I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

"The Adventurers' Guild in Kalva is the largest on the continent of Aesop. It's said that over 100,000 adventurers come here to accept quests every day. Questers from all over the continent of Aesop also post their quests here through various channels, often getting what they want much faster," Vivian explained.

"The capital city has a larger population and scale than Kalva, so doesn't it have an adventurers' guild?" Kasha asked curiously.

Vivian explained, "The capital is indeed larger than Kalva, but there are no mountains or wilderness areas where magical beasts gather within a hundred kilometers of the capital, and the resources are far less abundant than those around Kalva. More importantly, Kalva is the only large city on the continent of Aesop where multiple races live together. Adventurers of all races gather here, and the commissions from various races contribute to this prosperity."

Not only adventurers, but also merchants and traders—Kalva acts as a central hub connecting various races across the continent of Aesop. The Kalva Merchant Guild's immense influence stems from its advantageous location and prestigious reputation within Kalva.

Charlotte nodded to herself. Vivian was right. Calva held a special position on the continent of Aesop, representing a cooperative mechanism established by various races after the appearance of the Red Moon.

The Calva Chamber of Commerce, established by the Kroll family, was indeed among the group that reaped the benefits.

Leveraging the reputation of the neutral city of Kalva, they successfully expanded their distribution channels to major cities, becoming the number one merchant guild on the continent of Aesop and earning substantial profits.

Of course, the benefits are there, and everyone has the opportunity to benefit, but ultimately only a few people will actually reap the rewards. The gap between people will always exist.

Charlotte stopped the carriage.

"This is a fantastic location." Vivian exclaimed as soon as she got out of the car, seeing Linda's apothecary right in front of the Adventurers' Guild's gate.

"Let's go in and take a look." Charlotte led the way towards the apothecary.

Similar to the clinic, Linda's apothecary was deserted after the Red Moon night.

Linda sat in front of the counter, lost in thought, while Leo diligently mopped the floor.

"Welcome." Upon hearing the voice, Linda instinctively stood up and said, a smile spreading across her face.

"Dr. Charlotte, Kasha! You've arrived." Linda's face lit up with surprise and delight upon seeing who it was.

"Come in and sit down. Linda and I have been worried about you these past few days. We were planning to go to the Abyss this afternoon." Leo put down the mop and smiled as he welcomed everyone in.

"We're fine. The Abyss is building a city, and the Abyss Guard is guarding the entrance to the death. Not a single monster has gotten in." Charlotte shook her head. "But your Kalva, I heard the walls were almost breached. The losses must have been considerable, right?"

  

Leo's face darkened, and he nodded, saying, "That's right. This night of the Red Moon was even more intense than before. A section of the city wall was breached, and the guards held on desperately. That night, even I was called to treat the wounded. More than a thousand guards died, and more than ten thousand were injured."

Charlotte was somewhat surprised that, despite the powerful magical shield and thick city walls of Kalvar, the defending soldiers still suffered such heavy casualties.

"Here's some news you might be interested in. Elizabeth, who went on a trip during this Red Moon Night, has returned. She performed amazingly in the city defense battle, single-handedly killing dozens of level six magical beasts and even a level seven magical beast. Many people speculate that she may be about to break through again soon," Leo said with a smile.

"Elizabeth? The boss's former fiancée, the one he's not even married to yet?" Vivian leaned closer with a gossipy look on her face. "I heard she's three years younger than the boss, and her abilities are terrifyingly powerful?!"

"That's right. Last time on the night of the Red Moon, she broke through on the city wall, becoming a legendary knight. Afterwards, she went into the wilderness to train. This time, she returned to defend the city on the night of the Red Moon, and her strength has increased dramatically again. She is now able to kill level seven magical beasts even if she is of a higher level." Leo sighed, "No one in the younger generation can rival her. She is simply a nightmare for us!"

"Boss, I suggest..."

"Shut up, I advise you not to offer advice." Charlotte rolled her eyes at her.

He already knew about his fiancée's overly strong personality.

But what about it?

He was unilaterally jilted at the altar; there's no need to keep bringing up such a shameful thing and rubbing it in again.

However, the news that Elizabeth was about to break through to the seventh rank also brought him a considerable shock.

