Bloating

"This potion is different from what the others made." Ah Yue Fan said. He took the small bottle with yellow liquid and opened the lid, then he smelt it before closing it back.

"Y– yes, senior." The girl lowered her head.

"The ingredients you used are more active and dangerous, so tell me, what is the poison you made and what does it do?"

"T– the poison I made…" the girl paused to think, then she continued after thinking for a few seconds, "I have not named it yet. It is the first poison I have made on my own." Her voice trailed off at the end of her words, afraid she might be hit.

"Ok, explain, I'll help you come up with a name if the poison is worth it," He said.

The girl nodded and started to explain. " I made changes to the face corroding poison we were told to make. I thought of making an illusion poison instead."

"What's your name?" He asked.

The young girl was stunned for a while before she answered, "Yi Xiaomi"

"Junior Xiaomi, your poison is interesting, I'd like to hear more," He said with a smile.

"I want the person who would use it to get a rotten face, but when they look in the mirror, their faces would be the prettiest." The girl said while clenching her dress as she bit her lips to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall.

Ah Yue Fan saw that her contenance has changed and immediately understood that she has a sad story. I mean, who among the assassins in the guild doesn't have a sad story? The guild was specifically made by their master to empower those children, teenagers and adults that were wronged and holds a strong will for revenge.

Those that are powerful enough to seek their revenge without endangering their lives, the master allows them. But those that their enemies are too powerful, the master takes it upon herself to seek revenge for her subordinates.

That is one of the reasons that the swords of death assassin guild is the most peaceful, united, organized, and most loyal guild to ever exist in Hua Xia kingdom.

"Who is it?" Ah Yue Fan asked. The girl looked at him without understanding what he meant.

"I mean, who do you want to ruin?" His lips stretched into a faint smile when he thought of ruining people in a few days from now.

The girl lowered her head even more as a worrying thought flashed through her mind. 'Will I be perceived as an evil person if I speak up?'

Seeing that she was reluctant and finding it hard to come to a decision, Ah Yue Fan sighed and folded his arms on his chest with his sword. "If you don't speak up, I won't be able to know what kind of poison suits your revenge."

He glanced at the other students that were either busy or watching the bloating boy and said with his eyes still on the students. "Everyone in this guild has a story. Yours might be painful but someone else's is more painful." A distant look appeared on his face as he gazed into space for a long time. Then he heard her small voice that pulled him back from his reverie.

"I– it's my aunt." She bit her lower lip harshly.

Ah Yue Fan glanced at her. How old is she? She shouldn't be any older than twelve years old.

"My aunt and my mother are identical twins. They are so identical that I sometimes make mistake in recognizing them. My aunt wanted my father because he is the marquis of a town. Because of that, she killed my mother and sent people to kill me until I coincidentally met senior sister Ah Yue Rong who saved me and brought me here."

"Hmm … interesting. Should I give you a better suggestion?" Ah Yue Fan asked the girl that had her head lowered.

The girl raised her head and looked at him with tears-filled eyes and slowly nodded.

"Did she not snatch your father with your mother's face?"

The girl nodded.

"How about you turn the poison into something that would change the woman's appearance? She would become a liar and be disdained by everyone. While she is trying to make things right, her face would then start to decay while she continues to see a better version of herself in the mirror. It would give her hope for a while and then, the last effect of the poison will be unleashed when her whole body starts to decay. That should be a better revenge as your father might kill her after she confess her wrong… as for the name, it should be called, FANTASY BEAUTY"

The girl widened her eyes for a while before she smiled and without thinking, she touched his arms and shook it. "Thank you so much senior!"

Her excited loud voice pulled the others' attention towards herself. Seeing that everyone was looking at her, she quickly took her hand away from Ah Yue Fan's arm and started to fumble around with the things on the table.

Ah Yue Fan smiled when he saw how clumsy she had become and walked to another table.

By short shadow– evening, Ah Yue Fan was done with the recruits and only found two outstanding students from the batch. Yi Xiaomi and another boy were the only outstanding students found in the recruits, so they were promoted to the Zhu house.

He dismissed the students to their quarters and told the two promoted students to go pack their stuff and be ready to come with him to the Zhu house.

Once the students left, Ah Yue Fan glanced at the bloating guy on the floor and walked towards him. "Oh, I didn't know that you would bloat. I haven't even tried the poison yet as I just made it and you are the first to test it…hmm…not bad, the outcome is satisfying."