Chapter 6
A week after the unexpected meeting with Kim Yu-Rin.
First, from the fang she gave to him as a present, Sae-Jin was able to create 4 batches of potions. One potion for strengthening the constitution of its drinker, and the other three, healing and regenerative effects. He’d stashed the former for himself when he went out on a hunt, but the rest, he decided to sell them off.
He was already getting fed up with this living-in-a-cave lifestyle, plus with the Energy Manipulation Stat now at 8, which made it possible to maintain the Human Form for at least 80 minutes every day, Sae-Jin decided it was high time he bought a house near the Gangwon Province. Of course, as expected of a place called the "Paradise for the Monster-related industry", the exorbitant land price here was second only to the capital city, Seoul, ensuring that even if he started working to his bones starting now, it’d still take a long, long while before he could afford one. (Lit said "A Mecca for the Monster-related industry. Changed for obvious reasons.)
Whatever the case may have been, currently Sae-Jin was standing in front of a building called an "Alchemy House" that reeked of a bitter aroma of the herbs and was filled with the bubbling sounds of chemicals boiling in their pots.
While there were less than three Alchemy Houses existing in any given large metropolis, these exceedingly rare organizations were the only place where the administration of the verification process, which assigned the grades as well as handled the distribution of the potions created by the alchemists, could be done. But, even though it was true they were hard to find, for someone like Sae-Jin who literally lived inside the borders of Gangwon Province, seeking out one of these so-called homes of an alchemist proved to be rather simple, with their continued survival intrinsically linked to that of the Monsters’ existences. (Had to change quite a lot in this paragraph. This author sure loves to torment me with indecipherable Spaghetti soup of words…)
"Hmm…"
Even though he wore the robe supposedly favoured by alchemists, and had the hood pulled right up to match the outer appearance, Sae-Jin’s actions of curiously surveying the surroundings easily revealed his status as a complete noob at these sort of things.
"Is there something I can assist you with, perhaps?"
An employee came in closer and politely inquired after noticing him meandering.
"…I’m here to sell some potions I’ve created. But I haven’t sold one before, nor have I any prior fame . Is it still possible?" (전력lit. battle records. I mean, wut)
"Ah, yes, of course. Would you follow me this way, please?"
Didn’t matter what territory or nation, the number of alchemists were always much lower than that of magicians, and consequently, they were treated as one of the most valuable human resources out there. And, even though there was this whiff of a newbie coming off of Sae-Jin, his word and posture were undoubtedly that of a real alchemist, so the male employee made sure to remain courteous while guiding him.
Sae-Jin promptly found and sat down on a nearest office chair, and nervously waited as he kept an eye on the watch but soon enough, the male employee sat on the opposite side with a document of some kind.
"This is the application form. The verification process will commence after you write down the name of the potion and its effects here. When the product’s been verified to be free of any side effects and its medicinal efficacy ascertained, a grade will be assigned according to its medicinal strengths, and afterwards, the potion can be sold on the m
arket."