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“Maomao had come to believe there was no toxin so terrifying as a woman’s smile. That one rule held true whether in the halls of the most ornate palace or the squalid chambers of the cheapest pleasure house.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, 薬屋のひとりごと [Kusuriya no Hitorigoto]

“Don’t sully my memories with bleak reality, if you please,” Jinshi said ruefully.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Some said the real difference between a foolish ruler and a brilliant one was that a foolish ruler thought the people were inexhaustible, while a brilliant one realized that they had their limits.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 2

“They had weighed their lives against their beauty, and in the end had lost them both.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Perhaps,” Gaoshun ventured now, “I might ask you to stop regarding Master Jinshi in the same manner in which you might look at a worm.” Damn. They noticed.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I’m very sorry, sir. I’m afraid I might have crushed a frog.” She kept her face completely expressionless. “...A frog.” Jinshi winced. Fine. Let him wince. Maomao would overcome this situation by sheer force of will.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“Now listen to me, y—I mean, Maomao! Listen close! I am going to make you my wife!”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 7

“He took a breath. He was looking at Maomao, but somehow he seemed almost embarrassed. Finally he managed, “Now listen to me, y—I mean, Maomao! Listen close! I am going to make you my wife!” He’d said it. He’d actually said it. To her, it sounded like a death sentence. All his vagueness, all his ambiguity had actually been a show of kindness to Maomao. For with her social status, the words once spoken were as good as a command. She couldn’t fight them, couldn’t contravene what he wished.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 7

“For you, I will remove every obstacle that keeps us apart. One day. Just know that.” With that, Jinshi buried himself under the covers. “I won’t let what you fear come to pass. I swear it.” Soon she heard him breathing evenly in sleep. What I fear... Maomao pictured Empress Gyokuyou. I don’t think Master Jinshi knows, she thought. She didn’t think he was aware of the secret of his own birth. What about Empress Gyokuyou? Does she know? And what did His Majesty want for Jinshi? What about Ah-Duo? It’s never good to know too much.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 7

“Do they know each other?” Gramps had asked, to which Chou-u had replied, “She practically collects weird guys like him.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 6

“But Jinshi was oddly skilled at reading Maomao’s expressions. Partly because they’d now known each other for a fair amount of time, true, but even by that standard he was quite sensitive to slight changes in her face.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 4

“Jinshi must have been getting sleepy, for he gradually slumped on the bed until he was lying down. Thinking what a lot of trouble he could be, Maomao sat on the bed and began gently stroking his hair.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 5

“Although Maomao wasn’t sure how much trouble she could really get into with the mild, juice-based alcohol. “I wouldn’t get drunk.” “I heard you emptied a barrel on the way here.” Who’d snitched on her? It had to be Jinshi or Basen. Maomao clicked her tongue.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 5

“Maomao was probably the only one here who sometimes tried poisons for fun. She was, let us say, an exceptional personality. If I had to go, I think I’d like it to be by blowfish toxin. The organs mixed into a nice soup...”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Deliberately or not, Lahan chose that moment to whisper in her ear, “And when can we expect the pitter-patter of little feet?” His glasses flashed.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 9

“She didn’t say anything at first—she wanted to tell him no, but he was looking at her with those puppy-dog eyes he got sometimes.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 5

“Maomao briefly regretted that she hadn’t simply disguised Jinshi as a woman, but then she remembered that dab of rouge and thought better of it. She shook her head: Jinshi must never appear in women’s clothing, lest the very world tear itself apart.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 2

“Isn’t it about time you gave in?” she asked. “Gave in to what?” Maomao asked,”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 5

“It’s amazing how easily such unsavory things roll off your tongue.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 7

“Well, there was nothing else to treat. Except maybe his head. Life would have been so much easier if she could have tightened down the screws he obviously had loose.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 9

“And though the exterior might be lovely, there was the question of what was within. And so Maomao ended up looking at Jinshi like some kind of bug crawling along the ground. She sincerely couldn’t help it.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Once the two of them were alone in the room, Maomao took a deep breath, then heaved a sigh. “Master Jinshi.” “Yes?” “Don’t you think you’re pushing yourself too hard?” The last vestiges of the Moon Prince vanished. “Is there ever a time when I’m not?”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 10

“I’m very sorry, sir. I’m afraid I might have crushed a frog.” She kept her face completely expressionless.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 3

“Maomao wasn’t specifically a smarter person or better student than anyone else. She simply cared less about some things most people cared about, and instead shunted that extra attention into fields in which she was interested.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 7

“Right... Friends...” Maomao echoed. Come to think of it, she’d been spending a fair amount of time with them outside work recently—sharing meals, going out together, or just chatting. Those were things that could arguably be classified as activities one did with friends.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 8

“There were few if any things in the world that were truly inexplicable; what a person deemed beyond explanation was only a reflection of the boundaries of their own knowledge.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 2

“She also didn’t doubt that Lahan was completely hopeless, totally worthless, and that if anyone ever asked her if she knew any nice men, he was the one person she would never, ever introduce to them. Ever.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 5

“But once Maomao was invested in a problem, she couldn’t let it go. She crossed her arms, trying to put the pieces together in her head.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 2

“The shoddy shaving bothered her. (Maomao was sometimes bothered by rather unusual things.)”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 4

“I seem to be veritably surrounded by strong and intelligent women,” he said. “Nothing of the sort,” Maamei replied. “It’s simply that they’re the only ones who can get close to you.” The remark wasn’t self-deprecating. Jinshi and Basen traded a look, both of them clearly feeling outmatched. Jinshi found himself having to take back what he had thought a few minutes earlier: Maamei understood politics very well.”
― Natsu Hyuuga, The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 8