Capítulo 217: Chapter 136: The Bully hits Again
The hairs on the nape of the woman's neck stood up and she was about to use one of the stones from her bracelet to escape but she contained her impulse.
So steeling herself, she slowly turned around and faced the man.
"B-b-b-good t-afternoon, morning! Mr. Holmes" Fors said shakily as she took a step back, getting more distance from the masked man.
"Good morning miss writer ~ I have read your books, very interesting if I must say" Adryan replied with a smile under his mask and Fors wanted to throw up.
The lunatic really knew who she was!
She swallowed as she took another step back.
"I'm flattered Mr. Holmes, I hope you enjoyed your reading" she tried to be formal and show courage but she stumbled when speaking.
She quickly regained her balance and stood up. Her hood was still on, which hid her huge blush.
But this didn't stop Adryan from seeing the woman's tomato face and it made him laugh softly.
'Are you making fun of me?!' Fors thought indignantly but on the outside she kept her tense smile.
She took another three steps and finally managed to get behind Xio who looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
Fors didn't say anything, she just kept her smile and gave Xio a little push to make her speak.
Xio looked at her friend, not believing what she had done.
Fors just lowered her head slightly, not wanting to look at the scrutinizing eyes of her friend.
Adryan looked at this funny and wanting to add fuel to the fire he opened his mouth.
"If you guys stopped ogling each other we can talk about business. Or if you're still not satisfied I can leave you alone if you want." The redhead said unimportantly making the women turn to look at him with their eyes wide open.
But he wasn't finished, he raised his hand and pointed behind them
"If you feel like 'sleeping', in the far right is the boss's office, it's cleaner than out here and warmer." Adryan said mischievously, stressing the word 'sleep' as if he was actually referring to something else.
Xio and Fors looked at the masked man in disbelief, as if he had grown several new heads.
The redhead gave a soft chuckle as he put his hands in his pockets and turned around.
"Don't worry I'm open-minded but I can only give you 20 minutes so please do it quickly and try not to make too much noise, my ears are sensitive~" he said calmly as he started to walk to the entrance leaving Xio and Fors alone who had their jaws dangling.
They turned to look at each other, remembering the man's words made a blush cover their faces.
Fors' blush was stronger.
Xio, not wanting to stay here in shame, ran to the entrance trying to stop the masked man.
"Holmes! Come back here!" She screamed, crossing the entrance and looking around, but she didn't find the man.
"That was quick Miss." a voice sounded from her side and turning and looking up she saw how the masked man was sitting on the window sill with one leg dangling.
In his hands was a black pocket watch that was open.
"I didn't see you as someone precocious" Adryan said as he closed the clock with a *Clack* and turned to look at Xio. His voice was full of mischief.
Realizing that she had been played, an eyebrow began to quiver just as a vein began to throb in her neck.
"Please stop joking Mr. Holmes" she said, her voice dripping with anger.
Adryan laughed in amusement as she jumped down, landing in front of the blonde.
"Well, we talk about business or what?" he asked tilting his head to the side.
...
They had both gone back inside the factory, Adryan looking at the duo not caring to show how amused he was.
"Well? What are you waiting for?" he asked calmly as he extended his gloved hand toward the women.
Fors did a lousy job of controlling her expression as she looked at the man's outstretched hand.
'Not only do you not apologize for what happened before, but you continue to treat us the same? You have no shame! I should slap you for the way you treat us!' The woman thought annoyed as she stood behind Xio with no intention to move.
The shorter woman was familiar with the man's personality so with a sigh she reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to the man.
Adryan smiled under his mask and whispered in such a way that the women in front of him didn't hear him.
"Flora..."
"It's right" the woman replied unimportantly and Adryan put the formula in his pocket, this confused the duo in front of him.
"Aren't you going to confirm the veracity of the formula?" Xio asked surprised.
Adryan chuckled and responded.
"I trust you won't try to scam me miss, after all we are good friends and friends don't fool each other right?" he said sweetly and Xio smiled awkwardly as she nodded.
"I would never fool someone like you Mr. Holmes" she replied as Fors looked at this confused.
Obviously, Adryan was full of shit, no matter how trustworthy Xio is he would never trust that the formula he received was the real one.
That's why he talked to Flora so that she can make a divination to confirm the formula.
The only thing he had to do is subtract 1 day from her 'sentence' every time she made a divination.
He made a whole theatrics for this so Flora didn't find anything strange.
'Having a 'God' behind you really makes things a lot easier~' the redhead thought in satisfaction as he held out his hand again.
Xio looked at this strangely for a second before realizing it.
She reached into her pocket and took out 200 pounds from her pocket and handed it to Adryan who began to count calmly.
Confirming that the money was complete, he put it in another pocket while taking out a goatskin parchment from another.
He held it out to the woman with a smile under his mask.
"Here is the Trickmaster potion formula~"
Xio nodded with a serene face and grabbed the parchment, she then handed it to Fors who took out a pendulum from her pocket, and holding the pendulum in her left hand and the parchment in the other, she closed her eyes.
'This is the Trickmaster potion formula...' Repeating this in her mind 7 times she opened her eyes and saw how the pendulum was spinning clockwise at a good speed.
Releasing a sigh of relief, she put the parchment in her pocket as she nodded to Xio.
Xio let out a sigh she didn't know she was holding, she nodded back and turned to look at Adryan.
"As always it's a pleasure to do business with you Mr. Holmes, have a good day" she and Fors turned around and with the intention of returning home.
"Wait a moment Miss"
Adryan's voice stopped them and Xio turned to look at the man doubtfully.
"What is it Mr. Holmes?" she asked as Fors grabbed one of the small stones of her silver bracelet.
Fors moved closer to her friend and held her arm.
Xio just looked for a few moments at Fors who nodded and returned her attention to Adryan who watched this with the corners of his mouth twitching.
'Hey Miss Magician why did you do that? I will not hurt you so calm down Miss there is no need to act like that'
But outside he let out a soft laugh while shaking his head.
"No need to get so uptight guys! I would just like to give you some advice before you go" he said calmly.
"Xio..." Fors whispered, not taking her eyes off the masked man, in her right hand she held the stone from her silver bracelet.
Xio looked at her friend and nodded gently, not freeing her arm.
Returning her attention to the man she spoke serenely.
"What are those tips Mr. Holmes?"
Adryan smiled under his mask.
"There are only two of you so it won't take much of your precious time."
"The first is that you should not buy the ingredients at the same gathering"
"What do you mean Mr. Holmes?" Xio asked confused.
"You should know that Apprentices are not very popular, evil organizations hunt them like animals and stalk meetings looking for clues of any Apprentice to hunt"
Fors paled and began to tremble.
Xio maintained her composure as she asked.
"Which organizations and why?"
"This information in itself is valuable and I will not give it away for free, you will have to pay me 500 pounds for it"
The women's expression immediately soured but Adryan continued.
"But that's not important, as long as you're careful you'll be fine"
Xio only nodded, grudgingly accepting this.
Even if they wanted to, they didn't have the money to buy the information and they had to use what they had for the ingredients for the Trickmaster potion.
"What is the second piece of advice Mr. Holmes?" Xio asked.
Adryan laughed darkly causing Fors to tighten her grip on Xio's arm who kept her expression serious.
Then the redhead turned to look at Fors causing the woman to freeze.
"Do not advance at night"
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