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<b>The Apothecary Diaries</b>

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<b>The Apothecary Diaries</b>

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This story is a work of fiction. The names of all of the characters, organizations, and so on
 are imaginary. It also bears no connection to any specific real-life events.

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In that case,

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can you put makeup on me?

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Huh?

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<i>He definitely doesn't need it.</i>

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<i>There are many silly wars in history,</i>

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<i>but several of them were 
caused by beautiful women.</i>

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<i>If this man, in all his heavenly
 beauty, were to put on makeup...</i>

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Are you trying to topple a nation, or what?

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Where'd that come from?!

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Why does your imagination do that?

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How do you make your freckles?

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<i>Ah, he wants to be </i>less<i> beautiful, not more.</i>

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I make some powder out of dried clay,

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then mix that into oil.

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Can you do that quickly?

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Yes, preparing it takes just one night.

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It's a bit too dark for you.

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If only there was a drug that can change faces.

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Applying lacquer to your face would do it.

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But that would be permanent.

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Sounds about right.

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If you want to pretend to be a commoner,

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that can be managed.

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Do that for me, then.

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I want to look like a completely 
different person.

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I wonder what he's up to.

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That said...

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If I'm doing it, I'm going all the way!

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Episode 17: A Jaunt Around Town

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Ugh, so cold.

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Good morni—

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Why the bad mood 
first thing in the morning?

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Nothing. I'm sure you're 
going to be beautiful all day.

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Is that a new form of sarcasm?

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Master Jinshi, do you really want to 
become a different person?

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That's what I said last night.

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In that case, excuse me.

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Oh dear!

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W-What are you doing, all of a sudden?

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No commoner burns such expensive incense.

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Your current outfit is, at best, 
that of a lower-ranking official.

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The most exquisite incense from overseas 
should not be within your reach.

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How do you know this?

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I've trained my sense of smell to separate 
medicinal and poisonous herbs.

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Do you know how a brothel 
identifies good customers?

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No. Is it body build, clothing,
 and things like that?

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Those too, but one important thing is smell.

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Those with multiple showy scents tend to 
be rich but have venereal diseases.

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Those who smell like livestock 
don't bathe and are unclean.

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Most new visitors to the Verdigris 
House are shooed away.

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Ah.

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You should direct that inquiry 
to someone who knows that world.

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Master Gaoshun, can you find 
a new set of clothes?

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If possible, some that haven't been 
washed yet and still smell.

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Oh dear.

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Understood.

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Hey.

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While he finds that...

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What is that?

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Oil and salt.

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It dulls the sheen of his hair 
and roughens the texture.

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Excuse me.

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That should do.

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Goodness, must you use 
a fabric scrap to tie it up?

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Commoners use whatever is 
available, as long as it works.

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Are you sure this is acceptable?

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Sniff. Sniff sniff sniff.

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It could be smellier, but this will do.

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Master Jinshi, please take your clothes off.

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S-Sure.

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<i>Even though he's like a heavenly maiden, 
he has a well-balanced, muscular physique.</i>

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May I use those towels?

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Of course, but for what?

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I'm going to alter his build.

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Would you both mind helping me a bit?

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Master Gaoshun, over there, please.

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Yes.

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Lady Suiren, please take this side.

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Understood.

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Now, with clothes on top of that...

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My goodness.

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Wow.

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<i>Having Master Jinshi's face on that 
awkward body is quite strange.</i>

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Next is the face.

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Huh?

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I mixed several dark-colored shades.

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I'll use them to make a suntanned 
complexion, like a commoner.

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Close your eyes, please.

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Yeah.

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<i>So needlessly beautiful, even to the touch.</i>

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<i>Not a trace of facial hair, 
nor any pores for that matter.</i>

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<i>If I applied feminine makeup 
on him, I wonder...</i>

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<i>Here it is, the one that Meimei forced on me.</i>

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Hey, will this take much longer?

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Please close your lips, 
but don't purse too hard.

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Huh? Right...

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What's wrong?

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<i>I'm glad we were alone here.</i>

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<i>If anyone else were here, 
it would have been a disaster.</i>

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Hey, is something the matter?

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No, there's nothing.

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That hurt! What happened?

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Nothing happened.

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Nothing at all.

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Right, nothing happened.

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Back on track.

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Use makeup to paint blotches on the face.

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Add circles under the eyes with dark colors.

