The Novice Alchemist’s Store

If you turn your gaze to the one who hears you, you will see a woman who has become royal at the entrance to the kitchen that leads to this room.

Whoever it is, it's Erin, the village chief's daughter.

She seems to be a child since the village chief was older, only around thirty years old.

In the ages, she is about the same as Lorea's mother, Marie.

Erin has apologized a little awkwardly for looking at me like that.

"Oh, Sarasa, you're sorry to interrupt, aren't you? 'Cause I heard something."

"No, it's no problem, not at all"

Apparently he was working in the kitchen, Mr. Erin.

But it's not surprising to hear our conversation, or a difficult topic to hear, just in a house that's not very big.

Besides, when I asked you to make a hat, it was Erin's age that I wanted to ask.

Instead, we should ask you to join us in the conversation...?

"Um, if that's all right with you, can I have Erin's opinion, too?

"Of course! First, Father!

Ms. Erin nodded forcefully, pointing her sharp gaze at her own father, pointing to Bisilli and his face.

"Hey, what?

"Earlier, Sarasa was so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, There are no such favorable conditions!?"

"Oh, really?

When my own daughter forcefully tells me that I can't even deny it, the village chief gives an ambiguous response.

Against such a village chief, Mr. Erin nods forcefully again.

"Really! Sarasa, that hat, the cost of turning it into a cooling hat if it doesn't sell - five thousand rare won't be charged, will it?

"Yep. … However, if a hat made by the same person sells more than a certain number of hats, I will place a limit on it."

I'm going to wear it if I lose some money, but it's just a little hard for me to have too much bad stock piled up.

In response to me, Erin nods as if convinced.

"That's natural, isn't it? Sarasa's gonna lose everything."

"Why not? Sarasa's not buying up anything, is she?

"Your father's idiot!! It would cost you five thousand rare to make it a cooling hat!? If the hat didn't sell, Sarasa would lose many times the cost of making a hat! I know!? You don't understand! Understand!"

Erin approached the village chief with a strong tone of doubt, and the village chief nodded cocklessly.

When it comes to making cooling hats, if you succeed every time exactly, the cost of the material itself will not cost 5,000 rare... if you include my labor costs, is it definitely cheap?

But at the time of the last Hell Flame Grizzly incident, I was a little concerned about the village chief's unreliability, but maybe Mr. Erin usually has a lot of support?

"Right, isn't it a good idea to limit the number of people that can be lined up in stores? You think if you want to line up another thing, you're going to buy yourself out of what's left of it? What do you say, Sarasa?"

"As far as I'm concerned. But isn't it hard to buy it out?

"Yeah. I made something I can't sell, so I need to take that much responsibility. And the way you look at it, you get a cooling hat for yourself for 5,000 rare, right?

"... you can also see it that way. If you make your own hat,"

To Erin, who laughed like a prank, I nod.

Again, Mr. Erin, your head spins fast.

I can't think of anyone in a country village like this.

Extreme story, if you get a hat from somewhere and bring it into my store, you get a cooling hat for 5,000 rare.

The cooling hat I make and line up is seven thousand rare, so the difference, two thousand rare.

Ordinary hats don't do two thousand rare, and because your favorite hat becomes a cooling hat, it's a pretty good deal.

"I'm not saying no, but I won't make it anymore because I got mine, or anything like that, will you? That's not what I'm here for."

"Absolutely. You're thinking about the village, aren't you? Just ask Darna to go sell it, she'll get the cash... Sarasa, aren't you forced?

"It's okay, it's...?

Really, it's a little grey.

If I sell my cooling hat for 5,000 rare.

Given that the ice fang bat fangs of the material can be collected nearby and that the actual selling price is higher than that, it's probably ok.

I never get caution...... and good?

- Yeah, when Mr. Darna sells outside, let's fix the lowest price, just in case.

He was Mr. Erin, who pointed a slightly worrying glance at me, who said a little bit, but nodded small because I wouldn't say anything more.

"That would be good...... Fine. I'll call some of you for now. If I could, should I take it to the store?

"Oh, yeah, I don't mind..."

"Is it okay for Mr. Erin to decide? 'And when I turned my gaze toward the village chief, the village chief, who had listened to me blurtly, noticed my gaze and nodded again and again as if he had panicked.

"So, please. Uhm."

"Oh, because your father doesn't have to worry too much. From now on, it's quicker to bring the details to me."

Not really, but... the village chief doesn't look like he cared, he's got a cup of the table and he's drinking tea.

Is that good? The village chief......

If you don't have any complaints, I'd appreciate it if we talked faster, too.

"Uh... yes. Then, if you need it, I'll prepare a design illustration of the hat, etc., so come and get it from the store."

"Really! Wow, nice! This village has no connection to urban clothing. Sarasa's illustration from Wangdu must be cutting-edge!?"

Mr. Erin is still a woman, too.

You're interested in fashion, you got yourself up to me and let your eyes shine.

I snort as she pressures me like that.

"Yeah, well, I don't care if you expect much, but for once, it's a hat worn in the king's capital."

"Enjoy! Quickly, I need to speak to everyone!

"Around there, thank you"

"Yeah, leave it to me! Because I'm sure you'll be able to make a nice hat!

Mr. Erin punched Pong in the chest when he said so with his chest stretched.

And this was the beginning of this village specialty - and I just wanted to say, is it going to work?

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Go to the village chief's place - no, maybe Erin's, to be exact? - and talk to him for a while.

The cooling hat thing went pretty well.

That said, it wasn't going well from the start.

