Chapter 15: "Monsters" and the Secret "Slimming Tea"
The "underground market" is not actually underground.
Valilla walked into the dimly lit passageway, and after passing through several rooms, she came to a fairly open indoor space, the size and atmosphere of the "Lettuce and Meat" market on Iron Cross Street.
It's quite lively here, some people set up stalls, piled up with bottles and cans, and some people walk between the former, or examine, or communicate, or compare prices.
Valeera's main purpose this time was to buy some herbs, and after a cursory glance, she quickly spotted a nearby stall.
She walked over, crouched sideways, and picked out the items the stall owner was selling.
Well, the fruit of this sun-dried cascara is useful...... These few fire nettle leaves can also be bought...... Powder of bovine tooth peony? I don't need this......
The stall owner in the black robe saw that she was just flipping through the election, and couldn't help but ask, "Miss, what do you want to buy?" β
By this time, Valilla had already seen most of the goods.
She got up and clapped her hands, and replied with a smile: "I'll buy it when I come back later, don't close the stall too early." β
Watching Valeera leave with her hands behind her back, the stall owner hesitated, but decided to go back later today.
It took Valera more than ten minutes to walk through a row of stalls and walk to the other side of the market.
She was about to change to another row of stalls when a pale, black-haired young man approached her, with a look that was half sleepwalking, half crazy.
"Redemption...... Goddess ......"
He stopped a few steps in front of Valeera, muttering a whisper that could barely make out a few words.
This is...... Ademisor.
Valera was still a little defensive, but after hearing the other party's whisper, she understood the identity of this young man-
Half of the "monster" has been stranded in this market.
Because he is naturally too inspired, he can often see things that he should not see and hear sounds that he should not hear, so he often talks nonsense and is often hurt.
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What did he see and think I could give him salvation?
Valilla hesitated slightly, but decided to try to pull him.
She pretended to brush the bangs on the front of her forehead, and took advantage of the situation to wipe it in front of her eyes, opening up the "gray vision" and establishing a "connection" between herself and Ademisol.
A large number of chaotic thoughts rushed over Valeera's mind along the "connection" that had just been established.
She furrowed her eyebrows slightly, and in the messy and broken pictures and some crazy thoughts, she could discern the picture that the young man had just seenβ
Ademisor stood in the middle of the crowd and looked ahead with them, himself in a trench coat and trousers.
The promotion ceremony of the "Predator Knight".
This is the first interpretation that Valeera thinks of after distinguishing the picture.
"Take it easy, I'll teach you to meditate."
Valera tries to pass on an idea and communicates it with Ademisor.
This is what she can think of at the moment, what she can do, the only way that may help this young man.
Valera maintained the "connection" as she bypassed Ademisor and re-entered the middle of a row of stalls.
Of course, this time she walked more slowly.
When they were far away, Ademisore also took a step forward, following Valera from a distance.
About half an hour later, Valera passed through a row of stalls again.
During this time, she had been guiding Ademisol through her first meditation and had finally made progress.
Ademisol completed the first step of meditation β
Hold back your thoughts and sketch out a complete concrete object in your mind.
At this time, Ademisor quietly stopped on the periphery, and the expression on his face was much calmer.
"Very well, then replace the concrete things in your mind with items that don't exist in reality."
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"Control your spirituality through repeated hints."
After a few more moments, Valera conveyed the essentials of meditation and vision control to Admisore, before disconnecting.
There's only so much she can do.
After getting rid of the "monster", Valeera sped up her pace and turned the trading market around.
"Miss, you're finally back."
The first stall owner, dressed in a black robe and dressed like a village witch doctor, took the initiative to ask, "What herbs do you want to buy?" β
"This, this...... And this, this. β
Valira pointed out a few things, smiled and asked, "Don't be too expensive, I can't afford it if it's too expensive." β
"No, no, I'll definitely give you the most affordable price."
The stall owner put a few tin cans into paper bags, and after a little mental calculation, quoted the total price, "A total of 10 soles." β
"Okay, deal."
Valeera took the change from her fanny pack to complete the transaction, then carried the paper bag and walked to the next promising stall.
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It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that Valilla returned to her hotel room on Daffodil Street with the herbs she had bought.
Unfortunately, this time she only bought herbs and couldn't get anything else.
Especially the Book of Witches, she looked carefully through several stalls selling occult books, but couldn't find them.
With the coal stove and kettle provided by the inn, she picked out a few herbs and began to boil the first "witch" decoction after her promotion.
The "witches" also have a lot of potions, but most of them have negative effects.
For example, there are "weakness drugs", "retardation drugs", "disease-causing drugs" and so on for the simpler ones, and "aphrodisiac drugs", "truth spitting drugs" and "hallucinogenic drugs" for more complex ones.
Like the "regeneration potion" that Qi Li once gave her, in addition to the slight "spitting truth" effect, the side effects will actually reduce the life span of the user.
Judging from the injuries she took three doses in a row at that time, she may have spent a few months to half a year more than half a year to recover her health ahead of schedule.
This time, she was going to make a "disease-causing potion".
The specific effect is that the user will be infected with diseases similar to gastroenteritis, and symptoms such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, and nausea will occur.
After the water was boiled, Valilla added several herbs such as fire nettle leaves and cascara cascara fruit, and after boiling it, it was strained with a burlap cloth to obtain a cup of gray-brown thick potion.
Pour the medicine into a fine-mouthed glass bottle, dilute it with a little cold boiled water, and a "slimming and slimming tea" is ready.
This is what she carefully prepared for the chubby Welch, and she hopes he will like it.
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The next day, before class.
Valilla smiled and looked at Welch McGovern, who was sitting behind her, next to Crane, and asked:
"Welch, do you believe that there is a miracle slimming tea that can lose weight by drinking it?"
"Haha, I wish there were," Welch patted his round belly, "so I don't have to control my appetite and have more time to study food." β
"Look, what is this?"
Valera smiled and showed off her special potion and placed it in front of Welch.
"The special flavor of the dim sum you brought over the day before yesterday tastes very good, and this is a return gift I prepared for me."
"Valilla's secret slimming tea, you can try it quickly."
Welch opened the cap, took a light breath, smelled the bitter herbs, and couldn't help asking:
"Are you sure it can be drunk and won't be poisoned?"
"Of course not, I promise."
Valera smiled and said, "This bottle goes down, and within a week, I guarantee that you can lose at least 10 pounds." β
"Is there really such a magical diet tea?"
Before Welch was fooled, Naya on the side had a gleam in her eyes and asked, "Valeera, can you bring me a bottle too?" β
"Then this bottle will be ...... first," Valera pretended to reach out.
"This is mine!"
Welch shrank his hand, then raised his head, and drank the "diet tea" in his hand.