episode_0007

“Okay, then shall we go?”

As I opened the door of the inn and came out, I stretched, and Elisias, who was following me, looked at me curiously.

“something? What is that strange behavior?”

“Ah, this? Stretching is a good thing to do before moving your body because it makes your body a little more flexible.”

Elisias looked at me carefully and began to imitate my actions little by little.

So the street stretching show suddenly started, and I felt a little embarrassed as people passed by and pointed and laughed at us.

“But, aren’t you going to the Mugu store to get equipment?”

Elisias asked, clasping his hands and stretching his arms.

“Well, I don’t think I’ll be of any help in combat, and even if I prepare your own equipment, you still have the sword and protective gear you received from your father, right? Aside from the weapons, the abilities of the protective gear are pretty good”

Because it is a gifted sword, it does not have any additional options, and because it is a basic starting item, its performance is similar to that sold at armor stores.

However, the silver-glowing armor worn by Elisias was specially made for Elisias and boasted very high defense power.

“Hmm… Still, it would be nice to have a weapon to protect yourself…”

After finishing the last stretch, Elisias and I walked towards the potion store, leaving behind Elisias, who spoke in a worried voice.

“Okay, if it’s really dangerous, I’ll just throw you out front and run away”

Suddenly, I wanted to make fun of him, so while walking down the street, I laughed playfully and made a joke.

“Harry?”

Was that a bit harsh?

“If such a dangerous situation really comes, do so, because I’m okay with it.”

When I saw Elisias speaking in a low voice and holding the hem of my clothes with his hand, I stopped for a moment.

When I turned my head slightly, I felt uncomfortable at the serious look I saw.

“Unlike me, you are an explorer who knows all the knowledge in the world. If I were to lose my life, it would be better for me to lose it because I have no use for it other than force.”

I bit my lip tightly at the unsure expression, tone, and voice.

“Ah… Yes, I understand… First of all, let’s stock up on a few potions in case of an unexpected situation.”

“If that’s the case, I have a few things.”

As I took a step forward, Elisias took out a few potions with a clinking sound from the small adventure bag on her waist and gave them to me.

I looked at the potion given by Elisias carefully as it was illuminated by sunlight.

“Hmm… It’s amazing to see it in person.”

It was a potion containing a red liquid in a small glass bottle with a slightly sophisticated design, but it was transparent enough to allow sunlight to shine through.

After removing the cork blocking the mouth of the glass bottle, I took a quick sniff.

The smell of strawberry slowly rose up, but it was a slightly artificial smell.

Like the scent of the fever reducer I took when I caught a cold as a child.

“You got this from home, right?”

Elisias nodded to my question.

From what I remember, this potion has been refined to a fairly high purity and is therefore rare.

Since it is an item that is initially given as a few for tutorial purposes, the recovery value is also quite high.

“It would be best to use this when you really need it. What we need is an item that is cost-effective and can be used in a variety of ways.”

“Huh? Hey!!”

When we almost reached the potion store, someone stopped us in the distance with a loud voice.

When I turned to where the voice was coming from, the person whose voice was coming from me was waving his hand and running towards me.

“, we meet here? Where are you going?”

Someone said it was Illisha, whom I met a little while ago.

She seemed to be a little tired from running with a smile, so she took a breath, and the man who had been following her as an option was running after Illisha from behind.

“Nu, sister!! Just wait a moment!!”

“… The little boy lived.”

Illisha put her hand on my shoulder and gave me a thumbs up. I guess the deal went well.

“Um…who are you?”

Elisias crossed his arms and looked at Ilicia with sharp eyes.

Now that I think about it, the two may be meeting each other for the first time.

At Elisias’ question, Ilicia’s eyes widened and she tapped my shoulder with her elbow and giggled.

“Oh, what~ Kid~ Your abilities are better than I thought?”

“That’s not it, that’s why you came running like this to say thank you?”

“Of course! I am the type of person who always repays a favor! Rest assured, your girlfriend there! I just got help from this little boy on the street earlier”

“W, girlfriend? That’s not it!”

Elisias was rather surprised by Ilicia’s joke and retorted.

“Hey… really? Anyway, I’m Illisha Grandsolas, an adventurer who mainly receives and solves guild requests. What about you, little one?”

Illisha handed me her fist and I returned it lightly.

“Call me Harry, and the boy behind me here…well, call him Elisias.”

“Elysias Louis Vin Grindeada.”

“Oh… Isn’t it a classy name? Please take care of me.”

In response to Elisias’ polite greeting, Illisha pursed her mouth, let out an exclamation of amazement, and gave her fist like before.

Elysias was just looking at his fist as if he didn’t understand the meaning of that action, and I put my mouth to Elysias’ ear.

“It means that I am asking you to take good care of me here. Just hit it lightly with your fist.”

“Hiyak! What are you doing!”

Elisias, ignoring the person who told me, quickly covered her ears with her hands and glared at me. She cleared her throat for a moment and then lightly took the punch and hit me just as I had told her.

“Please take care of me, Illisha Grandsolas.”

“Oh, it’s too hard! Such a pretty face! Just call me Illisha! So kid, where are you going now?”

