The Novice Alchemist’s Store

First use the weakened 'Frozen' to properly cool the corpse.

It's important to regulate the power because freezing here ruins it.

When it gets somewhat cold, I drag it straight to the back of the house.

Of course, it's not the back yard, it's the outside of the walls.

I don't want to stain my beautifully maintained garden with blood, and the demolition show at the store is a little too exciting. If I came to see Lorea or something, I might cry.

Dismantle using the tools I have taken from the workshop and take the necessary areas.

Failure here ruins it, so be careful, be careful.

The first thing to take is still the heart, liver, and eyeballs.

All of them have to be processed immediately, so valuables that are hard to come by.

And then you can use your stomach, intestines, nails, etc., so make sure.

Fur and meat are like any other beast, so why don't we send Mr. Elles to take them down?

You can dismantle it yourself and sell it, but it'll take time.

"It's more useless to lose the freshness of the material."

First place the secured material in the workshop and drag the excess area to Mr. Elles' house next door.

"Hello ~"

"Oh, Sarasa. What? You're a big prey."

Speaking from the outside, Mr. Elles, who immediately came out, raises his voice a little frightened by the angler bear I brought.

"Could you take this down?

"- Oh, the meat and fur after the ingredients are removed"

It was Mr. Elles who didn't seem to understand what I meant for a moment, but he understood right away.

Maybe the same thing happened when my old grandfather was around.

"Yes. I thought it would be better to leave it to the experts. - It's a pain in the ass."

"Ha ha. That's right! All right, I got it, I got it! How about eight grand?

"Is that good? It's okay if it's cheaper, right?

Blah, you can even say it's extra for me, so it's profitable to give it away for free.

"No problem. It's not very popular as raw meat, but it's been selling smoked meat for collectors a lot lately. It would taste pretty good if you handled it well, and this meat."

"Really? Okay, so. I'll carry you."

Oh, I'm sorry.

Mr. Elles' house is the only hunter, and a cabin dedicated to demolition work is built on the back.

Mr. Elles' husband, Mr. Jasper, is basically like hunting alone, so he doesn't seem to take home too much of his prey, but even this bear never manages to get in.

I move the Anger Bear again and push that giant inside the cabin.

A chunk of meat that is still likely to exceed 100 kilos, even though it has been somewhat removed from the contents.

No matter how wide Mr. Elles is, it must be hard to move this around, so leave it at the entrance and say, 'I'll take care of it later!' Cause I can feel it.

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Mr. Elles, when you get back from your house, close the key by lowering the 'ring the bell if you need it' bill in front of the store.

We set up a call bell about a week ago so that we could get a cage in the workshop even during business hours. With the current frequency of visits, it has always been because it was just not efficient.

If it's just smelting, we can still do it after closing, and some work can go on at the counter, but we can only take care of the herbal fields while there's day.

You can hire a store number if you have more customers, but for the time being, I guess.

"Well, I guess I'll handle it quickly"

The nails are good enough to be washed, but the other parts will be worthless if not treated thoroughly.

The heart, liver and eyes in particular are difficult to process.

"But I'm used to it too..."

Many people feel bad about handling this kind of gut system by bluing their faces in school internships as well.

I didn't feel any worse either, but it's something I was pretty surprised to process.

But that's just the first one, too. After a while, everyone gets used to scratching animals without changing their complexion.

No, is it too much to say that we're all used to it?

Because those who are unfamiliar drop their units and disappear.

It's not sweet enough for someone who says "I'm not scared" or "disgusting" to graduate.

Well, the more people who say that, in fact, there's no problem at all.

That's because it's performance against the opposite sex.

Anyone who seriously sucks won't even be able to afford to say that.

Even in the same period, some people had good grades but that one didn't work and quit...... Without you.

Ma, her house looks wealthy, so you won't have to be an alchemist.

Orphans can't afford that, so there was just no one to quit with that.

"- Yeah, that's it"

If the heart and eye are bottled and the rest of the material is dried or powdered, it can be stored without loss of quality for quite a long time.

It may be an area of specialty because it was also planted quite well at the master's when it came to the handling of this area.

"Speaking of which... Could you have foreseen this?

The master said, "Send me if you have any rare materials," but if you can't handle these, you can't even send them.

Since I was working part-time, my master was going to fly me to the edge...?

"... No, you're wearing too much."

The purchase of materials is an important task of the alchemist and cannot be bought unless it can be processed in such a way that it can be stored. That's why he taught me politely, I'm sure.

"Well, what am I going to do with this material?

I can make the potion, an alchemy drug that uses these materials, but since it is not much needed, there is probably no one to buy it even if arranged here.

In the first place, it won't be as expensive as ordinary villagers can buy.

"You can make it for experience... but it's just time to go sell it. It might suck"

As a matter of course, we can't just consume the materials bought here.

As a result, my store as it stands has accumulated less material and less cash.

