Serena couldn't be bothered to look at Nicholas anymore. She lifted the corner of her eye, glancing sideways at Karen and Isabella.
Her crimson lips curled into a deeply ironic smile. "Jealous of her?"
The cool voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.
Her gaze was tinged with disdain and mockery. "Jealous that she treats the scraps left over from making pills like some kind of treasure? That she paid an outrageous price for them at an auction?"
At this, she couldn't help but let out a short, sharp laugh. "Should I be jealous of her ignorance?"
"Y-You're lying!" Isabella shot back, her eyes red with anger and frustration.
She had spent so much money on EverVita Essence, treating it like a precious treasure, a miracle drug.
How could it possibly be the dregs left over from making pills?
This was a hundred times more humiliating than a direct slap in the face.
Isabella looked at Serena, utterly wronged. "EverVita Essence is an herbal medicine personally developed by the Ghost Doctor. It has the effect of strengthening one's constitution and nourishing the body. It sells for an astronomical price on the market. How could it possibly be scraps?"
Moreover, the auction house she went to was an internationally renowned one.
They would never pass off fakes as the real thing.
Isabella bit her lower lip hard, her pale face looking even more aggrieved. "Sister, the family gave you plenty of money, enough to buy a lot of decent gifts. You can't be disrespectful to the Ghost Doctor just because your bottle of... whatever health supplements you brought from who-knows-where was outshone by his EverVita Essence!"
She put on an act of looking out for Serena. "The Ghost Doctor's authority is beyond question. Sister, you should stop trying to show off."
Her words were all meant to imply that Serena was unsophisticated, a stingy country girl.
That her family had given her so much money, yet she was too cheap to buy a proper gift.
She had the petty attitude of a country bumpkin.
Serena's laugh was laced with endless scorn. "You're all so good at kissing up to the
Ghost Doctor. Does the Ghost Doctor himself even know about it?"
Isabella's face flushed with indignation This-this isn't kissing up... It's just a matter of fact! I flew to Caldoria specifically to attend an international auction, and that's how I managed to acquire this small
bottle of Ever.Vita Essence
Who doesn't know the Ghost Doctor
Ghost Doctor's
reputation? Why would he ever put
so-called scraps up for auction?"
Serena raised an eyebrow. "Then why do you think this EverVita Essence appeared
at an overseas auction?"
Isabella's lips trembled. "Th-that's obviously because... the Ghost Doctor's reputation is international..."
"It's because throwing away the scraps left over from making the real pills would be too wasteful. So, they're ground into a powder, bottled as Eve Vita Essence, and shipped overseas." The effects of EverVita
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Essence were real; if taken correctly, could indeed strengthen one's constitution and nourish the body.
Long-term use would yield even more obvious results.
It was more than enough to fool a bunch of foreigners.
Isabella, of course, understood Serena's implication. Her face instantly turned pale.
"You were the only person from
Elyndor at that auction. Didn't you find that Strange?" Serena's look was one you'd give to a complete idiot. "Only @fool like you would get played by a few shills driving up the
price, stupidly raising your bid three
times and even paying that ridiculous final price."
"Do you have any idea how the people who ship EverVita Essence overseas are laughing at you? And here you are, so proud of yourself. It's laughably pathetic."
Inch by inch, the color drained from Isabella's face, only to be replaced by a deep, crimson flush of shame, anger, and humiliation.
Her eyes widened as she stared at Serena in disbelief.