Title: My First Trading Partner is An Awaken
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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"A liter of olive oil is perfect for one F-rank crystals to have its spiritual energy be extracted to make a potion. Make sure that the F-rank crystals will be as white as snow which indicates that all the energy is extracted," Tyler said.
"For F-rank healing potion, that is the last process. To accelerate his recovery, let your father a liter of it by one part per day of the F-rank healing potion by batches," He added. "I am not sure how severe your father's injury was but, if it still persist, you can just let your father continue drinking it."
"As for you, if you want to detoxify any foreign entities on your body, you can use it everyday. Toxics in the body will be extracted and the only indicator of it is that your secretes will have dark coloration and the smell is too strong." Tyler.
"So, Tyler. When you said optimize my body, does this means that everything else will be in normal level? Like fats and blood pressure?"
"Yes, I'm not sure about what you refer as blood pressure but, when you drink one part of the One liter of F-rank healing potion, every bone discrepancies, swollen muscles, fats in the body and others will be back to normal and you might earn more strenght and prowess!" Henry exclaimed as he still remember his first time.
" Eating habits can change the human body shape and its trajectory. Anyhow, the F-rank healing potion can eliminate those unnatural in the body," Tyler added.
"Thank you for that information. What will I do with the extracted crystals, though?"
"Good question, you can crush it to powder and feed it to animals. If the waste water is good for vegetation, the powdered form of the crystal is used to grow domesticated animals."
"If it was eaten by humans, the effect is to increase your height and muscle mass." Tyler explains.
"Wow! Everything about these crystals is useful!"
"It's true. I just want to warn you that eating these powders has limitations. There is a limit for any human being for his maximum height and ideal muscle mass. If someone eats it excessively, it will not be effective. This has been proven already so as not to waste your time proving it again," Tyler said.
"How much powder are you talking about?"
"Do you have a way to make any powder to pill?" Tyler asked.
"We do. I think we do," Henry said.
"I see. That's become easier. Human body can use 10 pills for 300mg of it." Tyler said.
"Is there anything more about these crystals?"
"There's none, Henry. Can I exit now as I need to attend to this wound of mine. It's hurting actually." Tyler said.
"Thank you Tyler. If you need some of these salt, I am open for a deal"
It was only 11 o'clock in the morning so Henry assisted his father to eat as he needed to get out again to earn money. Yes, he plans to sell gold coins to the black market.
He did find one. It took him two hours to observe the black market in their city and approach the PAL Jewelries. He only sold the two gold coins as he learned that a gram of the coin is worth 2,100 pesos.
The gold coin in his hand speaks of strangeness but the owner didn't mind it as he was more concerned about the carat and its weight.
"Mr. Ramirez, these two coins are 21 carat gold coins and had a total weight of 212.5 grams. Would you want to sell it for the price offered?" The PAL jewelry owner asked.
"I agree!" Henry said without hesitation. 'That's a total of 446,250 pesos! And yet I still have 26 gold coins!'
The owner smiles. Unbeknownst to Henry, the owner wanted to ask some expert about the detail of the gold coin if it is a collectible item. If it was, he would have multiplied his wealth. If not, he can do so but needs to pay craftsmen to make jewelry out of it.
Though there are miscellaneous expenses, he can still make around 65 rings that can be priced to 15k to 20k in a single coin.Thereby earning him a gross of around 1 million pesos. Two to three times more than what he had used to make the jewelry.
"Do you have a bank account to transfer the money?" The owner said.
"Not yet. But I will surely open one." Henry said.
"Cash then," the owner said.
After exiting from the black market. Oh he would definitely not come back home as he went to buy smartphones. Though he was poor, he still had awareness about these more advanced phones than his keypad phone.
Amidst the hustle and bustle of the city streets, Henry Ramirez found himself standing before a modest row of rent-to-own houses, his heart pounding with anticipation.
'I need to have at least a decent house for my father, and siblings. Securing them is more important as I always dream of moving out from the slum area in the future and that time has already come!' Henry thought.
Henry approached the sales office. It took him time to find the office as it was not really in the area itself but in another phase of the rows of subdivisions.
As he entered, he was greeted by a stern-faced sales agent, who seems to be skeptical about his purpose. He was use to these kind of people. With uick glaces, he was sure that the young man doesn't have the means to buy even the smallest house.
"Can I help you?" the agent inquired, his tone laced with skepticism.
"Yes, I'm interested in purchasing one of your rent-to-own houses," Henry replied, his voice steady despite the unwelcoming gesture of the agent.
The agent's expression softened, replaced by a patronizing smirk. "I'm afraid these houses are out of your budget, sir. Perhaps you should look elsewhere."
Henry's heart sank at the dismissive tone, but he refused to be deterred. With a steely glint in his eye, he pressed on. "I understand, but I'd like to see the houses anyway. I'm willing to explore my options."
Reluctantly, the agent yielded, leading Henry on a quick tour of the properties. Yet, at every turn, he made no effort to hide his disdain, dismissing Henry's inquiries with curt responses and thinly veiled condescension.
Undeterred by the agent's discouragement, Henry persisted and still call himself down. As someone living in the slum area, he was used to these sets of eyes. It was irritating at first but as years goes by, he got used to it.
As they reached the final house on the tour, he found himself drawn to its simplicity but wider area. It has five bedrooms, a kitchen-dining room, a living room and the most important thing is the two shared bathrooms.
