Chapter 134: Hermes guilt (2/2)
Unexpectedly, she halted next to Alex and bowed to him.
The woman was Zhen Lingxi, the pharmaceutical expert of the sect.
”Your proposal was a miracle, Sir Alex!” She exclaimed and breathed heavily.
”What proposa- Oh...did it work?” Alex recalled his solution for the local population's chronic iodine deficiency.
”I brought the most afflicted patients to the center, and fed them a large meal with a lot of pink salt, and in a few hours, they already had small improvements in their symptoms!”
”What is this about?” The sect leader asked Zhen Lingxi.
”Martial Father, as you might know, the citizens of Luoxi have had thyroid problems for a long time, and my pills could only relieve the symptoms, not the illness, but...”
She recounted every detail of their discussion, and her swift clinical trials.
”So, Martial Father, could you pressure the city mayor to open up trade networks with the south?!”
The sect leader rubbed his long beard, and said, ”It should help us gain more Reverence Qi, I'll do it!”
After that, the crowd dissipated, and the sect leader asked Alex to speak to him personally.
”Sir Alex, you've helped us immensely during the expedition, and I can't let that go unrewarded, would you like a reward?”
Alex rubbed his head.
Truthfully, he didn't have anything in mind.
Looking around, there was a ceramic cup of smoking tea on a table.
The tea's aroma reached his nostrils, and it smelled very pleasant.
When he smelled the tea, Alex got an idea.
”Could I get some of the tea leaves that you used for that cup?”
The sect leader was stunned by this request, and laughed, ”Of course, of course!”
'Hermes has done so much for me, I know he likes tea, so he'll probably like this gift.'
A short moment later, the sect leader came back with two large barrels.
”Here is our best tea!”
'That's not the quantity I had in mind, but fine...' Alex shrugged and easily held up the two heavy barrels.
Following that, he left the pagoda and flew towards their own lakeside home.
Hermes was inside, and he was lazing around as usual.
”Hermes, I got a gift for you!” Alex put down the two barrels in front of his friend.
Hermes was puzzled and proceeded to open one of the barrels.
Instantly, a pleasant aroma spread throughout the room.
Hermes' eyes glowed, and he exclaimed, ”You're.....!
Strangely, his expression took a turn for the worse.
”What's wrong, Hermes? Don't you like it?”
”Alex?” Hermes called him Alex, which he didn't usually do.
”Yes.”
”You met Chaos, right?”
”Yes.” Alex did not conceal that from his closest friend.
”I can't hide this from you anymore.”
”They spoke to you about 'using the eyes of their servants, to see the world', didn't they?” Hermes' eyes were dull.
”I recall that, why?”
”I'm one of those eyes.”