Master Seven-colored Flower's request made Maria feel that she still wanted to struggle a little.
However, Maid Miss had no intention of bargaining at all.
Maria had no choice but to turn her pleading gaze toward Boss Luo, only to discover that this healing-type little brother was no longer being healing this time. He clearly had no intention of stepping in personally.
"Forget it. Looks like I won't be able to earn this bounty." Maria shook her head.
She had only wanted to earn a bounty from the Magician's Association... But there were plenty of ways to make money, and she had no need to agree to Master Seven-colored Flower's request for this one job.
Hah... Did being an older unmarried woman mean she didn't deserve love and could sell it off at will?
Still, she finally understood why Master Seven-colored Flower's works were sold at sky-high prices in the secret medicine world—if every bottle of secret medicine made by Master Seven-colored Flower had such a bitter story behind it, then perhaps it was hardly surprising.
"Are you planning to abandon the commission?" Maid Miss asked calmly.
Maria said with a bitter smile, "Even if I don't abandon it, I have no choice but to... Although I'm still very reluctant to give up this bounty, compared to what I might lose, it feels like the loss outweighs the gain. In any case, I'm still very grateful for your company this time, Master... Even though so many things happened."
They had never forced the other party to complete a deal... Maid Miss said nothing, merely nodding lightly. The identity of a secret medicine master had once been nothing more than a game to her, and the transactions she had made under that identity had merely been incidental.
Her actual profession was