Reincarnation of Audemars - Who Am I...?

Another Project By Pointus The Pharmacist

"Alright, what can I do for you, Audemars? How can be of your assistance? So you've said you're an alchemist too? What had you produced before, young man?" she asked and sized me up from head to toe since I was known as warrior brought in from some travellers to the infirmary and how the hell I would know anything about alchemy.

"Ahem, I had used normal everyday products like Cocos Nucifera, Olea Europaea, Elaeis Guineensis, Sodium Hydroxide and Dihydrogen Monoxide to produce something that improved the lives of the people in Oddfish. The tools that you used such as decanters and distillers are the ones that made it a success."

(Phew... That was a mouthful to say, I had to use scientific terms to put Joan in the same interest as an Alchemy. In fact, the terms used was coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, lye and water.)

"Wow... That's very interesting. You really are an Alchemist but why do you end up as a warrior instead eh? It's really a weird change of trade or profession, I might say." said Joan as she pulled a stool and sat down while offering me nine as she looked at me like as if I was trying to run out of the store in case of any emergencies.

"Long story cut short, Miss Joan. Right now I wish to know where can I procure the kinds of glass apparatus that you are using right now?" I asked since I was used to using the glass distillers back then in the Realm of Mind to extract the Essences for 24 types of scents.

"Ah, you've got to be certified as an Alchemist before you could procure this equipment. It's not easy you know, you have to sit for the exams, remember the whole periodic table and then must know every single component of a product and break it down its reaction in room temperature, boiling and freezing point."

"On top of that, you need to take up quarterly assessment every 3 months and attain a perfect score of 100% and if not, out you go and become a bum," she said as she pointed to the certification that she had hung on the wall behind the counter. It shows which year she had graduated from and the current status of renewal, which was a few weeks old.

"One question before I go, Miss Joan. It might be a personal question but is there anything like a beauty or cosmetics shop here in Ingmery? How about other towns in the vicinity around here? Women love to preen and smell nice am I right?" I asked since I noticed she had a slight colour on her lips and that may indicate lipstick or some kind.

"There's no such store existed around here and it's not a personal question. Other people would bathe twice in their lifetime, but i bathe every known public holiday of the year which is close to 24 days a year."

"Of course I smell nicer than other peasants here. "she said as she raised her arm and smelled her armpit. Maybe she smelled a bit sour and was waiting when the next holiday would be. Hah Hah Hah Hah...!!!!!

I thanked her and slowly made my exit from the glass door that I had entered. Everyone in the street saw how slow I moved and they stopped in their tracks, even animals too and the district turned deathly quiet. The moment I had successfully removed myself from that death trap place and closed the door, everyone sighed relief and began walking about normally.

My goodness... I think that's the first and last time I entered through Joan's Potion Brewery. I wonder what she would be up since she would be concocting every single experiment every day and blows her place up at 5 every evening.

I walked over to Pointus and entered after knocking the door. "Good day Pointus, how was yesterday at the Infirmary? Have you settled all the medications for the distribution for those patients with liver issues?"

I greeted with a huge voice and he peered his eyes over a book and place it aside. "Heh, another secret book there. I wonder what he is up to right now." I thought to myself as I walked and sat across him at the counter.

"Been reading a new book, Pointus? So how was it yesterday? Hopefully, you didn't sell me out by telling them my trade secret do you?" I said as I wagged a finger at him.

"Oh, hello there, young man. I'm fine, thank you. The infirmary was a success and I had already collected the full payment for the job done that was supposed to be ready in 6 months. You are a lifesaver, do you know that? Thank goodness for your assistance."

"Now I have another side project, but I'm not sure if you could help me out or not. Take a look at the whole basket that I had harvested yesterday evening. See what you could make out of those plants."

Pointus pointed out to a basket of single branched plants with some white flowers like a bonsai plant and brown seeds.

I went back through the room and when I touched it I saw the lingering message appearing before me. Congratulations in discovering Eurycoma longifolia. A type of plant to aid vitality.

