007 ご挨拶 (2)
昼食を食べ終え、一息。
時間があればもっとゆっくりしたいところだけど、このあとには村長さんへの挨拶が待っているので、あんまりのんびりもできない。
それに日が暮れる前に、家も少し掃除しておきたいしね。
「ディラルさん、ごちそうさまでした」
「あいよ、お粗末様。あ、ちょっと待ちな!」
店を出ようとした私を呼び止めたディラルさんは、一度厨房に入ると、鍋と袋を手に戻ってきた。
「コイツを持って帰りな。引っ越しで、家、片づいてないんだろ?」
「え、でも......」
「遠慮するこたないよ! さあさあ!」
エルズさんに視線をやると、受け取っておきな、と頷かれたので、半ば押しつけられるようにして受け取る。
「ありがとうございます」
「あっはっは、田舎は助け合いが必要だからね。そのパン、ウチでは朝から売ってるから、自分で焼くのが面倒で、気に入ったなら買いに来ておくれ」
「はい、解りました」
パンの焼き方自体は知っているし、やったこともある。
でも、所詮は孤児院でのお手伝いレベル。
学校の寮では食事が出てきたので、ここ数年は作ったことはない。
正直、さっき食べたパンより美味しい物が作れるとは思えないから、お世話になる可能性、高いと思います。
「ま、気に入らなくても、この村で買えるパンなんて、他には雑貨屋の堅焼きパンしかないんだがね! 面倒くさがりは、大抵ここで買ってるよ」
「何言ってんだい! アンタだって時々『仕込み忘れた!』って駆け込んでくるくせに!」
そう言ってエルズさんが混ぜっ返すと、ディラルさんの平手がバシンと背中に炸裂する。
うむ、これが普通なのね。
身体、鍛えておくべきだろーか。
「そいじゃ、行くかね。お嬢ちゃんも忙しいだろ?」
「あ、はい。それじゃ、ディラルさん、ありがとうございました」
「あいよ!」
もう一度、ディラルさんにお礼を言って食堂を出た私たちは、一路村長さんの家へ......の、前に、エルズさんには少し待ってもらって慌てて一度家に駆け戻った。
さすがに挨拶に行くのに、鍋を手に持ったままというのはマズいよね?
「あの、村長さんってどんな人ですか?」
気難しい人だったりしたら、人付き合い経験値が少ない私にとっては、強敵である。
「んー、もう結構な歳の爺さまだねぇ。ちょいとヨボヨボしちゃいるが、まだまだくたばりそうにはないよ」
「......怖い人ですか?」
「え? あぁ、大丈夫さ! のんびりした爺さまだから」
「そ、そうですか!」
良かった!
サラサちゃん、大勝利!
いやー、この村に来たときにはちょっと絶望しかかったけど、結構良い村じゃない?
エルズさんの紹介のおかげかもしれないけど、口下手な私にみんな優しいし。
暮らしやすいのが一番だよね!
「ほら、あそこが村長の家さ」
エルズさんが指さす先にあるのは、普通の民家。
他の家と比べて特別大きくも、豪華でもない。
場所的には村の中心付近にあるけど、言われないと村長の家とは気付かないね、これは。
「この村だと、税の徴収ぐらいしか仕事がないから、サラサちゃんにはあんまり縁がないと思うけどね」
「そうかもしれませんね」
村長に求められる仕事は村によって異なるが、国から命じられる仕事としては、村の税を集めて徴税官に引き渡す事がある。
税と言ってもそれはお金だけではなく、村の産業構造によって農作物や特産品での物納の場合もあるため、徴税官の手間を省くために国から委託されるのだ。
但し、商人の税金に関してはこれとは別扱いになり、商売の規模や店のある場所の人口などから決まる額を、毎年一回、定額で納める事になる。
私たち錬金術師に関しても基本的にはそれと同じなのだが、錬金術師の場合はもう少し細かく、売り上げに応じた額を計算して納めないといけない。
まぁ、自己申告なのである程度はごまかせるんだけど。
虚偽申告は一応犯罪だし、利益率と税率を考えれば罪を犯してまでごまかす人は少数だろう。
ただし、「記録するのが面倒くさい、税を増やしても良いから楽にしろ」と師匠には不評だった。
「ま、腐っても村長だ。顔は広いから、困ったときにちょっとは役に立つさね。挨拶しておいて損は無いさ」
「はぁ......」
そんな適当な感じで良いんだ?
