章節 70: The Deal
"A deal?" the woman asked.
"Yes, a deal. I think you will like this one," Ian exclaimed, a smile on his face.
"Try me. But do remember, while I maybe broke and in debt, I still have my pride," she replied.
"Of course. You want to have adventurers to collect materials but afraid it will not be enough. After all, you still need to sell the items you created, but with how the downtrodden the store is, the chances of customers coming in is low.
That's the problem you are having, am I correct," the small nod tell him he is right.
"In that case, how about this, in return for the magic books, we will act as your material collecter for three months, one month for each magic book," the woman pondered over it and nodded.
"So, you two are adventurers," she muttered, "It's a good suggestion and allow me to solve the problem of the lack of materials, but there still the needs for customers," she replied.
It something Ian had noticed and he only wait until the woman mentioned it.
"Well, how about we become your customers?" Ian said.
The woman's eyes almost popped from how big it gets. "D-do yo-you mean it?" she stuttered.
"Yes, as long as the items in question is in good quality. If that is the case, we will pay the price according to the market price, how does that sound," Ian said.
"Well, this deal benefit me with no way to harm me unless you broke the deal. Still, this allow me to do alchemy and have permanent customers. I will be a fool to not accept it, so, I accept," she agreed.
"Good, we going to leave now. Tomorrow, we will come. Prepare the list of materials you want us to get when we get here tomorrow," Ian told her.
"Wait," before they could leave, the woman stopped them. "Considering we have a deal, I think it's appropriate for us to tell each other name," she exclaimed.
"In that case, I'm Ian, and this is Fiona," he said.
"My name is Euralle," the pinkatte said with a smile.
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"Why do you make a deal that so one sided to the woman?" Fiona asked Ian.
"Do you think so, I beg to differ," he replied.
"What do you mean?" she asked with clear confusion.
"After all, if it goes to plan, we will be the one to get the materials to her, and then we will also be the one to buy whatever she made. She only need to create the items, items we will pay for," Fiona summarized.
"You are right, but you think too narrow," her eyes narrowed on the brunette. "Think of it this way, in three months time, we will be able to get out hands on three magic books, something we need," he pointed.
"Secondly, we also have our personal alchemist," he told her.
"What do- wait-" "Exactly, while she could sell to other people, with how the store look, she will be desperate to sell her items, which make her more susceptible to get cheated.
With us agreeing to buy what she make, she will make items we need, and so, we have our personal alchemist," he confirmed her thought.
"So, we don't need to be worried about the price," Fiona muttered. "While she will decide the price, she will put the price as low as possible as long as she did not suffer a lose. Which also mean we need to pay less compared to buying from other stores,"
"Yes. But just to be on the safe side, we should buy some potions and see the difference between effect as well as the price. We don't want to be the one that is cheated in the end," he exclaimed.
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"So, how is your day off?" Kell asked the duo, who returned slightly later. Thankfully, they all agree to eat outside for dinner, him and Fiona having eat at a nearby tavern.
"Good, and we might just get our own private alchemist," Ian told them.
"Really?" Kell asked.
Ian tell Kell of the deal he had made with the other party. The bigger man nodded.
"Those the potions will be useful?" he asked.
"Stamina, healing and mana potions is important to help us recover in case I am not there to support you. There is also Fire Resistance Potion, Water Breathing Potion, and many other potion that will be useful in the future," Ian explained.
"I see. In that case, we should do our best to get the materials. Not to mention getting magic books for you and Fiona will help us a lot in the future," Kell agreed.
"That's why I get books about the flora and fauna of the area surrounding Midarna City. We need it so we get the correct materials," Ian exclaimed.
"More reading, let just bring the book when we take some commissions tomorrow," Kell said.
Ian rolled his eyes but agree nonetheless. After all, there is no reason not to do so, and it will be hard to remember anything from the book, unless one have eidetic memory.
"Let's get some rest. Tomorrow you will need to meet the alchemist,"
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The next day, they split again, with Kell leading the rest to the guild, while Ian head towards the store. It did not take long for him to arrive.
He knocked on the door, to which Euralle open it. She see him, smiling widely at the sight of him.
"You are here. Come in," she told him.
He entered, as Euralle grabbed the list of items he need to procure along with a large book.
"Here it is, everything you need to grab for me," she said excitedly.
"Quick question, what are you planning to make?" he asked first.
"Oh, this is for a regular Stamina Potion, and a modified one," he have question about the modified Stamina Potion, mostly on how safe it is but decide to save it for later.
"And in here is the description as well as how each materials look like," she told him.
Ian looked at the list and began to flip the pages, soon finding every materials on the list in the book.
"This is more detailed than the book I bought," he said.
"Well, yes, this is a book wrote by my father. He examined every single materials and herbs himself, and wrote every characteristic. The unedited one is larger than this. This is the end product, after he remove the unnecessary description to make it shorter," she explained.
"In that case, don't mind if I wrote it all down," he said, taking a notebook as he wrote some of the description, just to make thing easier for his party.
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