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Chapter 12
Click. Squeak.
“Keu! The happiness of 2,000 won isn’t bad either.”
It was past midnight.
I took a swig of the 2,000 won canned beer I bought from the convenience store and turned on the television. Then I skillfully switched to a channel reporting news about Awakeners. It was my long-standing TV viewing habit of always being interested in the news of the Awakener world.
‘I should call a company to dispose of everything in the one-room at Byeongjeom Station. Come to think of it, there’s nothing to take.’
Usually when moving, there are always cherished items one wants to bring from their previous home. But I had nothing.
Since it was such an unstable area, family albums or my parents’ keepsakes were already stored in a safe deposit box. I remember opening an expensive safe deposit box because it was the only trace of my parents left to me.
“Hello? This is Kim Min-a, hosting ‘Awakeners, Who Are We Today?’ How are you?”
“Here’s a veteran who’s been a witness to the program’s 30-year long reign. Haven’t missed a single broadcast, right?”
I burst out laughing at the familiar face. She was an announcer who has been hosting the same program in 2052, achieving the milestone of 13,000 episodes. She was ten years older than me, so in the 2052 broadcast she was sixty-six years old…
Seeing her looking so young now felt strange. Perhaps because she’s a late-night program host, her outfit was more revealing and sensual.
“I’m sure you know the hot news these days. It’s about the intermediate magic potion!
Arisoo Chemistry has successfully developed it, and after clinical tests, it’s set to be commercialized soon, right?
An intermediate magic potion that recovers 25% magic power regardless of individual possession! The Awakeners’ reaction is hotter than ever.
Let’s take a look at the comments on our STV viewer board?”
“Right. 32 years ago, the development level of magic potions was just at this point.”
I recalled memories triggered by the announcer’s words that felt somewhat disconnected.
To cut to the conclusion, I can produce the highest-grade magic potion, a 100% full recovery magic potion!
At this point, I might be the only person who can produce a highest-grade magic potion. For researchers in 2020, a 100% magic recovery potion was still an impossible manufacturing technology.
‘I first made it in 2030, I guess?’
The development time of my previous life was also 10 years from now.
It was when I first created a high-purity magic potion by concentrating and transforming my saliva at will.
“Let’s look at the viewers’ reactions. It’s quite interesting, shall we?”
Following the announcer’s gesture, my gaze naturally turned to the viewer’s reactions on the screen.
– Already 25% has appeared? If I have money, I’ll buy it like crazy!
– Someday a 100% recovery potion will come out, right? Then it’ll feel like buying a life!
– Ahem, explanation time. Why magic recovery potions are important: Because Awakeners’ magic power recovery speed is slower than expected.
It’s one of the top 3 causes of death for Awakeners! Managing magic power is this difficult!
– Waiting for the day 100% potion is developed. Ready to pay any price. Like buying a life as the guy above said. So who wouldn’t buy it?
“Magic recovery is really important. At 100%, it’ll feel like being supplied with a fully loaded magazine.”
As an Awakener myself, I deeply sympathized with the importance of magic power.
Each Awakener has a natural magic power recovery mechanism, but the speed isn’t very fast.
Typically, for an A-rank Awakener who has completely exhausted their magic power, it takes about 50 minutes to recover.
The problem is when magic power depletion occurs during intense battles.
At such times, waiting for natural recovery takes too long, and the situation turns urgent with nothing to do.
This is why magic potions are necessary.
This is why Awakeners are so excited about the emergence of an intermediate magic potion that recovers 25%.
Moreover, the potion has a unique characteristic.
It has a short-term tolerance, so after drinking one bottle, no potion will have an effect for 10 minutes.
Therefore, the trick of drinking multiple lower-tier potions to massively restore magic power absolutely doesn’t work.
“If the reaction is like this at 25%, then 100% is unimaginable.”
I stood up from my seat.
F-rank Awakeners might not have much thirst for full recovery due to their low total magic power.
But for high-tier and top-tier Awakeners with magic power as deep and vast as an ocean, the importance of percentage recovery becomes very significant.
They are people who would easily spend billions like pocket change if the efficiency is good.
If I could create a highest-grade magic potion that recovers 100% magic power?
They would willingly pay at least 1 billion won! I would do the same if I were them.
“Let me try making it once.”
I turned off the TV and headed to the kitchen.
A 500ml water bottle I had taken out was sitting on the dining table.
“Whew.”
After taking a short breath.
I began to gather my magic power in one place.
The target was the salivary gland.
To create ‘magic saliva’ concentrated and transformed at high density.
Of course, the repertoire for creating potions is not limited to saliva alone.
It’s also possible with blood, and other bodily fluids or byproducts can be used.
