Episode 40: The Alchemist…….And Confinement.

Ding.

The elevator reached the top floor.

Deeply.

I brushed off the blood and got off the elevator.

It’s going to get dirty anyway, so it doesn’t matter too much. Still, I intend to be polite to those who have climbed from this lower world to the top.

The method was wrong, but they are the ones who climbed up with the determination to live anyway.

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I walked down the long corridor, brushing off my blood, and soon arrived at a huge ornate wooden door.

The overly large and splendid gate stood loftily, as if to inform the identities of those inside the gate.

I looked at the door for a moment and then kicked it hard.

With my original strength, it wouldn’t have been possible, but the greed that spewed out in an instant wrapped around my legs.

The door was smashed so easily.

As soon as the door was smashed, five guards flew at me, probably using the moment the door was smashed as a signal.

“Die!!!”

The guard who flew towards me from the very front shouted.

I also spewed a thorn in response.

Quat.

The greed that wriggled in my stomach and shot out 5 sharp thorns wriggled more wildly as if biting my lip.

However, when the guard in the lead saw the thorns spewing towards him, he immediately swung his hand away.

Then the paths of all the thorns twisted, albeit slightly.

The guards twisted desperately to avoid the thorns.

..It’s only a little bit, but it’s the ability to distort space.

I struggled to dodge the thorns I spewed out, but I definitely dodged them.

Is it because they are the ones who protect the president? It seems to have been made up of elites in its own way.

By the way. Just this much?

“Proliferate.”

I commanded greed.

Greed reacted immediately.

The thorns that stretched out began to wriggle.

The guards who kept running towards me noticed something strange.

“It’s too late.”

The thorns began to proliferate.

A small thorn protruded from the surface of the large thorn.

A smaller thorn protruded from the surface of the small thorn that protruded like that.

“..Wait…!”

I tried to say something when I saw the thorns narrowing the distance as the guards proliferated.

Kushat.

Pushyuk.

But I didn’t hear it.

“It’s up to you whether you want to eat it or not. If you’re hungry, eat all but your fingers.”

As I commanded it, Greed gave a nod-like wriggle and concentrated on eating.

“Keep the thorns in front of you.”

Shu shu shu shu.

As I walked and spoke, the thorns were removed in the direction I was walking.

Dubuck. Tboob. Tboob.

I got out of the thorn bush and walked to the big wooden desk.

Two elderly couples were sitting at the desk.

They were both glaring at me with fierce hatred.

“I don’t have time, so let’s get to the point.”

I glanced at the old couple staring at me and immediately got to the point.

“Apothecary. Where is it?”

At my words, ‘Father’, who had gnawed his teeth, kicked off his seat and stood up and shouted.

“f*ck it! You’ve killed all of my children, and now you want to take all of our property! I have no information to give you!”

“You seem to be misunderstanding something.”

Quat.

A thick thorn erupted from my shoulder.

Pushyuk.

Thick thorns pierced through ‘Father”s shoulders right away.

“Keuouk…!”

He lifted it high.

The wound on his shoulder, which had to bear the weight of his father alone, began to tear away as soon as he was lifted up.

“This is not an offer. It is a threat.”

I ignored the screaming ‘father’ and turned to the ‘mother’ next to me.

“Tell me. Where’s the pharmacist?”

As if she was frightened by my outspoken behavior, ‘Mother’, who was trembling with clenched fists, looked straight at me and said.

“.. Go away.. Go away. I have nothing to tell you.”

“…Ha. A married couple is a f*cking pair.”

Well, good. If it comes out like that, I’ll have to do something that didn’t have the least respect for the elderly.

I turned my gaze back to ‘Father’.

A thick thorn spewed out again.

Push shot.

But this time it wasn’t the shoulder.

“Keuh uh uh…!”

The thick thorn that pierced the right side of the abdomen pierced through the back and dripped blood.

“Now that must be a real threat.”

I looked back at ‘Mother’ again.

“Now you don’t have much time either. Now if I pull out the thorn, the entrails will ooze out through the hole. Then there’s really no going back.”

‘Mother’s eyes are shaking like crazy.

“Where are you?”

I opened my eyes and said.

“Apharmacist.”

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Dubuck. Tboob. Tboob.

“You managed to create a facility like this.”

Shortly, ‘Mother’, who helped me and ‘Father’, came into the hidden secret room.

I thought there was a place like this under the desk.

That’s why people in the original work couldn’t easily find it.

Dubuck. Tboob.

Let’s continue walking down the stairs.

A huge barbed wire appeared.

“..Your taste is nasty.”

I frowned and fidgeted with the bars.

