68 – Episode 63: Wizard’s Village – 4

To be honest, I didn’t expect it to last this long.

“I can’t stand it anymore.”

It’s a full moon.

I waited for 15 days in this f*cking town.

Honestly, how long would a 15-year-old child endure?

I knew I wouldn’t be able to last a week and go back.

“Kain, you are here! What can I give you today?”

“Does the concentrate of the 3rd aged river stone remain?”

“Of course there is! Cain, who is a regular at the store, says he buys it, so even if he doesn’t have it, we should make it.”

“Haha, thanks to you Zeke, the town is full of energy these days! When this is over, help me organize our house inventory! I’ll put the money in my duduk!”

“Ayu, of course I have to help!”

No, f*ck that bastard, why are you so good at your job?

He said he was 15 years old, but his skills are not average.

After coming to this town, Zeke’s presence in the town has already reached a level that cannot be ignored.

I muttered, overcome with anxiety.

“Should I even kidnap him… .”

How did you scare me so much, and you’re making money like nothing at all? At this rate, I feel nervous that I might really pay it back.

Someone called next to me as I was biting my nails.

“brother! brother! Didn’t you see the girl nearby?”

“Girl… ? I don’t think I saw it, but are you talking about the guy hiding there?”

“ah! I found Ruby!”

The boy shouted when he spotted the girl hiding in a store pillar. The two laughed and giggled at how funny it was.

I was able to forget my worries for a while at the pure appearance of the children.

“I am John, and this is Ruby. You seem like an outsider. Have fun in town!”

After that, the children laughed and ran into the village.

“Yeah, you guys have fun too.”

The girl’s unusual laugh was impressive.

Well, beyond that, is there any way to convince that stubborn person… .

“Chop, chop!”

“Why Kyoko… Is there any good way?”

“This is very important! Follow me!”

While taking a deep breath, Kyoko appeared from behind.

She grabbed my arm and suddenly started dragging me somewhere.

Without knowing why, I followed her at random.

* * *

The place Kyoko led me to was in front of an ordinary potion workshop.

I asked her with a puzzled expression.

“Kyoko, what are you doing here… ?”

Instead of an answer, what came back was Kyoko’s confident smile.

what the f*ck… ?

Suddenly, a feeling of uneasiness came from the depths of my heart.

Seeing my face eager to show off, all sorts of negative thoughts started to come to my mind one after another.

“Kyoko, can I ask you one thing before you open this door?”

“Ask as many times as you like wwwwww”

“You didn’t buy anything… ?”

At my question, Kyoko jumped up and said.

“As expected, I have a lot of doubts like Chop! There was no accident!”

“Ah yes… Well, then… .”

That’s right, even if it’s Kyoko, you shouldn’t jump to conclusions.

Even monkeys sometimes fall from trees, so Kyoko might not have an accident.

I’m too sensitive these days.

With that thought in mind, I cautiously opened the studio door.

And immediately the voice of an old man was heard.

“Five! Aren’t you a clever partner, Kyoko-san?”

Professional-looking magic tools were operating while emitting smoke, and after that, an old man was brewing potions in a cauldron.

More than that, what did you say to Kyoko just now… ?

I think I said it was special… Could it be that the concept of Young-Teuk was reversed in this world?

I was perplexed by the combination of words and names that didn’t fit at all.

“Hey… My name is Juhyuk Kang. But, who are you… ?”

“Oh, you must be that Joo Hyuk, I heard a lot about it from Miss Kyoko. I’m still appealing, but I’m getting used to how much they talk about me saying they’re not paying attention… … .”

“Damn inspiration! It’s okay not to say that! Let’s get down to business!”

Kyoko blushed and hurriedly interrupted the old man’s words.

“Yes, my name is Termel. I’ve been struggling with the development of new potions lately, but thanks to Kyoko-san’s help, it flew like it was washed.”

“Who? Who helped?”

“That’s right, Miss Kyoko… … .”

“Haha, even kidding. You are a witty person.”

When I heard the story, I couldn’t stand it and stopped laughing.

Wow, this grandpa is making a joke. He seems to be an old man with a bit of a sense of humor.

It was the funniest joke I’ve heard in a while.

Seeing me like that, Termel put on a puzzled expression and opened her mouth.

“that… Joo Hyuk-kun I’m not kidding… .”

I tilted my head.

No, wait a minute, that’s not a joke… ?

“Chop! Why don’t you believe me!”

She glared at me with a very dissatisfied face.

No, to think that Kyoko, and not anyone else, helped… .

It was hard to believe at first.

Termel, who alternately looked at Kyoko with a sullen expression and my puzzled expression, changed the subject as if embarrassed and spoke to me.

“Oh, it’s not like this, let’s go to the center of town together. I’m thinking of holding a free tasting today.”

I suddenly nodded.

“It must be because of my mood… … .”

Kyoko really helped?

It was a mystery that I couldn’t understand at the time, but I buried my uneasy feelings inside first.

Together with Kyoko, I followed him to the center of town.

* * *

Termel, who has settled down in the main street, starts shouting for the whole village to leave.

“Now, everyone, you can taste the new potion developed by Termel for 5 years, for free today! First come first served! No late arrival!”

One by one, the villagers who heard the sound gathered in front of the stall.

“Oh, Old Termel, after years of messing around, you finally did it. Give me one.”

“Looks like you finally succeeded. The Termel Potion is a potion that you can trust and drink. You had a windfall today.”

