Poison
“I wanted to ask something if that’s alright?”
“Yes of course. How may I help?”
“Do you guys sell poison here as well?”
When I inquired that from the clerk, they froze up with a stupefied face.
I guess this must be the first time some customer has come to them to buy poison, so it’s not the strangest reaction I suppose.
“PO.I.SON. You know, the thing that can harm bodies? That’s what I’m looking for.”
“……..eh, um, we only sell medicines that help cure illnesses and injuries faster here and nothing more, we don’t have—–“
“No no, we totally do have some here.”
From behind the bewildered clerk who was trying their best to not show it on their face, a singular old man suddenly showed up.
He seemed to be older than even the old golem guy but, he was also quite tanned, blonde and was wearing sunglasses——while he was also wearing a doctor’s white robe, the shirt within was quite gaudy and he was wearing shorts. He was quite the funky looking man I must say.
“Ah, Kalifa-san! You can’t just come out here!”
“Stop being so noisy will ya? I only came out to correct you because you were lying to our customer here, you know?”
“If you really do have it on sale, then I’d like some please. Of course I’ll pay whatever price you want for it.”
“‘Whatever price’ eh? Very well, come on in inside for a bit kid.”
“Don’t start complaining if we get sent another notice to stop our business okay!?”
Ignoring the shouts of the clerk, the old man called Kalifa continued to walk inside the store and I quickly followed after him.
Both his looks and words were screaming ‘danger’ but, if it’s to get some real good poison, I’m willing to take risks like these.
“There, take a seat. Don’t expect any tea or something though alright?”
“Don’t need it either. Just sell me the poison I want.”
“Don’t worry, I will. Just wait here. I have a couple of varieties so wait here while I bring them out.”
The old man called Kalifa seemed amused as he went to the shelves here, that had far more items and were far more cluttered than the shelves outside on display, and picked up a bunch of items and lined them up in front of me.
Three drugs with different shapes and colours were put here, and just from the looks alone, I could tell, they were all really dangerous.
“These are the poisons I’d recommend personally. Will you buy all three? Or should I explain them first?”
“I don’t need all three so do explain each of them first.”
“Got it. First one here, is the black, spiky one, it’s called Black Freesia. Made from a really pretty but poisonous flower. Its effects won’t be apparent straight away but, if you keep feeding this to someone for a week or so regularly, they’ll quickly head towards an inevitable incurable death. And the poison will be undetectable even from the corpse, and considering its symptoms aren’t suddenly apparent, this is the most popular product we have.”
From first glance, I thought it’d be a super fatal type but, turns out it was not exactly the kind I was currently looking for.
It was clearly much better suited to assassinations, or stealth killings but, I was hoping to get a poison that showed instant and apparent effects.
“It’s quite enticing but, it’s not exactly what I want right now.”
“What, so you didn’t want one for assassination? Alright then, I’ll introduce the second one to you. This yellow star shaped drug can induce heavy hallucinations while also giving a lot of pleasure to the recipient. Just one use will have the person get completely and hopelessly addicted to it, and their body will start craving for a second trip very soon.”
“……..Is it similar to the illegal drug that those underground organizations have been trafficking?”
“Keh, this one ain’t some cheap shit like those. This one is strong enough that the euphoria won’t disappear even if your arm was cut off! But, you can only use it consecutively for about 3 times and not more. Go above that, and your heart will go pop and stop right there and then!”
I was very interested in this one’s effects but this was still not exactly what I was looking for either.
Although I could use it in case I took a fatal blow to temporarily negate the damage and pain but, I already have [Pain Inhibition], plus it’s not like poisons have any effect on me anyway.
“Sorry but this one’s not quite what I’m looking for either………Guess I have to put my hopes on the last one?”
“Well, these three are just the ones I personally recommended, there’s a bunch of other poisons I still have back there. Alright, let me get to the last one. This red drug is nicknamed [Bloody tears], and is something I myself created through combination after combination of different drugs and is extremely powerful. It can cause extreme pain directly to the brain of the person that intakes it. The pain is bad that it’ll make you want to pull your brain out and wash it with water and, there were people that pulled their own eyes out from the pain——hence the nickname [Bloody tears].”
Hearing just the explanation alone was one that could send shivers down my spine but, this kind of powerful poison was exactly what I was looking for.
Judging by the size, I could easily keep it hidden behind my molars as well, and while I don’t know if I’ll be able to use it against Klaus, I still wanted to have this [bloody tears] on hand.
“Now this is the kind of thing I was looking for. Sell me these [Bloody Tears] then.”
“Ooh, you’ll buy this! One bottle will do?”
One bottle………..to be honest, I don’t think I’ll use it more than once, and even by the largest estimate, I don’t think I’ll need more than 10 or so.
A full bottle is bit much but, I’ll decide after hearing the price.
“How much is one bottle? I don’t need too many of these, so depending on the price, I might ask for a lesser quantity.”
“A single bottle is 5 gold coins. If you want less………how about, a half bottle then?”
“5 gold is a bit much. Just sell me 2 gold coins’ worth instead.”
“mumumu, you said you’ll pay whatever but you’re kinda stingy huh.”
He grumbled his complaints but Kalifa still properly sold me 2 gold coins worth of [Bloody tears].
Honestly, my expectations when coming here were low but, this should perfectly cover my poison needs for now.
