Drop!! ～A Tale of the Fragrance Princess～ (WN)

Well, let's read the book that was handed to us.

That's what I thought Cordelia, but first I asked how Jill and Vernault were doing. The two witches who were looking at the challenge earlier seem to have already been given a new one.

"What challenges are you two up to?

"This"

Upon Cordelia's inquiry, Vernor showed Cordelia the book he was reading.

The book contained some pictures of medicinal herbs. However, the name of the herb is not given.

"What kind of challenge is this?

"Name the herb. And I'm going to write down in my notebook the characteristics that I can determine are the herbs. Because they say you're free to look at the books on the bookshelf there."

In addition to the book, Vernault continues, showing notes.

The notebook is probably personal. Cordelia thought she should have prepared it herself, but now she has no choice. We have to make sure we never forget it on the next occasion.

(Yes, next time I have Lara's pencil. If it seems to be complete, I'll bring it. It's easier to carry than a pen, and Master Vernault was interested)

I would love for you to see how it's done instead of showing off... If you're unconscious, you're going to forget, but he's a Marquis man. It would also be a good publicity, assuming he uses it where people see it.

(The premise, of course, is for the learning of the children of the village, but if it sells, it will also be funded. Fortunately, Pamela has plenty of logging materials, and new specialties… what a luxurious desire)

But whatever it is, it's good to be able to earn money.

I'm not sure I would even make an eraser like I used with Nihon, but I wouldn't be able to prepare a bread for erasers either. That could be a good business to sell with, too.

(Ma, as I leave it now... it's certainly important to distinguish similar grasshoppers. I can't believe it was an accident with something very similar, something that was often in the news on Nihon)

Sometimes I remember seeing articles like that about Nila and Swissen wrong, or edible and poisonous mushrooms wrong.

(If you say so, it's life-threatening. I need to remember it well. I can't seem to remember the characteristics in the first place, so I can't grasp them myself)

And Cordelia faced the given book again, turning the cover nervously. There was no foreword in the book and it was filled with things about plants from the beginning.

Unlike the book Vernault is looking at, the book to which Cordelia was given contains the name of the plant along with detailed information. First, the page on the left shows a picture of the plants to be introduced from multiple directions. And the page on the right had the name of the plant, its characteristics, and then how it was grown and used.

(This is different from the book you have at home. There wasn't much in the library book about how to grow it. And the way the plants were drawn didn't even have so many cuts on it)

Perhaps there is also a difference in the amount of listings.

The Pameladian family's collection of books contained a wide range of plants anyway. Maybe it didn't say much about how to grow it because it was a book that included poison grass.

In contrast, the book appeared to be a carefully selected selection of herbs that could be found around the Wang capital or in the streets, yet easy to grow. I guess that means that if you have a small number of listings, you can even include details. But even after subtracting it, this book contains too much information as a primer. Cordelia was also surprised, in particular, that her treatment as a companion plant was posted.

Companion plants are plants that make a good impact by planting other plants together when growing crops, such as vegetables - plants that have a positive effect, such as not donating pests.

A typical example is the same phylloxera as Calendula, marigold for ornamental use of the genus Kouwo, which also looks very similar. Although this cannot be used as a substitute for Calendula because it is only for ornamental use, it is also compatible with many plants and has effects such as keeping pests away, preventing diseases and even helping them grow. In previous life, when growing corn, we used to plant it together.

(Most importantly, there's no Marigold on here. Plus there are some herbs that can be used as companion plants, but they're not listed. It looks like all this world has its own)

While I also intend to look into Marigold's fertility areas in the future, I also took a lighter look at the sparse and earlier pages, but there were no herbs listed here that Cordelia would handle. If the medicinal herbs listed are limited to the area around Wang Capital or the streets, then so be it. But on the contrary, I'll write it down in the corner of my head that it's also possible to spread herbs as companion plants... But I don't think about it now. Cordelia, who had returned to the page she had been looking at, now looked at how to use it.

However... the use of the medicinal herb that followed was diagonal for Cordelia.

(Yep... more so when you soak a frog's crotch with leil grass............ what, a frog?

I thought it was a mistake for a moment, but it says majestically with a toad.

