The Novice Alchemist’s Store

Mr. Nord returned to the village for the night, and the day after that he left the village behind.

Says, 'If you don't get home soon and compile the research results, even the cost of living is at stake'.

But that should be it, too.

Although Mr. Nord's investigative activities were to exceed the original plan considerably, Mr. Iris and Kate were well paid the remuneration slightly multiplied by the number of days.

In addition to that, the cost of the emergency pack and other things I made Mr. Iris and the others have also spit out and paid for the money in hand to the point of criticism.

Honestly, I was so anxious to get home with the money I had left, Mr. Nord said, 'It's okay. If you have to, I have this muscle! Ha ha!' He was laughing.

Are you going to hunt and eat?

In fact, I have the knowledge, so even if I do a collector's imitation, I'm likely to do enough.

But I guess that generosity and toughness is why you're being successful.

If I'd been a asshole with this, my impression of Mr. Nord from us, because it sucked.

In contrast, Mr. Iris arrived at the house and slept in a few days.

Lorea, who waited stuffily in the village, and I had a fever the day after I cried and rejoiced, so Lorea was pretty wolfish, but my diagnosis is just overworked.

Some symptoms of illness or poison could not be confirmed, so I prescribed a smelter (potion) to restore health.

Probably because mental factors make up a large percentage, there are ways to use smelting drugs (potions) that will restore you... some of those on that side suck, so it's best to take a break and wait for your recovery.

It's not like we need to hurry up and make it heal.

And a week after Mr. Iris and the others returned.

After all the cleaning up, and anticipating the time when Mr. Iris and his men recovered a lot, I made one suggestion.

"Let's go to Yuji!

Dinner seats, to me bumped up all the time, looked up at me, as Mr. Iris and Mr. Kate were a little confused.

By the way, I talked to Lorea beforehand, so with just a little shuddering face, there's nothing to say.

"Tong Ji...? Does that mean we're going to the hot springs?

"Yes."

"A hot spring... I don't think there were any hot springs around here? Mr. Store Manager, not too far away..."

"I was able to the other day. Mr. Iris and the others are trapped, just then."

"Oh my God!"

Mr. Iris, who honestly rounds his eyes.

But I got a scratch from Lorea with the jit eye.

"No, Mr. Sarasa, I didn't do it, I made it, didn't I? Mr. Sarasa."

"... I wonder what that means? Store manager."

To the surprise of Mr. Kate, I cloud my words.

"Uh, yeah. I don't know... Hot springs here these days, don't you have any idea?

"Hmm?... No way, in that cave?

"That's it. You pulled the hot springs out of there."

"Do something... am I the only one who doesn't feel comfortable enough to be cleaned up with those words?

Sighed Lorea shakes her head and looks at me at Kate tilting her little neck with her finger against her chin.

"It's not easy. It's expensive to destroy tea. Hey, Mr. Sarasa?

"No, no, because that was a necessary experiment!... Sure, it was a direct hit on your wallet."

Mining is a very important industry for nation-building, so there are many things that can be used in mining as well as smelters (artifacts) made by alchemists.

Finally, the smelter (artifact) used to help Iris and the others is one of them.

But such smelters (artifacts), normally there can't be demand in this village, and in general sizes it's very big and heavy and difficult to even go and sell to a spare town.

That's why what I made and kept was a small, palm-sized version.

Because I thought I could use it to dig wells once and for all.

"First of all, I checked to see if I could dig a hole safely to where I wanted to go."

"Is that the hot spring over there? But how do we get the place?

"It's walnuts. Sometimes, didn't you draw something?

"That one! He was grinding his nails with rocks!

"It's not nail polishing, but that's it"

"Speaking of which, you said that when you rescued me."

"Yes. Well, the destination was good anywhere, but it was convenient in places, right there"

Later, only expand to the size that people can go through to create smelters (artifacts).

The size that I couldn't get through without giving in is the result of the cost savings, but it's still costly enough for Lorea to be flashy.

Mine development is something that can be expected to have enormous profits if it is successful.

Because it's the kind of smelter (artifact) used there.

"Ma, the hot spring that I was pulled from. I don't feel like wasting it, so I tried to get it in. Use your free time."