Elizabeth is three years younger than her, and is only twenty-five years old now.

Three years ago, when he was expelled from Kalva, she was still a high-ranking knight.

Over the past three years, he has broken through to become an elite knight, and just last month he broke through to level six to become a legendary knight.

A month later, she had already gained the strength to kill a level seven magical beast.

This means that her strength is very likely to break through to level seven and become a Sky Knight!

The 25-year-old Sky Knight is more than just a nightmare for his peers.

Those who were once at the forefront must have felt immense pressure, right?

What is a monster?

Even with the system at her fingertips, Charlotte still felt a sense of powerlessness, as if she couldn't catch up.

My enchanting fiancée?

No, you need to add the word "before".

What a painful realization.

"These are the potions I concocted for this Red Moon Night. Kasha saw results after taking them. Linda, you should drink this too." Charlotte took out six bottles of red potions and placed them on the counter. "Drink one bottle a month, and it will last for six months. I'll concoct more for you then."

"Thank you," Linda said gratefully, bowing deeply.

"This potion is so well made! There are no impurities at all, and no fishy smell." Leo picked up a bottle of potion and exclaimed, "Charlotte, you are a true genius when it comes to potion making."

He was the one who researched the formula and taught the refining method, but the potion Charlotte made completely overwhelmed him, the creator.

"There's a lantern festival tonight, right? We're planning to take Eileen and the others to Kalva for the night," Charlotte said.

"Yes, yes, today is the annual lantern festival in Kalva." Leo nodded, then suddenly remembered that Charlotte was also a native of Kalva, so he turned to Vivian and the others and said, "You've come at the perfect time. Besides the lively lantern festival, there are also wonderful performances to watch. I've already asked a friend to book a private room at Zuixianglou. Tonight, I'll take you to see a performance and stroll through the night market."

"Yay! I've heard that the lantern festival in Kalva is very grand and lively, and I didn't expect to be there today." Vivian was full of excitement.

"A lantern festival? Is it a banquet where lots and lots of lanterns are lit?" Kasha said softly.

"That's right. It's said that tens of thousands of lanterns will be lit throughout Kalva to illuminate the entire city, as a way to pray to the gods for blessings and good health," Linda nodded with a smile.

"Have you seen it, Linda?" Kasha asked, looking at her.

"I haven't seen it yet either. I didn't go out during the previous lantern festivals." Linda's eyes dimmed for a moment, but she quickly smiled again: "Let's go see it together tonight."

"Yes." Kasha nodded with a smile.

"By the way, who is this?" Leo asked curiously, looking at Martha, who was standing at the very back, dressed in a cute pink Lolita outfit and wearing a pink bunny hat.

"Martha, a new employee at the apothecary workshop," Charlotte introduced.

"Hello, I'm Martha." Martha stepped forward and introduced herself.

Leo and Linda also introduced themselves.

"Your black-hearted workshop can only operate in the Abyss. If it were in Calva, we'd arrest and lock you up for employing child labor," Leo whispered, pulling Charlotte aside.

Eileen already looked young enough, but now there's an even younger Martha who looks only thirteen or fourteen.

"It's alright, I didn't plan to open a branch factory here anyway," Charlotte said with a smile. "Then I'll leave the three of them to you. I have something to do at the market to buy some materials for making potions."

"Okay, since there's no business around, I'll take them for a walk around the area this afternoon. Tonight, when it's time for dinner, come to Room 2 on the second floor of Zuixianglou Restaurant in South Lighthouse Square. My friend has already made a reservation," Leo said.

"Your friend? Would that be inconvenient?" Charlotte hesitated. He didn't intend to have too much contact with his previous circle to avoid getting into unnecessary trouble.

Leo smiled and said, "It's convenient. It's Loren, that friend from the slaughterhouse, and his wife. You met them once before. They didn't invite anyone else."

"Okay, see you tonight." Charlotte didn't say anything more after hearing that. She said goodbye to Vivian and the others and went out.

The magic materials market in Kalva is enormous, and the large number of magicians makes it very prosperous. Some magicians even come here specifically to purchase materials.

Charlotte's main purpose in coming here was to find a material called Blue Teardrop, which is collected from the seabed and is the excrement of a marine mammal called the Purple Rock Seal.

