The Novice Alchemist’s Store

After the second day, the Iris exploration had not progressed much.

A cave where even it's hard to move on.

If you show up there to the branch, and you're going to get stuck and turn back in the majority of it, your fatigue will be intense, mentally and physically, and rest will be mandatory.

As a result, the time spent on exploration is reduced and the distance advanced substantially is scarce.

And on the fourth day, when the stress coming from the sense of working began to build, there was movement in the walnuts that were sticking in energy-saving mode on Iris' luggage.

"Ugh, ugh!

"... ah? Oh, what's up, walnut? Are you hungry?

"Idiot, Iris, hold on! The manager, I'm sure."

From tiredness, or if Kate pulls Iris' hand in love (with him) and stops on the spot, the walnut gets off Iris' luggage to the ground a bit and snorts as if to affirm Kate's words.

And I looked around at the faces of Iris and wrote letters on the ground.

"Tired?

"Pathetically. Thanks to the manager, I can withstand the heat, and I didn't have a heavy fight..."

Originally, Iris was a bent nobleman's maid.

I became a gatherer and started living in a tougher environment than before, but the basics are day trips, and I don't have much experience with full-scale collection work, like staying in for days.

The last Salamander crusade was a tough itinerary, but at that time the spiritual peace of mind was great because of the presence of Salasa, on the battle side, and the guardians of Adelbert and Katerina together.

But now, only we can rely on ourselves in terms of combat, and Nordrad is an object to protect, a situation where we can escape safely or not see ahead.

He was placed in a state of considerable stress, in a more mental part than his physical strength.

In that regard, Nordrad was inferior to the Iris and his health drain was severe in terms of equipment, but with his experience of observing demons for long periods of time in worse environments and his experience in critical situations, he has some mental leeway.

"Actually, you're anxious in terms of magic. Spring water bottles and thermal protection equipment are the lifeline, so the magic runs out immediately leading to a life-threatening situation. Sarasa, how are you doing around there?

To Nordrad's inquiry, the walnut hung his neck properly and wrote a letter on the ground with gullibility.

"Mr. Iris and the others have no problem with the amount of magic. If you don't use the orange one too much '

"What! Really?!?"

"I thought it was critical?

'That's not true. If it's about this temperature, it's okay if you don't try to take a bath.'

Iris and the others, eyeing the walnut-written text, exhale loudly in alignment, dropping their shoulders.

"No, I just don't think about bathing in this situation... can I think of that as wearing heat protection gear all the time, using a floating tent and producing more water than you can drink in a spring water bottle?

"Yes. Not only does Mr. Kate, but Mr. Iris also has an outgoing magic."

"Oh yeah... I kind of lost my mind all at once"

"Orange is fine if you have about a glass a day. Drink sweets and refresh '

In fact, that's also what Sarasa put the orange spring water bottle in the emergency pack for.

It is a concern that once a day, if sweet food is consumed, it will be much different mentally, even if the portable food (ration) disappears and a terrible meal is eaten locally.

"However, only with respect to the smelter (artifact) I gave you. I don't know any other smelters (artifacts) '

"I guess that is. Because the magic efficiency of smelters (artifacts) varies. The disciples who received direct instruction from the master class and what the alchemist in their quarters made are not comparable in the same row. But it's so efficient... that's great."

"A floating tent runs with demonic materials if you have to. I'm a little unwell. '

Usually, the operation of a smelter (artifact) requires a demonic crystal stone with a user's magic power or magic power, but if it is a material that contains a lot of magic, such as an ice tooth bat fang, for example, it can also be used as a fuel.

However, with the exception of such compatible combinations as' refrigerator and ice tooth bat fangs', the use of that magic is significantly inefficient.

Naturally speaking because it is impossible to extract magic, but that is more than "processing the fangs of the ice tooth bat into a demonic crystal stone", which Sarasa was considering at one time, making it a very unavoidable use even from the value of the material.

"I see. If you have to, let's do it. You can't sell expensive materials unless you can go home."

"ominous!?"

"But you do, don't you? I survive now because I have always given my life the highest priority. Drop expensive experimental tools if you need them, but run away. Without that thought, you can't study demons."

Nordrad bragging about that somewhere, but the look on Iris and Kate's face when asked about it is clear, bitter.

"Then I'd like you to experiment a little more carefully..."

"Nord, you're the cause of this crisis, aren't you?

"I have a sense of consciousness over there. But because it's experimental priority. I am prepared to throw away other things so that my life will be saved after experimenting"

It's conflicting somewhere, but it can't be done in the first place, such as studying dangerous demons if life is paramount.

I guess there is some criterion for the need for experimentation and the associated danger to life, Nordrad himself, but it seems hard for the rest of us to know that.

At least the Iris didn't seem to understand, and to Nordrad, claiming with his chest outstretched, Iris dropped his shoulders deeply and turned his gaze to the walnut.

"So the manager. Any help...... can you do it?

The walnut nods to Iris, who asks a little reluctantly if the situation is just the situation, and writes a letter on the ground.

'I was. I'm ready to unplug the trail detector. "

Iris and Kate tilted their necks at what the walnut had written, but Nordrad seemed to have a clue, nodding "Hmm".

"Pull out the trail detector... You've heard of it"

"Really? I don't know."

"Normal people don't have much use for smelters (artifacts). Because it is only used in fairly limited circumstances, such as exploring unknown caves or in the event of an accident in a pit."

Nordrad knew such things because he had the opportunity to hear them when he made a downward look at studying the demons that inhabit the cave.

'Then the story is quick. Explain. "

"Yeah. This is literally a smelter (artifact) looking for a way to get through. I mean, unlike before, I've tried my best to move on, but it stops, and God forbid. The more rushed you are, the more hard you feel, so it's worth it just to avoid this."

"But there are also shortcomings"

"Right. Now all I know is that the (...) distance (...) of a constant (...) is not (...) the end of the line. There can be no discernment if there is a division along the way or if it continues much longer on the main road as well. How far you can look depends on performance and magic consumption, but around it..."

'Not very good. It'll be an irregular use'

"I guess that is. Or is it something you can handle? If you're an alchemist with good arms, you've heard frowning stories about how you can use magic through alchemy creatures (homunculus)."

"It's not eyebrow spit. Fact. But difficult. So make it on this occasion '

The words written by the walnuts not only breathed Iris and his knowledgeable Nordrad as researchers.