Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru

"Oh well, don't you see..."

Ichigo sighed with an unfloating look as the LED light on the ceiling illuminated the room brilliantly.

I will look down on the report that Isaac gave me now and turn around.

There was a concordance of formulae and efficacy of medicines known in the private sector, which even described the distribution of those materials in detail.

That's what Isaac's been working on and researching.

"I mean, these pills are passed down in the private sector, but how are they efficiently?

"Depending on the type of medication, it works to a sufficient extent if not too serious. If those pills don't cure you, you'll use the spellman's pills."

"So, he said that the spellman's medicine was as expensive as an idiot"

"Yes, I will also pray if the medicine doesn't cure you, but it's even more expensive"

"Oh, speaking of which, you also prayed"

If you suffer from any illness in this world, try treatment first with medicines available from shops and pedestrians in the streets.

Medicines used range from relatively easy to obtain, such as seawater (detergent) and myagi's milk (stomach medicine), to slightly harder to obtain, frying precious herbs.

Naturally, the former is inexpensive and the latter expensive.

If it still doesn't heal, you just have to rely on the very expensive concoctions and prayers made by the spellman.

"By the way, how much do you do in one prayer? About 1,000 Al (the first salary of a new American soldier)?

"No, it depends on the region, but anything aimed at curing the disease will do at least five times that."

"High!? Does it really work? It!?

"As long as it is not so difficult, it seems that you can fully heal or relieve your symptoms if you keep doing it again and again. Prayer is the last line of prayer for those who are too weak and unconscious to take drugs."

One good thing I'm used to modern medicine is pretty skeptical about something called prayer, but it seems to actually work in this world.

I'm pretty curious to know what a prayer is that works so well.

"Prayer, you pray to God, right?

"I don't know the details of the prayer a spellman makes, but I think the subject of prayer includes not only God, but also the Spirit"

"Hmmm...... so you can just pray and the illness will heal"

"Yes, it's just that the magician's prayer seems special and doesn't work as well as those offered by people like us."

"Did Mr. Isaac ever pray to God or the Spirit, too, to gain that protection or something?

Interesting to ask, Isaac nodded naturally.

"Of course there is. In the battle ahead, we prayed to Master Ormachiol every time we fought to give him courage and vitality."

"Oh, really? What is the protection of Ormachiol physically?

"Right...... even in front of the army of enemies that storm you, you're going to gain strength from the depths of your body with no fear or desire to escape at all. If it's for the people or my people, I can't describe it well, because I'm dying here with an impulse like a mass of heat."

"Oh, really?"

I feel that the power of Isaac's own will is influenced in some way, but I guess that's fine if he thinks it's the power of prayer to protect him.

"When Kazura receives a wish, with what twist or subtraction does she give protection? I think you're pretty busy with prayers and stuff."

"Hey, hey, I wonder how it went. I don't know if that's something I'm very conscious of..."

Yiliang answers Isaac, who asks with one clear eye that she has no doubt about, swimming her gaze.

Then Isaac nodded deeply with a satisfied look for some reason.

"I see. There's a build-up of daily deeds and the fate of the person (no), and it's not something like Kazura gives you consideration and protection one by one. Could it be that we leave the protection of prayer to the Spirit of the earth?

"Oh yeah... right... leave it to me..."

When Ichiyoshi was answering backwards, the door to the room opened and Valletta came in.

When Baretta noticed what Isaac looked like, she hurriedly lowered her head and greeted her.

"Sorry, I'm late... Um, how did the meal go..."

"Once Marie arrived a while ago and took the ingredients, it's okay. Mr. Barletta says he's out at work."

"Well, you're going to help now. Is there anything left to do..."

"Ah, Mr. Barletta"

"Yes?"

Called off well, Valletta looked back with her hands on the door knob.

"I'm Marie, but I don't think I've been well since this morning. So, do me a favor."

To the words, Barletta took her hand off the door knob and turned to good.

"I tried to speak to him this morning, but he still didn't say anything to me because it seemed difficult to talk to him. So, if Barletta and Eira could care about her,"

"Yes, when I was cooking with you this morning, you said things were weird..."

"Oh, did you notice? I also wondered if I would get better if I put aside the time, but I was still looking dark when I saw it earlier, so I was curious. Excuse me, but I need you to mind her."

"Yes, I'm fine. I'll talk to Mr. Eira later, too. Marie, I think it's easier for Eira to talk to you than I do."

"Excuse me, thank you"

When Barletta smiled gently, she left the room.

When the door closed, Isaac turned his face in good stead.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, too. Are you sure your tour of the spells union's herb garden is on schedule?

