Part 4
Well, as I said earlier, it would be nice if I don’t go at a minus at first.
“Then, for a single potion, how about around 500 Garde?”
I think it’s a little expensive, but I don’t know.
“As expected, isn’t that a rip-off? The cost of that potion is pretty cheap per one, right?”
It was expensive after all huh.
“Well, that’s for sure. Then, do you want me to make one potion, about 300 Garde?”
“Yeah, that’s right. Let’s do that.”
The price of the potion has been decided.
I tell the man the price of the potion.
Then, the man shoots me a penetrating gaze.
“…… One potion, is three hundred Gardes, is that alright?”
“Ple, please.”
“…… All right.”
Then the man, revealed his face, which he had hidden with his black hood.
He was a skinhead man with a scratch on his forehead.
…… As I thought, another world is scary.
When I was thinking about that, the cart and potions that I have brought with me, from the magic circle in the corner of the small room, appeared with the man in black who stood at the entrance.
“…… Is this the first time you’ve seen a transfer gate?”
“Eh!? Ah, yes!”
“……I see.”
I’m sorry that I didn’t expand the talk at all.
“Leader. I’ll explain the rest.”
“……All right.”
Apparently, the man at the entrance will take over.
I get an explanation from the man.
Then, it seems that the potion in the cart, will be carried to the black market from now via the transfer gate.
It appears that I, can check whether the potion has been sold or not each time with the skill card.
It might be something like an item exchange which is common in MMO.
Then, in the newly arrived column of my skill card, information that ten potions were sold came in.
What does that mean?
The potions are still here, and I don’t think it was sold yet.
As I tilt my head, I change my gaze from the skill card to the skin head guy.
Then, the man said with no expression as usual.
“…… I just, bought ten of them.”
I,I see.
This new acquired is updated in real time huh.
“I,is that so. Thank you very much.”
“…………”
The transaction seems to have been completed successfully, so the amount of 10 potions that the man just bought was transferred to the account I made.
Apparently, money transactions can also be done with this skill card.
It seems that the skill card also has a system for depositing and withdrawing money, and it appears that he was using that function.
In short, it’s like a bank card with a credit function.
It was said that the money can be withdrawn at the bank in the city.
We stopped at the bank once and went back to the inn.
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“Batts-san, was that really fine?”
“…………”
Ralph, a subordinate of Batts who manages the black market, a man with a scratch on his forehead, when he finishes carrying the cart and the mountain of potions on it to the black market using the transfer gate, couldn’t stand it at last and said so.
Batts looks at him as expressionless as ever, and he turns over the blanket on the cart.
Then, small bottles that seems to be the potions, of about a few hundred pieces was placed disorderly in the inside.
When Ralph saw it, he clicks his tongue without even trying to hide his irritation.
No matter how much hardening magic is applied to the small bottles, if you are a true alchemist, you wouldn’t handle the important potions so roughly.
That’s why it’s not strange for it to have such a fine wrapping like an offering to the king of a country.
That may be an exaggeration, but the potion was worth it.
In general, it takes at least six to ten years to master alchemy.
However, still only a portion of excellent people can acquire it.
Why?
The answer is simple.
That is because there are too many skill points, required to master alchemy.
Herbology. Biology. Medical knowledge. Tool knowledge. Etc.
If you do not acquire all of these specialized knowledges and maximize these skill levels, it is impossible to learn alchemy.
Most people are frustrated here.
And the cost of potions.
Currently, there are only recipes that use Ryuugyoku grass to make potions.
This is due to the paper published by Merlin, a rare alchemist, probably no doubt.
And even if the price of Ryuugyoku grass is cheap, tens of thousands of Gardes are being wasted.
There are many cases where potions fail to be made.
If that is so, the price of potions will naturally increase.
Furthermore, regarding the recovery magic that can replace potions, unfortunately, only a handful of people can use it in this world anymore.
It’s a lost magic.