「おいおい、エルズ。そんな言い方は酷いんじゃないかのぅ」
そんな話をしながら村長の家の前まで来たところ、家の裏から出てきたお爺さんがそんなことを言いながら近づいてきた。
ってことは、この人が村長?
「おや、爺さま、聞いていたのかい」
聞かれたらマズいんじゃ、と思った私に対し、エルズさんは悪びれる様子もなく、あっさりとそう言葉を返した。
「昔は可愛かったエルズちゃんが、こんなになってしもうて......」
「『ちゃん』とか言うんじゃないよ! これだから爺さまは。こちら、あの店に越してきた錬金術師のサラサちゃんだよ」
「初めまして。錬金術師のサラサと申します。これからこの村で暮らしていきますので、よろしくお願いします」
エルズさんの紹介に合わせて、私が慌ててぺこりと頭を下げると、村長は気安げに手を振った。
「ほっほっほ。そう畏まることはない。錬金術師は超
「いえ、そんな......私なんてまだまだ若輩者で......」
「はい、ありがとうございます」
けど実際、確かに村長の言うことは間違ってない。
医者のいない小さな村では、錬金術師の有無は結構死活問題だったりする。
どんな初心者の錬金術師でも、ある程度の
下手をするとそのへんの医者よりも、錬金術師の方が信用があるくらい。
まぁ、だからといって傲慢になったりしたら村八分必至なので、謙虚に行きますよ、謙虚にね。
それから少しの間、村長にエルズさんを交えて、村で暮らす上で知っていた方が良いことなどを聞いた私は、まだ話し足りなさそうな村長に「家がまだ片付いていないから」と伝えてその場を辞去した。
もちろん必要な情報もあったのだが、話した内容の八割は雑談だった。
村長って、実は暇なのかな?
エルズさんも仕事が無いって言ってたし。
「さて! やることは多いし、サクサク片づけないとね!」
雑貨屋で受け取ってきた諸々は取りあえず部屋の隅に置いておき、まずは洗濯。
風呂場に移動して、旅の間に貯まった洗濯物を、買ってきた桶の中に放り込んで洗う。
釣瓶は買ってきたのだが、面倒くさいので、水は魔法を使って出した。
......うん、実は私だけなら、井戸を使わなくても結構なんとかなるんだよね。
釣瓶を使って水を汲むと体力を消費して、魔法を使って水を出すと魔力を消費するという違いはあるけど、私に関して言えば、後者の方が楽だし。
じゃあ、なんで釣瓶を買ってきたのかと言えば......水を汲めない井戸ってなんかダメじゃない?
まぁ、そんな感覚的な物だけじゃなく、錬金術に使う場合や薬草を育てる場合、
「干す場所は......前庭はダメだよね。魔法を使おう」
店の前に干したら、さすがにみっともないし、裏庭は荒れ放題で洗濯物を干せるような状況じゃない。
気分的には陽光に干したいところだけど、今日のところは、これまた魔法で対処しよう。
洗い終わった服をぎゅっと絞って、綺麗に広げてから魔法で乾燥させていく。
乾燥させる魔法は皺取りなんかしてくれないからね。
洗濯が終わったら、次は掃除。
刻印のおかげでそれほど汚れはないのだが、効果を及ぼさない一部家具の上には埃が積もっている。
私は家中の窓を開け放ち、風系統の初等魔法の『
これ、風系統では最初に覚えるような魔法なんだけど、実は結構難しい。
いや、本来の“ちょっとだけ風を起こす”機能だけなら、本当に簡単。
初等魔法だからね。
ただ、別名の通り、お掃除魔法として使うには、それなりに高度な魔力制御が必須なんだよ。
強くしすぎると必要な物まで吹き飛ばしてしまうので、適度な強さで風をくるくるっと回し、それで集めたホコリを上手く窓の外まで運ばないといけない。
それなりに難しく、魔力制御の練習には最適なので、寮ではこれを使って掃除することは普通に行われていた。
そして、窓から紙やシーツが落ちて行くのはある意味、新年度の風物詩だったりする。
錬金術師に必要なのは強大な魔力ではなく、精緻な魔力操作なので、このくらいのことはできないと、とても卒業なんてできないのだよ、うん。
案外一般の人は、魔術師≠錬金術師ということは認識していても、錬金術師は魔術師でもある、ということは認識していなかったりするんだけどね。
もっとも、錬金術に必要なのは精密な魔力操作なので、魔力が少なくても錬金術師として大成できる。つまり、魔術師ではあるけれど、強いとは限らないのだ。
