The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 82.2

Chapter 82.2

“Mr. Ukene. I want you to understand.”

“But he’s scaring the people who have achieved results by saying things that aren’t even certain…!”

“Think carefully.”

Chris purposely dragged his leg, making a rumbling sound.

After confirming that he had closed the door, the man in glasses said, “Chris limps from one leg because he suffered a complication from a fever he had as a child.”

“What? Then why didn’t he say anything until now… and say mean things like stealing our achievements…”

“… You’re new here so you probably don’t know, but that guy was a cousin to the person who made the anesthetic.”

“Ah…”

Ukene touched his mouth with a stunned face.

“I’m not trying to blame you. What would you know if no one told you?”

After confirming that he had calmed down, the man in the glasses comfortingly added, “He just means that if you care about your family, you should drop out now. The results will be presented tomorrow.”

“…”

Even though Ukene was quiet, and Chris, who had raised his voice, had already left, the members of the alchemy guild did not have the same excitement as before.

Everyone seemed to have a lot of thoughts.

There was silence for quite some time.

Then, a young man stepped forward and cut to the core.

“… What if this causes harm to the Primrose duchy?”

“What?”

“Isn’t that right?”

The young guild member, who received attention for what he suddenly said, moved his eyes around.

As expected from people who devoted themselves to research, the alchemists here were terrible at weighing things like relationships and worldly things…

“I was just thinking. Let’s say we do that. If we do something wrong, wouldn’t the Primrose duchy also get on the temple’s wrong side?”

“That’s right. Actually, I knew about the alchemy guild and the situation with the temple. As everyone else. It’s because Ukene is a naive person.”

“Excuse me?”

“But since it’s almost complete… Even those of us who jumped in knowing that are a little scared and hesitant…”

“Not to mention, the Primrose family is a duchy. They have a lot to lose…”

The guild was said to have been sponsored by the duchess. Then what would her daughter, Lady Primrose, think?

Did she dive in knowing all the circumstances?

“Did she expect all kinds of medicine to be made when she sponsored the Alchemy Guild?”

“She would have expected that. We posted a report.”

“But she’s a young lady. Does she know about the alchemist who disappeared in the past?”

“The guild leader is Duchess Primrose.”

“We never saw her once. The Lady is the one taking care of everything.”

They received support and delivered results.

They ran tirelessly with everyone’s passion, enthusiasm, and gratitude.

Even if they had researched something for a long time, they achieved results in a ridiculously short time.

And although it was something to be proud of…

“… In fact, guild leader Primrose may hate our achievements more than anyone else.”

It was unknown whether the sinking atmosphere of the alchemy guild would brighten up again.

***

‘Even so, I’m the one who left the position of guild leader. I have to fix this.’

One day, in the alchemy guild where the atmosphere was still disturbed, the former guild leader, now the vice-guild leader, decided to sound out Yuria.

“I think you know it to some degree, but I’ll report again. Some researchers are yielding results one by one, and others are likely to enter clinical trials soon. Even when an experiment failed, there was an unexpected gain.”

“Is that so? It was faster than I thought.”

Yuria had previously hand-cleared the details of her support by reading research journals and the like.

The vice-guild leader spoke in a cheerful voice as if he were telling a joke.

“Did you know? A guild member tried to make hair loss medicine but made dye instead. He was expecting his hair to grow, but instead, the hair he had left turned pink.”

“Really? They seem to be having fun.”

“Everyone laughed when they saw him because he always wears only boring black clothes.”

“But not everyone has achieved something, right?”

“Oh…”

The vice-guild leader paused for a moment, thinking that something was coming.