"Please. Arrange for me to be present in a position to make such a decision, as I am also going to request the medication to be formulated on that day."

"Yes, sir."

Isaac bowed his head deeply and left the room.

Ichigo dropped off that back and left his back on the back of the chair.

"Hmm, I figured I should talk to Mr. Havel too... but that sounds like I could rub those two"

Seeing Marie look horribly grumpy makes me want to get my hands on something, but I hesitate to step in when it becomes a family issue.

But if Marie is being treated badly by Alondo, I want to help her.

That would be the best thing if they solved it with us, but from what I've seen, that seemed difficult.

"Is it one hand to put a complaint directly from me to Mr. Alondo? But instead of being a fundamental solution, it could make it worse if you suck..."

I was a little worried about what was going on, and in the end I had to postpone my conclusions and turn my attention to the report again.

A few days later in the morning.

Ichirana came with Barletta and Reese, and Isaac, in a carriage, before the gate of the union of spellmen in the north of Isteria.

Get off the carriage and look up at the high fence (hey) and the closed gate that will be three meters.

The walls surround the site all the way and you can't look inside the building from the outside.

Isaac, who was riding and leading, came down from Rata, knocking on the gate that was closed.

Soon afterwards, an old man appeared with a robe wrapped around him from inside.

"Dear Isaac, I've been waiting for you. Master Reese is with you..."

The man turns to Reese and greets him with all due respect.

He is with the executives of the Union of Spellmen.

It's the first time I've met him from Reese, but the guy seemed to know Reese's face.

"What about you two?

"It's Lady Barletta, who has a collection of Isterian craftsmen with her friend Kazura. Like no disrespect."

When Isaac introduced the two, the man greeted them as if they had done so, and invited them all into the gate.

"" "Oh" "

Three people, other than Isaac, accidentally raised their voices to the sight that spreads in front of them.

There was a spacious garden, with beautifully pruned trees and large rocks as long as a man's back length colored the landscape.

Marble sculptures that follow naked women are also built there, and it's a landscape that costs money.

At the end of the garden there is a two-story stone building, one of which leads to its entrance, a multiple-extended trail filled with white jade gravel.

"Is that building the herbal garden?

"No, that's our residence. Herbal gardens will be here."

When the man answered that well, he began to follow the path of jade gravel.

As we all followed him on the stony steps, there was a small pond as he crossed the road.

We all cross the short bridge that leads to the opposite shore, followed by a man.

"Oh, there's a fish."

Reese stops and peeks into the pond.

The water in the pond was clear and there was a clear view of the aquatic plants growing inside and the fish swimming.

"That's a lot of beautiful pond. Are you pulling the river water?

"Yes, we are pulling the water from the river that flows into the city from the north"

"I can't seem to see the waterway, but where is it?

"Lead tubes were buried on the ground, and we're pulling water through it. There are also pipes for drainage on the downstream side"

"Heh, that's amazing...... could this aquatic herb be a herb?

"No, that's to keep the pond water clean"

To a good question, the man answers pale.

It's not even a dust, it's a really clerical response.

Apparently, they're not very welcome.

Moving on straight across the bridge, one side per reached the corner covered with gravel.

"This is Herbal Garden."

There were dozens of old wooden huts built there, all of which had stone foundations about a metre high.

There are many large windows on the walls of the cabin that are as long as people's back lengths, and a number of kannon opening windows are also installed on the roof.

"Are you growing it in that cabin?

"Yes, I'll show you inside"

A man takes me up a small staircase and into a cabin.

Inside it was like a flowerbed surrounded by stone frames, with herbs with blue leaves planted at equal intervals.

It doesn't compare to what we grow on the roof of the Narson Mansion, but it looks quite growing.

Between the herbs there is about a metre free, and no grass grows except for the herbs.

"Hmm, is this how you grow it? It looks like there's a lot of gaps, but why is this?

"Herbs don't like to flock, so even the same species stops growing when plants are nearby. If you make it too dense, some of it will wither away."

"I see... are you doing something like this, something silly? Like a ritual of abundance."

"Of course I'm doing it. It's an old-fashioned way, but it finely crushes animal bones, cleanses them with flames, and then sprinkles them on the soil."

I heard that, and Ichigo said, "Oh?," he tilted his neck.

"What, are you burning bones?

"Yes, with the meaning of purification, we bake it once. I can't dedicate it to Master Graciol with meat and skin snagging around, so it makes sense to take it."

"Is it only one time to sprinkle?

"No. You try to spread it over the vertigo whenever possible to strengthen the force of protection."