"That's where the base is, right? I didn't realize that had happened..."

"It's just a short distance away, isn't it? In the matter of location with hot springs."

"I see. So you didn't see it? Is it everyone, including Lorea, who goes to the hot springs?

"Of course. I'm not going to let Lorea get away with this. The store is temporarily closed."

"Is it good? Our rescue mission left the store pretty open, didn't it?

"I don't mind. In winter, a lot of collectors are closed."

In addition to less material that can be collected in the winter, slower movement in the cold makes accidents more likely, and poorly collected while staying is life-threatening.

That being the case, few gatherers say they won't be active in any way in the winter, and if they can't afford it financially, they move their places of activity to warmer regions.

I mean, even if we open a store, we don't really expect customers.

"Mr. Sarasa, I don't disagree with you anymore, is that good? You spent a lot of money, and you owed Mr. Sarasa's master, didn't you?

"Ugh..."

Yes, it is.

This time, in carrying out the rescue work of Mr. Iris and others, I have done quite a bit of imposition and a lot of smelting.

First, the alchemy (homunculus) relationship.

To find out how to rescue walnuts, we tried to make some of the smelters (artifacts) associated with alchemy organisms (homunculus) listed in all five volumes of alchemy from one end.

Sometimes there are five volumes on how to make alchemy organisms (homunculus), and the number is quite high, as are the materials consumed.

In addition, the smelter (potion) in case.

In case Iris and the others were poisoned or suffering from a disease, although they did not actually have to use it, many types of smelting drugs (potions) were made.

Naturally, the materials needed for them cannot be covered by what is in your possession, but can be purchased with money, borrowed from your master, or bought and collected by your master.

A good part of the master asks for it.

Pathetically.

"As, well, I'll manage, will I? It will, won't it? I'm sure. Yeah."

"Ah! Well, I did!

I try my best to tell myself. I look at me, and as Mr. Iris stood up and left the room like he panicked, he immediately came back with a leather bag in his hand.

"Lord Store Manager, I don't think it's enough, but take this."

"Oh, you did. This time, the reward I received from Mr. Nord, me and Iris. I don't think it's worth the expense..."

"For what's missing, I'm glad you could wait a while. Because I will definitely give it back!

With just more days, that leather bag placed on my desk looks pretty heavy.

But still...

"Uh-huh, I appreciate the sentiment, but from the amount of my debt right now..."

"... you spent that much money?

I snort at Mr. Iris, who gobbles and throats.

"Well, that's not much"

"But the manager. The manager has a lot of money on loan, right? You don't have to worry, do you?

"Right? We are naturally alchemists around South Strag"

"So is Mr. Dilal's lodging, the building over there."

"Ha ha... even if I recover all that heap, it's mostly water on the baking stone..."

To me with a dry grin, Kate and the others silenced for a while, tilting their necks with cotton.

".................. What, really?

"............... no kidding?

"Yes, really, it is. No, well, actually, it's not as bad as water on a baking stone, but still, it's not enough at all."

When it's the money that Mr. Iris just offered, water on the baking stone really.

For example, if I bought it from someone who came to our store to sell it and collect the materials, I don't think the cost I needed was less than half this time.

But if you collect buys without thinking about seasonal factors, markets, etc., the costs jump all at once.

Because buying something is completely different from looking for and buying something that doesn't.

Some kind of Hell Flame Grizzly material I have during frenzy, too.

You can't sell this that high if I go somewhere, but if you try to buy it looking for it because you need it, the price jumps all at once.

You won't get it unless there's frenzy, just rare materials.

What happens if you use a bunch of those materials... it's self-evident, right?

"It's..."

"I don't know..."

To the magnitude of the amount imagined, just as Mr. Iris and the others can't seem to say 'I'll pay it all' either, clouding the words.

But this is what I decided to do and act on.

It's been my experience, and I'm not going to charge Mr. Iris and the others.

"It's fine! As for debt, I'll forget about it now. No, let me forget!

I can't do it if I don't forget. As far as poverty is concerned.

Fortunately, the person in debt is the master.

