Translator: P411

Editor: Lilia

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Chapter 165 – Please Whisper to Me Like This Only When We’re in my Workshop!

“Mac… you… Are you for real…?”

I took out a high-ranked potion in front of Blossom-san, who was mumbling with a surprised face, wondering if it would be better to show him the actual item. 

Blossom-san nervously reached out for the item.

“I already knew the recipe, so it wasn’t that difficult. However, I made quite a few detours along the way. But thanks to that, I can now make holy water, so let me know if someone gets corrupted. I can make it for the price of one empty bottle.”

Well, it was more of a coincidence that I was able to make an anti-curse potion.

When I said that, Blossom-san put his hand to his forehead as if he was exhausted.

“That damn expensive holy water now for the price of one empty bottle…”

“I can try making it here, but if I start praying, I will be too absorbed in my own world, so I don’t think I can stop halfway.”

“No, I’m not doubting you, but… Hahaha, if this story gets out, the Church will seriously make a move.”

Blossom-san’s nervous laughter soon became more joyful.

That’s why Mac is so interesting, Blossom thought. 

He never expected Mac would make a move to this extent. 

After he stopped laughing, he rested his chin on his hand and stared at me.

“Did you take that ‘prayer course’ or whatever it’s called from the Church? The one nobody knows if they’ll even get picked to take?”

“No. I didn’t want to go to the Church too often, so I took a different route to learn it. Right, Vidello-san?”

“Yeah, the guy doing the healing in Nasca Village seemed to be an ex-Church member. Mac received instructions on how to pray as a reward for helping the villagers.”

I didn’t want to go to the Church frequently and make my face known, so I wouldn’t be going there for a while. I mean, if I didn’t need to, it’s one of the places I never wanted to set foot in again.

Seriously speaking, I also wouldn’t be able to verify the full effect of the holy water unless I raised my [ Prayer ] level and created an anti-curse potion that could remove all curses.

In addition, I didn’t know the correct mixture ratio, so I also had to work on that as well. If the mixture was incorrect, even if I used high-rank materials, it wouldn’t come out as rank S.

“I see. Even so, I’m really surprised at how fast you work.”

“I think it’ll take some time until I’m satisfied with the result. I still have to make better holy water.”

“That type of greed is quite fitting for a pharmacist. Wait a sec, I’ll bring you the alcohol that we have. If you think you can use it, I’ll give it to you. Should I also bring alcohol from our dining hall?”

“Yes.”

While waiting for Blossom-san, I took out a simple dispensing kit from my inventory and set it on the table.

I would try making it here and if it looked like it would work, I would order some alcohol for me as well.

But what Blossom-san said earlier made me a bit happy.

“I’m suited to be a pharmacist.”

When I was smiling at the thought of being recognized by such a strict person, Vidello-san suddenly hugged me.

He quickly kissed my ear, and the sound of his kiss lingered.

“Huh?! Uh, Vidello-san…?”

A surprise attack! My heart was pounding loudly.

When I turned to look at him, I heard a whisper from his lips that were still pressed against my ear.

“Don’t make such a happy face from Blossom’s words.”

“A-are you jealous?”

“Yeah. But your pleased expression looks cute too.”

He nodded his head and continued whispering into my ear without any sign of shame.

W-wait, and stop. If he kept whispering that close to me, being a young healthy man as I was, I would be KO’ed.

If he wanted to do that, he should do it in a place where I can use a growth activator! 

As I was desperately fumbling around, Vidello-san’s laughter hit my ear. Oh, no. I loved his laughter. My heart wouldn’t stop pounding…

Satisfied with my reaction, my ear was finally released from the sweet torture of his lips.

I let out a big sigh… and took a quick turn to look at him.

“I prefer doing that at my workshop, but not here. It’s such a great torture for me to hear your sexy voice in a place like this, where I can’t do anything about it.” 

When I complained with my pouted lips, he looked very happy. 

“So it’s okay at your workshop?”

“Yes, please. Can I whisper in your ear too?”

“Of course. Let me hear all your sweet voices. All in my ears only.”

My heart was in agony hearing his erotic reply. Then, then it won’t be a whisper anymore, but th-that kind of—! You, you’re so erotic, Vidello-san…! But I have no objections!

As I was troubled by my own thoughts, I suddenly remembered.

“Ah… come to think of it, there’s still Vil-san’s body lying around in my workshop…”

Was I just me or did I hear Vidello-san click his tongue? Must be my imagination. What should I do with that avatar?

While we were having a great time, Blossom-san came back, holding several bottles.

“Here, I brought all the alcohol I could get my hands on around here.”

