Time Healer Ceres - Chapter 113

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“I did a bit of promoting!”
“You did?”
“I did!”
Herion beamed, as if seeking praise.
“Actually, it was Juno’s idea. She said we should let people know that the Healing Medicine is better than Holy Water, so we decided to distribute it for free at first.”
Juno, her secretary, had given the medicine away to several Mercenary Companies for promotional purposes. And now those who had tried it were coming back to buy more.
“Well done.”
It wasn’t an outcome she hadn’t already anticipated.
This Healing Medicine was far superior to that overpriced, increasingly ineffectual Holy Water. She’d been confident that anyone with eyes would recognize the difference.
“The revenue isn’t much yet, but I wanted to give you the first profits.”
Herion laughed cheerfully and pushed the purse she’d placed on the table closer to Seres.
“You worked hard.”
Seres accepted the purse and offered a brief word of praise. Herion’s smile deepened at those words.
“But there is one thing.”
“What?”
“The Grand Temple seems rather upset.”
“Ah.”
Seres understood the situation immediately.
“They found out we won’t be purchasing Holy Water anymore.”
The High Priest himself had come to lodge a complaint.
‘Is it true that the Elrsia Countess Family will no longer purchase Holy Water?’
‘Yes. We’ve decided not to buy Holy Water anymore.’
‘I hear you’re making some strange medicine. You’d really abandon Holy Water for such a thing?’
‘Yes!’
‘…….’
‘We’re going to trust that medicine and stop buying Holy Water!’
Faced with Herion’s disarmingly cheerful response, the High Priest had no choice but to leave without another word, displaying nothing but obvious displeasure.
‘You’ll regret this. Even if you wish to purchase Holy Water again later, it will become difficult.’
‘Yes. Thank you for your concern!’
‘…….’
The High Priest’s parting warning fell utterly flat—Herion hadn’t been moved by it in the slightest.
“He must be furious.”
The Elrsia Countess Family was the largest buyer of Holy Water in the empire.
News that they’d stopped purchasing it would never sit well with the Grand Temple.
Holy Water, rejected by the Elrsia Countess Family—the kingdom’s finest healing house.
Once that fact spread, whispers would follow. Questions about whether something was wrong with the Holy Water itself.
“I told you before, didn’t I?”
“Yes?”
“Those who bark loudly are never worth your attention.”
“Right! They bark because they’re frightened.”
Yes, she remembered well.
Seres nodded with a satisfied expression.
“Shall we head out then?”
“Where are we going? Do you have an appointment?”
Clink.
Seres rose and picked up the purse heavy with Gold.
“To spend money.”
* * *
“Thank you! Please come again!”
Emerging onto a street lined with shops, Seres first made for the shoemaker she’d spotted before.
Yulia’s shoes had been wearing on her mind, so Seres bought the girl a new pair at once.
While she was at it, she purchased a pair for Antonien as well, and left the shop with a sense of unexpected satisfaction.
“Your siblings must be so happy.”
“They should be.”
What did Collin think this cost?
If the steward found out, he wouldn’t sleep for days. She’d spent quite generously.
“Won’t you get yourself a pair?”
“No. I won’t.”
“But the shoes I picked out for you were so lovely…….”
“It was pretty. But I don’t need one.”
Mine is still perfectly fine.
To Herion’s question, who had followed along chattering softly, Seres shook her head firmly.
The things she used were constantly rewound through time, so they were actually growing newer with each passing day.
‘But I can’t do that for the children.’
My younger siblings were sharper than I’d expected, after all.
Since I couldn’t openly rewind time for them, I was buying them new things instead.
“Still, it would be nice if you got yourself something too.”
“Never mind.”
As long as shoes don’t fall apart and hold up well, that’s all that matters.
Alongside Herion, who lamented over Seres not buying herself anything, Seres left the shop and browsed the street once more.
She stopped.
Her steps naturally halted when she spotted something on a display shelf of one shop.
“…? Seres?”
Herion, who had been walking ahead unaware, padded softly back to her side and peered into the shop Seres was looking at.
“It’s a jewelry store. Did something catch your eye?”
“Yes. That one.”
What Seres pointed to was a small pocket watch.
