Evil Black Maria - Chapter 105. Pharmacist = Poisoner

A shop stands quietly off the main street of the southern section of the capital, in a slightly secluded area.

 

The name of the shop was Josette’s Pharmacy.

It was an old-fashioned apothecary, but with a neat and tidy appearance.

 

“We’re here, Mary.”

 

“Uyu?”

 

Mary looks around the shop, rubbing her eyes sleepily, apparently completely full from the three parfaits she just consumed.

Then she let her head tilt up.

 

“…… Mother, what is this?”

 

“eh?”

 

Mary pointed to two small signs hanging on the door.

One of them said {Open for business} and the other said {No Virgins} in a bold font.

 

“What is a virgin?”

 

“Eh”

 

She was a keen learner and had become a good reader and writer, and when she was confronted with an unfamiliar word, she casually asked what it meant.

But is it really the right thing to teach a young child, Shizuru thought to himself.

 

“Hey mother, what does that mean?”

 

“That’s the……thing, when Mary’s a bit older, yeah. I’ll tell you.”

 

“Nah. I want to know now.”

 

“Eeh….”

 

Mary looked up at Shizuru with a curious look in her eyes and asked him to explain.

Shizuru was completely embarrassed and hesitated for a while, wondering how to get out of this situation.

 

But it wasn’t long before he realised.

He noticed the teasing look in Mary’s eyes as she looked at him.

 

“…… Um, Mary?　Do you know what that means, by any chance?”

 

“Yes. You taught me how to make babies when I asked you before.”

 

She nodded easily, and Shizuru’s smile twitched slightly.

 

“Hahaha …… why bother with all that, why?”

 

“I was wondering what would happen if I asked Mother something naughty.”

 

Sexual harassment, as they say, was a sure crime.

The experience of being sexually harassed by a distant girl made Shizuru’s smile twitch even more.

 

“But it’s true that I don’t know much about it. I didn’t really understand Beth’s explanation, there were so many things and things like that”

 

And when you think about it, Beth is still a sensitive 16-year-old.

It’s easy to see how she struggled inwardly to answer difficult questions while acting normal on the outside.

He should probably thank her and apologize next time.

 

“…… So, when Mary’s older, I’ll teach her. So don’t ask anyone else, okay? It might embarrass them.”

 

“Un”

 

“…… So, when Mary’s older, I’ll teach her. So don’t ask anyone else, okay? It might embarrass them.”

 

It would have been safer to ask Cheshire to provide this kind of sex education.

Shizuru thought this just after he saw Mary nodding happily.

 

But what has been said cannot be helped.

Shizuru can lie as easily as he can breathe, but he himself is not a fan of deception.

It’s not that he doesn’t like to lie, he just wants to keep his promises to

Mary.

 

“Come on, let’s go inside. There’s no point in standing in front of the shop like this, we’ll be interfering with business.”

 

“Yeah”

 

The big backpack he had just bought.

Hefting it back on his back, Shizuru accompanied Mary to the door of the shop.

 

–Before the smell of blood seeps out of the dismembered corpse packed inside the backpack.

 

The high-pitched ringing of the doorbell echoes through the rather small shop.

 

The inside of the shop was as old-fashioned as the outside, but still neat and tidy.

The shelves were lined with bottles of various coloured medicines, sorted roughly by type.

 

“*cough**cough*”

 

No sooner had she closed the door when Mary began to cough.

There was a thick cloud of what looked like cherry-red incense in the air.

 

“Oh, are you alright? I’m sorry, it’s just been a while since I’ve been here.”

 

The shopkeeper’s hobby was to burn incense all the time, but this was so thick that it was almost poisonous.

Holding a handkerchief to Mary’s mouth, Shizuru walked towards the back.

 

“Josette, are you there?”

 

A small counter table and a door leading to the dispensary.

He puts his backpack on the counter and opens the door, thinking that she must be in the shop because of the open sign.

 

— A moment later, a strange odour hit his nose, mixed with incense.

 

“…..”

 

Shizuru, realizing that it is a poisonous chemical, immediately holds his breath.

With a flick of his hand, he pulls Mary behind him and steps alone into the dispensary.

 

“(Is that cyanide gas I smell? Why is there so much of this stuff in the air ……?)”

 

It is a deadly poison that was used as a pesticide in the world where Shizuru used to live.

Shizuru possesses antibodies and resistance to most poisons, but it is not something he wants to inhale.

 

[Chalk Goddess – El Ouor Quare Chia Iste – Anti Venom.]