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Add some moles, and draw over 
the eyebrows to change their shape.

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The remaining makeup can be applied to 
other body parts to make the skin blotchy.

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Push some under the fingernails 
to make the hands look unclean.

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<i>Solid, manly hands.</i>

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<i>I guess he can't have beautiful lady hands...</i>

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<i>Hmm? He has calluses.</i>

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<i>What does he use other than 
brushes and chopsticks?</i>

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<i>Does he train in sword or polearm fighting?</i>

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<i>Not something a eunuch 
usually needs to do, but...</i>

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<i>Well, there's no need to ask 
such a silly question.</i>

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Wow, that looks dirty.

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Please.

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A drink?

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Whoa! What is this?

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Please drink it slowly, licking it 
like you're wetting your lips.

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It will make your lips and throat 
swell, to change your voice.

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What is it made of?

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Several different irritants.

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It's very spicy, but don't worry, 
it's not poison.

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Drink all of it.

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The final touch.

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Cotton.

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Please fill your cheeks with it 
to change your face shape.

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It's finished.

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Wow, young master, is that really you?

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Please don't call me that.

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<i>And yet he's still pretty handsome.</i>

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<i>Must be hard to have such natural beauty.</i>

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<i>Anyway, I did the best that I could.</i>

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Now, time to head home! It's been too long.

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Xiaomao, you said you'll
 be returning home today, yes?

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Yes, I've been granted leave until tomorrow—

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<i>I haven't seen him make that face before.</i>

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In that case, Master Jinshi's 
destination is on your way.

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<i>Yikes!</i>

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Even with his disguise, it would be 
suspicious if he had his usual companions.

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Oh, that's true.

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Don't you agree, Master Jinshi?

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You're right.

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It would be great if you could come along.

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<i>No! Master Jinshi likes the idea, too!</i>

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Unfortunately, I don't think it would 
improve matters much if I w-were there...

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Perhaps having a bland attendant accompany 
a bland master would look natural,

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but I am also known to be
 your personal servant...

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I think it would be fine.

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In that case, why don't you also 
wear a disguise, Xiaomao?

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Huh?

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That's a fine idea!

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I have all the tools for putting on makeup.

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But...

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You just have to look completely different 
from your usual appearance, right?

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Ugh...

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Right?

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Y-Yes...

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<i>I have such a bad feeling about this...</i>

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Master Jinshi, your posture is too graceful.

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You stop addressing me so formally, too.

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Also, don't say my name. 
That would ruin everything.

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Then what should I call you?

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Let's see...

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You can call me Jinka, my lady.

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Huh?

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I believe that would be appropriate, 
given our appearances.

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<i>True, this outfit belongs 
to Lady Suiren's daughter.</i>

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<i>Both the fabric and design are nice. 
Doesn't look outdated or anything.</i>

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<i>I suppose I could come off as 
a young lady from a good family.</i>

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<i>Why is he enjoying this so much?</i>

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Here is the map. For Xiaomao...

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I will take care of the young lady.

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Please.

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Well, Master Jinka...

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Hmm?

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Jinka.

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Yes, my lady!

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Your posture is too straight.

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<i>"Jinka," huh? Not the strangest of pseudonyms.</i>

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<i>But to use the character "ka," 
for flower, in the name?</i>

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<i>I guess "Jinshi" isn't a very manly 
name to begin with, but still.</i>

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<i>Maybe I should have made him 
dress up as a woman, after all.</i>

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<i>No, I can't do that, if I want to 
maintain peace in our realm.</i>

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Where are we headed?

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A restaurant just outside
 the pleasure district.

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I'm meeting an acquaintance there.

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Why do I have to be the bodyguard?

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And while hidden? Why would—

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<i>The attendant walking in front of 
the mistress? He has a lot to learn.</i>

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Jinka.

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Apologies, my lady.

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Good.

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<i>Not many leafy vegetables yet, 
given the season.</i>

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Hmm?

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Now that I have my allowance,

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perhaps I'll get a chicken too, 
and boil them together.

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Grocery shopping?

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In that outfit?

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<i>I wanted to feed my dad.</i>

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<i>He is an impressive doctor 
and apothecary, second to none.</i>

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<i>But for some reason, he has absolutely 
no sense of profit or loss.</i>

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<i>That's why he lives in that miserable shack,
 despite having what should be</i>

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<i>a lucrative profession.</i>

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<i>If he were on the verge of starvation,</i>

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<i>the old lady would probably 
force-feed him something, but...</i>

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What is it?