The toad itself behaved like a baby crying or eclampsia at night during the Edo period...... I have heard stories of merchants selling it to cure so-called caterpillars. Whether it actually works or not...... to be honest, I'm not very good at frogs. I'm so bad at not being able to touch it with my bare hands. So let alone peel off the skin and use that crotch is resistant. At least I don't know Cordelia, such as frogs going up the table in this country. No, there is a possibility that edible toads like bovine toads exist given previous life... but it is difficult to lose resistance to frogs that have not yet eaten, whether in life as cordelias or as Nihons. The frogs shown in this book in the first place are not the size of a cow, they are the size of a frog that really seems to be everywhere.

(... but the effect of this toad doesn't necessarily have the same purpose as Edo, and maybe this effect of Leilgrass is supposed to cure something else)

It's a bad item, but it's not like you have to touch a frog right now.

With that in mind, Cordelia continued to look through.

(I boil salt and then apply the crushed til grass to use it... I knew you would eat it. Does the effect condition the child's stomach? The frog contains the magic of water among the frogs, making it easy to extend the ability of the tilgrass......)

I learned the effect, but I still don't want to eat it. It seems like even fish can be substituted if it's just about the magic of water, but is there a reason why it has to be a frog? But there is no further description here. Is it because it's an introduction? Cordelia turned the page slightly with that in mind. And then there continued to be quite an exciting combination, quite a few courageous drugs. Semi, honeysuckle, bat...... it's not that you can't eat it, but rather you'll have to respect it as a traditional food culture.

(But... hurdles, they're expensive. Yeah, I can do my best if I have to...!

If this is elementary, does it basically mean that witches make a combination of animals and plants? But all the bottles in the room were plants. I'm sure these descriptions are the exception. The next page should have something else on it... and Cordelia opened a new page again, believing so.

"Ah, aquatic plants..."

Cordelia pulled out of her shoulder as she accidentally voiced relief.

Apparently, the chapter has changed. What is written here seemed to be aquatic plants grown in fresh water, and it seemed to say something that could be paired with the herbs that could be taken near Wangdu.

(This is very interesting... Huh? Red Algae, is it on?

Sure, most of them grow in seawater, but I've heard some grow in freshwater.

But I didn't think we'd meet up here with that.

Red algae that would be the ingredient of Oblate that I wanted to make during the Founding Festival.

I have already sent that letter to Clifton and Maruiz, who I believe are also familiar with seafood, and I have also received a reply to that. Each of their letters had a description of the seagrass in the Tengusa family that they treat as fertilizer. To observe from the atmosphere of the letter, they knew Cordelia was growing grass flowers, so they wondered if she was looking for that fertilizer. They had written to me that they would arrange it if necessary. Different uses, but I'd appreciate it if there were.

But even though I already know that tengusa grass is available, I'm curious that maybe this aquatic grass could also be an ingredient.

(... Honestly, I don't know. I originally only know about seagrass on a mostly miscellaneous level, and I don't know if what's on here can be used in the same way as the Tengusa family)

If, however, even aquatic plants such as those described here can be made, it may be easier to procure materials in inland Pameladian territory as well. Oblate will surely be treasured. It can be used for treats as well as medication. If you make edible paper, you'll get a glimpse of it. If… I would like to complete the information in my territory whenever possible in order not to leave it outside.

(... there shouldn't be any harm in doing both, should there? I only have vague knowledge of how to make it in the first place, and whether you fail ten times or twenty times, there's nothing wrong with that if you can do it at the end)

All right, let's hit it in the head first about describing aquatic plants.

Yes, Cordelia made up her mind.

And then, as I was going through the book, time seemed to have quickly stood.

"Is it time for tea? I'll get it ready, just give me a minute."

When I raised my face to such a witch's voice, I just heard a loud singing voice from outside.

What is it? That's right, Cordelia, when Vernor opened his mouth, "Oh, is that it?"

"That's a singing team showing snacks around here."

"No, I'm not. It's a choir song that strikes the Virgin."

"... you know, I'm a mess right now."

Cordelia was surprised by the unexpected word as she heard Jill and Vernor interact like that. Virgin. Of course, the Virgin that Jill has just spoken of will not be the one Cordelia fears. But Cordelia had heroin in her head. So I asked thoughtfully.

