"So brat, if you think you have enough sass to be that way." Leaning back on her chair, Sylva cleared her throat as she declared. "I'll give you a challenge uniquely suited to you."
The challenge was basically this.
A quest to gather the leaves of a Weeping Ash tree. It was a medicinal herb used in substitute for the ones I stomped all over.
A fever reducer.
It was a countermeasure used in case if anyone of her family members ended up catching a fever.
It was also used to sell to the people residing in lower London due to medicine being too expensive.
"The problem with getting the leaves of this particular Weeping Ash tree." Sylva laid out an old map of London on the table. "Was that it lives in the border of lower and middle London."
The border between lower and middle London had guards patrolling at night.
"The amount of leaves I need should be-"
It still surprises me till this day.
Sylva requests for too many items at once.
And taking the same items through the underground sewers was nothing but survival through the grossest place ever created by the people of London.
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Clock Work (Book 2)
FanfictionIt was not a mere accident. I was supposed to head home like all of the other good children, but I saw bad men picking on a dog while leaving with my earnings. I tried to save the dog, but I ended up getting hurt in the process. When I woke up, I fo...
