Make Money

''You need to find what they're hiding in the forest,'' The fox said as I'm mixing the ingredients to make a stamina potion. The guild had a two-story basement and I was in one of them right now.

''I know, but first I want to level up and buy better armor. I can start using my martial arts when I reach level three, and maybe, I find a way to disguise,'' I said as I put my hands on the glass bottle and call the light. ''That's all, I can't do it anymore. I'm tired.''

Mixing the ingredients wasn't hard, but it was tiring to invoke the blessing of the light element. Actually, it was harder than I remember. ''Am I struggling because my level is low or because I'm a demon now?''

I was able to make a dozen potions in a day. It would take me a week to use all the honey at this rate. The guild was selling potions for an average of 5 silvers, with my twenty-five percent share, more than 100 silvers for work of a week, was not bad at all. Of course, all of the potions had to be sold for this. Being an adventurer and other branches related were a profitable businesses.

''100 silvers are equal to one gold. You said a gold coin would feed a family for months. Why doesn't everyone becomes adventurers if it's so profitable?'' The fox asked.

''It's dangerous,'' I said. ''Every year teenagers leave their villages to explore the world, very few return. Most of them start their journey with swords that they don't know how to use. I have the light element, a guide for the recipes, and a vendor on standby, that's the reason I can earn money that fast.'' I said.

''Above all, I bought the guide for a gold coin at first, the light element is invaluable and luckily the guild needed the potions. Money, luck, genius. These three don't easily coexist,'' I said.

Glass bottles carefully placed on the shelves and before leaving the room, I locked it and left the key to the man who had a wooden leg. I didn't go down to the minus second floor, because the stairs leading up to it were chained.

The minus first floor was where the teleportation formation and the laboratory were kept. There were a few other rooms that I hadn't seen, but I guessed the real treasures were on the minus second floor. I left the antennas in the guild for now because I didn't feel confident enough to make the mind-strengthening recipe made with antennas. It was an intermediate level recipe.

''It's already afternoon. Where are you going now? Temple?'' The fox asked.

''While Roen is still there? No way,'' I said. ''I want to eat real food, I feel hungry. I haven't been able to do anything for hours. Actually, I should have been hungry before,'' I frowned.

''Feeding your hunger for lust alleviates your hunger for food,'' The fox said. ''Food also alleviates the hunger for lust. As long as you are not doing something that spends an extreme amount of energy like the last time, you can manage with normal meals for a few days,'' The fox said. ''But I wouldn't recommend doing it unless you're in a do-or-die situation. It makes you weak.''

''Okay,'' I said. The streets and alleys were full of soldiers on patrol. I tried to look into their hearts for what purpose they were in town but the streets were crowded and, unlike the bees, I couldn't easily keep people's desires out.

I've searched restaurants in town from the web and pick one of the best. I'll make good money soon, I could pamper myself a little. When I entered the restaurant a waiter bowed his head, ''How many would be dining tonight?'' He asked.

''Only me,'' I said. He looked at me in a way saying, 'Are you sure you can afford it?' but he was too kind to ask and I gave him a gaze in the sense of 'Yes, I'm a woman eating alone at an expensive restaurant, so what,' Then he showed me a table for two.

''You need some fat so order something fatty,'' The fox said.

''It doesn't work like that. You can gain fat but it's up to chance whether it will return to you with a beautifully shaped hip or an extra layer of fat on your belly,'' I said.

''Well, this is the case for humans. However, you're not one of them,'' The fox said. ''The process of your cells to evolve into the succubus still continues, but there is no way you to become a fatty unless you want to be one.''

''What do you mean 'unless want to be one'?''

''Your body will change in a way you find yourself attractive,'' The fox said. ''Is the bee pollen serum I told you ready?''

I looked at the leather bag, ''It is.''

''Perfect. Use it for your scars, it will speed up the skin's self-renewal process. Use every day,'' It said.

I let the fox order the food. It ordered a kind of sausage in between two slices of bread. It was like a hot dog, but it wasn't exactly. There were strange spices in the bread. It didn't taste bad, but it was too spicy. The sausage was probably made from beast meat, which must have been why it was expensive.

''Now,'' The fox said. ''Since you don't want to go to the temple, whose lust will you eat today?''

''I think it's time to spy a little on soldiers,'' I said.