Though it was old and some part needs renovation, this is far better than what they have in the slum. The best thing is that there is a property adjacent to it that posted for sale too.
"This one's priced at 340,000 pesos," the agent remarked, his tone dripping with skepticism. "Far beyond your means, I'm sure."
"I'll take it," he declared, his voice ringing with conviction.
The agent's eyes widened in disbelief, unable to conceal his astonishment at Henry's audacity. "But... but how?" he stammered, clearly taken aback by the turn of events.
Henry simply smiled, his confidence unwavering. "I know that you do not believe me because of what I am wearing. You are arrogance and condescending. I will buy this in your arrangement so that you will remember thisday that even with your great attitude towards me, I had showered you more mercy."
"This..." The agent's cheeks becomes swollen red and wanted to dig a hole to escape from this situation. If their boss would have some news about what happened here, he didn't know where it would lead to.
"Let's go. I don't want this day to be ruin by your antics," Henry said not making this personal.
The agent is silent as he really didn't expect that the young man would affort he house. Althought it was already a weary house and pretty need a renovation, still they need to sell it.
He processed the papers and it only took them two hours to deal with all the concerned documents.
The evening sun cast a warm glow through the window of Henry's father's room, where the two sat in quiet conversation.
"Dad, there's something I need to tell you," Henry began, his voice steady despite the weight of the news he carried.
His father looked up from his book, curiosity flickering in his eyes. "What is it, son?"
Taking a deep breath, Henry forged ahead. "I've managed to buy us a house."
His father's eyes widened in disbelief, the book slipping from his hands. "You what?"
Henry nodded, a small smile playing at the corners of his lips. "It's a rent-to-own property. But it's ours now."
A moment of stunned silence hung in the air before his father spoke, his voice choked with emotion. "I never thought...after everything we've been through… where did you get the money son?"
"Don't worry about it dad. The money was from a legal transaction. For the meantime, savor this good news for the family. So I had two roasted chicken I bought from Adok's.
"I'm curious but it's up to you son." His dad, Jimmy yielded.
Henry reached out, placing a reassuring hand on his father's shoulder. "We'll have a place to call home again, Dad. I promise."
Tears shimmered in his father's eyes as he pulled Henry into a tight embrace. "Thank you, son. Thank you."
"Brother! This smells nice! Wow, it's Adok's!" Dylan exclaimed. "What's the occasion?"
Henry nodded, the excitement bubbling within him. "I found a house. A rent-to-own property. It's going to be ours."
Almirah's eyes lit up with excitement. "Does this mean I get my own room?"
Henry laughed, ruffling her hair affectionately. "Yes, Almirah. You'll have your own space."
Dylan's face broke into a wide grin. "This is going to be so cool!"
Henry looked around at his siblings, his heart swelling with pride. "Tomorrow, we are to move."
His siblings nodded eagerly, their smiles reflecting his own. With their newfound hope and determination, they were ready to embark on this new chapter of their lives, filled with endless possibilities.
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"Finally!" Tyler exclaimed as his wounds subsided along with the F-rank healing potion. It took him six hours to make the potion.
In his small storage ring, he already prepared materials for making potions. F-rank potion is a must for them and more effective as he was still an E-rank Awakened.
As a general knowledge, making F-rank potion is fairly simple if all the ingredients are at hand. The most demanding is still the salt.
During the outbreak of the Magical beast in the Kailan Region, his healing potion was exhausted forcing him to escape from the pursuit of those magical beasts.
"20 liters of F-rank potion is enough for me for the time being. I need to go to Wadas City to procure E-rank crystals to accelerate my rank to D level." Tyler said.
"I can only trade the waste water and these crystals to Henry so as not to trace it back to me." Everybody knew that having wastewater means having purified crystals and salt. People who can shamelessly use it in public are from big families and powerful ones.
For someone as small as Tyler, it invites danger. He doesn't have any strong background to back him up so he needed to be as cautious as possible.
Late that night, he had contacted Henry to exchange the waste water to salt again.
[Sir Tyler, Greetings! What's going on?]
Henry can't sleep as he was too excited about his next step tomorrow. He would try making the F-rank healing potion as instructed by Tyler, so he needed some tools to do it.
Yet before he finds his sleep. Tyler messaged him about the waste water.
"I want to trade the wastewater for salt, Henry. If you don't mind." Tyler said. He really doesn't need the wastewater right now as he doesn't have his own place to conceal it.
[I don't mind. However, I don't have salt right now. I might purchase some by tomorrow.]
"I know. I will just place it in the platform for autotrading it with you if you secure salt in your end." Tyler Pierce said.
[I find no problem with it. So does it mean that you already made a healing potion?]
"Yes, I did. How about you?" Tyler asked.
[I can't yet. I don't have tools with me as I need to buy them tomorrow.]
"Hey, would you like to trade 1 liter of the potion for your reference?" Tyler asked.
[You would trade it?]
Henry was stunned as he didn't think that it was necessary but he too wanted to experience it himself before he make some.
"Yes. I will price it for 45 kg of salt along with the waste water, and the powdered form of the crystals." Tyler said as he aims to increase his salt reserve.
[Well, so it was 45 kg of salt in total!] Henry finally computed.
"Yes, if you have 45 kg of salt. I will send the items." Tyler said. Good thing about the trading platform is that it offers 24 hours waiting period for the transaction to be close. Thus, he can conceal waste water to such period.