Episode 11. The beginning of soloism. (2)
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-It’s a zombie. Do you know what is most important when taking extra classes?
“First of all, I wish you would stop calling me a zombie.”
-It’s the tuition fee.
After finishing our work at the Sangryun headquarters, we left.
midday. As lunch approached, the streets became lively. Hunters who retired from the front line opened restaurants and general stores and eagerly solicited customers.
Of course, there were many stores among them that just flew away. In such stores, the owners were always sitting by the door with their mouths open. Be damned. It won’t work. It was a cruel, but unchanging truth both in the outside world and in Babylon.
-And you just secured tuition. Well, what should we have now?
“hmm. A good tutor?”
-Uh huh. It’s already in front of you.
Bae Hu-ryeong said shamelessly. The facial expression didn’t change at all.
-Good reference book! You need a textbook that will help you grow quickly.
“textbook···.”
-huh. Things like secret books or elixirs. But even if I read a non-critical text, there’s no way I could understand it at your level now, right? In the end, the only answer is to save up the damn expensive elixirs.
Even when I say the right thing, this guy always says it in an obnoxious way.
-For your information, I don’t deal in cheap elixirs. Why is it called Alchemy? There is a guild that doctors and pharmacists join. Get only the elixirs made by the highest-class craftsmen there.
“Eck.”
-I know where the store is, so don’t worry. Grandpa Marcus also has a place he often visits. If you go there and sweep up all the elixirs…
“Now, just wait a moment.”
-huh? why?
I lowered my voice. This is because passersby on the street passed nearby.
“…Aren’t those elixirs really incredibly expensive?”
-Of course it’s incredibly expensive. It’s worth the price. If you listen to the price, it’s probably hundreds of millions! It would make noise.
Bae Hu-ryeong laughed heartily.
-Can you tell me roughly how much it is?
“···Let’s take a look.”
Bae Hu-ryeong whispered in my ear. When I heard the price, my eyes widened. It’s so expensive that it’s beyond imagination.
“Even if I spend all the money I have left, I can only buy about 4!?”
-Giggles. If you buy them all at once, you can get a discount and order about 5 of them. They knew how to do business. This is why doctors who have tasted money are the scariest people in the world.
“You’re too expensive…”
oh my god. This is how I became poor again. I thought I would live comfortably since I won the first prize in the lottery.
-what. It may be a waste to feel like the money you have earned is easily wasted, but what can you do? It’s a tragedy caused by your lack of talent. I think this is all for your own good… Hmm!
Bae Hu-ryeong’s face hardened.
– Confucius. Hide.
“yes?”
-hurry.
The voice was serious. Without realizing it, I hid behind a nearby tin trash can. Fishy and sour smell. It was a trash can used in restaurants to throw away food scraps. I frowned.
“What’s going on? Are you suddenly telling me to hide?”
-be careful. It’s Grandpa Marcus.
“······.”
I held my breath. Carefully, I peeked out onto the street through the trash can. An old man with white hair tied back. The Sword Saint, who was currently ranked first in the rankings and possessed [Detective’s Insight], was walking in the distance.
‘If you get caught, it’ll be a pain in the ass.’
My heart was pounding. Was my nervousness conveyed? Bae Hu-ryeong also abandoned his Two Much Talker nature and kept quiet for a while. The two of us hid in the trash can side by side and followed the Sword Saint with our eyes.
“···Again, ···Noisy···.”
Fortunately, Geomseong didn’t seem to notice this. The old man headed somewhere, muttering to himself as usual.
-Ah, Mr.
Bae Hu-ryeong frowned when he saw Geomseong entering a building.
-Tsk! It’s hot. That’s the best store.
“The best store?”
-I mean, elixir, elixir. Fortunately, the best pharmacist has opened a store there. ah. really! Everyone except him is a shabby weakling. If possible, you should buy it there…!
Bae Hu-ryeong stamped his foot. This is the first time I have seen this ghost truly disintegrate. I was deep in thought next to him.
‘Using the same store as Geomseong is too risky. However, he is an apothecary who knows how to make good elixirs.’
I searched for the top rankers on my smartphone.
The list went on and on, starting with number one.
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1st. Sword Saint / Affiliation: None.
2nd place. Black Witch / Affiliation: Black Dragon (Guild Leader).
3rd place. Count / Affiliation: Merchant Union (Guild Leader).
4th place. Heresy Inquisitor / Affiliation: Pantheon (Guild Leader).
5th place. Viper / Affiliation: Cheon Mu-moon (guild leader).
6th place. Babel’s Language History / Affiliation: Manhak (Deputy Guild Leader).
7th place. Metropolitan News Agency / Affiliation: Hwanmun Newspaper (Deputy Guild Leader).
8th place. Paladin / Affiliation: Vigilante (Deputy Guild Leader).
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“does not exist.”
I muttered as if I was throwing something out.
Bae Hu-ryeong, who was continuously stomping his feet, responded to my self-talk.
-uh? What’s missing? your lucky?
“no. Rather, it should be seen as the exact opposite.”
Rather than having no luck, it was overflowing.
“It might not cost as much money as you think.”
-what?
“It seems like you could spend just a few pennies to get the best elixir.”
I grinned.
“I know a really good pharmacist.”
We left the downtown area and entered a dark alley.
poor neighborhood. People who have difficulty making money and have no choice but to live in old places. In short, it was a neighborhood close to Harlem. The eyes of the hunters looking at us in the dark alley were unusual.
-···A really talented pharmacist lives here?
Bae Hu-ryeong clearly looked like he couldn’t believe it.