This is a commonly used basic material for magic recovery arrays. Magicians can use magic arrays to convert and absorb the magic in the blue teardrops, thereby quickly recovering their magic.

Charlotte wanted to try grinding it into powder and adding it to the potion to see if taking it directly would restore her magic.

In addition, the materials list includes items such as: blue coral, dried three-eyed toad, giant red ants, and more than a dozen other materials.

These are all materials that are recorded in the materials encyclopedia and have a certain effect on restoring magic power, and they are not expensive.

Charlotte visited more than a dozen material shops before she finally bought all the materials.

If you went to Harry's grocery store, you'd probably only find one or two of those items.

Charlotte stopped and lingered for a while as she passed the Kalva Merchant Guild's counter selling aversion potions.

The price of the potion aversion potion has been down to 100,000 copper coins a bottle for some time now, and the bustling queues of hundreds of meters are no longer there, but there are still dozens of addicts queuing up to buy it.

With an average order value of 100,000 copper coins, this one branch could probably generate millions of copper coins in revenue per day.

Merchants will likely continue selling at this price for a while longer before lowering it to 10,000 copper coins for one last high-profit harvest.

Once the unit price is adjusted to 1000 copper coins, the profit that merchants can get back to the outlets set up separately by the Karva Merchant Guild will not be very high after deducting channel operation costs.

However, most addicts who can afford a few thousand copper coins for a bottle of potion would probably buy it when it costs ten thousand copper coins.

Charlotte waited for the three months to expire so the merchant could settle his profits.

Hopefully, it will be a sum of money that will surprise you.

After spending the afternoon browsing the market, it was getting dark, so Charlotte drove the carriage toward South Lighthouse Square.

As a landmark of Kalva, the South Lighthouse is not hard to find. The square is right next to the lighthouse, and various lanterns have already lit up the square.

Charlotte drove the carriage around the avenue in front of the square for a while and found the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion, located directly opposite the square stage.

Zui Xiang Lou is quite famous in Calva; the wine is good, the food is good, and the location is excellent.

Especially during the Lantern Festival, the performance stage is set up opposite Zuixianglou, and the private rooms on the second and third floors are arguably the best viewing spots.

While eating and drinking, you can open the window and watch the wonderful performance; there's no better spot in the entire square.

Charlotte parked the carriage, got out, and went straight to the second floor.

Box number 2 also faces the performance stage directly.

It has to be said that Leo's friend has some connections and resources to be able to book such a sought-after private room on such a day.

Charlotte knocked on the door, and Leo's voice came from inside. She then pushed the door open and went in.

Leo, Linda, and Vivian were all there. Sitting in the main seat was a stout young man, even bigger than Leo. He was none other than Loren, the young master of the slaughterhouse.

Sitting next to him was a glamorous woman with a full figure and quite attractive appearance; she was probably his wife.

The food is being served, and there's also wine on the table.

"You're here, sit here." Leo stood up and pulled Charlotte to sit down beside him.

"Charlotte, we meet again," Loren greeted him warmly.

"Yes, I'm only able to sit in this private room today because of you," Charlotte said with a smile.

Given Leo's relationship with Loren, and Charlotte's cooperative relationship with the slaughterhouse under the name of the Abyss Medical Center, she did not hide her identity from him.

"Charlotte?" Loren's wife looked him over curiously. "Why do you look so different after three years?"

Charlotte's heart skipped a beat. Oh no, could it be that she had run into someone she knew? Her mind raced, but she couldn't find a single memory related to the woman in front of her.

"Emily, you know Charlotte too?" Loren asked.

"Bonnie's junior in medical school, she was totally obsessed with him back then. If she knew he was coming today and we didn't bring her, she'd tear me apart," Emily said with a laugh. "I helped her deliver love letters twice, but... he probably doesn't remember me, right?"

"Your sister..." Loren couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm still on Calva's expulsion list, so I used a prop to change my appearance, otherwise I wouldn't be able to enter the city." Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief. So it was the older sister of her crush, someone she had only met once. She smiled and said, "I received so many love letters back then that I didn't think of her for a moment. Sorry."

