Despite the discounts and upfront payment for the job, Liam ended up spending quite a lot.
Some, if not many, recipes had overlapping ingredients, especially when they belonged to the same alchemical field.
However, Liam didn't know when he would gain access to similar wares next. He had no idea where life would lead him and what those destinations would feature.
Also, what Liam had done to find the market and the chaos that had risked unfolding had shown him how many problems could arise. Chief Grace had saved him this time, but luck wasn't reliable. Liam even saw accounting for it as unacceptable.
As far as Liam knew, he might go entire months or longer without the opportunity to purchase anything, so he had to stash what he could now to prolong the never-stopping countdown that would leave him as any other desperate lone cultivator.