Whether it was a neck that I didn't get paid for it right after delivery or how it worked didn't make any sense, the first person who delivered it was just someone I knew.

Specifically, Erin and Marie the grocery store, Jimena the blacksmith, and four neighboring Elles.

Should I say someone who deals with some money or people who trust me?

But that too, for a short time.

At Erin's behest, Marie and the others made hats by spreading rumours that she was somewhat consciously 'making money'.

If you can do it, it's pinky, and it didn't feel like the value was a bit ripe in the beginning, but the good stuff is expensive these days, the awkward stuff is cheap, and that's what it feels like.

Mr. D'Arna also took the cooling hat he purchased from us and went to purchase it, selling it at South Strag, in addition to groceries and groceries, as well as cloths that served as ingredients for the hat.

It's not in my interest... but it's a long-term prospect, isn't it?

No problem because it's not negative!

- And I thought.

We have a problem.

That day, Lorea, somehow wearing a monkey for cooking on her head, came to work.

"Mr. Sarasa! This! How about this?

It is more compact size than a regular monkey and fits Lorea's head perfectly.

Could it have stopped being taken?

No way, I didn't wake up odd...... right?

"Lorea, what's wrong? The monkey."

"The, it's not a monkey! Look closely! Here!"

With a disgruntled face, I hold onto Lorea's shoulder, which I've been holding my head close to without, and observe her head.

If you look closely, the monkey is like a double structure, thick, and the straw is braided in such a way that it intersects up and down.

"Yeah? Straw... Could this be a hat?

"Yes! I asked for the gatherer's opinion and made it! It's for people wearing helms."

Lorea took off her hat and offered it to me, so I took it and checked the back.

The thickness is about a cm.

It is knitted to be cleverly well double layered and does not crumble to the point of holding it down lightly.

For people wearing helms... Oh, I see.

This gap.

It's getting harder for the air to steam through here?

This alone is well worth it, but it's not hard to imagine that if you turn this further into a cooling hat, it will be the gospel of summer for the helm-wearing gatherer.

"This is amazing..."

"Heh heh heh, right!

Lorea shows me her rare Doya face, which I honestly admire.

But this idea and the technology to braid straw well, it's both good to be proud of, really.

It's worth just enough doya face.

Even before, Lorea used the time between store numbers to make straw hats, but this tastes different.

"The problem is durability, but what about that one?

"I borrowed a helm from a collector to try it out, but it doesn't seem to be a problem if it's to the extent that I got slapped somewhat"

I experimented with it, and although the material was just straw, not that sturdy, it was easy to peel and lose gaps, it seemed, there was nothing like it.

However, it is “somewhat” to the point of boredom and does not look good if attacked.

"Uh-huh, then it's optional, should we also add durability improvements?

"Can you do that?

Lorea rounds her eyes to my words like that.

"Yeah. It's gonna take a little work, though."

If you are going to make the smelter "Artifact" that remains on the alchemy daiichi, you just have to write down the described circuits there and so on, but in order to do the customization, it is impossible without knowing exactly what it means, etc.

As a matter of fact, if you are an alchemist, it is obvious - or not.

Even if you can't, you're not going down, are you, this?

Absolutely not, then just not, but there are quite a few people who can't handle complicated things.

Still, the only reason you can be an alchemist is because of the lack of alchemists.

It's well worth it just to be able to make what's on all the alchemy.

By the way, I... quite, I can.

It's impossible to get to the top of the grade if you can't, so he said he studied desperately, with the help of his master.

Most importantly, as long as it adds durability to this cooling hat, it's not that difficult.

"But Lorea, you've come up with such a complicated knitting idea, haven't you?

"Oh, Grandma Zeng helped me there. Eh heh."

That's what Lorea says.

Oh, or Grandma Zeng? Is this the wisdom of the elderly?

"I've never met you, but you live somewhere else?

"I'm at our place, Grandma Zeng, but my legs are bad and I barely go outside. Oh, but I'm still fine, so I'm doing a job where I can sit down, right? Because Grandma Zeng makes more than half of the hats your mother brings."

"Oh, by reason..."

I thought Marie would be busy, but she'd bring a lot.

Since Mr. D'Arna is going to sell the cooling hat, I was wondering if you were working hard with that, but you had Grandma Zeng's help.

"Thanks to Sarasa, Grandma Zeng and I are delighted that we can make money ourselves. Thank you."

"Yes. Then it's worth thinking about, too. Good."

"Yes!"

Lorea replies with real pleasure as to whether she likes Grandma Zeng.

"Oh, so, Mr. Sarasa, I need to talk to you, can you keep this hat as a sample? I need to match it perfectly to the shape of my head, so I thought I'd make it an order production..."

"Oh, right. Yeah, it's good."

I nodded nicely at Lorea, who seemed a little hard to say.

Given that it will be worn under the helm, that would be natural.

It's been a lot of work, and it's impossible to keep many kinds of them.

"Thank you"

"The problem is that right now, a good percentage of collectors in the village already have cooling hats...... is it ok because there are more new ones too?

"Oh, right. There's been an increase recently."

"Probably because Hell Flame Grizzly material and ice tooth bat fangs flowed into South Strag?

The flow of material ensured that Hell Flame Grizzly was successfully crusaded.

Besides, ice tooth bat fangs, which are in high demand this season, have also flowed, so it is not surprising in itself that gatherers gather because they think they can make money.

However, as for the collectors who escaped at that time, it seems that they have not come to my store so far.

I'm not necessarily acting like I blame you, but I figured you'd be mocked, from me living in this village.

I'm not going to discriminate against you if you come.