The Novice Alchemist's Store

"Oh, speaking of which, Mr. Sarasa. I'll change my mind a little bit, but Erin said, 'When you're settled, I need to talk to Sarasa', right?

"Mr. Erin? I wonder..."

To Lorea's words, I twist my neck.

A few days ago, when Lorea was walking in the village, she was called out, 'Tell her,' she said.

Compared to me, who is a little pully, Lorea walks the village frequently in grocery buyouts, etc., so I know it's easy to give a message.

But Erin, the village chief's daughter, needs to talk, or something. It smells like trouble.

"But maybe thanks to the fact that the village is moisturized with a cooling hat? I always take care of you, like."

Did you see that my expression was a little cloudy, Lorea would say that...

"But if you're thankful, don't you feel like saying 'when you calm down'? Mr. Iris and the others were down, but the store was usually open."

"... right"

Did Lorea also recognize that it was a bit of a painful follow-up, sighing and nodding at my words?

"Erin is a rare player in a village like this. I don't know what to say, but more than Mr. Village Chief."

"Uh-huh. That's a bigger village, or a township steering vessel."

"This village, once on the table, is the village chief, but essentially Mr. Erin has partitioned it."

"That's right. I hope it's no trouble."

Subtly thin expectations.

"... I'll think about it again when Erin gets here. shelving, shelving"

Because of this, Lorea's delicious dishes are lined up.

Now let's enjoy this.

I sighed one thing and decided to pound my tongue on the dish.

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"Ha! Because!

"No! Do it! Come on!"

Early the next morning, using the time period before it was still hot, me and Mr. Iris were training the sword.

If you compare me to Mr. Iris, I win in terms of simple sword skill, and in terms of vegan health, there are physical differences, and Mr. Iris wins.

However, when it comes to actually fighting, I greatly favour being able to strengthen my body.

It's inevitable, too, because you can get more muscle strength and quickness than Mr. Iris.

Even more in action, I have a high quality sword that my master gave me and my own magic, so I can't even compare it.

"There!"

"Grrr!!"

Karan.

Started by the sword I cut up, the sword flies from Mr. Iris' hand and rolls to the ground.

Mr. Iris stopped moving for a moment with an instantly poked sword and sighed loudly to help.

"Ha... After all, you can't be the manager."

"You're losing a little strength and muscle strength. I don't think you've ever had a sword on you a week ago, have you?

If you say in swordsmanship classes at school, Mr. Iris is better than half.

It's never weak, but it's inferior to me that I was first in the grade for once.

If you look at my level like that in general and say how much...... how much?

I naturally couldn't beat the school teacher, and the level that is easily embellished by the master.

I don't think you're weak, but you're never stronger than the soldiers you train every day, are you? Probably.

Because it's not a number, you don't know how skilled you are, do you?

I think he's stronger than a bandit with no decent guidance...

There seems to be something going on in Wang Du about fighting competitions, but I didn't have any luck with it.

The winning prize is attractive, but I didn't think I could win, and if I get hurt and leave school, I fall for the end of the day.

If I don't qualify as an alchemist, it doesn't even make sense to save money.

"You were right to make a rehabilitation period. Hopefully I'll be back in a few days..."

"You'll be fine. I'm still young. What if there's a potion of smelting medicine for it?

"No, I appreciate the offer, but there's no point in spending money there to shorten the period. Kate, how about you?

"I'm obviously losing strength, too. Likewise the power to pull the bow."

Unlike Mr. Iris, Kate, who can't even have a mock fight with me, had a perimeter run and a target using a bow, but she seemed to have faded enough to tell for herself.

Well, there can't be anything about sleeping for a few days with your stomach down and not fading at all.

Instead, shouldn't I say I've been working out well from time to time around this much from the day after I recover?

"So today, let's not train too hard, let's focus on recovery exercise"

"Oh, right. It may not be enough for the manager."

"You don't have to worry about it there. I'm an alchemist. - Why are you seriously training your sword?

Very strange.

My swordsmanship was a way to get a bounty.

"I had a great master there, but the harm of the late... no, it would be a grace"

"Grace... he did give me a good sword, and I also got an archery on it"

"We're alive, aren't we? And the villagers. It's because of the manager that this village is peaceful now."

"When they say that, I seriously have to train..."

