12. Material Supply (2)
Filgaret. He said that was the main product of the Joseph family, no, most of the warlock families.
“What is a pilgaret?”
“Do you know cigarettes? It’s similar to that. But they look the same, but the contents are all different. There’s so much to talk about and you don’t know how to explain it? Well·····.”
Rasso spoke like a salesman and pretended to be concerned. Then he opened his mouth again.
“Pilgaret is a kind of health drug. The quality fluctuates depending on who makes it, but it’s a great product. The pleasure is greater than most drugs, and there are almost no side effects. No, these days, it’s a special drug for people with depression, so isn’t it good for health?”
When Oliver didn’t understand, he pointed to his briefcase and explained again.
“How do you feel about it? The maternal love of beautiful mothers who are alone, but never give up their children.”
“uh···. It was pretty.”
“right? But, if you process it and inhale it, it’s even better. More than stimulants or herbs refined by boiling potions… There is little fear of being caught there and there are no side effects.”
It was difficult to understand because I did not know the story at all, but I was curious. Not only can you deal with black magic with your emotions, but you can also make it into a cigarette and smoke it. I was just curious about the production process and the actual effect.
“Then, are you just going to keep extracting this?”
“No, that’s not it. There are many different types of pilgarets. And pilgarets aren’t the only source of our income. I’ll tell you more about it as we go.”
Rasso started moving again as soon as he finished speaking, and Oliver followed. This time I went to the basement in a corner back alley.
There was a musty sweet smell in the basement, but as I entered for a while, I saw a tightly closed iron gate and a bald guard guarding in front of it.
He was looking at a book depicting a naked woman and growled, frowned at the stranger’s appearance.
“Who is it? Get out of here, go away.”
The bald man picked up the blackjack from his waist as if it wasn’t just a warning. Blackjack with big arms. Unless you’re an idiot, you could easily guess that even one hit would make your head explode.
Rasso said.
“Have you collected enough dry leaves?”
At those words, the bald man lifted his eyebrows and put the blackjack in. Then I pressed the buzzer on the wall.
A slight beep from inside the basement! There was a sound, and with a rattling sound, the locked iron gate door clicked open.
The security guard tucked him in, and Rasso greeted him politely and went down.
As we went further down, we saw a basement.
There was nothing special to notice, but there was a musty but sweet smell.
“Are you here?”
I was greeted by a man in his fifties with half-baked gray hair and gilded glasses.
“hello? Pharmacist.”
“Yes, yes. Come on. I thought it was time to come.”
As if they knew each other well, Rasso had a conversation with a man named a pharmacist, and eventually led him to somewhere.
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Naturally, Oliver and Peter followed, but we chatted in small whispers as we went.“Who are you?”
“who? pharmacist? I don’t know either. It’s just our family’s big business. I’ve heard of it, but he’s also dealing with other families.”
“Are there any other families?”
“Of course it is. How can we be alone? Two ㅐ-” including us
“-Come on, here it is.”
A man named a pharmacist opened the door at the end of the hallway and said.
When I opened the door, I saw a room that looked like a warehouse.
There was only one whitish light bulb lit in the room, and shabby men kneeling beneath it.
“They are all dried leaves from here and there. The ledger is here, check it out.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Rasso answered and looked at the person and the ledger alternately as if examining an item.
It looked pretty familiar, but in the meantime, Oliver asked Peter what dried leaves were. Peter responded kindly.
“They are debtors with no money. All he has is his body. So we choose one of the dogs in good condition, and we pay off the debt and extract some life in its place.”
Just as he was about to ask again what he was brewing, Rasso opened his mouth.
“This person, this person and . . . We will live with everyone except this one.”
“What, what?”
The people assigned to Rasso asked in bewilderment. But instead of an answer, only a strong hand came back.
They were dragged away somewhere, looking very frightened.
Of course, if the chosen ones were reassured, it wasn’t.
They, too, looked around with fear in their own way, but nonetheless, they were overwhelmed by the atmosphere and could not take any action.
Rasso said smiling at them.
“hello. everyone. Nice to meet you all. I can’t reveal who I am due to personal circumstances, but I’d like to make a good suggestion for you. Before we get to the point, everyone owes a lot of money here, right?”
Some looked at them and nodded their heads.
“We will repay you for all that light. Right Now. Instead, you guys give us some life.”
vitality. Debtors were startled by that heavy word. Then, the pharmacist intervened. He looked proficient and used to it.
“Don’t be afraid to hear about life force. It’s just a bit of a letdown. If you eat well and rest well, you will be able to recover.”
Even so, the debtors looked at each other as if they were not relieved. Then a timid-looking fat man quietly raised his hand and asked.
