The Novice Alchemist's Store

"Sarasa, you're here!

"Ah, Mr. Andre. And Mr. Gill and Mr. Gray. Thank you for taking the time to step in."

Mr. Andre smiles bitterly at me for thanking him.

"I'm a gatherer in this village right now, and Sarasa called me to take a trip. There's no one here."

"Yes, yes. Sometimes I'm taken care of by the smelter Potion, but in the battle ahead, it proved to be powerful."

"Then you're like someone who's afraid of me."

I'm here because scared people called me in, and I want you to stop saying things like that.

Because I'm a pretty, weak girl.

... a little too much to say?

"I'm not afraid, but I'm pretty sure he's the best."

"Until Mr. Gray...... I'm a little fightable, aren't I?

I think a master can fight enough with a knight opponent, but to my extent, I guess, literally treat him like a child.

The school's combat related teachers were strong, and I knew they were no match for professionals at all.

When I insisted on that, Andre and the others gave me a frightened look.

"What are we if Sarasa's a little. You won't be able to fight at all."

"But isn't it the job of gatherers to fight?"

It's my job to collect all sorts of things, and even if I fight in the process, it's a means. That's not the point.

Some materials need to be taken by killing creatures, but most of them don't.

"... no, generally speaking, gatherers are a fighting profession, huh?

"I see the store manager has different standards. At least, I can fight that much...... you were going to. Until recently."

Andre shakes his head to Mr. Iris, who smiles bitterly and drops his shoulders.

"No, Iris' lady can fight enough, can't she?

"Oh, Iris' arm is pretty good. Be proud."

"We're losing Hell Flame Grizzly's crusade to Iris and Kate, aren't we?

"That would be the result of your cooperation. I'm basically the only one who can cover me."

"No, no, Miss Kate's bow is awesome, huh? You don't have that kind of arm."

Uh-huh, what do you think?

Apart from the fact that I'm shooting on my own, against the other Hell Flame Grizzlies, because I was hitting it multiple times.

I'm pretty sure Mr. Iris and Kate have been making some pretty effective attacks...

"Whoa, that's off the record. So, Sarasa, did you want to ask me something?

"It was. Do you know what Ice Tooth Bats are?

"Ice Tooth Bat......?

To my inquiry, Mr. Andre and his friends twisted each other in the face and had been thinking about it for a while, but if Mr. Gill remembered anything, he pounded his fingers and pointed to Mr. Andre.

"Andre, isn't that it? Look, you've heard of Mr. Drake a long time ago."

"To Mr. Drake...... Aah! That's it! It lives in the north cave."

Mr. Gill points me out, and Mr. Andre slaps Pong and his hand.

"Do you have any idea? For once, this is it..."

That said, I show the flyer I just pasted.

Mr. Andre and his friends kept their heads together and read the flyer for a while, but eventually nodded deeply.

"This is it, this. We've never hunted..."

"Really? Ice tooth bats are easy to remove, and the quality is difficult to deteriorate even if they are not processed, so I think it's the aim."

To me in a strange way, Mr. Andre shakes his head with a bitter look.

"No, it was a long time ago, the guy I've been hunting for was bought and beaten. I can't use it here, or something. For once, there's a standard, but we can't tell the difference, and nobody's going to pick it up because it's not the right amount."

"Uh, could that be him, is it?

That's what I pointed to, the Bottacli Alchemist flyer.

Seeing it, Mr. Andre opens his eyes like a hack and distorts his mouth.

"I don't know because I wasn't aware of it then. But there's a good chance. From this village, it's closer to that shop.... Could it have fooled you, too?

When I raise my hand to calm Mr. Andre, who is gradually getting a fierce look, Mr. Gill and Mr. Gray also slap Mr. Andre on the shoulder.

Regardless of Mr. Iris and his family, I hope you don't let him get too killer because Lorea is scared.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'd say 'yes'... you can't necessarily say that, can you?"

"Really?

I nod to Mr. Andre, who gives my words a slightly clapped look.

"Uh, Mr. Sarasa, I'm sorry to interrupt, but what kind of bat is an ice-tooth bat in the first place? I've never seen it before."

"Neither do I. Why don't you explain it to me?

"Oh, maybe Lorea doesn't know. It's not normal to fly into a village. Because I don't think it's going to hurt Kate and the others to know... so make it easy."

Ice tooth bats are generally a type of bat that inhabits a cave, with a slightly special ecology.

When it comes to what's special, it's also named "Ice Fang."

This is it.

By biting with this fang, you can freeze the subject.