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Why are you so silent?

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Because there's nothing to discuss?

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<i>Was that the wrong answer?</i>

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Hmm? This smell!

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Chicken skewers!

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Wait here a moment!

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Mister, two skewers please!

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Gotcha!

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Here. Eat it before it gets cold.

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Sure.

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<i>The savory skin, the tasty fat...</i>

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<i>You can't get this in the palace.</i>

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Aren't you going to eat it?

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As you can see, no poison.

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No, I...

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Ah.

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Here.

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How is it?

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Yeah, it's better than I remember
 at camp. The salt is good.

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<i>Camp? I thought that type of thing 
was for soldiers, not eunuchs.</i>

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<i>He really does seem to be enjoying it.</i>

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Oh, welcome back, Gaoshun.

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Please don't touch the suitcase. 
I just applied persimmon tannin to it.

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The young master's toys are 
full of memories, aren't they?

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Yes.

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So, how was he?

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He was extremely pleased.

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It was a surprisingly good suggestion, for you.

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Once the young master found 
a favorite toy, he would never let it go.

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If I hid it, he would cry like 
the world was ending.

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You worked so hard to find him a new toy 
to get him to settle down somehow.

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Fixating on one thing...

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That is not a luxury that Master 
Jinshi is allowed to have.

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Do we have to rush so much?

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I thought you're meeting someone.

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Isn't it best to arrive early?

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You sound like you want to split 
from me as soon as possible.

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Do I?

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<i>True, I do want to split from him and go 
back to buy some radishes and chicken.</i>

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Is...

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Is life at the palace so bad?

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I'd think it's better than life 
out in the pleasure district.

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It's certainly not bad.

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I left for work of my own free will,

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and the room I've been given is quite pretty.

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However, I worry about my adoptive 
father, who I left all alone.

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What's wrong?

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I just didn't expect you to care about 
anything other than medicine or poison.

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He's also my teacher in the art of medicine.

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I need him to stay alive for much longer.

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He must be quite the skilled apothecary.

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He knows not just Eastern medicine, 
but has studied Western medicine, as well.

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I heard he studied abroad, 
in the west, when he was young.

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That must mean he was extremely talented.

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Only those chosen by the empire 
are allowed to study abroad.

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Yes, he's extremely talented.

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They say heaven only grants 
a person one talent,

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but there are some who receive more than one.

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That's quite impressive.

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Why is someone so remarkable working 
as a pleasure district's apothecary?

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It must be because he's short
 on luck, of all things.

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He was given two talents, but lost his manhood.

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Are you saying your adoptive 
father is a eunuch?

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Yes.

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<i>I guess the brothel-style joke didn't land.</i>

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Apparently, because of his study abroad,

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he was made a eunuch by the previous empress 
dowager, the former emperor's mother.

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Eunuch, apothecary, doctor...

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<i>Did I fail to mention that?</i>

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<i>Oh, is that it?</i>

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<i>An inn upstairs from a restaurant.</i>

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Come, stop in!

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Hey, hey, hey.

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<i>I see. Now I get why he had to 
disguise himself and everything.</i>

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In that case, you could have just 
come to the pleasure district.

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Huh? What do you mean?

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Nothing.

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Apothecary, do you know the regulars 
at the Verdigris House?

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Well, the customers that stand out, yes.

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Who are they?

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I can't say. I have a duty of confidentiality.

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Then...

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How does one decrease 
the value of a courtesan?

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That's an unpleasant question.

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There are many different ways, 
especially with high-class courtesans.

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At the Verdigris House,

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girls take most of the important 
lessons while working as servants.

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At that time,

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they are separated into those with 
beautiful appearances and those without.

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The latter, after debuting, immediately 
take on customers to sell their bodies.

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Those with talent, however,

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are taught tea ceremony and given a higher
 education with which to entertain patrons.

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Their prices go up and up.

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Once high enough, they start 
to appear only very rarely.

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At that point, you get 
a top-ranking courtesan,

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who costs a year's salary just to have tea with.

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Some retain their chastity 
until the day they're bought out.

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Their value comes from their purity.

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Losing that purity would
 easily halve their value.

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In addition...

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A pregnancy would reduce it to nearly nothing.

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Next Time

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<i>Next time: "Lakan."</i>

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Episode 18: Lakan