The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 74

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 74

“We also have 100 bottles!”
Geum Eun Dong thrust his hand up and shouted.
“What, that’s all?”
Sung Ro Sa, who had kept his arms crossed until now, finally swallowed down one last potion.
Then, after a moment of silence.
“150 bottles.”
“That’s unfair, unfair! You said the supply was limited!”
“So what? Don’t you know our guild is full of fragile bodies? You can manufacture your own, can’t you? Cut it down to 50 bottles.”
Sung Ro Sa, now abandoning all pretense of refinement, growled menacingly at Geum Eun Dong.
“W-we’re all weak-bodied too! We only do research! Y-you should be saying that to the Dongbaek Guild instead!”
“Ah, right. Dongbaek, you cut yours down to 50 bottles, and we’ll take 200.”
“Stop spouting nonsense. I’m deeply regretting not throwing you out before you left, so don’t push it.”
“Now, now, everyone calm down.”
I stopped the fight before my newly purchased coffee table and sofa got destroyed.
“For your information, the price per bottle is a special rate of 40 million won.”
“….”
A brief silence fell over the room.
It was understandable.
Standard A-rank potions trade for around 10 million won per bottle.
Of course, the price varies depending on who made it and how effective it is.
But suddenly 40 million won per bottle?
It wouldn’t be strange if complaints came in about it being too expensive….
“Dongbaek takes 200 bottles.”
“W-we’ll take 300 bottles!”
“Fantasia takes 350 bottles. Cash payment immediately.”
“Wait, wait a moment.”
What?
Did I price it lower than expected?
But at 40 million won per bottle, even 100 bottles comes to 4 billion won.
Just how much money do these people have?
Since I’ve confirmed that 40 million won isn’t a problem for them, maybe I should squeeze out a bit more.
“I’m grateful for your enthusiastic support, but as I mentioned initially, the supply is limited.”
“L-limited, you say? How much…?”
“I currently have only twenty bottles.”
“That’s quite a small amount, Yeo Joo.”
“Are you joking? Twenty bottles—who do you think I am?”
“W-well, at least that much….”
The response was favorable.
“As all three of you know, this isn’t an ordinary potion. Nothing like this has ever existed before. It’s somewhere between a tonic and an elixir. It requires vast quantities of materials and tremendous effort to produce.”
“…That’s fair enough.”
Sung Ro Sa tapped an empty potion bottle with his fingernail and nodded in agreement.
“Ideally, we’d love to mass-produce these like a factory, even if it meant compromising on effectiveness. But our S-rank craftsman is stubborn about such matters.”
“F-for craftsmen, quality is everything! That’s just how it is!”
“That’s why I’m in a bind too. I never expected everyone to be so enthusiastic.”
I shook my head and sighed theatrically.
I’d known they’d all come rushing in with eyes gleaming.
What I hadn’t anticipated was them casually throwing down tens of billions in cash.
“Oh, and by the way—the commercial product’s duration isn’t ten minutes, but twenty.”
Now, shouldn’t things be getting interesting about now?
And my prediction didn’t miss the mark.
“Fantasia will buy at 41 million won per bottle.”
“That’s stingy. Dongbaek can offer 43 million won per bottle, Yeo Joo. Sell to us.”
“B-bragging about money in front of Maestro! We can g-go up to 45 million won!”
A bidding war erupted.

I let the three guilds drive the price up against each other for a while.
“46 million!”
“46.5 million!”
“Damn it, 5-50 million!”
“Those money-obsessed Maestro bastards!”
In the end, Fantasia was the first to drop out.
I’d been waiting to see that exact outcome.
“Then I’ll provide the twenty bottles we’ve prepared to Maestro.”
“Yes! Jackpot!”
“Wait. This batch?”
Yoo Myung Hwa’s eyes gleamed.
Sharp as ever, that one.
She caught that nuance right away.
“Yes, once we secure sufficient inventory next time, I’ll contact you again.”
“S-so does that mean next time we might have to p-pay more than 50 million won per b-bottle?”
“No, we’re not that unreasonable.”
“Phew, thank goodness….”
“Next time, I’ll prepare fifty bottles and sell ten to each of you.”
….
Everyone fell silent.
If things went according to my plan, the next auction would attract five competing bids.
That meant the cash hemorrhage would only grow worse.
It was then that I caught Yoo Myung Hwa and Sung Ro Sa exchanging a silent, secretive glance.
They were plotting collusion.
“If the three guilds here fail to present a satisfactory price, I’ll invite other guilds as well. Of course, they won’t have as much cash as you three, but we must uphold the spirit of serving humanity.”
In other words: plenty of other buyers exist if you don’t.
“…You certainly become more desirable by the day, Yeo Joo.”
Ding!