"Have you two heard the story of the girl of your dreams yet?

The two blinked a few times with their eyes round in such cordelia inquiries. Then Vernault said, "Of dreams?" At last he uttered words like stink, but eventually he got a point.

"Oh. Speaking of which, they've managed to say the Virgin is back or something. I'd rather not believe in fortune, but if it doesn't hurt me, I think whoever wants to believe it should."

"What about Jill?

"Hmmm... I've never seen you before, so I don't know"

"... so is that."

Apparently, neither of us is deeply interested. Cordelia was relieved that Vernault was not particularly interested. Given his character, there would be no unconditional and virgin supremacy, but what he could have heard in person is still significant. I don't know about Jill, but Vernault is very likely to meet heroin, at least in the future.

"But that's unusual. I can't believe Dili cares about these hand rumors."

"In the meantime, Hazel told me."

Vernault answered Cordelia a little.

Apparently, it was an unexpected name. Jill laughed bitterly, "Are you okay?," he says. Apparently Jill knows about Hazel, too. But Hazel's name worked, Vernault never asked Cordelia any more questions.

"Oh, speaking of which, Ronnie..."

"Oh, I'm here."

Ronnie, who replied to Cordelia, was at the counter at the end of the store.

He sits in a chair with no back and hangs on the wall.

"What are you doing?

"No, they're all studying, so I was talking to the lady who was here earlier. Anything, because they said I looked like my grandson."

"... yes"

"I'm glad to hear about the treats that my sister at work seems to like."

Store number, was it?

I thought I was sorry I let you go, but if you're saying Ronnie was having quite a meaningful time too, that's great too. Let's say it was good. Then we'll hear about the delicious treat later.

Yes, the witch came back with a tree tray while Cordelia thought.

"Well, I tried baking cocoa custard muffins today. Enjoy it with herbal tea."

Saying so, she behaved muffins and tea to everyone. Cocoa fabric and custard folded muffins are sweet and bitter.

"It's a new one. I heard in the market these days that kids prefer this one to the fruit one. What do you think?"

"It's delicious, very. Of course I like the fruit ones, but they are very tasty"

"Heh heh, good."

Cordelia answered the witch's query best. Because it was so good that I really wanted you to teach me how to make it. Probably even if I asked you at the mansion, you could make something similar. But if the home treat looked like it belonged to the store, this treat really tasted like home relief. Plus I felt nostalgic somewhere. It's such a waste to lose it, so much so that I thought.

"Dili, how about that book? Is there something you don't understand?

"Yeah... I'm so surprised. The... herbs and frogs, because I never thought of it as a combination"

I also wondered if I would talk about frogs while eating, but I still couldn't hide what shocked me the most. The witch laughed.

"It might not matter if you like the scent, but this one would be interesting, wouldn't it? But I'm surprised. I thought you weren't really interested, so I thought I'd skip reading the previous one... you're serious."

"Um... I found out that frogs use it for medication because it includes the magic of water... can't it be fish"

"It doesn't make much sense to be a fish. Well, then, Rail, I don't think you'd mind using the grass as a medicine alone. Originally, Rail Grass has an anti-diarrheal effect, so it works whether you shrug it or drink it. However, it feels like using a frog that is compatible with you if you expect it to work better. Frogs are often stuck in the water when they're jellyfish and in the grass if they grow up. They go well with both magic."

Yes, the witch said, taking a breath, and then she said, "Do you not like frogs after all?" I laughed. Cordelia also responded with a bitter smile.

"How were the other items?

"Right, waterfront organisms… I was very fascinated with plants, especially in the water"

"There are other books about aquatic plants. I'll lend it to you later."

"Thank you"

"Well, I guess I'll take Jill's questions next."

Yes, it was when the witch said it.

The store door opens and says, "Witch!" and the voice of a healthy child echoed.

In that voice the witch stood up, "Oh," and immediately took her to the entrance.

"Wasn't your day tomorrow?

"Yeah, but I promised we'd all play tomorrow, so I did today!

"You are. Well, wait a minute. I have your medicine, I'll get you a paper bag."

Are you a customer? With that in mind, Cordelia looked at it from a distance, and the child also apparently acknowledged what Cordelia and the others looked like after the witches disappeared, approaching the table.

