Potions

Click…

Hira closed the door behind him as he enters the shop. 

"Where were you?" Misty asked. 

"Just had a meeting with some potential customers. And guess what they are willing to buy potions from us."

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"Hira, you don't understand the situation here. What will sell to the customers if we don't get the supply from the mage. Well don't bother anymore, just take your salary and leave. I will take care of the business." Misty advised him again. 

"Oh, don't worry boss. We happen to have what they want to buy. And if we could sell them what they want, they might even help us with finding other mages." Hira said.

"What…" Misty was skeptical.

"Yes… in fact we just need to sell them some energy potions. Now boss please hurry up, give me some energy potions, and don't forget to put them in the expensive looking vials."

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"Okay…" Misty replied as she started taking out the potions. She did not believe a single word coming out of Hira's mouth. But given her situation, she did not bother arguing with him.

'He might as well run away with the potions.' She thought. 

Hira who could see what she was thinking decided to not explain things to her right now. 

After a while.

"Here…" Misty said as she placed 7 expensive looking vials of potion on the desk. 

"Thanks boss… I will be off now." Hira said as he left the shop again. 

"Good bye… Hira" Misty said as she watched the closed door. 

Hira took the vials and ran straight towards his home. He could do what he wanted with the vials in the shop as well, but he did not want to take chances and still had a lot of time in his hands. He made sure to take different path so as not to encounter the thugs on his way and made it back safely. 

'Now…'

'System… will my abilities work if I mix my blood with these potions'

[Affirmative, but the blood cells die 4-6 hours after getting out of human body, given temperature and environment. After the cells die the host blood will lose its abilities]

'So, there is something like that as well… but that's enough time for the plan to work.' He said as he grabs kitchen knife.

'Wait… Hey system, how much blood do I need to increase someone's favorability towards me.

[The requirement of blood depends on the willpower of target]

'I can't be taking chances here…' Hira muttered as he sliced his palm in the middle.

Blood started flowing out of the huge cut in the center of his palm. He moved his finger towards a container.

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'This much should work' Hira muttered as he looked at the blood in the container, which was more than 200ml. 

He opened one of the vials and drank the potion inside it. 

'Haaah… this thing is so refreshing.' Hira muttered as he felt energized after drinking the potion. 

He then filled the empty vial by taking out small amount of potion from the other vials. Then he filled each vial with his blood and shook each vial to make sure that the blood was properly mixed. 

'Alright its time…' He muttered as he looks at sun setting down the horizon. 

He takes the bag with potion and leaves his room towards the area where he had promised to meet with the bandits. 

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"Hey you guys came before me. It seems like you are also very excited with the deal." Hira said as he appeared in front of the bandits with a bag in his hands. 

Of course, the bandits were excited, they had been waiting here ever since Hira left. 

"Oy brat, are the potions in that bag."

"Yes…" I have one for each of you. He said as he points at the bag. 

"Now, where is the money?" He asked the thugs.

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"He he…, brat, you said you want to sell these potions for half the price right?"

"Yes, yes, I am selling them at half the price you won't get any offer better than this." Hira replied. 

"But you see… we can give you something far more valuable, than half the price" The bandit said as he moved towards Hira.

"Really… what …" Hira stopped as he finds a blade touching his neck. 

"Your life, brat think about it, you give us the potions and we won't kill you, how about it… it's a good deal right? You won't get a better price than this. Ha ha hahaha…"

"ha ha ha ha"

The other thugs started laughing as well. 

"But… but… this is not what we talked about…" Hira retorts.

"Slap…" the thug slapped Hira.

"You didn't hear me brat, we are giving you much better price. Think about it, what will you do with the money after we killed you… your choice, we give you the money, kill you and take the money back or you give us the potions and get lost with your tails between your legs. Ha ha ha ha"

"That's not fair…" Hira said as tears started coming out of his eyes.

"The world is unfair brat… ha ha… now get lost" The goon said as he snatched the bag of potions from Hira's hand. 

"Come here guys, check out these potions"

The other goons also came forward and started snatching the potions, there were exactly 7 thugs and all of them received one potion. 

"Wow, look at these vials, they look so expensive" one of the thugs muttered. 

"Gulp… gulp… gulp…" One of the goons who could not stay patient anymore immediately gulped down his potion.

The others goons looked at him. 

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"This…"

"What… is something wrong…" One of the goons asked as he looked the goon and then towards Hira who was also nervous. 

The goon who drank the potion, looks at the empty vial confusedly, then he looks at Hira who had a blade touching on his neck, and then.

"Ha ha ha… this… this is actually vitality potion; I feel so good right now."

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All other bandits also got excited and started gulping down their potions as well. 

Barn was the last to drink his potion, but he also finished it quickly.

"Wait…, this is not the body strengthening potion, it's just an energy potion" He said as he looked at the goon who drank his potion first, and then he looks at Hira. 

"What… !"