The Novice Alchemist’s Store

043 Towards escape (7)

"It was a tough road, wasn't it?"

"Do you understand, Lord Store Manager?

"Yeah, to some extent. Thanks to the walnuts. Hey?"

"Ha-ha-ha!

Though it was only in full tune given the residual amount of magic that we refrained from doing so, since we created our base here, we have been collecting information on occasional hearing tuning and feeding back on the situation the walnuts grasped.

Among other things, it was important to retrieve the trail detector.

With the highest quality drainage trail detector, I can even grasp the shape of the passage that follows, but naturally, it doesn't have that feature in the "mordori” that I made up.

Instead, by incorporating the walnut into the procedure, the walnut itself was able to grasp the approximate shape, but there was no way to tell the Iris.

"But I was able to grasp it by being in tune with the walnut..."

"Maybe even the pattern that walnuts used to draw sometimes?

"Including that,"

Others, such as smelters (artifacts) that capture the location of their own alchemy organisms (homunculus), combine various objects to create an approximate map and identify where Iris and the others can be rescued.

At the same time we dug a hole towards it, we let Mr. Iris guide the walnuts.

"So you were able to rescue me."

"Exactly, you can't dig a hole in a dark cloud."

This was still pretty close, so I hurried up and made a plan.

I was not so worried about Mr. Iris' life because I could afford portable preserved food (lation), but I was a little anxious about the walnut magic because there were only a few magic stones left.

"But when I listen to you, it costs a lot and it does..."

"Right. Even this cabin will never be cheap..."

"Well, it's not cheap..."

As much as I don't want to think about it for a second.

I turn away from Kate, who asks me to cloud my words and explore them.

At least for a while now, I'd like to forget about that and immerse myself in the joy that Mr. Iris and the others helped.

"But now, let's think about going back faster than that. Lorea is worried too. I need to show you how healthy I am."

"Right, right. This place is still in the sea of trees... what is it?

I nod to Mr. Iris looking around.

"Yeah, the mountain with the lava lizard, about down there."

"Then you can't lose your mind yet. We also need extraction work, right?

"Yes, you'll never have to bring back the equipment you brought in, such as an alchemy kettle, and when it gets cold, the camp gets tougher. So let's do the withdrawal work quickly."

Let's get started, let's look back at Mr. Gray and the others - an incomprehensible situation was unfolding there.

Two of Mr. Gray and Mr. Nord got naked in the upper body and pumped up how they traced it.

Repeated while changing pose That is a picture surface that is likely to require an age limit if you do poorly.

If you're going to be specific, say no to minors?

"What...?

When I was patting my eyes on a sight I didn't understand, Andre, who approached me, explained with a bitter smile.

"For some reason, Gray and Nord, which muscles are more practical."

"... I don't know what that means"

I didn't understand it when I heard the commentary.

"Until just now, weren't you intentional? Those two."

"We seem to have figured it out in the general theory of muscles, but the muscles we've built up in action are the best, and that doesn't seem to be an imbalance in muscles, which didn't seem to match in each theory"

"I thought Mr. Gray was a serious person..."

Even more incomprehensible.

To me confused, Mr. Gill also approached me by abandoning his scrutiny of the two of them.

"Hey, he's like us, too, huh? I tend to be fooled by silence, but you're doing it with me. Ha ha!

"I see, I understand that"

The subtlety that is also close to Mr. Gill's lightness, at a time when he can tolerate it, is he patient, or is there any similarity?

I thought it was the former, he said it was the latter.

But you can't just watch the two of us perform forever.

It's not my hobby.

"Hey, Mr. Iris, Mr. Kate. Will you stop that?

"I'm sorry. Maidens like me don't get a little close."

"Yeah, right. We're noble ladies and their entourages."

... Is that it? I remember hearing about the guy's naked upper body and being used to seeing him because he was in training as a knight before. Wrong memory?

But given the birth alone, Mr. Kate's words aren't wrong.

"Mr. Gill and the others..."

"They don't listen to me at all."

"Muscle rigging is a pain in the ass. Sarasa, say" Biscuit. "

I couldn't guess.

When I sighed deeply, I had no choice but to approach that sweaty, smelly space.

"Both of you! I don't care about the muscles, so get ready to go home!

"It doesn't matter... it matters, muscle. It would be convenient if it did. Sarasa... you look a little poor, don't you think?

"Hmm. That's a little meaty."

"Right. Not just muscles."

"Ugh..."

I'm a little bit aware.

orphanage influences or I'm a little slow growing and smaller in body.

Because of the low muscle strength associated with it, without physical strengthening by magic, the more it sometimes affects the smelting operations.

But I don't want to be a macho like Mr. Nord.

As a girl, never.

And I won't tolerate the two of you who said there wasn't enough meat.

"Hehe...... Mr. Nord, Mr. Gray, if you're so confident in your muscles, you can take it home with you, alchemy kettle and magic furnace, right?

When I brought it in, I borrowed a luggage car from Mr. D'Arna and carried it, naturally, already returned it.

If I'm back to borrowing now, I'll be late for my return to the village.

But two people who pride themselves on their muscles must be fine.

If you smile with that in mind, Mr. Nord, who doesn't know him directly, raises his eyebrows slightly puzzled, and Mr. Gray, who has carried him this far, gets stuck in words.