《 ♥ 15 》

Yoo Myung Hwa’s affection had increased.
At this rate, a keyword would emerge.
Jang Su Ho was Master, Kang Han was Colleague, Jung Je Hwa was Muse.
So what keyword would appear for Yoo Myung Hwa? The very thought terrified me.
“Then let’s conclude today’s tasting session here.”
I hurriedly began clearing the table.
“Vice Guild Master Geum Eun Dong, you’ll be taking these to subspace, correct?”
“Yes, yes!”
The moment I set twenty bottles of the vitality potion on the table, Geum Eun Dong swiftly stuffed them into subspace as if afraid someone might snatch them away.
He even called the spatial technician who had been waiting downstairs up to the office.
He clearly didn’t trust that Yoo Myung Hwa and Sung Ro Sa would do nothing until he left the Guild Building.
“W-well then, I’ll be going….”
Oh, right.
I’d almost forgotten the most important part.
Tsk.
I caught Geum Eun Dong’s hand just as he reached for the spatial technician’s arm and spoke.
“Vice Guild Master.”
“Y-yes…?”
“Payment is cash only, lump sum upfront—you understand that, right?”
I don’t accept cards.

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“One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million, ten million, hundred million, billion… hehehehe.”
The numbers displayed in the Justice Guild’s bank account gleamed with an almost ethereal brilliance.
How could they be so perfectly rounded and beautiful?
What font does this banking app use?
I need to find out and change my phone’s font to match.
Let me be clear—I’m not the only one who feels this way.
“Ah, never thought I’d see the day the Justice Guild would be in this position.”
“What if the bank calls? Or worse, what if the National Tax Service launches an investigation?”
Ji Sung and Jang Su Ho are equally thrilled, apparently.
Just then, Im Chung Soo, who had taken my phone to stare at the bank balance, suddenly sprang to his feet.
“Where are you going, Chung Soo?”
“To make tonics. I need to earn more money.”
“Absolutely do not overexert yourself, Chung Soo. You hear me? Tell me if you need anything!”
As I called after him, Im Chung Soo gave me a thumbs up and disappeared into the Secret Workshop.
Such a good kid.
Tomorrow I’ll prepare all of Chung Soo’s favorite meat side dishes.
But Kang Han has been unusually quiet since earlier.
More precisely, ever since the deposit confirmation text came from Maestro.
“What’s on your mind, Guild Master?”
“Nothing in particular.”
Nothing in particular, my foot.
He’s clearly wrestling with something.
“Don’t think strange thoughts. Consider how we can best use this money where it’s needed.”
“…It’s just so much money.”
“It seems like a lot, doesn’t it? You’ll need to get used to it. The money Chung Soo will earn going forward will be even more astronomical.”
“I… suppose so.”
“It’s okay to be genuinely happy about it. From now on, the Justice Guild won’t have to worry about money.”
Kang Han nodded and managed a slight smile.
Yes, it will take time for this to feel real.
As I was thinking that and considering whether we should all take a summer vacation overseas together, it happened.
Knock, knock.
A knocking sound echoed through the space.
Every guild member’s head turned simultaneously toward the source of the sound.
It came from the Training Facility door, which had been closed.
Kang Han’s previously relaxed expression hardened in an instant.
In a flash, electricity crackled across a spear that materialized in his hand as he moved silently toward the door and opened it.
“Huh? A letter?”
There was no one outside the door.
Only a small envelope, slightly larger than a palm, floated suspended in the air.
“It’s a request letter.”
Ji Sung exhaled a sigh of relief and spoke.
In a world where phones exist, emails exist, and even faxes still work, someone sends a request by letter?
As far as I know, there’s only one guild that would go through such a tedious process.
One of the Four Major Guilds, and the guild of mages among awakeners.
The guild where that foul-mouthed Sung Ro Sa serves as guild master.
“It has to be Fantasia.”
If Fantasia is sending us a request at this hour, it must be something significant.
As I pondered this, Kang Han, who had brought the letter, broke open the wax seal bearing Fantasia’s insignia.
Then a massive hologram materialized with a whoosh from within the envelope.

{ INVITATION }

The Justice Guild is invited to Fantasia Headquarters at 10 PM tonight.
Detailed information regarding the request will be conveyed in person.

Notice: From the moment you accept this invitation, you will be bound by a confidentiality enchantment.

Do you accept this invitation?

( YES / NO )

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