Episode 9
One day before the first day of the Academy’s first class.
‘Now that’s all that’s left.’
On the first day, I summoned a demon to help me.
On the second day, maintenance of the future base.
And on the third day?
‘What’s left is funds.’
activity fee.
Magical classes cost money.
Expenses for research or purchase of various textbooks. There’s the maintenance cost of the workshop.
‘Besides that, I need money to buy necessary elixirs or artifacts.’
Of course, right now, you have to eat to your heart’s content and at least raise funds to live here.
‘There aren’t many opportunities to make money yet at this time.’
The time when you need the most funds for any game is in the early stages of just playing the game.
Even if you hunt, the price of the potion or barely earning it is only enough.
‘The content that can make money by leaps and bounds hasn’t even been opened yet… … .’
Above all, I had no intention of taking an unnecessary adventure.
So what to raise money with?
‘At times like this, I have to solve it in an extremely standard way.’
So, this is what I started working on!
“I never thought I would ask to make a potion this time… … .”
Emily murmured a little astonished.
“hahahaha, you were well versed in alchemy, right? Then there is nothing strange.”
Still, I want to see her doing something like a warlock, but Emily regrets it.
I sneered at what nonsense.
“You don’t know what. Originally, the most basic of magic-based training is self-sufficiency in potions.”
Even as a black magician, it wasn’t strange at all.
There is no reason.
Basically, it is because the market price of the potion is on the high side.
Maybe for combat balance, I made it difficult to buy potions from the beginning.
In fact, when I checked the market price of the potion, it was an expensive price that I would not be able to afford.
“The magic class is a job that presupposes the consumption of mana in particular.”
Of course, it is standard to supplement by recruiting a fellow with recovery skills.
“You can recover with my energy drain, right?”
“If you believe in that one thing, the group will be disgraced.”
It is standard to establish a separate means of supply. In particular, it is essential to prepare the means for the black magic class where the love flag is a gutter.
“It’s standard to be self-sufficient, at least with the lowest level of potions.”
I thought there.
Potions cost money. So making it is much more economical.
then?
“Can I sell it the other way around?”
Finally, this is a forest full of the blessings of nature where usable materials grow and regenerate on their own.
Of course, the material that grows here is a public good that other classes can collect, so it can’t be monopolized.
“Won’t you get caught if you collect it in moderation?”
Just don’t overdo it.
For that reason, let’s make potions or pakpak. I have to make it by myself anyway so it won’t show.
“First of all, we will make the undiluted solution that will be the key ingredient of the potion by extracting the raw material from the last plant.”
However, this time, rather than weeds, selected herbs are carefully selected and extracted.
《Obtain the undiluted solution of magical power.》
So far, it’s the same as last time.
However, in this state, it is difficult for those who do not have skills such as eating and digesting to consume it.
The concentration is so thick that it’s like poison, and it’s just excreted out of the body.
“We need to dilute the undiluted solution and separately mix the medicine that neutralizes the toxicity that harms the human body.”
Even in the game, potion manufacturing goes through two processes.
Extraction of undiluted solution.
And synthesizing the extract with another medicine.
“If you do that… … .”
Let’s finish the job once and for all.
The wooden bottle was filled with a fairly plausible potion.
A bluish liquid glistens.
《Basic Mana Recovery Potion》
《Rating: C》
《Effect: Recovers a small amount of mana.》
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“It’s better than I thought!”
Is extraction a perfect virtue?
Alchemy skill was only at the basic level, so I thought that it could not be helped if the quality was poor, but it turned out to be surprisingly usable.
“It’s a mana recovery potion.”
“Basically, the mana recovery system pays the most for potion prices. It is also rare.”
Stamina -＞ Stamina -＞ Mana Recovery.
Besides that, there are potions with special effects, but I can’t make them with my skills.
Skill proficiency is also a problem, but there are no materials.
“It looks like mana potion is the most difficult to make.”
“To manufacture this, you need to learn a class that can handle more than a certain amount of mana.”
The hurdles are not high. Whether it’s public magic or black magic, learn at least 1 circle.
But that’s just a game story.
‘Because if I’m not a player, it’s annoying to fulfill that condition.’
It would be a headache to destroy only one class, but it is never easy to major in several duplicates even if it is a basic class.
That’s why there won’t be many people who can prepare mana potions even among alchemists.
“That would mean money.”
“By the way, is it okay for academy students to process and sell materials here on their own?”
“Are you asking about the devil again?”
There’s no way you can follow it
Who would allow public goods to be collected and turned into private property?
You have to make excuses.
“You know what? Anyway, what I am doing right now is the preparation for potion making.”
“… … and.”
Emily puts on a look of astonishment.
I skillfully started a grand feast with no words.
“Ah~, not even being sincere. You know how to make potions that aren’t even taught right away.”
The enthusiasm for education, which is enthusiastic about preparation and review, is on fire. Yes, it burned so much that there was no charcoal left.
“But there are so many potions made through practice that you can’t handle them? If you leave it, it will hurt. Eating too much isn’t good for you, is it? oh! Shall we go check out the potion market price?”
I’m not trying to satisfy my self-interest.
It is to experience the economy of the imperial society with the surplus left after burning the passion for learning.
