Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life

"Sol!!"

Sherlock cried out in surprise and rushed over, hurriedly using his clouds to carry Thor to the infirmary.

Fortunately, while other aspects of Asgard might not be up to par, its medical industry was more advanced than Sherlock had anticipated, thanks to the fact that everyone there was a warrior.

After lying in the medical pod for only about five minutes, Thor reappeared before Sherlock, lively and energetic, leaving the doctor alone in the office looking at the report in his hand.

"Hiss~ Mild electric shock burns? Blunt force injuries on the face, the weapon is suspected to be Mjolnir? How is that possible? Thor was hospitalized after being hit by his own hammer? Twice? Could this be some new bizarre training method from some barbarian group?"

In other words, Sherlock was unaware of the doctor's mutterings in his office; otherwise, he would definitely give the doctor a thumbs up.

After all, looking across the entire universe, only Thor would do something like that.

Meanwhile, Thor, fully recovered, was incredibly saddened upon hearing that Sherlock only had a week left in Asgard. Although Sherlock's advice to Thor was quite unreliable, Thor genuinely felt he had made progress.

Thor, in particular, was extremely eager for the "forced growth hammer" that Sherlock held under strict control.

However, Sherlock ruthlessly rejected him.

This thing is fine to play with for a while on Nidavellis, but if Thor were to play with it on Asgard, and Odin saw it, even if Sherlock had returned to Earth, Odin would probably lead his army to Earth to confront Sherlock.

Sherlock dared not leave this thing to Thor; he could only trick Thor into letting him play with it the next time they met.

Thor could only feel immense regret about this, but under Sherlock's persuasion, Thor quickly forgot about those unpleasant things and began to excitedly want to take Sherlock to experience the charm of Asgard.

As the saying goes, no one knows a child better than their mother. Thor's arrangements for Sherlock's trip to Asgard really did reflect the so-called "odd and messy" things Frigga had mentioned.

It's either a tavern or a fighting arena; its main theme is drinking and fighting, fighting and drinking.

Sherlock responded with unusual seriousness, using Doro as a shield and even bringing up Frigga as his backer.

Thor was extremely disdainful of Sherlock using Doro as a shield. This little pink-haired dumpling could already overpower him; if they were to actually fight in the arena, it would be hard to say who would win or lose.

But when Sherlock moved out of Frigga's sight, Saul clearly immediately lost his nerve, obediently stating that he would arrange Sherlock's schedule and honestly asking Sherlock where he wanted to go.

The speed at which he changed his expression was comparable to the intangible cultural heritage of the rabbit's side. Sherlock was completely stunned. He hadn't realized that Thor, this big and burly guy, was actually a mama's boy.

Of course, Sherlock couldn't say this to Thor's face, since Thor was his benefactor for the next few days. So after some 'deliberation,' Sherlock almost immediately decided on today's itinerary.

Shopping!

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Thor didn't object to Sherlock's idea of ​​going shopping at all, and even generously offered to pay for the day's expenses.

The reason for this is quite simple. Putting aside everything else, the fact that Sherlock solved Thor's employment problem while he was on Earth, allowing Thor to support himself, is enough for Thor to repay Sherlock.

Not to mention that Sherlock's two pieces of gold not only solved his own financial crisis, but also Jane's financial crisis, which was enough for Saul to be grateful to Sherlock from the bottom of his heart.

This explains the scene we see today where Thor, disguised as a wealthy dog, takes Sharuk out to shop.

Led by Thor, who rode his Asgardian version of an electric scooter while Sherlock and Doro sat on a cloud, the three set off towards Asgard's commercial district.

Led by Thor, a local dog tycoon and powerful figure, they soon arrived at Asgard's largest commercial district.

Sherlock had no idea whether he had violated any Asgardian traffic laws along the way; in any case, he hadn't seen anyone like "Uncle Hat" jump out to stop him.

When the group arrived at Asgard's commercial district, Sherlock was dazzled by the bustling scene before him.

For Thor, who grew up here, everything before him was probably just his everyday routine. But for Sherlock, an outsider, this commercial street in Asgard was full of exotic charm.

