Chapter 159 – How to Become an Alchemist
“Hoho!! It’s strange…? First of all, I’m going to do some analysis! Move aside!!”
Excited to see the new ingredients, Erica took her ingredients and ran to the separate laboratory in the corner of the room and shut the door. It wasn’t until dawn that she came out of the lab.
“I’m here?”
“Ugh! Busy! Busy!!”
“Giggle…It’s nice that you look happy. By the way, could you give me a minute? I have something to tell you.”
“Why… What else, all of a sudden.”
Erica, who suddenly caught herself and glared at her holy day that she had something to say, with one glance. Her holy day pays homage to her promptness and continues her words.
“Oh, I made a bet this time.”
“…Bet?”
“Uh. With Vivian Olke.”
“Vivian?! That bitch?!”
“Huh.”
“What kind of bet? And if you made a bet, you did it. What do you have to discuss with me?”
“Oh, the bet has to do with you.”
“?”
Erisha looks at her holy day with an expression of incomprehension. Her holy day begins to explain to Erisha about the daytime bet with a fishy smile.
“Crazy…”
As soon as she heard everything about her, Erisha spit out swear words from her mouth. After putting on a bewildered expression, she starts lashing out at Seong-il.
“Are you kidding me? You started making a bet like that without consulting me? Plus 2,000 gold? You… You think that makes sense right now?!”
Grade bet. Erisha is enraged at her Seongil’s behavior, which is not her Seongil herself, but Erisha’s performance against Vivian’s. When she shows no sign of stopping her anger. Seong-il holds up her hand and covers her mouth, continuing her words.
“Hey! That’s all right. You just make an energy potion as I tell you. I’ll take care of the grades myself.”
“How did you take responsibility for my grades…!!”
“Okay! I’ll leak the test questions to you in advance one week before the test range comes out. You just memorize the answers and go. Okay?”
“What is that…”
“As I said before. It’s my own method, so you can never know or understand it, so just do as I’m told. I’ll tell you how as soon as the bet is over. Just do as I’m told this once.”
“Under…”
“You have nothing to lose anyway? I get the penalty. I pay the fine. What about it? Rather, if I win, you get a workshop slave that you can legally use for 3 months. Just think positively.”
“…Crazy.”
Erica is at a loss for words at Seongil’s absurd attitude. Her Seong-il smiled at her like that and started pushing her back to her lab. Erisha eventually returned to her laboratory after looking at her holy day with a puzzled look on her face.
‘Hu… Han Seong-il… He behaves unreliably… But he is light-hearted, so there’s never been a time when his actions didn’t produce proper results… I can’t believe this. Really…’
Erisha was taken aback, but unlike her light-hearted words on her holy day, the results of her actions had never been negative, so she sighed lightly and returned to her own lab again Begin to engage in experimentation.
She then leaves her alone and goes to her own room and begins to sleep peacefully on her holy day.
Next day.
Seong-il, who was not at all worried that she would lose the bet anyway. He turns off his bet with Vivian and spends days focusing only on the news of the stamina potion.
“Young master Seongil! Are you there?”
“While he was contemplating whether he should visit Pirina, a welcome voice knocked on the door of his house.
“Ah! This voice!!”
At the appearance of a voice he often heard during the guild war, Seong-il pretends to be very happy and goes out to greet the visitor. Then, a familiar-looking rice cake stand appeared.
“Hello!!”
“Haha…!! Good evening! Young master Seongil.”
After saying hello, he would have asked how he was doing, but instead of asking questions, he took out a note and handed it to Seong-il.
“Oh oh!!”
Seong-il gets excited at the appearance of a note that seems to belong to Pirina. Looking at such a holy day, he leaves the workshop after saying hello.
“Come on! I’m leaving now!”
“Yes! Go in!”
As Tteokdae leaves, Seong-il quickly sits down on the sofa in the living room and starts reading the letter.
“Ohhh… Indeed…!!”
“Huh? What is it?”
Erica became curious as Seong-il read something in the living room happily. She approaches Seong-il and continues her questioning.
“Ah! Do you remember the stamina potion I made last time?”
“Yeah. Why?”
“Piri asked me to release it at her market.”
“Haa… You did it in the end. How is it? The reaction?”
“It was great.”
“What?!”
“I gave about 20 bottles this time to Pirina, but it seems that Pirina received the potion from me and passed it on to VIPs who often buy related items from her (?) As a test run.”
“…However?”
“The reaction was no joke. They said they couldn’t buy it again? Now?”
“Okay…”
Erisha, biting her lip at the words of such a holy day, pondered over something. Soon after, he started questioning Seong-il.
“By the way… There were no side effects?”
“Uh, once you use it, there are no side effects except for the drug not working unless you take a rest for two days. This is a revolution!!”
“…So, everything is a revolution, you.”
“Ttsuttsu!! How important unlimited energy is to a man…”
“It’s done. Anyway, keep talking about the conclusion.”
“Anyway, since the reaction was explosive, they said if Pirina could be mass-produced, would it be possible to pay a steady amount?”
“Huh…”
Erisha is deeply troubled by the words of such a holy day. After contemplating, she asks Seong-il again.
“How much did they pay for it? To be honest, it’s not easy to make this. The resale price is formidable…”
“How much does it cost?”
“…About 30 silver, excluding labor costs?”
“It’s on sale for 3 gold per bottle.”
“!!”
“Even if the brokerage fee is excluded, 2 gold per bottle will remain.”
“Oh my god!!”
She didn’t know that the stamina potion she made would be worth that much, so Erica made her face in shock. Seong-il pats her and asks questions.
“So. How many bottles can you produce per day?”
“Hmm… That’s…”
“Why?”