Is it a special iron that doesn’t work…

Where does this kind of iron come from?

“Wait a minute. I’ll open the door soon…”

“I don’t need it.”

I flicked my fingers.

Chun.

Inundated greed bit the bars.

There was a huge hole in the iron bars.

I went right inside.

The button to turn on the light…

I looked around and soon found a small button on the wall.

Tak.

When I pressed the

Button, light shone down on the dark space.

“Ouch?! I wasn’t sleeping!!”

I turned on the light and a woman lying on a small bed pulled herself up.

The dark circles that sat down deeply showed how much the woman was suffering.

I approached the woman with a slight frown.

“..Heeek.”

As I approached, the woman curled up in surprise and looked at me with wary eyes.

“..How long have you slept?”

When I asked, the startled woman hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“Two…Two hours…Yeah, but I’ve made all the medicine! Mass production is always possible!”

The woman hurriedly added her words and hurriedly pointed behind her.

I turned her head towards the woman pointing at her.

A huge desk was placed on the side the woman pointed to.

I walked straight to the desk.

There were poisonous drugs all over the desk.

In the center was a clear liquid from a vial.

I hadn’t even opened the lid yet, but the smell was pouring out.

..It looks like spring flowers gathered in one place…

“Crazy?!”

I noticed something and summoned greed.

“Swallow this!”

Hearing my words, Greed immediately swallowed the vial.

I’m going crazy. Why is this already…

I grabbed my aching head and glared at ‘father’ and ‘mother’.

…Whew.

I sighed and looked back at the woman.

“..Don’t you like it? Do you want to increase the effect of the medicine..?”

The woman who was looking at me despondently, as I approached, she flinched and pulled her body back.

“..Don’t worry. I don’t mean to hurt you. I don’t mean to harm you.”

I raised my hands to show my innocence as a sign of surrender.

“I’m here to make a proposal.”

I looked straight at the woman.

“What…Suggestion?”

“Of course it’s a partnership offer.”

I looked around and said.

“First of all, we will guarantee comfortable living facilities.”

My gaze turned to the woman’s tired-looking face this time.

“..I give you plenty of time to rest. About 12 hours including sleeping time. Oh, call me whatever money you want. I’ll give you as much as you like.”

“..Yes?”

The woman’s pupils caused an earthquake as if she couldn’t grasp the situation at my suggestion.

“It’s nothing. I need your help. You need my help to get out of here. That’s all.”

I looked around.

“Wouldn’t you like to get out of here?”

At my words, the woman seemed to be tempted for a moment, but her eyes passed me and turned to the people behind me.

“…!”

And at that moment, I saw.

I reached out and undressed the woman.

“Kyaaak..?!”

The woman crouched down in embarrassment, but I removed her hand and lifted her clothes.

Of course I had turned her upside down.

I still have that much conscience.

As she pulled down her clothes, she saw the blue bruises all over her back.

…What is a blue bruise?

That was true until relatively recently.

“..Looks like they even beat you. Crazy bastards.”

I threw a blanket over her body, covered her body, and stood up.

Change of plans. I should just kill it too.

I came out from behind and approached ‘Father’ and ‘Mother’ who were staring at the woman.

“What, what?”

“You…”

I glanced back at the woman who was clutching at the blanket and looking at me.

“Did you hit me?”

“…….”

“Okay. This is not a question I was hoping for an answer to.”

Quat.

A thick thorn came out and pierced my foot.

“Keep it off!!!”

Ignoring the screams, I continued to spit out the thorns.

Quat.

Pushyuk.

Quat.

Pushyuk.

Quat.

Pushyuk.

As painfully as possible.

As slowly as possible.

“Grrr.

Finally, ‘Father’ passed out due to the overwhelming pain.

I pierced the head with a thorn.

“..Isn’t it… Different from the promise…”

I didn’t even respond to the words of ‘mother’ who looked at the scene from the side, devastated, without screaming once.

Quat.

Pushyuk.

The head was pierced.

The body, which had lost its soul, collapsed onto the cold floor.

I looked at the sight quietly and then approached the woman again.

“Now, those who imprisoned you are gone.”

I held out my hand.

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“I’ll make a proposal while maintaining that condition. If you accept my offer, I will keep you safe.”

Despite my suggestion, the woman just opened her mouth, unable to get out of the scene.

..Um. Was it a bit of a shock?

“Don’t worry. I will never kill you or harm you. I need you.”

“…Really…?”

“Of course. I care about talented people.”

I reassured the woman and held out her hand again.

“Isn’t this an offer you can’t refuse? Pharmacist?”

