章 46: Children's Vision (III)
The man shrieked in fright and fell down on his butt. I towered over him, looking down at him coyly. I put away my dagger as I brought out the Red Potion. The beast-kin quickly surrounded me to make sure that people wouldn't start a riot.
"Well, now. We actually have someone willing to test out the product. Is there anyone else?" I asked around, wondering who was brave enough to get slightly injured.
Everyone stepped back, and the man who was on the ground was cowering in fright. Nobody wanted to be in-between the fight between man and me.
"Well, then." I gave him the vial that I had made. My heart hurt a bit as he drank free money away. "Drink up."
"Y-You're not going t-t-to k-kill me, are you?" He reached over cautiously, stopped for a moment before finally grabbing the Potion for himself.
"Hardly. Why would I do that in front of the crowd? If I wanted to do that, I would do it when you sleep." I gave him a mischievous grin. The man gulped in fear. He shakily raised up the Red Potion and took a gulp.
At that moment, a hissing like sound could be heard coming from the man. The man groaned in pain, and he touched his cheeks. Blood seeped through his fingers and down his arm.
"What's happening?"
"Is he poisoned?"
"What's going on?"
The man huffed in a heavy breath and got up shakily. He wiped his cheeks. The cut on his cheek was completely healed. Everyone was shocked by what they saw.
"Ladies and gentlemen. These potions are real and do not affect your health. They are five gold coins each, and we only have fifty right now. You can only buy one potion for today. So step right up!"
I waved my hands towards the booth. People ran towards the booth and were clamoring to buy one. Seth stepped forward and stopped the people from swarming, and the other buff Beast kin stood up to stop the stampede.
Instead, they all line up in orderly fashion. I felt thrilled that it was a success. All fifty red potions were sold quickly. We closed our shop and went back to the camp.
"You did that on purpose, didn't you," Phil asked. He came up next to me as we were putting away the empty boxes that we took out from the carriage. The other Beast-kin ran over to help unload.
"What?" I looked at him, wondering what he meant.
"Cutting his face." He tapped his cheek.
I smugly replied, "Kuhuhuh, you know me too well."
"For a girl, you're quite scary."
"I am not. Not compared to you."
"Me?"
"Yea. You're the one and only de-" I stopped myself. Why did I keep forgetting not to bring up that wretched title? At this rate, he would find out what he is. "Never mind."
"No. No. Please go on ahead. I would like to hear what you have to say."
"Really, I don't have anything else to say. I was just joking. You know, haha..."
"Haha huh?" Phil crossed his arms, not believing a word I said.
"Well, time to make more for tomorrow." I rushed towards the tent. Siva was washing my clothes, she looked up when she heard me coming.
"Berry!" Siva waved me down. Putting the clothes back into the bucket. Another Beast-kin came over to help her out, allowing Siva to walk away and towards me.
"Siva." I stopped in front of her.
"I was wondering if I could spend some time with you."
"Sure. Come on in." I walked in the tent first.
"Isn't this Phil's tent?"
"He won't mind. We share it." I sat down in front of the giant pile of herbs that were on the side.
Siva walked in and sat next to me.
"What is all that?"
"Making Red Potions and Blue Potions."
"Oh! Are you talking about God's Blood and God's Magic? Everyone was talking excitedly about it." She curiously peered over, trying to see what it was. She reached out to grab one of the herbs and sniffed it. Placing it back down, she looked at me with eager eyes.
"Yep. I'm going to make more tomorrow. Plus, I've been storing some of them to take back."
"I was wondering..." Siva nervously said.
"Yes?"
"I was wondering if there was anything that I could do to repay you."
"There really isn't anything that I can think of right now."
"Please. You gave Seth and the other men a job. Is there anything that I can do to help out? I don't care if it's for free. You have done so much for us that we can't help but be thankful for what you have done."
"Well..."
"Please!" Siva grabbed my hands, begging me. I couldn't help but be drawn by her cute face and her floppy ears that made her irresistibly charming in her own way. She really did remind me of a cute pomeranian like dog with that expression that she gave.