幸い、私の魔力は魔術師としてやっていける程度には多い――いや、はっきり言えば十分以上に多いのだが、そういった方面の魔法はあまり練習していない。
魔術師になるより、錬金術師の方が安全で儲かるのだから。
その代わりと言っては何だけど、お掃除魔法みたいなちょっと便利な魔法に関しては結構練習して、寮の部屋を掃除するときには大変お世話になりました。
今では紙すら舞わさずに掃除できます。
まぁ、今は何も無いから、そんな精緻な操作は全く不要。
むしろかなり強めに風を部屋中に舞わせ、一気に窓から埃を吐き出させる。
「んーと、おおむね良いかな?」
見た限り、積もっていた埃については無くなっている。
細かいことを言うなら、家中の拭き掃除をするのが良いんだろうけど、面倒なのであとは刻印の機能に期待しよう。
「でも、今日寝る部屋だけは、拭き掃除しておこうか」
ベッドも布団もまだないので、床にマントと毛布で寝ることになる。
野宿だと当たり前でも、さすがに自分の家の中なら少しでも綺麗にしておきたい。
「水と雑巾......あ、雑巾が無いね」
さすがに寮で使っていた物は捨ててきたし、さっき買ってきた、布団用の布を使うのは勿体なさすぎる。
私はリュックの中に手を突っ込んで、持ってきた物を吟味する。
「これはまだ着られる。こっちは......綺麗だから何かに使えるかも。となると、これ......かな?」
取り出したのは一着の服。普段着るにはサイズ的にちょっと厳しくなってしまった服。
そういった服は古着屋に売ったり、他の布製品を作ったり、生地がへたっていたら雑巾にしたりするのだが、この服はちょっと思い出深くて残していたのだ。
あれはそう、私が学校への入学が決まり、寮へ引っ越ししようとしていたときのこと。
入寮の日だからとちょっと良い服を着ていた私に、院長先生が言い放った言葉。
らしいわね。ハレの日なんだから、少し良い服にしたら?』
院長先生としては、奨学金を貰ったのだから、当然服なども孤児院時代とは別の物をそろえていると思っていただけで、全く悪気なく言った言葉。
そして、事実、過去の先輩たちはそうだったらしい。
ただ私は、必需品以外を買うという意識が全くなく、それまで持っていた服の中では良い物を着ていたので、困ってしまった。
でも、さすがに見窄らしいと言われるような服で学校に入るのははばかられたので、急遽院長先生に付き合ってもらって、頑張って揃えた服の一つが、この雑巾候補。
その時は、どうせすぐに大きくなるからと、少しだけ大きめの服を買ったんだけど......。
いやいや、さすがに今は小さくて、もう着られないよ?
一〇歳の時に買った服だもの!
草臥
れているし、とても外には着ていけない。
大丈夫、きちんと成長してる。
同年代の平均ぐらいはきっとある!
......はず?
――そういえば、ロレアさんの年を聞かなかったけど、何歳なんだろう?
「錬金薬で成長薬とかあるのかなぁ?」
も無い事を考えながら、古着を適当にカットして水で濡らし、壁と床を拭いていくのだが、刻印のおかげで大した汚れも無く、それも短時間で終わる。
それでも、その頃にはかなり日が傾いていたので、手早く片付けを終えると、ディラルさんから頂いた物で夕食を簡単に済ませる。
そして、その日は早々に毛布にくるまり、新居での初日を終えたのだった。
「う~~ん、久しぶりによく寝た!」
翌朝、目を覚ました私は思いっきり伸びをして、ふっと力を抜いた。
久しぶりにぐっすり寝たから、気分的には結構すっきり。
寝たのは床の上だったから、少し身体は痛いのだが、旅の間とは違って気を抜いて寝られるだけでも、精神的にはかなり癒やされる。
窓から差し込む日差しも気持ち良いし......。
「でも、改めてみると......この部屋、殺風景だよね」
二階で一番広い部屋だけに、これまで生活してきた寮の部屋と比べても二倍以上広い。
更にその部屋には家具の一つもないんだから、面積以上に広く感じられる。
窓が二カ所付いていて明るい部屋ではあるのだが、その部屋の片隅で毛布にくるまって寝ている私。なんとも微妙な絵面である。
正直、すごく殺風景――いやいや、これは殺風景なのでは無い、アレンジする余地があるのだ、と考えよう。せっかく買った家なのだから!
