We ate dinner after that ao bed like normal and in the m we both set off for the Blue Pharmacy that Hestia said was where Miach usually was. The "fotten area" was just as bad as you might expeewhere with that o be as there simply wasn't many people living there what with the area basically being abandoned and run down. I spotted a few pces as we walked that I noted mentally for looting ter sihey had inanic parts that I would need if I wao fully repair the church.-

  Namely gss that was still intaostly intact that sat in the empty buildings windows. The churches gss is broken in every window and since my teique didn't work on stuff that didn't e from a living source I needed unbroken gss to repair them. As a positive though when I did go to repce the gss in the wooden window sills I could stylize it up by having the wood form around the gss as though the trees it came from had a gss pane perfectly set between two pieces.-

  Holy I was halfway tempted to remove all the inanic parts of the church over time and just fuse the wood of the walls and roof into a big ass tree. Unfortunately Hestia very much disliked that idea so I could only chose to put it off until I could purchase the cheap nd and buildings around the churd slowly bring my vision to life over time as we expanded. Soon enough we reached the small and clearly uaffed Blue pharmacy shop.

  "Ah! Goddess Hestia, wele! My lord has not informed me of you ing to visit today but then again he does many things I am not the biggest fan of." A dog beastkin woman with a sleepy expression and slow way of speaking said when we came in.

  "This was a sudden decision on our part actually." I said crifying that Miach hadn't knoere ing.

  "I see, you are the newbie Hestia has been bragging about for the past few weeks then?" the woman asked casually while looking me over.

  "Alexander Drake, a pleasure." i said introdug myself politely.

  "Naaza Erisuis, I look forward to your business." she said with a predatory look.

  Not uhe gaze one might expect from a an who was after your money. I was unbothered though si didn't matter so long as I never fell for whatever tricks this ulled out of her sleeve.

  "Could you let Miaow we are here please?" Hestia asked and Naaza sighed but left to do so.

  A few moments ter a handsome man with dark blue long hair and matg eyes walked out the back doorway. Like every god I had met so far he had this sort of otherworldly vibe to him that made it hard to not notice his deific status.

  "Good m Hestia, Naaza said you wanted a bit of a wag?" Miach said with a slight Irish sounding at and curious expression.

  "Umu, We wao get your advice about raising stats since we are a bit lost on it ourselves. So far Alex has been w out and using his magic as much as he which has gotten him to H in all but one of his stats but we weren't sure how to effectively raise dexterity." Hestia expined and Miach had an uanding look.

  "Has he goo the dungeon at all?" Miach asked ah shook our heads

  "I see. In that case exercise is the best way to raise most of the stats, as for dexterity maybe try stretg or something that requires precision with the fingers. Naaza here makes potions and that stat is usually her fastest to grow as a result. Some of the best potions in Orario in fact, my father said so himself." Miach said proudly while Naaza blushed at the praise while her tail wagged a bit.

  "Dia did? Must be true then since if anyone'd know it would be him." Hestia said impressed.

  "Yes I couldn't be prouder of her. But I couldn't help notientioned Alex here has magic, if you don't mind me asking, what it is?" Miach asked curiously.

  "It's a bit vague but from what we gather I manipute, refine or restore anything from a living thing." I said holy since my goddess trusted him I felt I could at least attempt to do the same.

  "Could yrow an arm by ce?" Miach asked hopefully.

  "No clue holy but even if I could I doubt I at the moment anyways, the spell is an absolute energy hog. From what I have found the rger or more plex the thing I am using it on the more expe gets." I said holy.-

  "Would you mind giving it a go if we gave you some potions to restore your mana then?" Miach asked much more excited looking.

  I looked at Hestia " we tell them about the skill or no?" I asked sihat was entirely her call.

  "Yes." she said before looking at Miad Naaza "But both of you have to promise not to share this information with anyone else first." she said seriously.

  "You have my word Hestia." Miach said firmly and Naaza nodded in agreement.

  "I don't use mana or rather I 't use it due to a skill I had the moment I got my falna. Instead I use something called cursed energy. As a result I don't even know if a ma potion would work on me." I revealed and both Miad Naaza looked shocked.

  "Sounds like theres more to that skill than you have said but we won't pry. Still your is well warranted. Mana potions have been specifically designed with mana in mind so we have no idea what might happen if you drank one. Best case sario the potion works without a hitch for your cursed energy just like it was mana. Worst case though it will cause your body to have mana and cursed energy csh until the effects wear off. if you are willing to try it with a weak mana potion we find out." Miach said with a suggestion at the end.-

  Hestia looked at me in as I nodded "If I am going into the dungeoually anyways I should know whether or not I should carry some mana potions with me." I said holy.

  Miaodded in uanding "First you o empty your energy like anyone using a potion would normally." he said seriously.

  "I need a target for my cursed teique in order to do so." I said holy.

  Miach sged around for a bit before ing up with a blue leaf that was withered and dry. "Would this work?" he asked and I nodded as he ha over.

  "Hell's fe!" I spoke the intation and Miad Naaza flinched slightly as the blue and bck curse fmes sprung to life over the leaf. I focused on refining the leaf, adding moisture and removing impurities, that sort of thing while my energy plummeted in about a sed after I started.