'Cocktail Potion' by Transworld Transfer Bartenders

Earthsnakes and special effects

The bar, which was co-located at 'Easys' that day, was temporarily closed.

The reason is that 'master' and 'owner' were both absent.

I'm very sorry about that, but I don't want you to be around 24/7.

Still, I've also left a message for Rye saying that if there was a regular person who really wanted a 'cocktail' to drink.

'Pour the tayla potion into the shot glass and give me the salt and cut lime. Make it whatever you want after that'.

There is a way to drink tequila, said to be Mexican style.

Hold a shot glass of tequila in one hand. Place salt on the back of the other hand, at the base of the thumb, and grab the lime cut into eighths so that it doesn't drop salt.

Lick salt, roam lime, and sip tequila all the time. That's how I drink it.

The flavour is just right, the charm of the tequila itself.

Salt and lime, on tongues organized into those two stimuli, the taste of rough tequila dances.

They mix in their mouths and have some strange cohesion.

What lingers is the flavorful, crisp aftertaste of tequila.

and well, the taste is good. Awesome. If you like tequila you can enjoy it. I love it.

But at the bar where I worked, I used to drink like this on my birthday or whatever.

Salt was often omitted, but it doesn't make much difference in how you drink it.

It's fun when I'm doing it, so I don't stop when that's the way it goes in front of me.

But I want to tell you that now that I haven't got that in front of me.

Don't do that.

If you really want to do it, you should switch the order of tequila and lime,.

Personally, I prefer the tequila aftertaste to the lime acidity mix.

Or in that kind of seat, it could soon be the next tequila.

When that happens, it turns into a comparison of tequila shot drinks, not Mexican style.

If you don't reset your tongue, it's hard.

Even so, it's hard.

I missed the point.

Now already, it's a good time to say night.

Relying on a little light, the two of us, me and Sui, were following the dog-eared man, Bergamo.

Walk with him for a dozen minutes or so and you'll reach your destination.

It seemed like a slightly poorer compartment than where the Vermut family was.

Bergamo knocked on the door. The house is made of wood.

No, maybe it's closer to the cabin than the house.

Guess what, maybe two rooms? bedroom and otherwise. I felt that way.

The houses around you are about the size of the house. There's the 'two', and Bergamo and the others say they live.

Bergamo, once, confirmed about us, then knocked on the door.

"Corsica. We're home."

After the words, Bergamo turns to us.

"... go ahead"

Speak low, he led us.

"I'm sorry to bother you"

Me and Sui are going up to the house again, responding small.

What you see right after you go in is a small table. Water supply and stove in the back. Near there is also a stock of preserved foods.

Observing it that way, the door, which was provided for one of the walls, opened modestly.

"... brother. You left?

It was a girl with a calm atmosphere, dog-eared, who looked like a late teenager.

The girl smiles softly at Bergamo, then looks a little surprised at us.

"... what about these people?

"A pharmacist. More than that, Corsica, you have to sleep."

"'Cause your brother's late, and I'm worried..."

The girl puts a slightly stronger gaze on Bergamo, but falls fluttered in the middle of the word.

"Hey! Corsica!

I propped her up so Bergamo could run in.

"That's why I told you. Sleep tight, okay?"

"... Yes. Now if you'll excuse me..."

The girl closed the door after giving us a thank you.

I say it like Bergamo has regained his mind in the subtle air left behind later.

"Sit down, please. Let me explain the details of what I heard."

Sweet for the words, me and Sui sat down in two chairs surrounding the table.

When I asked about the situation, it was like this.

Until yesterday, the girl - Corsica - had nothing wrong.

Originally not an active personality, but also not sick or weak. Even that day, Bergamo went out to manual labor and Corsica apparently went looking for weeds to sell in the mountains.

Outside the city there are demons too. But she says she has the magical talent of "Taylor Attributes" - or "Earthly Attributes" - and has never seen dangerous eyes before.

But yesterday. She felt a strange pain in her legs as she was loaded with weed.

When he rushed to see how it was, he said there were signs that something bit him there.

But he didn't feel any strange about his health. I went right back home, but then, until Bergamo came back, I was able to live normally.

But that night, something strange happened.

