32. Guest (3)
Sometimes, until it’s not peaceful and it’s boring.
The pharmacist who was working at the pharmacy looked at his ‘side job’ while waiting for a customer who might come.
Even if it was a side job, this income was much larger.
“Uh-huh…”
The pharmacist groaned as he saw the rapidly increasing number of orders in recent years.
It’s been a lifetime since I’ve been in this business, but this was the first time I’ve had such a boom.
The pilgarette, made by combining maternal love and anger, went beyond rest and healed the anger in the heart, so orders came from all over the place.
The situation was that they were reaching out to new customers beyond the existing ones.
In some places, they will even give you an extra dollar, so they tell you to sell only to them…
Of course, I turned down all these arrogant offers, but it was a good story anyway.
If more people want the product, it means that the choice of business goes beyond simple profit.
However, it was difficult for the pharmacist to be happy with it for two reasons.
One was that supply could not be increased to meet increased demand.
The second was that this dazzling achievement was accomplished by a boy, not his own resourcefulness.
A third-class businessman would just be happy to make a lot of money, but he wasn’t first-class.
An achievement is something that has value only if it is achieved with one’s own ability.
Fortunes acquired by chance can always disappear by chance.
If Oliver suddenly disappeared, the currently in circulation pillgaret would be discontinued, and the reputation and trust of the pharmacist would be diminished.
So the pharmacist couldn’t just be happy.
I didn’t know how long this luck would last.
“Hmmm…. I want to get to know you, but I don’t know how.”
So, when the pharmacist was contemplating the stable production of synthetic pillgaret, the bell rang.
guests have come
“How are you?”
A middle-aged man with bald hair came in and said.
At first glance, he was just a man with a boat, but the atmosphere was different.
Is there something strangely intimidating while being smirk?
“Captain Harry, what are you doing here?”
“Did I not have a good lunch, my stomach was so full… Can I get a glass of digestive medicine and drink it? A pharmacist?”
The pharmacist immediately pulled the lever in front of the machine on one side of the counter and received a glass of extinguishing agent.
Then he handed it to Inspector Harry.
“Thank you.”
“It’s just an honor to those who are working hard for the city.”
Inspector Harry leaned forward and whispered softly as he handed the cup of extinguishing agent.
“A firefly has appeared.”
“·····. Have fireflies ever appeared in this city?”
“No. But it showed up yesterday.”
Inspector Harry pulled back his upper body and gulped down the extinguishing agent.
“Kya…! It tastes good too. I feel like I’m intentionally getting sick from eating this.”
“You may have one more drink.”
“Oh, I’m sorry then… I don’t even pay.”
“it’s okay. They are serving the community.”
“Even so, you have to pay. Whatever you do, you have to pay a fair price. That’s right.”
A third voice suddenly interrupted.
The pharmacist and Inspector Harry turned their heads at the same time.
Toward the door, a beautiful woman was standing with a giant.
When the hell did you come in?
said the woman again.
“If you use something, you have to pay for it.”
“I don’t know who the lady is, but I’m fine, so don’t worry. Not much.”
“We’re not talking about money, we’re talking about justice and order.”
The pharmacist could guess her personality through a few conversations. What he thinks is right is the only one who never bends.
They knew only one thing and thought that it was the truth of the world.
There are very few such things in today’s world.
The pharmacist glanced at Inspector Harry and asked a silent question, and he nodded as if yes.
“·······. Ha, Miss, you’re right. It’s a thousand randa. Inspector.”
Following the pharmacist’s words, the inspector took out a bill from his worn-out wallet.
Then I tried to leave the seat, but the woman asked, blocking the guard’s way.
“Then why did you come here?”
“that····.”
“Originally, people from this town come here often. Those who need medicine, need companionship for a while, or need a place to rest… It’s a small town, isn’t it?”
When the pharmacist interrupted, she looked at the inspector and the pharmacist for a moment, then turned away.
“Excuse me.”
“···. no. pharmacist teacher. Do your business well.”
Inspector Harry has left, leaving only a pharmacist and an unidentified woman, the giant, in the pharmacy.
We looked at each other without saying a word, but after reading all the materials, the pharmacist asked.
“Anything you need…?”
The woman walked over and said,
“Yes, I need help.”
“What medicine do you need?”
“What you need is no medicine.”
“Five····. then?”
“I am Joanna. This is a paladin from the Seland branch of the Pater Church. If it’s okay with you, can I talk to you for a moment?”
***
The pharmacist put the ＜close＞ sign on the door for a while, and then guided the paladin Joanna to the rest area.
“There are only two chairs like this, but the gentleman there…?”
The giant who followed Joanna shook her head as if okay.
“Good luck. would you ever drink? Is it okay to drink digestive aids without surprise? For a lady, alas, not a lady…. Should I call you a knight? Or Sir Joanna?”
“Call me Yoanna. And drinks are fine.”
Hearing the answer, the pharmacist sat down. It was a cramped space, so the seats were closer than I expected.
