episode_0026

A recovery potion is literally a potion that heals wounds.

An item mainly taken by hunters who hunt monsters in the [Crack Field].

No one wants to die from a blind arrow.

However, hunters with ‘recovery skills’ are very rare,

Because of this, you cannot always receive recovery skills in battles with monsters.

That’s why hunters always carry emergency potions, even if they are expensive.

Of course, there are not many items that have dramatic effects like HP potions found in games.

In the case of the most widely used [Emergency Recovery Potion], it prevents bleeding and replenishes lost blood.

It is convenient to think of it as simple first aid.

Of course, immediate first aid can save a person’s life, so there is always a lot of demand for potions.

“To be honest, the potion business is a difficult business to fail in. There is a lot of demand, and there are only a few people who can make the right potion.”

After saying that, Kang Na-ri took out a potion bottle containing ‘dark red liquid’ along with white painkillers from the potion box.

Waiting for a moment for Eunha to question her actions, she held the potion bottle in her left hand and the painkiller in her right and began to concentrate.

Hwaaah.

A light blue halo began to flutter around Kang Nari.

A remnant of mana that flows out when a hunter uses a skill.

After about 5 seconds, she exhaled and put the items in her hands down on the table.

What her left hand put down was the [Emergency Recovery Potion] we had seen before. The liquid that was dark red just now has lightened to bright red.

However, the painkiller in my right hand had turned black, as if it had been submerged in ink.

“oh…”

“As you know very well, Eunha, my skill is [replacing ingredients].”

“I had no idea.”

“That’s right. By holding different objects in both hands, you can switch certain ingredients. This swaps the toxicity of the ‘monster’s blood’ and the analgesic ingredient of the painkiller.”

According to Kang Nari’s words, purifying the blood of certain monsters with strong recovery ability and temporarily imitating their recovery ability.

That is said to be the basic mechanism of [Potion].

So the quality and price vary depending on the blood used?

In addition, if a human just ingests the monster’s blood, it is no different from poison, so in order to make a proper potion, it seems that a ‘skill’ that can remove toxins from the monster’s blood, like Kang Na-ri, is needed.

That’s why you said it’s difficult for the potion business to fail.

Because there are only a few people who can make it.

“Honestly, I thought it would be a big hit… Usually, right? I use ‘purification’ or ‘purification’ related skills to remove toxicity, right? But my skill is [Ingredient Replacement], so I can add additional effects while removing toxicity. “Aren’t my skills the best just by looking at them?”

“okay.”

“This potion, in particular, was a huge hit with pain-relieving effects. It was a huge success. A lot of money came in, and the Hunter Association also asked to sign an exclusive contract with them…”

As the story goes on, Kang Na-ri’s expression darkens.

The voice gradually became quieter and eventually became the sound of ants crawling.

After listening to her words, I thought I could understand why she was so depressed.

This is a project that has been ambitiously prepared, even including lending.

Listening to what he says, he seems to be very proud of his [ingredient replacement] skills, but now that his secret business has gone bankrupt and he is gnawing on potatoes in a semi-basement room, it is no wonder that he is depressed.

At the same time, questions arose.

Even to Eunha, an F-class hunter, Kang Na-ri’s [ingredient replacement] seemed quite useful.

Even the potion business is said to be difficult to fail.

Why did it really fail?

Was there even a hair in the potion?

Or maybe the potion tastes awful.

“Sigh… Half a year ago, the Hunter Association announced a new potion. It’s called the [Galaxy Potion], and it was a potion so great that it was truly called the ‘Potion Revolution.’”

“Ah, I’ve heard of that too.”

Soon after, Nari Kang sighed and answered in a dark voice, and Eunha also let out a small sigh as if she had just remembered.

that’s right,

That was it.

… … .

[The future and perfection of potions, Galaxy Potion!]

[Korea Hunters Association did it! What is the main reason why China was surprised and the United States was impressed?!]

[Potion revolution led by Galaxy Potion! If you fall behind, you’ll just be left out! Korea will lead the future hunter society!]

Half a year ago, there was a lot of news reporting that the Korea Hunter Association had developed a ‘God’s Potion’.

For the first few days, every channel was loud with stories of ‘Galaxy Potion’ as if we had won the World Cup, so Eunha also remembered it.

Thanks to you, I took a week off from watching entertainment shows that I enjoy.

Just thinking about that time makes me angry.

A potion that does not end with first aid but attaches cut off body parts without any aftereffects.

A potion that has no aftereffects or serious poisoning, and even cures cancer.

A miracle potion that is worthy of being called a revolution.

“The biggest problem is that there is a lot of stock!! The recovery is several times better than that made from the blood of A-class monsters! There are a lot of them and the prices are cheap! Isn’t that too much?! Did the association torture some kind of alien? ?! What kind of monster’s blood did they use?!”

“So you lost out on the competition.”

