Chapter 137 - Planning (2)

"Are these the newest products you've developed?" Sienna asked for more options.

"Yes, would you like to see the base for customization?" the owner pulled out a catalog.

The catalog hovered in air as it showed various drinks that resembled the ones in front of us except for the lack of colours. I wondered what would be the difference from the drinks here and the cans of pop that came from the third district. I lifted up a glass and sipped the honey-like liquid that was viciously bittersweet.

Wouldn't the first district have something like potions like other fantasy worlds that had mana? All they used were expensive and rare magical fruits that left a sour aftertaste where I urgently wanted a glass of water to wash it off. The ingredients in the screen were sadly not much different than the translucent drink.

"Have you ever thought of directly brewing mana into these drinks to adjust the flavor instead of using fruits grown by mana?" I placed the goblet on the table.

"No, I'm afraid that method has yet to exist," the owner apologized.

"Then can we try?" I puffed out my chest.

The owner reluctantly led us back into the lab and summoned a worker to bring the base layer of the drinks. Few minutes later, the bench was filled with twenty goblets where each had a different fruit inside them. I raised my hands and imagined changing the flavor into a marshmallow delight in the colour of sparkling gold.

My hands glowed in blue until the liquid glimmered into faint transparent marigold with flower petals that swirled inside the cup. Hmmm. I didn't expect all the liquid to disappear. I poured the watery drink from another goblet into the cup. But, instead of retaining its original colour, the drink turned into bright pink.

Without any hesitation, I sipped from the goblet to find the results of my experiment. I smiled when it tasted like melted strawberry jam mixed with chunky pieces of the juiciest cherries. I poured the rest of the successful drink into an empty beaker before redistributing them into tiny shots of glass. I passed a shot to Sienna as she reluctantly accepted before closing her eyes and chugging it down.

"It's so good!" Her eyes glittered and begged for more.

"Isn't it?" I tried to high-five with her.

"Now repeat," I ordered the workers who gasped with delight after the light sip.

One of the workers winced as he poured as much mana as he could into the cup. However, he ended up panting and falling down onto the ground as he grabbed the table to lean on for support. Instead of the liquid turning into flower petals, it had transformed into leaves from the fruits. It was brittle to the faintest touch as it crushed into ashes once I had shaken the glass.

"Maybe, there wasn't enough mana?" I asked two workers to work on one glass this time.

When the two workers wobbled and almost exhausted all of their mana, the liquid turned into red rose petals. It was a success! This time, when I poured the original base inside, the colour of the drink turned into turquoise blue.

Sienna and I accepted a few drops of the new product where the sweet aroma made our mind numb with pleasant goodness. Hints of tropical pineapples and mangos mashed to create clumps of passion fruit drizzled with sugar that gave me energy resembling drinking six cups of coffee. Since we planned to invite around fifty guests, we needed around two hundred of the same drinks.

"Can we order two hundred of the same goods created today to come by next week at the latest?" Sienna got out her marble to pay them in advance.

"This will cost one million Aris," the owner awkwardly rubbed his hands.

The owner stumbled when Sienna immediately transferred him the money, not expecting her to accept the ridiculous offer. One million Aris was the ten-year income of an average middle-class family in the first district. But it did make sense to charge this much when it consumed a huge amount of mana to create a glass that was filled up to one quarter.

It was frightening how I was used to handling large amounts of money like it was no big deal. For me, this appeared more like a bargain deal where the workers had their mana drained to the point it was on the boundary where it threatened their lives. Sienna and I got ready to go back to school by calling a hover car after the owner waved his farewells.

"This can be revolutionary," Sienna perked up as she recalled the sweet drink that resembled more like a dessert.

"Well it was our only choice since those drinks tasted awful," I shrugged.

I jumped down onto the school campus when the hover car was near the ground. My feet didn't hurt from the light cushioning in my shoes. Indeed, running shoes was a wonderful existence that wasn't utilized enough!

"Rika," Sienna warned me while gesturing to look behind me.

What could it be? I turned to face both Luke and Alex walking towards our direction, fully focused on their conversation from their usual sword practice. This was bad. I didn't change into the clothes that Sienna held onto in her arms.

'Please don't notice me,' I clasped my hands together with hope.

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