Episode 12. The beginning of soloism. (3)
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4.
“Well, it’s shabby, but… please come in.”
The pharmacist hesitantly guided me.
The inside of the store was dizzy, as if a storm had swept through it.
“It’s really shabby…”
It wasn’t a lie.
Glass bottles were broken and scattered on the floor. The bookshelf was overflowing and the books were scattered. The fluttering dust was a bonus.
It’s truly a mess.
-Wow.
Bae Hu-ryeong was impressed.
-I’ve heard a lot of people say that I live a disorganized life, but my young wife is much smarter than me. Hygiene management is very reliable. Hey, do you really want to drink the elixir this lady made?
“excuse me. Are you really going to give me a request worth 20,000 gold…?”
Bae Hu-ryeong and the pharmacist asked at the same time, as if they had just squeezed it together.
I smiled bitterly.
“If you don’t believe me, shall I pay in advance?”
“Well, there’s no need to do that…”
The pharmacist waved his hand and suddenly stopped.
“···no. “If possible, please pay in advance.”
The pharmacist’s face was completely red. He seemed ashamed that he was even saying this. indeed. The financial situation must be so bad that even the bare minimum of courtesy is difficult to maintain.
“Please take as much money from my treasury as you need. “I will tell Sangryeon in advance.”
“As much as necessary…”
The pharmacist muttered absently.
“yes. Of course, my assets are not unlimited. I would appreciate it if you could keep the budget within 20,000 gold if possible.”
“Uh, that. “What kind of drug are you requesting?”
Was it because the budget was so huge that they were scared? On the one hand, the pharmacist looked happy, but on the other hand, he looked anxious.
“Excuse me, but I can’t manufacture drugs. Because of my personal beliefs, I really only like drugs… “If you came here to request that, I will refuse…”
“Ohh.”
I internally agreed.
‘It’s messy, but it’s the right material to grow into a master of Alchemy Castle in the future.’
There weren’t many people who could firmly refuse when tens of thousands of gold were exchanged before their eyes. Even more so if your own store just went bankrupt. Nevertheless, he declared that he would not manufacture drugs alone.
This pharmacist looked weak on the outside, but had very strong pride.
“haha. “It’s definitely not a drug, so don’t worry.”
“ah···. Well, then I’m glad. What specific drug are you requesting?”
“hmm.”
I looked at Bae Hu-ryeong. After Bae Hu-ryeong entered the store, he kept his mouth shut as if he didn’t like something. It was only after he noticed me that he finally sighed.
-ha. Well, okay. I don’t think he’s very talented, but I’ll tell you the recipe.
It will happen soon.
-listen carefully. The liver of a rabbit pig, the eyes of a balloon cat, and the shell of a desert earthworm…
“I will tell you now. “The liver of a rabbit pig, the eyes of a balloon cat, and…”
I followed Bae Hu-ryeong and recited the ingredients for the elixir.
“ah. wait for me! “Okay, I’ll write it down!”
The pharmacist hastily wrote down the recipe. As many as 23 ingredients. The longer the recipe became, the more serious the pharmacist’s expression became.
-what. That’s all the ingredients. How it is manufactured depends entirely on the skill of the pharmacist.
“This is all the ingredients.”
“······.”
The pharmacist quietly looked down at his notebook. While biting her nails.
“When these are mixed like this… it’s a combination that maximizes reflexes. It’s not about relaxation, it’s about tension. No, if we combine it to this point, it might be better described as awakening rather than tension.”
-Eh?
Bae Hu-ryeong looked at the pharmacist.
Regardless, the pharmacist continued muttering.
“It’s a very high-quality combination. Oh, I may be mistaken just by looking at the ingredients, but the method is to boil them all at once in as fresh a state as possible, rather than drying or refining the ingredients separately, right?”
-Oh, that’s true, but…
I nodded.
“That’s right.”
“also! Usually, the shell of a desert earthworm contains a small amount of poison. One of the ways to neutralize this is to take the liver of a rabbit pig, but the effect depends on the method of taking it…!”
The pharmacist spoke excitedly. Where had the girl who had been hesitant and stuttering just a moment ago disappeared to, and the pharmacist in front of me now had no chatter?
okay. There were people of this type in the world.
‘He’s a person with bad skills, but good skills.’
Yet, people who rush into the field they like with all their might and achieve great results one day. I didn’t hate these [experts].
“Can you have it ready in a few days?”
“ah.”
I ended the conversation that seemed like it would go on forever. Then the pharmacist blinked as if he had come to his senses. He seemed to be lost in his own world and talking.
