“Welcome. I bid you greetings to Sandora, Miss.”
“Ugh...”
A woman in a white coat stumbled out from the magic circle and collapsed dizzily on the floor.
She heaved dryly, letting out an urk as though overwhelmed by intense nausea.
“It’s worse than I’d heard. I don’t think I can ever use this thing again. It feels like my organs were completely flipped over...”
It was Ark’s physician and an exceptional pharmacist, Lady Kalira.
I summoned her through Sandora’s teleportation gate.
It was my first time using the gate for someone else, so I was a bit nervous. Thankfully, it seemed to have worked perfectly. It’s fixed now.
“Lady Kalira, are you all right?”
She looked fine on the outside, but what if she accidentally left her internal organs like her kidneys, liver, or stomach....
While such unsettling thoughts crossed my mind, Kalira calmly assessed her condition.
“There’s no issue with my body. I was prepared for at least a few broken bones. So, Theo-nim, why did you call me to this far northern city?”
“I need you to do something. I need you to create a potion. Of course, you won’t be doing it alone, and there will be assistants to help.”
At my response, Kalira narrowed her crimson eyes.
“A potion...? What a shame. I thought you called me because you couldn’t stand the loneliness of living far away.”
Her earlier nausea seemed to have subsided somewhat as she chuckled softly-Fufu. And while probably a joke, it was hard to tell if she was sincere or not.
“If you say things like that, I might just believe you.”
“Half of it’s true.”
“Ehem.”
I turned my head away, trying to ignore the heat rushing to my face.
“Anyway, there’s no time for lengthy explanations. It already took quite a while to test the gate by sending a carrier pigeon to Lady Kalira....”
After much trial and error, the afternoon had already slipped away.
With the plan set to commence at around eight in the evening, Lady Kalira would have to work diligently alongside the Draco twins to prepare the potion.
“Let me guide you to the workshop. We’ve borrowed the vacant lab of the city alchemist, who’s currently on leave. There shouldn’t be any problems with the facilities or tools.”
I led Kalira to the Draco twins’ location.
While looking around at the city hall and other parts of the city, Kalira expressed in mild regret.
“It’s a pity I can’t go sightseeing in this historic city.”
Unfortunately, we didn’t have the luxury of time.
“Lady Kalira, once this is over, I’ll cover for your vacation. Feel free to relax here as much as you’d like! You can even watch the martial festival.”
“Hm, alright then. I’ll hold you to it.”
With that, Kalira was convinced.
I wonder how Elga was faring in her conversation with Aira.
I can’t check right now.
I just trust that it’s going well. Elga was someone who does things thoroughly, so she definitely won’t make a mistake on a day like today.
She had to.
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