Chapter 19 - 19 A Months Pay For A Jobs Day. (1/2)
”So, tell me, how long had you been a botanist? I mean to say expertise on herbs?” Pointus mentioned as he placed some herbs on top of his work table in the backroom to prepare the necessary medicines. He had a small mortar and pestle, some glass tumblers and a small weighing scale.
”Oh, just off and on, as and when to those who needed my assistance. Nothing much really, it's just that I had a vast knowledge on certain herbs such as mushrooms, algae and Ginseng plant.”
”Ah, Ginseng plant. I have that in my garden and it was a gift from a friend a very long time ago. It was just a small rhizome before and I planted it and now it had grown like a small shrub, more like some scrawny bush. Is it normal that way?”
”Depends on weather conditions. My wild Ginseng was able to grow fully in about 3 months but since I was studying Wizardry, I managed to make it grow within 3 weeks.”
(I can't say that I made it grow overnight by imbuing the soil with Psi Healing Energy Spheres, its a secret and I just wanted it to stay that way.)
”Very interesting, mixing botany with Wizardry... Hmm, do you know what this is I'm preparing?”
I peered at it and I immediately knew it since this herb had already been 'stored in my database'. ”That's a Milk Thistle fruit. It is used to treat liver conditions and high cholesterol, and to reduce the growth of cancer cells. Are you making an extract as a liquid form or a pill? How many do you need to produce?”
”Right now I have a basket full of them, about 5 kg of those. It would be best if I could produce pills and then push it to the infirmary so that they could distribute to those who had some liver conditions. This is due to many nights of binge drinking.”
”Alright, believe it or not, that's the main reason I took up wizardry in my line of work. Let me try one and see if it works or not.”
”Be my guest, my young apprentice,” Pointus replied and I gestured him to move back a short distance away because what he may see if going to be a shocking revelation to him. Who would have thought that a botanist would use wizardry in his line of work?
I sat at the counter after taking a handful of fruits. I held my left hand flat and I concentrated the air around me to generate Kamehameha furnace and the flames danced on my left palm. ”WHAT IN THE WORLD...” exclaimed Pointus as he saw the dancing red flames on top of my left palm.
Next I rubbed my right palm over my thighs and generated some heat and I held it out in front of me and generated the Psi Energy Healing Sphere and when it was large enough, I placed my right palm next to my left and the reddish flame swallowed the Psi Energy Healing Sphere and it turned bluish-white after being imbued together.
”Alright... Don't worry, this is cold fire, not hot to the human touch or else my left palm would have been burned already. I'm going to start with one fruit first.” I said as I threw the milk thistle into it. ”Quick, get me something to catch those pills.” I motioned for Pointus and he came with a small porcelain bowl and held in his hands.
As soon as I could feel the pills coming out from my left palm, I asked the porcelain bowl to be placed directly underneath as I shook my left hand and the pills slowly dropped out. Tiny pills the size of 5mm and about 0.2g were dropped into the bowl.
”There you are, how many pills are there altogether?”
”6 pills per fruit. This is REMARKABLE... I never knew wizardry could be fused together with botany or pharmacy to make pills.”
”Alright, help me with that fruit basket and we could be over this within an hour. I guess you need to have a bigger bowl than this.” I said and Pointus nodded and came back with a large metal basin and he placed it on the floor and I shifted my position that the fruits could be easily deposited and the pills are withdrawn without much effort.