Carl was surprised for a few seconds before realizing that he and Milton were actually standing in front of a spice shop. The shop was two stories high and took up quite a bit of land space, plus the décor was fairly stylish as well.
While Carl and Milton were still staring at the spice shop, Gerald had already made his way downstairs and greeted Carl warmly, "Mr. Carl, where are you headed?"
"I'm just walking around." Carl gave him a random excuse.
"Oh? What a coincidence! I was just about to take a walk myself," said Gerald with a laugh. "Mr. Carl, would you like me to be your guide?"
Carl was a little taken aback by how enthusiastic Gerald was behaving. It was obvious that Gerald was trying to befriend him, which puzzled the young man. Carl was only an ordinary apothecary while Gera
