Chapter 9: Basic Botany and Simple Potion Crafting
The next morning, because his mood had been ruined by what happened in the afternoon the previous day, the card game they had planned ultimately did not happen.
However, Lance did not neglect the matter of finding books to study.
Bright sunlight streamed through the bookstore windows, and dust danced within the golden beams of light.
Graystone Town did not have a public library.
For ordinary people, the only way to acquire new knowledge was to come to a bookstore and purchase books.
In this world, knowledge, like life itself, was an expensive luxury.
The bookstore owner was an elderly gentleman.
A pair of delicate gold-rimmed glasses rested on the bridge of his nose, and he wore a well-tailored linen shirt.
Whenever Lance passed by, he could see through the display window the old man holding a steaming cup of coffee, sitting behind the tall counter, quietly reading heavy tomes.