After pounding the dinner table, I drank all the seaweed soup while trying to appease Kang Na-ri, who was indignant.

Perhaps because I took iron, my physical condition improved.

Should I just go home?

Tiring~♪

Just then, a text message arrived on Eunha’s smartphone.

The sender is ‘Neulpureum Emergency Center’.

Eunha pursed her lips at the unexpected sender and checked the text message.

There is a photo attached along with the message (I will leave the lost items behind).

The front door of room 904 of Eunha’s house, ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’… and the black suitcase standing next to it were clearly stamped.

I felt somehow empty.

You left your suitcase on the blood donation bus.

[The Black Book] will also be in the carrier.

Even the after-sales service is so friendly.

good night. Be sure to donate blood 10 times to receive a souvenir.

“Whew… Sales have plummeted to the point where I can barely pay off the loan interest. I sold my original home to pay off the loan, and I’m living in a semi-basement like this, rummaging through old clothes collection bins.”

Nari Kang, who had let out her anger once, lay down on a mattress with a blanket spread over it like a bed.

The sound of old springs echoes mournfully.

“Was there anything missing from the Blue Dragon family?”

Is the youngest daughter living like this and the family not even helping her?

Thinking so, Eunha cautiously asked a question, but Kang Nari smiled empty-handed and answered as if it was nothing.

“Haha. It can’t be… Do you know what? There were originally four of us siblings.”

“I heard earlier that it was just my older brother and older sister.”

“…What about my father, Chairman Kang? Even when his first son was eaten by a monster in the [Crack Ground] and returned to his family with only his left hand… he was the one who told them to take it away, saying it was rotten… ”

Kang Na-ri’s smile was empty.

The expression of a person who expects nothing and is not expected of anything.

Eunha, who was removing seaweed soup stuck in her teeth, looked quietly at the blue-haired woman.

Rather than being trapped in a loan debt and almost getting arrested, or living in a semi-basement because my business went bankrupt…

Even in this situation, it seems like he is saddened by the fact that he has no one to turn to.

Eunha looked at Kang Na-ri, who was lying on the mattress and looking up at the ceiling blankly, with a complicated expression.

I only made a mistake when donating blood.

However, by chance, he rescues the daughter of a wealthy family who was being kidnapped by loan sharks, and listens to his heartbreaking story while drinking seaweed soup at the home of someone he has never met.

When you look at it this way, relationships are very ironic.

How did it end up like this?

‘But… this is also fate.’

This is a world where you have to be in debt to see the light.

It is a world where there is no one to rely on.

Because I was lonely, I wanted someone to lend a hand.

So Eunha decided to become a hunter.

Eunha, who felt a bit of a kinship with Nari Kang, asked Nari Kang a question with the intention of helping her if possible.

“…Then what are you going to do now? I heard the loan sharks will come again next month.”

“Hehe… Is there anything special? I’ll work hard to earn money like I do now… but if it doesn’t work out, I’ll spend all the money I have left on the lottery!”

Kang Na-ri confidently shouts out in response to Eunha’s question.

Since I can’t cover the debt with the current potion sales anyway, I’m thinking of just paying it off if I make a mistake.

They say it’s better than quietly stealing organs, but isn’t there just no solution?

When asked why they had to pledge their organs in an age where recovery skills exist, it seems that Hunter’s organs are sold at a high price for research purposes.

“My [ingredient replacement] is one of the rarest, so people there are praising me and saying they will give me a special price…!”

“That’s probably not a compliment.”

“Hehe… Ah! And I will definitely repay Eunha who saved me! I’m not a person who can live off of debt!”

“Even if a debtor says something like that, I don’t trust it at all.”

The more she talks, the more strange she becomes.

Even if I got through safely today thanks to Eunha, wouldn’t I be destined to be caught by loan sharks a month later anyway?

‘Still, he seems like a person who will be very successful if he just pays off his debt… I wonder if there is some way.’

Eun-ha, who looked at Kang Na-ri like she was a strange person, thought carefully about how she could repay her debt in one month.

The youngest daughter of a chaebol family. And ingredient replacement skills…

Um… I don’t know.

Wouldn’t you be able to do it yourself?

‘A potion made with monster blood… What happens if you use human blood?’

I thought as I touched the injection hole near the carotid artery.

If the blood of a monster with strong resilience is used, wouldn’t it be okay to use the blood of a person with strong resilience?

But I don’t necessarily say it out loud.

It’s okay to reveal my skills to someone I’ve never met, and it’s okay to meddle with someone who is trying to work hard on his own.

Because she still has about a month left.

But still… if we meet someone later,

It would be okay to talk again then.

Eunha stood up and left a word of encouragement to Kang Na-ri.

… … .

“What a coincidence. Eunha. Were you taking a walk?”

And, as soon as I left the semi-basement, I ran into Ban Harin.

She was out of breath, as if she had been in a hurry.

what.

Is this also fate?