It wasn’t because Fleur-san, a mother who had never been pestered by her child for various things, was troubled. Rather, it seemed to be because what her son Kevin asked for was something unusually unchildlike.
“Kevin says he wants a nutritional drink—‘Elixir’—for his exam studies.”
“What’s that about?”
Kevin, who coincidentally shares the same default name as the protagonist, is still of an age to attend elementary school. Yet, he desires a nutritional drink for his studies, which, even considering this world is a different one, isn’t very healthy.
Moreover, the desired item is the “Elixir” recently found in “Rakkai.”
At first, I thought it was strange that an “Elixir” was treated as a nutritional drink, but then again, maybe in this world, it’s something like a magic potion…?
“It seems he was recommended it by a friend who loves drinking it.”
“But still, it might be something that’s not illegal but can hardly be called legal…?”
“Yes, that’s right. The regulations related to magic potions seem to change frequently, so even if it’s legal now, there’s a possibility it could be banned in the future.”
“More importantly, it’s not very healthy for a child to rely on a nutritional drink for studying, right?”
Or perhaps the so-called nutritional drink isn’t that potent and is just a juice containing nourishing ingredients or caffeine.
In any case, as a parent, she probably doesn’t feel good about letting her child consume something so unknown.
“In that case,” I suggest, “how about I try it first?”
“Lux-kun, you?”
“It might affect differently depending on age, but there doesn’t seem to be any drinking restrictions. How about I try it first, and then we decide whether to buy it for him?”
“Hmm…”
That was the conversation from just last week.
While working hard and quickly meeting my quotas, I decided to share my thoughts on the effects of the “Elixir” with Fleur-san.
“It’s crazy.”
“Uh, yeah.”
“It worked incredibly well.”
“Seeing how you work, Lux-kun, I can tell… but, are you okay?”
“It’s frightening how it removes fatigue.”
I flex my muscles and answer.
“As soon as you drink it, the fatigue just pops away. Eye fatigue disappears as if it were a lie, and I can look at the computer for a long time without my eyes getting tired, and it feels like my shoulder stiffness is gone too.”
“That must be the placebo effect, right?”
“It might be wishful thinking, but at least I feel it’s working on me, and it’s just crazy.”
And so, I conclude.
“So, yeah, young people don’t need this. This is definitely something for overworked adults, and I want the young with a future to work hard without relying on such things.”
“Yes, that’s right—I’ll do that. Honestly, seeing how you’ve been working lately, you looked like a corporate slave robot, and it was scary.”
“Haha! No doubt, I am a corporate slave!”
Anyway.
After that, I ended up using all of the “Elixir” I bought, not wanting to waste it.
And then, hell awaited afterward.
“Now that I know how much I can work, this should be doable, right?”
“Ah…”
What remained was the amount of work I could handle, boosted by the nutritional drink.
Somehow, that became the default amount of work, and I ended up being assigned a ridiculous amount of work.
“…Should I subscribe to ‘Elixir’ regularly?”
“Ah, haha…”
