Warlock Apprentice

Sunders frowned. “The flower does improve blood flow, which helps sustain your body. It works in a strange way… but it’s not a bad choice.”

Ness quickly agreed. “That’s what I’m thinking! Just a small arousal effect, it won’t hurt.”

Angor did not deny. “There are many ways to improve blood flowing. Arousing sex is one acceptable approach.”

“There you have it!” Ness nodded.

“I don’t understand though. Mero Scorpion Flowers are really costly. Its arousal property also comes with a big side-effect. So… why don’t we use something cheaper, like a Sweetblood Orchis? This one is easy to get, and improves blood flow just fine, without any side effects,” Angor suggested.

Sunders nodded and agreed with his student. He realized he had been going the wrong way due to his excessive experience. A unit of Mero Scorpion Flower cost six times more than the same amount of Sweetblood Orchis. To Sunders, however, the difference in cost was never something that would concern him, so he never minded their prices.

As a level-2 wizard, Sunders could earn quick money by any means. Some extra magic crystals would not hurt. Ness, however, was a stingy old timer who was always saving money to buy beautiful slaves from other planes. He would never waste money like that.

Ness sighed. “Come on. I won’t hurt Angor in front of you anyway. I just want to do a tiny experiment on my own.”

“What kind of experiment?”

Ness spread his hands. “Your deduction was mostly correct. Mostly. There was something you’ve gotten wrong. When Fragrance of Charm is mixed with Mero Scorpion Flower, plus the other materials Angor mentioned, they will raise the level of someone’s pheromone. But it’s not the androgen hormone you believed. The gas came from a succubus, the embodiment of women’s desire which triggers the female hormone while the Mero Scorpion Flower triggers male one. So… the result is, both male and female hormone will elevate in your body.”

Angor frowned. “You mean, I’ll die even faster?”

There was no way Angor’s young body could endure two hormonal surges. Several minutes at best, and he would kick the bucket in the heat for sure.

“It won’t happen. Just a tiny experiment, as I said!” Ness noticed that Sunders’ expression was growing colder, and he quickly took out a vial from his space bag. There was some pale pink liquid inside. “Inject this thing into Angor’s body and he’ll be fine. Or, he can even get something good out of it!” Ness lifted the vial to Sunders.

Sunders took the vial and sensed its content. Then the gentleman revealed another strange expression.

“Professor?” Angor asked.

“Ness is… right. You’ll be safe with this. And yes, there’s a benefit in it…”

Ness did not wait for Sunders’ explanation. “I never lied, right? You won’t have a problem. And you can get a beneficial effect for free. I wouldn’t want to use it on outsiders if only Saka would accept my experiment…”

Sunders chuckled. “So, Saka refused, and you still want to do the experiment. When the Fragrance of Charm was released into the air, you thought about your plan on the spot to force Angor into a situation where he must accept your medicine to stay alive?”

Sunders gave the small vial several shakes. “Smart plan, I would say.”

That was almost everything Ness was trying to do. Before they came, the old man had been trying to persuade Saka, who never agreed. Saka even used the visitors as an excuse and escaped.

Ness smiled. “I’m working on a subject involving different genders, and I really need some result out of a test. Saka didn’t want to help, and I don’t want to use the valuable potion on random people. Now you’re here. I can use it on your student, and the benefit still stays between friends.”

Sunders ignored Ness’ useless excuses with a hollow laugh and turned to Angor. “Do you accept it?”

Angor was puzzled for good when listening to their conversation. He still had no idea what was inside the vial.

“Um, what’s that stuff, professor?”

Ness cleared his throat to interrupt. “Come on, you kids don’t have to know the details. It’s good stuff, I tell you! Something that worths at least thousands of magic crystals on the auction!”

That just gave Angor more reason to hesitate. He looked at Sunders again.

Sunders did not disappoint his student. He replied in his hoarse tone while still smiling a little.

“Well. This is… the bloodline essence of a succubus.”