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"Cult Leader, please drink this before you leave."
Ji-Ah stopped me as I was about to head out for school. She had handed me a bitter-smelling black liquid that wasn't coffee. The color of the liquid was pitch-black to the point where I couldn’t see the bottom of the cup, and a mixture of brown and purple light floated on top of its surface.
"What is this? Poison?"
The water definitely didn’t look consumable. Ji-Ah shook the cup, causing the sediment on the bottom to float up, and then handed me the cup again.
"It's water made with the leftovers of the herbs used in the offering. I referred to the Voodoo Cult’s medicinal arts."
"Ah, so this isn't an assassination attempt?"
Ji-Ah looked at me with round eyes as if she was shocked. "Pardon? What do you mean?"
"Oh? You seem surprised. I knew it. I had a bad feeling the moment you handed me this."
Although it was just a joke, I was a little taken aback because her reaction was very serious.
"Just kidding, thanks for the drink. Are you studying medicinal arts these days?"
"Studying is a stretch, as there isn't much material, but trying to learn from it."
"Oh... Very impressive."
I gulped down the medicine in one go. At first, it didn't taste like anything. If anything, the liquid was even slightly sweet. However, as the water passed down my throat and reached my stomach, a sudden bitterness rose from within.
It wasn't just bitter, but exceptionally so. The bitterness remained on my tongue, and something strange crept up through my throat and crawled out through my nose. Unbeknownst to me, tears were forming in the corners of my furrowed eyes.
"Cough, cough...! This is poison!"
"It's supposed...
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