When the morning sun rises a little, the distillery only spreads the sound of chatter and appliances.

Occasionally, I hear the pharmacists talking, but basically they're all quiet during work.

It didn't leak into the example, and I was silently making potions too.

A few days after hearing from the captain, the crusade of demons will finally begin in earnest tomorrow.

Though I'm coming with you, it doesn't mean I don't need potions at all.

No worries if you're ready, so I'll take the potion as usual.

I was getting ready for that.

"I heard rumors, but you're really out of standard."

Surprised by the voice hung from behind, my body trembles unexpectedly.

Looking back at the frightened voice, Mr. Leo stood with the look of his voice as it was.

When did you get here?

When Mr. Leo comes to the distillery, I always have the image of making a flashy noise, but I didn't notice that noise today.

He seemed so immersed in the work that he couldn't hear the surrounding noise.

Aside from that, I had a word to worry about.

"Is that a rumor?

"Oh, the new doctors can make a lot of potions."

A similar gaze as one day is poured into the potion lined up on the desk.

Specifically, it's the same kind of gaze as Jude, the director, or Mr. Corinna.

"Where is that rumor coming from?

"Of course, the source is the distillery," here. "And our guys."

"Mercenaries, too?

"You'd always come here to pick up potions, wouldn't you? At that time, there was this guy who was watching you make it."

They also saw mercenaries.

I wasn't particularly careful not to be seen, but I feel like I've done it somehow.

Unexpectedly half-eyed, Mr. Leo hurriedly opened his mouth to see what he had misunderstood.

"Ah......, I'm sorry. Watch your mouth."

"What?"

"Is that it? No?

"What is it?

"No, they didn't think I was being smart with [the Virgin]..."

"I don't think so. You can talk normally. Instead, it's more difficult to change."

I think it's something because I suddenly change my tone, and Mr. Leo seems to recall that I am the [Virgin].

And it seems that my half-eyed mistake made me feel bad about Mr. Leo's attitude.

It's a total misunderstanding.

Anyway, from the beginning, it's kind of like...

Anyway, if my attitude crumbles, when I'm awed, I feel kind of distracted, and I'm a little heartbroken.

"Right. Then I'll let you do what you always do."

"Please"

"No, even for me, that's more helpful. Thank you. I don't like salutations."

With that said, Mr. Leo grinned with his mouth wide open.

They caught me and there was a grin on my face, too.

While I was relieved that you could treat me the way you've always been, I asked you again about the rumors.

Mr. Leo's story is that since the first witness returned to the mercenary regiment, the newly-arrived medic made a fuss when he made an unusual number of potions.

Apparently, the mercenary told him the sight as he saw it, but at first, he said no one believed him.

That would be so.

Because if you're a common pharmacist, you should only be able to make about ten intermediate potions a day, and as soon as you can, you've been lined up with more and more, and you've just covered up on your desk.

However, because the mercenary was devoured to tell the truth, the people concerned came to the distillery to receive the potion and replace it for confirmation.

It's because every time someone comes to get it, it's different.

Needless to say, the results proved the first witness' testimony correct.

"So Mr. Leo wanted to confirm it, too?

"Uh, well, yeah,"

From the way the story went, I thought Mr. Leo had come to check the veracity of the rumors, just like the other mercenaries, but Mr. Leo has a bad tooth cut for some reason.

Was there any other purpose?

Tilt his neck and looked up, Mr. Leo opened his heavy mouth as he scratched his head.

"Is this potion the one from the Knights?

"Yep. I'm ready for the mercenaries."

"Well, that's not..."

I thought you were worried you weren't putting the mercenary regiment's share of potion behind you, but they weren't.

He wouldn't answer me on the inside, so I waited for Mr. Leo to talk to me as I moved the hand he was stopping again.

"Uh, are you going to be on the next crusade, too?

"I'll join you. That's why I'm from King's Landing."

"With the Knights, right?

"Yes."

What Mr. Leo had heard with a very difficult look was with regard to the crusade of demons.

I wondered why I would ask that, and if I looked up to Mr. Leo, I saw a worrying eye.

"What's up?

No, I was wondering if you were okay.

"What is it?

There's a crusade.

"Yes?"

"I know you've already been on a crusade in the woods, but I knew you'd be worried."

"Are you worried, warriorly?

"Combatatively..."

I wondered what you were worried about, tilting your neck, and Mr. Leo explained to me interruptedly.

Mr. Leo knew in rumors from Wang Du that I had gone on a demonic crusade to the Gosh Forest west of Wang Du.

In addition to the rumors, he also heard a little bit from the captain about the time of the crusade.

So I also know that I was just as supportive of the knights as a regular court magician.

However, the strength of demons differs between the Gosh Forest and the Klausner Forest.

No matter how much, he's been involved in a crusade in the woods, he's very worried that I can come with him on this crusade.

Apparently there are still a lot of Klausner Territorial demons, though less than at one time.

Moreover, all that has decreased is demons showing up in the meadows, closer to the area around the territorial capital, and not much in the woods away from the territorial capital, he said.

In this world, demons that appear in the woods are generally stronger than demons that appear in the meadows.

Furthermore, the demons appearing in Klausner territory are stronger around the Wang capital and in Klausner territory.

From all this, I guess you thought this would be more harsh than a crusade in the Gosh Forest.

Leo's worries are good, too.

"I can't say anything because I've never been into the woods around here, but I don't think it's ever going to suddenly go into the back of the woods, so I was wondering if it's okay"

"The forest is also stronger on the inside than on the outside. Now, when you say you're going inside all of a sudden, you tell the Knights to stop."

"Right. I'll stop, too."

"Right. You're right, if you're gonna gradually invade the inside while you're watching, okay?

"Yes, it looks like this. I'm pretty strong."

Laughing, jokingly speaking, Leo also said, "Whoa? You're confident," he returned at a playful pace.

Yeah, I'm not kidding, I might be able to top it if it's just the foundation level.

I won't put it in my mouth.

"When I say I will join, I will not come forward because I am a support center, and the knights will follow me to the escort."

"Right. Were you worried about not needing it?"

"No, thank you for your concern"

I think it would be appreciated if you could be worried.

Mr. Leo is just putting together a mercenary regiment, and I guess he's a very good caretaker.

I didn't join the mercenary regiment. I was so worried about me that he came to see how things were going.

Then, just talking a little bit about what was going on in the woods, Mr. Leo left the distillery behind.