Even if there is a person who can use it, there is no way that they’ll settle in such a remote countryside.
The outcome is that they are taken over to the royal capital or the white country where successive saints are born.
In other words, potions are so valuable to such a point.
If it was treated so roughly, anyone will know that it’s a fake.
And now, due to the occurrence of orcs outbreaks, the demand for potions is increasing day by day.
Knowing that, this seller may be selling fake potions.
That’s why, Ralph was irritated.
Because this is the black market, excessive prying is strictly forbidden here.
Furthermore, a strong barrier was spreading in this black market, except for the transfer gate that Ralph and the others used to pass through, it was not possible to use skills here such as appraisal at all.
It was something annoying which was attached in there that they can take advantage of.
“…………”
Whether he understands Ralph’s feelings or not, Batts silently sorts out the potions that might be fakes in the black market.
It was at that time.
“Ste,step aside! Po, potions! Do you sell potions!?”
At the entrance of the black market, the voice of a man asking for potion, and women’s scream was heard.
When he was squeezing through the crowd, a man in heavy armor was holding a man in leather armor.
To the point of not concealing his figure in black attires, it seems that the situation is quite urgent.
That should be the case, since even in the eyes of an amateur, they can see that the man in leather armor was bloody and seriously injured.
“It’s orc! He was injured by an orc!”
“Fucking again, orc!”
As was said earlier, due to the abnormal occurrence of orcs, the city was heavily damaged.
“Is there any potion!? Is there!?”
“There is, but ……”
Ralph replies awkwardly between the men.
But this is a fake potion.
There is no way it can heal.
When he was thinking about such a thing, a shadow came in overhead.
“One, for three hundred gards.”
It was Batts.
As he noticed it, Batts was standing behind Ralph, and has one potion in his hand.
“3, 300 Gard ……”
“I,it’s fake……”
“Uh well……”
At such too low price, most people in that place decided that the potion was fake.
However.
“It doesn’t matter which one is it! Whether it’s real or fake, it doesn’t matter! he’ll die as it is!”
It was exactly what the man in heavy armor said.
Either way, the man in leather armor will die as it is.
If so, it’s a sink or swim.
When the man in heavy armor received the potion from Batts, he sprinkles it on the wound of the man in leather armor.
Those around them, watch them silently.
The wounds won’t heal anyway.
With such a sad feeling––––
But the next moment, a miracle happened.
The wound of the man in leather armor healed immediately.
The wounds were completely closed, as if there had been no wound from the beginning.
Those who were watching it blinked their eyes, and were stunned for a while.
And then.
“I,it’s real……! It’s a real potioooooooooooooooooooooooon!”
A man shouted.
However, they don’t know what to feel.
Ralph wanted to yell as well.
“And it’s one for 300 Garde!? …… Me, me too! Let me buy one too!”
“Me, me too! I’ll buy it too!”
Immediately, the people in the surroundings jumped at the potion.
Only one potion can be purchased so that it can be distributed to everyone.
After confirming that the potion had spread to everyone in this place, the rest were all purchased by the city’s guards.
However, Ralph has not yet, grasped that this is a reality.
Ralph is a man who was entrusted by Batts with guarding the town, and as for the potion, he wanted it so much that he could even get his hands on someone’s throat for it.
In trading for potion, he sometimes only drank a boiling water from someone who he put his trust on.
He couldn’t hide his bewilderment that it was so easy to get.
Then.
“It’s good, Ralph! With this many potions, we can devote ourselves to guarding the area around the town, which we couldn’t do before!”
“A, ah”
One of his acquaintances said so, and hit Ralph’s shoulder hard.
At last, the feeling that this is a reality finally sprang up in Ralph.
Ralph looks down at the large number of potions that was purchased and thinks about what he can do with it.
As the man he knows who said just now, with this many potions, not only can he devote himself to guarding the area around the city, but he can also hunt monsters more safely than before.
