Although the pharmacist frowned when he saw Raphtalia, I knew from observation that he didn't use cheap lies and was speaking honestly.
“The price of medicine has skyrocketed recently due to the prophecy, so demand for them are very high right now.”
“Fumu...”
Either risk failing to craft them for better sales, or selling raw materials to their production line directly; it's debatable on which of the two will yield more gold.
However, everything has its own silver lining. There’s no disadvantage in continuing to collect more.