Master Míngtian

"Melissa I need you to be brave for me. Can you do that for me?" I asked Melissa gently.

"Lisa... I'll t-try." Melissa answered back in a shaky manner.

"Alright. Rei Xue! Get in here!"

"Yes my Lady?" Rei Xue timidly asked.

"This is Rei Xue our maid. Rei and Melissa pack up all our belongings in this house and meet me by the river in the forest. Get a horse for the two of you, Rei you'll ride it. If anything, anything at all, happens to my sister, I'll kill you without mercy."

"Em. What about you my Lady?"

"I have some things to do. Now listen carefully, you will take weapons and make sure to be discreet. Rei Xue go get us your maid clothes. And if by any chance you have cloaks bring them in."

"Yes my Lady."

"Meli start packing up."

She left and began to pack up.

"Oh and Melissa?"

"Yes?"

"Any problems use the beeper. Put it on mute. Keep weapons with you all the time. If anyone breaks in, Rei Xue will protect you. Put on the dull clothes she gives you and put on the cloak on top. Remove a pins from your hair and leave it simple. Put on your hoods before you leave and if you can tell Rei Xue that you'll both need a mask."

"Lisa I'm scared."

"Be strong Meli, okay? Be brave and don't shudder in the face of danger, dance with it."

I hugged her tightly and we parted ways. I slid on a mask and put my hood on. I had swords and daggers and guns attached to my cloak. I had black boots amd underneath the cloak my black assassin clothes for this era. My hair wasn't tied up. I mounted the horse and yelled "HYA!" and onwards we rode.

We stopped just before the market and I tied it up behind the market in the forest. I walked in the market and had 2 bags with me. One was filled with medicine elixirs and things for sale the other was filled with my belongings and jewellery and things I need for where we were going. I threw one bag next to the horse and said, "Stay. Don't crush." I walked into the market and went to a selling area.

"Excuse me, who can I speak to about selling medical elixirs?"

"One moment please." a young man told me. He ran into an office and an old man stepped out.

"What do you want?" he sternly asked.

"I'm here to sell medical elixirs. I think they'll come in handy to you."

"Let's go over there."

We walked into what looked like a 'doing business' room.

"Sit." he said.

"Thank you. Now, these some of these elixirs can cure all diseases. Let me get them out for you."

I pulled the elixir box out of my bag and placed it on the table. I opened the box and he looked surprised and excited at the same time.

"How do I know if these work?"

"You can try one, Sir but it isn't a free trial."

"I'll give you 500 gold coins for the one I'm trying."

"Deal."

"Xinhua! Get in here and be my witness."

The same young man rushed in and watched. The old man drank the elixir and his grey hair faded away into black hair. His beard did the same. His back was no longer in pain and muscles appeared all over him. He looked as if a young man.

"Hahah! Young lady I love you. Explain the ones that don't cure all illnesses."

"Yes, the other ones cure serious life threatening illnesses permanently whilst the one that cures all illnesses treats life threatening illnesses for say about 20 years then you have the illness again."

"I say! You're a genius. Right how many of each do you have?"

"The all curing elixirs or boluses I have 5000 and the life threatening ones I have 2000. The all curing boluses cure any other illness permanently so you won't catch a cold again for example."

"Right, I'll take 1000 curing boluses and 10 life threatening elixirs."

"Name your price."

"10,500 gold coins."

"That's a businesswoman! Atta girl, here you are. The rest will go into auction and they'll definitely go for more because I'll prove they work."

"Thank you, Master..."

"Master Míngtian."

"Thank you Master Míngtian. I'll visit you every week until they're sold out. I expect all my money untouched, Master Míngtian."

"How could I? You have my word that no one will touch your money, my Lady. You also have my fullest respect."

"Bye. Oh and Master Míngtian?"

"Yes, my Lady?"

"I suggest you use the life threatening elixir for your mortality illness."

"Wow! Yes my Lady!"