nagpurpolice Chapter 397: Promises and Priorities
Chapter 397: Promises and Priorities
Chapter 397: Promises and Priorities
Unfortunately for him, the store didn't have any more essence in stock, but they assured him there would be more tomorrow and advised him to come early if he wanted some.
"Then can I pay for them in advance?" he asked excitedly, holding the Qi Grass essence tightly.
Sia looked to Kevin for an answer, and he interjected, "Unfortunately, no, sir. We can't accept advance payment as it's not confirmed if there will be more essence tomorrow. We also have other customers to consider. Please come back tomorrow if you'd like to purchase more."
This caused the young alchemist's excitement to lessen a bit, but he nodded in
understanding. As he paid for the essence in his hand, he requested, "Please save some for me if I get a bit late..." and then headed outside.
"I'll try..." Sia replied with an apologetic look, indicating she might not be able to, making him feel a bit more dejected.
As the young alchemist left, Sia resumed attending to the other customers waiting in line. Kevin, seizing the moment of free time, went to check on the essence extractor. The shortage of essence was due to the fact that the machine took at least three hours, depending on the herb, to extract the essence. Qi Grass, in particular, took almost four hours per kilogram. So, there was only few hundreds gram of essence ready by evening, as Kevin had set the machine to process the herbs in the afternoon.
Kevin felt a twinge of guilt hearing her words. He had promised to be with her every night, but some nights he stayed out with others, and on other nights, he came home late to find her already asleep. Sometimes, he would wake her up to be together, but not always, as he too got tired. They had been spending less and less time together these days.
Feeling even more guilty, Kevin gently turned Maria to face him. With a serious expression, he said, "Wait for me in that room. We're going to spend all this time together, okay?"
Maria was a bit surprised by his seriousness. Chuckling, she gave him a kiss on the lips and said, "Then come quickly." She headed to the room with a curious expression, unaware of the changes in the store recently.
Watching her go, Kevin called Key, who picked up quickly. He heard her excited tone, "Hey, I was just on my way there. Were you waiting for me?"
Kevin felt a pang of guilt hearing her excited tone. Even though he was dating her as part of his scheme, and knowing she had similar intentions, he knew she was genuinely eager to meet him—not because she loved him, but because she was infatuated with his penis's prowess. He didn't like disappointing them, and though he wanted to postpone their date, he had to think of another way.
Listening to his lower brain's complaints, Kevin's real mind worked to tackle the situation. Both of them were important to him, with Maria being more significant. Thinking quickly, he said, "Hi, yeah, I was waiting to meet you all day, but..."
"But I still have some customers in the store. Can you come in half an hour or so?" Kevin sounded apologetic.
"Okay, but not more than half an hour..." Key sounded dejected as she replied. "Bye." She hung up, leaving Kevin to smile to himself as he gained a bit more time to figure out how to navigate this situation.