Chapter 152: Preparation for the Second Expedition (1/2)

Merlin accepted the quest and looked back up at Callisto

"Please get prepared andoff and turning down a hallway

Merlin believed himself to be prepared already, but then he reo when he found hi hio ht to himself

Merlin turned around and , he turned and started walking towards the ainst his skin, so he took the warm panther cloak out of his inventory and equipped it

Although he had used it as part of his disguise, he felt like those who could possibly know about it were situated within Macedonia and all held positions that basically meant they couldn't leave the city So his identity would alopolis or within toest of the wall

His paranoia was rather pointless to begin with, it was just hi overly cautious as usual Those who had the rele detail were on his side anyway, or were the kids he saved

He ers ereabout their day Heand walked inside

As usual, he was greeted by a cashi+er near the door The cashi+er greeted Merlin and then pointed him in the direction of water skins The water skins were only two silver each, so Merlin picked up two, costing hiold and ten silver coins

After finalising his purchase, heand towards one of the many wells situated around the city where he could fill both water skins

His next destination was a little store that was full of potted plants, the herb shop he visited before and learnt the herbalisain hit with the overpowering stench of herbs, and a little old lady was inside tending to her plants, only noticing Merlin after the door closed behind hiain dear, are you here for another lesson?" The old lady asked

"No, I'd like to take a look at your wares please" Merlin said, "I' for Alanerams of each would do me well"

"Well you're in luck, I just finished wrapping the new supply" She said, vanishi+ng behind a stack of very leafy plants

She caes, both were labelled with large black letters, one as "imp" and the other as "alan"

"Five hundred of each, a silver per package" She said as she placed both packages on a table Merlin paid the old lady two silver and received both packages in return

He gave his farewells before leaving the store andonceand walked down the hallway further within the building He noticed that a few rangers had started gathering near the briefing rooh they were clearly early

Instead of joining the group, Merlin turned down another hallway and walked into theTuli sitting around on a chair, swirling around a test tube The test tube contained a single seed that had sunk to the bottom of what Merlin could assu apart and dissolving

"Hey Tuli I take it you've been doing tests on yew berry seeds?" Merlin asked with a hint of sarcasm as both of them turned to stare at the table that was covered in a handful of the red flesh part of the yew berry, they had been stripped of their seed and abandoned on the table

"Very observant" Tuli responded with a slight laugh "Are you hungry? I don't have much use for the fruit part"

"I'll pass" Merlin shook his head, even though they were technically safe to eat, consu them wasn't exactly a pleasant experience "I'm just here to ask if I could use the rooht ahead" Tuli nodded

Merlin began pulling his ingredients out and spent the next four h potion to fill eleven of his twelve glass vials As he was cleaning up he glanced at his strea him out