Chapter 121 Troublesome Treasures (1/2)

Arran sat in silence as Master Xu kept a suspicious eye on both hi From his expression, it almost see and run off at any moment

If that was indeed what the fat ht of fleeing had crossed Arran's mindthat kept hi it was the certainty that he would be caught

Perhaps, he thought, things would not be as bad as he feared Although the bag held ould be a staggering sum of treasure to most people, to someone as wealthy as Lord Sevaril the aeous

But then, Arran also understood that Lord Sevaril's affection for Snowcloud did not extend to him And if the man wanted to take Arran's treasures, it would be a simple matter to have Arran disappear

Time passed slowly for Arran as he found himself torn between hope and worry, but the truth was that he sirasp the situation What mattered noas the

Finally, after a good half hour, the door opened once more, and Lord Sevaril stepped inside a moment later

”Leave,” he said to Master Xu ”And don't breathe a word of this to anyone”

Master Xu quickly did as he was told, and as he closed the door behind him, Lord Sevaril turned to Arran

”It seems you possess quite the fortune Why didn't you come to me directly?”

”I did,” Arran pointed out

”I suppose you did, after a fashi+on,” Lord Sevaril responded as his gazeon the table ”I suppose I will have to see for myself what all this co, and a moment later, his eyes ith surprise

”Where did you get the food?” he asked, looking sharply at Arran As he spoke, there was so to his eyes that reed

”The food?” Arran frowned on hearing the question, with theto his confusion Of all his possessions, the food seeh there was a veritable mountain of it, the Natural Essence it contained was too weak to be of es

”You have the resources to raise an entire ar stare ”Where did you get this?”

Suddenly, Arran understood the situation, and he nearly wanted to slap hi it sooner

He had dismissed the food as all but worthless, because the concentration of Natural Essence within it was too weak to be of use to him But for commoners, it would be different

With just a si Panurge's food, coh their first steps on the path to beco Body Refiners And after that, a bottle or two of the ould allow them to take another leap forward