Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 31

The ground rumbled. *Thump-thump, thump-thump.* Ten horses strained, pulling huge wagons into the Mclean Estate.

Deep wheel marks showed how heavy the wagons were. The wagons and the strange guards went towards the estate, but people stayed away.

“Ugh, that smell! And we’re still far away,” someone said.

“It’s awful.”

“Dried meat can’t smell this bad, can it?”

“They say it’s monster meat.”

“Is that why…?”

“The Young Master is acting so strange?”

“Someone said he got power by drinking monster blood…”

“Shut up, you fool!”

“That’s dangerous to say!”

Whispers spread through the crowd.

While people whispered and watched, the biggest delivery of Karok meat ever arrived at the warehouse.

“Yes, this is the perfect moment,” Logan said.

“Sorry?” Rick asked, looking confused, while holding his nose because of the smell.

“I’m going to use what we made yesterday, right here.”

“Excuse me?!” Rick said, surprised.

“Bring that container… no, you can’t lift it. I’ll bring it. You get things ready.”

“What things? I didn’t know about any preparations?”

“I’m telling you now!” Logan said.

“Ah, do I have to go?” Rick groaned.

“Of course!”

“Ugh. I really don’t want to!”

Logan had not been to the warehouse since they started buying Karok meat. He didn’t understand why Rick was so strongly refusing to go. But as soon as he opened the warehouse door, he understood. A terrible smell hit him. It was an overpowering stench, much worse than the smell from the wagons outside.

“Uweeek!” Rick yelled, already throwing up. Logan felt like he would vomit too. ‘Ugh.’ He used his magic, his *mana*, to block the smell. Only then did he feel a little better.

Rick, who had already thrown up even though he tried to block his nose, looked at Logan with angry eyes. His face was pale.

“Now,” Logan said, “sprinkle this ‘neutralizer’ on the Karok meat. Just a little bit. You’ll see it turn white. Sprinkle it until it’s all white. The black parts are where the poison is still left. Be careful.”

“Ugh. Do I really have to do this…?” Rick groaned.

“I’ll help too,” Logan said.

“Huuuh.” Rick sighed heavily.

Logan had to hold back Rick, who looked like he would cry. They made about 100 kg of jerky completely white.

“Now, grind this up and make it into small, round pills,” Logan said.

Rick seemed to give up. He stopped complaining. But as they made hundreds of tiny pills, Rick started to wonder why he was working so hard.

“Why are we making them like this?” he asked.

“Don’t they look like medicine?” Logan asked.

“……Yes,” Rick agreed slowly.

“Good. I’m going to sell it as medicine.”

“Eeeeeh?!” Rick’s eyes went wide with shock. But there was even more to come.

“You remember everything we did today, right?” Logan asked.

“No! Not at all! I don’t remember a thing. What did we do? Haha. Ha. Ha.” Rick gave a fake smile. He had a bad feeling about this.

“You look like you remember perfectly,” Logan said.

“Ugh!” Rick groaned. Logan knew Rick too well. They had been friends since they were children. Rick knew he couldn’t trick Logan.

In the end, Rick heard the words he didn’t want to hear. “This is what you’ll be doing from now on.”

“……I refuse,” Rick said, refusing strongly.

“Rick, you’re the only one I trust.”

“……Absolutely not!”

“Rick! Don’t you trust me?”

“I don’t want to trust youuuuu!!” Rick screamed and ran away.

Finally, Logan got Rick to agree to do the work by promising him a bonus of 100 gold coins each week. Logan had thought Rick should do it for free! But that wasn’t the end.

“First, we need to do some experiments…” Logan said.

“Just kill me! I can’t do that! I’d rather die!” Rick shouted desperately, wondering what Logan was planning.

But luckily, Rick was not the one Logan wanted to test on.

“You’re not the right person for this test anyway. And you won’t be in the future either. Of course, it’s not you,” Logan said.

“Ah, that’s a relief. Thank… huh?” Rick felt uneasy. He didn’t understand what Logan meant. He looked angrily at Logan, but Logan changed the subject.

“Do you know anyone who has problems… you know… men’s problems?” Logan asked.

“Excuse me? What problems?” Rick asked, confused.