Apparently, they were unknowingly making and spreading something like bone fat (a fertilizer that bakes kopi and bone at high temperatures).

"Do you do anything else?

"We do, but we can't teach you how because we can't get out of the door"

Isaac, who was listening beside him, blushed at the man clearly.

I guess I felt it was too disrespectful of anything.

Ichigo nods, "Really?" without looking particularly concerned.

"Aren't you growing up differently than if you didn't do that nonsense?

"Let's see. It's the difference between cloud mud."

"Actually, we also succeeded in increasing the production of herbs, didn't we? I started about two months ago, and it's totally bigger than the one here."

To the words, the man saw the good with a surprised look.

"... how much did they make?

"Just a good amount. At least there's a lot more to it than what we grow up in this cabin."

"Are you raising them on something similar to here?

"No, it's raining."

When Ichigo answered, the man gave a blatantly nagging look.

"Don't look like that. I'm not lying."

"No, suspect it, etc... is the type the same as what we have here?

"Yeah, some of them are the same."

"What the hell ritual did you perform?

"I can't tell you that for a second."

Yiliang said, the man's expression changed to something even more daunting.

It has the appearance of being quite suspicious.

"Oh, no, it's true, isn't it? Recently, I really succeeded in increasing the production of herbs. I came here today to discuss future medicinal herb handling."

"... what is consultation?

Though I find it difficult to do it to a man who turns his gaze full of suspicion, I try to respond with a soot face.

Behind the man, Reese said, "Good luck!" But he held both fists in front of his chest as if to say so.

Barletta seemed to walk around the room a little bit, observing the structure of the cabin and how herbs were planted.

"We have succeeded in increasing the production of medicinal herbs, but we do not know how to make the key medicines. So I wanted to use your help."

"I'm sorry. Even if the lord is his opponent, he can't teach you how to make medicine."

To the man who immediately answered, Ichigo nodded inside, "Right?"

This is how they gave the good guys a tour of the herbal garden because they have a monopoly on how medicine is made.

Even if others cultivated the herb by imitating it here, they probably don't think there's anything they can do about it if they don't know how to do the ritual of promoting growth or how to make the medicine.

"Yeah, I know that. Consultation means we want you to formulate the herbs we grow into medicine."

"Oh, is that what you mean"

The man loosened his expression and gave him a grin.

"No problem then. Are you sure you want us to take the herbs we grew there and give them to you?

"Yes, and from now on, I'd like to provide you with a stable supply of the medicinal herbs we produce."

To a good word, the man got a slightly surprised look.

"... Are you sure?

"Yeah. I hear you guys are also buying medicinal herbs from citizens picked in the mountains and woods, so I hope the way you trade is up to it. And you can lower the amount of herbs you buy than you currently do."

"Hmm. That's a very gratifying story... may I ask what your intentions are?

"I would like you to lower the overall price of the medicine. It is too expensive at present and can only be used by a very small number of people. I want you to spread your hem so that we can reach more people."

"... Hmm"

When Ichigo answered, the man put his arms around him and gave him an imaginary look.

Ichiyoshi stares at the state of it in surprise.

"No, disrespect. I understand the story. And may I ask you what you are looking for?

"So that we don't have any trouble when things go wrong, let's put it away to a certain extent in the military. Medicines are regularly purchased and updated to new ones, and old medicines are a policy to dispose of. Under your guidance, of course."

"I see, that's a good idea. We can't suddenly prepare ourselves if we're suddenly told to send in a large quantity of drugs, either, so you can rest assured."

"Yeah. So, since I was successful in increasing the production of herbs in folds, I talked about whether I could get the union of spellmen to help me lower the price of drugs more. Could you help us somehow?

"If you mean you can provide a stable supply of medicinal herbs for the ingredients, of course it is possible. However, there is probably something very difficult about formulating the medicine and I can't promise you that I will be able to lower the price enough for you to be satisfied. Understand."

"Yeah, that's okay. We'll discuss the details of the amount later."

When Ichigo said so, the man gestured a little like thinking.

"... I'd like to ask you, how much medicine can you buy from the Istell family?

"I don't know yet, but it's not a small amount."

Another reason to buy expensive drugs from them on a regular basis is to make them taste good too.

Besides steadily supplying them with herbs, which are ingredients, the Istell family plans to sell them inexpensively, for example, as commonly known frying pills.

Of course, the union of spellmen also sells those drugs, and when the Istell family sells them out to a large extent, they become essentially commercial enemies.

So, by offering them cheap herbs and regularly buying expensive medicines, you make them tasteful and avoid conflict.

