Victor asked Vans to hand over one of the item bags, then he asked the elderly man what the village's current population was. It was almost two hundred people. Victor had already planned for a similar situation, which was why he had extra item bags."I'll want the item bag back at some point, I'll return here eventually. The bag has food for at least three hundred people for about a year. For now, the bag is yours."The man took the bag and examined the items. His eyes soon filled with tears and he thanked Victor, offering more money, but Victor said the coins and the information were already enough. Still, he wanted two more favors. The first was a guide, it did not matter who, as long as they knew the routes. The second request was a place for them to spend the night.The elderly man formally introduced himself. His name was Alexsander, and the village was called Granforce. He was no longer suspicious. He handed over an empty house to the group and told them they could stay as long

The merchants guild was much larger than the adventurers guild, at least twice the size and far more organized and luxurious. Victor was not impressed, he was used to places like that. On the demon continent even the adventurers guild had a similar structure. Humans like to separate people based on how much money they have and what they do for a living."I want to register with the guild," Victor said to a receptionist.She looked at him differently. She sensed something unusual about him, she could not see him as a merchant. Still, she said nothing about it."Good morning," she said with a smile. "I need you to fill out this form and pay a fee of twenty gold coins.""I will do that, thank you very much."Victor began filling out the form and realized something. He did not own a shop or a stall. He was pretending to be a traveling merchant. He could still register, but in that case he would not have access to all the informational benefits he wanted. He would be the one selling that i

The Duke's mansion was extremely luxurious, which was expected for someone in his position, but it was still very impressive.Victor was sitting in the guest room. The Duke entered and asked what he wanted in return, he was already prepared to give many gold coins."I want your publicity," Victor said calmly."Wait a moment, what do you really want?""I am opening a shop in the Capital, having someone with influence talking about the shop is important, so I want you to speak about my store and my products. I will sell potions, some magical artifacts, and scrolls, along with anything else I can find that I consider to be high quality. But your work would not be for free, I will deliver a stock of goods, and if you do not like them, you do not have to promote anything."The Duke sat down, he had not expected that."You are different. At the same time that you are a child, you are also very serious and seem to always think about the future. That is good, but at the same time strange, not

Vans was crushing a few herbs in a mortar, moving in slow circular motions. The pressure was light, he gently ground the herbs. He added a bit of water and continued the motion until he obtained a green paste. He poured the paste into a cauldron filled with water, heated it for a few minutes, then applied mana as the liquid cooled. Once it was cold, he poured some of the potion into several glass vials.Each handful of herbs produced roughly two hundred vials of potion. Each vial could be sold for up to five copper coins, which would amount to one thousand copper coins, or one hundred silver, or ten gold. However, five copper coins was the price apothecaries would charge. He would have to sell for less, perhaps three or two copper coins. Even so, he would still make a large profit from selling the potions, especially considering that Victor had obtained the rest of the herbs for free. Still, he had great confidence in his product, so he believed he could get at least four copper coins

The Prince considered it a very bad joke. Duke Ambrose did not understand it very well.“Do you think this is some kind of joke, for you to say something like that?” The Prince was furious.“What do you mean? I apologize for any rudeness on my part, but I do not know where I was rude,” he said while bowing respectfully to the Prince.“You say you do not know how to use a sword, even though you were chosen by it.”“Ah, I am only an alchemist. I do not know how to use weapons, only a few spells.”“I ask forgiveness for this. He truly is an alchemist, that I can guarantee, but if he was chosen by the sword, all that remains for us is to accept it,” Carmine interrupted to help Vans.“I understand, but it is still strange. How was an alchemist chosen by the sword?”“Maybe because this sword is fake,” Vans said.“What did you say? Do you dare insult the Hero and the Kingdom?”“No, but this is a fact. This sword is not the Hero’s. He used five swords, each one made by a different master blac