The Novice Alchemist’s Store

"To tell you to come home in this situation is a condition to lend money is to marry me, right?

Lady Adelbert and Mr. Caterina nod quietly to Mr. Iris' words.

"That's it! What does your wife say!

"Your wife is opposed." You can't sell your daughter for money, "he said. Of course I disagree..."

"We are nobles. The first thing to think about is the people. If necessary, you must abandon your personal feelings."

To Master Adelbert, who says with a harsh look, Mr. Iris nods as if he had given up.

"Right. I was prepared... but I guess I had no choice."

"Iris! It's good, really, so!

"She's a nobleman's daughter. It would be a common story, such as an unintended marriage. Rather, given my age, it's about too late. If that's what you're looking for, thank you, isn't it?

That said, Mr. Iris smiles, but that look is somewhere painful.

"But - Eh!!"

"It's good, Kate. Act if necessary for the benefit of the people. That would be noble, wouldn't it? But, Father. I haven't been able to repay my debt to the store manager yet..."

"Yes, it is! Dear Adelbert, I can't believe you're not returning the favor, can you?

"Um, I'm listening to that story. I've collected it from all over the house. With all this, it would be enough to repay you and give you some thanks"

That being said, Master Adelbert places the sachet removed from his nostrils on the table.

Mr. Kate takes the sachet, trying to take half of it, upside down and spreads the coin inside onto the table.

And counting it quickly, I lifted my cheeks a little and opened my mouth.

"Dear Adelbert, not at all, not enough. Less than half."

"What!? Such an idiot! I would have talked about the cost of treatment. That's not enough, etc... No way!

Master Adelbert's sharp gaze pierces me when I was asked about half as another HR.

"Uh..."

"It's not, Father! It's all my fault! So don't look at the manager like that."

Mr. Iris, rising from his chair, stands forward to shelter me in confusion, blocking Master Adelbert's gaze.

"Iris... but as much as the cost of treatment..."

Mr. Iris shakes his head to Master Adelbert, who leaks his words as if he has had a bit of a face-off.

"Without a doubt, it's the proper cost of treatment. No, it's rather too cheap..."

"What do you mean?

To Master Adelbert with a puzzled look, Mr. Iris opens his mouth as he gave up after a little hesitation.

"Actually, it was a mistake I was making while collecting, and I was dying. I was so badly injured that one arm was ripped off that I was poisoned..."

"Oh my God! I didn't hear that!?"

"-!"

Master Adelbert raised his voice out loud, and Mr. Caterina blued his face, breathing.

When Mr. Iris exhales as gently as he expected it to, he continues his words.

"I was recovering when I wrote to you, so I didn't have to worry about it, so I skipped the details."

"Mmmm...... but now Iris' arm seems to be moving normally though?

"Yes, thanks also to the Store Manager. If the manager hadn't been in this village, I wouldn't have had my life, and even if it had helped, my one arm would have been lost."

"I guarantee that, too. I thought I could manage my life, but if you were on my arm... it was a terrible situation to see, because I almost gave up."

Explain the details of the situation then, as Kate would add.

In the case that the direct cause lay with the immature gatherer, Dear Adelbert and Katerina all got a pretty harsh look, but when the conversation proceeded to the point where they eventually recovered without problems, they exhaled relieved.

"The manager saved me. For the first time I've ever met you, just Kate's word of mouth, and you're using a hell of an expensive smelter, Potion."

"Were you... Certainly, in that situation, the cost of that kind of treatment is, naturally, somewhat cheaper, given that it's connected without any discomfort right now."

He touches Mr. Iris' arm, which is normally in motion, and Mr. Adelbert leaks his words as if relief and emotion intersect.

And he uttered an apology when he turned to me again.

"Lord Sarasa, I am so sorry. I've been very rude."

"Yes, no, because of course it seems expensive to treat"

If you're a civilian, the kind of amount you can't earn even if it takes you a lifetime.

If you don't know the details, and they say, "It's the cost of treatment," I don't think you can help but suspect that you are being cheated.

"It would help if you could say that. And again, I sincerely ask you to save my daughter's life."

"In addition to Mr. Iris' luck, you owe it to Mr. Kate. That's when Kate agreed without hesitation to use the expensive smelter Potion."

"Right. Kate, thank God."

"No, I did what I deserved."

And so on, but I'm a little proud to raise my mouth angle, Mr. Kate.

Seeing Kate like that, Katerina, her mother, is also smiling and nodding.

"But you're in trouble. I thought it was enough... it's just hard to collect any more money at home with debt"

It seems that this is the money I brought that I have been forced to collect because I have a prospect of being able to manage the debts of the larger ones.

He didn't think he was going to need the full amount, and it's a tough situation to just use all of this.

It seems impossible to gather more than this.

"Then again -"

Master Adelbert opened his mouth as he turned to me, blocking Kate, who was about to say with an expression that he couldn't hide his joy somewhere.

"Lord Sarasa, I'm so sorry. It's a thick wish on top of that, but is it possible for you to wait for a while to repay me? Of course, I'll write the deposition, and you can put interest on it."

"Uh..."

Don't give me that prayerful look, Mr. Kate!

Though he is a junior aristocrat, the opponent is a normal - no, as far as I can hear him, a pretty noble aristocrat.

Unlike a master who would kick his ass if he were disrespectful, even a nobleman, because I can only return common sense answers!

"If you can wake me up as a proper testimony, as far as I'm concerned...... yes"

"Well, thank you"

………

So Mr. Kate, 'I've been betrayed!' I don't care if they see me like that.

To my noble Adelbert counterpart, "Give it back immediately, in cash," or "If you can't give it back, Mr. Iris will get it! 'Not that I can say,' Until I can pay my debts, Mr. Iris and Mr. Kate will work here for free! '...

"Dear Adelbert, are you sure? No matter how much for the inhabitants, Iris is the son of the Rozze family. I was wondering if it would be like taking the housekeeper away from me if I accepted that offer."

Did I find it impossible, Mr. Kate tries to persuade Adelbert to do it?

But to bring Mr Iris back, I would have given a lot more consideration in the house than I am here, and I guess my resolve is stiff.

Master Adelbert shakes his head slightly tired with a sinister look.

"Of course, I'm not very happy. But despite a situation of weak aristocracy like ours, and huge debt, it's okay to give money. He's also a bad person."

Mr. Iris laughs and asks a little lonely in his powerless voice as he tells himself.

"Perhaps so. If you have money, you may no longer need to be in debt in the future if famine like before occurs."

"Iris......"

Seeing the look on Iris's face like that, Kate leaks her words with a look that makes her more likely to cry.

I can't stay!

I don't know what else to do because I'm noble, but when the subject becomes a close opponent...

- Uh, me, is it bad to sit in the middle?

"So, Father. What kind of person are they?

"Mm-hmm. A young man who recently succeeded his late father. in the town of South Strag, cutting up a large chamber of commerce. We met, but he was a pretty good kid, wasn't he? Name's Howe Barr."

"... oh?

My voice leaks even if I don't try.

It's kind of a name you've heard of somewhere, isn't it?