last month there was a Vampire, a real Vampire, who got lost and walked into Harvest Church. He was caught by Father Utravsky and has not been released until now. He is forced to listen to Mother Goddess's teachings every day in an attempt to influence him."
Vampire, lost?
Angel quickly captured the keyword behind.
Could it be that this unlucky Vampire was tricked into the church of Earth Mother by "Master Key" who made me get lost countless times, and was caught by Father Utravsky? And this key became Priest's collection, and finally fell into my hands.
Angel originally planned to take some time to find this Priest and ask about "Master Key", but now there is one more thing he needs to know.
But for now, the most important thing has been determined.
Stroking the slender test tube in his pocket, Angel walked out of Folk Herbal Medicine Shop and looked towards the busy street.
The materials have been prepared and it is time to be promoted to "Demoness of Pleasure".
At the same time, in a magnificent, palace-like villa.
"Thank you. I originally thought that this kind of material did not exist in this world, and I was almost in despair."
A woman who seemed to have just grown up, with a slightly round face and a gentle temperament took a palm-sized delicate iron box, opened it, took a look, smiled at the middle-aged man in front of her, and spoke in a soft tone.
The latter's lips were tightened and his face was serious, but his eyes couldn't help but look at the woman's face, and he replied in a low voice, "I said that I will find everything you need for you. This is the most solemn promise of a Gentlemen."
Then, he turned around reluctantly and left the room.
The woman looked at the other person with a sad face, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes, but after the door was closed, this disguised expression immediately disappeared and turned back to a light mockery, or self-mockery.
"Tris, I didn't expect that you would also have this day, this day where you would use your female identity to get what you need."
She laughed at the unknown "Tris" and opened the iron box in her hand. Inside was a purple-black pouch, shaped like a heart and covered with spider silk.
Closing the lid with a "snap", the woman looked out the window at the beautiful scenery, but her eyes were not focused.
"Soon, soon I'll be out of this."
she murmured.
Tomorrow, it's quite sudden