Fastidious Alchemist

[Raspuchin Gregory]

Heeheehee

keheheh~!

Eh? What do you want?!

You're not here to steal my experimental results or plagiarize my work, are you? How dare you consider intellectual theft!

You're not, are you?

Well, as a colleague,

let me just warn you

that such tricks aren't

tolerated here in the

Alchemist Union!

How cute, you've come

all this way just to play...

I'll let you

go this time...

But next time, don't

expect to leave so easily...

What is it?!

You're curious as

to what I'm doing?

Heehee

Why, I'm busy

researching,

of course!

Once this

potion is complete...

You can use it to take

over an entire nation!

Hee hee hee!

Something this

dangerous has to

be kept a secret!

Understand?

What do you

want, kid?

A Merchant should go and set up shop and vend items. Why are you wandering in a place like this?

Heheheh~!

Go vend somwhere else!

And leave me to my

dark enterprise!

What...?

Learn Alchemy?!

Don't even speak

such nonsense!

Even if you tried studying for a thousand years, maybe even more, it'd be useless to you! Forget about it and just worry about your store!

Join the Union!?

I don't like it...

I just don't...!

Nowadays, anyone thinks they can

be Alchemists just by knowing how to mix a few herbs. That's why my interview is necessary.

I plan on weeding out all the dumb and incompetent, and chase them

all away! We don't need morons!

Wait...

Maybe I've

misjudged you.

You might be a pretty boy,

but I can tell you're smart

from your eyes.

Huh. You're a cutie alright,

but I can tell you've got brains.

You're not just some stupid kid.

I can tell youve gone through some rough times as a Merchant. Excellent. Keh heh heh~

Fine, just so we don't insult each other's intelligence, I'll just let you pass the interview.

So hurry up, become an Alchemist, do some good research, and you might turn out to be of some help to me. Hahahahahaha~!

Now go to Darwin!

He'll teach you how to do the experiments. Just tell him that

I sent you.

Surprised, are you?

Keheheh~ If you thought

becoming an Alchemist was

just a matter of changing

your clothes, then you're

sadly mistaken.

Now, try solving

all these problems.

Let's see how smart

really are.

What...?!

You want to take

the test again?!

I thought I told

you to leave!

I don't like this!

Fine...

I'll try to overlook your pitiful performance last time and give

you another chance. Don't screw

up again, got it?

Now then,

give me all the

right answers

this time.

12 + 23 + 34 + 45 = ?

1000 - 36 - 227 - 348 = ?

14 * 17 * 3 = ?

9765 / 3 / 5 / 7 = ?

(47 * 28) - (1376 / 4) = ?

(2646 / 7) + (13 * 28) = ?

How much do

12 Red Potions,

1 Butterfly Wing

and 5 Fly Wings cost

after a 24 % discount?

What is the

total weight of

3 Scimiters, 2 Helms

and 1 Long Coat?

total defense of

a Biretta, Mantle,

Opera Mask, Ribbon,

Muffler, Boots, and

Ear Muffs?

If you buy 5 Helms

with a 24 % discount

and sell it at 20

how much profit

do you earn?

13 + 25 + 37 + 48 = ?

1000 - 58 - 214 - 416 = ?

12 * 24 * 3 = ?

10530 / 3 / 5 / 2 = ?

(35 * 19) - (1792 / 7) = ?

(2368 / 8) + (24 * 17) = ?

total price of

15 Green Potions,

6 Magnifiers and

4 Traps after

a 24 % discount?

3 Ring Pommel Sabers,

4 Caps, and 2 Boots?

a Buckler, Long Coat,

Gas Mask, Big Ribbon,

Cute Ribbon, Sakkat,

and Glasses?

How much profit do you

make if you buy Tights

at a 24 % discount and

sell it at 20 % of

the normal price?

total cost of

6 Red Potions,

7 Green Potions,

and 8 Fly Wings

2 Ring Pommel Sabers,

3 Caps, and 3 boots?

a Mirror Shield, Mr. Smile, Leather Jacket, Silk Robe, Wedding Veil, Muffler, and Eye Patch?

If you buy 4 Padded Armors

at a 24% discount and sell

them at 20% of the original

price, how much profit would

you make from this sale?

Ooh...

Excellent! Great!

You got them all correct!?

Keheheh, I have no choice but to acknowledge you...

You got one wrong!

But I'll let it slide.

You pass the interview!

You've got serious

weaknesses in math,

but I'll let you go this time...

Keheheh! Idiot!

Just listening to your

answers is making me feel

stupider! You might as well

have got them all wrong!

How can a person that

can't even answer all of

these simple questions think

of becoming an Alchemist?!

Hm...?

Did you get

any right?

Fool! Even if you make one little mistake, everything goes wrong

in Alchemy! Now get out of here!

You make me sick!

What are you doing?

Go and find Darwin now.

Keheheheheheheheh~

Don't think this is the end of it!