If it's not time to go wholesale, I don't mind the funds in hand.

Its primary candidate is a town called South Strag, which is closest to this village.

If you travel on foot, is it a distance of two to three days?

Even when I came to this village, that was a boarding carriage, and from there it was on foot, so I know what kind of town for once.

Neither comparable to the Wang capital, but quite a large and populous city on the border.

Oh, by the way, the name of this village is "Yock Village”.

No one is using it.

As much as I saw it in my school store info paperwork, so much so that no one even knew the way when I heard it in South Strag.

It's unknown enough to add the information "A small village near the Great Tree Sea" to finally make you understand "Oh, that village".

I think the villagers are barely aware of their names either. I don't think you know exactly what your name is... but there isn't, is there?

Because it's an unknown village, I think you should go say hello to the South Strag alchemy store and talk to them so they can buy the material.

Because once I show my face, I might be able to ask someone else to transport me.

For example, if Darna, the grocery store, asks you to sell it after purchasing it, and you think she's just an amateur, maybe you can look under her feet?

But if you know you represent the alchemist, you should be fine......

Because I am young, I may be insulted, but in that case, I am hesitant to borrow the authority of my master!

"Yeah, let's do that!

When I was so determined, I took the backpack my master had given me and started packing the material I had bought so far.

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South Strag, a little urban town on the border.

In such a corner of town, there was my destination.

Yes, a bit of a stylish cafe.

That's right, you went in on the way to the move, and last time, you cried.

Huh, wholesale materials? That's more like it. I need to get a tummy first.

"It seemed a little expensive, but it's good, right?

No matter who you excuse, I squealed like that, and I stormed there with my eyes open.

It was a little crowded over time, so I said, "You're going to have to wait a little, okay? I was asked," but I honestly decide to wait here.

My order turned relatively quickly because the shops in question were relatively large and the number of seats was considerable.

"Black tea...... wow, there are so many kinds! Uh-huh, a little hard work here...... some intermediate stuff!

So I said, "Uh, isn't it expensive? 'I don't say.

Because as far as I'm concerned, I'm trying pretty hard to get into this store!

"I'd love to have some sweets, but it's lunch and... here, let's ask for 'vegetables and cheese on thin baked bread'"

I don't know, but it feels like something stylish.

"That's 150 rare. Pretty excited though...... ugh, good luck here and ask for fruit cake too!

Five regular lunches at least.

I worked pretty hard!

I have money, but I feel like saving a while, huh?

After ordering and taking a breather, I'll look around the store again.

Do you care about the atmosphere, the inside of the shop is cleaned up beautifully and plants potted, painted and even hung with beautiful curtains on the windows.

Naturally, I don't have anything like that in a regular dining room.

Of course there is a cost to the interior, but if you're going to make it so well cleaned, in a way, you have to pick a customer.

I try my best to clean up Mr. Dilal's place and stuff, but sometimes he comes back full of gatherers and mud, so there are limitations.

When it was too bad, he kicked it out before entering the store and said, "Wash yourself!" I'm having a drink, though.

"I'd like to imitate it because it's nice... but is it about plants I can do?

Our customers are predominantly gatherers, and it's impossible to base this atmosphere.

I already have the curtains on, and even decorating the paintings, I'm like, "What's the effect of this smelter Artifact?" or something like that.

"But maybe I could put down a small table or something?

Lorea's been coming to see me a lot lately.

Since I started buying materials, it seems that Mr. D'Arna no longer has to go to town to sell them, and he spends more time in the village.

For that matter, Lorea no longer needs to stand in the store number, and when she comes to visit us, she goes home after some chatter about the Wang Capital for a while.

I have a chair that Mr. Geberg gave me, but some tables, maybe I can relax a little more, tea or something.

I was wondering if I could buy it if I was going to keep coming to see you... talk about Wang Du, if I don't have anything else to do, I've already used it, and you don't want to come to see me, right?

There's one thing here, to raise your friend level, souvenirs, should you buy and go home?

But Mr. D'Arna comes to this town often, and I wonder if there's anything that makes Lorea happy?

"Thank you for waiting"

With that in mind, my sister-in-law brought me what I ordered.

And when I finish arranging them on the table, I laugh nicely and bow my head.

"Take your time"

"Ah, yes. Thank you."

Hopefully. That's just expensive. Customer service is also polite.

Basics, "aye!" It's not like a dining room where you just hang up and put it down with Dodon.

Don't we need customer service like that? Guest base, it's different.

Eat, eat.

"Is this thin baked bread?"

I'll put tea and cake behind me and observe the thin baked bread I eat for the first time.

The bread itself is not so special.

Even if we don't have an oven, it feels like we could make it with a frying pan.

- No, in the first place, the stove itself, it's not there yet.

"What I'm putting on is vegetables and cheese, and then little meat? This red sauce is a little different."

