They came back to a full house of people eating steamed buns and happily talking to one another. Granny Nuo Nuying was making sure that no one was left without a bun to eat, and when she saw Nikola, she ran up to him and gave him a bun.
"Saffron was the cure all along! You eat up now, so you won't get sick," Nikola took the bun, which was still warm, and then he said:
"Granny, I didn't do this. It was all Wei Caihong. He performed a ritual in the woods. Didn't you notice the rain and the earthquake? Saffron doesn't do that."
Granny Nuo Nuying looked like she didn't believe him, and then she turned towards Wei Caihong.
"But he barely examined the sick! And he kept hiding throughout the day! So what if he could do some tricks? This was Trojan medicine that healed everyone, not vile Atlantean enchantment."
Some of the people who were listening in agreed with the elderly woman, and Nikola looked at Wei Caihong.
Why was the noble so disliked?
