The Novice Alchemist’s Store

For dinner that day, the dried vegetables and the dried meat were simmered together with a hard-baked bread.

In addition to the portable Magic Instruction Stove, it is also magically water out, making it very easy.

No need to even start a fire.

The difficulty is that it doesn't taste that good, but I can eat enough, so there's no problem.

"Long time no see, and a meal like this"

Unexpectedly, Mr. Gill raises a single eyebrow at the words he leaks.

"Long time no see, Sarasa, were you eating before? Eat like this."

"Yep. Quite."

"Hmm? Really? The manager always has the impression that he eats good food."

Affirming myself, Mr. Iris strangled me wonderfully, too.

"No, just for the record, it's always been this kind of meal since Mr. Dilal's place got mixed up, hasn't it? Only bread was regular bread."

"What? Did you?

"Yes, does it feel like Lorea saw it and started cooking my rice"

Before I could have a kitchen, you took good care of me by going and buying it for me and plugging it in.

As Mr. Iris says, you can always eat delicious meals after fixing the kitchen destroyed by Hell Flame Grizzly and installing the Magic Instruction Stove.

From then on, Lorea cooks me a meal every day, so my diet is very fulfilling.

Thankfully.

"Ho, Sarasa didn't like cooking"

"No, I'm not good at anything. I wouldn't even say I'm good at it. I simply wanted to spend more time on alchemy than cooking."

"I see. If you're about the age of Sarasa, you need to be desperate."

"... well, yeah, right?

I divulge subtly vague words to Mr. Gill, who nods as he is convinced.

Keeping top grades, qualifying as an alchemist, was desperate on that side, but should shoppers say 'coincidence overlaps' or 'without trying'? It is difficult to affirm subtly.

"By the way, what about the night watch? Two at a time, three shifts, okay?

"I'll magically set up an alert, so it's okay without watching, right?

"Magic... not that I don't trust Sarasa..."

"If you're anxious, I'm not against keeping an eye on you."

If you are a gatherer of veterans like Mr. Andre and the others, you should be careful.

However, Mr. Iris shook his head immediately.

"No, I believe in the Store Manager!

"Iris, don't you just want to keep an eye out?

"There's that too!

Do you have one?

No, it's nothing good.

"Besides, I'm pretty sure the magic of the manager is more believable than my watch."

"... that makes sense. What about Mr. Andre and the others?

"We... we'll keep an eye out one by one for once. Sarasa, I'm sorry, can you just keep the lights on? Because dark things are good."

I nod to Mr. Andre, who worried a little and concluded so.

"I don't mind. Well, thank you."

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Day three out of the village.

We had arrived near the destination we had set in advance, without any major problems.

It was only last night that I was to be woken up by an alert, but it wasn't even a very strong demon that came, so I handled it lightly and went to bed immediately.

Thanks to the floating tent, you won't suffer from lack of sleep and are in good health.

"Is there a Hell Flame Grizzly in this mountain?

"Exactly, there he is, right? Unless that herd came from somewhere far away."

volcano northwest of the village.

I look up at it and nod at what Mr Andre said, while I make a few corrections.

In the book I have, this mountain, barely more woody than the middle belly, was considered the habitat of Hell Flame Grizzly, closest to the village.

It's also a little weird to say that the flaming stones rolling in this mountain are the staple foods of Hell Flame Grizzlies...... but what they need to survive.

You can't live without this. They usually never leave their habitat.

But it is that frenzy that occurs if you have to leave there for any reason.

"There's nothing like a mountain collapse."

"We don't know what the original mountain looks like. The smoke is spraying... but it doesn't look like it's spraying."

"Hey, Sarasa, suddenly it explodes, doesn't it?

"I can't say it's not there, but it's probably okay. Unless you're so unlucky."

I asked the village chief via Erin, and at least in the life of the village chief, there doesn't seem to be any eruptions that affect the village.

I don't know about small items, so I figured I'd be lucky there.

"Luck...... I'm not so sure."

"You almost died the other day. But I'm saving you, so I guess you got some bad luck, huh?

"If you're lucky, you're okay. We have Sarasa."

"Me, sir? Am I lucky?

To Mr. Andre's words, I snap my neck.

The fact that my parents were killed by bandits is bad luck.

It wasn't a bad place for an orphanage that came in, lucky for you.

Being an alchemist... I want to think of it as strength, not luck.

But you might be lucky to be in the master's shop?