孤児院の部屋は共同部屋だったし、寮の部屋ではそんな余裕も無かった。
でも、ここなら自分の好きなようにコーディネートができるのだ、お金の許す限り。
そう考えれば、何も無いのも悪くないよね?
「さて、今日はいよいよ工房だよ! むふふふ......」
昨日は入るのを我慢した工房。
自分だけの工房!
この素敵な響き、錬金術師ならきっと共感してくれるよね?
ついつい、口から笑い声がこぼれてしまう。
る心を抑え、朝食は昨日ディラルさんにもらった料理の残りを詰め込み、工房の扉の前に立つ。
「いざっ!」
扉を開けて中に踏み込み、明かりを灯す。
「――おぉぉぉ~~~、くふっ、くふふふっ」
人に訊かれるとまずい感じの声が出てしまった。
でも、仕方ないよ。
スゴいんだもの、この工房!
まずは錬金釜。
これが無いと大半の錬金術は行えないぐらいに重要な道具。
もしかしたら付属していない可能性も考えていたのだが、きちんとあるどころか、そのサイズは私が中に入れそうなほどに大きい。
私が師匠から贈られた錬金術セット(庶民には買えない高級品)に含まれる錬金釜が片手鍋サイズと言えば、どのくらい凄いか解ってもらえるかな?
次にガラス炉。
メインの用途は
の種類によって瓶に使うガラスにも調整が必要だったりするので、他所から瓶を仕入れるとなると、結構面倒なのだ。
他にも細々とした道具に加え、各種素材も置かれていて、他の部屋がスッカラカンだったことに比べてあまりにも充実しているのが不思議なほど――というか、滅茶苦茶不思議。
さすがに師匠の工房ほどじゃないけど、学校出たての錬金術師が使うにはかなり贅沢な工房で、これを揃えるために必要な額を考えると目眩がしそう。
「この家、一万レアだったんだけど......」
当たり前だが、錬金釜一つでも到底一万レアで買えるような物ではない。
それどころか、残っている素材の一部を売るだけで軽く一万レアを越えるだろう。
「実は、すっごいお得だったのかも?」
いや、間違いなくお得。
外見を見たときはガックリきたけど、前に使っていた人はかなり高位の錬金術師だったんじゃないかな?
お爺さんって言ってたけど、どんな人だったんだろう?
錬金術師だからこの部屋の価値が解ってないとは思えない。
......まさか、すっごい瑕疵物件ということはないよね?
王都でも、凄惨な事件の現場となって怨霊が取り憑いたりすると、めちゃくちゃ安くなったりするんだけど......それならエルズさんのあの態度はないか。
少し気にはなるけど、学校が斡旋するんだから、そう変な物件じゃないはず。うん、そう思おう。じゃないと、気になって生活できないし。
「掃除は......そんなに必要なさそうだね」
工房だけに、清掃の刻印の効果を強く設定してあるのか、他の部屋に比べても汚れが少ない。
「あ、そうだ! 錬金術大全を並べないと!」
工房の片隅には、まさに並べてくださいと言わんばかりに本棚が置いてある。と言うか、たぶん並べてたんだろうね、錬金術師だもの!
私は早速、リュックを取ってきて、そこに一冊ずつ錬金術大全を収めていく。
さらに、師匠に貰った道具も綺麗に並べ片づける。
その道具のどれもが学校で使っていたような安物ではなく、並べるだけでも美しい。
「ふふふふ......これこそ、まさに錬金術師の工房! 最・高!」
変人と言う無かれ!
やや変則的だったけど、自分のお店と工房を持つのは錬金術師にとって一つの到達点なのだ。
嬉しいのはしょうがないのだ!
含み笑いどころか、高笑いしたいぐらい、私は今、ハイになっている!
「ふふふ、最初は何を作ろうかな?」
足取りも軽く工房の中を歩き回り、道具を一つ一つ手に取って眺める。
こういう状況だと、すぐに使ってみたくなる。
当然だよね?
