The Novice Alchemist’s Store

"Mr. Store Manager, we're back."

"Lord Store Manager, I'm back.... Phew, it's extremely easy here."

It's starting to get really hot today.

Iris, who came back from work, exhaled loudly as he entered the store, wiping the sweat floating on his forehead.

"Good luck. Is it still hot outside today?

"Oh. When it's moving, it's pretty good."

If you look out the window, it's sunny today.

I also feel a little tired of the garden grass in the strong sun.

But with all that heat, we're not connected.

We have a chiller, so it's very cool in the house!

Very luxurious.

But I made it, so I have to use it, right?

- No, the truth is, one room was big enough to cool it down, right?

Because I just need to gain experience making it.

Because it had a lot of high quality ice tooth bat fangs, I made something a little extravagant.

"Cooling hat, you can buy it, right?

"Ugh... I do have something that attracts my heart... I'll be patient"

"I'm getting through this without..."

When I pointed to the cooling hat lined up on the shelf, Mr. Iris managed to pull his gaze off of it with a very untrained look on his face.

"I don't have to save that much...... Cooler will be more efficient."

"Maybe, but right now, most of the time, we're in a cave."

Sometimes they ask me to get other materials, but ice tooth bat fangs are the best in terms of efficiency, and many collectors are currently investing in them, and Mr. Iris and the others were no exception.

And the more you get inside the cave, the cooler you go through, the colder your skin gets.

As long as I can stand going back and forth, I'm sure I can handle it without a cooling hat.

I know it's pretty hot though.

"Welcome home, both of you. It's cold tea."

There, Lorea, who was in the back once she saw the two of them back, came back.

There are two well-cooled teas in that hand.

When Mr. Iris received it, he drank it all at once and exhaled heavily.

"Thank you, Lorea....... ku, cold tea when it's hot. That's awesome!

"Phew...... Yeah, really. It's the best luxury, isn't it? If I lived here, I wouldn't be able to go back to my old inn."

This tea was recently chilled in a refrigerator.

The other day, Mr. Geberg delivered the outer frame of the fridge and freezer.

Through these two productions, our kitchen finally saw completion.

With Lorea's hard work, our table will surely be top notch in this village, in addition to dishes that have undergone a tremendous level increase, and even cold food.

"It's cool, huh? I'll be a little bit of a billionaire going home at night, too. When I go to bed, I have a sheet of environmental adjustment cloth that Sarasa gave me, so it's quite comfortable."

"Oh, that one! Hot doesn't have anything to do with sleeplessness, does it, that one!

"It's true, right? Honestly, I'm worried that we can use such good stuff..."

"I don't mind.... I'm a little uncomfortable using good stuff."

"Hey do it! I don't have to worry about it at all! We're staying."

"No, really, never mind"

Although the beds and bedding are all for visitors, they are now completely reserved for the two of us.

I said, I just can't take the futon away from you two now.

Next door to the two of you talking about 'You were hot and hard to sleep last night,' 'I was comfortable last night,' or living with you and what about that? It's a story.

So two extra pairs of futons and beds, made.

It's okay if your master shows up suddenly or if Lorea wants to stay.

No problem.

"I'm just very grateful that the store is comfortable, but there's a bit of a problem, isn't there?"

To Lorea, who tells me to have a little trouble, I tilt my neck.

I haven't heard...

"Really?

"Yes, even after the errands, the gatherers who sit in the store -"

"Whoa, that could be me?

It was Andre, a regular customer, who came into the store in good time.

Because I visit it like every day, in a way, it comes to cool frequently, even if I can't see it.

"Oh, Mr. Andre. Do you have any idea?

"Of course...... I do!

There is!?

"Really? Lorea."

"Mr. Andre is still the best."

Oh, it's just better, you can't deny it.

"If you serve cold tea, you'll honestly go home. So it's tea."

"Oh, thank you. - Oops, puhhhhh! I'm so done! What's cold this season!

Lorea, who received a cup from Andre, who drank tea at once, nods one, pointing to the exit.

"Really? Well, welcome home."

"Oops! Oh, no! I haven't finished my errands yet."

"Oops. Right. So, what about today?

"First of all, it's for today's sake. Ask for the purchase. And then the potion."

"Yes."

Lorea handily handles Andre's items.

I've been hiring her for months.

Good hands and good memory.

Even now, very digging.

It's good to hire you!

"- Is that it?

"Right. That's all I got today."

"Really? See you later."

"Oops... that's not true! I have other business to attend to today!

"Really? Not only do you want to cool down?

"Not only. This coolness is amazing. Thank you. Why don't you introduce me to our inn, too? I can drink cold stuff... Did I mention refrigerator? Including that one."