“S-sorry! “It’s been a while since I’ve seen a pretty combination food, so I didn’t realize it…!”
“it’s okay. So, how many days does it take?”
“If you have enough money… I can prepare it within four days. “Originally, I could give it to you sooner, but I had to get new equipment and tools…”
Four days.
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“I can wait as long as I want.”
Before I regressed, it took basically a year to get one dose of medicine from this person.
Compared to that, four days didn’t even count as waiting.
-hey. I can’t admit it yet.
Even after finishing the story and leaving the store, Bae Hu-ryeong continued to grumble.
-There are so many people who only talk nice things but actually have poor skills. Those kids grow up to be weaklings. Ugh. Looks like I’m just throwing away a lot of money!
“So where did you learn that recipe?”
-This is a combination recipe I made myself. It is the best and greatest elixir that was created by drinking all kinds of poisons. It’s a precious medicine that in your world you can’t drink even if you want to!
I chuckled.
“The pharmacist praised it, saying it was a very high-quality combination formula.”
-······.
“Trust me, you can see the true value of combination food just by looking at it once. “No matter what happens, 10 years from now, you will be the highest-ranking person in the Ministry of Pension.”
Bae Hu-ryeong closed his mouth. This man, who already has a scary appearance, closes his mouth, so he resembles a giant toad.
-You just cursed at me in your head, right? huh?
“This ghost is now trying to catch a living person.”
I made a fool of myself.
Anyway, I’m being needlessly quick-witted.
5.
Four days passed quickly.
Meanwhile, the apothecary took a lot of gold coins from my safe. A person from Sangryun came and asked, ‘Are you really okay?’ I checked, but I told him to leave me alone.
No matter how much money you spend, if you are receiving medicine from the Lord of the Alchemy Castle in the world, it is nothing.
-It’s a zombie. Shall we make a bet?
“Oh, what is it again?”
-That girl will just take the money and run away. Are you sure. I may not know anything else, but my insight into people is killer. In my opinion, that young lady is born with the image of a great thief! Quickly commit suicide. Kim Zombie! Commit suicide 4 times and go back to 4 days ago!
Of course, the ghost had no eye for people.
Lunch on the fourth day.
The pharmacist personally came to the lodgings carrying a bunch of elixirs.
“S-sorry. I wanted to give it to you as quickly as possible. “As I was putting all this together, it ended up being later than expected…”
“no. I promised from the beginning that I would make it within four days, well. “Then that’s it.”
There are a total of 3 boxes of elixirs made by the pharmacist.
If you drink it three times a day, it’s a 30-day supply.
If Bae Hu-ryeong had used the store he knew about, he would have only gotten two days’ worth at most. It boasts a whopping 15 times efficiency.
‘The medicinal effect will even be greater.’
This is how you spend your money.
I felt so happy that a smile appeared on my face.
“excuse me···.”
“yes?”
“Well, it’s strange that you’re asking me this now. Why did you entrust such an expensive request to an unknown pharmacist like me?”
The chemist crossed his fingers.
“Well, of course I’m confident in my skills. Just looking at the combination recipe requested this time, I think there are only about two people in Babylon who can properly understand and create it… However, people only treat me as a weirdo…”
“Hmm.”
That’s why I entrusted the making of the elixir to this person.
Needless to say, it was because the pharmacist in front of me was a rare genius. Guild leader of Alchemy Castle. There was also a calculation that I wanted to build a relationship in advance with someone who would one day become the owner of a large guild.
but.
‘That’s not all.’
Before I go back after 4000 days.
This is the story of when the Flame Emperor set fire to the slums. At that time, even though the woman in front of me was a top ranker, she arrived at the scene faster than anyone else and took command of the fire scene.
While helping people, the Alchemy Lord muttered this.
-I don’t like that guy named Flame Emperor.
-Maybe I feel a little bad… It might not be polite to talk behind people’s backs in a place like this. Still, I think Seongnyeo should meet someone better.
A person who recognized the true form of the Flame Emperor.
‘I probably hit him purely based on intuition without any evidence.’
Even so, this pharmacist had an excellent eye.
He’s skilled, kind enough to rush to the scene of an accident, and discerning enough to recognize a psychopath. Wouldn’t it be a loss if you don’t become friends with people like this?
I opened my mouth.
“Just because you seem nice.”
“yes?”
“I helped you because you seemed kind. Well, even if I didn’t help you, you would have succeeded anyway. “If good hunters like us are successful, shouldn’t we help each other and support each other in the future?”