From what I've seen, their herbal production seems pretty inefficient compared to the good guys, so this offer should be more flavorful for the other guy.

There is also the possibility that you will be able to rub it a little with the right to sell medicines, but you have to manage to do it well there.

"Really..."

"Is there a problem?

"No... I have one suggestion. As for the herbs for the medicines we deliver to you, how about we take the herbs free of charge and charge you a fee after deducting the cost of materials when delivering the medicines"

"Do you mean handing over the materials first and receiving the money at the last delivery?

"Yes. Use a significant amount of medicinal herbs to purify medicines. So if you buy a huge amount of herbs for it, it's going to be a big deal for us to pay for it first."

"I see..."

When Ichiyoshi was convinced and snorted, he noticed Barletta waving her hand behind the man's back.

Barletta made a bat out of her hand and said with a mouth pucker, "No!," he complains desperately.

Every moment was a good idea, and I was annoyed.

"What have you done?

"Yes, no...... Um, can you still make the deal as usual? They bought you herbs so we could buy the medicine we could."

"Even if they say so. Neither are we wealthy enough to buy tons of herbs at once..."

Regardless of the riches, there seems to be nothing wrong with a man's suggestion if you ask beside him.

But on second thought, it's a rather dangerous proposition for the good guys.

"Hmmm...... in the beginning we decided to make the deal less voluminous, why don't we make the deal as usual? Then you won't have a problem with that, will you?

Yiliang said, the man nodded reluctantly and so on.

Therefore, once the conversation had been concluded, the agreement would be repeated later.

I just had a man send me outside the gate, and Ichigo pulled a small planting pot out of the carriage where it was parked.

The pot is planted with a few different kinds of herbs, all of which have blue leaves and thick stems.

The soil in the planting pot has been replaced by a normal one.

"This is the medicinal herb I was telling you about, grown in the Istell family. I hope to show you during our discussions at the union."

When Ichiyoshi handed the bowl to the man, he stared at it as a gesture.

You look a little surprised by its size.

Then, Yiliang greeted him, and when he boarded the carriage, he left the spot behind.

"Mr. Barletta, you helped me stop earlier. I was just about to get rounded up."

As soon as he got in the carriage, Ichigo thanked Barletta.

"You're welcome," Barletta smiles.

"But I'm surprised you're trying to hook me up with such a natural... how annoying"

"Hey, hey, what didn't you want from that suggestion? It sounded like a good idea to simplify the deal."

Leese says a little dissatisfied that you don't care that you don't understand the story alone.

"No, they have a monopoly on how drugs are made, don't they? So when I first started offering free ingredients, I had to believe it when they said," This is all I could make from this ingredient. "

Reese immediately said, "Oh!," he struck his hand.

"You mean you can't say it's a lot less than the amount of medicine you can actually make?

"Yes, yes. I didn't realize it at first because it's not unusual for an orderer to request processing by offering materials to a counterparty free of charge. Danger. Danger."

There is no problem if we exchange money exactly every time there is a movement of things and go ahead with the conversation, but the union monopoly on manufacturing can be as deceptive as possible if we make it the only way to pay the processing fees without doing so.

If Barletta hadn't stopped me, they would have quietly summed up the story for their convenience.

"After all, should I ask someone who's used to each of these negotiations? Mr. Alond would do well with a union of spellmen."

"Dear Alondo, is it?

I reacted to that name and Barletta asked back.

"Yeah, he's very good at business. I've been getting a lot of help, so if I can ask you for this one, it's cheap. I'm sure Barletta will have a chance to see him again in the future, since he's in charge of the procurement and management of the materials."

"Yes, I ran into you at the carpenter's the other day and he said," I'm going to say hi. "

"Oh, was I? Speaking of which, you were face-to-face when they served you tea during this time."

"Yes. He remembered my name, and he told me he'd take a carriage home. I was a little surprised that Marie was a scarier person because of what happened to her."

"Right, that house seems a little complicated when it comes to her... speaking of which, has she said anything since then?

"No, nothing yet... it's like Eira told me too, but nothing, it's like a stiff... but she's getting a little better lately"

"Hmmm... Either way, you should try not to let those two see each other in the future"

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"Hmm? Reese, what's wrong?

I noticed Reese thinking something, and Ichigo spoke up.

"Mmm. I thought I was hungry."

"Oh, it's about noon."

"Yeah. You know, I'd like to have some herbal tea when I get home. The one that makes you feel better. I'm kind of tired."

"Whoa, that's good. Let's brew some relaxing tea and call Marie and Ayla."

While we talked about that, the three of them got rocked by a carriage and got on their way home.