An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

It wasn’t until he saw the faint smile on Dustin’s face that he knew what was going on.

“Oh, get lost, you little brat!” Gregory huffed. Then, he made himself comfortable on the easy chair and got ready to sleep again.

“Come on, stop sleeping. I’ve got serious business.” Dustin took out two wooden boxes and placed them on the table. One had the thousand-year green lotus, and the other had the Cherusia.

“I’ve made a decent haul in Millsburg this time. The last two remaining herbs are here. I can start producing the Longevitum now.” “Oh? So soon?” Gregory sat up lazily.

“I thought my days were numbered. Who’d have thought that you actually managed to collect all the herbs. How fortunate!” “Enough with your nonsense. Go bring out all the herbs we collected from before,” Dustin urged.

“Alright, alright, I’ll go get them.” Gregory stretched sluggishly before searching through several drawers and cupboards.

It took him a while to find all the herbs that he’d hidden away. “Maximus, guard the door. Nobody is allowed to enter,” Dustin instructed Maximus.

hands on his sword. He looked around warily. “Caitlyn, go get me these herbs.” Dustin wrote down a list of needed herbs and passed it to

rarely had patients, so they didn’t keep many herbs. “Okay!” Caitlyn nodded and quickly left with the

to lock myself away to focus on producing the Longevitum. I’m not sure how long it’ll

jump head-first into making the pill. Instead, he took out an ancient manuscript and began

had miraculous reviving properties. According to the manuscript, it was

too rare to find, and the

to avoid any mistakes. After ensuring nothing was missing, Dustin sat on the ground and meditated for half an hour. He

Longevitum, his actions were practiced. He did not need to pause to check the recipe. That was because he had already repeatedly played out all the

one. At the same time, he had to use his true energy to control the fire.

of the furnace, the temperature within the furnace and even the sequence in which the herbs were added would affect the outcome. Luck also came into play

he could not slip up. One wrong move and all his previous efforts would

began to combine. He had now

carefully controlling the fire. Without noticing, he began to sweat due to the exertion of using his