I also happened to find a job in front of my master's shop.

The folks in Yock Village have a lot of good people headed by Lorea.

In total...... my luck, how much?

Andre smiles and shakes his head at me thinking about it.

"No, I (...) got (...) lucky. Sarasa came to the village."

"Besides, even with the frenzy of Hell Flame Grizzlies, he survives without major injuries"

"Yes, yes. You're in luck, us."

"I'm a little glad you said that..."

Unexpectedly, my cheeks burst into the snorts of Andre and the others.

Because that's what they think it is.

"Well, expect that luck and try to climb."

"Right. Oh, the purpose, of course, is to investigate the cause, so if anything happens, don't get your hands on it badly, okay? There's something that's going to kick Hell Flame Grizzly out, because there's a high risk."

At first, and drawing attention to me, Mr. Andre nodded strangely and began to climb the mountain.

Although there is no decent path, it is not so steep a mountain, and if you continue to climb through the grass for about half a day, you will eventually cross the middle belly and the plant will disappear from its surroundings.

The ground gets slightly warmer, and places where the hot air is turned up everywhere start to get into my eyes.

"From around here, flaming stones are falling, so pick them up when you find them. I'll settle it later."

What's around here is a small thing, so it's not as expensive, but it's still an alchemy material, so it's never cheap.

Iris gave me a slightly troubled look when I said I didn't have to come here to pick it up.

"My lord manager, I have never seen a flaming stone..."

Look at other people's faces too...... yeah. If you don't usually get a chance to see it, what choice do you have?

"Er... this is the flame stone"

I look around and find and pick up one flaming stone, albeit slightly smaller.

Red and black, shiny, slightly warm stone if gripped.

It's not as noticeable as you'll soon find it in the distance, but if you observe it carefully, even amateurs can tell enough.

It's a pretty hard stone as it looks, hard to crush without a hammer, and naturally, it's impossible for a normal human to chew it up.

Because Hell Flame Grizzlies eat this burly and live, it is strange that it is a demon.

You get older and your teeth get weaker, don't you?

"Usually, the ground seems to be rolling a lot in hot places"

"Heh. Well, where the hot air is -"

"Waited!!"

Mr. Gill hastily stopped trying to make his way to the spot with a light foothold.

"Mr. Gill, before you do, listen to my explanation and go"

"Ooh..."

"That place with hot air is certainly hot, but there can be poisonous gases around it that you lose consciousness of in a breath, or you can suddenly eject super hot steam or hot water"

Besides, poison gas is invisible, and I don't necessarily feel signs of hot water erupting.

Most places are fine, but in rare cases they are dangerous.

I'm not an expert either, so I don't know where the danger is, and you're totally lucky to be safe.

"And so..., please go"

Come on, and Mr. Gill shakes his head in a hurry against me for pointing to where the near-field hot air is.

"No, I won't go when I hear that explanation!? No matter how much I!

"Naturally. Even if Gil says he's going, I'll stop him."

Too bad. You don't seem to get a lot of flame stones.

"Mr. Store Manager, don't you have an artifact that you can deal with?

"For once, Gus is bringing only one for personal use. If you're steaming, there's a" heat resistant suit, "but you haven't made it yet."

I just made the anti-poison mask because it's a small object, but the heat resistant suit was on hold because it needed leather clothing that covered the entire body perfectly before alchemy.

In my master's shop, these things were made by a separate specialist craftsman... the difficulty of outsourcing around here is the country's drawback, right?

Besides, heat-resistant suits are subtly lacking in use.

Even if it can withstand hot water and steam, it's not enough to withstand flaming braces, etc., in relation to covering your whole body, it's hard to move.

Besides, if we don't add cooling, we're going to be in a steam bath inside, so it's really only about this kind of place that we need.

"So there's no way to avoid danger?"

"Then this time, stop safely collecting them. If you really need it, prepare those smelter artifacts and come back. And the manager, okay?

"Yes, I don't mind. Whether or not you get paid more for collecting on the road."

This time, I am planning to buy all the materials collected on the road and split the purchase amount by the number of people, including myself.

But you, in one way or another, are not as big as the sum.

The original reward is the money paid by the village, and I have a herbal field to offer.

Even from me, I want a variety of materials because I want to make a lot of things, but the amount isn't as important, is it?

"So you can just walk somewhere safe and pick up what's there, right?

"Right. Let's head to... who responded to my detective magic."