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"I accept the commission carefully, I will consider it. I'll be in touch. Check the emergency pack. '

When she finished hearing the explanation from Kate and the others, Sarasa quickly cut her tone, just because she had no time and magic.

At the same time, the walnut's body rolled down like a thread had been cut, but he rose up quickly as if nothing had happened and sat back with the demonic stoned leather bag firmly in his hand.

"You're back in the walnut?

"Gah."

If the walnut responded with a beep to Kate, who asked to confirm, Kate held the walnut up somewhere in a whiff.

Nordrad observes such walnuts with his bare eyes as a researcher.

"Hmm. That's interesting. I didn't know you could move as much as you want, not just in terms of visual or auditory tone, at this distance."

"Think about the situation, Mr. Nord"

To protect her from Nordrad's gaze, Kate hugged the walnut and turned a cold gaze at Nordrad, but the person at the time she was turned such a gaze didn't look too concerned, shrugging her shoulders and shaking her head.

"I'm not going to do anything. It's just interesting, because alchemy is not my research. More than that, Sarasa, what is the 'emergency pack' you were referring to?

"Oh, that. You said, 'Open it when you leave' and they gave it to you before you left. I don't know the details of the contents either..."

Iris, who explored Gossogoso and his own luggage, takes out the box that was in the deepest part and puts it on the ground.

The size is about the opening of the notebook, the thickness is about one fist, not too big.

If Iris opened that lid, which is made of metal and securely sealed, Kate and Nordrad also looked inside with interest.

"... there's a lot going on in there, isn't there?

"Right. This smelter (potion)... is poisoning, treating diseases, treating injuries. Because it's generic, you said you put in a bit of a boost."

"The manager said," It's a little high. "That's a little scary."

"Uhm. Unlike resonance stones, they say, 'Only when you use it, you charge'"

"The magic of Ice Wall is enclosed, just like that magic crystal stone."

Free if you don't use it means you get insurance when what if without paying for it, which is usually a hell of a favorable condition.

But given the amount of money being charged, from the Iris of Debt Life, it's a war.

It feels like it would be nice, scary, and complicated if there was only good stuff in it for emergencies.

"Nord, can you afford this?

"Um, I think I'm responsible for this situation, so I just want to say I'm going to bear it... those smelters (potions), they're pretty expensive, right?

"I knew it was?

"There's no general purpose. Compared to certain diseases, smelters (potions) corresponding to certain poisons, how many times...... no, you do dozens of times if you suck. I'm pretty sure that's all that works."

Generic products are inferior in effect, but it is difficult to carry certain smelting drugs (potions) in situations where you do not know what diseases you will suffer from and what poisons you will be exposed to.

As a result, generic products are treasured, but naturally the difficulty of making smelters (potions) that work for many symptoms and the cost of materials required are high, and inevitably their prices jump.

In Iris and I, we're a little out of hand.

"... Well, you don't use poison or disease smelters (potions). Injury Alchemy (Potion) Anyway."

"Iris, isn't that what you call a flag? Except if you're standing still here, but I don't think it's necessarily going to come out with a viper or a poisonous worm if you go back?

Flags have never been explored in caves close to the unknown.

That strength and weakness is by no means unlikely to have bugs, etc. with poison.

Kate says the very best, and Iris gets stuck with the word "ugh".

"We'll negotiate with the manager in case we're going to use it."

"Please. I can't shake my sleeve without you."

"Uhm. Well, next..." Springwater bottle. "They showed it to me when I made it."

"I appreciate that. There's some food left, but I didn't care about the water."

At first glance it looks like a regular water bottle, but this is also a historical smelter (artifact).

The size is a slightly longitudinal cup size, and by instilling magic, you can produce a bottle of water for that water bottle.

If you are a person of average magic power, you are a convenient substitute for being able to travel without water.

Even so, there is a limited amount of water that can be produced per hour regardless of the size of the magic, and even if the magical Sarasa used a common spring water bottle, there is no such thing as enough water to blow out of the water bottle.

Still, if you can keep pouring magic all the time, you can secure a few cups of water for a bath bucket in a day, but it's not very realistic because normal people run out of magic in less than ten minutes.

"Another bottle in different colors, I have an orange one, but this one?

"There's water out there, too, but there's some sweet, delicious water out there"

"... what's that?

"No, I have trouble telling you... it was made by the manager..."

Kate asks me straight back, and Iris clouds her words like she's in trouble.

But Nordrad looked at him a little surprised.

