Chapter 48: Wealthy

As Zhen walked toward the alchemist guild, he started to count in his mind how much money he had. 

Right when Zhen was thinking about the estimated amount of wealth he had gotten when he explored the dungeon with Aaron and Kuro, his mind shook.

Zhen's body was frozen like a statue as he noticed his own spatial dimension contained a mass amount of wealth. 

The amount was so large that all Zhen can see are mountains of spirit stones and spiritual treasures.

"Don't be excited like a fool. Those are the wealth that Karl has left behind and it now belongs to me. Try to spend those without my permission and you shall see..."

A voice suddenly enters his mind and without a doubt, it is the queen, Cecilia. 

'Tch, did you really think I was going to spend all that wealth. I mean like maybe take like 5% of the portion but to think you are this stingy.'

Zhen only said it in my mind as he did not wish to find out what would happen if he really used it without her permission. 

Still, Zhen can't help but have a salty expression hanging on his face.

Can't touch but could see the wealth is a sin and punishment for a person who always struggled to have any wealth. 

Zhen thought he can now be called an extremely wealthy person but the money is frozen.

'Sigh, if the eye doesn't see, the heart won't feel pain.' 

Thus, Zhen stopped leering at those mountains of shiny stones and continued his walk to the alchemist guild.

'I shall buy the most expensive magical herbs since you asked me to get them which means it is your permission. Hehe' 

Zhen tried to be sneaky in his mind but was caught in an instant.

"Don't try to be smart with me as I know exactly what you see. If I see you overpaid or pay for a herb that's not worth its price then I make sure to make the training 10 times harder." Cecilia said with a sweetening tone.

Shaking his head as he almost fell for her seductive sweet voice as her sentence was definitely not a honey word. 

It was the voice of a grim reaper that is inches away from slicing his neck.

'One day, If I manage to obtain greater power than you. I will make sure to punish you and take every advantage possible.'

"You're thinking about doing something indecent towards me right?"

"N-No, I-I'm not thinking about pushing you into a bed and making love with you at all."

"Hoh, I only said something indecent yet you talk about making love with me? Aren't you courageous now?" Cecilia said as Zhen's body started feeling intense gravity pressure.

*Thump*

Zhen dropped one knee to the ground as he cannot withstand this pressure without any cultivation base. 

"Q-Queen, forgive me but can't you tell how peerlessly gorgeous you are. I'll be a eunuch if I don't get turned on after seeing you."

"Hmph, you and your flattery word. If you manage to impress me then... I can think about it." Cecilia said while her last word is in a very low tone that Zhen couldn't hear the final part.

Zhen only nodded his head as he finally felt his body being free once again. 

'I really need to get those magical herbs and start body tempering as I can't even withstand this gravity pressure one bit.'

Clenching his fist on how weak he is, Zhen was not comfortable with this current status.

16 minutes later~

"Ah, Once again, I'm back to this place." 

Just remembering how he came here with Sara and bought a disgusting price of one Yozu to impress her makes him nostalgic.

As usual, Zhen entered the building and a somewhat beautiful person was there to greet customers. 

Zhen simply waved his hand to dismiss her greeting as he knew exactly what he needed this time.

When Zhen walked to the magical herbs section, he was not surprised that this area is crowded. 

With the new increased defensive system of the town and multiple adventurers and mercenaries fighting magical beasts to scout the area.

There are tend to be lots of injuries so the alchemist guild should be earning a lot of money from selling those healing pills. 

'I would have been jealous of them if it were still back then but now I'm extremely wealthy, I could care less.'

Zhen checked every glass container to see the magical herbs that match the one that Cecilia showed him. 

Mentioning Cecilia, Zhen still can't decide whether to address her as the queen or her highness since he prefers calling her Cecilia more.

It's like a sense of achievement when Zhen finally gets to call her by the first name and shows how they are getting closer.

The achievement is almost similar to those dating sims where you pass one level and you get closer to them.

Except for this time, it's not a game but one with a real woman that none could be replaced.

After all, Cecilia has been inside Zhen's stomach and accompanies his darkest past which is something that no one else can understand anymore.

Not even Sara could understand Zhen thoroughly despite his explanation of his past because they need to see it personally.

Zhen continued to look around the magical herb section where many people are squeezing each other to get their purchase of herbs.

After scanning through around 30 plus magical herbs, Zhen finally found one of the magical herbs. 

Zhen checked the price and almost choked on himself.

*Cough*

Although Zhen is very rich now, the price is 260 gold. Zhen wants to destroy this black-hearted guild. 

They are simply money-hungry since there are basically no competitors against the alchemy guild.

There are only a few pharmacy kinds of shops but they are located in the kingdoms and the town usually doesn't have any of them as they will go bankrupt quickly.

Meanwhile, Zhen quietly said in his thought to speak with Cecilia, "Q-Queen, this pricing of the magical herb is insane, are you really sure I should spend the money."

The money may not be his and Zhen had said that he would spend everything but that's just a saying. 

Zhen cares too much about every little bit of money and he has been scammed for so much in this world because he doesn't understand the marketing price of this place.

Therefore, Zhen rather asked Cecilia who is clearly a pro and knowledgeable person on what to do next.

"Hmm, these magical herbs may seem expensive in your viewpoint since you don't know much about magical herbs. However, as I used to be an alchemist, I can tell this is already a bargain because this herb is rare in the higher world and I'm surprised that this tiny world has this kind of quality."

"W-Wait, you're an alchemist, queen?" Zhen said in surprise when he heard Cecilia being an alchemist.

"If I wasn't an alchemist, would I dare make a medicine bath for your body tempering?" Cecilia said in a cold tone as she still has her pride.

"N-No, you misunderstand me, queen. I'm trying to say if you will teach me alchemy." Zhen asked nervously since he really wanted to try concocting a pill.

"Hmm, if your behavior is up to my flavor.... then maybe I might teach you a thing or two."

"That's a promise then, I shall hurry up and purchase these magical herbs and when I complete my body tempering, I would finally learn some alchemy." Zhen started laughing like a maniac and startled the people around here.

However, Zhen could care less about what these people think since he could be an alchemist soon.

In the mysterious space, Cecilia couldn't help but laugh after seeing this fool being so excited for being able to learn alchemy. 

She was going to train him to a peerless cultivator anyway so he could help her in the path of vengeance.

A slight blush appeared on her face as she didn't know if she really just wanted him to achieve her goal. 

After all, she has been drifting in the nothingness for 10,000 years before attaching herself to Zhen due to her qi running out in the core.

Maybe this is destiny or fate where they are determined to entangle with each other.