After submitting the last, finished chapter for publication, I felt like a weight fell off my shoulders. I still had to graduate, organize a wedding, and deal with all the tricky issues with producing industrial quantities of a d**g… But at least I would not be the only person in the world in possession of a valuable magical talent.
Being a unique human chemical detector does not bode well for my future. Sure, I could earn boatloads of money if I kept the technique secret — but at what cost?
No, better, as I told Grandpa and Jack, to publish it all. To give it for free to the world, so those that could learn it on their own. Not entirely for free — I was getting the royalty from the books, and that would cover the costs of the advertisement — and maybe a little bit on top.
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