‘Since there are decent ways to adapt, I won’t think about unnecessary methods.’
I decided to simply recall the somewhat better methods.
No matter how much efficiency is pursued, a visually repulsive product is dangerous.
But a small amount of saliva would be fine.
Blood would also be okay if its unique bloody taste could be removed.
“Keuuk.”
A heavy and stinging pain was transmitted from the entire salivary gland. Because of the structure of concentrating a large amount of magic power in a very tiny area, it was somewhat forced.
That’s why the maximum production of magic potions is one bottle per day. Other types of potions don’t cause much strain, so production is more flexible. In other words, magic potion production is tricky.
In any case, while magic potions can be made more than one bottle a day if desired, there’s a risk of salivary gland deformation if not careful.
In my previous life, I remember making two magic potion bottles a day out of greed and ending up with a salivary gland problem, drooling all day long. Such a misfortune must be prevented.
I feel magic simultaneously concentrating in my salivary gland.
‘Anyway, even if I completely exhaust my magic, I can quickly recover using my magic lungs.’
The efficiency of lungs for magic recovery is beyond imagination, just by breathing.
While other Awakeners can recover a maximum of 5% per minute even with extreme magic training, I can recover up to 15% per minute.
Moreover, it’s possible just by breathing without any other effort, so it’s automatic 24/7, 365 days a year. No need to worry about the process.
But magic training requires investing and carefully training for more than 6 hours daily.
In every aspect of efficiency, time, and cost, it’s my absolute victory.
My talent.
Truly, the transformation of body and organs can be called a demonic talent.
‘Additionally, the magic lungs provide a small but continuous effect of increasing total magic power holding capacity during breathing.’
In other words, it becomes grounds for rank advancement. It means an internal organ entirely different from others.
‘The more I use it, the more its efficiency improves, not wear out – that’s the strength of my body.’
I smiled proudly and finally dropped one condensed saliva drop into the water bottle.
At first glance, an extremely small amount of saliva, like two or three droplets from a dropper.
Yet it contains the essence of magic recovery.
Sha-a-a!
The magic saliva naturally dissolved in the water bottle, giving off a slight blue light before mixing and disappearing.
The highest-grade magic potion that fully recovers magic power was complete!
“One bottle a day. Thirty bottles in a month. At a minimum of 1 billion won per bottle, that’s 30 billion won?”
A plausible calculation.
The current maximum magic recovery potion in the Awakener world is the advanced recovery potion, which immediately recovers 50% magic power.
Of course, this isn’t produced.
It can only be obtained from the bodily fluid of an SS-rank monster, the ‘Blue Long-Nosed Lizard’, rarely encountered in dungeons.
It’s usually processed and consumed personally rather than sold in the market, so it’s barely circulated.
“Let me try drinking it.”
Due to using all magic for potion production, my internal magic was nearly depleted.
Gulp-gulp-.
I drank the entire 500ml water in one go. This is the standard amount.
If less than 500ml is consumed, magic recovery doesn’t happen, and consuming more decreases recovery efficiency.
“Keu!”
After consumption, I waited for my almost empty magic storage to fill.
As expected, I felt a tingling near my abdomen, then a sensation of expansion, and warm energy instantly enveloped my entire stomach.
Next moment.
“Oh!”
Immediate recovery occurred.
Just like a potion instantly filling a magic bar in a game, I felt my body’s magic become completely full!
‘Not only did I reach D-rank within two days of regression, but I’ve also become a walking potion production factory.’
I was very proud!
By producing just once daily, I’m essentially running a rotation earning 1 billion won every day.
No need to risk my life, no expensive facilities or processes required.
Just a water bottle for the potion and my body.
If the historical changes I remember don’t occur, I’ll be the only one capable of producing the highest-grade magic potion for at least 10 years.
Low-rank Awakeners naturally can’t afford to buy, but business isn’t always about high-volume, low-margin sales.
So I plan to sell potions targeting A-rank and above ‘VIP’ customers.
In their world, they casually hold billions.
“Good. Very good.”
A satisfied smile lingered on my lips for a long time.
This might be the wise life of a regressor.
A spectacular life incomparable to the hellish years of my previous life, filled with trial and error, mistakes, and all kinds of contempt and ignorance!
Just then.
Drrrung.
A text arrived with a vibration.
[Hello, Kang Shin-hwa. I’m Yun Byeol-i from KSA. Can we meet and have a conversation?]
“I’m busy, bro.”
I chuckled and casually stuffed the smartphone into my pocket.
Such interest will no longer be special.
Rumors spread like wildfire.
I headed to the balcony, ignoring Yun Byeol-i’s first contact.
The bright full moon high in the sky shone brilliantly.
It was like seeing my bright future ahead on a straight path.
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