Kaly was drying the roots with wind magic and then heating them slightly with fire magic; the dried roots were used to make the potions. The cauldron could hold up to 6 liters of potions, which was about 240 bottles of potions.
While Kaly made the potions, Darius used the coin purse to create potion bottles, which were made of glass and bore the family name and an eagle, which was used in the house crest.
"A great idea, we'll use the family symbol on the next wooden boxes."
Darius was almost out of mana, but he managed to create enough jars. As he left the kitchen, Kaly called him over and handed him the mana ring, which he wore for a few minutes while he accumulated mana. He should create some trees, as they would need more wood.
He took an apple that was in a basket and then went near the plowed land, he used water magic to wet the soil and then used magic and made a pine tree grow, he knew how this wood was used in his world, but in this world, this plant didn't exist. But there were no problems.
He felt tired again so he sat under the tree, it was still afternoon and he wanted to sleep. But he managed to hold on to his sleep and gradually recovered. The ring gradually increased his mana, so he had to wait a little longer until his mana recovered.
Darius sat for a few minutes until Kaly came towards him and cut down the tree with a single sword stroke, she put it in her bag of items and they went to the village, she was flying while carrying him.
There she went up to a person and asked who the chief was, an older woman appeared, she asked what they wanted and then lowered her voice when she realized she was with Darius.
"Do you know what he did yesterday?"
"Yes, and I thank you for that."
"We want a deal with the village, a deal that's good for everyone, can we talk somewhere else?"
"Yes, I'm sorry, let's go to my house."
Kaly followed the woman to a house, it was simple, but a bit large.
They sat down on some chairs in the living room.
"Darius used a family spell, only he inherited this ability," she lied, but there was no way the others would suspect, it really was common for nobles to use spells that only family members could use. "He can use it more often, besides it's his wish. But we also want something, we're starting to make potions and we need labor. We'll pay for all the work and as a token of our good faith we'll use magic to improve the harvest."
"What kind of work?" She looked suspicious.
"Nyme must have told you that she works at the mansion, she started yesterday. What we want is for you to provide us with wooden boxes for potions, we'll pay you 5 copper coins for each one, and we want to use part of the land to plant medicinal plants for the potions, we'll pay you a monthly fee for the use and the labor involved. We also want you to build a potions factory, which we will also pay for. As a way of repaying you for the use of the land, in addition to the money we'll use its magic once a month, so you'll have crops every month. Except in winter."
"Don't get me wrong, but I don't know if that would really be a good thing."
"I understand your distrust, but I know you're barely making ends meet, and that's not all. Some other nobles are getting weaker economically, but this is one way to change. So we can do a test, if we find that you're losing more than you're gaining, we can end the agreement and go back to the way things were before."
"All right, wait here."
The woman left and stayed out for a few minutes, after a few minutes she came back with two men and a woman.
"This is Ery, he's our bricklayer and he looks after all the building work here and some in the capital. Torn, he's a joiner, and she's Bel, she looks after the plantations. They're the ones responsible and in charge of everything you said."
Kaly repeated the explanation and told her everything she needed and how it should be done, as well as the deadlines and how she wanted it done. She spent a long time explaining in detail how she hoped to create a relationship with the villagers and how everyone could benefit.
In the end, everyone accepted. She then took out 30 gold coins and handed them to Bel.
"This is more than enough for you to prepare the soil and keep it that way. The daily harvest will be paid at the end of each month, I'll pay 2 silver coins per person who works, to keep it organized you must have a list with the names of each person and you must give it to me the next day."
The village chief stared at Kaly, she had never seen so much money at once.
"For you, Torn, here are 100 gold coins, I want to pay for 2,000 wooden boxes with the coat of arms. Is that all right?"
"Yes, that's fine. I'll do my best."
"I don't know how much you'll spend to make the factory, as I want something big, here are 2,000 gold coins."
"That will be more than enough for the job."
"You don't have to pay any of that amount as tax to the Viscount, the taxes will remain the same. As a form of rent for the factory and the extra plantation, the payment will be family magic and one harvest a month from the wheat plantation."
While Kaly and Darius were walking back to the mansion, he was thinking about a few things.
"You've strayed a bit from your arrangement with my father, don't you think?"
"Yes, but looking at them, I don't think they'd be able to keep up the sales and management, so it's best to leave everything to me. Don't worry about it."
"All right. The wood hasn't even been used."
"Yes, I'll use it for firewood or something, as there are carpenters, they should be able to get wood easily."
"I see."
"You don't like how I did it?"
"It's not that, we just agreed on something and then changed it, but I understand your vision. I don't think they could handle it, and besides, it would be dangerous to target them.
"Yes, that's why we're also going to the Guild, I want to hire an escort."
"Escort?"
"You'll understand soon enough."
She flew to a street near the Guild, she got off and they continued walking, the Guild was practically empty, except for a few adventurers in the restaurant and bar area. She saw a table with three people at it and approached them.
"Are you available for a mission?"
"Mission?"
"Depending on what it is, yes," said a man in armor.
"I want an escort, it would be inside the capital, you are to escort a group of sellers leaving Viscount Lestor's mansion, you are to bring them safely here."
"A simple job, when do you need it?"
"Tomorrow."
"We accept the job," said the elf.
"We'll draw up a contract with the Guild."
Clara was at the counter, as usual. She filled in the details of the mission and asked how much the reward would be.
"I'll give you three gold coins."
"3 gold coins?"
"Yes, don't worry about the amount, the mission will still be simple. But I may ask for more escorts in the future, so I want you to let me know if you want to continue."
"Okay," said the man with the sword.
"I'm Cayena," said the woman with the rabbit ears. "The elf is Celene and he is Zai."
"I'm Kaly and he's Darius."
They chatted for a few minutes and she explained what she wanted, and everyone agreed.
In the dining room, Kaly took out a bag containing 100 coins from her bag of items and handed it to Lucian.
"I know this isn't a good time for this, but this is your share of our first sale."
"How much do you have here?"
"100 gold coins."
"How did you get so much money?"
"I went to the Guild and showed them what I was selling, the boss wanted to buy 10,000 potions."
"How much did you sell them for?"
"6 copper coins apiece."
He remained silent.
"How did you manage to sell so many potions?" Amanda asked.
"Very simply, the Guild will profit, even though the deal is to sell for less than 1 silver coin, the Guild will manage to sell all the potions and money is never too much. The Guild doesn't make most of its money from quests, it sells food, and drink and receives money from the Kingdom, with which it can support itself and pay its staff. Even though it receives a lot of missions, the fees aren't enough for how much it spends."
Zenith was quiet as she ate, she was always calm and stayed with the maid.
"She's bigger," Kaly said as she looked at Zenith.
"How?"
"She's grown a bit, she's a bit older. To be honest, I expected it, but she's grown a few months in two days."
"You expected it?" Amanda asked.
"Yes, it's normal for demons to get older more quickly, she's considered a beast herself, she's taken on the human form because she's been taken over by someone strong. It's rare, but it happens. Little by little she'll grow into her adult form."
"Did me getting stronger influence it?"
"Yes."