In the dark corner of the bazaar in the small town of Port Buno, there is a mysterious shop, and the owner of the shop is an old man with a white beard and a pair of eyes that cannot be spoken.

He is an alchemist.

Alchemists' tempers are very strange, because alchemy is a gold-consuming thing, so most alchemists are very greedy, and have a soft spot for some rare things, and because they have some mysterious connection with witchcraft, ordinary people are very afraid of here, even pirates, they don't want to have too much to do with them.

Unlike the bustling markets, it's deserted.

The Goddess of Despair had anchored in Port Buno many times, and Roger was familiar with the place and had spoken to Andy in the bar, so Andy easily found the shop hidden in the deepest part of the market.

The wooden door was closed, and there were no signs, except for the imprint of the old man's medicine bottle and flame, drawn by the old fellow with squid's ink, on the side wall, which was the alchemist's emblem.

Andy faintly heard something inside outside, thought about it, and pushed the door and walked in.

There weren't any windows, so the room was a little dark, except for candles on a counter-like table, as Andy pushed the door open and the flames shook twice in the wind.

Behind the counter was an old man, leaning on the counter, his hair was a little thin, but his beard was very thick, and it was stained with various potions, I don't know what it was for.

Behind the old man hung all kinds of strange things with wooden ropes, and a black crow stood motionless by the old man's hand, as if it was a dead thing, but Andy still felt something strange in its body.

Seeing Andy come in, the old man symbolically raised his head, and saw that it was a fresh face, and a different color flashed in his eyes.

There was an old man and a man in the shop, covered in black robes, standing in the corner, silent, Andy almost didn't notice him.

"Young man, what do you want?"

The old man's voice was a little hoarse, and there was a sense of eerieness that he had deliberately created, perhaps to scare the new little guy.

"I'll take a look first, and you go ahead. ”

Andy spread his hands and motioned for the black-robed man to continue, as Andy's sudden entry interrupted him.

The black-robed man glanced at Andy, as if to confirm something, before looking at the old man.

"When will that potion be given to me?"

Andy paused slightly, and glanced at the black-robed man quietly, although her voice was deliberately disguised to be very gloomy, she could still hear that it was a girl.

And it's definitely not that old.

"As I said, the Transfiguration Potion is in stock, and I can give it to you now, although the effect may not be too good, after all, I made it a few years ago, and if I want to make it now, it will take at least three days, because there is a material that I don't have now. ”

The old man said unhurriedly, and touched the crow with his dry twig-like palm, grinning.

"What does it mean to be ineffective?"

The black-robed girl asked in a deep voice.

"Well, I'm just saying that there might be a problem, maybe it's because the eyes aren't the same, or maybe the nose is a little crooked? Or maybe it didn't last long enough, and I can't say for sure, if you're lucky, maybe there's no problem with the potion. ”

"I can give you three times as many coins and make me a bottle by tonight, okay?"

The black-robed girl was a little reluctant and continued to ask.

"Oh, Lord Wizard, I'm missing out on so many coins!"

The old alchemist pounded his chest and said, his expression a little annoyed, "I'm really short of materials, my apprentice went out to buy, and he won't be able to come back until three days later." ”

The girl was silent for a while, then sighed, "Forget it, give me a bottle, I don't have time to wait." ”

"As you wish, ma'am. ”

The alchemist smiled, struggling to move, towards the room in the back.

The crow remained on the counter, staring motionlessly at the two men in the shop.

"What potion did you buy?"

Andy leaned over and asked softly.

"It's none of your business, little one, mind your own business. ”

The girl said viciously, which made Andy a little embarrassed.

"He's not a friend at all, maybe he's an ugly bastard! That's why he's wearing such a big black robe. ”

Andy thought maliciously, stepped aside, and admired the things in the room, there were many strange things in the bottles and cans, Andy didn't recognize, but he could feel all kinds of wonderful things in them.

After a while, the old man came out of it, carefully holding a bottle of light blue potion in his hand, and handed it to the girl.

The girl looked, stretched out a hand from her black robe, and threw a bulging money bag onto the counter.

"Have you never worked? ”

Andy couldn't see any traces of work on the girl's hands, it was white and smooth, and even with the girl's palm stretched out, it brought out a little bit of milk.

Anna has always been very envious of such hands, because she has to run a bar and practice swords and guns, Anna's hands are a little rough, and she has complained to Andy more than once, so Andy still knows better.

The old man picked up the money bag and opened it, showed a greedy smile, and said to the girl, "It's an honor, if you need anything, I welcome you to come next time." ”

The girl nodded and turned to leave.

The old man returned to his original state, looked at Andy, and asked softly, "Pirates?"

Andy didn't wear a tricorne, and even in order to avoid swagger, he didn't even bring a scimitar and a musket, only a dagger hidden in his boots, although he was still wearing sackcloth, but there were many poor people in sackcloth, how he recognized himself.

"Old man, although I am old, but my nose is still good, I can smell the smell of the sea in your body from afar, don't be afraid, compared with the noble lady just now, I am more willing to deal with you people. ”

The old man smiled, looked at Andy, and said in a calm tone, "After watching it for so long, what do you want?"

"Is there a language potion? It's a potion, which can understand the language of headhunters. ”

Andy thought for a moment and asked.

But I didn't want the old man to almost laugh, and looked at Andy with an interesting face.

"I don't have this kind of thing here, I don't think any alchemist has it, you're in the wrong place, that kind of thing, it's made by evil wizards by extracting knowledge from other people's souls, maybe you can go to Captain Blackbeard and ask. ”

"Sorry, I didn't know that's the case. ”

"It's okay, but I'm more curious, where did you learn about the existence of this potion?"

The old man's body leaned forward slightly, looking at Andy with cloudy eyes, and the black crow also turned its head slightly to look at him.

"Only occasionally listening to our captain, you should know him, the butcher of the sea, the great Captain Pixar. ”

Andy said quietly, calmly looking at the old man's gaze.

The old man's brows moved unconsciously when he heard this, he glanced at Andy again, and withdrew his body.

"It's not easy for such a young child to become a member of the Black Dragon, it's really not simple, so what else do you need?"