Unscientific Alchemy: Potions That Hit Below the Belt!

[Western Fantasy + System + Alchemy + Character Growth + Slice of Life]

Yu Song, an overworked office drone who died suddenly after staying up all night, opened his eyes to find himself as Rainer, a bankrupt alchemy apprentice.

From the start, he was twenty gold coins in debt. His inherited workshop leaked from every corner, and a debt collector's longsword was already at his throat.

A System? A golden finger? All he had was a lousy passive skill called “Inspect”!

With the mines and a whipping waiting for him, Yu Song went all in.

“My alchemy has three rules: if it stinks, I won't use it; if it's gone rancid, I won't use it; if it's what poets eat, I won't use it!”

One brew later, the attributes exploded: [Healing] [Purification] [Rejuvenation]…

Wait, rejuvenation?!

After taking a swig, the baron cried out in shock, “My silkworm pupa just changed size!” Yu Song finally understood:

This isn't a healing potion?

It's a business opportunity! I can smell the money!

From then on, the “Broken Cauldron” workshop took an increasingly strange turn:

The half-elf girl Ido, offered up to pay off a debt, and three rookie adventurers who had nearly been wiped out all clutched their bowls and wept. “Mr. Rainer, this food is amazing. We'll never be able to repay your kindness in this lifetime…”

Dungeons, brewing, growing mushrooms (the kind that make you see little people when you eat them)…

Yu Song's life in another world began with a pot of rancid potion, a house full of “bankrupt teammates,” and a mountain of debt.

“Who says the art of alchemy is all about explosions? I'm just trying to grow crops, clear dungeons, and brew potions!”

Watching the nobles howl and beg to buy his products, Yu Song could only repeat himself again and again: “We're a respectable workshop!”

The nobles: “Please, Yu Song! We'll do anything for your potions!”

[Unscientific Alchemy Rule #1: Rancid means good! Rancid means amazing!]

[Rule #2: We really are a respectable workshop… probably.]