Let's start making money (2)

"Good... so you may start now, if only you have time." The old man said to him while patting his shoulder.

Knowing that Leon was a young boy who was around 13-14, The old man still hired him seeing the potential in him. he could tell that Leon wasn't from a good family or a rich family and he was probably even starving, so he decided to helm him by giving him a job to earn a little money.

Leon was in high spirit right now, he was willing to do anything to earn money.

"Yes sir..." He bowed towards the old man.

"now... let me tell you where the herbs grow, and which type of herbs I need." The old man said to him.

"..." Leon only nodded at him.

"Here... take this map, this is the map of our village and neighbouring areas." The old man handed a map to Leon while speaking.

"Okay..." Leon said.

"So, let me tell you about the areas where herbs can be found." The old man said to Leon while pointing his fingers on the map.

"first, the high cliffs, herbs are common in this location and it doesn't have many dangers, so I will suggest this area to you." The old man said.

"Then, the Arcane forest, herbs are abundant in this location but so are the dangers." The old man continued.

"And finally, The Himgiri valley, herbs are abundant in this location and rare herbs can also be found in this location, rare herbs are hard to come by and only a few lucky people get them, I won't recommend this place to you because it has many high level dangers and you won't be able to face them." The old man warned him while speaking.

"What is the difference between rare herbs and common herbs? How are they better than the normal herbs?" Leon finally spoke.

"Ah, I knew you would ask this, The rare herbs are better than normal herbs because of the purity level and they are more likely to get converted into a potion with more than 60% purity. That's why it is sought after by many high level alchemists, this causes the herbs prices to skyrocket and the ones to get their hands on the herbs can be considered rich." The old man gave a short explanation to Leon.

"Ah, understood, I will go to the Himgiri valley." Rey made his descision.

"What!? you shouldn't do that young man, you are still young, you have a bright future, don't waste your life like it's nothing for money." The old man spoke while warning him of the dangers.

"I have made my mind, elder, I have to earn money to join a good Magician academy." Leon said to him.

"B-but" The old man said.

"No buts, either I get a lot of money or I die, This will decide my future, don't worry about me elder." Leon said to him politely.

"O-okay, if you insist, I won't stop you, but be aware of the danger and come back alive." The old man said to him.

"got it." Leon answered.

***

After two hours of constant walking towards the Himgiri valley, Leon thought about many thing like, who and where were his parents, who is this boy whose body he transmigrated in, and other doubts he had.

"Well, it can only be answered when I get stronger enough to find clues." He thought to himself and kept walking.

***

after 1 more hour, he finally arrived at the Himgiri valley, it was a very wide area with an excellent scenery, the sun shone brightly and a completely blue river flowed between the mountains, trees were seen everywhere and this was a scene that could never be found on Earth.

"Woah..." His mouth was wide agape when he saw the beautiful scenery in front of him.

"Is this the Himgiri valley? It's so beautiful!" He was amazed by how beautiful this valley was.

After a few minutes of roaming around, he finally started to find herbs, because that was the sole reason he came here in the first place.

"Herbs, o herbs, where are herbs..." He kept murmuring in a low voice.

"Oh... found one." He said while looking at a small herb near a tree.

He was also given a Herbs info book to confirm that something was really a herb and not just wild grass.

He quickly moved towards the herb and kneeled to pick it up.

He had to be gentle while picking the herbs because they could get damaged if he used force and did not pick them gently.

"Oof..." He heaved a sigh of relief after he saw that the herb was not damaged at all. The herbs price also depends on the quality of the herbs, a damaged herb was sold at almost nothing while a non damaged herb was sold at the best price, this was what the old man told him.

He then put the herb in a box and continued to walk again.

***

After an hour, he had already found nearly 50 herbs. He was satisfied with the value of good herbs he had gotten his hands on and now wanted to return home.

"I should return now. " He thought.

Just ads he was turning around, he was startled by the scene in front of him.

"W-who...