The Novice Alchemist's Store

"Well, Lorea. There's been a little disaster."

"Yes, it was a sad event"

Lorea has a sinking look on her face, but that “sad event," it's still going on in the backyard.

Before the floating tent, it's a tragedy I could have prevented if I'd built a portable toilet, but I never thought this would happen, and you can't help it, can you?

"I guess I have to make you some medicine because I think Mr. Andre and the others are suffering, too? If you leave him alone, he can die."

"Huh!? Really? Sarasa, you said you wouldn't die earlier..."

"I won't die of poison, because if I leave it alone, that condition will last for about two weeks. As long as you work hard and keep hydrating and nourishing, it's fine, but it's pretty hard, and if you're unlucky...... Just like a normal disease."

"Ha, isn't it tough! Uh, is it the smelting drug Potion?

Forgive Lorea for standing up in a hurry, and I think a little.

"There are some potions that can be cured in one go, but whether you should use them or not is a troubling point."

"Yep! Why!?"

"Because it's expensive"

"... oh, right. It's important, isn't it, money"

"Yeah. Because I've been taking rotten fruit bee honey, and if I'm bad, I'm in a deficit."

It hasn't been properly checked yet, but if it's a five-person smelting drug, Potion, including Mr. Andre and the others, it's a pretty tough place, even with the benefit of honey.

I can't hesitate if you're in a dying situation if you don't use it, but it's a level where you don't have to be that far to figure it out, so what's the poison of rotten bee honey?

"So this time, I'm going to make a special antidote. Because it's cheaper. First... Shall we go pick the ingredients? Lorea, can you help me, too?

"Yes, if I can do it!

You really are a good girl.

With Lorea, who responded well, I put the collection tool in my hand from the back door to the woods - twisting my leg back toward me and going out the store side door.

And then I plugged my ear into Mr. Iris' “anguish," and went through the side of the house to the woods behind me.

"Will you dig back to the ground around here, where the rotten leaves are falling, and look for the worms? Uh... this bug. Kind of small, though."

What I dug out of the ground and threw into the box was about a centimeter of little larvae.

It's pretty easy to find, but I've got to get five people ready, so it's kind of a hassle.

"I understand. How much do you need?

"I would like at least 10 of them for one person… I'd like to collect about 60 of them after looking a little extra."

"... this is gonna be a pill, right?

I nod, of course, to Lorea, who asks her as she puts the bug she finds quickly in the box.

"This medicine, the cost of materials, is cheap, but it takes a lot of work.... clueless, shall we?

"Is it clueless? By the way, what happens when you get out of hand? It's not working, is it?

"No, no, as an alchemist, I won't be clueless enough to make it work. It just doesn't taste good. It'll be shorter, but it doesn't matter if you drink it soon."

If you make it and drink it within a day, there's nothing wrong with it.

I think it will taste terrible. Probably.

I've never had a drink, so I don't know.

"Then wouldn't it be good to be clueless? You didn't take Mr. Sarasa's advice, did you? Gentlemen."

"Hmm, it's not like I didn't take your advice because I didn't explicitly say you shouldn't eat it... but if it's simple, is it a lack of knowledge? Including that, it's not the collector's fault."

However, in this case, there are some parts of the collection that I have recommended, so I feel a little responsible.

And there's that, and I haven't even been asked to, and this is how I come to collect medication material.

After spending about half an hour collecting bugs, we get down to making medicines quickly.

The bugs I've collected are transferred to a sieved box and left for a while until they get the shit out.

In the meantime, I'm going to prepare other materials, and I'm going to brush them up in pharmaceutical research, but one way or another, this drug is more of a pharmacist's area than an alchemist.

So even Lorea can do the majority of the work process.

"So can you do me a favor? 'Cause I'm just gonna check on you."

"Yes, I'll take care of it!

I instruct Lorea, who shows motivation, to do the work process, and I turn to Mr. Iris and the others.

First of all, Mr. Kate, who remains caged in the bathroom.

"Mr. Kate, would you like to add or minus?

"... manager, hey, honestly, it's pretty tight. All the contents of your body are going to flow out...... How long does this last?

"Yes, it depends on how strong your stomach and intestines are and how much you ate, but is it about two weeks"

"Heh...!! I can't. You're dead..."

"I'm making your medicine right now, so good luck. In the meantime, keep hydrated."

When I plugged a glass of water into Kate, who leaked a genuinely dying voice, a hand stretched out of the bathroom, trembling, received it.

"Thank you, Mr. Store Manager. I'm so sorry, could Iris have a look, too?

"Yeah, I'm going now. Mr. Iris may not want to be seen."

"Then say to him, 'What are you talking about, you've already been seen in your stomach?'"

"... oh, sure, you were in such a state when you were first brought in"

I don't know if that will relieve your embarrassment, but I'm pretty sure you're witnessing worse.

I can't help but say something embarrassing to my healthcare professional in the first place.

"I know drinking your water will get you out again, but you can have a little bit of it, so please have a decent drink for Mr. Kate, too, right?

"Yeah, thanks"

The next thing you know, it was the backyard.

I look around through the door... Oh, you're in the corner of the garden.

Let's not depict that outfit. Even in the honor of Mr. Iris.

"Mr. Iris, how are you doing?

"So, Store Manager!? It's the afterlife, don't look..."

That being said, I can't even leave you alone.

Because if you run out of moisture, it's really dangerous.

"Now it is. Water, I brought it, so drink it one at a time."

"No wonder. Ha... I just showed my pity to the manager."

"No, that's not..."

No, I can't say enough, but it's a little sad.

Still, I like Mr. Iris a lot, me.

Very simply, you're a good man.

"Now that I'm making your pills, please be a little more patient"

"Thank you. I'll be sure to thank you. - Ugh! And, Lord Store Manager! I'm sorry."

"Uh, yes, yes. I'll be back, won't I? Come in when you calm down a little."

"Ok - Gu Gu!

Even for Iris, who was desperate and patient, I panicked and ran to the back door.

"Ah, Mr. Sarasa, welcome home. What about you two?

"Yeah. I'm not well, but I'm safe. If you're a larvae......, I think it's better now"

When the larvae are washed with water, they are gathered together and thrown into pharmaceutical research, crushing them to pieces.

To a rather vivid sound, Lorea looks away.

"Ugh. Uh, this is medicine, right?

"Of course you do, don't you?

"And take pills, right?

"Yeah. You're on meds. It's the stomach and intestine that's not feeling well."

"Do you drink? Take this?"

What's going into the drug research that Lorea points to with her eyes out of the way is the deep green...... no, rather a liquid in a shade that's close to scorched tea.

As a drool...... I'll add a little water here, which makes it somewhat better......

"I don't want to take drugs, do I? Lorea, you want a taste?

"I won't! By the way, if you hadn't been clueless, you'd be a little better off, wouldn't you?

"Right, because I wouldn't put a whole larva in it. But like dismantling larvae less than a centimeter away and taking out the areas you need...... that sounds tough, right?

"Yeah, it's pretty tedious work, isn't it?"

And sixty. I can't do it for a second.

"Because putting it all in won't change the effect. After that, add water and transfer it to the alchemy kiln."

If you add water and pour the slightly looser medicine from the drug study into a small pot-sized alchemy kiln and stir gently while pouring magic......

"Medicine, done and done! The effect and taste are guaranteed!!"

"Yeah, you don't need it, the latter guarantee"

Lorea responded that way, a little shuddered, to me laughing and putting up a small pot.