“······.”
“We can’t just let some crazy psychopaths succeed. I’m angry. “Boss and I, let’s do our best.”
I told you exactly what I felt, without lying. I didn’t have the confidence to be more honest than this. Now it’s up to the other person how they perceive my words.
The pharmacist looked intently at my face and said.
“···Yes. yes. “First of all, you have to succeed to change the world.”
A tone of voice as if deciding on something.
“Thank you, sir! Just like you said, I’ll do my best!”
The pharmacist clenched his fists.
“If you have anything else to order, please contact me anytime! “We will always put our customers’ requests as our top priority!”
“Then I am grateful.”
We shook hands and parted ways with smiling faces.
Unfortunately, my smile didn’t last long.
-What the hell. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a guy who says he’s a good hunter. This is the first time I’ve seen someone take that for granted. Hey, are you crazy? Tsk tsk. You’re out of your mind.
“···I know I said something embarrassing, so let’s get some training.”
next day.
We headed to the hunting ground. I packed my backpack with plenty of sleeping bags and elixirs.
What is different from usual is that you came to the third floor hunting ground instead of the second floor hunting ground?
Monsters that were still a bit too much for a low-level hunter like me to handle – such as a group of goblins and orcs – were wandering around here and there.
I asked, looking at them from afar.
“What should I do from now on?”
-First, drink the elixir.
I nodded.
And without any questions, I gulped down the elixir I had put in the thermos.
“hmm.”
The taste itself was ordinary.
The lemon flavor and honey were added, so it was a little delicious.
The moment I imagined it would taste like ginseng extract and felt fortunate.
“Ugh…!?”
Excited.
My heart was beating stronger than usual.
At first I thought it was an illusion, but it wasn’t. Cold sweat flowed down my back in an instant. The amazing thing is that I began to perceive each drop of sweat running down my spine very clearly.
‘what?’
Excited.
It wasn’t just drops of sweat. The feeling of air swirling around your fingers. enter. The feel of the ground under the soles of your feet. The time it took to blink my eyes once felt long and extremely slow, as if it took 30 seconds.
“This···.”
-It is the effect of the elixir.
While everything slowed down, only Bae Hu-ryeong’s voice remained the same as usual.
-It makes the time to recognize a phenomenon extremely slow. what. It’s convenient to think that it helps you feel like time is infinitely long. I hate to admit it, but that girl was quite good at making medicine.
It was terrible.
Every single strand of hair, hundreds of thousands of hairs, could vividly be felt as if they were all buzzing. I could even feel the blood vessels in my eyeballs twitching. If he had drank it without knowing, he would have mistaken it for poison rather than elixir.
-Can’t you feel it?
“What… do you mean…?”
-Procrastination in your heart.
Excited.
There was something. No, something was flowing. That something wasn’t blood.
It was much softer than blood, and much thinner than a vein. But something definitely flowed through her whole body. The flow was spreading slowly through the heart.
It’s something I’ve never felt clearly in my life.
-That’s an Auror.
Bae Hu-ryeong said.
-Any hunter who enters the tower has an aura within their body. We just live our daily lives without being aware of it. How consciously can you use this aura? In other words, how freely can you use it? That decides the outcome.
Bae Hu-ryeong laughed.
The laughter continued in my head for over 20 seconds. Clearly, Bae Hu-ryeong’s smile must have only been for a brief moment, but for some reason, my consciousness felt that it lasted only 20 seconds.
I feel so tired that I feel like I will collapse if I lose my mind even for a moment.
-Originally, in this state, you can quietly practice alone or sit cross-legged to slowly get used to the flow of the Auror.
In it.
Something huge approached me.
-Then it takes too long, right?
Cooung.
Footsteps.
Like the sound of laughter, the sound of footsteps also rang out for a long time. When I barely raised my head and looked straight ahead, I saw a large orc coming towards me.
-If I don’t have talent like you, my body will have to suffer.
Damn it.
-Ego! If you don’t want to get sick, bring in an auror and use it, Kim Zombie! You absolutely have to train in real combat! Even if you fall, you won’t fall anyway, so what if your body gets damaged?
“This ear… God, Jeong… Words…!”
-huh? I can’t even hear what you’re saying because I’m so stupid that I can’t even use an auror.
Bae Hu-ryeong burst into laughter again.
-Are you distressed? If you don’t like it, commit suicide. Ah, then the kill count goes up again from 4000. Then Grandpa Marcus will be extremely kind to you, right?
ah.
My partner was a real badass.
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