BXBX NOVEL Chapter 199: Woe of An Alchemist
The alchemist just had a strain smile before throwing 2 gold coins. The man nodded before handing over a box. The alchemist take a look and nodded.
"The box worth the two gold," the man suddenly said, to the alchemist shock.
"W-what! But it's not like that before?!" she tried to argue but the man cut her off immediately, "The price get higher. That's all," he said half-heartedly, that even a baby would not believe the lie.
She clearly want to call him out on it but decide against it. A quiet thanks come out of her mouth before she left the place.
The demon did not know why, but he do believe what he just saw is the tip of the iceberg.
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Sure enough, when he catch up to the alchemist, she was dodging a bunch of rock thrown to her by a group of child.
"Get the witch!"
"Get out of this town!"
"Go away!"
Alros did not hate kids, but at this moment, he want to beat them up until they are half dead. The alchemist manage to run away, though from the look of it, some of the items did not make it out unscathed.
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She soon reach back to her shop, though Alros could have sworn it look better when they both left. His assumption was proven correct when the alchemist sighed.
"Don't they have anything better to do than breaking my stuff," she grumbled.
She then head inside, with Alros entering the store as well.
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Another red flag was risen when he could see some of the ingredients are not just unusable, but clearly rotten. The alchemist merely waved it off before getting back to work.
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It took an hour until he finished but Alros admit he could not hope to replicate what she just did. She was able to merge the ingredients perfectly, to the point it turned into a completely new concoction by the end of it.
'Is that why she get targeted? Because her skill in potioneering is much better than the others so they sabotage her?' he shook his head. While such thing make sense, the fact even children target her make the theory invalid.
"Looks like I have to learn more. Maybe get some idea of what witch is?" he mused.
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Though, as the library is closed, he need to wait for day to come. So, he decide to head towards her store and bought some more potions, and see the effects.
"Oh, you came!" she clearly shocked by his presence.
"Of course. The explosion potions work wonderfully," it is the truth. He manage to create a blow a boulder the height and width of a men into pieces.
"Of course, I'm the one who made them," she said in a bombastic tone. Though, Alros could tell she hid pain behind the mask.
"In that case, I would like to buy more potions," the glinting eyes of the alchemist tell him that is what she want to hear.
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When he exit the store, he is confronted by several men, thugs from the way they look.
"We giving you an advise pal. Don't come to that store ever again," Alros merely looked at them in a bored look.
"And what should I listen to you?" he asked, annoyed by their mere presence.
"We did what is best for you, friend. Just don't go to that store," the man repeated himself, annoyed by how stubborn the man in front of him is being.
"If you don't want me to there, tell me the reason, don't just say I should not go to the store for no reason," he continued.
He waited for them to answer him. Seeing how they don't said anything else, the incubus in disguise snorted before leaving. However, he soon find a fist on his face, sending him a few step away though he manage to remain standing.
"If you want to make this hard for us, then we will make it hard for you! Maybe after getting some broken bones, you will heed our advice!" another punch was thrown his way, but this time, it was caught by the angry demon.
"Looks like you the one that need to learn a lesson," he grip the first until cracking sounds can be heard, the man wailing in pain.
"There are just some people, you should not mess with,"
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"Oh, valued customer. What are you doing here?" Alros heard the alchemist asked. He turned towards the beautiful twintailed woman and answered,
"Just taking out some trash," the alchemist cocked her brows at his statement.
"How nice of you," she drawled out. "By the-" "Show me what you get and I see if I all interested," the smile of her face sooth his heart. He head towards the store, not bothering about the trash.
Meanwhile, the said 'trash' groaned in pain. All of them lost some teeth, with some of the limbs broken like mere twigs. As for the ringleader, he suffered the worst fate, as all of his limbs are broken.
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Once again, he went towards the store, but this time, he was met with a riot.
"Go die you damn witch!"
"Get out of town!"
"Burn on a stake like the rest of your kind!"
"Just drop dead already!"
"Begone from our home, you freak!"
Hurls of insults, as well as rocks were thrown towards the stores. While he killed people before, it is done for the sake of survival, along with some desire. Never before he want to kill some people out of rage, at least when he come to this world.
But somehow, the inhabitants of Furim City managed to do the impossible.
He get on top of the roof of a nearby building, hoping to see what happened inside. A glimpse at the edge of his eyes made him alert. His eyes soon fell on the alchemist, slunking around like a rat. By how she was treated by the people, she might as well be rats their eyes.
He decided to follow after her, hoping to get some answer as well as earning some points for the conquest route.