「う~ん......、あ! あれなら今の状況にちょうど良いね!」
私は自室に駆け戻り、昨日買った布を持ってくると、それを錬金釜にまとめて突っ込む。
上下の布団を作るため、かなり余裕を持って買った布だけど、この錬金釜なら一度に入る。
さすがに手持ちの錬金釜《片手鍋》だとこの作業は無理があるので、この工房を手に入れて最初に作るには、きっとふさわしい。
以前作った時のことを思い出し、錬金釜の中に水といくつかの素材を入れて薬液を作り、魔力炉に火を入れてかき混ぜながら熱していく。
“火”と言っても実際に薪に火を着けて錬金釜を熱するわけではなく、魔力を注ぐだけなのだが、錬金釜のサイズが大きいだけに消費する魔力が結構多い。
魔力の多い私でも結構疲れる。
それを考えると、錬金術師の半数程度はこのサイズの錬金釜は使えないんじゃないかなぁ?
魔力炉と錬金釜、その両方に魔力を注ぐ必要があるわけで。
そのまま三〇分ほど煮詰めたら、魔力炉の火を落とし、その上から錬金釜を降ろし......降ろし......降、ろ、しっ!
「しまった、重すぎて降ろせない......」
えた錬金釜の重さは想像以上だった。
いや、想像不足だった、だね。
私が入れるような金属製の釜、それに水をたっぷり入れれば、その重量が数百キロを超えるのは当然のことだった。
7 007 Greetings (2)
Finish your lunch and take a breath.
I'd love to take it more slowly if I had the time, but after this I can't even relax very much because I'm waiting to say hello to the village chief.
Besides, I'd like to clean the house a little before sundown.
"Welcome, Mr. Dilal."
"Aye, crude lady. Oh, wait a minute!
Mr. Dilal, who stopped me from leaving the store, once in the kitchen, came back with a pot and a bag.
"Take him home. You're moving, you're not cleaning up the house, are you?
"Oh, but..."
"I won't hesitate! Come on, come on!"
When I glanced at Mr. Elles, he nodded, "Take it, so I can push it in half and take it."
"Thank you"
"Ha ha, because the countryside needs help. That bread, we sell it in the morning, so it's a hassle to bake it yourself, if you like it, come buy it."
"Yes, I understand"
I know how to bake bread myself, and I've done it before.
But the mindset is the level of help in the orphanage.
Meals came out in school dorms, so I've never made them in the last few years.
Honestly, I don't think I can make anything tastier than the bread I just ate, so I think it's more likely that I'll take care of you.
"Ma, even if you don't like it, there's nothing else you can buy in this village but hard-baked bread from the grocery store! I mostly buy troublesome retreats here."
"What are you talking about! Even you sometimes say," I forgot to plant it! 'Cause you're running in!
That said, when Mr. Elles mixes it up, Mr. Dillall's flat hand bursts into the bassin and back.
Um, this is normal.
Should I work out my body?
"Come on, let's go. Your daughter's busy too, isn't she?
"Ah, yes. Thank you, Dilal."
"Aye!
Again, we left the dining room thanking Mr. Dilal, all the way to the village chief's house... of, before, Elles had a moment to wait and rushed back to the house once.
It's not good to go say hello, but keep the pan in your hand, is it?
"Um, what kind of a village chief are you?
If you are a difficult person, you are a formidable enemy to me because I have little experience with people.
"Hmm, you're a pretty old grandpa already. I'm a little jerked off, but I'm not going to get tired of it yet."
"... are you scared?
"Huh? Oh, it's okay! Because he's a laid-back grandfather."
"Oh yeah!
Good for you!
Sarasa, great victory!
No, it took a little despair when I came to this village, but not a pretty good one?
Maybe thanks to Mr. Elles' introduction, but they're all nice to me for being a lousy mouth.
It's easiest to live!
See, that's the village chief's house.
What Mr. Elles points to ahead is an ordinary private house.
It is neither extra large nor luxurious compared to other houses.
Locally, it's near the center of the village, but if you don't tell me, you don't realize it's the village chief's house, this is...
"In this village, I don't think Sarasa has much to do with it, because she only has about a tax collection."
"Perhaps."
Although the tasks required of village chiefs vary from village to village, tasks ordered by the state may include collecting village taxes and handing them over to tax collectors.
When it comes to taxes, it's not just about money, it's also about storage in crops and specialties depending on the industrial structure of the village, so it's commissioned by the state to save the tax collectors time.
However, the tax on merchants will be treated differently, and the amount determined by the size of the business, the population of the location of the store, etc. will be paid once a year at a flat rate.
