The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 82.1

Chapter 82.1

Over time, the research funded by Yuria finally began to produce concrete results.

“I succeeded in making painkillers by isolating only the necessary functions from the anesthetic!”

“Fortunately, I found some records that were left behind. It’s a digestive medicine that developed from folk remedies!”

Starting with one or two people, everyone informed her of the completion of their research.

“Wow, I was able to solve the part I was stuck in thanks to Lady Primrose! Since we have better facilities now, I’ve been doing 10.5 times more experiments per day on average compared to before.”

“I also run out of materials five times faster.”

“A life where you don’t have to worry about the cost of materials… I’m thrilled every day.”

“I can’t believe a day like this has come in my life as an alchemist.”

It was a natural flow since she had solved the things that were lacking the most.

But, of course, not all the research succeeded as hoped.

“I was trying to make a good medicine for hair loss… but I made dye instead!”

“How did you get dye from hair loss medicine?”

“Well, I made a mistake while researching.”

It was said that great inventions come from mistakes, but there were also things that could not be imagined.

“Since the Guild Leader changed, we have been getting results very quickly.”

“Because we had the skills from the beginning, but we couldn’t do it because we didn’t have enough money.”

“That’s true… Of course, we can’t show it to the public yet.”

Adverse reactions should be explored further, and clinical trials should also be conducted.

However, considering how the research had been unsupported so far, it was inevitable that they would be excited.

Clinical trials? There needed to be something for a clinical trial to be conducted.

“How long has it been since we reached this stage?”

“It’s the first time since the anesthetic… oh my.”

“Ah.”

“Right…”

But despite the excitement, there was also a moment of… silence.

Though no one had forced them, a name that was considered taboo was suddenly mentioned.

“What, did we say something we shouldn’t?”

Among them, a middle-aged guild member spoke up. Leaning on one leg, the man had a crooked expression.

“Mr. Chris.”

“It’s good to make medicine. It is. But you’re going to show it to the public?”

“Sorry?”

“Will the temple leave us alone then? Mr. Ukene, what do you think?”

A silence heavier than ever before settled between the alchemists.

Oppressing the alchemists…

After the alchemist who made the anesthetic suddenly went missing one day, the support directed towards alchemy started to decline.

People were whispering about whether the temple was behind it.

However, no one could directly argue with the temple of Ibafne. They were afraid of being called heretics.

“It doesn’t matter to me. I have no family or friends anyway.”

The guild member named Chris proudly raised his head. Then, he crossed his arms and emphasized.

“But, Mr. Ukene, you have a family. How do you feel about making medicine now? Are you all right?”

“The doctrine of the Temple of Ibafne is about love! The alchemist being missing could be just an accident…”

“Haha, yes. You said you are a believer of Ibafne. But did that god save you? Didn’t you start your research because of your youngest daughter who died of a fever after not being able to meet a priest not even once?”

“Mr. Chris, that’s enough!”

“You of all people shouldn’t run away from reality. What if that wasn’t just an accident, but it was actually the temple’s doing? What will you do then? Besides your youngest daughter, you could lose the rest of your family.”

“…”

“You also feel leery about it, that’s why you didn’t publicly seek a sponsor even though you were short of money, rotting away in the basement of a bar!”

“C-Chris! Aren’t you being too much? That’s enough. Ukene also understands wh—”

“What do I understand!”

When the atmosphere turned ugly, a man wearing glasses stepped in to intervene. But it didn’t work at all.

Chris raised his voice again.

“Shouldn’t everyone be prepared? If you’re scared of something like that, let go of everything and run. I’ll steal all your results and announce them!”

“…”

“You’re going to make painkillers so that children don’t die of fever? Good, good. But before that, you should be prepared to die in the temple.”

“Hearing that really…!”

The man wearing glasses grabbed Ukene’s shoulder as he was about to protest.