episode_0049

“Hey, have you tried that?”

“Ah, of course. I heard that these days, there are people who specialize in taking orders and selling them?”

“…Wow, the liver is also big.”

There is a rumor going around among adventurers these days.

‘I heard that the academy miscellaneous store festival potions are that good.’

‘It’s cheap and works better than other potions.’

‘There are also brokers who secretly sell products through students.’

The rumor is about the owner of the Academy general store.

It was about a potion made by Edin.

Originally, only a few adventurers secretly used it through acquaintances, but it became known and eventually became known to most adventurers.

“Wow, it’s really different.”

“The potions you originally used felt like trash?”

“That’s right. It just seems needlessly expensive.”

“Hahaha! When you get used to people, you get scared, after all.”

They even openly say things like where you bought it and what the reviews are.

Naturally, the Adventurer Academy also imposed sanctions.

In order to prevent students from secretly stealing items, purchases are only possible if the actual use location is disclosed.

Students who are found to be under the circumstances will be immediately subject to severe disciplinary action.

Students who went too far were expelled without warning.

There was even a move to report and discipline not only students, but also adventurers who appeared to be using stolen potions.

“Unless Mr. Edin wants to sell them directly to the outside world, they are all the property of the Academy. This is embezzlement.”

Chairman Mureos also spoke firmly.

It may be that Edin is making a profit by directly starting external sales, but it is a very serious problem that students are making a profit by buying products at low prices and selling them outside.

“No, punishment. But it’s ridiculous.”

“If it’s a good item, shouldn’t active adventurers use it, not students?”

“Why is the academy monopolizing it!”

When sanctions began in earnest, adventurers began protesting.

Why are good products only used at the academy?

They had a point.

Because more active adventurers are risking their lives as adventurers than students.

“Selling to external parties… To be honest, the quantity cannot be sustained. And in the end, it will be sold very expensively, like now, with a premium and all.”

Edin seemed troubled about this.

First of all, since Edin is making it alone, there is a serious shortage of supplies.

No matter how much you make a high-rank potion and dilute it, the amount increases, but at most it is about 5 times more.

Thousands of adventurers… no, if you think about the tens of thousands of adventurers who come to visit after hearing rumors from outside.

It’s at a level that I can’t afford at all.

If it had been in the past, I’d have thought, ‘Wow, no way it would sell that much.’ Edin would have thought so.

Because now he understands that his skills and potions are of high value.

I was able to come to this conclusion.

…Well, of course, compared to some people around him who perfectly understood Edin’s essence.

Although he was still mistaken about his own abilities.

Anyway, even if I were to sell it externally, it wouldn’t be enough to just make potions all day.

The second problem that arises when that happens.

Since the number is small, there are bound to be people who eventually resell it at a premium.

Of course, Edin is honestly not that interested in that or not.

It’s nice to make a lot of money, but I didn’t necessarily want to make a lot of money.

Just selling it at a normal price would be fine.

But that won’t be the case for other people.

In the end, if people try to make a profit by reselling it like they do now, one side may suffer a big loss or a fight may break out.

‘It would be nice if we could somehow solve this problem through mass production or resale.,, Ah, my head hurts. This is why I tried not to think about this.’

When you’re thinking about that.

“Edin, someone came to visit who wanted to meet Edin.”

Linen, Chairman Mureos’ chief secretary, came to deliver news today as well.

“Yes? Who is it?”

My head hurts already, so I wonder if someone came to visit me.

The fact that Linen came to call me directly means that I requested a meeting directly with the academy.

The Blaze family? An elder of the adventurer’s guild?

Have you come to question me about the potion provision that is currently in question?

Although there were many points to point out, the answer was completely different.

“An elder from the Alchemist Guild… came to visit.”

“…Yes?”

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Alchemist Guild.

It is literally a group of alchemists.

The number of guild members across the entire continent is approximately 100,000.

Although it was not as large as the adventurer’s guild or the wizard’s guild, it was still a large guild with a considerable population and size.

No, considering the characteristics of an alchemist.

Having 100,000 guild members was, in a way, much greater than an adventurer guild with hundreds of thousands of adventurers.

The group called alchemists are basically very closed.

Your own recipe, your own secret technique.

They are research enthusiasts who are very obsessed with this kind of thing.

People who are very reluctant to make it public unless they are the best disciples they have chosen.

Basically, because of this, there were very few people who tried to belong to the original group.

Usually, all they do is sell potions they make with their own hands to merchants or specific groups.

