46 A Break

6 Hours passed, Jim wasn't bored though, he spent the time studying circles and testing low powered ones. 'Would this work?...No.'

Sam finally came in. "Why is the ground wet?"

Jim: "Hm? Dunno."

Sam: "We've decided to accept your offer on a probationary basis. Here's your ID, don't lose it. We'll honor our end, you keep yours."

After a little while, Jim was back home, it was sunset by the time he arrived. "I'm Home!" Jane came running out. "Son! Where have you been!? I've been worried sick!"

Jim realized he had just gone out for a bit but didn't return for 3 months. Libta nearly fell down the stairs while hurrying down, she ran over and wrapped her arms around Jim's waist. 'Guess I made a bit of a mess, huh.'

Two hours later, Jim managed to calm his mother down, but Libta still stubbornly hadn't loosened her grip. He didn't have a choice but to pick her up and carry her around. Astril seemed completely uninterested in his return. 'That hurts a bit.'

Jim got to work making more Divine Jing Qi Pills and Injury Recovery Pills. He was a bit curious why the Injury Recovery pills didn't gain a Divine prefix when refined through Divine Essence Fire. Since it didn't change anyway, he had the system assist handle making them while he crafted the Jing PIlls by hand.

He spent most of the night doing this, Libta was glued to his back while he worked. It looked like she was getting tired, he picked her up and took her to bed. The next morning, he felt a weight on his chest, Libta had crawled on top of him while he slept. 'What do I do about this?'

After Serene Mind, Jim checked his email. 'Oh, it's already there, they sure work fast.' The New Drug Application had already been approved, this was part of the conditions he had written down. 'Since they're being sincere, I might as well proactively help out, later though.'

Jim decided to spent the day with Libta, he needed a break from the daily training, fighting, and teaching. They went downstairs and sat on the sofa watching tv. Astril shot the occasional death glare at him. 'What's wrong with her?'

While watching anime, Libta started mimicing the poses the characters were doing while on his lap. 'I really can't let her watch JoJo'. Other than the slight discomfort Astril gave him, it was a nice relaxing day.

[Japanese Language Skill Obtained]

Jim sighed. 'Thought I wouldn't hear any alerts today. Whatever, it's nice to have a new skill.'

The next day, Jim sat Astril and Jane down to explain how he was going to start selling the crafted pills now that the application was approved. Jane was delighted, Astril was uninterested. He had wanted her to participate as she had been freeloading for months, this attitude was starting to tick him off.

Jim: "Astril, I need you to work on this, think of it as payment for staying here."

Astril's head went down in guilt. She wasn't completely shameless, she had just gotten caught up in looking for suspicious activity from Jim to the point she ignored other things. "Mm."

Jane was intrigued. She had originally assumed Astril was her son's lover, but she had never seen them give off a feeling of affection towards each other. 'Why did he have her stay here, then?'

Jim decided to start finding buyers. Auctions, face to face meetings, he felt these would be less time consuming than starting a full company. A full-time job would get in the way of cultivating, magic practice, and hunting monsters after all. The problem was, he didn't have a connection with wealthy individuals, nor the reputation to start pushing a product.

'That's it! The guy who bought the paintings before, he was loaded with cash and had pestered me repeatedly wanting more paintings.' Jim emailed Bill with an offer. It didn't take long to get a response, they decided to meet in person this time.

Eager to meet, Bill hurried over to Jim's condo. Nearly panting from excitement, he knocked on the door.

Bill: "You've got new work to sell?"

Jim: "Yeah, take a look."

Bill was let down to find a small ball handed over to him, he was expecting a new painting to show at his parties.

Jim: "Try it out, I've already gotten it passed by the FDA."

Bill: "Hm? Wait, is this a pill?"

Jim: "Yeah, it's not narcotic, but I think you'll like it."

Bill hesitated for a moment, if it was anyone else that handed him drugs he'd immediately turn it down and get away. But, the guy in front of him made those magic paintings, they were completely outside his imagination, what if this pill is similar?

Popping it into his mouth, he didn't get a chance to swallow it. The pill suddenly melted and evaporated before he could react. Before he could ask what was happening, the comfortable sensation of his brain expanding completely dominated his senses.

A minute later, Bill came back to himself. Looking around, every sight was vibrant. Every sound was clear, his mind was racing at a speed he never thought was possible.

Bill: "What is this?"

Jim: "I call it Brain Boost. I'm going to start selling it soon, but since you've purchased things from me before I decided to give you the first try. Only take one per day, any more won't cause an overdose but there won't be an effect."

Bill: "I'll take 200!"

Jim didn't think he'd sell so many at once, he headed to the kitchen and grabbed a plastic container. Letting 200 pills fall from his inventory into the container, he placed the lid on and brought it over to Bill. 'Huh? Where did he go?'

Bill came running back into the condo with a briefcase in hand. Grabbing the plastic container, he left the briefcase sitting in front of Jim. "Here's your money, I'll buy more in a week!" He quickly ran to his car and took off.

Bill was ecstatic to have something to show off at his parties again. 'Did I give him too little? Let's double it next time!'

Jim reached down and picked up the briefcase, he placed it on the living room table and opened it up. Stacks of cash were inside, using detection to count the total, it was exactly $1,000,000. '...This is way too much!'