005 私のお店は......
そして現在、私は古びたお店の前で立ち尽くしていた。
「......はぁ、どうこう言っても仕方ないか。もう来ちゃったんだから、何とかしないと!」
あの時の決意を思い出せ、私!
師匠に恩を......おや? このお店を選んだの、師匠だよね?
――いやいや、師匠もこんな状況とは知らなかったんだし。
でも、就職じゃなくて、お店を買うことを決めたのも......。
――いやいやいや、師匠のことだもの。きっと私を思ってのことだよ! うん、きっとそうに違いない。そうでないと心が折れそう......。
「と、とりあえず、状況の確認からだよね!」
気を取り直した私は、改めてお店の外観を眺める。
確かに看板は傾いて今にも落ちそうだけど......よく見ると、家自体はそんなに傷んでないかも?
荒れた庭に朽ちた木の柵、汚れで中の見えない窓ガラスのせいで
扉や窓もしっかりしているし、これは看板を直してお掃除さえすれば、結構悪くない物件かもしれない。
「うん! よし! ちょっとやる気出てきた! まずは中に入ってみるかな」
ポケットから鍵を取り出し、草を踏み分けて扉に向かおうとしたところで足を止める。
「これって......薬草じゃない?」
それをよく観察してみると、錬金術の素材となる薬草がポツポツと生えている。
そういえば、薬草畑が付いているんだよね、この家。
そこから種が飛んできたのかもしれない。
ほとんどはただの雑草だけど、薬草を踏まないように歩くのも難しい、なんとも微妙な割合。
路地以外にも生えているのだから、無視して踏み分けて行っても良いんだけど、私から見れば小銭が転がっているようなもの。
貧乏性な私が、小銭を踏みつけて歩くことができようか!?
「......回収、回収」
家に入るのは少し保留にして、ひとまず路地の薬草回収を始める私。
人一人が歩ける範囲の草を抜いていく。
きながら、引き抜いた草を分類して積む。
薬草一本一本は大した額じゃないけど、このまま扉の所まで回収していけば、下手すると庶民の一日分の収入ぐらいにはなるかもしれない。
もっとも、すぐに処理しないと価値が落ちるから、錬金術師だからこそ価値があるんだけどね。
ひたすら草抜きをすること暫し。
「あら、お嬢ちゃん。何しているんだい?」
扉まで後半分ほどという所まで来た時、不意に後ろから声を掛けられた。
客観的に私の状況を見ると......空き家の前で、見たことの無い小娘が、ブツブツ言いながらひたすら草抜き。
うん、ちょっと怪しいね!
こういう小さな村って、すこし閉鎖的なところがあると聞いたことがあるし、もしかして私、かなり不審に思われてる!?
「そのお店に用事......ともちょっと違うようだけど、そのお店はずっと前に閉店してるよ?」
「いえ! 違うんです! ここ、私の家! です。この家を買って引っ越してきたんです!」
しげに言うおばさんに私は慌てて否定した。
閉鎖的なコミュニティに入るには、第一印象がとっても大事!
学校なら孤立していても問題なかったけど、ここで生活していく以上、ご近所さん達とは仲良くしないと!
おばさんネットワークはバカにできないから、私は慣れない笑顔を必死に浮かべて挨拶をした。
「買った? と言うことは、お嬢ちゃんは錬金術師様!?」
「は、はい! まだ新米ですけど、錬金術師です! サラサと言います」
「まぁまぁ。あたしはここの隣に住んでるエルズってもんだよ。ってもちょっと離れてるけど、何かあったらいつでも来ておくれ」
おばさん――エルズさんは店の左手の方を指さしながら、ニッコリと笑って応えてくれた。
よかった、ファーストコンタクトは取りあえず及第点、だよね?
