「Two days later.」
Ronan Warner handed Aurora Sinclair a blue-patterned cloth bundle and an IOU for 30 million, demanding she pay it back within five years.
"Dawn Miles, even though you and Jared Miles are from the same school, most of this debt is yours. That's why I wrote your name as the debtor. Any objections?"
Aurora Sinclair shook her head, took the IOU, and tucked it away safely.
Jared Miles started to say something, but swallowed his words when Flora Guthrie shot him a glare.
Leigh Miles grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Apothecary Warner, your medicine is too expensive! My senior sister helped you grow herbs for free for so many years, and I never saw you pay her a wage. She just used a little of your medicine. Do you really have to rip off an acquaintance like that?"
"A little medicine? In the twelve years since she arrived, she's eaten through all my most prized reserves..." Ronan Warner nearly jumped to his feet at the thought of his once-abundant apothecary.
