Melanie— The genius alchemist
It's a beautiful room with exotic plants potted at every corner. On the shelves, different types of creatures resembling reptiles, rodents or even organs could be seen pickled in glass jars.
In the middle of this strange and beautiful room was a long wooden table, with more shelves underneath it.
Atop of it were several chemical glass beakers, containing liquids of various colors—some interconnected to each other with straight and thin spiral tubes, some giving off effervescence and some even giving out vapour of strange color.
Soon, a girl in round specs shows up before the table, on her knees and holding a dropper in her hand.
Her concentration seemed unbreakable as she slowly brought the dropper above the glass beaker containing light blue liquid.
???: Almost there...
Soon as she was about to press the dropper, a tentacle gets a hold of her neck and startles her.
Unsurprisingly, she pours more than the desired amount of the specific liquid into the beaker and the whole apparatus blows up with smoke.
The whole lab— or store is in a complete mess and filled with smoke.
The girl waves her hand in front of her mouth to fend off her nostrils from the smoke while coughing uncontrollably—
However there was one more person behind her who coughed uncontrollably too.
???: "Cough! Cough! W-what are you doing miss Hitomi? Cough! Look at the mess you've created!"
Hitomi: "Cough! S-sorry about that Melanie! Cough! I just wanted to prank you— cough!"
Melanie: "Please don't!"
Melanie Einstein— she runs a small spell shop in the small town of luxor. She is also the only person in the town who sells aphrodisiac that work on magical beasts, as well as other sex enhancing potions.
She's a 5'3 woman with a curvy body. Even her white lab coat fails to hide her voluptuous breasts and waist. She's clumsy, yet cute. Her hair and pupils are natural brown and she usually keeps her hair down. She's truly an innocent looking beauty.
Hitomi: "Still Melanie... Gulp, those breasts are as voluptuous as ever."
—the pervert steadily gets behind Melanie and grabs her big chests from behind with a dirt face and drool dripping from her mouth
"These (breasts) are practically begging to be fondled! Hehe..."
Taken aback by the sudden harassment and dirty comments, Melanie struggles to push the pervert magic knight away.
"S-Stop it Hitomi-san! Why do you keep doing thi— Hnng!"
Hitomi keeps harassing Melanie everytime she drops by the store. The alchemist could never get used to this strange greeting.
Hitomi: "What's the problem? Hey, what do you say about going on an adventure or two with me? You'll love it!"
Melanie: "N-No! You're definitely going to take requests that center around magical beasts and mate with them! There's no way I'm ever going to tag along!"
Hitomi: "Tch what a stubborn girl. When it was you who requested me to explore that deadly forest and bring you some tentacles."
"—I completed your personal request so I'm obliged to receive a personal reward, aren't I? How about you let me play with those massive chests? Horah!"
Melanie: "S-Stop! Stop groping them! NOOO!"
Unable to bear the harassment anymore, Melanie takes out her wand from the pocket of her white coat and blasts water magic out of it on Hitomi— flying her off towards the room's end.
A few moments later and the Two collect themselves together. Hitomi is sitting in front of the table with hands placed on her knees. There are two bumps on her head, probably after receiving fists of justice from Melanie after being blown away by her magic attack.
Melanie is on the opposite side of the table preparing tea in some chemical utensils. It almost seems like she's preparing some potions but no, that's her way of cooking too.
Her face is still red, probably due to the embarrassment she feels after being sexually harassed by someone of the same sex.
Is the situation between them awkward now? Well, this happens everytime when Hitomi visits Melanie's store.
Placing the cup of black tea in front of Hitomi— Melanie sits on the opposite side of the table while holding a cup of tea and facing her.
While taking a sip from it, she asks—
"So...did you take care of the request that I asked for before?"
She showed some shyness in that pause. Melanie is well aware of Hitomi's method of hunting beasts. She has sex with them before hunting them. And the one who provides her with the necessary drugs to help that happen is Melanie.
"—Huh? Oh yeah..."
Hitomi straightens up and takes out those tentacles one by one out of her inventory out of mid air. She places them on the table.
Melanie: "Wow... This is amazing! I do know that you had sex with the tentacle monster to let his guard down but... Still this is amazing! Even 'A' rank adventurers have difficulty fighting such high level monsters!"
Hitomi: "Hehe...those muscle heads only know how to swing their swords. But it's all thanks to your drugs that I can easily fuck these monster up!"
—She said with a smug.
Melanie: "—'F-fuck' you say... Those aren't words that a girl should be saying...also I'm not really sure if I should be proud over your way of using my drugs." she sounded worried.
Hitomi: "Girl be proud! You're doing a great job by satisfying my Libido! Haha!"
"—Anyways, what do you plan to do with those tentacles?"
Melanie: "Well, I plan on using them to brew an advanced healing potion. They're a key ingredient in the recipe."
Hitomi: "Oh, I see..."
Melanie: "Yes..."
"..."
The conversation seemed to have ended abruptly. Melanie circled her finger around the cup's top. It seemed like she wanted to say something but was hesitant.
Hitomi noticed this peculiar behavior and asked Melanie.
Melanie: "Uh...um, well— I actually have another favor to ask for— but... You've just returned from the mission and... No matter how much experienced you might be, this one is still dangerous so...j-just never mind!"
Saying that, Melanie gulps down the tea. Hitomi let's out a sigh and says:
"Just tell me— what's the request? I will listen to it and decide if it's suitable for me or not."
—To Be Continued—