As a Villain I Really Don’t Want To Be Pursued by the Heroine

21

Opening the treasure box, inside lay a small bottle quietly.

The bottle contained a dark red, turbid liquid that invisibly emitted a heavy oppression, as if it carried the legacy and blood of countless Ironblood knights over the centuries.

At that moment, Roy felt the small potion was so heavy.

He suddenly thought of the countless predecessors, including his father Karl, who had held this legacy with excited hearts and trembling hands, ready to step into the extraordinary and inherit the Ironblood!

However, just as Roy was about to open the potion bottle, a red sentence appeared before his eyes, blinding him.

[Warning, “Ironblood” potion detected]

[Compatibility: Medium]

[Carrying Capacity: Weak]

[Warning: Your physique is too frail to bear the “Ironblood” potion. Forcibly consuming it may lead to insufficient bloodline awakening at best, and at worst, your body may not handle it, resulting in muscle rupture, organ damage, paralysis, and possibly a massive heart hemorrhage, facing a life-threatening situation]

Are you kidding me?

I had prepared my emotions, ready to inherit the family’s lineage and embark on the main quest, and you tell me my constitution isn’t sufficient?

It’s like in a past life playing a game, having watched all the cutscenes, just about to venture into a new map, only to be told your level isn’t high enough!

“Oh, it’s best to exercise for a few days before taking the magic potion. With your current body, I’m afraid it won’t withstand it,” Karl also reminded from the side.

What are you doing to me now, being so serious!

Roy muttered in his heart, but still politely said, “Thank you for the reminder, Father. I will keep it in mind.”

But no matter what, the magic potion was now in hand.

For Roy, becoming an extraordinary being was only a matter of time!

To become an extraordinary being as soon as possible, Roy began to exercise his body following Karl’s guidance.

In fact, Roy’s body wasn’t weak, just average. But to become extraordinary, it was still too forced.

The so-called magic potion was actually concocted from the organs of extraordinary creatures and various sinister magical herbs.

This stuff is not to be drunk recklessly.

Nobles can drink magic potions because they inherit the bloodline of the extraordinary. In Roy’s case, it was just that the recessive bloodline had not yet awakened.

The magic potion served as an external force to activate the recessive bloodline.

Thus, even if ordinary people could get their hands on a magic potion, one sip would be fatal.

This is why nobles value lineage so much; after all, lineage is related to the extraordinary bloodline, the foundation upon which nobles, and indeed all of humanity, stand in the world.

Under Karl’s guidance, exercising itself wasn’t difficult.

It was nothing more than getting up early in the morning to run, swimming in the river in the countryside, and then doing hundreds of squats at home.

Of course, if it were just physical training, who knows how many years and months it would take.

As an old noble family of extraordinaries that has existed since the founding of the nation, the Einblad family’s heritage is no joke.

To assist those with mediocre talents to advance to extraordinary, the Einblad family has accumulated many treasures over the centuries.

Roy took a trip to the family’s underground vault and, as if it cost nothing, brought back a large pile of rare potions.

It’s not as if it cost nothing, after all, extraordinary potions are controlled items, and money can’t buy them!

**Fierce Demon Potion**: A low-grade potion. An energy potion brewed from the liver of a fierce demon, just one bottle can ensure the user is full of energy all day, without fatigue.

**Side Effects**: Will cause severe insomnia afterward.

**Beast Wolf Blood**: A low-grade potion. A physical potion concocted from the essence of three types of toothed wolf magical beasts, it can make the user’s training twice as effective, speeding up muscle growth and shaping. Lasts for one day.

**Side Effects**: Continuous consumption can cause severe capillary rupture, and the effects of the potion will disappear.

**Glawus’s Secret Essence**: A mid-grade potion. A characteristic potion of the great mage Glawus, taking it can enhance the favor of extraordinary power, greatly accelerate the body’s adaptation to extraordinary power, and to some extent, activate the bloodline.

**Side Effects**: Only one drop can be consumed per day, overdosing may cause the extraordinary power in the bloodline to go out of control, dissolving the body from within.

These potions cannot be consumed in excess. Although not as potent as magic potions, anything related to extraordinary power is a double-edged sword.

Especially this so-called Old Eight Essence, the strongest effect, but the side effects are also the most terrifying.

Drink a bit more, and one might just melt into a puddle of flesh on the spot.

In Viseya, power and price always coexist.

Unless you have the panel mall.

With the favor points accumulated by Alice on regular days, plus the points provided by Charlotte last time, Roy is now a tycoon.

With a three-digit stock of favor points, Roy has no need to be frugal!

A stroll through the “Favor Exchange” and Roy finds quite a few treasures.

“Vitalizing Potion”: Significantly reduces the side effects of low-tier potions. Slightly reduces the side effects of some mid-tier potions.

“Description”: A mid-tier potion. The most revered magical potion by the wizards of the Third Era, its formula once caused a sensation, leading to a decade-long chaotic battle among several major magical societies to seize it. Now, the formula for this potion has been lost. It is recommended to dilute with water at a 1:10 ratio before use.

“Side Effects”: Prolonged consumption may cause muscle soreness and lethargy.

Limited to 10 milliliters per day (after dilution with water), drinking in excess has no additive effect.

“Note”: This potion, which can alleviate side effects, will be firmly categorized as green by the panel.

“Price: 30 Favor Points”

Buy, just buy it! Does Roy lack these favor points?!

Roy calculates with the “Vitalizing Potion” in hand; one bottle is enough for him to use for a month or two.

Even luckier, all the potions in the family, including the so-called “Old Eight’s Secret Essence,” have their side effects suppressed by the “Vitalizing Potion”!

It must be said, the ancient stuff is just cool.

Unfortunately, every era in Viseya has severe historical gaps, resulting in many powerful civilizations not being passed down.

Like this “Vitality Potion,” although it is a mid-tier potion, if placed in the present, its value could rival that of high-tier ones.

Low-tier potions are state-controlled items; what about high-tier potions? Calling them national treasures wouldn’t be an overstatement!

It’s also thanks to Roy’s panel that he can taste these lost potions without any effort.

With the “Vitalizing Potion,” Roy’s potion cooldown is greatly reduced, and his training efficiency is doubled.

At first, running a lap around the lord’s mansion would exhaust him like a dog; now, he barely breaks a sweat and doesn’t even pant.

Not to mention, after a few days of training, his waist, legs, and body feel great—aside from the soreness, there’s nothing wrong!

Ah? You’re asking about ‘lethargy’?

In the morning breeze, the girl’s slender golden hair and the hem of her maid’s skirt sway gently, her youthful face showing no emotional fluctuation, appearing indifferent yet serene. But whenever Roy finishes his morning exercise and returns to the lord’s mansion, she always waits here, respectfully handing Roy a dry, soft towel and a kettle filled with warm floral tea: “Master, you’ve worked hard.”

“You’ve been very diligent today as well.”

“It’s nothing, really.”

Roy chuckles, takes the kettle, and gulps down the tea!

With my little angel at home, how could my spirits possibly be down!