Chapter 123 – The Herb’s Market

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After leaving Oceanview Estate, Xavier hailed a taxi to the largest herb market in the city, thinking he’d be able to easily locate the ingredients he needed for concocting the medicines his parents needed.

Unfortunately, however, he only managed to find a few of the minor components, and no matter how thoroughly he searched, there was not even the faintest sign of the others.

As for the main ingredients, the ones that would truly make the medicines he was going to concoct work, which couldn’t be swapped nor absent, it was as if no one in the market had ever heard of them before, so elusive that it felt as if Xavier was the one who had imagined their existence.

'What do I do now?' Holding a plastic bag with the handful of ingredients he was able to gather, Xavier after realizing that the things he was searching for weren't present in the market stood at the side, looking completely helpless and frustrated.

Despite the market’s vast size, he had already circled it five time
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