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Chapter 18: It’s Fucking Elixer

The basic fuel needed to operate all kinds of artifacts and magic circles.

Also, depending on how it was synthesized with objects, it could create all sorts of useful magical substances.

The substance that moved all the trains, cars, trucks, ships, and airships in the empire.

The source that lit the magic lamps illuminating the empire’s streets.

A basic necessity used everywhere from heating, cooling, and cooking, to heating bath water for ordinary people.

And a substance that mages were still re

Although it was a shabby house, Jonathan wasn’t ashamed at all.

Because he knew he could escape from this kind of house anytime now.

“This is my wife Oliviera and my daughter Cecilia.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Erpha, a witch from the Magic Tower.”

The four of them exchanged polite greetings and then sat around in the living room.

Jonathan explained the orders the Saint had given him, and at those words, Oliviera and Cecilia nodded enthusiastically.

“Of course!! We should definitely do it! Definitely!!”

“Let me help, Dad. I’ll help too. We’ll definitely do it for the Saint!”

Seeing the two women shouting enthusiastically, Jonathan nodded.

“I thought so. The Saint of Healing has healed us all. Not just our bodies, but our souls too. We have an obligation to repay that grace. Let’s all be grateful for this opportunity that has come again.”

At Jonathan’s words, Erpha became curious.

“Did the Saint of Healing cure Jonathan’s illness too?”

“He healed my daughter’s illness,” Jonathan said that and calmly explained to Erpha what had happened. Erpha couldn’t hide her surprise at hearing this.

“The rotting disease is famous for being incurable, but such a disease…”

“We poured all our wealth into trying all kinds of medicines and treatments, but all we could do was slow down the spread of the rotting disease throughout her body and lower its infectiousness. But he eliminated such a disease with just a gesture. I will definitely repay the grace I received from the Saint.”

After saying that, Jonathan looked at Erpha.

“We need various technologies for processing elixir. The best thing would be to recruit talented people from the Magic Tower who have done a lot of research in the field of elixir. I believe Erpha has the ability to recommend such people.”

“Of course. There are many people with elixir-related technology in the Mars branch of the Magic Tower. Just Tower Master Yorgen alone is one of the top three experts in the entire continent when it comes to precise elixir processing.”

“Perfect! Please arrange meetings with those people. I’d like to scout them from the Magic Tower to become researchers for our company, but if that’s difficult, I’d like to form a technology alliance at least. I believe Erpha will persuade them well in between.”

“Leave it to me. I’ll help you as much as I can.”

“Good. Just do that much for us. My wife, daughter, and I will take care of the rest.”

“Handling elixir requires dealing with enormous amounts of money. Can you manage it? Should I recommend professional managers or people who have made a name for themselves in business?”

At Erpha’s words, Jonathan Karma smiled.

“I know Tower Master Yorgen too. I used to meet him occasionally when I was young. Ask him about my name when you go back today. He’ll explain what kind of people our family are.”

Erpha was intrigued by those words.

After ending her meeting with the Karma family and returning to the Magic Tower, she headed straight to the Tower Master’s office.

And she asked who Jonathan Karma was, mentioning his name, “Jonathan Karma. Hahaha!! It’s been a long time! How do you know that name, Erpha?”

Erpha told the Tower Master exactly what she had heard from Jonathan.

The Tower Master was even more surprised at those words.

“His daughter had the rotting disease… My goodness. How could he have lived a life so riddled with misfortune.”

“What kind of person is he?”

“If it weren’t for that tremendous misfortune, he would have been the richest man in the empire by now.”

Yorgen burst into laughter.

“He’s a legend of self-made success who built one of the three largest distribution networks in the empire from being a street beggar with nothing. Among those who were in business about 20 years ago, there was no one who didn’t know the name Jonathan Karma.”