37 I Just Said I Can’t Fight Numbers (1/2)
Back at Calico city the Mund house partied all the way through the night, only when dawn broke through the sky did they finely settle down, they had not known the full details on the trade but they knew that they would soon be rich thus they didn't hold back
”Sir Madu you gotta rest well, we will need your business head when we get to Halferg”
”Hahaha don't you worry and just count on me, I will make sure to wring them dry”
The drunk Madu smugly proclaimed to his fellow scholars before he went into his chambers, he had received praise for identifying the water that was sung all night, he had never been able to boast so much for the last few years, now that he was finely in the spotlight he had to boast to the best of his ability
”And it all thanks to you” He looked at the crystal container of water he had filled with some of the precious Elixir Water, he got his clutches on this after persuading the baron that he needed to conduct studies on its level of purity, although he actually had no knowledge about that to speak of, he really just wanted to admire it
”Huh?” He could've swore that the water looked deeper before, he rubbed his eyes a bit thinking that he was drunk but still the color wasn't getting any deeper
Madu was now feeling a little anxious but he didn't let it get to him, he went ahead and splashed his face with some cold well water and came back, then he opened the bottle and fished out his dropper and stones to test it again
Clack, roll~
He soon dropped the first stones when the results came out, panic could be seen on his face as he rushed out to the houses treasury
”Master Madu, where are you going”
”get away I need to check on the water”
”I'm sorry master Madu we can't let you in, it was baron's specific orders not to let anyone in”
”I need to check the water NOW!”
Madu was stopped by the guards at the doors of the treasury, naturally the baron wouldn't let anyone near this new treasure he gained
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”What is going on, what are you doing here Madu?” Soon the ruckus attracted the captain of the guards even the baron and the butler came rushing when they heard the noise near the treasury, seeing the frantic Madu they suddenly felt a bad omen
”You need to let me through I have to check the water”
”Why? What happened to the water?”
”The one in my room it, it, it's not Elixir Water anymore!”
”WHAT! Open the doors NOW!” The baron suddenly lost his cool, he had already suspected something was amiss about that noble and now the water he had given to Madu wasn't the same? His heart shuddered in fear at the prospect of all the water having the same fate
As soon as the doors were open Madu and the rest rushed in, they opened the barrels and Madu took a sample to test it, but the results came back negative again, he couldn't believe his eyes, so he moved on to the next, and tested again, and the next, but his face only got paler, when the third barrel proved to be useless as well his knees suddenly gave in, it was lost, all lost, they would blame him for not figuring it out sooner, he was doomed doomed!
Seeing the old Madu despairing the others didn't need any words to understand the situation, Secor shouted toward the sky in rage ordering his men
”TRACK THAT NOBLE! GO! NOW!”
His shout reverberated through the residence waking up all the occupants from their sweet dreams, plunging them into the cold and merciless truth, there was no free lunch here, they didn't even have leftovers
...…..
While the Mund house was going through crises, the cause of the problem was facing a dilemma on his own
”Why.Cant.I.Sleep!”
Lyra looked worriedly at the seething Yu, this was his third day in a row, no matter how tired, how relaxed, or how sleepy he was he couldn't get a second of shut eye, the mental and physical fatigue were driving him mad!