“You know, like not being able to have children, or being bossed around by his wife, or looking tired and sad every morning,” Logan explained.

“……What are you talking about?” Rick still didn’t understand.

“Ah, you know! This! This!” Logan made rude hand gestures he had learned when he was a soldier.

Rick finally understood. He quickly thought of someone to test it on. “Dwayne, the administrator, doesn’t have children yet. He’s been married for ten years. He was so happy when he married a young woman later in life, but now he’s always working late.”

“Ah…?” Logan said, understanding. Dwayne had a sad story, which didn’t fit his strong body. Logan decided Dwayne would be test subject number one.

* * *

“What?” Dwayne asked.

“This pill is really good for men,” Logan said.

“Eeeeh?” Dwayne made a surprised sound.

“Seriously, don’t you understand? This, I mean, *this*,” Logan repeated, gesturing again.

“Ah….” Dwayne finally understood. He looked confused, looking at the strange pill in his hand and then at Logan’s face.

“……Really?” Dwayne asked.

“Yeah. It works with just one pill. It’s from a famous company, the Philip Trading Company in Kyle.” Logan was lying. It wasn’t famous or patented yet, but he was sure it would be. ‘Because it’s already been proven to work,’ Logan thought. But he tried not to think about why he was testing it on Dwayne. ‘……It must work! But I’ve only heard about it. I haven’t tried it myself.’ Logan felt a little guilty, but he knew he had neutralized the monster poison. ‘It would be great if dogs could talk.’ He had tested it on animals first. That was the only thing that made him feel a little better.

“Really?” Dwayne asked again.

“Of course! If it doesn’t work, I’ll give ten thousand gold to Dwayne’s family,” Logan said.

“Oh! Are you really going to donate that much?” someone asked.

Even though Logan was talking about money, Dwayne seemed more worried about his family. This made Logan feel a little guilty.

Logan thought, “This is good for both of us.” He would make money, and Dwayne’s family would be helped. Logan knew this wasn’t completely true, but he tried to believe it.

The evening was getting late.

Logan looked at Dwayne. Dwayne was a big man, sitting in his office, looking at a book. It was getting dark, and he needed a lamp to see. He looked sad.

Yes, Logan thought. All of this is because Dwayne is pathetic.

“You must have tired eyes. Go home and rest,” Logan said.

“Ah ha ha. I have some work left,” Dwayne replied.

“Ahem! Do the rest of the work later. That medicine is really expensive now, and it will be much more expensive later! Soon, you won’t be able to buy it at any price!” Logan exclaimed.

“Is that so…” Dwayne murmured.

Logan’s confident acting seemed to have convinced Dwayne.

The next day arrived.

“Young Master Logan!” Dwayne’s voice boomed as he hurried towards Logan. It was the middle of the day, and Dwayne’s face was shining with happiness. Logan smiled. He knew the medicine had worked.

“How much does it cost?” Dwayne asked, his voice loud and excited. “Tell me! I will pay anything!” He stopped suddenly, looking surprised to see Logan holding something.

Logan felt a little guilty as he gave Dwayne a small box. *It’s just herbs and meat,* Logan thought, *but it seems to work.*

Dwayne took the box carefully, like it was something very precious. He even went down on one knee in front of Logan.

Logan realized how difficult Dwayne’s life had been.

His reaction alone seemed promising, but Logan decided to do two more experiments to be sure.

Surprisingly, Heinckel, another man who had been sad, gave a thumbs up and smiled whenever he saw Logan after he gave him the medicine.

And finally…

“What is this?” Logan’s father asked.

“It’s a tonic, good for men,” Logan replied.

“Hmm?”

For the first time in his life, Logan gave a gift to his father.

The effect appeared quickly, in just three days.

“Ahem, Logan,” his father said.

“Yes?” Logan responded.

“…It was good.”

His father awkwardly patted Logan’s shoulder while looking away. Seeing his father’s slightly red face, Logan felt proud.

*If I’m lucky, I might get a sibling,* Logan thought.

With a satisfied smile, Logan confirmed the value of the product and called the person who would sell it properly.

But the golden bug from his past life was shocked when he heard the price Logan wanted.

[How much are you going to sell them for?]

“One hundred gold coins each. I’m thinking of selling a set of ten for one thousand gold coins,” Logan answered.