もちろん、怪しい草抜き場面を見られたことは、頭の隅に放り投げておく。
「しかし、またウチの村にも錬金術のお店ができるんだね。ちょっと不便だったから助かるよ! 頑張っとくれ!」
「はい、ありがとうございます。......ところで、このお店、何で閉店したかご存じですか?」
経営不振とかだと、色々考えないといけない。
師匠への素材の卸しだけでも最低限の生活はできそうだけど、錬金術師としてそれだけじゃ、ね。
「あぁ、この店は高齢の爺さんがやってたんだけど、腰をやっちまってね。心配した息子が連れに来たんだよ。だから客の心配はそんなに要らないと思うよ?」
小さい村だから、あんまり需要が無さそうなんだけど。
そんな私の気持ちが伝わったのか、エルズさんは苦笑しながら言う。
は必要不可欠だからねぇ。それに、この村は樹海に入る採集者たちが結構滞在してるから、そいつら向けの薬を置けば店は安泰さ。買い取りもすりゃ良い稼ぎになるんじゃないかい?」
“採集者”とは、大樹海などの各種錬金関連素材が採取できる場所に
そういった場所は一般的に危険性が高く、必然的に怪我なども多くなる。
そのため、採集者は錬金術師にとって素材の供給源であると共に顧客でもあるのだ。
「採集者がいるのはありがたいですが、買い取りについては状況を見て追々でしょうか。買い取っても販売先やここからの輸送も考えないといけないですし......」
「そうなのかい? おばさん、そういった錬金術の商売のことは解らないからねぇ」
ここのように産地の近くで安く素材が入手できるのはある意味当然としても、それを安易に買い取っていては早晩破綻する。
まず買い取った物を、そのまま保存できることはあまりない。
放置しておけば、腐ってしまったりして使い物にならなくなるので、長期保存できるように下処理が必要となる。
それをするのは当然私なので、処理できる量以上に買い取ってしまっては廃棄が発生してしまう。
更に販売先まで輸送コスト、売れ残りや輸送時の破損による損失なども考慮した上で値段を付けて購入しないといけない。
――と、師匠のくれた冊子に書いてあった。
各種素材の王都での販売価格や仕入れ価格の表まで付いていたのだけど、その価格を単純に参考にするだけだとすぐに赤字になるぞ、と注意書きが。
「買い取りはともかく、店の方はいつ開店する予定なんだい?」
「えっと、お掃除して、準備してだから......一週間ぐらいでしょうか」
まだ中を見てないのではっきりとは言えないけど、まだ商品を作っていないのでそのくらいはかかると思う。
「そうかい、そうかい。何か手伝えることがあったら言っとくれ」
やかにそう言うエルズさんに、私は再び頭を下げた。
エルズさんを見送った後、草抜きを再開した私は、慣れてきたこともあり、程なく扉まで辿り着いた。
ポケットから取り出した鍵を鍵穴に差し込んで回すと、軽い音と共に鍵が開き、扉が開いた。
「......思ったよりも、汚れてない、ね?」
かなり埃っぽいことを想像していたのに、案外綺麗な床。
扉を入ったところは店舗スペースらしく棚が並んでいるが、そこにも多少埃が積もっている程度で、中に入った途端、埃が舞い上がるような様子はない。
「そういえば、錬金術師のお店だし、『清掃』の刻印があるのかな?」
そのための方法が『刻印』である。
ただし、錬金釜を使う場合に比べると手順が複雑になる。
簡単な物であれば特殊な塗料で文様を書くだけで作れるが、複雑な物になると複数の
例えば家であれば、部屋や廊下の位置、部屋の使用用途、窓や煙突の有無なども刻印に含めてしまうのだ。
これにより、理論上は都市を丸ごと
まず第一に、効率が悪い。
同じ効果を得ようとするならば、必要とされるコスト、錬金術師の腕共に何倍にもなる。
また、錬金術師による定期的なメンテナンスや魔力の補給なども必要で、現状ではあまり一般的に使われるような技術ではない。
逆に言えば、錬金術師の店なら十分に使う価値があるんだけどね。
「師匠のお店だと、工房の壁にコアがあったんだけど......」
コアとは刻印の基点となる物で、最も重要な部分のことだ。
とはいえ、一度作ってしまえば、後は魔力を注ぐ時ぐらいしか使わないので、適度に邪魔にならない、それでいて魔力注入がやりやすい場所に設置するのが普通。
取りあえず、各部屋の窓を開けて空気を入れ換えながら、コアを探すことにする。
店舗スペースの右奥、カウンターの中にある扉を開けると真っ直ぐに廊下が延びていた。
右側は外に面していて窓があり、左側に扉が四つと二階へと上がる階段、突き当たりにも扉が一つある。
「一つは......ただの部屋。もう一つが、倉庫? 棚があるし。トイレと......残りが工房で、突き当たりが台所か。......あ、ここにコアがある」
階段の下、壁の中に埋め込まれた魔晶石。
一見すると普通の石みたいで何か印があるわけではないが、そこから家全体に魔力が流れているため、錬金術師ならすぐに判る。
「でも、ほとんど切れてるね」
魔晶石から流れ出る魔力は極々微量で、刻印の維持だけで精一杯というレベル。
もう一年もすれば刻印自体が機能停止していたんじゃないかな?