Corsica suddenly collapsed during the meal.

Bergamo panicked and relied on a handout he knew to get a doctor to look at him, but he said he didn't know anything.

However, Corsica's medical condition gradually deteriorates.

That's when he asked someone.

'This is a symptom of magic deficiency,' he said.

I had knowledge of the disease, I had also heard of the solution.

All you have to do to cure the magic deficiency is give him a 'potion'.

"So you thought you'd raided us."

"... I'm so sorry. But!"

"I see what's going on. Sui?"

After listening to the whole story, Sui gave a much more determined look and asked Bergamo.

"May I see Mr. Corsica in person?

Suey laid her hand on Corsica's forehead lying on the bed.

And a chant I've heard several times.

Spirit of all things. Give me that eye. Give me that eye.

After the chant, Sui gave a slightly horrible, painful, complicated look.

"What do you say!?

"Brother, calm down"

Ask Bergamo to cram into Sui.

Sui, after getting a little lost in the words, told only the facts pale.

"First of all, Mr. Corsica, there's nothing else in life right now"

"Ho, is that true!

To Sui's words, Bergamo looked happy.

But there was more to Sui's words.

"But if we don't do something, we'll probably be dead in three days."

"... Huh?

"This is a symptom of the poison of the ground viper, the earth snake."

Stunning Bergamo. He, too suddenly, lays his eyes down.

From there, I took over the word.

"Well, what are the symptoms of poison?

"... reduction of 'Tayla' in the body"

From the mouth of Sui, a demonic ecology called Ground Viper is spoken.

They are called dirt snakes.

For some reason, demons have rare magical aptitudes and can change their body color to earthy.

And their poison also has to do with the soil.

Decreased magic power of 'Taylor Attributes'. It's more like a magic curse than a poison.

The recipient breaks the balance of his magic by its reduction and is unable to move. The dirt snake slowly preys on its prey.

Yes, it was only natural for the poison to produce symptoms similar to magic deficiency.

"Mr. Corsica originally managed to keep the magic of 'Tayla' because it's a lot more than a regular person. Looks very resistant. But we have to deal with it soon..."

The brothers and sisters who were briefed by Sui were blushing their faces all the time.

"Hey, why is such a dangerous demon in here! You're kidding me!

"I don't know. Originally, dirt snakes lived in places where there were no more people."

Bergamo takes a swim to eat in the frenzy. But Sui doesn't break his pale attitude.

Bergamo's prestige shriveled quickly. Sit on Corsica's sleeping bed so that she can get into.

"With potion, there's nothing you can do about it...?

"The potion is only an aid. Unless you do something about the dirt snake poison, you'll be sucked by the poison, even though the potion's magic will settle."

Sui shakes his head.

But it doesn't look like Sui has given up in my eyes.

"Bye, Sui. Do you know how to detoxify a dirt snake poison?

Sui snorted in my questioning voice.

As soon as he was depressed, Bergamo looked up.

"Ho, is that true!?

"True. Rather, the threat of a dirt snake has been greatly reduced by the discovery of its' special effects'"

To Sui's words, the brothers and sisters looked like they had regained hope.

However, Sui immediately reports a bad situation.

"But the special effects are only handled in Wang Du or in stores for adventurers in a city bigger than here. From here to the King's Capital, it takes four days round trip."

"... no..."

Then we won't make it.

Sui knows all about that.

I bumped into Suey with all the questions I had in mind.

"Can't I take you?

"The days just now were when I was at rest. If you move weird, that's what's at stake"

Sui's words dropped his brothers and sisters to deeper despair.

I said more words to dispel it.

"But I can reach the native fabric of special effects from this city in less than a day. And now is just the time to bear fruit. Head directly and you'll be critical in time."

Sui said straight away.

I ask some doubts that come with it.

"Is that a safe place?

"No. In the woods where demons live"

"Can you go?

"I can"

Sui nodded clearly, willingly.

To be honest, this is no longer about anything to do with a potion shop.

It's a story that can't be cured with our potion.

But I already know that Sui is not the type to do it.

That's why I wasn't surprised at what she did.

"So I'll pick it directly. The special effect, the fruit of the coantro."