“It’s vitality…. Isn’t that dangerous?”
“It’s okay if you don’t overdo it. Rather, it is more dangerous to pay off debts that keep accumulating interest. The body is the body, the time is the time. That’s what I assert… Well, if you don’t like it, you can pay it back right away.”
At the doctor’s words, the debtors did not say anything.
They were the people who were sold here because they couldn’t pay off their debts. As the mood faded, Rasso intervened once more.
“Obviously, you will feel uncomfortable for a while, but you won’t die. My purpose is not to kill people. If you don’t like it, tell me. I won’t hold you. But I can assure you, paying it off now is far more beneficial in the long run.”
It wasn’t a big deal, but for those who owe significant debt, it was enough. In the end, reluctantly, but all agreed, Rasso reached out and began extracting life force from each of them.
Oliver looked closely at it. Unlike emotions, vitality surrounds the body, not inside it, and it is similar to emotions, yet strangely different.
“good. it’s over.”
“Hey-! Heck… Heh…”
The man, who had been sucked in his vitality, breathed out as if exhausted. Rasso said while tightly closing the test tube from which the life force was extracted.
“Get plenty of rest for a while, eat and get plenty of sleep. then. He will recover soon.”
In fact, it was very difficult for the party to listen to. Rasso didn’t mind and walked up to the second person. said the terrified debtor hastily.
“Come on, wait-”
“-Yeah, just a moment.”
Rasso stopped talking and extracted life again.
It was seen that the weight was lost in real time, and the debtors trembled at the bizarre sight, but did nothing.
It was scary, but there was also hope that I could pay off my debts.
After the second extraction, Rasso said as he turned the test tube over.
“Is this the first time you’ve seen life force?”
“Yes····.”
“This is the mystery of black magic. When one ends, another comes out.”
“hahaha, that’s right.”
Peter replied flatly. Oliver just stared curiously, but Rasso suddenly made an offer, as if on a whim.
“Maybe, would you like to try it?”
“Are we?”
Peter was startled.
“hahaha. Rasso-sama is very good at joking. We didn’t even learn… is not it?”
I don’t think so. Oliver asked, with a light flashing from his eyes.
“Can I really try it?”
“yes?”
someone said It was like Peter, but it was also like Rasso.
“·····. Why can you? Did you learn anything?”
“no. But looking at what I just did… You can.”
Contrary to her usual dazed attitude, she felt confident, no, more confident than her voice. He was so adamant that I couldn’t say anything.
Rasso asked seriously.
“Can you really do it? This is a business, so you can’t just say you made a mistake and finish it, right?”
“Isn’t it okay to make a mistake?”
“That’s it, but…. Okay, so confident. give it a try Instead, you should never make a mistake… pharmacist. Can I try this kid?”
The pharmacist just shrugged.
“If only compensation is given in case of damage.”
Rasso showed the books and the scale of the examiner to see if he really wanted to do it, and told him how much life force he had to draw according to the debt.
Oliver just nodded his head to see if he really understood.
“Okay, then do it.”
The debtors, instinctively aware that the situation was dangerous, looked at Oliver with fear.
However, Oliver stretched out his hand in the air, not paying any attention.
“Wait, it’s not too far…”
Rasso did not finish his speech. Because the vitality of the debtors who remained on their hands spread out in the air was drawn at once.
Shuhuahahahaa have to have
“·································································································· !!!”
It was an indescribably beautiful light of life.
As much as the number of people, the vitality was large, huge, and shiny, and it was a size that middle-class students as well as senior students could not easily control.
If that is the case, Oliver did not struggle at all, extracting vitality and stabilizing it in his hands.
“·····. Is it correct to do this?”
Oliver’s expression as usual. Rasso nodded with a puzzled face.
It’s not enough to successfully extract unlearned vitality, to pull it out all at once and deal with it. I couldn’t figure out what to say.
“Chief. Excuse me, can you open the lid of the test tube?”
Confused, Peter was startled and opened the lid of the test tube.
Oliver filled in the vitality exactly according to the scale, while Rasso looked at the debtors who had been deprived of their vitality and grumbled.
All were stolen in the exact amount indicated.
There was no problem at all with precision, even though it was ignorantly drawn all at once. No, even with one person, this level of precision was difficult.
Talent···. No, can this be called the realm of talent? Rasso saw Oliver casually transferring his life force to the test tube, and it felt as if he was seeing a monster.
A monster that will destroy the family order that has been built up in an instant.
said the monster.
“Lasso-sama?”
“·····. Why do you have something to say?”
“Yes, where is this life-force being used?”
A pure monster question. Rasso replied with a smile.
“I’ll tell you as we go.”