Eren started walking to the apothecary while smoking his Sativa stick. He had been told by the herbalist that the residual smoke might immediately put the mortals to sleep if they were standing close to him.
Novice rankers might also get affected by the passive smoking of the Stellar Sativa, but they needed to stay within a close range from Eren for a certain time for that to happen.
That's why Eren chose a relatively less populated route for his return. He could hear people were a bit on edge everywhere. They were discussing the latest official news that had been announced all over the kingdom.
Eren used his Ace rank senses to listen to mortals talking at the far end of an alley. He stood at a side and kept on smoking as he listened to the group of four men and a woman.
"Did you hear about Ivor Osan? That brat was the Osan Woods butcher! You might not know but that kid was messed up from the moment he was born.
