Chapter 314
at alone prove
proved she didn’t want anyone to
Eliza’s Master had lived in Hasen City for so many years without ever being discovered. That know her true identity, so Eliza couldn’t risk exposing her.
But Lawrence was absolutely convinced he hadn’t done wrong. He insisted. There was definitely a Spirit character! I saw own eyes!”
He’d only ever seen that type of needle pouch in one place before it belonged to the Sage of Poison!
with my
Faced with Lawrence’s intense stare. Eliza played it off and denied it. There really wasn’t. You must’ve been seeing things. If you don’t believe me. I’ll show you.”
She subtly shifted to block his view, reached behind the medicine chest, and quickly swapped out the “Spirit” character pouch with her original one, pulling it from the pocket farm.
Then, pretending she’d just taken it from the chest, she held it up to him and said, “Look, these are the only two pouches I have. See? No writing on either of them.”
At the same time, she thought to herself. ‘My goodness.. I ain’t supposed to lie, and here I go again. What a sin, what a sin
on them
Lawrence looked down at the two pouches and confirmed that no characters were on
He froze in place, confused, and murmured, “Could 1 really have seen wrong?”
But he was certain he had clearly seen the word “Spirit” just moments ago. He wondered, “Even if it was an illusion…..
“How could it have felt so real?”
Lawrence cast another suspicious glance at Eliza’s medicine chest, but this time, Eliza simply opened it and showed him directly.
- “See? There’s really nothing–just the two needle pouches.”
She said,
Eliza braced herself and kept her expression calm and steady, weaving her lie without a single crack.
With nothing to show for it, Lawrence scratched his head and admitted, “Then I guess I really did see wrong”
He thought to himself, How strange… How could I have hallucinated something like that?
Could it be that I’ve been looking at too many rare herbs these past few days and gotten too excited to sleep? Maybe that’s what caused the illusion….
Once they were gone, Eliza finally took out the pouch to inspect it.
The needles had just been retrieved not long ago, and the pouch itself had been embroidered by her Master, Mary.
vimade so that she could pull it ou
the time to wick that
Being a personal disciple of the Sage of Poison carried serious weight, but now wasn’t th
She thought, ‘Better keep it in the pocket farm again in case someone spots it next time.
That remanded her she still hadnt started today’s practice of the Meridian Revival Technique Mary had taught her
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