64. Poison Specialist (5)
64. Poison Specialist (5)
Sally Merina sat in her chair, her hands clasped together, her head bowed. I sighed deeply at her. Then Sally raises her head and speaks in an urgent voice.
“Woah, Woros, I’m sorry. That… I apologize for everything I’ve done so far-“
“I should go over that, but that is not why I am scolding you.”
“Oh, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
Sally is fidgeting, as if she doesn’t really know what I’m trying to say. I took a step closer to her and opened her mouth.
“The poison you created. Let’s say we couldn’t help it because it was an experiment. Why did you do such a risky task with a dog in front of you?”
“That… that… “
“If only you poisoned yourself with your dangerous experiment, you wouldn’t say anything. But isn’t that dog doing nothing wrong? Why did I have to suffer for you?”
Shelly closes her eyes tightly.
“An experiment is a step-by-step process. Looking at it, it seems that I was forced to copy what I did in class. It seems that from the middle of the work, he did not understand what he was making and what he was doing. Is it wrong?”
“That… T, that’s not wrong.”
“Yes. But why didn’t you stop? What were you trying to see by going further in a state where you lost the way you walked?”
“…… “
“Open your eyes.”
Sally slowly opens her eyes and looks up at me.
“Yes. Let’s say it’s fortunate that it ended with a small accident. If I hadn’t been there, what would have happened to your precious dog?”
“That… “
“This result is something you could not have predicted. It has no choice but to be, because you yourself have run out of control. As a result, it happened because the experiment was carried out unreasonably without a milestone, right?”
I narrowed my eyes.
“What could have happened if things had gotten worse? Like poison fog, for example—”
“That can’t be—”
“If you want to say it can’t be, can I show you?”
“…… “
“Consider the explosion rather fortunate. Even if the temperature had been lowered a little more, it would have boiled over and created a poison mist.”
To handle poison-related drugs, you must have a license. Sally Merina will have that qualification. But if I bring this to the academy, Celie will inevitably have her qualifications suspended.
“As I said to my junior, as an alchemist, she should know how to take responsibility for what she did. Conversely, she’s not doing anything she can’t be responsible for.”
“… Sorry, sorry.”
“If something like this happens again next time, I will report it to the academy, including this one.”
“Okay… I’ll make sure this doesn’t happen next time… Really.”
I nodded her head, and Shelley’s shoulders relaxed. It seems relieved that it is finally over. But there is still a little more to come.
“Then let’s move on.”
“What, what?”
“The gossip you said to me. And about the disrespect shown to Professor Marina.”
“Mi, I’m sorry. I’ll apologize. I’m serious.”
“I can pass over swearing at me, but I can’t just go over the act of ignoring Professor Marina in order to swear at me.”
Sally’s body begins to shake.
“What am I… I knew from the beginning that I was better than you, so I just passed it on. Merina. She only asks one thing. Do you know how much Professor Marina loves her lectures?”
“Oh, I know.”
“Yes. It’s not just you, but it’s a fact that any second-year student in Shaiza knows. What kind of indecent thing did you do during the lectures of the kind professor that she loves so much?”
Sally Merina closes her eyes again. I told her to open her eyes, and she continued her sermon for about half an hour. Wasn’t the behavior she did today enough to be scolded all day long?
Professor Marina May is a person who works tirelessly to teach her students the knowledge of potion making that she loves. She not only sleeps in preparation for lectures, but no matter how hard she is, if a student asks a question, she even makes her own potion and gives private lessons.
She loves potions. When I returned to the lecture, she wrote down the contents of her toxicology class in her own handwriting and gave it to me. The person who is sincere in her class is Marina May. Marina must have been looking forward to this lecture as well, since she said that she had been teaching poisons a week ago and that now she is going to practice.
But Celie Merina ruined her mood to swear at me. Professor Marina gritted her teeth in resentment, but she pretended nothing was wrong as she struggled to continue the lecture. She is a good and hard-working professor, and this is what Celie Merina has been causing her heart to suffer.
“So, when tomorrow dawns, apologize sincerely to Professor Marina.”
“Kuuu…” Yup”
“Answer?”
“Ah, gp. Got it… Uh”
Celie is wiping her tears with the back of her hand. She has many times cursed others, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything bitter like this. So cry like this She was in tears, she couldn’t help but shout bitterly at such an immature child. She also doesn’t know when she might have an experiment accident, and she might curse someone else.
“Okay, then wipe Sally’s tears. Let her ask one thing.”
“Hey, uh, keup.”
“Haa… wait.”
I walked over to the workbench and brewed tea over the workbench’s fire. Of course, it was delicious strawberry tea. Celie Merina, who was crying, stopped her tears as if she felt better as she took a sip of strawberry tea.
“Did I do anything wrong to you? I’m asking because it seemed pretty sincere that you set the edge on me.”