“Wow, thanks. Can I try them all now?”

“Can you make it here?”

“I can make it in the middle of the road, if needed.”

After receiving the bottles of alcohol from Blossom-san, I immediately opened one. 

I took out some holy water and a cure potion and placed them in line with the bottle of alcohol.

Blossom-san was watching me with full interest. 

And the result was: using the alcohol that was given to the gatekeepers, the potion came out as rank C. Not the same quality as fire liquor, but still pretty strong.

For the rest of the alcohol that came from the dining halls, the potion came out as rank D. I used the exact same procedure, so that meant the alcohol that was given to the gatekeepers as a form of encouragement or something was the most suitable to make potions. 

So I asked Blossom-san to request a little more for me from now on.

We agreed that I would pay with potions, not with money, and the deal was successful. I even got the potion bottles that were distributed to the guards. It seemed there would be problems if the gatekeepers or the guards were in possession of potion bottles aside from the bottles provided. It was a tough situation for the gatekeepers too.

After everything was settled, I got up from the seat, put all the freshly made Dispel High Potions into my bag, and waved goodbye to Vidello-san and Blossom-san.

As I was not leaving the city, I told them that they didn’t need to see me off. Then, I left the room. I wondered if Vidello-san, who was still in his armor, would perhaps stand guard at the gate after this.

I also waved to the gatekeepers starting their shift and headed to my workshop.

As I had already decided, I would pray hard enough to raise my [ Prayer ] level.

After putting all Dispel High Potions in my workshop inventory, I used water magic to pour out some water to brew the tea I bought from Monto-san’s place. Now that I learned water magic, there were a lot of menial tasks in my life that became even easier.

I boiled the tea and took a sip.

“Ah~ Delicious. But the taste is no different from any normal water.”

I moved to my desk while muttering some trivial matters. 

Time to level up, level up!

I didn’t mind making holy water while practicing [ Prayer ], but the whole place would be full of holy water if I kept at it, so I would just stick with praying. When I got to a higher level, I would start making holy water.

I clasped my hands together and closed my eyes.

I recited the prayer taught by Nicole-san.

“Those who watch over us from the heavens…”

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I was brought back to sense by an alarm ringing, signifying the time to log out. 

My goodness, had I been praying this whole time?

I seriously lost track of time.

Tiredness finally set in, and I leaned back on the chair.

I had run out of stamina. Not even a tiny bit left. My MP was also in the red.

I moved my heavy arms and reached for the tea. Then I noticed the tea looked a little strange.

It seemed more sparkly than before…

No way, right?

“Appraise.”

[ Holy Water (Rare): Rank C holy water with tranquilising ingredients. When taken, it can purify corruption and stabilise the mind. It can purify corrupted beings. It can be made by praying to the water produced by water magic. ]

After reading the description, I took a long, slow look at the tea in front of me.

Hhhaaa… I prayed to this tea…

Staring at the sparkling tea, I couldn’t help but laugh.

Should I try praying to a different tea tomorrow? I think I might make some kind of stamina-restoring holy water. Then, something like an all-round recovery after the curse was lifted could be possible to make.

But this kind of item wouldn’t be suited for the Prime Minister’s quest. A label (Rare) was attached to it, so it might be a rare item. It probably wasn’t widely useful, since who would think of praying to tea in the first place? 

Let’s leave this tea experiment aside.

First of all, can I even drink this? That’s the problem…

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In the end, the (Holy Water) tea was delicious. It would be such a waste if I didn’t drink it.

It just looked sparkly, but everything else was no different from an ordinary tea.

I moved to the back room, locked the door, and rolled onto the bed.

I guessed Vil-san didn’t have time to log in. That avatar, how should I deal with it? He seemed busy, so I probably shouldn’t contact him first. And it’s just about an avatar.

I didn’t think he would contact me either.

I decided to leave it alone for a while and logged out.

For the next few days, I logged in, prayed, recovered my stamina, prayed again, and logged out, repeating these steps to steadily raise my prayer level. I didn’t even see Vidello-san’s face. Ugh. I want to see him. I want to meet him.

Time passed and my [ Prayer ] level reached 10. It went up pretty nicely, no matter my actual skills. Well if you never had the skill to begin with, there’d be no chance of improvement, so my sword skill wouldn’t be able to see the light of day.  

It was also a secret that I was enjoying various types of holy water tea. It was all delicious, so I kept brewing them.

Then, a holiday came.

I was having my breakfast, determined to log in and pray again today, when my phone rang.

I looked at the screen to see who it was, and there was Vil-san’s name on the screen.