I'm not a bad merchant, so I won't be forced to collect it, and I don't have to worry about being forced to sell myself.

... If I have to, I'm worried that my master will (...) collect me.

But it's okay.

Because if I become a single alchemist, it's a decent amount to pay back!

Because that's what's going to happen!

"Yes, no, I can't even say I'm just gonna pay for it for sure, but I'll let you work with me whenever I can. Hey, Kate?

"Uh, uh, yeah, yeah. I'll do my best..."

You've imagined the amount, Kate, who snorts firmly while trembling, is a little cute. And honesty.

That's why I want to help, too.

"Thank you. Please do it then. But now, let's refresh. We need healing!

My spirit, the physical of Mr. Iris and the others.

"That's why it's a hot spring. It's a decision. Trouble is, I'll forget about it for a while!

Somewhat forcefully, I threw the trouble out of my head.

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"Heh. It feels good, Hot Springs. It's my first time in."

"Aren't you? Your tiredness and troubles seem to melt."

Just a few days after I decided to go.

We were relaxed and immersed in a hot spring, neat.

I've already been in the hot springs here quite a few times, but I couldn't calm down about Mr. Iris and the others at that time, so this time it's pretty neat.

"I've never been in a hot spring like this before."

"And open-air. If you think about it, it's very luxurious."

"Well, it's usually about a fancy maintenance site, you know, I can go through this kind of experience"

Sounds like they use hot springs in some areas, but only the rich can travel to get into it, and given safety, it's hard to make an open-air bath that costs money for security.

In a way, an open-air bath is the insane pleasure of a very few, such as a gatherer who can protect himself.

"The hot springs themselves experienced in the cave... but I never thought I'd let them in the same hot spring water then, in a calm mood"

"The walnuts aren't the same as they were then, they look happy though"

"Ha, ha."

Heh heh, and at the end of Kate's gaze, she looks like a walnut swimming with Bashabasha.

The walnuts are attributed to the fire, so they seem in a very good mood to like the warm hot springs.

"If it's the location of this hot spring, you can't see it from the cabin."

"Yes, I've thought a lot about the problem of distance from the hot springs in that cave, and so on, and here I am."

Good thing. I didn't know if the hot springs would come out, but in case they did, I chose a location considering the surrounding conditions as well.

Rocks that are blindfolded or terrain that is difficult for wildlife to penetrate?

Of course, that's not enough, so other things are being dealt with properly.

"Still, that's a pretty solid build, huh?

Digged hot tubs are solidified by rocks and lacquer, surrounded by cobblestones.

The area without natural barriers is equipped with a solid fence, ready for blindfolding and wildlife entry.

You won't be able to prevent Hell Flame Grizzlies altogether, but that's not how demons come out on that level, and if we can buy some time, we can handle it.

It's dangerous for someone who can't fight at all to come in, but if he's got some fighting power, he had an environment where he could relax and grab it in the water.

"I did the rough part, but for the most part, that's how Andre and the others behave. I've had a lot of free time."

I was asking Andre and the others to escort me when I was concentrating on smelting or while I was synchronizing with the walnuts, but the danger around here is not so high that I don't need three escorts at all times.

Inevitably, one or two people could have free time, and it was this hot spring that they used their spare time to maintain.

It's winter and it's getting cold, life at this base.

He played a part in improving such a hard life in some ways.

"Andre and the others. I have to thank them again."

"Finally, to Mr. Geberg and Mr. D'Arna, too, right? We need your help."

"I don't think your fathers have to worry too much about it...... Mr. Sarasa is paying you well. To Mr. Andre and the others, right?

"Well, yeah. But thank you very much."

"Naturally."

"Uh-huh, if you ask me that, I'll keep losing my mind to the manager"

"Not really there, I don't mind..."

"But it's because of us that we owe you money."

"Right. - But the manager is also in debt."

"... what is it, Mr. Iris"

To Mr. Iris, who says he's smudged, if I ask him back, Mr. Iris looks at my face and says, "Uhm!" and snort.

"You're aligned with us!

"You did it, Mr. Store Manager!

"Oh, I'm so happy to have you!!"

My protest echoed into the woods when I said such a trance and laughed delightfully at the two of them.