Hitman with a Badass System

Master Eloba glanced at the list of items Michael wrote on the paper without showing any kind of expression on his face. A few seconds later, Ebola finally looked up at the three of them. Among the three, Eve was the most nervous one as her family's fate depended on the availability of the ingredients. That explained why Eve was shaking her legs under the table nonstop. Luckily, the answer Eloba gave them immediately elevated Eve's mood.

"We have everything on the list. It will be four hundred thousand gold coins after minusing the special discount for VIP card holders,"

"Wonderful. We'll take it," Michael beamed with joy as the dark elf nodded, showing no expression. Ebola looked like an employee who hated to come to the job he hated the most but had no choice. But, regardless of how Eloba behaved, Michael didn't mind him because he was not here to enjoy the hospitality.

"Wait here," Ebola rose from his chair and went to the door beside a wooden rack.

"How long will it take you to make the cure?" Eve jerked her head in Michael's direction as soon as Eloba disappeared into the room.

"Five minutes,"

"Hear me out, will you?" Gaya leaned closer to them with a plan to get super rich in her mind. It had always been Gaya's job to multiply their income, and Michael let Gaya deal with the business side of things to Gaya. She was undoubtedly better than him regarding business and financial stuff.

"As soon as we get the ingredients, he will make the cure and give it to you. So go home and cure your family,"

"What will you do?" Eve asked Gaya and Michael, who looked at Gaya for her answer.

"Promote the cure-" Hearing the door creaking open again, Gaya quickly shut her mouth and leaned back on her chair. To their surprise, Ebola didn't come out carrying any ingredients. Instead, he returned to his seat and slides a silver ring toward Michael.

"Check if everything is there,"

Michael took the space ring, sending a sliver of arch energy to view the ingredients stored inside the space ring. It took Michael only a couple of seconds to confirm everything he asked for was inside.

"Cool. Everything there,"

"You can receive the ring back at the counter after you make your payment. Do you need anything else?"

Michael shook his head, standing up.

"Thank you," Michael just nodded before returning the ring to Eloba and walking out of the room. When they stepped outside, Miriad was waiting for them.

"My lady, my lord, have you finished your purchase?" Miriad asked with a gentle grin that multiplied her beauty by several folds.

"Yep. Back to the counter," Gaya said as Eve was already on her way to the counter in a rush. She couldn't wait, and if it wasn't for the rule of no use of Arch energy inside the Aqua Palace, she would have flown to the counter.

Despite seeing Eve rushing down the stairs, Miriad did not change her expression. Instead, she led them back to where they came from and reached the counter. However, Eve had already paid the amount using her pay cube and waited for Michael and Gaya with the silver space ring in her hand.

"Let's go," Eve rushed Michael,

"Zentha, we'd like to use your portal to get to Yeserius. How much will that cost us again?" Gaya asked Zentha behind the counter.

"Five thousand gold coins, my lady. Would you like Miriad to lead you to the portal?"

"Is there somewhere we could quickly brew a potion?" Gaya asked as Zentha nodded.

"Since my lady belongs to the proud House of Voldigards, you can use the VIP lounge of Voldigards," Only after hearing Zentha did Eve remember that they have a lounge in Aqua Palace.

"Put a pin on the portal. We will get back to you. Now if you may, please lead the way to the Voldigards lounge," Michael asked Miriad as the elf once again led them towards the staircase.  Like before, they climbed the stairs and arrived at a junction where they saw several stairs to the various parts of the building.  This time, Miriad led them to the southeast staircase leading to the highest floor. Once they climbed the last staircase, they were welcomed by a brightly lit corridor. The corridor walls were painted in charcoal black and complemented by the walls with shiny marble floors. Instead of chandeliers, the runes engraved on the ceiling lit the place and gave a modernized feeling to the corridor.

"This way, my lord and my lady," Miriad politely said and walked in front of them. She didn't even ask why she had to lead Eve to her own lounge. Although Eve had visited her lounge a couple of times to attend the auctions, at this moment, the distance between them and her lounge felt like an eternity.

After passing through a few doors, Michael's gaze landed on the door with the name 'The Barns' engraved. As soon as he saw the name, his blood boiled, and his eyes reddened. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stay calm whenever he saw something related to Thusia. Luckily, Gaya noticed the name and dragged Michael away from the door. Finally, after passing the door with the door named 'The Hunt Family', they came before the door with 'The Voldigards' engraved in golden letters.