"Berry. I need to talk with you." Phil came in the tent, followed by Seth. He stopped and stared at what we were doing. "Did I disrupt something here?" He looked at Siva and then back at me.
"No, not at all." I drew away my hands.
Phil came over and sat down. Seth was standing by the entrance and did not want to sit down.
"Are you making more for tomorrow?" Phil asked, taking a handful of herbs.
"Yes." I quickly replied.
"I don't think it's a good idea right now."
"Why not?"
"I just got word that the Bishops have made a move after what happened today."
"That is?"
"We're banned from selling the potions in the city."
"What? Why?"
"They are saying that the Potion is a devil's magic and should not be used. They are trying to take control of the potions that we had created. The Bishops have already taken the potions for themselves."
I couldn't believe what I just heard. To hear that the church had made its move to take from its own people. I spat with disgust.
"Why, those greedy bastards!" I yelled in outrage.
"We should leave the city and head back home. I don't think this is the right time to hang around."
"I agree, but there is one more thing that we got to do," I said, I couldn't let this go. The church was hindering my business, and I needed to make sure I brought the business in some way.
"What is that?"
"Spread the word to where to buy more potions from now on." A mischievous smile erupted on my lips.
"Berry didn't you listen to what I have just said," Phil asked, a bit concerned in what I had in mind.
"Perfectly."
"Then, why? We have other places."
"Because it's business. I want to leave some information behind so they know where to go to buy the potions."
"For some reason, I feel like you're not going to listen."
I smiled. It was true. They were something more that I wanted to do. The whole purpose was not only to bring in customers but more people into the small town in the Forgotten Forest. People who were willing to throw away their old lives and live in a new environment.
"You have that smile again. You're up to something, aren't you."
"Yep." I flatly replied. "First, though, I do need a salesperson from now on in selling the potions at the store I want back at home."
I then turned to Siva, I grabbed her hands. "I'll make sure to pay you for your service. Not only that, but I would also like to begin to hire Beast-kin's to become bodyguards for the Wonder Shop." I look towards Seth, hoping he understood what I was asking for. "I know this will stop you from going back home, but I would appreciate it if anyone is willing to stay."
"It would be my honor." Seth didn't deny that he wanted to leave. He just flat out replied without a second thought.
"You will be paid handsomely for your time."
"Once again, I can't thank you enough," Siva replied in excitement.
"Well then, our final phase for the day is in order."
"What would that be?" Siva asked, confused.
"We're going to advertise our product with a bang."
"You're kidding... right?" Phil asked.
"Hardly. Let's go!" I got up and went outside. Everyone followed, wondering what I would do.
I pulled out a handful of Common Magic Stones. I searched around for a crossbow. Finally, finding one after running around the camp, I modified the cross boy to put a common Magic Stone instead of an arrow. Placing one Common Magic Stone onto the crossbow. I aimed upwards towards the city walls.
"What are you doing? Are you trying to start a war?" Phil asked with concern. He knew what I put in the crossbow could set off a few nasty explosions.
"No. Just watch."
I aimed upwards. "Begin!" I yelled, activating the magic stone. I shot upwards towards the wall. A loud bang of the explosion could be heard, and bright lights exploded outwards like fireworks.
Screams and terror could be heard inside the walls but was shortly outlived. The fireworks spelled out a word starting 'Wonder Shop Magical Store is open at the edge of the Forgotten Forest!'
I shot off another one when the lights faded and continually did it for the next thirty minutes. Different colors of fireworks and words danced up in the dark sky. People came out in awe as they watched the show in the sky.
With the final stone in place, the last shot was grander than the other stones that I had shot up into the air. A continuous explosion of chain reaction fireworks were displayed. The words Wonder Shop Magic Store were morphed into a white dragon as it flew around the sky nonstop. People screamed in horror, thinking that the dragon was back as they tried to hide for cover. It swooped and twirled and finally disappeared into the smoke.
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