The Discount Alchemist: Wait, Why Are My Failed Potions Making Heroes?

Hiroto Arakawa is a struggling alchemist running a failing potion shop in a backwater town. His potions technically work, but every single one has a weird, impractical side effect—like a stamina potion that gives you uncontrollable shaking or a strength elixir that only activates when delivering a dramatic monologue. He just wants to scam the occasional desperate adventurer, make enough money to not starve, and avoid blowing up his shop for the third time this month.But everything goes horribly wrong when a rookie adventurer drinks one of his failed potions… and unlocks a legendary skill.Suddenly, his shop is flooded with customers. The adventurer’s guild declares him their official supplier. The nobles demand exclusive rights to his work. The black market starts smuggling his potions at insane prices. Even the Demon Lord wants a bottle.No matter how many times Hiroto insists that he’s not a genius, every attempt to prove himself a fraud only makes him seem more powerful.Now, every major faction in the world is after him, and he just wants to go back to being a nobody.…But first, he has to deal with the kidnapping attempts, guild conspiracies, assassination plots, and a princess who refuses to take “no” for an answer.Why is this happening?!