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::a partly burned piece of paper falls from the stack of entries, the begining seems to have been burned away:: "A potion?" He said... Face intently fixed on hers. Some would later call his expression "Dumbfounded", as he wondered to himself "Why does she still insist on wasting my time with these little inventions of hers". He decided to humor her again... "Enlighten me, what kind of potion have you concocted now my dear sister" She could detect a sly sarcasm in his tone. "You'll find out in five minutes my darling brother" She replied as she continued cleaning the room. "What's that supposed to mean?" Rokogu was very paranoid, "Let me ask you a question" a sly expression crossed Azushi's face, "When you spoke to that man in the market... what were you talking about?". He felt an overwhelming sensation to tell the truth.. "It was buisness dear sister..." He bit his tongue. "Buisness you say? I saw Mitshui talking to him before his wife disapeared. You werent trying to sell me as a slave were you?!". Rokogu for the first time in a very long time was afraid. "What was in that potion you poisoned me with!". "Nothing, I just hope you don't lie to anyone for the next few days" She laughed and walked out of the room. "I feel sick" muttering only so that he and the dog could hear "Did you see what she....", Before he could finish there was a knock at the door. He answered the door only to find the king's tax collector, "Greetings sir, I wish to speak with you about your financing" he twisted his mustache as he spoke, peering through one monacle. "Uhh now's not a great..." looking at the dog his conscience suddenly kicked in. "Yeah c'mon in!" the tax man looked at him suspiciously. "It says here that you owe King Mhul... 4,000,000 coins" the tax man continued on in mummbles. "FOUR MILLION!" Rogoku was aghast, but knew the tax man was right and could not lie to him, he had to find his sister. "Excuse me" he said to the tax collector, and ran outside to find her. "Azushi! Where are you hiding!" he yelled. She was feeding her chickens by the stream, "Over here brother." she calmly said. "What have you given me! How do I stop it!" he was talking really fast. She looked at him and laughed "Relax! I didn't really give it to you!". He screamed "I'll deal with you later!" as he went back inside to talk to the tax collector. Azushi was worried, she knew her brother had a temper but it was 3 hours later when she saw the tax man fleeing from the house horrified that she began to sweat. "Oh sis, come in inside it's dinner time and I'm not mad anymore!" Rogoku was alarmingly calm, "Wh-what is it?" she stammered "What is what? Oh dinner? Roast beef and noodles, your favorite!". All through dinner neither of them spoke, Azushi figured since Rogoku was also eating it was safe for her to eat also... towards the end of the meal Rogoku spoke up. "That sure was some good Roast beef.. How was yours?" She suddenly felt sick as she said "Where's the dog?"... ::The rest of the page seems to be missing, it appears burned at the edges:: //-Meiko | |