"It's a rare smelter (artifact). Because it's almost never made."

"Really? The manager felt light, like," I tried to make it at last. "

"They're hard to make, too, but there's no demand. You're going to need a lot more magic than just making water, and you wouldn't normally want to luxury in a situation where you need a spring water bottle, would you? All you have to do is buy something sweet in the city."

By the way, compared to regular spring water bottles of comparable quality, the consumption of magic and spring water is tenfold and one-tenth.

Considering it hydrating, it's too inefficient.

However, it has the advantage of being able to consume sugar in addition to moisture, which seems to be quite helpful when shipwrecked, etc. - it's actually not that convenient either.

The amount a normal person can serve in a day is a glass or two at most.

Unless you have a lot of magic, you can't afford to cover your energy.

Still, Sarasa kept this in if she could reduce mental stress in crisis situations by eating sweets.

"Then, besides that? When the manager used it to show it to me, it was quite delicious..."

Looking a little unfortunately at the spring water bottle Kate holds, the next thing Iris took out was the Demonic Crystal Stone.

But it's just in an emergency pack, not just a demonic crystal stone.

"Could it be the same thing that made the ice wall earlier?

"Right. Seems like there are a couple of enclosed magics."

"This is expensive too... Mr. Nord"

"I know. Don't worry about using it when it's dangerous. Because I'll have the money."

"Helpful. If we pay for these, it won't be enough to spend all the fees Nord gives us..."

Iris confirms the effect of the demonic crystal stone he took away, while Kate and I split it it up and put it in our pockets.

The number is not as high as it is, so it will only really work like a trump card, but from these three people who can't use powerful magic, it will definitely be a comforting lifeline.

And the last thing I had left was three small boxes enough to be on one hand.

"This box is... portable food. I've seen this before. I've never eaten before."

"I've been fed. One or two grains for a day, apparently."

"That's all? Then you don't have to worry about starving to death for the time being. Good news."

What was lined up inside the carton Kate took out was a cube about a centimeter on each side.

That piles up in three steps, about 300 in one box.

"The other two boxes... Ugh, three different colors"

Kate's open box - Iris' face, which seemed a little happy when she saw the white cube, opened the second and third boxes, and as soon as she saw the green and yellow cubes, she turned to the tannic surface.

"What's going on? Is that one any different?

"Ah. I just asked the manager, too... the type Kate has first. That's the best one. Normally tasty and perfectly nourished. Like I said, keep it for a day with one grain"

However, that is if ordinary adult men live their daily lives throughout the city.

If you are a person who moves your body as hard as a manual worker or gatherer, you need to eat another grain or make up for it with other foods because one grain is slightly scarce.

"Next is yellow. This is sweet and delicious. They can take a day's worth of energy, but you think that's all you eat makes you sick? I don't know much about it."

"That's the one. The bread alone makes my stomach swell, but if I don't eat meat and vegetables, it's just as bad for my health."

It is empirically known that cereals alone have an effect on physical growth and health, but little is known to the average person as to why.

The only people who know more are intellectuals, such as alchemists and researchers, who also imitate doctors, in a very small part.

On this occasion, Nordrad is the intellectuals, and Iris and the others fall into the category of ordinary people as they approach the intellectuals.

"I see. That's understandable when they say it.... It's strange that whites are okay."

"I guess that means we're getting rid of the glitch in that area, too. High Minutes"

"Is it expensive after all? The white one over here."

"That's expensive. Five times more so than the greener, specifically. Sure."

"Five times...... does Nord know the greens over here too? And the unsavory ones?

"Oh, not that far, huh? Of course, I'm not saying it's delicious, but that's the same as the white one, because that's not a problem if you're eating it, and the meal of the day ends in ten seconds. When you're busy, you treasure something."

The selling price of portable preserved food (ration) is a grain of green, about a little higher than the cost of a day's food for the common people.

Given the time and ease that can be saved, it is not as expensive for brainworkers, but the evaluation of the general flavour is close to Iris, something called 'Pasapasa Cookies with Bitter Grass'.

With the exception of special people like Nordrad, almost no one likes to eat.

Note that the price of yellow items is midway between green and white.

Therefore, it may be plain property in three boxes of this portable preserved food (ration).

"... well, let's take measures about flavor. There are 900 capsules in total, so eating two capsules at a time is going to survive 150 days."

It was Kate who said something horrible and closed the box of portable food (ration).

"Uh-huh, I don't know about that?

But as I questioned it, it was Nordrad who roared with a difficult look.