Chapter 29 — Alchemy Lottery
Chapter 29 — Alchemy Lottery
Translation: Godtl
It was one ordinary day for her, who was just waiting for the day she would die.
If there was one special thing, it was that she had achieved max level in the game she had been working hard on?
[Obtained 'Legendary Alchemist' title!]
[Obtained 'Great Alchemist Who Commands the 3 Great Dragons' title!]
Along with a ting notification sound, multiple messages filled the phone screen.
Behind the cute young dragons hopping around, golden alchemy tools floated alongside speech bubbles.
[Congratulations, Master! Final upgrade complete. You can now create the Philosopher's Stone! o(≧▽≦)o]
Philosopher's Stone!
She was probably the first to achieve this feat in this game and obtain the Philosopher's Stone recipe.
The Philosopher's Stone was the highest-tier item that appeared in any game dealing with alchemy.
The ultimate item for an alchemist. Not only granting immortality, but the Philosopher's Stone that grants any wish!
Though it was a game item, if this Philosopher's Stone really granted wishes, she would have answered without hesitation.
When I die, let me enter that game.
Being an alchemist who could create even the Philosopher's Stone, with various titles, max-level alchemy tools, and even cute dragons.
Furthermore, in the bag for storing items, she possessed dozens of bundles of various alchemy materials, 9999 of each.
With just this, she could live making whatever she wanted until she died, even in the game.
...But such a thing shouldn't have happened.
The game 'Alchemy Lottery' was a crafting game where you become an alchemist and obtain various recipes, requiring grindy gameplay.
It was perfectly suited for her, who liked alchemy themes to begin with.
The game story wasn't much.
The protagonist who ran a lottery shop for villagers one day hit it big with alchemy potions she made as a side business.
So she changed the shop name to 'Alchemy Lottery' and used alchemy to create various items.
It was a game where you received various quests from villagers, raised your alchemy level, and unlocked diverse recipes.
There were over thousands of alchemy recipe types alone. Called alchemy, but she made magic potions, tools, and even food with alchemy tools.
The villagers' requests were so outrageous that users often complained....
But thanks to the charming illustrations and various alchemy recipes, it was popular.
Moreover, thanks to the talking alchemy tools and dragons being so lovable, quite a few users still remained.
After breaking the last achievement, a sense of fulfillment and slight emptiness washed over her simultaneously.
'I actually broke the final achievement.'
She was probably the first. Well. Compared to company employees, students, or unemployed people with many other temptations, her circumstances were far too advantageous.
Plus, recently she had spent more time gaming than reading novels.
After savoring the emotion for a moment, she pressed the alchemy tool on screen and looked at the recipe list.
She saw a new recipe had been added at the very end.
When all recipes were unlocked, finally the last recipe was added.
A thrill rushed through her. She pressed the recipe to check the materials.
Required materials: None
'Wow, no materials needed either?'
All that seemed needed to create the Philosopher's Stone was the' Legendary Alchemist 'title.
'So fulfilling....'
She immediately pressed the creation button.
Fortunately, the creation time was short. 10 seconds.
Anxiously, she tapped the screen several times. It didn't shorten the creation time, but it was a habit.
A stone appeared, glowing with fluorescent green, fluorescent orange, and other fluorescent rainbow colors mixed together.
So this is what it looked like.
'Looks a bit like a radioactive stone....'
Then the alchemy tool appeared and floated a speech bubble.
[Master, you've succeeded in creating the' Philosopher's Stone '! ٩(*•̀ᴗ•́*)و Make a wish to the Philosopher's Stone that grants any wish! It'll grant anything! ✧*٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و✧*]
What the. Then at least give me an input field....
With a skeptical mind, she whispered quietly to her phone.
"Let me enter the game with my alchemist titles, inventory, alchemy tools, and dragons all intact."
She purposely wished specifically. Afraid of reincarnating at level 1. But the phone screen remained as it was.
"......"
She expected it, but it felt empty somehow.
Confirming the Philosopher's Stone was safely stored in the item inventory, she closed the game.
Having broken the achievement, now it was time to read novels for a while.
'Anyway. Now I have no regrets even if I die!'
It wasn't empty words, it was true. There weren't many things a patient lying in bed waiting for death could do.
Play phone games, or read novels.
Very good ways to forget reality.
'Now time to read novels.'
After turning off the game screen, she entered the web novel app.
Actually, she hadn't been able to read a new novel because the lingering feelings from a novel she'd finished reading a few days ago still remained.
'Well, thanks to those lingering feelings, I only played games and achieved the accomplishment.'
While searching for a new novel like that, drowsiness gradually crept in and she seemed to have fallen asleep.
Making a wish that wouldn't come true.
'I want to live....'
Of course, the Philosopher's Stone didn't grant the wish perfectly.
She had definitely spoken to her phone asking to be transported into the 'Alchemy Lottery' game, and before sleeping she seemed to have wished'I want to live'....
When she opened her eyes, she was a spirit looking at her own dead body.
'How ridiculous....'
But still, goodbye to the unbearable hospital life!
Her dead spirit was naturally guided to the spirit world. She wandered the spirit world for a while, staying in darkness.
A world of nothingness.
Even though she was normally fearful, she felt no fear at all. It was a world where she couldn't feel any emotions, including fear.
After a long time. At some point, something sparkling light appeared, and her spirit was absorbed by that light.
And what she was reborn as was this life.
Returning to reality, Lelia clutched her head. The memories of her life after death had surfaced, leaving her mind in a daze.
She had realized her past life on the day she fell into the water at the temple, but suddenly having detailed memories flood her mind left her completely disoriented.
'Perhaps I shouldn't have read that novel.'
That problematic novel she had been immersed in before dying was exactly this world.
"…."
Lelia stared at the screen with a bewildered expression.
No matter how things had come to this... for this game to appear here!
The game screen she had been viewing on her phone now appeared right before her eyes. Moreover, at a much larger size.
Perhaps from the shock, her body trembled uncontrollably.
To calm herself, Lelia first hugged the rabbit doll and took deep breaths.
'First, stay calm.'
Holding the rabbit doll, she soon found peace of mind.
'So this pocket watch granted the wish I made before dying in my past life...?'
The pocket watch resting on her small palm still appeared faded and worn.
'Like what Julianna did, did it grant the wish remaining in my subconscious...?'
Lelia blinked blankly, dazed.
'Rather than lifting the binding spell, it granted an old wish?'
If that was the case, the binding spell clearly hadn't been lifted. She felt somewhat scammed, but... for the current Lelia, it wasn't a bad thing either way.
Lelia raised her head again to look at the screen.
[To regain the title of 'Legendary Alchemist,' you must clear the newly added recipes! =͟͟͞͞(•̀̀‸•́ ‧̣̥̇)]