The entire commercial street of Asgard looks just like the otherworldly scenes in Japanese anime, except that this one is even more bustling than those anime-style scenes.

The road is lined with Scandinavian-style buildings, with shops packed tightly together, and all sorts of shops that can only be seen in Asgard.

Weapon shops, potion shops, and even small shops that claim to sell alchemy but actually sell magical technology items, along with restaurants and taverns, stretch as far as the eye can see.

The variety of shops gave the commercial street an otherworldly feel, at least to Sherlock.

Meanwhile, the road between the shops on both sides of the street is filled with stalls.

The stall sold an even wider variety of items, a dazzling array that included live animals from outer space and vegetables and fruits that Sherlock had never seen before.

Of course, besides food or things that might be food, there are also many stalls selling second-hand utensils, second-hand weapons, as well as antiques, gems and the like.

The street was packed with people. In Saul's words, you could find whatever you wanted on this street.

"What if I want an adventurers' guild?"

Sherlock had only subconsciously wanted to argue with Thor. After all, although this place seemed to be full of otherworldly atmosphere, it was still Asgard. How could there be adventurers here?

However, to Sherlock's utter surprise, Thor didn't seem bothered by Sherlock's argument at all. Instead, he calmly pointed to the end of the shopping street.

"There's one here too. At the end of this commercial street is a plaza, and in the plaza is the Adventurers' Guild you mentioned!"

"There really is one?"

Sherlock was incredibly surprised and looked at Thor beside him with disbelief. Thor, however, responded to Sherlock's question with a completely matter-of-fact tone.

"Of course there are! Not only is there the Adventurers' Guild, but all three of Asgard's major guilds are located in the plaza at the end. I'm also a member of the Adventurers' Guild, and I'm a Gold-Rank Adventurer!"

Thor chuckled as he spoke to Sherlock, as if it were all perfectly natural. Under Sherlock's persistent questioning, Thor gave him a brief explanation of the so-called three major guilds.

These are the Adventurers' Guild, the Mercenaries' Guild, and the Merchants' Alliance.

The Adventurers' Guild is similar to those in isekai anime, mostly accepting tasks involving gathering and collecting.

The Mercenary Guild mainly takes on small guard or combat hunting missions, while the Chamber of Commerce is an official organization under the royal palace. Its purpose is to regulate the quality and price of goods, somewhat like a combination of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce, the Urban Management Bureau, and the Commercial Court in China.

As Thor led Sherlock and Doro into the commercial street, Sherlock finally understood why Asgard had a guild that was similar to that of another world.

It's very simple, because of demand.

Thor and Sherlock gave a brief overview of the situation in Asgard.

In Asgard, due to the martial spirit of its inhabitants, the consumption of meat is very high. This has led Asgard to find ways to hunt or trap creatures from outer space to replenish its meat supply.

This is also the reason why the Adventurers' Guild exists.

With the emergence of the Adventurers' Guild and the Asgardians' growing fame throughout the universe, some commissions gradually came to them. Most of these commissions were private matters, unsuitable for Odin to approach.

This led to the Mercenary Guild separating from the Adventurers' Guild. Generally, members of the Adventurers' Guild would also register as members of the Mercenary Guild.

As for the last merchant guild, the Merchants' Alliance, it is the oldest and most officially recognized entity, even predating the Adventurers' Guild by a considerable margin.

Listening to Thor's explanation, Sherlock was dumbfounded. He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. It just felt strange.

However, this was not what surprised Sherlock the most. What surprised Sherlock the most was that the most expensive thing sold in the entire Asgardian market was not vegetables, not meat, not even weapons and equipment, but damn seafood!

However, Sherlock quickly figured out why.

Despite the enormous lake beneath the Rainbow Bridge that looks like an infinity pool, Sherlock knows perfectly well that it is not a lake at all, but rather Asgard's water circulation system.

Therefore, all aquatic products in Asgard can only be produced through artificial breeding and cultivation, and the yield is very low.