It's basically the same with us alchemists, but in the case of alchemists, we have to calculate and pay the amount according to the sales.
Well, it's self-declared, so I'm gonna deceive you to some extent.
False declarations are a crime for once, and given the profit and tax rates, there will be a small number of people who deceive until they commit a crime.
However, "It's a pain in the ass to record, make it easier because you can increase taxes," the master was disapproved.
"He's a village chief, even if he rots. Your face is huge, so it helps a little when you're in trouble. It doesn't hurt to say hello."
"Ha..."
Is that how it feels right?
"Come on, Elles. Isn't that a terrible way to say it?"
I came all the way to the village chief's house talking about that, and my grandfather, who came out of the back of the house, approached me saying that.
So this guy's the village chief?
"Oh, Grandpa, were you listening?"
When he asked me, I thought it would be a bad idea, and Mr. Elles didn't look bad, so I returned the words.
"Elles, who used to be cute, could have been so..."
"Don't say 'honey' or anything! This is why Grandpa is here. This is Sarasa, the alchemist who came to the store."
"Nice to meet you. My name is Sarasa, and I'm an alchemist. I'm going to live in this village, thank you."
As I panicked and lowered my head to coincide with Mr. Elles' introduction, the village chief waved at ease.
"Ho ho ho. I won't be so afraid. Alchemist is super eri and (...) Later. You're welcome to come to our village."
"No, no... I'm still a young man..."
"Yes, thank you"
But in fact, the village chief is certainly not wrong.
In small villages without doctors, the presence or absence of alchemists can be quite a dead and alive issue.
Any novice alchemist can definitely make some smelting drug Potion, as well as medical knowledge.
So much so that the alchemist has more credibility than the doctor in that area when he does poorly.
Well, if that's why you get arrogant, it's imperative for Village Eight, so I'll go humbly, humbly.
Then for a little while I turned over Mr. Elles to the village chief and asked him what he would have known better about living in the village, etc., and I quit the place by telling the village chief that I didn't seem to have enough to talk about yet "because the house has not been cleaned up yet".
Of course, I had the information I needed, but 80% of what I talked about was chatter.
Is the village chief actually free?
Mr. Elles said he didn't have a job.
"Well! I have a lot to do, and I need to get rid of it crisp!
Leave all the stuff I've received at the grocery store in the corner of the room for now, laundry first.
Move to the bathroom and throw the laundry you saved during your journey into the bucket you bought and wash it.
I bought a fishing bottle, but it's a pain in the ass, so the water used magic to get it out.
... Yeah, actually, if it's just me, you don't have to use the well to figure it out.
There is a difference between using a fishing bottle to draw water consumes strength, and using magic to get water out consumes magic, but when it comes to me, the latter is easier.
Then why did you buy a fishing bottle... what kind of well can't draw water?
Well, not only is it such a sensory object, but sometimes it is more desirable if you use it for alchemy, if you grow herbs, if you treat it using the smelting drug Potion, etc., because it is not magically served water, so you need it.
"There's a place to dry... no vestibule, right? Let's use magic."
If I dried it in front of the store, it would be just lame, and the backyard is not rough enough to dry the laundry all you want.
I feel like I just want to dry out into the sun, but for today, let's deal with this magically again.
Squeeze the washed clothes tightly, spreading them clean and then magically drying them out.
The magic of drying won't remove wrinkles.
When the laundry is done, clean up next.
It's not that dirty thanks to the engraving, but there's dust on some furniture that doesn't work.
I opened the windows of the house and cast the primary magic 'Breeze' of the wind system, also known as cleaning magic.
This, in the wind system, is the first kind of magic I can remember, but it's actually quite difficult.
No, if it's just the original "just a little wind" feature, it's really easy.
Because it's elementary magic.
However, as is also known, it requires a lot of advanced magic control to be used as cleaning magic.
If you make it too strong, it will blow up to what you need, so you have to turn the wind all the way around with moderate strength and then successfully carry the dust collected out the window.
It is quite difficult and is ideal for practicing magic control, so cleaning with this was normally done in the dorm.
And it can be a new year's festive poem, in a sense, for paper and sheets to fall out the window.
What an alchemist needs is not mighty magic, but elaborate magic manipulation, so if you can't do this much, you can't graduate very much, yeah.
The general public may not recognize that magicians  alchemists are also magicians, even though they recognize them.
