Aberdeen City, a few years prior
Inside the custom laboratory inside their own home, a certain plant enthusiast had submerged herself in her creations.
Alicia sighed and just placed the food on a clean surface (which was much smaller than before) before heading outside.
After all these years, they knew it was counterproductive to distract her when she was in her own zone.
If there wasn't an explosion, then the experiment could fail altogether and she definitely wouldn't eat until she recreated the destroyed progress.
All they could hope was that her stomach rumbled enough to distract her and she smelled the food on the tray.
Looking back at her nominal daughter, she reluctantly left the room, trying not to make too much noise.
Hours later, Althea finally emerged from the zone and lifted a small beaker with pinkish liquid.
It was her special moisturizer, designed to greatly improve the smoothness of skin regardless of skin type!
"I did it! This will definitely be a gold mine~" She said, a little smug. Next up would be other beauty products. Then, when she gained more knowledge, she would start creating medicinal solutions as well.
Hopefully, these medicines would help out her husband and help keep him safe.
Anyway, with more resources and money, she could travel more and procure more and rarer materials.
She couldn't depend on her husband, parents, and Winona all the time, right?
She stretched, satisfied with today's achievements. But as she did so, her stomach rumbled.
"Hungry…" she mumbled, and she turned her head, her emerald eyes ending on the tray with a smile.
Food after success was just so much more delicious!
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[15 days of Protection Period]
Altera Village, Present.
Inside her laboratory filled with powder and different parts of plants, a certain auburn-haired woman stared at an invisible screen with bright eyes.
Some of these had actually appeared before, but she didn't have much time to appreciate them much because she was in the zone.
She definitely did apply them as soon as she could, though.
[Congratulations on upgrading to Pharmacist (D)]
[Congratulations for creating Alien Crop Fertilizer (B).]
[Alien Crop Fertilizer (B+): Special Fertilizer that could increase the growth rate of alien Crop by 5 times and increase the survival rate by 100%]
[Detected contribution to World Knowledge. Receive B Gift Pack]
[Learned! Growth Skill Mixture Calculator (Lv1): Determine the mixture of basic liquids (Level E-D) with 100% accuracy. Consumption: 10 Mana]
After spending the past few days inside her lab, she finally got it! And the rewards were satisfying!
It was worth noting that skills she received after becoming a pharmacist seemed to be growth-type skills.
From the NPCs, Growth-type skills improved the more it was practiced effectively.
She liked this setup very much.
She then looked at the skill she also received a day ago.
[Growth Skill Advance Identification (Lv1): Assess basic combinations (Level E-D), descriptions, and functions. Consumption: 10 Mana]
The description might seem basic, but this skill alone had been immensely helpful the past couple of days. Her progress could be said to have doubled because of it.
Anyway, she looked at her products with bright eyes. Not only did she improve the fertilizer for local crops, but she also managed to mix one for Terranian plants!!
She could see it, self-sufficiency for all kinds of crops would finally come!
They would be able to taste the old food again!
The ingredients here were not bad and they were abundant, but the variety was poor and the flavor of the Terran crops was still superior.
Of course, it could also be because they had only occupied a small place in this world. There were probably more ingredients out there waiting to be explored.
This was also something to look forward to in the future.
She heard pharmacists could get major discounts in medicine stores in cities and towns. That alone was major news that made her very happy.
Another perk of being a pharmacist was that this skill could increase the effect of whatever she made, even using the same prescription as others.
It was either increased production or increased effect, hence the (+) signs.
Anyway, now that she had the formula, she could produce it in the new factory. Although the effect of non-pharmacists was less than half of hers, it was still extremely valuable and would be a great source of funds.
She stretched her arms out to squeeze away the tiredness and sore back, before she remembered the gift pack she had just received.
Before going out of her laboratory, she opened her new gift pack.
A small circle appeared floating above her hand, soon revealing the content of the gift.
It was a pretty pair of brown boots. They looked too big, but she put it on and they conveniently adjusted to her size. After walking around the lab to check on its comfort, she took a look at its stats.
[Eagle Boots (C): +35 Agility, +10% weight reduction]
Very good!
This would allow her to explore the mountains near her territory more efficiently.
After all, she really neglected this aspect of her profession. Now that she had already given birth, the time for her exploration would come soon.
Not to mention, the practicality would allow her to go home earlier, giving her time with her babies!
[EQUIPMENT:
Head: None
Ears: None
Body: Leather Jacket, cotton undergarments +2 Defense
Synthetic Vest +3 Defense
Rainbow Silk Undergarments (A). +80 Defense, +10 Agility, +50 Spirit
Arms: Arm Brace +1 Defense
Legs: Leather Pants +2 Defense
Hands: Bellagio Bow (B): +40 ATK
Leather Gloves +1 Defense
Feet: Eagle Boots (C): +35 Agility (+10% weight reduction) ]
She looked at her equipment list with satisfaction, finally going out of the room for things other than food and a short nap.
She stopped at a table and saw a lot of food prepared. With a smile, she washed her hands and extended them to get a bite.
She ate very quickly though…, after all, she had not played with her babies for days!