“I, It’s a bit shabby but…please come in.”
The pharmacist shuffled her feet. The store was messy like a tornado had passed through it.
“It’s really shabby but…”
She wasn’t over exaggerating.
There were broken glass bottles all over the floor. Shelves were on their backs, and the books had all fallen out. The dust floating around was a bonus.
It was a wreck.
-Wow.
Bae Hu-ryeong exclaimed.
–When I was alive, I used to hear that I was untidy, but this is way above my level. Their cleanliness sure is trustworthy. Hey, do you really want to eat the elixirs this lady makes?
“Um. Are you really going to order 20,000 Gold worth items from me…?”
Bae Hu-ryeong and the pharmacist asked me at the same time, like they had planned it.
I smiled bitterly.
“If you don’t believe me, should I pay in advance?”
“Y, You don’t need to go that f…”
She waved her hand around and paused.
“…No. Actually, if it’s possible, advance payment it is.”
Her face was completely red. She was embarrassed at herself for saying this. But this was how bad her situation was.
“Take as much as you need from my safe. I’ll tell Sangryun in advance.”
“As much as I need…”
She blankly mumbled.
“Yes. But my wealth isn’t limitless. I’ll be grateful if you keep it under 20,000 Gold.”
“W, What kind of medicine are you…?”
Was she scared because of the amount of money? She was happy, but also seemed anxious at the same time.
“Pardon me, but I can’t make drugs. Because of my beliefs, making drugs is really…If you came to order drugs, I, I’ll refuse…”
“Oho.”
I thought to myself.
‘She’s someone who fits the title of Alchemy Master well.’
There weren’t a lot of people who could refuse thousands of Gold that was right in front of them. Especially if they were about to go bankrupt. But she firmly said she wouldn’t make drugs.
This pharmacist looked weak outside but was actually quite strong inside.
“Haa. They’re definitely not drugs, so don’t worry.”
“Ah…t, then that’s a relief. Specifically, which medicines are you looking for?”
“Mm.”
I looked at Bae Hu-ryeong. His mouth had been shut since we entered the shop like he didn’t like something. He sighed after looking at me.
–Haa. Well, fine. She doesn’t look like a skilled child, but I’ll tell you the recipe.
He should’ve said it earlier if he was going to come out like this.
–Listen. Bunny pig’s liver and a balloon cat’s eyes, and the shedding of a desert worm…”
“I’ll let you know from now. Bunny pig’s liver, balloon cat’s eyes, and…”
I delivered Bae Hu-ryeong’s recipe to her.
“Ah. Please wait a moment! I, I’ll write it down!”
She frantically wrote it down. There were about 23 different materials. As the recipe got longer, her face turned more serious.
–Well. This is enough for the recipe. How it’s made depends on the skills of the pharmacist.
“This is enough for the recipe.”
“…”
She quietly looked at her notebook, biting the back of her hand.
“If these are combined…it’s something that intensifies reflexes. Not something that relaxes, but stimulates. No, I guess it’s more of an awakening.”
–Huh?
Bae Hu-ryeong looked at the pharmacist.
The pharmacist continued to speak.
“It’s an extremely complex combination. Ah, it might just be my mistake…but you would like these to be made not with dried or frozen materials, but with the most fresh materials, right?”
–Yes, that’s true but…
I nodded my head.
“That’s correct.”
“I knew it! Usually, there’s a minute amount of poison in the desert worm’s shedding. One of the ways to lessen this effect is to use the bunny pig’s liver, but this has to be…!
She excitedly spoke. The stuttering lady in front of me disappeared, and was replaced with a chatterbox. Yeah. There were people like this in the world.
‘Her method is wrong, but she’s a skilled person.’
Someone who ran into the subject that they liked at full speed and achieved great results. I didn’t dislike experts like this.
“In how many days can you have it ready?”
“Ah.”
The conversation that seemed like it had no end got cut off. She blinked like she came to attention. It was like she had fallen into her own little world when she was speaking.
“S, Sorry! I saw a pretty combination like this for the first time in a while and…!”
“It’s alright. So how long will it take?”
“If the money is enough…I, I can have it ready in 4 days. I would usually be able to get it to you faster, but I have to get new tools…”
4 days.
“I can wait that long.”
Before I regressed, it took about 1 year to be able to get medicine from this person. 4 days was nothing compared to that.
–Hey. I still can’t approve.
Bae Hu-ryeong continued to complain when we left the store.
-There’s a lot of people who only know how to speak like experts. Those kinds of people end up being drug dealers. Ugh. We’re gonna waste money!
“So where did you learn that recipe?”
-It’s a combination I made myself. The best elixir that I made after drinking countless poisons myself. It’s a precious elixir that you can’t drink in your world even if you want to!
I grinned.
“The pharmacist said it was an extremely high-level combination.”
-…
“She’s able to tell the true worth just with a glance, so just trust her. Even if she looks like that right now, she is going to be in the highest position of Alchemy Castle 10 years later.”
Bae Hu-ryeong shut his mouth.
-You just cursed me in your mind, huh?
“This ghost is trying to hurt an innocent person now.”
I pretended not to know what he was talking about. He was uselessly too quick for his own good.
4 days quickly passed.
During that time, the pharmacist continued to take away money from my safe. Someone came from Sangryung to ask if it was really alright, but I told them to let her be. Even if it cost a lot of money, if it was for medicine made by the Lord of Alchemy Castle, it was nothing.
–Zombie. Wanna bet?
“Geez, what this time.”
-That lady’s gonna run away with the money. I guarantee it. I don’t know about anything else, but my eyes can tell what kind of person someone is. That lady looks like a thief from birth. Quickly, commit suicide. Zombie! Kill yourself 4 times and return to 4 days ago!
Clearly, the ghost couldn’t read people.
On lunchtime of the 4th day.
The pharmacist came to my room carrying the elixirs herself.
“S, Sorry. I wanted to give it to you faster, but it took longer than I thought…”
“It’s fine. You said you would make it in 4 days anyway. That’s good.”
The pharmacist bought 3 boxes of elixirs.
If I drank it 3 times per day, it would last for 30 days.
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