I reached out again, but the pharmacist still looked at my hand.

“..I can’t help it if I don’t like it. Just leave it here…”

“I’ll do it! I’ll take the offer! Nice to meet you, new employer!!”

I don’t know if it was for survival or because I was tempted by my suggestion, but the pharmacist hurriedly grabbed my hand.

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“How about it. Can you make it?”

“..Yes. It’s possible… The problem is the melatonin that is pumped out of the brain, so we just need to make a drug to control it…”

“..That’s good. Really.”

After a while.

I led the pharmacist back to the first floor, had the pharmacist check Xiao’s condition, and asked if he could make a medicine to wake him up.

Fortunately, the answer is yes.

I relaxed and sat down on the sofa next to Xiao.

“I’m tired…”

Fatigue rushes through the whole body when the business state is relaxed.

Ha Ji-min There was no time to rest.

“Boss!!! Are you alive?!!!”

Someone kicked in the door, found me, and ran straight to me.

“Uhhhhh…”

Crow grabbed my cheek and started shaking my face wildly.

“Is he alive???? No, more than that. Is he really our boss?? Our boss wasn’t such a cool and dignified person??”

Did you come to see the cctv with Haein?

No wait. What?

“I’m Obscue. More than that, what’s up here, Crow?”

“Of course, I came because I was worried about Boss and Xiao. Ah, Haein came too.”

I raised my head slightly and looked over Crow’s shoulder.

“Brotheraaa!!!”

“What?!”

As soon as I looked up, I saw someone running towards me.

Soon, someone threw himself at my boat.

“..You are the only one who can give me such a direct blow… Good work, Haein.”

I stroked the head of Haein who dived at me and got up.

“..Ho. Our boss is very popular.”

And Bishop, who was watching the scene, said with a slight smile.

“Hmm. I understand. I’ll have to push myself too.”

“..Who?”

Crow looked at me and pointed at the bishop.

“The new colleague you mentioned last time. Oh, this one too.”

I pointed at the pharmacist who was quietly observing Xiao’s condition from the side.

“..Boss. I think it’s a bit late for this kind of tackle, but…”

Crow looked at me as if he was sick of it.

“How come you only have female colleagues?”

“……”

I can’t deny it.

But how? Among the male villains, there isn’t one that has the ability to be very useful.

“..By the way, everyone is gathered.”

I muttered a little and looked around at my family.

Just now, our family has settled down.

“…Huh? Boss? What’s wrong?”

As I staggered slightly, Crow, who had been arguing with me, asked with a worried expression.

I stumbled and put my hand on the wall.

I used too much greed…

“..I feel a little sleepy. I need to close my eyes…”

“Uh…Uh? Boss?!”

“Boss!”

“Brother!”

“Uh…Uh? New employer?!”

I closed my eyes and fell to the floor.

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“..Uh.. Ugh..”

I opened my eyes and got up.

The strong smell of medicine stings my nose.

A white background surrounds my eyes.

“..Disease..Cause?”

I got out of bed, straightened myself up, and sat down on the bed.

I feel refreshed.

I was a little worried because I overused my body by using greed too much… Fortunately, it seems my family handled it well.

“…I’m thirsty.”

I looked around for water.

“..Ah.”

Though my eyes found water.

The black letter next to it caught my eye first.

“…..”

I quietly picked up the letter and unfolded it.

「Hello, Boss. Would you have woken up by now? Originally, we wanted to visit the hospital and wake him up, but the plague doctor strongly objected, so we couldn’t go. So don’t be too upset. Ah! And Xiao wakes up safely. They said it was very sad because they couldn’t see the boss.”

I laughed and muttered.

“Are you awake…I’m glad you did.”

..Let’s just go to the bathroom before drinking water.

I suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom, so I got up from the bed and finished reading the letter as I walked.

「…The plague doctor says that the boss has overworked himself, so he needs to take a break for about two weeks to see the progress… So rest well for now.”

..Did you overwork it that much?

I sighed and grabbed the doorknob to exit the room.

Dr.

…………?

A familiar barbed wire is placed in front of you.

What is this…?

I hurriedly finished reading the letter.

「…But now that I think about it, the boss isn’t someone who can sit still. So I bought an iron bar and installed it! Was it cheaper than you thought? Please forgive me for doing this for the safety of the boss. Oh, of course, since it’s a VIP room, everything is in it, so you don’t have to go outside, so don’t worry! Of course, if you go out, we’ll catch you, so don’t even think about leaving.”

…… Huh.

I put the letter down.

..What did I do wrong?

Suddenly imprisoned behind bars, I sighed deeply.

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