「......取りあえず、めいっぱい注いでおこうっと」
自慢じゃないけど、私、魔力量だけには自信があるんだよね。
たぶん、師匠が採用してくれた理由の一つはこれ。
初級の錬金術だけでは使い切れないので、時々師匠のお店でもコアに魔力供給していたぐらい。
コアに触れて、そっと魔力を流していくと、魔晶石の周りに刻印の文様が浮かび上がってくる。
「うん、やっぱり『清掃』が......あれ? それに『防犯』も含まれてる?」
学校の授業で実習をしただけで、家みたいな大型の刻印を作ったことはないが、習うだけは習っているので読み取ることはできる。
腕の良い錬金術師が作ったのか、かなり複雑な刻印になっているが、メインとして『清掃』、サブとして『防犯』が含まれていることは見て取れた。
若干よく解らない部分もあるが、家主に不利益な物は含まれていないはずなので、どんどん魔力を注ぐ。
「......う~ん、結構、容量があるね」
私の全魔力、そのおおよそ半分程度を注いだところで、いったん手を離す。
これで一杯にならないとか、魔力量に自信を持っていた私としては、なかなかにショックなんだけど......。
錬金術師としては新米だけど、師匠にちょっと呆れられるぐらい魔力はあるんだよ?
「......まぁ、いいか。動作に問題は無いし、ぼちぼち追加していけば」
刻印の機能さえ回復するなら無理して満タンにする必要も無いし、魔力を使い切ると、働く気力も無くなってしまう。
最低限、今日寝る部屋と台所だけはお掃除しておかないとね。
せっかく新しい家に着いたんだから!
二階の部屋は大小合わせて八部屋もあったが、すべての部屋は空っぽ。
一切合切
備え付けの棚みたいに、動かせない物だけが残っている。
近所ならともかく、他の街ともなると大きい家具は運ぶ方が大変だから、知り合いにあげたり、古い家に置いたままにする。
寮の私の部屋に置いていた小さいチェストも、そうやってもらってきた一品。
師匠の知り合いからもらっただけにちょっとした高級品で、お気に入りだったんだけど、さすがに持ち運べないので置いてきたのだ。
処分されると哀しいので、誰か新入生が使ってくれたら良いんだけどね。
......あ、もしかすると、この村にたまたま新婚さんでもいたのかな?
結婚して新居を建てた場合なんかには、こんな風に全部もらっていって、足りない物だけを注文する事があるみたい。
新婚だからと、一気に全部、新品で揃えるなんて、金銭的に大変だからね。
「ちょっと覗いた台所も空っぽだったし......」
テーブルも椅子も一切無かった。
唯一の例外は、錬金工房。
あそこだけは手が付けられていない様子で、むしろ引っ越しの際、何一つ持っていかなかったようにも見える。
ちょっと掃除すれば、明日からでも仕事ができそうなほど。
「まぁ、おかげで掃除が楽、かなぁ......」
家の掃除が格段に楽になるこの刻印だけど、残念ながら弱点もある。
一つはエクステリア――家の外壁や窓、屋根などには効果が出づらいこと。
ちょっとずつしか綺麗にならないから、常に雨風に当たる部分に関しては、追っつかないんだよね。
家具を置いていると、そこに積もった埃や汚れは綺麗ならない。
つまり、現時点で家具がほとんど無いこの家は、数日中にはほぼ綺麗になっている可能性が高かったりする。
「でも、寝る場所も、食事する場所もないんだけどね......」
ベッドやテーブルは買うしか無いけど、この規模の村だと在庫はないよね。
しばらくは毛布だけで寝るしかないかぁ......屋根と壁があるから野宿よりはよっぽどマシだけど。
あと、食事は外食するか、床に座って食べるか。
採集者がいる村だから、食堂の心配が無さそうなのは安心。
ひとまず南側の一番日当たりの良い部屋を自室ということにして、荷物を置き、再度一階へ降りる。
一番気になるのは工房だけど......今入っちゃうと絶対時間を忘れちゃいそうなので、涙をのんで我慢。台所を調べる。
「汚れてないけど......コンロも無い......」
熱源として、庶民の家庭で一般的なのは、薪や炭を使う竈。
それが設置されていない代わりに、この家は錬金術師の家らしく、魔力で動くコンロが設置してあった......みたい。
残っているのは、取り外された痕跡のある土台のみ。
「私にも作れるかな? 確か師匠は『そんなに難しくないぞ』と言ってたよね? 三巻に載っていれば良いんだけど......」
のコンロは師匠のお店でも売っていたので、見たことがある。
買うにはちょっと高いから自作を考えたいところだけど......とりあえずは保留。
いざとなれば裏庭で煮炊きかな?
