After leaving, Kai headed straight for Kato bakery. Although he controlled his urges in the morning, after a day of hard work he couldn't restrain himself any longer.
"3 blueberry muffins and 2 danish pastries." After ordering, Kai looked around a little and didn't see Alex. So he asked,
"Where's Alex?"
Listening to Kai's question, Alex's father Mathew sitting on his wheelchair had an expression of helplessness on his face.
Before being forced into this dangerous world. He worked at a corporate company. Which paid enough to support both his son and the vegetative wife.
His wife had high hopes of recovering from the vegetative state and his son was about to enter college.
He even developed habits of cooking and baking. Although life wasn't perfect, it was still good and worth looking forward to each day.
However, all this changed and they were dragged into this world.
After much effort, he found ways to keep his wife alive and discovered treatments that could help her recover from the vegetative state; which cost a fortune.
So he worked hard every day, hunting monsters and running a bakery, to gather enough money to help his wife recover.
All this changed a month ago when his team encountered a pack of Silver Wolves.
He lost both his legs and received severe injuries, which burned through the funds he was saving for his wife.
Now he could only run the bakery, which barely covered the expenses of keeping his wife alive.
To make matters worse, his son decides to go hunting monsters to earn money. He doesn't want his son to risk his life, which father would want that? However he knows that he can't stop him either.
He felt helpless knowing he couldn't help his wife or his son.
"He's out hunting."
Hearing Mathew reply, Kai sighed at their family situation. After paying, he quietly left.
Alex's family is both fortunate and unfortunate at the same time. They are fortunate because the whole family is together, and unfortunate due to recent circumstances.
There are many people in town who knows nothing about their family members, whether they are dead or alive.
Even Kai himself doesn't know the situation of his family.
Munching on muffins and pastries along the way, Kai returned to his room at the inn. After resting for a while, he picked up the books about [Herb Weaving] and drowned himself in them.
After three long hours of studying, Kai felt hungry. Looking out the window, he saw that it was already evening.
So, tidying up the place, he headed out to get some dinner. After dinner, he returned to his room and refined Ki for an hour.
[Ki: 149]
Then he slowly drifted into dreams.
[Ancient Calendar: 10 April 0001]
Waking up the next day, Kai freshened up, ate at the inn and then headed to work.
"Kai, come here quickly." As Kai entered the shop, Miya excitedly called him.
Arriving at the front desk, Kai saw Miya going through a list.
"Here, look! The shipment finally arrived."
"Which shipment? You mean that shipment!" Remembering the delayed shipment of goods that could be exchanged for Honey points, Kai excitedly grabbed the list.
Going through the list, Kai saw many good items, but one item caught his eye.
[Strength Potion (A): 1M points.
Phantom Fruits (A): 2M points.
Sun Essence (B): 500K points.
Pill Spirit (B): 150K points.
Knowledge Sea (C): 100K points.
Broken Knowledge Sea (E): 5K points.
Furnace (D): 80K points.
Beast Flames (D): 150K points.
Earth Flames (A): 5M points.
Fire Stones (E): 1K points.]
The item that caught Kai's attention was the broken Knowledge Sea.
"How is a broken Knowledge Sea different from a normal Knowledge Sea?" Kai asked Miya, as the price of five thousand Honey points was very cheap.
"Simple, it is broken. You will never be able to progress with a broken Knowledge Sea. But it's the main ingredient for making the Knowledge Sea awakening pill," Miya replied, still going through the other lists.
"Then do you think I can use it?" Kai asked hurriedly. Although he wouldn't be able to make progress, he could still use Soul powers.
"Use it? oh you meant using it as your Knowledge Sea. It's possible… but are you sure? Using another's Knowledge Sea already makes it difficult to make any progress. If you use a broken Knowledge Sea, then you will never be able to make progress. Your soul power will forever remain the same."
Miya advised Kai against his thoughts. As a Fairy, she knows the importance of the Knowledge Sea better than humans. Fairies awaken their Knowledge Sea automatically; in some cases, they need the assistance of the Knowledge Sea awakening pill.
However, in the worst cases, they can't open their Knowledge Sea even with the help of the Knowledge Sea awakening pill.
So, they opted to use the Knowledge Sea of deceased Faires.
However, a foreign Knowledge Sea will always be foreign, and making it ten times harder to make progress compared to one's own.
A broken Knowledge Sea meant no progress for the rest of one's life. In rare cases, it can even lead to early death.
So, Miya advised against it. However, Kai, who finally saw a ray of light in the endless tunnel of darkness, wasn't willing to budge.
"Can I use it to perform Herb Weaving?" Kai asked again, not listening to Miya.
"You can certainly do that. However, with your pitifully weak soul, how much Soul power will you be able to generate? Maybe extracting the essence of four to five herbs would be all that you could manage."
Miya truthfully answered. Although she felt like she wouldn't be able to persuade the human named Kai, she still tried to warn him one last time.
"Good, then how many honey points do I have?" Kai asked excitedly as he handed over his employee card.
Kai is a human, not a fairy. He doesn't depend entirely on Soul powers. He just needs it for Alchemy; for everything else, he has his Ki.
"Currently, you have 874 Honey points." The details on the employee card are written in the Fairy language, which only a Fairy can read.
"Alright, and my brewing list?" Kai never really actively tried to earn Honey points. All these points were earned in the last eighty days.
Taking the brewing list, Kai headed toward his Alchemy room.
"I get 1 Honey point per pill and 5 points per Potion. It roughly takes two hours to make a batch of Basic Vitality pills, from which I can get 16-17 points.
However, it only takes around an hour to make a potion, which can get me around 10-15 points. But it's tiresome work."