Iluna and Shade, who was holding Mia, immediately chased after him toward the door as well. Since the stairway was a little farther from the inn's entrance, although the merchant had started running first, the three of them arrived at Saint Song Square outside the inn almost one after another.
It was already morning, and the square was bustling with crowds. The merchant displayed no supernatural power and did not plunge into the crowd. Instead, he turned and ran into the alley beside the inn.
Iluna chased into the alley ahead of Shade, but the moment she turned in, she saw the merchant holding an opened suitcase and displaying the goods inside to her: "Lady, would you like to buy some medicine?"
Between the lid and the body of the suitcase was a three-tiered metal frame made from simple pulleys and levers. Each tier had small metal compartments welded onto it, holding all kinds of colorful pills in different shapes.
Iluna's eyes widened sharply. In an instant, she felt an icy wind that chilled her to the marrow sweep through the alley, followed by a sensation that her body had become much weaker. Countless cold hands from the void seized her arms, and those frigid sensations then spread throughout her body. Influenza, enteritis, bronchitis, Dragon Poison—multiple illnesses appeared at once, only to be individually warded off by her powerful physique.
Some malicious intent was staring at her along with the opening of that suitcase. Iluna had not intended to answer, but her mouth moved beyond her control: "My body is very healthy. I don't need pills."
The fake medicine merchant continued asking: "Do you really have no illnesses? Think carefully. Take two more steps toward me, and perhaps you really will have an illness."
After he said that, Iluna actually