Chapter 8.2 (1/2)

Chapter 8 Part 2 –

[Ohh…… It’s finally completed!

The man who was past middle age raised his voice in great joy.

A funnel, a mortar and a bottle filled with black liquid were scattered in the vicinity, and the smell of chemicals was everywhere.

The man who belonged to the Royal Magic Research Inst.i.tute of the Kingdom Ca.s.stal – Izrael did not care about his trifling t.i.tle as he stared at bottle of medicine as if it contained rare jewels

Everything started from a letter.

It came from a former student who lived in Meldor.

Although he rarely exchanged letters with him, he was uneasy about the contents as it was not what he had expected.

A new type of medicine — [Elixir].

A mysterious potion that had the effects of both restoring health and mana, to sum it up.

Although the letter did not describe the manufacturing method, the materials were described in detail as to where it could be gotten from Meldor’s area.

It seemed that the student’s son who ran the store heard it from an adventurer and asked if the medicine existed.

In addition, the adventurer talked about the highest-ranking health and mana potions, and where the ingredients and harvesting grounds could be found.

Naturally Izreal had not heard of the Elixir potion.

Even though he heard legends about the terms Erikusa, Erikusha, the medicine was at best an imaginary medicine. (TL: Erikusa, Erikusha = Elixir written in katakana form.)

He had been trying to research on how to make a medicine like that.

As expected he had not thought to be able to make a miraculous medicine, although he did think it was possible to the extent that the medicine was slightly more effective than usual.

It was easy to dismiss that making an elixir was impossible, but it was hard to believe that his student was lying.

He also had no memories of combining different ingredients to make something like that.

What he researched on was the effectiveness of a health potion based on the ingredients, so he did not think to use something completely different to make it.

So he simply tried it out.

It was fortunate that the materials were available around Meldor. It could be taken from there and was possible to order immediately.

If it was a lie, it would quickly become obvious.

He forgot about his own research and started to work on it with a little expectation.

That was because he knew how hard to make a new potion after researching for so long.

— And he did it.

He had challenged the lowest ranking Elixir potion, and was trying to make an Intermediate Elixir potion using the same method.

The shock from making it caused him not to have memories about it, and he was stunned on the next day when he woke up like it was a dream. When the finished product was placed in front of him, he was in high spirits to the point where it was unsuited for his age.

From then on, he secluded himself in his lab every day.

Although it was impossible to make a potion beyond the Intermediate level, he thoroughly researched mixing and extraction of the ratio of ingredients, and completely finished making the Intermediate Elixir potion.

Such was his joy that he raised his voice involuntarily with him saying that it could not be helped.

His old research had reached its final stages, and a new path came before him, in the form of the Elixir potion.

However, once he completed the discovery of the Elixir and calmed down, he had trouble dealing with the discovery.

The student most likely faced this problem, and he consulted the researcher for this reason.