Conversely, except for the source, which is normal. Cut into bite sizes and into mouths.

"Muggle... yummy, huh?

Tastes better than you'd imagine from the looks of it.

There is nothing special about vegetables and meat, but the richness of the cheese, the sourness of the sauce and a little sweetness match very well.

Bread that looks like it won't swell is good in this dish.

"This sauce, spices on tomatoes? Hmm, spices seem difficult."

I want to eat it in the village because it's delicious, but I can't imitate the taste of this sauce, especially if I'm not good at cooking.

As an alchemist who specializes in analysis, I'd like to analyze about the spices I use for my sauce...

"Yeah, if the ingredients sell high, the spices you get in this city, buy them all the way home"

And cheese.

It's hard to get in the village.

"Tea is... normal... Is the fruit cake... bi, subtle...?

No, it's never delicious, is it?

But what do you mean, tea and sweets that come out at the master's tea time taste better...

Regardless of the tea, Maria always made the sweets......

Is this, is Maria awesome?

Or is this store no big deal?

I don't know because I don't have any judgment criteria!

Even if you live in Wang capital, you've never eaten or walked around, and there's no way sweets come out in an orphanage.

"There are quite a few people in there, so I don't think it's a good idea, but I think it might be coming in this store atmosphere instead of flavor..."

Does this store seem acceptable even if it doesn't taste good?

"I don't care. I don't know what public appreciation is."

By my standards, the rating is a slightly higher store instead of flavor.

I'm not saying I'm never coming again, but isn't it enough that I dare to visit?

Going around all kinds of shops in this city in the future, it might change again.

Still, it was never unsavory, so I took the time to taste it slowly for about the price I paid, and I left the store behind.

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"There are two Alchemist shops in this city."

The area has been researched by village gatherers.

Of the three gates in this city, there is a gate that leads to the village, one near it.

Square in the center of town, another one a little off the edge of it.

Neither of them changed much as the collectors rated them, saying that they "often use the closer ones"......

"Shall we go to the nearest one first?

It's also close to where you are now, so I'll head over there for a second.

Its storefront, which I've seen on foot for about a few minutes, is as big as our store.

Of course, I don't think the prices of stores are quite the same in the country and in this city, and there should be no such thing as cheap as our store. Given that, it would still be an independent alchemist's shop after training in some store in due course.

Uh-huh, I feel a little dirty around the store, but is this what it is all over the city?

A master would surely be angry, and make him clean it.

After completing my observation of the store, I push the slightly old door into it.

"There you are."

What I heard walking into the store was the voice of a slightly unfathomable man.

At your age, aren't you thirty?

I'm concerned about the slightly worthy gaze... but I'll take a look at the product for now.

The basics are smelting drugs, after all. The lineup is very different from ours.

I also keep the smelter "Artifact", but since the number is small, is the basic order production?

Is there no line of products that require advanced technology to make, because they cannot be sold, or is there a shortage of alchemist arms in this store?

... Yeah, okay.

Get a little tempered and head to the counter.

"Um, I'd like to sell this."

"Amen? Which"

What I put on the counter was the heart of an angler bear in a bottle.

The clerk, who took it up and moved Pickle and Frown, says dissatisfied.

"On top of being a little old, it's not handled well either. Twelve thousand."

Heh, old? So, it's not handled well?

Hmm.

- Are you kidding me?

I push and kill my inner dissatisfaction and put the next material on the table.

"- Really? What's this?"

Now the liver......

"You too. Twenty grand together. All right?"

There's no way it's good.

I take both of them back from the clerk's hand trying to take them, and I turn them into a backpack.

"Really? Sorry to bother you."

"Ah, hey! Wait!"

There is no way to wait.

Shut out the noise you hear from behind and just leave the store.

Walk a while, check the back.

- Why don't you just follow me?

Phew, take a breath.

"He said there was no difference between them, but it was the worst store. I don't think a lot of people use it as collectors in our village, but let's just keep an eye out."

There's my store, so I don't think anybody's bothered to come this far, but if they buy me down, it's pathetic, so I should tell you, right?

I'm not harassing you because you never like the clerk you were with, are you?

It's for the gatherers, yeah, sure.

"I still have such an alchemist. - Could I have been licked?

Did they happen to get the material, but did they think?

If you find out I'm an alchemist and that attitude, you're just stupid, aren't you?

I was wondering if you thought if it was slightly awesome, you could handle it?

To that extent, there was nothing powerful about it.

Because Mr. Elles' husband, Mr. Jasper, would be many times more amazing just standing there.

When I was first introduced, I accidentally retreated from "Azusa".

If I see you on the night lane, I'll probably run away. Unless you know him.

He's actually a very good guy.

"It would be nice if the other one was a good store. Neither is' no difference 'bad quality, is it?

I walked out towards another alchemist's shop, feeling a little melancholy.