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.

sat in front of the door, both hands on his sword. He looked around warily. “Caitlyn, go get me these herbs.” Dustin wrote down a list of needed herbs and passed

had patients, so they didn’t keep many herbs. “Okay!” Caitlyn nodded and quickly left with the list. Soon, she came running back breathlessly, carrying the herbs with

not sure how long it’ll take, but no one is to disturb me before I

Dustin turned and entered the medical room. He did not jump head-first into making the pill. Instead,

According to the manuscript, it was

produced it successfully. That was because the herbs needed were too rare to find, and the process of producing them was complex. Even with Dustin’s exceptional alchemy skills, he still wasn’t confident he

on the ground and meditated for half an hour. He finally started making the pill when

pause to check the recipe. That was because he had already repeatedly

of herbs fluttered out from the alchemy furnace. Dustin put the herbs into it one by one. At the same time, he had to use his true energy to control the fire. Alchemy was delicate

quality of the furnace, the temperature within the furnace and even the sequence in which the herbs were added would affect the outcome.

that he could not slip up. One wrong move and all his previous efforts would have gone to

all the herbs within the furnace began to combine. He had now

noticing, he began to sweat due to the exertion of using his true energy. It began to boil in the furnace. The lid of the