"Oh, that's good then. If you really turned out like this, Bonnie, as your crush, would definitely be very sad." Emily smiled and nodded, understandingly not asking any further questions.

Leo and Charlotte laughed and said, "You haven't seen the Lantern Festival performance in three years, have you? I heard this year's performance was pretty good. If Loren hadn't used his connections to book this box a month in advance, we would have had to stand and squeeze in to watch."

"That's right, the last time I saw a performance at the Lantern Festival was the last time." Charlotte nodded.

This private room is so popular that even money can't buy it, which suggests that Loren probably has another connection besides being the son of a slaughterhouse owner.

It's a pity he has memory loss, otherwise he should be able to understand some relevant information.

Twenty years ago, the Clayton family was considered a prominent family in Calva, and his grandfather had served as a council elder.

Unfortunately, the family line was not large enough, and by his father Nolan's generation, it was only one son.

Charlotte was only six or seven years old when Nolan and Lynn passed away.

Such a vast fortune is not something a young child can safeguard.

In the end, it was only with the intervention of the city lord's mansion that he was able to grow up in a relatively comfortable way and begin to make a name for himself at the Calva Medical College.

"Actually, I'm quite curious. Leo said you run a clinic in the Abyss, treating the sick and saving lives, and also selling medicine. So why are you collecting so many bovine pancreas?" Loren asked Charlotte curiously. He had wanted to ask Charlotte the last time he saw her.

"I extract a substance from bovine pancreas to make 'insulin,' which can treat a condition called 'diabetes.' We have already partnered with Mr. Billy of the Calva Chamber of Commerce and are preparing for large-scale promotion," Charlotte explained.

"Insulin? Diabetes?" Loren looked confused, but he understood what Mr. Billy from the Calva Merchant Guild meant and immediately gave him a thumbs up: "It must be a very powerful potion for Mr. Billy to go to the Abyss specifically to seek your cooperation."

"My boss cured Mr. Billy's illness, and we don't make money from insulin, nor does Mr. Billy. We provide the Calva Chamber of Commerce with access for free so that more patients with diabetes can receive treatment," Vivian said proudly.

"I see." Loren said thoughtfully, then looked at Charlotte with admiration and said, "The people I admire most in my life are people like you. From now on, beef pancreas will be free. Just tell me in advance how much you need, and I'll save it all for you, freeze it, and you can come and pick it up anytime."

Charlotte: "..."

He wanted to say that Billy didn't make money, and neither did Vivian, but... he actually did make money.

However, since Loren had already said that, and the atmosphere had been set, and there was wine on the table, he immediately raised his glass and said, "This glass of wine is on behalf of the diabetic patients to thank you for your beef pancreas."

"I should be toasting you. All I've ever known since I was a child is eating, drinking, and having fun. I have no skills whatsoever besides money. What I admire most are people like you who can save lives and give back to society." Loren stood up, holding his wine glass. "Thank you, beef pancreas."

"Thank you for the beef pancreas." Charlotte clinked glasses with him and then drank it all in one gulp.

To be honest, Loren is a good friend; he saved us money on ingredients all at once. I have to drink with him and have a good time today.

Outside the door, a group of people were walking up the stairs.

The leader was a young man who was over two meters tall and extremely muscular. He wore silver soft armor and had a long sword inlaid with gems hanging at his waist.

There were three more people behind them: one with the character "王" (king) between his eyebrows, and two other young men dressed as knights.

"Young Master Daryl, all the private rooms are indeed full today. Why don't you try another place?" The owner said in a low voice as he went upstairs with a smile.

"You said that the No. 1 VIP room on the second floor was reserved by the City Lord's Mansion, and we can't really say anything about the guests on the third floor, but isn't the No. 2 VIP room reserved for that butcher's son? Tell him that Young Master Daryl broke through to Elite Knight today and is in a very good mood, and ask them to be sensible and give us the VIP room." Daryl put his arm around the boss's shoulder and said with a smile, "I know this is a property under the Grand Elder's name. Don't worry, I won't cause trouble here, but you have to give me some face."

"This...this is against the rules." The boss shook his head again, but when he got to the door, he took a step to the side.

Daryl glanced at him, grinned, pushed open the door to VIP room number two, and said casually, "You guys can get out. This room is mine, Daryl's the room."