I'd be happy to introduce it, too...

"There, talk to Mr. Dilal. But it's not very cheap, so I know it's hard."

For once, the cold air fan is posted on the shop menu.

Of course I would make it if I asked for it, but compared to the cooling hat that just cools me alone, which also only cools around my head, the cooler that can cool a room is very expensive.

It's a room for gatherers, it's a little unrealistic to install one in a room, and if you're going to install it in a dining room, it's less effective if you don't make it a pretty big thing.

That will inevitably require a lot of magic.

Anyway, I couldn't possibly bribe a normal person... as a result, I would need a massive amount of Demon Crystal Stone or alternatives like Ice Tooth Bat Fangs.

You can't afford a regular inn first, can you?

I don't expect you to buy it.

"So, what can I do for you, Mr. Andre? Can I get you something?

"No, you're not..."

Asked me, Mr. Andre said a few words and turned his gaze to Mr. Iris.

Taking that gaze, Mr. Iris nodded one, opening his mouth.

"From there on out, let me talk. - Does the manager know about the merchants who are staying in the village now?

"Mr. Gretz, isn't it? I don't know."

The pedestrian Gretz shows his face sometimes, so the Iris know it, so he can't even ask like this.

"You're a much older, slightly fatter merchant than he is."

"I've been renting a house and staying for a while. Looks like he's got a lot of money, and he's got a couple of servants."

"Really? Pedestrians, you don't mean. What's wrong with that?

As its name suggests, pedestrians are merchants who visit various towns and villages.

At least as far as I know, I've never seen a fat pedestrian.

Unless you're a merchant like leading a caravan, it's a little hard to think of such caravans coming and going around here.

"Actually, I'm buying that merchant, Ice Tooth Bat Tooth. Tell him I'll buy 30% more than the manager."

"Really? It's my first ear."

"Oh, could it be that fewer people have come to sell ice tooth bat fangs lately...?

To Mr. Iris' words, Lorea raised her face like a hack and Kate nodded deeply.

"I guess that's why."

"Speaking of which, I think you were running low, stock of ice tooth bat fangs"

I think I would have just noticed if the arrival had been zero, but Mr. Iris and the others are redeeming it when he returns, and Andre and the others are arriving.

I have somewhat less stock, but I am not so anxious because I do not consume too much when making cooling hats due to the fact that older, good quality fangs arrive.

Because there aren't more arrivals for the increasing number of new collectors, I thought, 'Haven't you been collecting ice tooth bat fangs?' Or, 'Maybe you're even going to sell South Strag?' If you thought about it, you'd actually just be selling it elsewhere, not us.

"The manager, such a long..."

"Mr. Store Manager, is it good to be so relaxed? If it's 30% different, there won't be anyone to sell it here, will there? It's not as bad as this, is it?

Heh, snorts at me, Mr. Iris and the others look confused...

"I'm curious if it's really 30% expensive, but not much in itself?

We've already made refrigerators and freezers, and we've secured cooling hats and fans for our own use.

That's why the only use I'm currently buying out of ice tooth bats is for cooling hats for sale.

Since the processing fee is the price of service to the villagers, the profit from this is very small in itself.

I don't have much trouble losing it - myself, though.

Instead, Mr. Gretz, who is purchasing and selling cooling hats from us, or Mr. Darna, will have trouble making less money, and the villagers won't be able to make hats and make money.

I don't think it's going to affect my life because I'm making money that I didn't originally have... I wouldn't be happy to lose the profits that I got once, and it's not very funny to be crushed by the mechanism I thought about because of it either.

"Ice Tooth Bat Tooth itself is an easy material to appraise and store even if you are not an alchemist..."

"I can do it now, too."

"Yeah. But Lorea's good, right? Because I remember things well."

"Thank you"

Looking at Lorea nodding happily, I think.

If you observe carefully, you can see the value of the type of material, so it is possible to multiply it by 30%, even if you are not an alchemist.

However, it is a different matter of whether it is profitable to buy it at that price.

I'm pretty sure our buyout price is lower than the market in Wang Du, but that's because we're buying it at the collection site.

When selling in Wangdu, given that transportation costs and so on are added to this, buying on a very common market - no, it's about a slightly higher buying price.

If you multiply this by 30%...... even an alchemist who can process the product himself and adds value can make a profit or not.

If that's the merchant, I don't have to say it.

Anyway, if it's also a special use, if you're transporting it to other towns and wholesale it to alchemists, sure deficit.

Unless the ice tooth bat fangs become tear-free and the market soars, I don't think it will make a profit.

I wonder what you're doing with that in mind?