You used to ignore me. Now I'm out of your league.
Ever since Tris had significantly eased the first patient's blood curse, the Greengrass relatives who had initially treated him so coldly had done a complete about-face.
Even Coeus, who had previously kept saying he did not believe it would work, held out no hope, and was only trying it as a last resort, had started addressing him as "sir" and "Your Excellency," his attitude positively deferential.
But would Tris pass up the chance to make a killing just because they were being respectful?
Of course not.
Treatment cost twenty thousand Galleons per person. Take it or leave it.
What? Too expensive?
For fuck's sake, I never heard you complain about paying thirty Galleons a drop for Draught of Living Death! At one drop a night, twenty thousand wouldn't even cover two years. I'm curing you for good so you can enjoy a wizard's long lifespan, and you think that's expensive?
If it's too expensive, go sit in a corner. There are people who can afford it!
So, were there people who did not think it was too expensive?
Of course there were!
When Coeus heard the price, his first reaction was also that it was too expensive, and he kept grimacing. But once Tris ran through the figures for him, he gritted his teeth and paid up.
The Greengrasses' blood curse was more destructive than Nagini's, but it was actually somewhat easier to remove.
It existed as a special kind of soul fire, which was better suited to removal with Samadhi True Fire than the threadlike form of Nagini's blood curse.
Tris had taken nearly two months to remove Nagini's blood curse, treating her once a week. Although his magical prowess had improved considerably since then, his mastery of