Chapter 74: Temporary Balm

Derek Haven did not like herbalist shops. He would have liked to claim full ownership of that hate. But really, such places had brought his dislike on themselves.

Modern medicine existed for a reason. The beneficial aspects of plants were extracted from them and then people got to swallow them down in a simpler form, like a pill or a teaspoon of medicine. Herbalists just decided to go back on all that. Side-stepping convenience in the name of keeping things pure.

Derek could not get behind that at all and it had been the topic of quite a few discussions over the years. Especially during functions where he was bored out of his mind, and one of his fellow attendants decided to come out with the fact that they no longer took certain meds because they were drinking some juice each morning.