“He is not an ordinary person with great skills, but a pharmacist with unprecedented talent.”
-Just hit it hard. Why would someone with such talent stay in a place like this?
“Oh, you don’t want to believe it?”
Tsk tsk and clicking sounds were heard from the other side of the alley. The hunters who were looking this way turned their heads.
When they saw me talking to myself, they probably thought I was mentally ill. Harlem’s neighborhood had the worst security, but most people didn’t touch mentally ill people.
I laughed in my heart.
‘What would happen if I found out that my wallet was now full of gold coins?’
It was obvious. Her eyes will roll and she will lunge like an animal.
Of course, I had no intention of kindly revealing my wallet situation to them. I entered deeper into the alley, smelling the smell of a rotting corpse somewhere.
It was around that time that I heard a tearing voice.
“Please, please don’t touch my lab equipment!”
A young person’s voice.
After that, harsh words rang out.
“This is the first time you’ve said something like that!”
“It’s already been half a year since the due date passed. Then you have to pay the price.”
I headed in the direction where the voice came from. The point where alleyways intersect, like the center of a spider’s web. There was a shabby store standing in a slightly open area.
That was also where people were fighting.
“Tsk. “If I take all the tools, I really can’t make a living.”
“It’s okay, there’s nothing more to see. “Take it all!”
Big gangsters loaded the machines onto the rear car. Maybe he was in his late 20s? A woman who appeared to be the owner of that old store begged, somehow holding on to her cart.
“one week! Just give me one more week. No, just give me 5 more days…”
“That week turned into a month, and a month turned into half a year!”
puck. When the thugs pushed the cart away, the store owner fell to the street without much resistance. Even though his knees were hurt, the store owner held out his hand toward his cart.
“Ah… the potion hasn’t been completed yet…!”
“Ugh. I got it from some crazy pharmacist. miss! “I advise you with all my heart, never to even mess with making medicine again!”
The car creaked and disappeared into the alley.
The only thing left here is the store owner, kneeling in despair. And, including me, the only people from the neighborhood came out to see this sadal. The onlookers whispered.
“Tsk tsk. “It looked like that store was going to go out of business at some point.”
“Even if the potion is expensive, it’s still too expensive. “What health potion costs 40 gold?”
“I looked down on business at a young age…”
Did you hear what the onlookers were saying?
The store owner, who was staring at the ground in despair, poofed! I raised my head.
“Rain, it’s expensive! “I only get paid the cost price!”
The appearance was quite miserable. My long hair was matted as if I hadn’t washed it for several days. The glasses on her face were as worn as an old antique. Even the voice was so loud that it was closer to the sound of jade breaking rather than the sound of jade rolling.
“We are the only store in Babylon that offers this kind of potion at this price! Oh, I can’t thank you enough for opening a store in such a crappy neighborhood! yes!”
“Wow, that thing still hasn’t come to its senses.”
“Let’s go.” Me indeed. “He talks loudly about how good he is…”
The onlookers shook their heads and dispersed.
Unfavorable!
No matter how I looked at it, there was a store owner there who seemed impossible to like.
“oh···. Now, just a moment. everyone. The reason you’ve come all this way is even a bottle of stamina potion… “With just one shot of my special potion, even the dying hunters will start fluttering.”
“ah. “I’m not buying it, I’m not buying it!”
The store owner belatedly tried to catch the bystanders, but it was no use. Water that spilled a while ago. The onlookers quickly disappeared, swearing at each other.
“It’s really effective… I’m not lying…”
In the end, the store owner flopped down and sat down.
-hey.
Bae Hu-ryeong muttered after watching the whole fun that was happening right before his eyes.
-Isn’t the ‘greatest pharmacist’ you mentioned… not that idiot?
“What if I say it’s true?”
-I’m seriously worried about your mental state. I thought he died over 4,000 times and even his brain became strange. Then, I will introduce you to the most skilled mental counselor in Babylon.
I snorted.
“At the point when you see a ghost, you already have to worry about your mental state. “The owner is the greatest pharmacist of all time, so don’t worry.”
-Not the best pharmacist of all time, but the best fat person of all time! You crazy guy!
Bae Hu-ryeong made a fuss, but he ignored it. I walked towards the store owner who was sitting on the ground.
“hey.”
“eww···?”
The store owner looked up at me. When I looked closer, my appearance was even more shabby. She was wearing clothes that she had picked up somewhere, so both her top and bottoms were long. At least he was wearing a white gown so I could barely tell, ‘Oh, he looks like he’s a pharmacist and not a beggar.’
“president. “Are you still in business?”
Of course, this man was not a beggar.
He was no ordinary pharmacist.
“If you’re still in business, I’d like to order some potions.”
Lord of Yeongeonseong (鍊金省省).
In the future, a pharmacist who will rise to 5th place in the rankings.
Although he is outside the rankings at this point, he is someone who will definitely become a success.
“Do you mind if the potions are a little expensive?”
“Ah yes. yes of course! “I can make anything!”
The pharmacist’s face lit up. The store looked like it was going out of business just now, but fortunately a customer came in asking for an expensive potion. That’s how I felt like I was being revived.
“Well, if it’s expensive, how expensive is it…?”
“well.”
In the future, no matter how much money I had, I would never dare to order a drugstore, but this time it was different.
“First of all, I want to buy about 20,000 gold worth.”
“······.”
The pharmacist opened his mouth.
What if your appearance is a bit miserable? To me, the pharmacist in front of me seemed like a goose laying golden eggs. It’s also a golden egg made of 100% pure gold!
I smiled.
“What are you doing? “You have to take the order, boss.”
I will become a regular customer to my core.
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