Most importantly, what is needed for alchemy is precise magic manipulation, so I can be an alchemist even with less magic. I mean, he's a magician, but he's not always strong.
Fortunately, my magic is a lot to the extent that I can do it as a mage - no, clearly, it's more than enough, but I don't practice that kind of magic much.
Because alchemists are safer and more profitable than magicians.
I don't know what to say instead, but I practiced quite a bit when it comes to some handy magic like cleaning magic, and I took great care of it when cleaning dorm rooms.
Now you can clean without even dancing paper.
Well, there's nothing right now, so there's no need for such elaborate manipulation at all.
Instead, let the wind dance all over the room pretty strongly and let the dust spit out the window at once.
"Um, roughly good?
From what I've seen, there's no more dust on it.
If you want to say the details, it would be a good idea to clean the wipes in the house, but since it's a hassle, let's hope for the rest of the engraving features.
"But just the room I'm going to sleep in today, let's clean it up"
I don't have a bed or a futon yet, so I'll be sleeping on the floor with a cape and a blanket.
Even if it's obvious that it's a wild lodge, I just want to keep it a little clean in my own house.
"Water and rags... oh, you don't have a rag"
I've just thrown away what I used in the dorm, and I just bought it, and it's too much for me to use a cloth for futon.
I stick my hand in my backpack and indulge in what I bring.
"I can still wear this. This one... it's beautiful, so maybe I can use it for something. So this...?
What I took out was a piece of clothing. Clothes that have gotten a little tight in size to wear normally.
I would sell these clothes to an old clothing store, make other cloth products, and if the fabric was rags, they were a little memorable and left behind.
That was when, yes, I decided to enroll in school and was about to move to the dorm.
Words the dean said away to me in a bit of good clothes because it was dorm day.
Sounds a little narrow to me, Misubo. It's Halle Day, so why don't you get some good clothes?
As a dean, I got a scholarship, so naturally I just thought clothes and other things were different from the time of the orphanage, words I said without offense at all.
And the fact is, the seniors of the past seem to have been.
I just got in trouble because I was completely unconscious of buying anything but essentials and wore good things in the clothes I had until then.
But it's been a long time since I got into school with clothes that just seem to be narrow to look at, so I quickly had Dean hang out with me, and one of the clothes I worked so hard to fit is this rag candidate.
At that time, I bought clothes that were just a little bigger because they would grow up soon anyway...
No, no, it's just so small right now, you can't wear it anymore, can you?
The clothes I bought when I was ten!
Instead, I don't think I can handle sleeping clothes. Never.
It's pretty grassy "every time" and I can't wear it outside very much.
It's okay, it's growing properly.
I'm sure there are about the same age averages!
... should?
- Speaking of which, I didn't ask about Mr. Lorea's age, but how old are you?
"I wonder if there's a growth drug or something with alchemy drugs?
The old clothes are cut appropriately and wet with water, and the walls and floors are wiped, even though there is no great stain thanks to the engraving, which ends in a short time.
Still, by then, the sun was quite tilted, so when I finished cleaning up quickly, I would make dinner easy with what Mr. Dilal gave me.
And he wrapped up in a blanket early that day, finishing his first day at his new home.
"Uh-huh, haven't slept well in a while!
The next morning, I woke up stretched out as much as I wanted, and I lost all my strength.
I haven't slept well in a long time, so I feel pretty neat.
It was on the floor that I slept, so my body hurts a little, but unlike during my journey, I'm pretty healed mentally, even if I can just sleep distracted.
The sun plugging through the window feels good too......
"But again... this room, it's a killing scene, right?"
Only the biggest room upstairs is more than twice the size of the dorm room you've ever lived in.
Furthermore, there is not a single piece of furniture in the room, so it feels bigger than the area.
It's a bright room with two windows, but me sleeping around in a blanket in the corner of that room. What a subtle picture.
Honestly, it's a killer landscape - no, no, let's think this isn't a killer landscape, there's room to arrange it. Because it's a house I bought!
The orphanage room was a common room, and there was no room for that in the dorm room.
But I can coordinate as much as I want here, as money permits.
If you think about it, it's not bad to have nothing, is it?
"Well, we're finally at the workshop today! Hmmm......"
Workshop I put up with entering yesterday.
My own workshop!
This lovely sound, an alchemist would surely empathize, wouldn't he?