“I’m sorry. It’s basically a place to rest alone… By the way, how did someone from the Church of Pater come to see me?”
“I have a few questions for you.”
“Ah, please tell me. They are the ones who protect the human world from evil evil, so if I can help… However, I hope you can finish it within 20 minutes. I’ve never had a store closed for more than 20 minutes. My little pride.”
“I try to do that. First of all, the first thing I’d like to ask you is is your real name Donald Mason?”
“exactly. Joanna. But just call me pharmacist or pharmacist teacher. Everyone calls me that.”
“I heard you say you are Yuji who owns five drugstores and a building land here in Wineham, is that correct?”
“The pharmacy is right, the land and the building are right. It’s true that I have some money, but it’s a bit embarrassing to call it Yuji.”
“Do you have a high reputation?”
“I donated money here and there to needy things, and I just gave a little help to the needy. We live in the same city, so we have to do that.”
“That’s great. generosity to give one’s own. I think it’s great.”
“Thank you. This is my father’s teaching. Keep your wealth by living diligently and conscientiously, but know how to give.”
“You are a wonderful person.”
“exactly. But why?”
“Ah, I think it would be good to at least get some information about the city before starting the investigation.”
“Investigation?”
“Yes.”
“Ummm…. If it’s okay, can I ask what kind of investigation it is? It is a quiet city, as you can see.”
“Yes, it is quiet. Too. However, it is unexpectedly better for evil to sprout in places like this.”
“If the paladin came, I don’t think it’s normal, but did you find any demon worshipers?”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you that. It’s confidential… Can I ask you more questions than that?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I have to answer… Tell me.”
“It may sound rude, but as far as I know this city is going backwards.”
“What····. I want to deny it, but I can’t. It is true.”
“Is there any special reason why you stayed here without disposing of your property?”
“Well····. Can you answer the question first?”
“Oh, it’s just different from what I heard before I came to this land. Seland is the fastest-growing land. It is said that everyone is gathering at Landa in search of opportunities, but the pharmacist doesn’t, so is there any special reason? If it’s a sensitive topic to answer, that’s fine.”
“no. no. Not to that extent. Let me tell you, there are several reasons. As you can see, I am not young. It’s kind of hard to dispose of a property that’s not even worth paying for and go to a crowded, unfamiliar land like Landa. More than anything···. I like the place where I was born and raised. I have memories of my father. That is why I am staying here.”
“Still, if you hold on like this, won’t it cost more to maintain?”
“It is true. However, there are people in Landa who have close friends with my father and school, and they are getting help. We’ll buy you some medicine, and tell you where to invest. It’s like a restaurant or a theater. Thanks to you, I’m eating and living… Did you get an answer?”
A woman named Joanna looked at the pharmacist with sapphire-blue eyes and nodded her head.
“Yes, that’s it…. It’s time, let’s just get up. Thank you for your time.”
“Thousands of words. I’m glad it was helpful.”
The pharmacist personally saw Joanna off and opened the locked door.
“Goodbye.”
“Yes···. ah! I will tell you.”
“What do you mean?”
“That’s why I’m here. The pharmacist seems to be a trustworthy person.”
“It’s okay if it’s important.”
“No, I really want to tell you. Me and my comrades are here looking for a warlock who distributes drugs.”
“···. drug?”
“Yeah, it’s a horrible drug that’s been squeezed into a guy called pilgaret. I’ve been hearing about serious drugs being mass produced here recently.”
“Aha, that’s right… But it is strange.”
“What?”
“If it was such a drug, it would be more heavily circulated in Landa, so why do you have to send it here…. Something must be ineffective.”
Joanna’s picturesque face flinched slightly.
“·······. Doing justice is not about efficiency.”
“Right. That sounds like the right thing to say… be justice I wish you success.”
***
A cemetery on the outskirts of Wineham.
There was a small but great commotion in the secretly installed basement.
“Hurry up! hurry!”
The owner of the Anthony family, Anthony, quietly urged his subordinates.
Despite the shouting, the lower-class pupils hurriedly took money out of the safe and put it in the ‘eater pocket’.
A black magic item made from human bast, teeth, and feelings of greed. It was a useful item that could put several times the load.
Anthony asked.
“Did you still have less?”
“Sorry, I’m sorry. master···. I have too much money.”
“Wow…!”
Anthony didn’t say anything.
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Not long ago, he was very happy, but now he is a shackle holding his ankles.What’s even more upsetting is that even knowing it, I can’t throw it away.
Anthony urged again.
“Get it faster. faster.”
At that moment, an intermediate student who was monitoring the outside through a mouse shouted.
“master! An unidentified outsider is approaching this way.”
“What?!”
Anthony asked, startled.
As soon as I heard from the pharmacist that a firefly (Paladin) had arrived, I immediately prepared to hide. Its speed was much faster than expected.