Even so, ice tooth bat staples are fruits and basically do not attack people or animals.

It's the fruit that freezes it.

It stores frozen fruit and feeds it through the winter.

So when it comes to harmlessness, it's harmless, but if it increases too much, it loses forest fruit and affects other animals, and they hate it as a clear vermin in areas where fruit is grown, for example.

"And the ability to freeze, its strength, changes the buying price. Simply put, ice tooth bats under five aren't worth much."

"I mean, what the guy who was bought and beaten took was a guy under five?

"I don't know. If you brought it to Mr. Leonora, I think so, but this way..."

That's what I'm referring to, that flyer, after all.

"Uh-huh. I don't know how to decide."

While Mr. Andre has a subtly unconvincing look, he puts his arms together and exhales heavily so that he can calm down.

"So, Mr. Store Manager. Is there a way to tell that age? If not, I'll have to hunt them properly and they're not efficient..."

"Yeah, sure. Otherwise, I can't buy it. How to distinguish… because of this, shall I lecture you on the ground?"

"Huh? The manager's going hunting? I know it's impeccable..."

"Yes, I need it."

There are ways to get Mr. Iris and the others to teach you how to tell them apart, but it's quicker for me to go.

Luckily, I have Lorea to give me the store number.

I knew it would be nice to hire you. It's huge that I'm relatively free to leave the store.

"If it's all right, Mr. Andre, could you show us to the cave? There's no particular fee for the request, but I can tell you how to tell the ice tooth bat, right?

"That's good for us, too, and I'm not saying I don't like Sarasa if she asks, but it's dangerous...... hey, it's not like that. I'm dragged by Sarasa's appearance."

Mr. Andre shrugs his shoulders with a frightened look from the way in.

"Don't I look like I can fight that much?

"" "invisible (not)" "

Oh, whoa. All the words were aligned.

I'm still working out quite a bit.

Glitchy bend your arms and peek at Chillari and Mr. Andre... what's floating is a smile.

What kind of smile, though I wouldn't dare.

"Mmm."

I haven't had a problem so far, but for when more and more new people are coming, should I walk around with a sword or something?

I think they've narrowed the distance considerably from the people in the village, and it might be better for new people to be a little distant than to be licked and attract weird trouble...

"That's a good thing. What more do you need?

Gil asked me in a mild tone and I nodded with my face up, thinking a little.

"Right. I hear you should have an umbrella."

"Umbrella?"

"Yes. Look, there's a ton of bats hanging from the cave ceiling, right? It falls, doesn't it, colors (...) and (...) and"

To my words, Mr. Iris and the others look at each other at the same time as if the imagination had caught up.

Ice tooth bats are nocturnal and sleep in caves during the day we go hunting.

And while sleeping, add something for me.

In other words, that (...) comes down. From overhead.

"But I don't have an umbrella."

"Right. When it rains, you just wear a jacket."

It is Mr Iris and Mr Kate who say as troubled.

If you turn your gaze to Mr. Andre, this one is also nodding with a natural look.

"What an elegant umbrella, we don't have it, do we?

"I can't believe you have that, like, a merchant living in town or something, like a nobleman?

Is that what it is?

I don't have it either.

"You'll be fine this time. I'll use the Wind Wall Air Wall."

"To us, too?

"If you can come with me, of course"

Exactly, I'm the only one who protects it with Wind Wall Air Wall, and Andre and the others don't know, I don't do anything.

'Cause Wind Wall Air Wall is the magic of bouncing flying arrows and stuff with the wind.

If I use it in situations like this one, I'm good, but people around me are catastrophic, right?

“Colors" scattered.

"However, if we're going to continue, I think we should have something for you, right? Even if it's not an umbrella, it's a special coat..."

"Right, I guess we should have something for you. We don't even want to wear shit."

Oh, I said it.

I was blurring out the “colors” for a reason.

"You had a lame guy, didn't you? Let's use that one, shall we?

"Oh, don't come to our store wearing that, will you? I forbid entry and exit."

To Mr. Gill's suggestion, I immediately put up a line of prevention.

At work, I can't help it if the gatherer is somewhat dirty, but of course, he's wearing a little...

"I know. Tsuka, either way, I have to wash it. Isn't there some good way?

"Well, why don't you go and think about it today? I think it's going to change depending on the cave situation."

"Right. For today, you can deal with Sarasa's magic."

"Yes. So shall we go? - Lorea, say hello to your store number. If you can't handle it, you can throw it back."

"I understand. Take care, Mr. Sarasa."