People received the potion one by one, no matter who said it first, and started drinking the whole bottle on the spot.

The voices that the sore spot had healed as if it had been washed were bursting out here and there. Termel smiled proudly and bowed her head.

All potions have been exhausted.

As people started to leave one by one, Termel hurriedly approached Kyoko.

Termel took something out of her arms and handed it to Kyoko.

“Here, take it, though it is small!”

When Kyoko opened the pouch, it contained one gold coin and dozens of silver coins.

“Isn’t this giving too much… ?”

“Heh heh, how could I save the money to give to Miss Kyoko, the assistant who made the greatest contribution to the development of this new potion? Please accept it.”

When I asked with a shocked expression, Termel answered as if it were natural.

“Well, ww who accepts such a trivial tribute, ww who kneels before the stature of the great Oresama, wow, well, it’s okay to comment on it wwww”

shoulder lifted up.

The corners of the mouth rise up to the cheekbones.

Even a confident expression that seems to have no intention of hiding it.

Kyoko looked at me with a face as if she were asking for praise.

Yeah, I still can’t believe it, but this time Kyoko did a great job, so I should give her a compliment.

“Kyoko did really well this time… … … .”

That was when I was about to compliment her.

A man returning after returning the potion bottle suddenly grabbed his chest and shouted.

“Shut up! Wow! The chest… The chest… … !”

Without a moment to panic, countless people who drank the potion started having seizures in succession.

“Kuhh… I feel like my whole body is burning… !”

“aaagh!!”

“There is no one there! Do, help!”

Without a chance to try their hand, they became quiet for a moment and then slowly raised their heads.

The eyes we met were not human.

Two bloodshot eyes, teeth exposed like a mad dog, and even spewing bubbles.

There was no time to think.

“Kuaaa!!”

I started to get out of the spot as quickly as possible, leading Kyoko along with Termel.

With surprised eyes, I asked Termel.

“I don’t think so, but I’ll ask you one thing. Could that be some kind of effect?”

“Oh, no… Why is this… .”

“What the hell did you put in that makes people change like that?”

However, Termel was also very perplexed as if it was a phenomenon she had never seen before. He started muttering something he couldn’t understand.

“The ingredients for the potion were the same as before! The only other special thing is the herbs from a foreign country that Miss Kyoko airlifted… .”

Termel, who was searching for the cause, suddenly stopped walking.

Then, he clutched his chest and let out a moan mixed with pain.

he shouted with desperate eyes.

“Ahh… ! Also, run away! ”

Apparently, Termel also drank the potion.

To be honest, since it was a potion that Kyoko helped me with, it was a relief that I didn’t drink it because I was uncomfortable with it and put it in my pocket for now.

Terrified, I threw the potion in my pocket to the floor.

Kyoko and I were able to take shelter inside a building.

“… … … This probably needs some explanation, doesn’t it, Kyoko?”

He glared at Kyoko with bloody eyes.

Then, breaking out in a cold sweat, she opened her mouth as if to calm me down.

“Chop… waiting…! I-I’ll explain everything…!”

Yes, at least for a good reason.

There may still be room for extenuating circumstances.

I decided to listen to Kyoko’s story first.

…

About 10 days ago from now.

Kyoko, who was very bored of being in the village, was taking a walk around the nearby forest.

Along the way, she noticed red-swaying grass.

At first glance, this was no ordinary pool.

“This is a grass I’ve never seen wwwwww This is very cool! If you bring it to Chop, he will definitely like it wwwwww”

Kyoko picked up a lot of red grass nearby and held them in her arms. Returning to the village with a smile, she headed straight to the lodging.

While walking down the street, I bumped into an old man who suddenly jumped out of the workshop.

“Ouch! What is lacking!”

“Oops! What is this!”

“Ah, sorry about this. I was so excited that I couldn’t see straight ahead. I will pick it up.”

Termel, who had been apologizing to Kyoko, carefully inspected the grass he was picking up, then stopped picking it up and asked her in a trembling voice.

“This, this… What kind of pool is this?”

Kyoko was in a state of perplexity.

It was because he could never know the name of this unheard-of grass.

I thought that if I said I didn’t know, it must have been annoying.

In the end, she decided to just hang around.

“This, this is a foreign herb… very precious wwww”

“I have never seen such an herb in my sixty years of life! A herb with such a mysterious color, can you please sell it?”

“Selling is a bit like that… I’ll give this to Chop… .”

At his sudden request to sell these plants, she shook her head. It was diligently canned to see what Chop liked, but he couldn’t sell it for just a few pennies.

Despite repeated refusals, Termel persisted.

“Aren’t you going to sell that herb anyway?”

After hanging on for a long time, Kyoko stubbornly refused, so he made a last proposal as if he couldn’t do it.

“miss. So let’s do this I’m a potion maker, so how about co-developing this potion? Cost of labor… .”

Kyoko’s eyes flashed.

Yes, this would flatten not only Chop, but also Yankee and Gina, who always treated themselves as fools!

Thinking so, Kyoko nodded vigorously.

But Kyoko didn’t know.

The grass he accidentally collected was an extremely rare poisonous plant that, when ingested, causes delirium and berserk for up to 10 hours.

What is blood-gwangcho (血狂草).

…

Baka-! Baka-! Baka-!

Inside the building, the sound of a blow, as if hitting someone on the head, resonated for a very long time.