Chapter 377: Progress on Two Paths (1/2)

”The Heaven's Element potions? Is there a problem with them?” Just as Argentum mentioned that Helios had come here because of the Heaven's Element potions, Felix was the first one to voice out his worries. Well, it didn't come too much of a surprise since he was an alchemist, just like Helios. With that, he had a feeling that Helios had come here since he had probably found a way to improve the efficacy of the Heaven's Element potions even further.

Hearing Felix's question, Argentum shook his head as he clarified the doubts Felix and Eleanor had in their minds, telling them, ”No, there's no problem with them at all.”

He then pointed at Felix as he continued, ”In fact, even if there was a problem with the potions themselves, either you or Helios would have told me about it already.”

”The reason why Helios came here was because of, as I've said before, the distribution of the Heaven's Element potions,” Argentum said as he returned to the original topic. ”Just like you, Eleanor, and Rosalia, Helios is now a benefactor of Verdant Breeze Town, in charge of selling Heaven's Wind Potions.”

”But just as me and Rosalia were about to leave his inheritance, Helios offered to sell some of the potions you three concocted in order to obtain more funds for the development of the town. With that, I brought him here to check and see if there would be any problems with that.”

Listening to Argentum's words, both Felix and Eleanor looked at each other with slightly solemn auras surrounding them, seemingly thinking about the suggestion Argentum gave them. They then looked at Rosalia, who seemed to have accepted the suggestion already. Then again, both of them knew that Rosalia was quite close to Helios, so she didn't have too much of a problem letting Helios sell a portion of the potions she concocted.

After going silent for a bit, Eleanor gestured to Felix to ask more about the suggestion, to which Felix lightly sighed before asking Helios, ”Say, Helios. How much of the potions we sell would we be giving to you?”

”Half of the potions you guys currently sell. Any less than that, and I wouldn't bear to call myself the business-savvy Tempest King,” Helios replied with an air of slight arrogance around him.

Hearing Helios's words, Argentum could not help but send a strand of energy to Rosalia, privately asking her, ”Although I didn't think it was a problem while we were in the inheritance, isn't selling half of Felix and Eleanor's potions basically making him sell twice as much potions as any of you would normally sell?”

In response, Rosalia replied to Argentum's question with a shrug. ”Remember that he's narcissistic.”

Being reminded of that once more, Argentum knowingly nodded before looking back at Felix and Eleanor, who were still pondering over what they should do regarding the distribution of Heaven's Element potions.

”Is there any reason as to why you should be selling a portion of the potions we create? Surely we can sell them on our own, no?” This time, it was Eleanor's turn to ask.

”Yes, but would you obtain the same level of profits as I, the great profiteer Tempest King, can achieve?” Helios replied, still with an air of arrogance surrounding him.

”You…” Although Eleanor wanted to punch Helios in the head right there and then, she controlled herself as she took in a few deep breaths. Sure, he may be arrogant and overly narcissistic, but in the world of business, he was definitely top-tier.

Seeing as Helios wouldn't take no for an answer, Felix decided to just go with the flow, inwardly accepting the proposition. Nevertheless, he asked, ”Where would the profits of the potions we give you go?”

”Towards the development of the town,” Argentum was the one to reply this time. ”Of course, to make his effort worthwhile, we've decided earlier that part of the profits that come from the selling of your potions would go to him.”

”I have no problems with that.” With his doubts clarified, Felix decided to go ahead with it as he shrugged his shoulders, leaving Eleanor as the only one who hasn't made a decision yet. Though, being the only one to not make a decision, it gave her some pressure as to whether or not she should accept it.

Fortunately, Eleanor decided to do the same thing, shrugging her shoulders as she let out a sigh, warning Helios, ”If you make less than what I could achieve with my Heaven's Fire potions, then don't be surprised if I decide to stop giving you my share.”

”I wouldn't be called the business-savvy Tempest King for no—” Just as Helios was about to respond to Eleanor's words with yet another of his narcissistic lines, Argentum stopped him just in time as he said, ”And with that, this topic is now over.”

”Felix, Rosalia, Helios, you guys can head back to your inheritances now,” he said soon after, to which Felix and Rosalia nodded in response as they bade farewell sometime later. With that, only Eleanor and Helios were the only inheritance owners left inside the Flame Spirit Inheritance, which left Argentum somewhat confused.

At this moment, he could not help but remember their earlier interaction, wondering to himself, 'Could it be that…?'

Sadly, his thoughts did not become a reality as Eleanor told the two of them, ”Could you leave the inheritance? I have something to do.”

Sensing the slight hint of annoyance in her tone, Argentum nodded as he replied, ”Alright then.”

After that, he looked at Helios and asked, ”Shouldn't you be heading back to the Heaven's Gust Inheritance, Tempest King?”

Surprisingly, Helios shook his head in response as he told him, ”It's been a while since I last left the Heaven's Gust Inheritance. It has probably been a couple of centuries since then.”

”In any case, I'm quite curious as to what kind of town you own would have so much sway on inheritance owners like me, the great Tempest King.”

”So, you want me to give you a tour of the town?” Argentum asked, to which Helios nonchalantly replied, ”But of course. I need to know where this divine being's profits are being invested towards.”

Hearing that, Argentum just shrugged his shoulders as he and Helios bade farewell to Eleanor. After exiting the Flame Spirit Inheritance, Helios then wrapped both him and Argentum in a cocoon of Wind energy particles as Argentum pointed the direction of Verdant Breeze Town to him.

Just as it took only a couple of hours for Helios, Rosalia, and Argentum to reach the Flame Spirit Inheritance, it took an even shorter time for the two of them to arrive at the entrance of Verdant Breeze Town, whose streets were surprisingly bright even at this time of the night.

Hastily activating [False Visage of the Animate] as they slowly descended in front of the town's gates, Argentum could not help but mutter, ”Why are the streets so brightly lit at this time?”

”Oh! It's the leader!” Just as he could ponder over the matter even further, one of the town's guards patrolling over the town's walls noticed Argentum and Helios standing there. Without hesitation, that guard called the attention of the other town guards to let Argentum and Helios in.