 

He cast a mid level healing spell to dispel the toxins in the air.

In the blink of an eye, the toxins in the dispensary were gone and the air was clean.

 

“…there”

 

He ran to her and slowly picked her up.

Her long, wavy chestnut hair flowed freely, spreading over the floor, which was littered with shards of glass that looked like medicine bottles.

 

“Josette. Josette, are you alright?”

 

A room full of hydrogen cyanide. Normally, a person would not survive.

But by nature of her occupation or constitution, she has a greater resistance to poisons than even Shizuru.

The reason why she collapsed was probably not due to cyanide gas, but simply suffocation.

 

Calling out repeatedly, he lightly slapped her limp cheek and pressed his hand to her chest.

He could feel her heartbeat through his palm, though it was a little weakened.

After confirming that she is alive, Shizuru was relieved and activated the cleansing wash as a precaution.

 

“U….u.uh…”

 

Her eyelids fluttered open as she breathed in the fresh air, cleansed by magic.

Her pale brown eyes met Shizuru’s quietly.

 

“Good afternoon, Josette. Are you okay?”

 

“Ah”

 

She had just woken up from her coma and her head was still spinning, a muffled sound escaping her lips.

Her hands, which were trembling, were weakly placed on Shizuru’s face.

 

“……An, gel?”

 

“No, it’s not. It’s me.”

 

It’s hard to imagine an angel in a black suit.

It’s more likely to be the God of Death or the God of Disease.

 

The brown eyes stare at Shizuru, who smiles as he thinks about it.

When Mary appeared on the scene, she noticed the situation and tried to intervene as usual.

 

But that’s just the beginning.

 

“Angel-sama….”

 

Her droopy eyes melted even more.

The woman, Josette, pressed her dry lips to those of Shizuru.

 

“Shizuru, I’m sorry …… for all the trouble I’ve caused you”

 

Deeply, Josette bowed her head.

On the top of her head was a large bump.

 

“I’m really sorry……about that…….”

 

As soon as she woke up, she tried to attack Shizuru.

However, it’s too late to act softly now, and after beating her up, Mary looked at her.

 

“Get away from her, Mother. She’s a pervert.”

 

“Don’t point at people, Mary.”

 

Punsuko*, Mary was very upset, and protected Shizuru with her back turned to him.

It seems that the evaluation of the seemingly innocent-looking Josette has been completely solidified in the category of perverts and degenerates.

 

“Oh, you are so rude, Mademoiselle. I’m not a pervert.”

 

In contrast, Josette picked up the hem of her skirt and bowed gracefully.

It’s a gesture that shows the elegance of a person who has reached a certain level of education.

 

–But.

 

“So please don’t be too hard on me. The pain in my head is getting worse and worse…..N n, it’s driving me crazy.”

 

The corners of her mouth lifted in ecstasy as she spoke.

Mary took three steps backwards.

 

“Get back Mother. She’s very perverted”

 

“Oh, haha …… By the way, Josette, can I ask you one question?”

 

Shizuru asked, tilting his head with a wry smile to change the subject, as if he was having trouble following.

Of course, he knew that Josette had a peculiar personality, he didn’t need anyone to tell him that now.

 

“It’s ok. Please ask me anything”

 

“Let’s see,……why were things like that when we arrived?”

 

That was, of course, about the hydrogen cyanide that filled the dispensary.

Josette is an assassin who uses poison as her weapon of choice, and she knows the properties of the poison she uses.

It was impossible for her to be so careless.

 

Therefore,

 

“I forgot to put the bottle of liquefied cyanide in the fridge and left it out.”

 

“Eh”

 

When Shizuru heard Josette’s answer with a smile, he was speechless for a while

 

Liquefied hydrocyanic acid is another name for liquefied hydrogen cyanide. It is a dangerous chemical that evaporates at room temperature.

If you leave a bottle around, the contents are bound to expand and shatter.

 

“It’s true, I almost choked to death. …… But that’s not really the point.”

 

Shaking her head, Josette muttered in a relaxed tone.

 

A fatally flawed view of life and death.

She probably doesn’t care if she dies of carelessness.

 

That’s why she is not afraid to use dangerous poisons and medicines that even Shizuru cannot resist.

There are not many poisoners in the country who are more willing to accept pain and suffering than Josette.

 

“The agony of cyanide gas was not nearly as pleasant as it sounds……”

 

She is a masochist with an unhealthy obsession with suffering.

Josette breathed a deep sigh of contentment as the writhing pain turned to pleasure.