Stick around, laughter spills out of your mouth.
Yi "Hayaru" suppresses his mind, and the breakfast packs the rest of the dish that Mr. Dilal received yesterday and stands in front of the workshop door.
"No!"
Open the door, step inside, and light the light.
"- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa."
When people asked me, I got a bad feeling.
But I don't have a choice.
Awesome stuff, this workshop!
Alchemy cauldron first.
Tools so important that most alchemy cannot be performed without this.
Maybe I was also thinking about the possibility that it didn't come with it, but instead of being decent, its size is big enough that I'm likely to get it inside.
If the alchemy cauldron contained in the alchemy set (a luxury item that ordinary people cannot buy) that I was given by my master is a one-handed pot size, can you figure out how awesome it is?
Next, a glass furnace.
The main use is to make medicine bottles for the smelting drug Potion, but the presence or absence of this is quite important.
Because the glass used in the bottle may also need to be adjusted depending on the type of smelting drug "potion", purchasing the bottle from elsewhere is quite a hassle.
In addition to other fine tools, various materials are also placed, so strangely that they are too full compared to the fact that the other rooms were suckalakan - or a tear away wonder.
That's not as good as the master's workshop, but it's a pretty luxurious workshop for freshly out of school alchemists to use, and I'm going to be dazzled considering the amount of money I need to get this all together.
"This house was 10,000 rare..."
It's obvious, but not even a single alchemy kettle can be bought for 10,000 rare.
On the contrary, just selling some of the remaining material would lightly exceed 10,000 rare.
"Actually, maybe it was a great deal?
No, definitely a good deal.
I was startled when I saw the look, but I guess the guy I used before was a pretty high-ranking alchemist?
He said he was a grandfather, but what was he like?
I don't think you understand the value of this room because you're an alchemist.
... No way, there's no such thing as a sooo flawed property, is there?
Even in Wang Du, if it becomes the scene of a tragic incident and the grudging spirits possess it, it can be so cheap... then does Mr. Elles have that attitude?
I'm a little concerned, but the school mediates, so it shouldn't be such a weird property. Yeah, let's think so. Otherwise, I can't live with it because I care.
"Cleaning seems so necessary."
Only in the workshop, is the effect of the engraving of the cleaning strongly set or less dirty than in other rooms.
"Oh, yeah! We need to line up all the alchemy!
In one corner of the workshop, there is a bookshelf just to ask you to line it up. Or maybe they were lining up, something that's an alchemist!
I quickly get my backpack and put away all my alchemy there one book at a time.
Plus, I can clean up the tools my master gave me.
None of those tools are as cheap as they were used in school, just beautiful to line up.
"Hehe hehe... this is exactly the alchemist's workshop! Highest!
I'm not a freak!
It was somewhat anomalous, but having your own shop and workshop is one reach for alchemists.
I can't help but be happy!
Instead of laughing, as much as I want to laugh, I'm getting high now!
"Hehe, what shall we make at first?
Walk around the workshop lightly, taking the tools one by one and looking at them.
This kind of situation makes me want to try it right away.
Naturally, right?
"Uh-huh......, ah! That would be just right for the situation!
I run back to my room and when I bring the cloth I bought yesterday, I stick it together in an alchemy kettle.
I bought a cloth quite sparingly to make a futon up and down, but this alchemy kettle would go in at once.
This task cannot be done if it is just the "one-handed pot" of a hand-held alchemy kettle, so it must be appropriate to get this workshop and make it first.
I remember when I made it before, I put water and some ingredients in the alchemy kettle to make the drug solution, put fire in the magic furnace and heat it as I stir.
Saying "fire" doesn't actually light firewood and heat the alchemy kettle, it just pours magic, but it consumes quite a bit of magic just because the size of the alchemy kettle is large.
Even I'm quite tired with a lot of magic.
Considering that, I wonder if about half the alchemists wouldn't be able to use this size alchemy kettle?
We need to instill magic in both the Magic Furnace and the Alchemy Cauldron.
Once boiled as it is for about thirty minutes, drop the fire of the magic furnace and unload the alchemy kettle from above...... unload...... drop, rock, shih!
"Shit, it's too heavy to get me down..."
The weight of the Alchemy Cauldron was more than I could have imagined.
No, it was unimaginable, right?
A metal cauldron like the one I would put in, with plenty of water in it, it was only natural for its weight to exceed a few hundred kilograms.
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