224 Queen Noa? (1/2)
”Please, give me another chance, I don't know what went wrong but”
”Shoosh, No more buts, darling”
Noa interrupted her and shushed her as she stopped talking before he sent the half-naked man to beat them again.
”How can you fail to concoct the pill even with the formula? Teru, didn't I give her the most high-grade herbs and not to mention, my grandma's finest pill furnace ”
”You did, my queen”
Teru nodded.
”And don't tell me that no one can reach a hundred percent success rate, I heard you concocted complex pills than Weludin. Aren't you a three-star Alchemist for god sake? How can you fail unless you wanted to fail ”
Even though Three Star might seem like the lower ranks of Alchemists within the Avelon continent, there were extremely few of them in existence. Hence, even the lowest ranking Alchemists held lofty statuses. But not a single Alchemist could guarantee a 100% success rate when it comes to refining pills. Even if they managed to reach six Star or even the highest level, Seven Star in the rankings, there would still be a chance that they might get distracted while refining the simplest pills and fail or create a low-quality pill.
For instance, Henkie Daams, the only Seven Star Alchemist in the continent was teaching and helping a disciple to refine a One Star Pill. But when he was busy at work, he made a small error while controlling the furnace. As a result, half the entire batch of pills were failures and went to waste. However, that didn't slightly affect his reputation but he was still widely revered and admired since everyone understood that mistakes happened and that nobody could achieve a 100% success rate.
Hence, with such an example, even Seven Star Alchemists like him wouldn't be able to confidently say that they can attain a hundred percent success rate when it came to refining pills.
Yet, King Noa expected Kayako to refine the Weludin pill in the first try.
”Don't you have nothing to say Ukita?”
King Noa asked the man beside Nanbu who looked older than Kayako and Nabu with white hair and beard.
”Failure is not the opposite of success, it's a part of success”
The old man, Ukita said, and even though he was bleeding and in pain, his voice was so calm and steady.
”For a scholar, you're pretty stupid”
”Peo”
”Shut up (cough) old man (cough)”
Nanbu stopped him before he could finish what he was saying.
”Your Highness”
A guard entered the throne hall
”What is it, darling?”
”Your Highness, we captured all the students”
”No”
Kayako mumbled in disbelief and clenched her fists against her chest as her heart began to ache.
”Any casualties?”
”A few of them, your highness, they tried to attack us”
”No biggie”
”Oh, stop whining, they are just peasants, you should be more worried about yourselves”
”You (cough)(cough) bastards, they were just kids”
The veins in his eyes popped in anger as he violently shook the shackles that bound his hands and legs.
”Hmm, What should I do with them?”
King Noa fiddled with the grapes and rubbed his chin for a moment before speaking,
”Alright, since you are failed your queen, deliberately wasted precious herbs and disrespected me again and again, I shall order the members of the Clear Lake Sect to be hanged ”
”Your highness”
King Noa heard Teru and looked at him
”What is it darling? You have a better idea?”
”Your highness, considering they cost a significant loss to you, why don't you make coins using them? ”
Teru picked one grape and gently put it into King Noa's mouth and said
”How?”
King Noa licked Teru's fingers and asked
”Sell them as slaves, your highness, the nobles would love to get their hands on them, especially, Kayako ”
”Ooh, I like how you think”
Noa grinned ear to ear and sent a flying kiss to Teru while Nanbu kept struggling against the shackles.
”Send word to every noble and merchant in the kingdom, in two days from now, we'll hold a small auction and send them to the highest bidder”
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(Present day)
At the moment, a group of half-naked men was applying cosmetics such as glittering powder, fragrant cream, and lipstick to King Noa.
”Your highness”
While King Noa was busy with savoring his look by looking at the mirror, he saw Teru in the mirror.
”What is it darling?”
”Your highness, a convoy from Agoria is coming towards the castle”
”King Don?”