The Novice Alchemist’s Store

"If I had any material left, I could have checked my gear with that..."

"Is it because of our shipwreck? Sorry."

Mr. Iris bows his head to me, clouding his words.

That's right.

Most of the material I've been saving is used to make smelters (artifacts) that I think I can use to rescue them, prototype them, etc., and the store warehouse is empty - it's not.

You're pretty stuck. Useless smelters (artifacts).

It's quite disturbing, so I need to sort it out again and figure out how to dispose of it.

"But I don't regret using it to rescue Mr. Iris, so it's good, there's"

"Maybe, but I'll give that back to you physically. Mr. Store Manager, you may like Iris."

"Yes, my body. - Why! That would be where I would return it with labor!?"

Iris, who nodded 'uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

"Of course I do, but I have to pay the interest. I can't complain about the remainder of my debt, even if they sell me out to a whorehouse. I can't really use it as it stands, but that means in the future, instead of hot tubs on cold nights for now."

"Use!? Hot Tumpoo!? My treatment is terrible! Lord Store Manager, Kate would rather recommend it. It's gonna be a soft, warm good pillow."

"Ho. Which..."

Indeed, Mr. Kate has something that seems quite tender.

Someone grabbed Gasilli for my hand, which I accidentally reached out to.

If you turn your face, there's Lorea with a smile.

"Mr. Sarasa?

"No, I'm kidding, right? I just wanted to touch it."

"Too big a pillow is in the way, isn't it? Isn't that about right for me?

"I don't need anything!?"

Lorea once touched my chest or something when we slept together, but you didn't mean that, did you?

You're not running to the same sex because you don't have a heterosexual of your age in the village!?

"I'm joking too. But even if you like Mr. Iris' body, it won't increase your money, will it? - Anyway, if you want to lend it."

"Lorea, Lorea? That's a joke, isn't it?

Lorea smiles nicely at Iris, who asked subtly pale.

"Yes, of course. - I don't have a lender so I can give you money that's worth it. Huuuuuuuuuu..."

"Hey, Mr. Store Manager. I'm scared of you, Lorea."

"I'm sure it's Mr. Kate's negative influence. Lorea, who was a simple country girl, has become so..."

Kate sighs deeply when I wipe her eyes deliberately.

"I think it's from the manager that Lorea is learning more, right? Well, that's good. So what do you do with the money? Before you go pick up Missanon roots, go collect something else and work with it?

"Still good, but time is the problem. Besides, relying on your master again is a bit..."

Go pick it up, sell it, then buy the material.

Given the time to get back and forth, I don't have time to go to South Strag to sell it, I just have to send it to my master and ask him to buy it.

But you've been relying too much on your master lately.

Immature, but for once I'm also an independent apprentice.

I don't have a choice if Mr. Iris' life is at stake or if it can't be taken back, but I want to do what I can on my own.

"I wish there was something I could do to help too. You can't just walk around selling smelters (artifacts) and smelters (potions)."

"I can't fight," said Lorea, adding, slightly lowering her brow butt.

But...

"Oh well, sell the smelter (artifact)? That could be my hand, too."

Lorea glanced up at me when I hit Pong and his hand.

"What!? If you tell me to do it, I'll try, but maybe, no one can buy it, right? this village. Thanks to Mr. Sarasa, we have become a little wealthy though"

"No, Lorea. Not this village, other towns. Specifically, the town of South Strag. Mr. Leonora would have given me permission."

If any other alchemist does business or opens an outdoor shop in a town where there's an alchemist's shop, it's tantamount to selling a fight to an alchemist there.

Even I would definitely consider it hostile if they did that in this village.

Realistically, is it enough to have Mr. Leonora pick up something that's going to sell in South Strug at a lower price than the market?

"We have to go to South Strag to procure materials anyway, and it's worth asking for, isn't it? - If you can't buy it, I'll pack it."

If you suck, business, summarize your life.

His Highness Felik didn't look that tyrannical, but I definitely want to avoid failing the royal request.