More than living in this village, things like this don't always happen again.

Moreover, the longer we have lived here, the more difficult it will be to abandon the villagers.

"I'm counting on you, Store Manager. as companions living together, and as masters of swords."

"I'm not as skilled as they say I am."

It's disgusting how immature I am.

With that in mind, I cut off Mr. Iris, who had been hitting me off, and I followed him through training until around noon.

Mr. Erin came to visit me just after lunch that day, as if he had tried.

There was no such thing as a reception room in our store, and it didn't seem like it would be easy to talk about it in the store, so what I showed you was the dining room where you usually eat.

I can't say it's the right place to welcome people, but let's have patience there.

It's a small house.

Guests will need to come in often, but you don't plan on doing that?

And besides me and Erin on this occasion, other than Lorea, who has the store number, Iris and Kate are present.

I'm pretty sure it's more helpful than being visited on the way to work, but you're after Mr. Iris the day after he recovers, or something, I guess.

"Thank you very much for your time today, Sarasa"

"No, that doesn't matter...... what can I do for you?

"Yes, it's a little hard to say, but I'd like to ask you all for a job."

"Work? Not just for me, but for Mr. Iris, isn't it about alchemy?

"That's right. I'm asking for something else, too, for Mr. Andre's party. From there, I get the answer that if you're going to take it, you're going to take it."

Mr. Andre and Mr. Iris.

Both of the gatherers in this village, the top party.

And the kind of work you ask for... I knew it was a mess, this.

"Honestly, I'd like to decline..."

"Would you mind not saying so and just listening to me?

When I listen to you, I don't want to hear it because it's going to be hard to say no.

Kate smiled bitterly at me for thinking so and pinched her mouth to take it back.

"Well, well, Mr. Store Manager. Either way, wouldn't it be affected if you lived in the village? I just didn't ask. Doesn't that make any sense?

"... is that what you're talking about?

"That's what I'm talking about."

If you ask back, Mr. Erin smiles bitterly, and affirms as troubled.

I put my arms together and meditate often.

".................. ok. I'll ask you."

I put a "give up” fold in myself and nodded.

Hell Flame Grizzly frenzy that happened a while back.

With the cooperation of villagers and gatherers, we succeeded in converging without significant damage, but we still do not know what caused it.

There are predictions based on past cases, etc., but it is not definitive information, so it is normal to investigate.

Naturally, the village chief knew about it, and made a report on the situation to the lord and a request for an investigation.

There was no assistance during the frenzy, but it was not in time, so some parts of itself had no choice.

But expect me to do as much as an ex-post investigation.

But the answer I waited awhile to get back was, 'I don't care if there was no damage. Pay your taxes in full exactly as usual'.

Apart from the sight money, no soldier dispatch, no investigation.

Instead, he said, 'Aren't you making money from Hell Flame Grizzly material? If you're making money, taxes will go up.'

It was Mr. Iris who was drastically elevated when he heard such a story about Mr. Erin.

Slap your desk hard and raise your voice.

"What the hell is that! My Lord Store Manager, I tried so hard to sleep!

"Oh, no, that was just a mistake I made..."

Hell Flame Grizzly wasn't the cause, but rather, that was a suicide bomber.

I hope you don't take up too much there.

Because it's embarrassing.

"Even so! It is the Lord's responsibility to protect the people. I am totally abandoning that!!"

Erin sighs in giving up on Iris revealing her anger.

"I'd appreciate that kind of lord, because the lord here isn't. I'm only keen to take it."

"I, I don't really know, who is the lord here?

"Around here... this village of Yorke and South Strag is the territory of Associate Baron Kirk. Money maker is a very good nobleman."

"Even if you make money, you don't seem to be spending it for the people!

"I see..."

There's a lot of uncertainty about your power as a lord because of the lack of information, but if you're holding on to South Strag, that's likely enough to make you quite an income.

With that in mind, I can also understand the idea that it would be better to send soldiers to a small village like the village of Yorke and leave them alone rather than put the hassle and the cost on them.

As a resident, I can't wait to see the tax revenues going up from this village, or the cost of having several soldiers headed behind the Great Tree Sea to investigate, which is up there, perhaps the latter one.

Behind the Great Tree Sea is a highly dangerous place.