“…There’s no problem with anything else. Among the materials, ‘Wyndham Pear’ is absolutely necessary. Without it, I can’t make it. That’s the key item.”
“Ohh…Don’t worry about that. I’ll get you whatever you want.”
“…Then, about 15 bottles a day when you’re overdoing it?”
“No, there’s no point in making things by overdoing it. It’s important to be able to make them consistently without any pressure on you.”
“Hmm…”
Erisha was troubled as she raised her hand and stroked her own beautiful chin at the words of such a holy day. After pondering for a while, she answers her seongil.
“Eight to ten bottles! If I make more than that, I’ll have to give up my daily life. More than that is just too much.”
“Ah, well… That’s about it. Considering the side effects that the medicine doesn’t work with, this energy pill can be used once every 3 days. If you produce 10 bottles a day, well… It’s fine.”
“Uh… If you have a workshop assistant, you can produce up to three times without difficulty… But it’s impossible alone!”
“Whoa… A workshop assistant…”
“…?”
Erica gets goosebumps when she sees Seongil whispering to herself with a dark smile. Whether she thinks so or not, her holy day continues her thoughts in her own delusion.
‘You have more reason to win the bet!! In terms of games, Vivian is also an alchemist with talents equal to that of Erica. I have to make her my woman and use her as a studio assistant!!
After feeling good about her, she hugs Erica by her side once, and then she leaves her workshop, saying she is going to meet Pirina.
“Are you here! Young master?”
When Seong-il arrives in front of ‘Dancer of the Night’, she greets him with a smile. He now takes her holy day without asking and moves to Pirina’s office.
“Ah, are you here? Gongja-nim.”
“Yes. Pirina. I’m here for business today.”
“Ah~ You’re talking about the stamina pills that I heard about the black market~”
“Yeah. That’s what!!”
“Whoops… Even so, the VIPs who gave me gifts to taste are in a frenzy. I’ll give you any amount of money, so ask for more.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yes. You’re still bothering me? By the way, how much is possible…?”
“Hmm…”
Seong-il told Pirina the contents of her discussion with Erisha without making a single mistake, and Pirina nodded her head and said.
“Hmm… It’s a pity that it’s not a lot of volume to shake the market, but… For now, I’ll try to maintain sales channels by focusing on VIP sales.”
“Yeah. If it’s 3 gold per bottle, the profit would be considerable.”
“Whoops… The drug will be completely gone…”
“Yeah! Anyway, why don’t you send someone you trust every few days? I’ll hand over the potion I made.”
“No. I’ll send it every day. If it’s 3 gold per bottle, it’s not a small amount… You have to be careful about losing it.”
“Well… Then what about that.”
After completing the deal, Seong-il returned to his workshop with a happy heart and told Erica about it. Erica sighs lightly and bruises him.
“Well… It’s your order, so I can’t refuse… But isn’t it an exam soon? Can I really do this? Can I really bring the exam questions?”
“Ah~ Don’t worry, make potions or something easy. When have I ever let you down?”
“…That’s really amazing.”
Erisha glared at her Holy Day with strange eyes. She puts on her expression of incomprehension for a while, then sighs once again and goes into her own laboratory.
After that, ‘Stamina Potion’ made by Erisha became a huge hit in her market. Due to the clamor of VIPs who admired her incomparable power, her potion is on the verge of being reserved for a year.
“Hee… Hee…”
“…Sorry.”
“No…”
Erica, who has become a potion-making machine every day, lives in sweat every day. Even though her exam was approaching, she gave up even studying to make potions that were pushed back, and was only making potions until she died.
‘…Did I overdo it? Ok…’
Sorry for a moment. Seong-il had to deal with Erisha hard like this, and she knew that her ability would grow quickly, so she killed her sorry heart as much as possible and forced her to do her job as if to drive her.
Time passed steadily like that. Before they knew it, they faced the exam of the second semester.
“…Really? If I fail the test this time, I’ll…”
Erica shudders with anxiety as she recalls the school rule at the Alchemy Academy where if you fail twice in a row, you will be expelled. Her holy day comforts her unnerving and moves her to her academy.
Upon arriving at the school, countless students are in their field of vision. They gathered in the auditorium and were looking at and writing down the test ranges for each grade.
“Let’s see… The subject of this test is…”
Seong-il, who looks at the test range after narrowing her eyes. When he sees the scope of the test, he quickly takes out a notebook and starts writing down.
‘Hmm… Understanding and applying basic alchemy, and the herbal ecology of Nerke Kingdom?’
After writing down her test questions, he begins to pat Erisha on the shoulder next to her and start talking.
“I wrote everything down. Let’s go.”
“…Can I not buy books or something?”
“It’s all in my head. Don’t worry, let’s go back to the studio.”
The two bicker and leave the academy. A woman appears in front of them and talks to them.
“Oh my? A couple of losers? Yes. Are you preparing well for the exam?”
“Hello? Vivian. I’m preparing well. By the way, are you preparing well to get a job as an assistant at our studio? Our studio has a lot of work, right?”
Seong-il is sarcastic towards Vivian without losing a word. At his attitude, Vivian recalls his face and makes an angry expression. After Seong-il continues to provoke her, he leads Erisha out of her academy and continues her words.
“Let’s stop arguing and let’s talk about everything with the results of next week’s exam. It’s annoying to quarrel with you who can’t study better than me.”
“Such cheeky…”
“Whether it’s arrogance or skill will be revealed next week, right?”
At Seong-il’s words, Vivian hardened her expression and answered the two with a determined expression.
“…You’re right. Let’s see. By the way, if you lose to me, you’ll have to be my servant for three months. Are you going to have me do all the chores? Prepare yourself?”
“Ah~ Yes, see you next week~”
Saying that, Seong-il leaves the academy with Erica.
