Chapter 14
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– What the!! Hey, did you get that? Oii!! I said, did you film that sh*t?!
The loud shouts of the TV crew could be heard.
– Were you able to witness that? Around the wolf, several strange ghost lights have started appearing one by one, as if the creature can manipulate Mana… huh?
Next, it was the turn of the reporter to shout out aloud beyond the scope of the camera lens.
But not minding that, the wolf turned around and lightly hopped down from the mountain top. The camera hurriedly chased after it, but by then, it was gone without a trace.
"Hmm…."
Hazeline frowned slightly as she watched the hologram display projected from her mobile phone.
A Spirit Beast, the divine creature. A being of mystery that a person may or may not get to see even once in his or her entire lifetime.
When she was 25, she got to see a Spirit Beast, the "Black Turtle". Even though it was massive, because of its laid back nature, it didn’t enjoy moving around too much. Found originally in Eastern China, it was a creature that would have lived its days in a lazy stupor and barely moving one of its legs, but in the end it was murdered because of a child of some wealthy personage from the Middle East who suffered from a deadly illness.
The child suffered from the Mana Overflow. To cure this worst kind of Mana-related inflictions that couldn’t be cured by any known potion to man and subjected its sufferers to a hellish torment before killing them, the Black Turtle that had lived for 400 years or more in various worlds out there was turned into a medical ingredient in a single day.
* knock knock*
The sound of knocking on the door brought Hazeline back to the present from the reminiscence of the past and she took a glance at the watch to confirm the time. It was now 11:50. It was also the time for the appointment with that alchemist after finally getting one phone call through to him.
"Please come in."
The figure entering through the gap between the smoothly opening doors was a robe-wearing man.
"Welcome back."
"Yes, it’s good to see you again."
The two shared a handshake and sat down on their seats while gazing at each other.
"Have you been well? You…."
Hazeline tilted her head in confusion. Something was different about him…. Soon, she was able to figure what that difference was after she sniffed the air.
"I see you bought a perfume…"
The subtle yet pleasant scent coming off of Sae-Jin tickled her nose. Not too light, nor too gaudy, the odour settled in the air rather wonderfully. She ended up unconsciously closing her eyes and savoured this scent before regaining her senses, and made a fake cough.
"Heuhm. It’s nice. If it’s not much trouble, can I inquire as to where you purchased this perfume?"
Hazeline possessed a very sensitive nose making her very interested and knowledgeable towards the topic of perfumes. It’d be difficult for her to ignore this wonderful new scent at all. She just had to have it ready in her home or she’d never be satisfied.
"I didn’t use one. It’s all natural."
Sae-Jin just smiled and shook his head.
Hazeline’s brows wiggled a tiny bit. There definitely wasn’t a scent like this the first time they met. At the time, he had no body odour. So why was he t
rying to sell such an unconvincing lie?