もしくは、携帯タイプのコンロを買うか......。
「あの扉は裏庭に続くとして、もう一つは......あっ! お風呂! やった、さすが錬金術師!」
を作る時に、身ぎれいにしていないとダメな物もあるので、錬金術師の工房にはお風呂が付いていることが多いのだ。
もちろん、師匠のお店にもあったので、私も何度も使わせてもらっている。
学校にもあったんだけど、時々しか入れなかったんだよね。
まぁ、貴族でもそうそう入れる物じゃないから、仕方ないんだろうけど、私は一度使って以降、すっごく気に入ってるからこれはすごく嬉しい。
水と薪を大量に使うので、普通ならコスト的に大変なのだが、師匠のところではこれを
当然私もそれを目指す。
じゃないととても毎日は入れないからね。
「うわ~、何かすっごくやる気が出てきたよ! 最後は裏庭だね!」
私は気合いを入れ直すと、裏庭へと続く扉を開いた。
――扉の向こうは原生林となっていた。......とまで言うと大げさか。
一応、ここは薬草畑のはずなのに、見た印象としてはただの藪。
家の後ろまで森が迫っているし、申し訳程度に家の周りを囲んでいる柵もかなりの部分が腐って破損している関係上、もうちょっとしたら森と一体化しそう。
唯一安心できるのは、井戸が扉から出てすぐの場所にあり、石を敷いてある部分は草が生えていないことぐらい?
「井戸は大丈夫だよね?」
ゴミが入ったりしないようきっちりとフタがしてあるが、釣瓶などはないため、水は汲めない。
もピンキリなので、これみたいに単に元の素材を丈夫にするだけという物もある。
まぁ、普通は錬金術師に頼むより作り直す方が安いので、一般的には使われないのだが、錬金術師自身は結構便利に使っていたりする。
師匠もお気に入りの食器を
「中は......ちゃんと水もある。釣瓶は買ってこないとね」
よし、大体把握できたかな?
ひとまず必要な家具はベッドとテーブル、椅子。
台所用品は食器と調理器具、場合によっては携帯コンロ。
その他の雑貨として、布団と釣瓶。
今思いつくのはこんな所。
どこで買うべきかは......よし、早速エルズさんに頼ろう。
5 005 My Store Is...
And right now, I was standing up in front of an old store.
"... ha, how can I say this? I'm already here, so we have to do something!
Remember the resolve then, me!
Thanks to my master... oh? You chose this shop, Master, didn't you?
- No, no, no, my master didn't even know about this situation.
But I also decided to buy a store, not get a job...
- No, no, no, it's about the master. You must think of me! Yeah, I'm sure you do. Otherwise it's going to break my heart......
"And for now, it's from checking the situation!
Refreshed, I look at the exterior of the store again.
Sure, the sign is leaning and it's going to fall now... but if you look closely, maybe the house itself isn't that damaged?
It looks like a narrow "misubo" because of a wooden fence decaying in a rough garden and the unseen windows inside with dirt, but the roof is solid, and there is no part that actually collapses even if "crackles" are in the lacquer on the wall.
Doors and windows are solid, and this could be a pretty good property as long as the signs are fixed and cleaned.
"Yeah! Okay! I'm a little motivated! I think I'll go inside first."