A pocket watch adorned with what appeared to be amethyst and carved with a white wolf.
“It looks like men’s wear.”
“Yes, it does seem that way.”
Seres gazed at the pocket watch for a long while, deliberating, then finally stepped inside the shop.
Let me just find out the price first.
“Welcome!”
“How much is that one?”
“Ah, that pocket watch?”
A woman who appeared to be the shop owner smiled kindly, carefully brought out the pocket watch Seres had indicated, and held it where she could see it better.
“It’s a pocket watch decorated with the finest amethyst from the Filley region. The price is 2,000 Gold…! Um, miss?”
Before the shopkeeper even finished saying “2,000 Gold,” Seres had already turned to leave.
Was she insane? No matter how nice it looked, she wasn’t going to spend a regular soldier’s annual salary on a single watch.
“We’re actually having a discount period right now!”
“A discount?”
“Yes! We’re currently running a discount on all items!”
Seres looked around, tilting her head in puzzlement.
Did even a fancy jewelry store like this really run discount sales?
“So how much with the discount?”
“We’re doing a 50% discount right now, so 1,000… Miss, miss!”
At the mention of 1,000 Gold, Seres turned away again without hearing another word.
But the shop owner grabbed her again hurriedly.
“We’re already doing a 50% discount, but to celebrate our shop’s 40th anniversary today, we’re offering an additional 40% off! And then there are various other reasons for extra discounts on top of that!”
“So then?”
“100 Gold!”
“Hmm.”
100 Gold.
It was certainly much cheaper than the exorbitant price she’d first heard, but 100 Gold was still a daunting sum.
Seres gazed steadily at the pocket watch, unable to tear her eyes away from the white wolf carved with such skill.
“I’ll take it.”
“Yes! Just a moment, please! I’ll wrap it up for you right away.”
Having decided to make the purchase, Seres exhaled a quiet, brief sigh.
Ah, how many bowls of stew would she need to sell to make up 100 Gold?
“Thank you so much! When you visit next time, I’ll have even better items ready for you.”
Accepting the kind farewell of the owner, Seres left the shop.
“Wow, I’ve never seen a shop give so many discounts before.”
She heard this as Herion whispered softly beside her.
“Boss.”
After the two had left, a shop clerk approached the owner with a rather bewildered expression.
“Was today really our shop’s 40th anniversary opening?”
For that matter, I’ve never even heard that there was a discount event today.
“The shop opening anniversary is next month.”
“Right? So why…?”
At the clerk’s puzzled look, the owner pulled something from a drawer beneath the counter and unfolded it. It was a photograph of someone.
“That…? Oh!”
The clerk’s eyes widened in recognition as he turned to look at the two people who had just left the shop.
One of their faces matched the subject in the photograph.
“That’s right. It’s her.”
“From before? The one Persha’s Grand Duke Household sent word about…?”
“That’s the one.”
Not long ago, someone from Persha’s Grand Duke Household had visited every shop in this district. They’d handed over this photograph and made a single request.
“If this customer wants something, sell it to them no matter what. Don’t worry about the price.”
The Grand Duke’s Household would cover any losses, they’d said.
“Remember that face well from now on.”
“Yes!”
The clerk nodded repeatedly, his gaze lingering on the spot where Seres and Herion had disappeared into the distance.
* * *
“This is the Healing Medicine in question.”
“The one the Elrsia Countess Family has been selling lately?”
“Yes.”
The main conference hall of the Grand Temple.
Numerous high-ranking priests gathered to examine a single item closely.
The healing remedy that had recently appeared on the market possessed remarkable efficacy against wounds inflicted by Monsters.
“Is this medicine truly so potent?”
The real problem was that this remedy threatened to replace the Holy Water the temple had been selling.
With donations already declining, any threat to Holy Water sales—one of the temple’s major sources of revenue—was unacceptable.
“Already there’s been talk lately questioning the Holy Water’s potency, and now of all times…”
“Indeed, a troubling coincidence.”
Whispers that the Holy Water’s effectiveness had diminished circulated regularly among the mercenary companies.
With rumors spreading that this new remedy worked better than Holy Water, their predicament was only deepening.

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