But the masters and elders of the first alchemist guild thought.

‘The alchemist’s power is too weak.’

Perhaps because of their closed nature, alchemists have very little power and influence compared to the influence they can have on society.

The great archmage, the legendary sword master… You may have heard of these, but you’ve never heard of the ‘great grand alchemist, the legendary potion master’…

“Alchemists also have talents that should be praised, and are equally influential.”

The Alchemist’s Guild was created by a group of senior alchemists who gathered together under these phrases… and who can be called ‘great alchemists’.

And that will has continued to this day, thanks to nearly 50 years.

Just as the status and recognition of adventurers has improved since the establishment of the Adventurer Academy.

The status and recognition of alchemists gradually improved.

These days, there’s a strong feeling that they’re obsessed with their own boastfulness, to the point where it seems a bit excessive… but I think it’s probably a reaction to the fact that they’ve been ignored for a long time.

anyway.

Just like the wizard guild, they are always looking for people with outstanding talent.

I’m scouting again.

The reason it was able to grow so quickly even though it was established not that long ago compared to other guilds.

In fact, the strong people who join the wizard guild or the adventurer guild are different from those who can be treated well even if they go elsewhere.

This is because the Alchemist Guild is the best place for alchemists to be treated properly.

Knowledge and tips accumulated by numerous genius alchemists.

Benefits of using various equipment provided by the guild.

You can even purchase ingredients at a low price with the alchemist guild privilege.

It was natural for any well-known alchemist to join the alchemist guild because of its numerous benefits and benefits.

Not only did other places not have such a huge database, but the welfare and benefits were nothing compared to the guild.

Especially considering that most alchemists are research enthusiasts, many alchemists thought it was okay to disclose this much, so they disclosed numerous techniques and combination methods to the guild.

The Alchemist’s Guild is the only place where such things are made public and where they can be learned, and this is the utopia they are looking for.

however.

It was truly an emergency situation for them.

The reason is… because of just one potion.

No, it’s not just a potion.

It was a potion that had recently started going viral among adventurers… created by an alchemist named ‘Edin’ from the Adventurer Academy.

“Oh no. Even if it is diluted, it is still recognizable. This… is an absurd level of purity.”

“The Adventurer Academy created a potion of this level?”

“Where did you get even the ultra-precision machinery?”

“No, our guild owns everything released on the market.”

“Uh huh…”

The elders of the Alchemist Guild were truly in an uproar.

Ordinary people had no idea, but those with extreme knowledge and skills in alchemy recognized it immediately.

This potion, created by a man named Edin, is so pure that it cannot be imitated.

Although it was a diluted potion, the undiluted solution had ridiculously pure purity and a perfect combination ratio.

It is truly a ‘theoretically perfect potion’ that can only be found in textbooks.

“Ah, the academy. Didn’t someone say before that they took a test at the academy?”

“That’s right. I used memory erasing magic, so I’m currently recovering the erased memories.”

Previously, I had had an advanced alchemist named Lucen Gerion participate in a test to select the owner of the academy’s general store.

The intention was simply to prevent talented alchemists from going over to the Adventurer’s Guild and to attract them to it.

“…Now that I see it, this was the reason why the memories were erased.”

“I said I was hiding something… Was I hiding this monster?!”

The elders’ murmuring sounds fill the conference room.

at that time.

thud!

An old man sitting at the head of the conference room table slammed the table.

“……”

“……”

Then the elders became quiet.

The old man at the head table… the guild master of the alchemist guild looked around at them and quietly opened his mouth.

“If this had been made by hand… that young man’s abilities would have far exceeded our imagination.”

It’s just as he said.

Even with ultra-precision machines that cost an astronomical amount of money to operate, a miracle that can only be achieved through repeated attempts can be achieved with just a simple touch?

How is this different from a being called God who holds a miracle in his hand and waves it around?

“Then… honestly, we can’t bring him to our guild.”

Because there is no merit there.

Let the guild master say that softly.

The elders remained silent.

There is no need for any special manufacturing process, special ingredients, or any help from senior alchemists.

For a being who is truly like the god of alchemy who has descended into this world, is there any reason to join the alchemist guild?

If he wants to be in the Alchemist’s Guild, he’s here.

If you want to be in the Adventurer’s Guild or Adventurer’s Academy, you’re there.

Even if there are combination methods or techniques that need to be learned, it is unclear whether that will be of merit enough to bring him in.

In other words, the best course of action for them is…

“Establishing friendly relations. That is our top priority.”

Just getting to know each other.