The Villainess Is An SS+ Rank Adventurer, Vol. 01 by Kaye Ng

Author:Kaye Ng
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: self
Published: 2023-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16: Starry Eyed Alchemist

“Let's see … an alchemy shop … it should be just about … here?”

I was completely lost.

There was a reason I was making Apple trot at slower than walking pace. And it wasn't just because I was very puzzled by why mud appeared to be dripping from that one window over there.

I took in the hodgepodge of buildings around us, feeling for the first time my utter lack of familiarity with our smaller domains.

Rolstein was clearly not the Royal Villa, where every block of quarried stone was carefully measured before being allowed to set. There was little uniformity in this town.

Its architecture was a flamboyant mix of differently shaped clay roofs and brightly painted wooden, stone or brick facades, as though each and every dwelling had been designed on a whim and then redesigned that very same evening.

Though it filled me with dread, I'd need to navigate these labyrinths of poor architectural design in the coming days. And I'd need to do so without bellowing high and low that I needed directions in my own homeland.

Fortunately, Coppelia was not a subject of the kingdom! Why, she wasn't even a dignitary, but an assistant librarian. I had no qualms about maximising my use of her directions. And she in turn could have the joy of assisting me.

It was a wonderful, mutually beneficial arrangement for all parties!

Coppelia glanced at me as I subtly stared at her.

“My masterful skills of observation indicate that you seem to want to ask something.”

“Perish the thought. You've been remarkably helpful thus far, and I have no intention of intruding on your cordiality or your clockwork memory of names, places and locations, such as a shop owned by a local alchemist named Marina.”

“Well, okay–”

“But as declining assistance is the height of ill grace, I'd be content to allow you to direct me to my destination while I'm still gathering my bearings.”

I smiled considerately.

Now, fair clockwork maiden, guide me through this maze of poverty!

Coppelia pointed at a building right beside us. And then the signboard next to a pile of cauldrons stacked like salad bowls.

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