That way, the human resources will grow, and maybe even strong heroes and adventurers will settle in the city.
It’s full of good things.
When he was thinking about that, Batts slapped Ralph on the shoulder.
Turning around, he showed a smile that he had never seen before.
“…… How is it, Ralph. The world, hasn’t abandoned us just like that, right?”
Ralph turned his face down, tearing a little at Batts’ words.
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The next day, I was making potions early in the morning.
As I understood at last night’s stage, the potions I exhibited sold immediately after that, and over 100,000 Gard was transferred into my account.
This was it in just one day.
Alchemy was definitely a cheat.
“Isn’t that too cheap?”
Then Yumina spoke to me.
“Hmm. I wonder.”
In the end, I was in a slapstick after that, since I couldn’t check the market price of potions.
If this was the case, I should have checked the price of the potion in the royal capital.
Prices may vary depending on the location, but it’ll be an approximate guide.
Or rather, aside from Leafa and Frey, it’s surprising that Yumina didn’t know the potion’s market price.
“Well, isn’t that particularly fine? You didn’t sell it through the regular route, and you don’t want to raise the price all of a sudden, and get grudged by the people around you right.”
“Well, certainly.”
Because it’s the Black Market, I need to be anonymous –––– I don’t think they knew who exhibited the potion, but it’s not going to be absolute.
Or rather, we went to the black market yesterday without hiding our faces.
Normally, it is common to hide your face with a hood or a cover in such a place.
Our faces must have been remembered by them now.
I don’t want to buy too much resentment.
And maybe that skinhead guy bought it all for me because it was my first time.
If they want to investigate me, then they can investigate me, but that’s okay.
I’m completely unqualified.
As Leafa said, I’ll be resented by suddenly raising the cost for it, and that’s not all, I may even be reported.
For the time being, I decided to keep the price of the potion as it is.
…… or not, but.
“–––– However, if you have this much sales with a lower potion, and if you make a high-grade potion which sells higher than that, I think you won’t have to work for the rest of your life.”
“” ………… “”
In Frey’s words, me and Leafa stopped moving.
That’s exactly what Frey said.
This is the amount of sales for the low-grade potions.
If my level of alchemy rises and advanced potions can be made fixedly, by just making a few potions once or twice a week, money will come towards me a lot.
And making potions isn’t a pain at all so far.
“I’m starting to get motivated! Alright! Without delay, I’m going to make potions today too, and raise the level of my alchemy!”
“Do your best, Katou! I will cooperate too!”
“I’ll help you too!”
“Me too!”
“Alright, then, right now, let’s make it for next week!”
It would be risky to go to the black market every day, so I’ll sell potions in the black market about once or twice a week.
To tell the truth, I don’t want to go there anymore because I’m scared, but it can’t be helped since it’s for my living.
And a place to put potions.
We can’t put that much potion in this small inn.
It might be better to think about buying our own house in advance.
Well, at this point, it might be realistic for me to rent a warehouse, though.
While I was thinking about that, Leafa pulled the sleeve of my clothes.
“Hey Hey, the potion that Katou can make right now, is only this single potion?”
Leafa asks a question.
My alchemy level is 7 now, but the only items I can make even now are lower-grade potions.
I tell that to Leafa.
“Then, how about this? Even with the same potion, you can add different flavors. The juice that Katou gave me the other day? Like that, you can add various flavors and sell it a little higher.”
When I realized in Leafa’s words, I raised my voice.
“Surely! Even with the same potion, if I add a little flavor, it’ll be a different thing! What’s more, it’ll give a distinct feeling!”
“Right right! For that reason, actually, I did some research last night. I wonder if there is anything around here that can be use as a flavor, like that. Then, there were some things that could be use as flavoring to it!”
“Seriously, Leafa! That’s really impressive of you!”
“Right right!…… wait! What does that mean!”
So, we then started making flavored potions next.
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