"Alchemy kettle and magic furnace......?

"Oh, is that it..."

"No way, you're not saying you can't have it, are you? Meat (...) With (...) Kiki (...) but (...) Feet (...) Ri (...) No (...), Poor (...) Weak (...) Because even I can hold it!

With that said, I carry the alchemy kettle and the magic furnace out of the cabin and place it in front of the two of them, dong, dong.

- Naturally, using physical enhancement by magic.

"No, but there are days from here to the village..."

"It's okay. If you run, you'll be there in a day."

"The other way around, it's not okay, is it!?"

"Oh? Is that what Mr. Nord's muscles are? What do you think, Mr. Iris?"

"Hmm? Well, muscles aren't what you show them, they're what you use."

Pass to Mr. Iris and he naturally stirred me up to a good feeling.

And Mr. Kate laughs and intentionally incites.

"There's no point in muscles you can't use, is there? Or was Mr. Nord's muscle just an appearance?

"A good occasion to say no -? This?"

"What, to what extent, muscles not built in action?"

"What?"

"If you mean no, show it to me! Humph!"

Mr. Grey takes on the Alchemy Cauldron in a temper.

It's made of metal big enough for me to put in, it's pretty heavy.

"Hey, it looks lighter that way!?"

And heavier than that is the magic furnace.

So Mr. Nord's point is not wrong.

However, it is the magic furnace that is shapely easy to hold, so it is a subtlety which is easier when transporting.

"It's my fault. Come on, let's go home. If your muscles aren't lying, stick with me!

"No, this one's definitely heavy, isn't it?!? Sarasa, even from your look!

Whoa, was that on your face?

But Mr. Nord lifts the magic furnace while complaining and follows Mr. Gray on a small run after he walks out.

Yeah. Whatever the muscles are, I'm sure they're pretty well built up at the point where they can have it, so I think it's good to be proud.

"Huh. I'm sorry it's a pain in the ass, Sarasa."

"Oh, no. That Mr. Gray was a little surprised, but compared to the usual Mr. Gill, I don't know what to say."

Speaking of polarity and that to Gil, who shook his head in jealousy as he dropped off the two backs, Gil looked back at me with a stunned look.

"Oh, that's terrible!? I'm so wussy!?"

"... somehow?

"Even cooler for no clear reason!

As a matter of fact, the job I asked for will ripen up perfectly, and I'm a pretty dependable person, but a little pinched light mouth is correcting the impression downwards, right?

I don't know...... not a step to a good person, not a bad person level?

"Though you will deserve it. I think it's time you learned to settle down, too, huh? Sarasa, I've packed my bags."

"Thank you, Mr. Andre. It's always helpful."

By contrast, this one can do it.

Is that just the three leaders you can rely on steadily?

Exactly, I'm not eligible for it at my age.

"Let's see if we missed anything again, shall we?"

"Right. It's a hassle to go back and get it."

"Well, I'll look over there."

He compares us to the two backs that are already starting to get smaller and opens his mouth to us, as Mr. Iris was a little confused, when he began to divide them and confirm them firmly.

"Hey, don't you have to rush after me? Those two seem to have gone a long way..."

"There is no hurry. At that pace, it won't last long."

"Right. I don't think we can reach the village in a day."

Perplexed Mr. Iris, and Kate were given a rest and after a thorough confirmation, we locked the door to the cabin we had been using as a base for some time here.

The cabin I built, the wildlife and demons will destroy me.

"Well, shall we go home"

With my hands together with the pong and my luggage lifted, I offered my hands to Mr. Iris and Mr. Kate, who were sitting on the ground a little quietly.

Kate, who looks tired because she's been distracted or in a reassuring situation, leaks her ho and takes my hand.

"Oh... you can finally go home"

"Sorry to keep you waiting"

"No, never mind, Mr. Store Manager"

"What the hell, Kate? Pathetic!"

I immediately stood up and said, 'Humph!' Kate exhaled deeply when she saw Iris with her chest stretched.

"... Ha. Until a little while ago, I was crying that I didn't know if I could go home."

"Become!? (That's a secret, Kate!

I'm Iris whispering to Kate somehow, looking at the flicker and my face... well, to some extent, I know what the walnuts have heard.

Looks like Mr. Kate understands that, but she didn't say anything in particular and pushed Mr. Iris' back.

"You can forget about that, but we've managed to get out of here safely, so we need to consider reporting to Lady Adelbert."

"Ugh, did that happen..."

"It's okay, it seems like it'll take more than a day to get home, if you take your time. I can't be held accountable."

"Is it my role to be scolded after all!?"

Slightly noisy, to the conversation of the sunny Iris, me and Andre, Mr. Gill, smile and walk out into the woods.

The wind blew through us deliberately making noises like that.

You felt the cold of the wind, Mr. Iris puts his hand on his cheek and looks up at the sky.

"... it's winter already, huh? It's not like in a cave."

"Right. Our fall has been lost."

Mr. Kate also looked around at the trees around her and groaned a little melancholy.

"I've been locked up for quite a while."

"If you think that's a replacement for your life too, it's a cheap one... but it's time for it to start snowing. Then don't get tough going into the woods."

"It's going to be a tough season for collectors..."

As if to respond to the words, white objects began to fall from the sky.