Shawn knew that this opportunity was too good to pass up, so he made a list of magical ingredients and precious gems without standing on ceremony. Nidia paid the hefty bill without so much as blinking, just like how she usually shopped for Ysilnod. Dragons were always generous toward beautiful things.
After putting on his new mage robes woven from dark green silk, grooming his hair, and embedding the jewel into the top of his staff, the down-and-out peddler had now transformed into a decent-looking mage that was turning heads left and right. It would have been even better if he was better fed and had a ruddier complexion than his current sickly hue.
Shawn knew that he had struck gold. This lovely young woman had to be either a noblewoman or from a very wealthy family that had a tradition
