I’m Someone Else

Chapter 51

A glorious woman like her would catch anyone’s eyes no matter where she was, especially men’s eyes. Thomas was a man too, but his self-control was much better than other men’s. He was just stunned for a second before he quickly looked away.

This surprised the glorious woman. After all, when these men saw her, all of them would stare at her and start drooling. Yet, she actually met a man who was calm. At this moment, her good impression of Thomas rocketed.

After she looked at the recipe, she parted her lips in shock. In fact, she didn’t only have an attractive appearance, but she had quite some knowledge about traditional medicine as well. She knew very well this recipe’s worth, for this was not any ordinary recipe. Even the experts in the traditional medical field might not be able to create such a wonderful combination with these herbs! Only members of those renowned old families could get their hands on this recipe.

Is this young man from those families? For sure! Definitely! Irieson is a gathering place for many, and this person is definitely the son of one of these acclaimed families! Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“I’m sorry. We don’t have two of the herbs listed in this recipe, and the amount for other herbs might not be enough as well,” the glorious woman said apologetically.

Hearing that, Thomas shook his head with a wry smile. Right, there are two rare herbs in this recipe. Even if I find them, there won’t be much stock either. Angelvale Pharmacy is already pretty large-scale. Since there’s no stock here, other pharmacies in Irieson most probably won’t have it either.

“Can you… perhaps restock?” He tried asking since Olivia’s illness couldn’t be dragged on any longer. He needed to get all the herbs as soon as possible.

After some thought, the glorious woman answered, “Let me ask about it.”

She grabbed the phone and called the herbal supplier immediately. After a few questions, she was informed that the supplier had the two herbs in question. If she needed them urgently, they could send them over now.

“Is it urgent?” she asked.

With a nod, Thomas replied, “Very!”

Hearing that, she urged the supplier to ask them to send the herbs over as soon as possible. Then, she asked Thomas to go upstairs and have a little rest since it might take at least two hours for the supplier to deliver the items.

“Lily, take my place for a little while,” she instructed another girl before taking a teapot upstairs.

Meanwhile, Thomas was standing in the hall on the second floor. He found out that there were many antique goods here, and they were all precious antique items and calligraphy paintings. When the glorious woman saw that he was seemingly interested, she went up to him and said, “My family has been in the traditional medicine field for generations, and my father is obsessed with collecting antiques too.”

She poured a cup of tea and handed it to Thomas. “You know about collections too?”

“Just a little.” After taking a sip of the tea, he put down the cup and grabbed the sword in front of him. Schwing! He drew the sword out of the scabbard and studied it. This is definitely a treasure.

“Let me introduce myself. I’m Rose Elliott,” the glorious woman took the initiative to say. She was already sure that Thomas was a member of a famous family, and her impression of him was quite good, so a close relationship with him would benefit her in the future.

“I’m Thomas Clifford,” Thomas replied kindly while studying the sword in his hand.

With a smile, Rose said, “This sword is the Crocea Mors. My father used one million to bid on this from the Unicus Hall.”

“Unicus Hall?” He was familiar with this name. After some thought, he recalled that it was the auction venue that Olivia had brought him to. It was the place he met Sean for the first time after he was discharged from the military. He still remembered that he had taught Joe and his son a lesson there.

“What do you think about this sword?”

“One million is totally worth it.” This sword was sharp. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that this sword could cut through steel just like slicing butter. Although there were some scratches on the blade, it was understandable since it was an antique. However, the scratches wouldn’t affect the value of this sword itself.

“Why is that?” Hearing that, Rose grew interested in it. When her father bought it, she felt that it was a losing deal. Even half a million was too high-priced for her, let alone a million. Does he think that this is the real Crocea Mors? If that’s the case, I’m really wrong about him.

At this moment, Thomas simply swung the sword in his hand, and the sharp blade made a whipping sound while cutting through the air.

“Firstly, this is not the real Crocea Mors. This is just a replica. Vulcan forged the Crocea Mors, which Julius Caesar discovered in his youth, as a proof that the Gods had chosen him to be Emperor of Rome. The sword was said to be able to kill anyone it struck, though that might be attributed to Caesar’s fighting prowess. During his fight with Nennius, he struck Nennius a blow to the head, but his sword got stuck in Nennius’ shield. Fifteen days after the battle, Nennius died from the wound inflicted upon him by Crocea Mors. The sword was then laid with him in his tomb. It lay there for 500 years until King Vortigern withdrew it from the tomb, ordering it to be pounded into a foot-high anvil of iron known

as the Anvil of Vulcan, which was placed on a great cube of stone in the middle of London’s town square. That’s why this sword is just a replica.”

“Other than that, this sword was probably forged around the Renaissance period. Although it has been a long time, the blade is still exquisite and sharp. I can tell from first glance that this was forged by an expert at that time. Since it was by an expert, he dared to name it Crocea Mors, meaning that he poured all his heart and sweat into this sword. Unfortunately, there are some scratches here, but it doesn’t really matter. This should be at least five million. The person who’s able to use a million to buy this has really earned a big time.”

Thomas commented on the sword clearly and logically. This is a good sword, indeed. It can definitely be used as a weapon.

When Rose heard all that, she widened her eyes, and there were sparks in her eyes. How can he have the exact same comments as Father? Even the punctuation is exactly the same! If she wasn’t sure that today was the first time she met him, she would definitely think that he knew her father.

Who is this guy? In fact, it was quite strange, as she had met the sons of nearly all the families in Irieson, but she had never met Thomas before, and his name was extremely unfamiliar to her. Most importantly, there was no Clifford Family in Irieson!

Did he just blather about the comments just now? Is it just a coincidence that his comments are exactly the same as Father’s?

At this thought, Rose decided to test Thomas to see whether he was really that knowledgeable. “Take a look at this.” She walked to a cupboard and opened it. Just then, a hat appeared in front of Thomas’ eyes.

The body of the hat was black, and there was a bulge at the back of it. There were two symmetrical golden dragons embroidered on both sides of the bulge. On top of that, there was a silver flower petal in the middle of the dragons.

There were even black, red, and white jewels on the dragons and petal. One could tell that this was a treasure at first glance.

Seeing that, Thomas was in shock. “Where is this from?!”

“My father got this from an antique dealer overseas. He felt that the treasure from our own country shouldn’t be in other people’s hands.”

“Gasp!” Thomas gasped. “Your father is so lucky!”

“Why is that?”