Eve quickly flicked her wrist, taking out the VIP card. The runes brightly lit up when she placed the card on the door, and then the door clicked open.

"You don't have to wait for us. We'll meet Zentha in a while," Michael dismissed Miria before stepping into the Voldigards lounge.

The room itself was round, warm, and welcoming. There were lots of dark purple hangings, burnished black metal, and overstuffed sofas and armchairs upholstered in purple and black. The glass wall provided a view of a humongous stadium with thousands of seats around and a grass field in the center. This was the auction stage allocated for only special annual auctions. The stadium was big enough to rival the biggest football stadiums on earth. The sunlight coming directly above that brightened the grass field like a natural spotlight, made the auction stadium more majestic. The Voldigards lounge also had a large, purple, wooden mantelpiece with carvings of a pegasus on it. This was located underneath a portrait of a black-haired man wearing dark purple robes and carrying a golden crane decorated with a large ruby on top. He was the current House Lord of House Voldigard and also Eve's father, Julien Voldigard. In addition, various rose plants grown in tiny pots stood on wooden circular shewere curved to fit the walls, and copper-bottomed plant holders dangled amid the ceiling with ferns and ivies.

Michael immediately conjured the emerald green alchemy flames as Eve and Gaya felt the heat radiating from the flames. While the flames were dancing above his palm, Gaya waved her hand as various ingredients materialized on the glass table before them. The anticipation to see the cure prevented Eve from plunging into the overstuffed sofa. Instead, she stood still, looking at Michael throwing ingredient after ingredient into the flame to refine them.

"Relax, he got this," Gaya calmly said to calm Eve's nerves and stop her from shivering. But her words alone weren't enough to calm Eve down.

The following minutes dragged forever as Eve stared at the colorful beads emerging from the flame without batting an eye.

On the other hand, Gaya couldn't hold her excitement. Even the crackling sound resembling wood crack in the fire sounded like music to her.

To Michael however, there wasn't anything dramatic but business as usual. He knew the formula and had all the ingredients. So brewing the potion wasn't a difficult task. After a long couple of minutes, Eve finally saw a sparkling purple liquid dance above the green flames. Soon, the air became sweeter, and they could smell lavender in the air.

The liquid danced according to Michael's movement. Finally, after the green flames disappeared, he turned his gaze towards Eve.

"Open your mouth,"

Without asking any questions, Eve opened her mouth like a child as Michael moved the potion into her mouth. Michael and Gaya waited for Eve to swallow the potion. A few seconds later, Eve just closed her eyes, feeling the warm sensation all over her body. To be honest, she couldn't help closing her eyes and smiling. It felt like an eternity since she experienced the warmth of arch energy running through her energy veins. Little by little, her strength returned to her body, and so did the rosiness of her skin.

Eve took several deep breaths before finally opening her eyes.

"You're cured," Michael just smiled despite having performed a miracle. On the other hand, Gaya tiptoed, trying to control her excitement.

"How do you feel?" Gaya asked, stepping towards Eve.

"great. I…I am actually cured. You did it," Eve's eyes turned watery, and a few drops of tears rolled out of her eyes.  Following her tears, Eve let out a relieved smile.

"Ow," But suddenly, Eve dashed at them and hugged Gaya and Michael tightly.

"Thank you, thank you so much," Eve could barely speak those words through the lump in her throat. She felt relieved and delighted at the same time. With the cure, she would be able to cure all her family.

"Just promise me you won't hug us again after you cure your family," Since Gaya wasn't a big fan of hugging people except for Michael, she declared with a sigh.

"I told you I have the cure," Michael patted Eve's back and gently pushed Eve away to wipe her tears.

"Now just give me a few minutes," Michael conjured his flames again to brew more cures for Eve's family. It took Michael almost fifteen minutes to brew twenty potions. In the meantime, Gaya and Eve discussed distributing the cure and opening a majestic store in Yaserius.

Since the Voldigares owned many properties in Yaserius, Eve insisted Gaya take one of her buildings and establish the majestic. The business-minded Gaya naturally accepted such an offer and agreed with a wide ear-to-ear grin.