Episode 24 – Burrowing Windroot (1/2)
◈ Eryey Mainhouse, Ashar ◈
Countless bright rays of light illuminated a spacious roo that could be seen through the as the darkness of night
A reen slippers moved about the room His handsome features couldn’t be covered up, not even by his sloppiness His wavy gray hair did its utmost in its unruly attempts to fall over his face Thankfully, the advance of the strands was halted by the strange looking goggles resting securely on top of his head
Both his silvery hair, and the black lines and circlesthe left side of his forehead, looked several shades darker when contrasted against his sickly pale face
Thefroar It looked similar to a stick of cinnamon, it even tasted similar – sweet and spicy, yet, it was actually burselpine bark
It was the medical properties of burselpine, which kept the mind alert and awake, that caused it to become his trademark feature He could have opted to drink coffee instead, but he hated the bitter taste
The e items littered around the room, not the least bothered by the h there were many shelves, cabinets, and desks filled to the brie apparatus, he see was
The only object in the room that was perfectly clean and tidy was a leather couch, which, of course, looked completely out of place
Suddenly, as if appearing out of thin air, right next to the couch, another person n presence However, instead of being startled, as a normal person would be if someone popped up in their private residence, he didn’t even turn around to look at the newcomer
He continued observing a small vial in his hand with a completely nonchalant expression He shook the vial a few ti out casually: “What took you so long?”
The other figure scratched her head and sighed “I got sidetracked” She flung a body off of her shoulder onto the nearby couch as if taking off a bag
The man turned to look at the beautiful redhead and coot the couch replaced just this ”
The girl s so… “He won’t get any blood on it”
A norot sidetracked A normal person would have asked her why she had an unconscious person slung over her shoulder A nor on their couch
Not Ixos Eryey
He behaved as if all of it was a perfectly nor on
The girl’s smile suddenly vanished, and she looked at the man suspiciously “Wait…what happened to the old couch?”
The e at all as he explained “Nothingmuch I accidentally spilled one of my experiments on it”
Elaru Wayvin furrowed her eyebrows Couldn’t he clean it up? Why did he get another couch?
Realization dawned on her, and she chuckled “How big of a hole did your concoction leave? What did you do with the old couch? Where is it?”
He looked at her, his expression nonchalant as if he was talking about the weather “You are looking at it”
Elaru stared at him confused until her eyes fell on the sreen liquid
RIP The old couch You shall be missed
Well, not really, no one cares about a couch
After a few ed the conversation topic “So…I got you those burroindroots you wanted…”
The littering in excite for candy
His usually gray and calm aura lit up with strands of white Elaru stifled a chuckle and took off her backpack She dug around it until she found what she was looking for She pulled out a platinum box and tossed it towards Ixos The box was simple and didn’t look special at all, but the man treated it like a treasure
Ixos couldn’t hold in his exciteht away
There were no jewels or ical artifacts inside No, the box was filled with dark orange roots, yet the ht as if he had stuood harvest! So many, and all of them are in perfect condition, fullyme the best stuff!”
He turned to Elaru looking at her as if she was his long lost kin, almost moved to tears He ruffled her hair war with a small child “Good work my little munchkin!”
Elaru s out that she was neither little nor a child anymore
Ixos took out one of the roots and brought it closer to his eyes “The sturdy yetwindroot is exactly what I need to coredients”
Hethe burselpine stick he was chewing on “I just need a few other redients, and then I’ll be able topills They will be the most potent pills on the market!”
Elaru sighed in resignation “Uncle Ixos…that’s exactly what you said the last time too…”
“Aha!” He pointed a finger in the air “And it was exactly as I said Behold!”
He went over to one of his cabinets and pulled out a small box that looked exactly the saiven him He chucked it towards her nonchalantly, as if the box didn’t contain anything fragile or expensive inside
Elaru caught the box carefully, a wry smile on her face
Ixos Eryey had a very bizarre personality He treated rare redients as priceless treasures, but after producing pills or elixirs out of them, he would co pills for the sake of the pills, he was concocting the
It was like a child playing with jigsaw puzzle pieces He would take a lot of tiether, but once the picture is co at all It is just a picture; it can’t be played with further While soht display that completed puzzle as their proud achieve it aside and find another incomplete puzzle to play with
While the insides of the box were priceless treasures to others, to Ixos, it was just a toy he was finished playing with
As soon as Elaru opened the box, a sweet fruity aroe of spiciness reached her nose The box was padded with velvet cushi+ons, securing three large translucent pearls They were cherry red, glittering in the light like glass marbles, but in the eyes of her Aethernea, those candy-like pills looked like little suns, glowing so brightly it was al