“Damn bastards. Being unnecessarily diligent… Intermediate pupils share their vision with senior pupils, and senior pupils, activate the prepared black magic.”
The senior disciples who were waiting in line with those words got down on their knees and put their hands together as if praying.
The intermediate disciple immediately put his hand on the shoulder of the senior disciple and shared his view.
Before long, through the eyes of the rat, the senior student was able to see the outside world.
Ten intruders.
They had a large formation and were armed with cold and hot weapons, respectively, and they looked like professional matchmakers.
After checking the outside situation, the senior disciples used black magic as the master told them to.
[Revive]
When the spell was sung, the examiner planted around the cemetery reacted with the magic circle prepared in advance and vomited life force.
The life force that spewed out revived the bodies that had been irregularly buried around them, but the number of them was sufficient.
However, that wasn’t the end of it.
The senior disciples memorized the spell again.
[Object Hat] [Burning Life] [Terrible Angry]
The magic circle that reacted with the spell caused the test tube to vomit emotion, which gave hate and explosive power to the corpses standing blankly.
All the corpses rushed towards the intruders who were the targets of [Object Hat].
The speed was considerable thanks to the burning of life force.
However, the opponents were also not easygoing.
[Holy Light]
Suddenly, a brilliant light erupted from within the camp, and the attacking zombies stopped all at once.
The zombies were standing on fire and screaming like iron, as if in agony,
In the meantime, the intruders cleared out the zombies with out-of-standard huge guns, axes, and swords.
“master····?”
“watching. Have you got all your money?”
“Now we have almost everything!”
The lower-ranking disciples carried the bag of food they had gathered like a mountain and said.
I’ll find a way to keep the money as the pharmacist said earlier. There was some regret.
“Take your time. Attack with the corpses once more.”
“Would it be of no use?”
“Does not matter. Just taking the time is enough… And you bring it.”
“If you say so?”
“Yeah, that. Just thinking about it, I can’t do it because it’s embarrassing to just run away. No matter how hard I am, I have to teach you not to trespass on the territory of a manipulation-type warlock.”
The senior disciples who understood the meaning of the word revived the corpse once more, strengthened it, and then attacked.
Again, it was destroyed in the same way, which convinced Anthony.
Even if you are a paladin, there is no one who can annihilate zombies at once.
After all, it was a pretty high level. According to the pharmacist, the blue girl. I wouldn’t have been able to develop that skill. If you did, you’d be a genius.
“I have exhausted all the emotions and vitality I have installed in my master’s graveyard.”
“An intruder has entered the entrance.”
Urgent voices from everywhere. Then, the voice I had been waiting for was heard.
“I brought it, my lord.”
What the intermediate students struggled to bring was a very large coffin, something that a giant could use.
An item made in preparation for an unexpected war.
“Did you get all your money?”
“Yes, I have everything. master.”
“Go to the place you said with it. you too.”
A senior disciple said.
“Yes? However····.”
“It’s disturbing, so I’m going to call you out of the way.”
At the end of Anthony’s words, all of the disciples escaped through the secret passage.
Each of them had to cry for a bag full of money, Anthony waited patiently for the intruder.
At least they too must see blood to restore their pride as a warlock.
After a while, uninvited guests appeared.
“There it is!”
Bullets flew with him with muzzle flames.
[Meat Shield]
Anthony, like the head of a family, lightly covered it with a corpse.
In some cases, it was more effective than the Black Shield, and immediately after that it extracted a large amount of emotion and vitality.
[Revive] [Ovidence] [Burning Life]
With him, a huge coffin tied in chains shook, and something happened to the sound of a powerful bang.
It was a corpse golem woven of several corpses.
“Carrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
“Carek-!
“Ughhhh!”
“Uh-huh….”
The huge central head and the eight heads around it cried together as if they were one.
At Anthony’s beckoning, the corpse golem stood up, but the joints that had been hardened for a long time were cracking-! Dumpling-! uttered a terrible scream.
Each of the six huge pairs of arms woven with several arms had hammers, swords, axes, etc., and they were so vicious that they would break courage just by looking at them.
In particular, for this size and that narrow hallway, it would be difficult to avoid.
Anthony ordered the corpse golem to kill the intruder.
thud-! thud-! thud-! thud-! thud-! thud-!
The corpse golem ran.
In the meantime, he was trying to get out, but at that time, he felt an unusual energy.
[Rest in Peace]
A more dazzling light came out than I had seen in the cemetery. I thought I was blind
I could see the corpse golem that I worked so hard with him to turn into literally a handful of ashes.
”········!!!”
As the corpse golem turned to ashes and disappeared, a woman appeared at the end of the hallway.
With a beauty that was alien to reality, she wore a long coat, a circular shield in one hand, and a mace in the other.
Anthony made eye contact with her in fear, and it disappeared from view like a flash of light, and at some point it reached her nose.
“I forgive your sins.”
With those words, Mace appeared in Anthony’s eyes. And nothing was seen. nothing.