"What are you guys doing?

The child was smaller than the Cordelias, perhaps less than ten, but he also had nothing to cower at the first person he met. That's more of a surprise to Cordelia for a moment.

But that moment seems to have become a huge gap.

"Nora!

"Huh?!

Cordelia's muffins were in the kid's hands the next moment if he thought he had a healthy voice. The kid who snatched the muffin with a really quick move flattens it in no time.

(my muffin......!

Cordelia caught sight of me screaming like that.

No, don't scream. I don't have a big man. No, a child, though. Sure, he's a kid, but he shouldn't be young enough to yell at a kid younger than himself.

But I thought it would be a waste to eat it. There was no way they would scratch the muffins and not even attract Cordelia's smile.

In response to such cordelia, the child let Cordelia say grandiose without being evil before she opened her mouth.

"It's worse to be boisterous."

"Become,"

"If you don't want to be taken, you should put it in your stomach."

The boulder won't have that attitude.

That's how Cordelia opened her mouth with "you" this time, but this time it was held back by the witch's voice of "keep you waiting".

The witch appeared smiling with a paper bag, but tilted her neck when she saw the child's face.

"Oh, Mick. Muffin, did someone give it to you?

"Fuck, I didn't eat it."

"That's strange. You have sweet crumbs on your mouth."

Yes, the child pointed out by the witch...... Mick rushed to pluck his mouth. Then the witch smiles bitterly and says, "Then Mick lied, so you can skip the treat the next confetti day," sayin '. It's a gentle atmosphere, but I know exactly how angry I am. That also seemed well passed on to the groovy Mick, "I'm sorry," he said in an unintentional round, but apologized.

"Mick, that's not what you're telling me, is it? That's what I have to tell the person who took the treat."

"... bad"

Mick, pointed out by the witch, turned his body toward Cordelia and said so with a quick whisper as his eyes turned away. But the words in Cordelia disappeared as I watched them.

There will be dissatisfaction and I may not be reflecting, but the understanding of doing something bad is in the mix. All I could think of was a snakefoot to teach and pursue if I thought so. "I don't care," Cordelia said. Of course, I feel sorry for the muffins.

Having heard Cordelia's words, the witch handed Mick a paper bag. And I gently stroked his head, "Go home with care," he said. Mick hid his face in a paper bag and ran straight away.

"I'm sorry, she's a good root, too."

"No."

The witch lowered her brow as Mick closed the door he left open. Cordelia put a word of denial in such a witch, but couldn't go on after that. That's right...... he did have a white arm.

Such a subtle chest seems to have been passed on to the witch as well. She was smiling bitterly.

"I'm a kid who doesn't like being honest. I just really need to talk to you."

Saying so, the witch handed Cordelia her share of the muffin, which she hadn't yet put her hands on: "This, go ahead".

"That kid can hit his feelings well on flowers and medicinal herbs, too. He's a very good nurturer."

"Really?

"Yeah, it's a short carriage ride from Wang Du, but I'm growing it in Oul Village."

The village of Oulu has also passed beside Cordelia on long rides.

It's a village that looks long idle, but not very close to an outside human being because it exists where it branches off from the streets. However, the village does not exclude the outside world, and carriages to the Wang Capital come and go on a regular basis.

"The village of Oulu...... hey, is he from the orphanage?

"Oh, does Jill know Oulu's orphanage?

"Yeah. Sometimes we serve quality crops and processed products to the city of Wangdu, right? Sometimes vegetables are delicious, and pickles are delicious."

"Is it a customer that you know so much about me? I also go to help sometimes. This muffin is an exercise in trying to behave like those kids."

Yes, the witch said, and the witch took it out of the drawer, "This is the city pickle you were in earlier, Jill."

"If you're interested, I'll show you the village of Oulu anytime. Then we'll bake muffins together and take them."

Yes, the witch said it like a joke. I think it was probably a real joke.

Cordelia replied, "Thank you very much." The witch turned her eyes round.

"I'm a little away, but are you okay?

"I'll ask my father"

"Well... let's just say if it's all right."

Yes, the witch said, "Would you like a cup of tea" when she laughed, and let Jill and Vernault, who had interrupted her, resume talking about the progress of their learning.