Isn’t this killing two birds with one stone?
“… … What if you look around? Will it work?”
“If Xian had been 100 years ago, I think he would have been burned at the stake without a doubt.”
“joy. It doesn’t matter because the times are different.”
Anyway, the academy will condone the level of earning a penny.
As evidence of that, there were loopholes in the imperial academy’s rules that would blatantly break through.
‘I guess they’re implicitly turning a blind eye to living expenses.’
I’d rather say to solve the corruption, but I’m just a timid black magician, not a revolutionary.
“Anyway, as long as you don’t overdo it, you won’t get caught.”
So no need to be afraid
“Now, let’s go earn some pocket money.”
“Where?”
“It’s obvious. I have to go downtown.”
Even if you don’t, spending time in a cabin like this makes your body itchy.
Even if it’s not boring thanks to Emily, young children are attracted to the disgusting scent of the world rather than the smell of grass.
“I want to eat meat more than anything.”
Hunting was strictly forbidden, so I couldn’t do that.
I am tired of eating only hard bread.
Yes, if you sell this potion, you can eat a proper meal.
I will definitely sell it expensive!
* * *
There are two main ways students can earn pocket money at the academy.
“One is commissioned by the academy, and the other is delivered directly to the academy.”
For example, if it is a potion, the academy collects it and gives a certain amount of money.
Or, in the case of technicians like blacksmiths, they receive their own rewards through small ‘practice’ in the studio contracted with the academy.
“But I don’t have much money.”
Of course you won’t get paid for it.
Even in the game, the amount of money coming in when trading or practicing is very small.
“I mean, the desire to fill the quota by pampering youngsters in any world is the same.”
“Isn’t the devil honest in that? We can provide service only for what we receive~ or according to our mood.”
“… … If you say that, your feelings as a human being will become very complicated.”
“oh? Then, what will our Xi’an be like in the future if he becomes a devil or a lich? My older sister will recommend it.”
“Are you looking around and telling me to die?”
It’s scary. our devil sister
Anyway, honestly, if I deliver the potions I made to the academy, it won’t make much money.
In short, I can’t eat meat.
“But if you roll your hair, you can eat meat for dinner!”
If you want to get the full price, you can deliver it to a place that will give you that much money.
A commercial subdivision nestled in the islands.
Some of the shops there also accept deliveries for students.
It is said that there is a place that implicitly allows purchase.
‘It’s a trade shop that’s used well in games.’
According to the original scenario, it is a purchase route that you will find out a little later than now.
I got to know the seniors at the academy and the information they gave me was a list of shops that dealt with students.
‘I know in advance, so I don’t have to play tricks on my seniors~.’
Of course, that side doesn’t always buy honestly, and depending on the occasion, it could be a hukou, but it would be fine if it were me.
“So, I’m going to go to a shop that buys potions.”
Most of the shops that do business with the students of the academy are located in the commercial district located in the center of the system.
It’s a fairly wide and complicated city, but you can find it somehow if you recall the map and memories from when you played the game.
‘… … It feels similar to the game, but it’s decidedly different.’
sense of heterogeneity.
The streets of the island that I remember as a game were just landscapes where NPCs with modeling and regularity roamed around.
Unlike that, the scenery I now see as ‘cyan’ has completely lost that artificial feeling.
Various sounds are mixed, and many people pass by.
‘I don’t think I’ll take it lightly, thinking it’s just a game.’
It was around the time that I fell into some kind of itchy feeling.
What brought my attention back to Emily’s voice next to me.
“Xian~! Xian~! Now, would you like to see this?”
“huh? It’s easy to bump into and get pickpocketed… … . town!”
I wanted to know what was going on. As I looked back, what blocked my words was something that entered my mouth.
hot and slightly salty
“uuu?!”
While muttering what I was doing, I chewed on the skewer that Emily suddenly threw into my mouth.
“Um~ um~. After all, he is still a boy in his prime, so taming him with something to eat must be much simpler.”
I know you as a kid who follows someone if you give them something to eat.
“well… … . Rather, where did you get this?”
“Sian, wait while you’re looking away.”
Emily pointed to a stall nearby.
“Money?”
“Don’t worry. Because I bargained for a bargain.”
“You’re not fascinated, are you?”
Well, if I had written, I would have noticed first.
“Humans are simple. If you pretend to be moderately friendly and talk to them with a smile, you can make a deal.”
You’re a good devil.
Incidentally, the street vendor who sold Emily the skewers would never dream that he was selling food to the devil.
The current Emily hides things like wings and horns, and walks side by side with her own feet, matching my stride.
As if pretending to be human.
There’s a trick to hiding that doesn’t have to be, but somehow Emily chose to follow me around herself.
“Wouldn’t it be much more fun walking together like this than walking Xian alone?”
Emily pulled my arm as if she were hugging me and hurried my steps.
It probably looks like an older sister and a frowning boy from the perspective of others.
“look. How terribly everyone stares.”
“… … Well, I guess you don’t understand.”
They pretend to be happy, buy something to eat, and walk around clinging to each other.
One of the passers-by said, “Go somewhere else… … .” He faintly clicked his tongue.
Well, I don’t hate it because you seem to brag about it.