[…Surely you don’t think the nobles are stupid, do you?]

“Of course not. I’m just confident that they’ll sell,” Logan said.

Even in the conservative Grandia Kingdom, many wealthy nobles had mistresses or lovers.

Many nobles enjoyed all sorts of secret lives, pretending it was romance.

In the more open Ares Empire, many nobles had strange tastes.

Naturally, many of them had problems with their sex lives because of their wild behavior.

Since their sex life was their greatest pleasure, if Karok’s meat worked, Logan could make a lot of money.

*It became so expensive because of the nobles in my past life, too,* Logan thought.

Of course, the price of one hundred gold coins for one 30g piece that Logan was trying to sell now was more expensive than the highest price just before Karok’s extinction in his past life.

But…

“If I say it’s a limited product and only sell a small amount, they’ll buy it at an even higher price,” Logan stated.

[…If it really works, that’s true.]

“It’s certain. So you need to find the first customer carefully,” Logan said.

[Customer…?]

“Yes. The person who will take this medicine first and prove that it works,” Logan explained.

[Ah… In that case, it would be certain if someone like Baron Maximilian proved it.]

“That playboy?” Logan asked.

[He’s the most famous person in that area.]

As soon as the name of the most famous playboy in the royal capital was mentioned, Logan immediately shook his head.

“No. I need to find someone who is the opposite of a playboy. Someone who really needs this medicine,” Logan insisted.

[Yes? Ah… Now that I think about it, that’s true…]

“This medicine is both an aphrodisiac and a cure for erectile dysfunction. In fact, it’s better at curing erectile dysfunction. So it must be someone who really needs it for it to work,” Logan explained.

[…But Logan, would a noble with such a secret tell everyone? Would he advertise that he was impotent, but this cured him?]

Philip’s point was valid, but Logan shook his head.

“He doesn’t have to advertise it,” Logan said.

[Yes?]

“He doesn’t have to advertise it, and he doesn’t have to buy it himself. Do you think there are only a few nobles in the capital with that problem?” Logan asked.

[You talk like you know the capital city well.]

At Philip’s words, a bitter smile appeared on Logan’s face.

The capital? Of course, he had been there. In his past life, though.

“Even if secret rumors spread, they’ll come like bees. The playboys will buy it on their own then. Then we can lower the price,” Logan explained.

[…Wait a minute. ‘We’?]

“Yes. Because you’ll be selling it,” Logan confirmed.

[If there’s a problem with that medicine, I’ll die! Are you just saying whatever because it’s someone else’s life…?]

Since it was a business that involved the secret lives of nobles, there was definitely a risk.

But that was only if it failed.

“Don’t worry. It works, and there are no side effects,” Logan assured.

[You’re too sure of yourself after only three experiments… Haa. Well, you were always like that.]

Logan wanted to ask what Philip meant by ‘always like that,’ but he didn’t.

Fortunately, Philip didn’t ask and agreed for now.

[Alright. I’ll trust you. But how much is there?]

“There will be more than you think,” Logan said.

[It’s a miraculous medicine, but the ingredients are common, I suppose?]

At least they were in the warehouse of the southern villa in McLaine territory.

“You’d be surprised,” Logan replied.

[Hoo, I see. I suppose the herbs and Karok meat you sent this time are the ingredients?]

Logan was startled.

Philip was very perceptive.

“…You’re sharp,” Logan admitted.

[You keep sending strange items, and then an even stranger item appears, so it’s easy to guess.]

“You know it’s a secret, right?” Logan asked.

[…Of course. If the nobles knew, they wouldn’t buy it even if they were suspicious.]

Unlike Philip’s thoughts, in his past life, the nobles ate it as a steak.

“…Well, more than that, the recipe shouldn’t be leaked,” Logan warned.

[Haa. Anyway, I feel bad for worrying about new businesses. How did you find out about such an item?]

“That’s a secret,” Logan replied.

[Geez. You’re a mysterious person, Logan.]

“He he. Don’t worry. If this goes well, I can really help you with any business you want to do,” Logan said.

[…Thank you.]

“Then think about it for now,” Logan suggested.

[Yes? About what?]

“How would it be good to sell this to the nobles in the capital?” Logan asked.

[…Yes?]