When the buyout is impossible, you owe Mr. Leonora...... no, is it the assignment of a claim?

Let's negotiate a loan to another alchemist so they can take that claim.

"But let's start with gathering information. It won't cost you any money."

"Copy that. Let's take charge of that with me and Kate. Is it good in the native fabric of Missanon roots?

"It would be best if you could figure that out. Ask around what you know and what you need to get into Winter Mountain, if possible."

"I get it. - But don't expect too much, okay?

Mr. Kate nods, gazing at the shoppers who have no one.

"If there were such a knowledgeable gatherer, there wouldn't be an idle bird ringing"

"Right ~. At a time when I'm not working this season...... please don't do it again"

I dropped off the Iris and the rest of them, who went all the way out quickly, and Lorea and I were moving the place to the kitchen and re-brewing the tea.

"Phew, I knew you'd brew Lorea's, warm tea is delicious"

"Thank you. So, Mr. Sarasa, what do we do? Shall we talk to the village chief or something? I don't think it's going to help much."

"Yeah, that's good. People in this village don't look like they're in the woods."

The exception is about Mr. Jasper, the hunter, but that guy wouldn't be extending his legs to Winter Mountain either.

"We prepare the tools we need in Winter Mountain"

"Are you ready? But you can't make smelters, can you?

"There's nothing I can't make at all, but I guess it starts by listing what things you need, what materials you need to make them?

If the collectors of this village don't go to Winter Mountain, we're the only ones who make it and use it.

I just made more than I had to, and I'll end up sleeping in a warehouse.

I can't afford to waste that kind of money on me right now.

"Lorea, what do you think there is?

"Er... cold proof clothing, is mandatory, right?

"Right, because if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be able to move. The heat protection gear I made when I was a salamander is quite effective, but it's safer to make cold clothes."

Heat-proof equipment that prevents low temperatures, just as it prevents high temperatures.

But you can just prevent it, it's not warm, is it?

It would be better than wearing a regular coat, but it's hard to say it's suitable.

"So should we add features that will keep you warm in your coat?

"I need that, too, but not just that. It's the iron rule to act like we don't sweat when it's Winter Mountain, but we can't be like that, can we? Because we have to fight too."

Sweating in situations of low temperatures around you will make your body colder and more likely to catch a cold or, in severe cases, frostbite.

Or, naturally, when demons strike, attack slowly at a rate that doesn't sweat, there's no way you can do that.

If you don't move desperately, before you break your body with sweat, your body breaks with enemy attacks.

"So you need to have not just simple cold proof clothes, but underwear that you don't have a problem sweating. Considering the ease of movement, a hooded coat, thick trousers, boots for snow mountains, gloves, ears on hats, maybe."

"Even with the hood, do you need a hat and ear patch?

"Yeah. Because if you were wearing a hood, you'd be out of sight. Unless it's a snowstorm, I'd rather not wear it. Other things to wear are sunscreen and eye protection glasses."

"Huh? It's winter, and you need that?

I snort at Lorea, who asked me back unexpectedly.

I know it feels a little unexpected, like sunburn, sunshine, because it's cold.

But it's also something that you can actually feel as soon as you try to work with it, here it is.

"Because the lighting back from the snow is pretty tight. Anyway, for about a day, my skin hurts or my eyes get inflamed when I'm active for days. I can cure that kind of magic, but I've never been there before."

In addition, glasses are plain important to reduce the risk of making mistakes with glare during battle. If you can afford it, it should definitely be prepared.

"Is there anything else I can make around floating tent insulation, sleeping bags to sleep warm at night, and heating smelters (potions)? You can buy regular groceries like rope."

Look at what I've listed, and Lorea sighs, "Phew."

"You need a lot of things."

"Lack of preparation is immediately life-threatening. I'm not used to it, either, and do you want to be prepared for as much as excessive?

"Sure, if this is it, it's going to be tough just with the advance."

"Yeah. So I want to save where I can. Take advantage of cheap materials without losing too much performance"

If you lose your performance, you lose your life.

To the extent that performance remains the same, you just want to reduce costs.