The Carefree Life of a Pharmacist in Paris [Classic Literature Crossover]

Overnight, Verna is transported to the nineteenth century and becomes the sickly youngest daughter of a sailor's family.

Her family is so poor all they have left are the floor tiles. Her starving father is skin and bones, greedy neighbors have come to collect their debts, and her family's breadwinner brother is behind bars.

Verna, the empire's top potion-maker: ...Hold on, what kind of hellish start is this??

With no other choice, she rolls up her sleeves, hits the books, and takes up her old trade in hopes of making a fortune.

First, she'll set a modest goal: earn a hundred million, then get her brother out of prison!

Before she can earn a hundred million, a well-dressed gentleman knocks on her door, claiming to be her brother, Edmond Dantes.

He says his fourteen-year sentence is up, he's successfully escaped from prison, and he's inherited a huge fortune. All he has to do is wait for his family to return, then he can set his revenge plan in motion. With her brother, she'll enjoy the good life and get to beat up fools, too.

Verna: ?? Have scams gotten this half-hearted these days? I'm scared.

What's worse, she eventually finds out that the man really is her brother.

#How I Struck It Rich Halfway Through Starting My Business#

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Question: What's the most painful part of working a case across borders?

Anonymous answer: Thanks for the invite. It's when you realize you admire your kind, clever landlady as more than a friend, then discover not only that the whole street belongs to her, but that the main suspect in your case is her brother.

#To Investigate or Not to Investigate, That Is the Question#

"Reader's guide"

1. Inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo, La Dame aux Camelias, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Les Miserables, The Red and the Black, Madame Bovary, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, and other classics. The setting is fictionalized and heavily adapted. Not recommended for readers who care about historical accuracy. Some out-of-character portrayals are inevitable.

2. Pairing: Sherlock Holmes, the classic-literature version. One-on-one, with a Sherlock Holmes versus the Count of Monte Cristo plotline in the middle and later parts.

Theme: Work hard to achieve the life you want!