Weaving Virtue: A Progression Fantasy Epic (Gleam Book 1) by Actus

Author:Actus [Actus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Three

The door creaked shut behind Chance and he walked inside, careful to keep his arms close as he studied the shelves. Vial upon vial full of pills sat within them. Some shelves were arranged in an orderly fashion, while others looked like they’d been stuffed full of everything they could hold, and the slightest nudge would send everything within them crashing down.

There must have been hundreds of pills on the first floor. Fortunately, all of them were labeled by a scrawl of black ink across faded parchment that was pinned beneath almost all the pill vials.

Unfortunately, Chance couldn’t read a single one of them. He suppressed a curse and approached the old woman, stopping several feet away from her desk. She didn’t look up. Glass tubing and containers covered the desk before her.

A golden flame flickered beneath several beakers, causing the multicolored liquids within them to bubble and hiss. Plumes of colored smoke rose from some of them and was sucked into the flared ends of the glass tubing. It ran along the desk and up the wall until it vanished through the window.

Chance stared, enraptured, as the woman picked up a vial of boiling purple liquid. She attached it to one of the tubes and twisted a small metal valve. Droplets separated from the surface, flying through the glassware and depositing themselves in another vial that was already full of a shimmering blue substance.

It didn’t look like the woman was going to finish anytime soon. He looked around the shop, but there weren’t any chairs or spots to sit where he was confident a small movement wouldn’t mistakenly bring the entire shop crashing down on top of him.

Chance considered clearing his throat to get her attention, but he dismissed the idea. She was clearly busy, and distracting her would be rude. He carefully crossed his legs and sat down in front of the shop.

The angle was considerably worse, but the desk was so short that he could still see some of the work the woman was doing. That was better than just sitting bored, so he settled in to wait. It was pretty interesting, and it wouldn’t hurt to sit around for a few minutes.

Time ticked by. The woman’s wrinkled fingers moved deftly as she shifted vials around, continuing to extract just a few drops of liquid at a time from them to add to her mix. Chance wasn’t sure how long he sat around, but it was around fifteen minutes when the lady finally glanced up at him.

“What are you still doing here?”

“Sitting. I didn’t want to bother you while you were working. I hope my presence wasn’t obtrusive.”

“I didn’t think you’d stick around this long. Don’t you see the sign?” She pointed over his shoulder, where a sheet of parchment was pinned to the wall. Below it was a small wooden box. “The prices are on the labels. Just take what you want and put the pay in the box.”

“Ah. I can’t read,” Chance said. His face reddened and he cleared his throat.

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