I can see the corners of Elisias’ mouth rising slightly at Illisha’s words.

“I’m trying to buy some potions.”

“Oh, really? That’s good then, let me return the favor right away.”

I pointed to the potion shop right across from me and she pounded her palm into her fist and gestured for me to follow.

“Hey owner!! It’s out!”

“Oh, what is it, Illisha! Isn’t it a long time since you came here? What’s going on?”

With a confident voice, Illisha burst through the door of the potion store and as we followed behind her, a friendly-looking man organizing the shelves greeted us.

“They are my new friends, and I am indebted to them! I’m planning to buy a potion. Is there anything a little cheaper and better?”

“Oh~ Illisha’s friends? If you’re Illisha’s friend, you’re also my friend! Now, I’m going to show you a few things, so take a look around.”

Elisias was looking around the potion shop by himself, looking at all the different items, as if the appearance of the potion shop was a bit surprising, and I looked at some of the potions the owner had taken out.

“Mmm…”

In the game, there was an information window, so I could immediately know the name of the item and what effect it had, but since that was no longer available, I had to check it with the naked eye, which was a bit difficult.

“What’s wrong? Are you looking for something?”

As I looked at the potion with a frown, the owner asked.

“Are there any HP recovery potions that have not been refined?”

In my eyes, they are both equally red potions, so I don’t know which one is refined and which one is unrefined.

The owner filtered several potions in front of me as requested.

“Why is this and this?? Most of the time, you will find refined ones”

That is correct. Most adventurers here will look for potions that have been refined to a high level of purity and can show high efficiency.

Of course, those potions are necessary, but those aren’t the potions I need right now.

“Well, you can use it in many ways. And just show some mana potions, speed increase potions, and goblin saliva to your unrefined friends. Oh, and an empty glass bottle.”

“Goblin saliva?? Well, I get it for now.”

With a slightly surprised look in his eyes, the owner took out several potions from the box at his feet and a glass bottle containing a thin, transparent liquid with bubbling bubbles, and gave it to me.

“Oh, okay, perfect. I think this will be enough. How much is this in total?”

“Give me 10 copper coins.”

I couldn’t help but be surprised by those words.

Basically, even if it were an unrefined and low-purity potion, the price would be 10 dong per piece, which is just something to give for free.

“Is it okay if I get it so cheap? I think I bought quite a lot, right?”

“I’m also a friend of Illisha, so I got a lot of help from her with various things when the store was threatened. I don’t know what she plans to do with them, but I think of it as a service today and take it. And you can use it again next time”

“Oh my… Then I won’t hesitate again.”

To change his mind, I quickly placed 10 copper coins in the owner’s hand and stuffed the potions into the inner pocket of my robe.

After all transactions were completed, we left the potion shop.

In front of the door, the man I had been following with a set menu of hamburgers and cola was leaning his hands on the wall and breathing heavily.

“Hehehe…Hehehe…It’s really fucking fast…”

“I have another schedule with that guy so I have to go somewhere else… Kid, is that okay with that? If I bought a slightly better potion, I would have gotten it for that price.”

While I was looking at the muscular man with slightly worried eyes, Ilicia asked me from behind, crossing her arms.

“Don’t worry! Because I got everything I wanted.”

I took out an empty glass bottle and goblin saliva that I had kept in the inner pocket of my robe.

“Now that I think about it. Harry, why did you purchase that goblin’s saliva? I understand that it cannot be used as a potion.”

“Well, actually, I don’t even know why they’re selling that.”

When Ilicia and Elisias asked in puzzlement, I thought it would be quicker and more practical to show them in person rather than explain them one by one, so I uncorked the bottle containing the goblin’s saliva.

“Seeing is better than hearing, just take a look.”

“Baekmun… what?”

“Sometimes he says strange things like that…”

When Ilicia asked Elisias, she nodded and answered as if she understood.

One of the reasons why [Falling Princess] was so popular and received rave reviews was because of this detailed and highly flexible combination system.

Of course, this is also a system that can be unlocked by helping an adventurer in the early part of the story and then handing over the combination recipe to him, but since I know all the combination recipes, I was able to skip such trivial episodes.

With this synthesis system, you can obtain quite useful items by combining rare monster remains or items.

From the items needed for the H event to the items needed when exploring dungeons.

There are over 100 recipes, but it wasn’t difficult to memorize them.

“Well… I don’t have anything even rare right now… But if you use goblin saliva, which is the remains of monsters commonly sold at potion shops, as a mana potion and a speed increase potion…”

I filled the empty glass bottle half with goblin saliva, followed by half with unrefined mana potion and half with speed increase potion.

“What…what is it? Is it bubbling?”

“It’s because of the properties of goblin saliva.”

Ilicia and Elisias take a step back, slightly scared.

“And if you just wait a little bit…”

As time passed, the boiling bubbles subsided little by little, and the potion soon turned into a green potion.

“Okay, it’s finished…hehehehe…”

“Did you say Elisias? That kid, his perverted expression is unusual…”

“In times like that, the right answer is to just leave it alone.”