The root can be used as an aphrodisiac, it is also can be used as antimalarial, antidiabetic, antimicrobial and antipyretic. In small doses, it can be used to treat fever, intestinal worms, indigestion and jaundice.

Fruits and flowers can be used to treat dysentery.

"Wow... It seems that Pointus has hit a gold mine and I could even ask for a raise. It is quite rare to find it here in this lands and I'm sure I could ask triple for this process. Let me try and confirm with him." I thought as this product was known as Long Jack in the States.

"Ahem... Pointus. This root has its magical uses to treat a few kinds of ailments and the seeds and leaves could also be used to treat other complications. Frankly, this plant alone is called Eurycoma Longifolia and this promotes the well being of man. There are 10 uses alone for this type of plant. Would it be alright... Ahem... If I propose 20 times the amount for yesterday's worth?"

"W H A T...?!?! 20 times the amount? Are you really sure, asking for 12,000 credits? What are the uses, you tell me so I could be justified to pay you that amount." Pointus nearly jumped from his seat since I had asked for such an astronomical price of 12,000 for the process of this truly magical plant.

"One thing for sure, if a man takes a few doses of this, he would be a fearsome dragon on the bed and not just a kitty cat lapping milk from a saucer. Do you know what I mean? It brings the beast out of you... *AAAUUUMMM...* You could sell a pill for 50 credits? It's cheap and it's a one time use. You could be famous after this...!!! "

"That's for one usage, how about the rest? Could it be sold at the same price?" he asked, and from his look alone, he had shown a considerable amount of interest. Last night alone, I had made more than a few thousand pills and if I could pull this off, he could easily earn three to four-fold of the amount that I'm asking for.

I explained to him of the other 9 uses and he did acknowledge that this is a miracle plant indeed. I placed the basket of these harvested plant on the weighing scale and it tipped more than 6kg excluding the basket.

"Not bad... Not bad at all..." I thought to myself. Right now all I wanted Pointus to do is to separate the leaves and seeds in one basket and the roots in the other. The stalk can be replanted once more at a 15-degree inclined angle on moist ground.

I told him what he needs to do and he quickly put the task at work. He passed me the book he was reading and when I touched the book, I got a new message. "Congratulations on discovering Book On Herbs, Vitamins and Supplement. Total new knowledge 220. You have successfully levelled up to 51/100,000. Basic Herbalist 6/10. Total allocated points +240."

"Fuyoo...another Leap in my levels. This is good progress. I think if I made a few thousand pills, would I be an upgraded Herbalist after this?" I thought to myself as I handed the book back under the countertop and peeked in if Pointus had finished preparing the items.

I noticed that all the roots had been set aside, clean of all soil and other impurities. The leaves and seeds had been plucked and a soft cotton bud soaked in the water had been wrapped to those stalks that had been harvested.

"Cool...I could start doing these medications first. The same type of product to produce 9 cures for ailments and for two different prices. Who knows Pointus would be selling the aphrodisiac ones at 100 credits and the normal ones at 50 credits?"

I thought to myself and wondered what he might be scheming next. Hope he won't be making me like a cattle with a nose ring, pulling me here and there and taking advantage of me. I've got to get the upper hand in this. At least I could make him the distributor and me being the maker. This way I could raise the money I need for the necessary funding.

"Hah Hah... It seems you are engrossed in your work there, my good friend. I would start using the roots to process. I'd take this basin here and you would help me to feed the roots when you're done, okay?" I suggested and he nodded, thinking how much I would be able to produce for a single root.

I weighed the roots and found it to be just above 2.5kg, and I estimated that I could make at least 10k pills from this. This is an estimation based on a 0.2gram 6mm round pill.

"Ah well... What are 12,000 credits if he could make 60,000 in an instant instead, right?" I thought inwardly as I prepared a small stool where I could sit comfortably and dropped those ready pills into this huge metal basin that I had lined with some clean dishcloth.