Chapter 108

Chapter 108 Applying for a Personal Pharmacy

Locke and Yuli Burns had a meal in the witch kitchen. Yuli treated them to the meal, which cost her five magic stones.

After finishing the meal, Locke said, “I didn’t expect that the food in the witch kitchen is really good. The cooking skills are far superior to those of mortals.”

“Thank you, Manager Yuli, for treating me to dinner.”

Yuli Burns laughed hoarsely and stirred the magical dessert with a fork. “You’re welcome. You’re my benefactor. It’s thanks to you that Lady Irina didn’t fire me.”

“Forget treating you to a meal, even if I treat you every day, it wouldn’t be a problem. The Witch Kitchen is a shop run by a witch who specializes in enchantment. They use a lot of enchantment magic. Using the spells of the enchantment school, they have innovatively harmonized with the human taste buds. Therefore, the food here is impossible for mortal chefs to create.”

“For example, this mango dessert. Putting aside the culinary expertise involved, the 0.1-ring magic model [Sweet Honey] applied to it alone makes this delicacy incredibly delicious, increasing its sweetness and aftertaste.”

Yuli pointed to the bustling kitchen. “Otherwise, no wizard would spend magic stones just to enjoy a meal made by these witches.”

“Those witch apprentices in the kitchen are also called ‘Season Masters,'” Yuli said. “Some of the food they create is even addictive, so you should be careful and avoid these dishes on the menu. They are chronically addictive.”

Yuli seemed to have been tricked. She gritted her teeth and said, “How vicious. Once you become addicted, you’ll even have to buy a special antidote to get rid of the poison.”

As the potion master’s assistant, Locke automatically thought of several ways to deal with this situation. “Daffodil Detox Water should be able to handle this situation, but its detoxification ability is too weak. A more cost-effective way to remove the toxins from enchantment spells is the birch purification potion.”

“Birch Purification Potion can be used to depolarize, specifically to dispel status-altering spells of the Enchanter School.”

Yuli was stunned for a moment, then looked at the Potion Master’s Assistant badge on Locke’s chest. “As expected of a Potion Master’s Assistant, knowing the trade means you can save a lot of money.”

“Birch Purification Potion, that cheap stuff, almost one magic stone a bottle, just a little more expensive than Narcissus Detoxification Water. I was scared at first, so I just bought a bottle of Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion.”

Locke shook his head. “That’s not necessary.”

“Alright. I’ve learned everything about the centralized procurement.” Locke stood up. “Thank you, Manager Yuli, for giving me the relevant information in advance so I could prepare in advance.”

It turns out that in order to enter the centralized procurement, one still has to go through the process and needs to at least prove how their products have passed the ethical review mechanism of the White Wizard Association.

Manager Yuli, please be especially careful about the slave ingredients you use.

After all, there have been cases in the past where human slaves were used and one of the slaves had an identity problem, which resulted in the school not being able to enter the college’s centralized procurement.

Locke could have prepared in advance, as proved.

Yuli seemed very confident that the Crystal Palm Fire Lotus would be accepted into the academy’s centralized procurement. She raised her teacup and said, “I wish you, Locke, in advance that your work will be accepted into the academy’s centralized procurement.”

“Based on my experience, there’s no reason why your work shouldn’t be included in the college’s collective collection.”

Locke greeted her and left the witch kitchen.

After leaving the Chimera Market, Locke went directly to Witch Sophia’s office because he wanted to formally apply to the academy’s top management for a personal pharmacy through her.

In Sophia’s office, Witch Sophia put down the magic book in her hand, looked at Locke curiously, and said, “Are you related to Wizard Ullien Rich? Recently, he suddenly spoke up for you and worked with me to speed up the review of your advanced meditation method.”

Locke explained to Witch Sophia, “It’s like this, teacher. Wizard Urien Rich asked me to help his grandson with tutoring in potion studies.”

“Because it happened suddenly, I didn’t have time to tell the teacher.”

Witch Sophia showed a look of understanding. “He’s Richie’s grandson. He’s certainly suffered greatly, and his talent isn’t great. If he were an ordinary person, it wouldn’t be a problem, but as the only descendant of a First Ring wizard, he’s destined to live under the scrutiny of many.”

“He will live a happier life than the average person, but it will also be much harder in other ways.”

Witch Sophia said, “I have no objection to you tutoring him. His grandson is one of Wizard Ullian Rich’s most important interests. As long as you can maintain a good relationship with his grandson, you will have an additional supporter in this academy.”

“You want to open a pharmacy?”

“Potion Master Assistants can indeed open their own personal pharmacy, but the initial investment is quite high, as you should know.” Witch Sophia crossed her arms, leaned back in her chair, and looked at Locke. “Personal pharmacies have strict staffing requirements.”

“To pass the review, you must have at least one Potions Master’s Assistant Certificate, three third-class wizard apprentices, and at least one second-class wizard apprentice.”

“In addition, there are various supporting equipment and basic process standards. The initial investment added up to a considerable amount.”

Witch Sophia hesitated for a moment, then said, “Even if I lend you my three students, you still have to hire a second-class wizard apprentice yourself.”

“New potion master assistants often don’t have unique potion recipes that can generate huge profits to maintain their own personal pharmacy.”

“If you’re helping others make potions, you don’t need your own lab. You can just hire one person and rent some equipment and do it.”

Witch Sophia reminded Locke, “Those first-class wizard apprentices who apply for personal pharmacy rooms mostly do so to gain the qualification to sell large quantities of their own potions to potion shops and academies.”

“The academy’s review of potions is quite strict. Potions assistants possess a wealth of specialized knowledge, enough to fool wizards who don’t know much about potions, such as apprentices from other wizarding organizations who specialize in the schools of Evocation, Transmutation, and Alchemy.”

Locke understood that the White Wizard Association did have strict audits on the pharmacy.

Because there have been many cases in the past where pharmacies have sold fake medicines or used prohibited materials banned by the White Wizard Association to make potions, causing various tragedies and disgusting incidents.

It can be said that if there are no special restrictions, one-third of the Chimera d*rugs circulating in the market will be counterfeit d*rugs, one-third will be degraded d*rugs made from low-cost problematic materials, and the remaining one-third may have some other problems.

Even now, similar things are happening in hidden corners.

Therefore, the college’s top management must conduct strict audits of the source of large quantities of potions – the pharmacy and potion shop.

Even now, it is not uncommon to see potion shops collaborating with pharmacies to openly sell inferior and problematic potions.

However, as a potion master, Locke usually avoids potion shops in the Chimera Market that have traces of inferior potions.

The White Wizard Association and the academy’s top management have a stricter review of the pharmacy than the botanical garden.

After all, for Lilith’s Cottage, potions are more important than magic plants.

In the southeastern region, the most powerful breeding and botany magic is the Four Seasons Garden; for more niche magical plants, such as ice magical plants, the most powerful is the Holly Tower; and for heat magical plants, the Summer Society is the best at it.

The most powerful magic in Lilith’s hut is potions.

In this regard, it can even be ranked alongside the top wizard organization in the southeast corner, Verdantia University.

Locke placed a memory ointment in front of Witch Sophia. “Teacher, what do you think of this potion?”

“I was lucky. When I was preparing the Concentration Ointment, I suddenly thought of using the maidenhair fern spores and the water element magic flame. Low-temperature extraction will increase the medicinal properties of the Concentration Ointment, so I made it.”

(End of this chapter)