That explained why the apothecary owner had that weird look on his face when Frank asked if he had any Bright Sky Herb. He must be regretting missing out!

"Then I'm counting on you!" Frank told the shop hand.

"You're always welcome-I mean, surely I can get a tip from this, right?"

The shop hand smiled, shaking his head.

And with that, he whipped out his phone to make the call. "Good morning, Mr. Quaker... I'm Zangi. Yeah, we'd spoken over the phone before did you forget? I'm the shop hand from that apothecary!"

"Just cut to the chase!" Mr. Quaker snapped impatiently from the other end.

Zangi remained calm, even chuckling. "Right... So you have a Bright Sky Herb, right? We just happened

to have a customer who asked for it specifically. Could you perhaps make time to meet him?"

Mr. Quaker appeared skeptical. "Are you messing with me?"

be nobody important, but I won't lie

I'm making a reservation for a table for 8

Quaker's arrangement to Frank, who whipped

pay you back if your meeting with Mr. Quaker falls through? And you look like an honest man who won't bilk, so my tip can

surprised that Zangi was such an honest shop

it at least proved he was not being

that man," he muttered to himself. "Doesn't he have a sense of time? He said

sipping tea calmly. "He's going to come

this deal behind the apothecary

fine if everything went smoothly, though it would be terrible for him if Mr.

so sorry I'm late! I was delayed-had a little trouble on

middle-aged man in a tunic suit

an important customer to the apothecary, and

seat, he asked, "May I ask why you want the

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