The Novice Alchemist’s Store

Gong, Kate's gaze also concentrates on that box where she started making noises with Gong.

The two of them, who were somewhat apart, also approached Nordrad, trying to get themselves on board, and peered into his hand.

"Is that... could it be ice tooth bat fangs?

"Yeah. I was wondering what to make it, but for some reason, you could have bought it at an affordable price, fortunately."

"Heh, at an affordable price"

From the Iris and the others, the reason for this is clear, but no matter how affordable, the quantity is quantity. Normal people are never the kind of amount that can be handled unconstitutionally.

- It shouldn't be, but Nordrad is grabbing his fangs unconstructively and pouring them into a rough box of them.

Given the cost of that grasp, Kate and other sighs are the only ones left, so she tries not to think about it and repeats the question.

"What is that doing?

"This is an artifact that boosts the magic around you. Of course, I need raw materials like this."

As for Kate, I wanted to ask what she intended, but what returned was an explanation of the effects of the smelter (artifact).

"Raising the Magic of the Perimeter" is not an end in itself for any number of researchers, and "what do you expect as a result of raising it" is important.

Nordrad, however, does not go on to explain it any further, but measures the amount of magic around him with the retrieved measuring instrument and notes the value in the notebook at hand.

"... water attributes rise and magic levels rise. If we just look at the amount of magic, there's going to be some kind of change... but nothing."

The next thing Nordrad took out was a bag with flaming stones that Iris and the others worked hard to collect.

Now flip it over the slit this again unmanipulatively.

Flaming stones sucked into the crap and boxes and black boxes that start making even louder noises with gowns, gowns, gowns.

Iris and I thought about those prices consumed while I looked at them and even started remembering the glare, but the Nordrad ones checked the measuring instrument again without looking concerned.

"The water drops slightly and the fire rises. More than enough magic...?

"Nord! What are you going to do?"

If Iris asks out loud so that he is attacked by some absurd sense of anxiety and can't be beat by the sounds that echo from the black box, Nordrad looks back at Iris and answers equally loudly.

"Conditions for Salamander! Salamanders may also appear in or around the same place once they have been killed. I believe the amount of magic is having a huge impact on that."

The sound that was echoing from the black box while Nordrad was explaining was broken, and the silence returned around.

There goes Iris and Kate's, squeaky voice.

"Magic power... show up...?

"What is that...?

"The water is stronger than I thought. Sometimes there are few flame stones... but do I have to use them?"

You think the explanation is over with that, Nordrad turns to the box again and clamors with Gossogoso in his luggage.

That's how I took it out, a few red scales.

It was so beautiful in the palm of my hand, shining in clear red (not for me), but what bothered me more about Iris than its beauty was that I felt it looked kind of familiar to the scale.

"No way, that's..."

Whatever you think, I don't see a good future.

Nordrad nods very naturally to Kate, who prays it is a mistake and asks terribly in a trembling voice.

"Yeah. That's a salamander scale. I didn't want to use it because it was expensive."

"Wait -"

"You have no choice, do you? Ho."

Shortly after Kate stops, the scales slip into the slit of the black box.

At the same time, the loud noise sounded again.

No, the sound is definitely louder than earlier, and the black box starts to rattle and shake.

"Oh, hey! That shake, is it normal?

"I don't think that's a problem, do you? See, the value of the fire attribute is rising properly."

Nordrad showing Iris the meter with that being said, but from Iris, that didn't matter now.

"No, I'm not! This smelter (artifact)! Wouldn't it break?

"That's okay, I think. I bought it recently in South Strag, and it's fast to break."

"What's South Strag... from Leonora?

"No, another store. I passed in front of it when I came to this village and it was crumbling, was it poor management?

………

I only have a bad feeling.

Such thoughts shared between Iris and Kate, even without exchanging words.

If there were Sarasa on this occasion, she would have strongly agreed again.

A black box that gradually vibrates as if it responds to their thoughts like that.

A box with all that magic caged in it.

In case of a runoff, what happens?

Out of such fear, Iris and Kate, step, step, step back.

Rattling.

Gotgoto.

Gah! Gah!

It's like something's jammed up, you even start to hear that sound -.

Bong!

The top plate bounces and flies and rolls to the ground with the gallon.

And something that overflows from it, red light and glitter.

Look at that, Nordrad tilts his neck.

"... oh?

"Oh, hey! It's okay, is it?

To the point that it didn't turn out to be a ruinous thing, Iris stroked his chest down a bit, but a situation that clearly doesn't seem like normal behavior. I can't even feel safe.

"Oh, yeah. It's okay, because the amount of magic is up properly, and the value of the fire attribute exceeds expectations -"

Iris stuffed Nordrad, who checked the meter and answered so without looking too concerned.

"Not that way! The smelter (artifact) is broken and overflowing!?"

"Immediately, no effect on the human body, do you think?

"Immediately?

"Think?"

Iris' eyes set upon the disturbing words.

To its force, Nordrad waved hastily.

"No, I don't! Because it's just magic! Sometimes people who are less resistant to magic may feel bad, because normal people have no problem!

In the case of people with little or no chance of touching magic, sudden exposure to massive amounts of magic can result in symptoms of magic sickness, feeling sick, feeling drunk or, in some cases, unconscious.

That in itself is not something that leaves a negative effect on the body, but it is dangerous in a different sense than magic sickness if you fall into such a state outside of a safe place.

That is true even in situations where we do not know what will happen, as the Iris do today.

"Right."

"Then I wish I could say so"

Knowing that it has no effect on us, Iris and Kate exhale in a ho and a relief.

The two have quite a bit of magic, and magic resistance is normal.

The amount of magic that drifts into this space in the first place has been quite a bit for some time, so it would already be if you felt sick.

"So, the smelter (artifact) seems to be broken, but is there a problem? You said the amount of magic exceeded expectations?

"Oh, yeah, you are. Of course I'm sorry it broke, but you did the least you could do, so for now, do you have a problem with this experiment?

"Experiment... what? He said something about magic and attributes."

I guess I'm happy to be able to open my thoughts.

To Iris' doubts, Nordrad began to smile and speak well.

"Usually demons occur in places with a lot of magic. This should be correct from my previous research, but unfortunately I haven't been able to confirm it yet. Magic is a diffuse thing, so even though you know" areas where demons are likely to occur, "you don't know" where they occur. "

"... Hmm?

"But salamanders, they have pretty limited nest conditions. So again, I predicted that the conditions regarding the place of occurrence were the same."

Again, I only have a bad feeling about this.

Iris and Kate sharing their thoughts again.

Face to face with a drawn look.

And this time, the thought was not betrayed.