“…… “
“Is it difficult to speak?”
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Sally grabs the cup of strawberry tea. I thought about it for a moment and then took a deep breath.
“My father passed away… “
“…… “
“To poison an assassin with the name of Blood… One of the bandits my father subdued had a good relationship with the Blood family, and that day her mother was seriously injured and I almost died too… “
“I see. That’s why she was so serious about poisons.”
Sally nods. Due to Lerisha’s actions last year, an air of isolation was swirling inside the academy. Even so, she felt that Sally’s actions were very sincere.
My father was poisoned by an assassin from the Blood family. The thought that she had lost her family to the poison, Celie was so sincere about her poison. There was a person in front of her who said she was the successor of the Blood family, so she must have wanted to bite it.
“Just in case, do you know the name of the assassin who is said to have poisoned her father?”
“I know, but isn’t it a pseudonym anyway?”
“That’s true, but tell me, because I might find out.”
“Red Eye Meme.”
Red Eyed Meme. He is an assassin of the Blood family who uses a poison needle as his main weapon, and according to the setting, he is a person who would have been my drill instructor. That person ends up getting stabbed to death by a subordinate she has raised, shortly after the third part of the Blood Family side begins. That means she will be gone sooner or later.
“Red Eye Meme. I don’t know if that’s any consolation, but he’ll die soon.”
“… What?”
“It will be next year at the latest. You will know that he is dead.”
“Wah, are you sure?”
“Yes.”
When told that Mega would die soon, Celie opened her eyes wide in disbelief. She knows the insider of the Blood family better than anyone else, so she will have no choice but to believe it.
“Now I understand why you were so aggressive towards me. Obviously, Blood sowed too many bad seeds. It won’t be long before you get it back.”
“… I know what you mean, but Blood is very strong—”
“No, it was predestined. You should know that. Isn’t Meme’s actions important? I bet he will die very painfully.”
“Do you know meme well?”
“He was my drill instructor.”
At my words, Celie looks agitated.
“Oh, don’t you have any idea? That… A close friend dies?”
“I am not friendly. And Meme’s death is a certain thing. If it doesn’t go as planned, I will make it happen.”
“Now those words… “
“You talked a lot without even realizing it. Well, you know that anyway.”
Sally’s father, who was poisoned by a member of the Blood family. When he heard that his family had been killed by a criminal, he felt a strange sense of sympathy. I also had the experience of losing my family to the subordinates of the criminals I subjugated.
Sally’s father also lost his life because of the bandits he defeated. Her mother was also injured, so if it went wrong, Celie could have lost her mother too. The outline of the case is very different, but after clearing the criminal, the damage is the same.
“Celly Merina. What you’ve done to me I’ve scolded you for that part, so I’ll think of it as something that never happened.”
“Thank you. I’m really sorry. I’m serious.”
“Yes, that puppy. After delaying death by poisoning with a potion, he fed the antidote. You will probably be powerless for a few days.”
“I guess so. I have to take good care of it, what can I do… “
I refilled Sally’s teacup with strawberry tea.
“By the way. Shelley, I know you have a lot of friends. Is it wrong?”
“It’s a lot, but… why?”
“Let’s do business with me. I’ll prepare a potion with an effect that will help the dog regain its energy at once. Instead, promote my store to your friends.”
“Ho, I’ll just do the publicity for you. There are many things wrong with you, and that… I think that making the antidote was a really big favor.”
“Okay, then let’s do this. It’s not just publicity, it’s like work. Tell your friends in other classes, and spread the word anyway.”
I said that and took out the unwrapped scented candle and potion.
“Tonight, you can try these items for yourself and spread the word with your thoughts.”
The fact that Celie Merina was against me is also a big plus for publicity. That Sally hates me is a fact that every sophomore in Shaiza knows. That she promotes the things I make? Because the quality of the product is so excellent, they will think that I am promoting it even though they hate me.
“Come see me at my store tomorrow, about three hours after the lecture. The shop location is… “
“Okay then. I will promote it right away from tomorrow.”
“The mindset is good. But wait a bit for the publicity. I have a required lecture with you tomorrow, so… I will tell you the detailed schedule then.”
Celie nods her head and looks at her dog.
“If you can’t take it with you, you can leave it here for a day or so. Maybe it would be better for the dog as well.”
“Then… I will.”
Shelly said goodbye to her by petting her dog and went back. In order to make an item that will cheer up the dog, it seems that I will have to go to that place tomorrow. It’s a little dangerous place, but I’m well aware of the precautions, so it’s okay.
Besides, Nishia will also need to visit the place soon, so it would be better for her to wait for Nishia and go with her. Even so, she tried to take Nishia with her once, and she was just fine.
“I guess I’ll be busy again.”
As I thought so, I peered through her window to see that Sally had moved away, then approached her dog. Then he petted her dog wildly. I wanted to touch her fluffy hair.