The Novice Alchemist’s Store

"A, Mr. Iris? What's that name?

"Pfft. Don't you even know the manager? This is a bear that lives in the north!

Mr. Iris, who gets to know each other with a Doya face, is a little cute.

But that's a fish name, isn't it?

No, 'walnut' is the name of the food, so maybe it's good to say otherwise, but the image...

"Uh, that 's-"

"That being said, I don't know the details either. What the hell kind of nuts are they? Is it like chestnuts, chestnuts, or persimmon fruit... a little strange, don't you think it suits alchemy creatures (homunculus)?

………

I have trouble responding.

At a time like this, Mr. Kate - don't you know that?

When I hear what Mr. Iris has to say, I see him saying nothing.

Instead of living around here, it's because it's a fish that hasn't even been distributed.

You either go to school like me and gain extensive knowledge, or if you're not interested in finding out, you don't get a chance to know.

And that, naturally, is why Lorea is the same...

"So shall we choose from these three? How do you decide?

"It's Sake's name. Let the person decide."

"Iris, we haven't decided yet, have we? Mr. Store Manager, can you do me a favor?

"Erm... ok"

Nor is it a deniable atmosphere.

Not that I can't be wrongful... but all I have to do is pray.

I decontrolled the alchemy organism (homunculus) at equal distances from the three of us.

"It's walnuts, walnuts!

"I think Marc is good"

"Sake. Sake, right?

Alchemy creatures (homunculus) look back at the three people who say that to their mouths and give them their hands and peek at them.

And when I nod back, after wandering around the table for a while...

"Garu."

"I did it! It's me!"

On the hand that Lorea was offering, the alchemy creature (homunculus) again 'walnut' jumped on the pong.

Good.

Mr. Iris was avoided.

"Mmm, walnuts? Well, walnuts aren't bad either. - The manager chose it, didn't he?

"Yes, because I let you go free. I don't know if you even understand name fixing."

The intelligence of alchemy organisms (homunculus) is not that high.

But it's never even low.

To some extent, we can act as instructed, or we can make certain behaviors be remembered and executed.

Regarding the latter most of all, alchemy creatures (homunculus) are made of alchemy, so intelligence doesn't really matter.

But I'm not intelligent enough to shun my feelings and avoid Mr. Iris...... should I?

Something seems more intelligent than I thought...

"Well, that's a walnut name."

"Tomorrow, it'll be a while, walnut"

"Ugh!

A walnut with one hand up while sitting properly.

Cute.

... Yeah, let's go.

You're smart and you don't have a problem with that, do you?

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Sarasa and Lorea dropped me off and Iris traveled the day after Sarasa completed the alchemy (Homunculus), as originally planned.

The Iris, well prepared for their expedition, headed to the forest entrance, where they joined Nordrad...

"Well, to you, Iris, Kate. For a while, thank you."

"Leave it to me."

"I'll do my best. But... great stuff, huh?

Hands up with a smile, responding to Nordrad who greets him, yet the Iris look behind his back, as somewhat bewildered.

The Iris also had more luggage because this time it would be a slightly longer expedition, but the luggage on Nordrad's back is not the ratio.

From below the waist to the height over the head.

He carries such a huge, and swollen rucksack on his bread.

It seems heavy no matter how you look at it. While carrying that, there's probably no danger in your footsteps because Nordrad has a forged flesh.

No, if I'm being exact, should I say that I'm being trained because I'm doing research with that thing on my back?

"Is this it? I knew I needed a variety of tools to investigate. Sarasa, your tent was smaller than I expected."

Leather tents are very heavy.

Some tents are made of lighter materials, but for collectors, who often use them in uneven lands such as in the woods, given their cost and durability, the choice equals no other than sturdy leather.

In contrast, what Nordrad requested from Sarasa this time is a substitute for the emphasis on compactness and lightness, which, thanks to the granting of improved durability through alchemy, uses thin and light leather, while still being sufficiently practical.

For that matter, the only size is that adult men can finally sleep, and it costs a lot more than normal, but as a result it is smaller to about the largest water bottle, so that would be the smelter (artifact).

"So far, how'd you get the tent?

"As I said a little before, did I often interrupt a gatherer's place to have him escorted? Sometimes I prepared it myself, but when I finished my investigation at the place, I was disposing of it. Because I have trouble carrying it."

The place where Nordrad goes to investigate is often a place away from urban areas.

Limited transportation to such places, etc., mostly on foot.

Even for Nordrad, who carries a large amount of investigative tools, traveling with a heavy tent is a considerable burden, so once the investigation was completed, he would sell it off in the nearest settlement, giving way to the collectors who cooperated.

"A normal tent is not that expensive."

"Sure, it's hard to carry a tent all the time, isn't it? We slept in capes and blankets when we went wild."

"That's right. If you're going to stay in one place and do your research, you should definitely have one, because it's heavy on the move, and it's troublesome to expand a regular tent."

"Hmm. If so, I think it would be nice to order a tent like this one a long time ago..."

In a way, Nordrad gave Iris a strange look when he asked what was best.

"Is that it? Do you think that if you want to buy these kinds of smelters (artifacts), you can buy them easily? Just so we're clear, this place is pretty special, huh?

If it's custom-made in the sense of order production, we take it from many Alchemist's stores, but it's just that they can make the smelters (artifacts) listed in the alchemy.

If you take floating tents as an example, there are only a few different sizes for functions that simply float. There are not many alchemists who can make customized objects like the size, materials, features, etc. made by Sarasa this time.

"Among other things, few alchemists will make it as soon as they order it, right? Such an alchemist, for the most part, has a number of reservations. A lot of people are free in country shops, but then again, arms are better."

Sarasa shops, even at their extremes, are overwhelmingly expensive in the city and cheap in the countryside to open.

Alchemists who inevitably open shops in the countryside could not have shops in the city - that is, they are often inferior alchemists on a level.

Of course, there are some high-level alchemists who stay in the country due to some circumstance, drunkenness, or early retirement, but that number is never high.

"I mean, the store manager is special," he said?

"That's right. After graduating from practically the only alchemist training school in the country, you're a master class apprentice, right? That's not special, is it? I wonder why you're here."

"When they say that, right...?

For the Iris, who were in debt, the Alchemist's shop was just a place to sell materials, and not only did they afford to buy smelters (artifacts), but they didn't have the opportunity to get close to the Alchemists.

It's better compared to Lorea, who has never left the village, but neither do the Iris, who grew up in the Little Knight's Land, have much knowledge of alchemy, and the alchemist's standard is Sarasa.

She recognizes something special, but clearly, it was still somewhat out of tune with public perception.