Asgard, who are descended from Norse mythology, have an innate fascination with two things: seafood and sugar.

Sugar is easy to extract from honey or other crops; the real challenge lies with aquatic products!

Throughout Asgard, seafood is more valuable than freshwater products, which in turn are crustaceans. In other words, sea fish are the most expensive, followed by freshwater fish, and then crustaceans.

Even the cheapest crustaceans are incredibly expensive in Asgard, since the number of farmed crustaceans is always limited, which has led to the creation of a place that shouldn't exist in the first place.

black market!

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Well, compared to other so-called "black markets," Asgard's black market can hardly be called a "black market" at all. After all, it's reached the point where even Prince Thor knows about it, so how could it really be considered a black market?

At most, it can only be considered a 'benefit' that Odin gave to the people of Asgard by turning a blind eye.

In its early stages, the so-called "black market" was actually more of a combination of "illegal fishing teams" and "seafood smugglers," mainly selling seafood from other planets that were secretly caught or purchased.

It has gradually developed into the place it is today, where some 'more dangerous' things can be sold.

Led by Saul, the group turned into a dark alley in the commercial street, and after walking down a doorway for a while, they arrived at the so-called 'black market'.

To put it simply, Sherlock felt this place was more like his mother's seafood market!

Strange and unusual seafood appeared everywhere, some of which looked so disgusting that Sherlock even wondered, "Can this stuff really be sold?"

The reason that ultimately drove Sherlock to his breaking point, forcing him to forcefully drag Doro and Thor away from this damned black market, was because Sherlock saw seafood from some unknown planet inside the black market.

Damn it, how can a fish look like a super-sized cockroach?!

Damn, it's a cockroach as long as an arm! Sherlock felt that just seeing this thing once would give him a lot of psychological trauma for the rest of his life!

To Sherlock's utter dismay, Thor actually said that this thing was actually delicious?

That one sentence was enough to make Sherlock abandon all his curiosity about the black market and pull Thor back to the normal commercial street under the sunlight. It has to be said that the goods here were more in line with Sherlock's aesthetic.

Once back on the commercial street, Sherlock and Doro no longer held back. Doro was very interested in the strange and wonderful snacks of Asgard, including fruits he had never seen before, which made him very happy.

Thor generously spent money to buy Doro a lot of snacks and stuffed them into Doro's little four-dimensional pocket. As for fruit, he didn't buy too much, mainly because fruit spoils easily no matter where you are, so buying too much would be counterproductive.

Sherlock also saw Asgardian currency for the first time at Thor's place.

To be honest, Sherlock once again experienced the charm of another world in Asgard.

Asgard's currency consists of only three basic types: gold, silver, and copper coins! In Thor's words, gold is an absolute hard currency on any planet; the only difference is the purchasing power of a unit weight of gold on different planets.

After inspecting Thor's huge bag of gold coins, Sherlock stopped being polite and started a crazy buying spree.

Asgardian skincare products? Buy them!

The scar removal cream most sought after by Asgardian female warriors? Buy it!

All kinds of jewelry and precious stones? Buy them!

The most authentic Asgardian style clothing? Buy it!

Sherlock bought everything that he had never seen before and that had an Asgardian flair. In the end, he even had to use alchemy to create Asgardian coins to meet his needs.

All I can say is that if Sherlock and Thor didn't both have four-dimensional pockets, they would probably be covered in bags by now, and Sherlock's cloud might even have to act as a shopping cart.

The shopping spree continued until noon, and Doro, Sherlock, and Thor all became very hungry. However, the three of them had some disagreements about what to eat for lunch.

Sherlock no longer wants to eat Asgardian roast meat with bread and beer; he's been eating it so much these past few days that he's almost constipated.

Thor, however, remained obsessed with his combination of grilled meat, bread, and beer.

As for Doro, she'd prefer to eat some vegetables or desserts.

After arguing for a long time, Sherlock eventually spotted a deserted restaurant quietly sitting in a corner of the commercial street. Sherlock overruled everyone's objections and insisted on trying the nearly empty restaurant.