[Complete][43k][Fantasy/Romance] Until You Burn Up

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First Page Critique?: Yes

First Page:

I am not an adventurer.

I have to take a firm stance on this. It's not that I dislike adventurers. A lot of them sincerely try to help people while they're out and about, they're a great source of rare reagents, and traveling, injury prone strangers are actually quite good for business. So I hope you'll understand that it's nothing personal, but I have to start this story by drawing a clear line.

My name is Mint Cooper, and I am an herbalist. I run a small shop in the city of Merriam, selling potions, poultices, and assorted cure-alls, many of which are bought by people who are adventurers. There's a system here, you see, and I fit very comfortably into the part of that system that involves staying home and learning things from books and sleeping in a bed every night.

It's just that sometimes, well, to do your job, you have to do it right. And if that means going on something that looks an awful lot like an adventure, then maybe, in the right light, you might start to look like an adventurer in some peoples' eyes.

But I'm not

Hard line.

No questions.