Remove the key from your pocket and stop where you tried to step through the grass and head to the door.
"What is this... not a herb?
If you look closely at it, the herbs that make up the alchemy material are growing potatoes.
Speaking of which, it's got a herbal field on it, right, this house?
Maybe the seeds flew from there.
Most of them are just weeds, but it's also difficult to walk away from peddling medicinal herbs, what a subtle percentage.
It grows outside of the alley, so you can ignore it and step aside, but from what I can tell, it's like the change is rolling.
Poor me, can I walk on the change!?
"... collection, collection"
I put a little hold on entering the house, and I start collecting drugs in the alley for once.
Pull out as much grass as each person can walk.
With bumps and whining "Crush Ya," classify and pile the grass you pulled out.
Every bottle of herb is not a big amount, but if we keep collecting it to the door, if we do poorly, it could be about the income of a common man for a day.
It's worth it because I'm an alchemist if I don't process it right away.
Even draining grass temporarily.
"Oh, my lady. What are you doing?
When I came to the door for about half an hour, I was accidentally called from behind.
Looking at my situation objectively...... in front of an empty house, a little girl I've never seen, even grass out as I say bumps.
Yeah, that's a little suspicious!
I've heard there's something so closed about these little villages, and maybe me, they're pretty suspicious!?
"Running errands in that store... seems a little different, but that store closed a long time ago, huh?
"No! It's not! Here, my house!. I bought this house and moved in!
I impatiently denied it to my aunt, who said "a lot".
First impressions are very important to enter a closed community!
I didn't have a problem with being isolated at school, but I need to get along with my neighbors more than just live here!
The aunt network can't be foolish, so I said hello desperately with an unfamiliar smile on my face.
"Bought it? That means your daughter is an alchemist!?"
"Yes! It's still new America, but I'm an alchemist! I say Sarasa."
"Well, well. I live next door to here. I'm Elles. That's a little far away, but you can always come if you need anything."
Auntie - Mr. Elles responded with a smile, pointing to the left hand side of the store.
Good, first contact is the best part, isn't it?
Of course, being seen with a suspicious grass-plugging scene throws it in the corner of your head.
"But you can have an alchemy store in our village again. It was a little inconvenient, that would help! Good luck with that!
"Yes, thank you.... By the way, do you know why this store closed?
Poor management and all that, you have to think about it.
Wholesale material to the master seems like a minimum way to live, but as an alchemist, that's all, right?
"Oh, this store was run by an elderly grandfather, but you got your hips done. I was worried about my son. I don't think that's why you need to worry about your guests so much, do you?
It's a small village, so there doesn't seem to be much demand.
Mr Elles says with a bitter smile that my feelings have been conveyed.
"That's a small village, but we need the smelting drug Potion, so hey. Besides, the village has quite a few collectors staying in the Tree Sea, so if you put medicine for them, the store will be cheap. Wouldn't it make a good fortune to buy it?
"Collectors" are people who go to "Momomo" where various types of alchemy-related materials, such as the Great Tree Sea, can be collected and sold.
Such places are generally more dangerous and inevitably more injuries, etc.
For this reason, collectors are a source of materials for alchemists, as well as customers.
"I appreciate that we have collectors, but will we look at the situation and follow up on the buyout? Even if you buy it, you have to consider the destination and transportation from here..."
"Really? Auntie, I don't know about those alchemy businesses."
Even though it is natural for materials to be cheap to be available near the region of origin like here, it breaks down sooner or later if you are buying it off cheaply.
There's not much you can do to save what you bought first.
If left unattended, it will rot and become useless, thus requiring a downward process so that it can be stored for a long period of time.
It is naturally me who does that, so if I buy more than I can handle, the disposal occurs.
In addition, you have to purchase it at a price that takes into account transportation costs to the destination, losses due to sales surpluses and damage during transport.
- And it was in the booklet my master gave me.
It even came with a table of selling and purchasing prices in Wangdu for all kinds of materials, but there was a caveat that simply referring to that price would result in a deficit as soon as possible.
"Regardless of the purchase, when are the shopkeepers planning to open?
"Uh, clean up, get ready. So... is it a week or so"
I haven't looked inside yet, so I can't say for sure, but I think it will take about that long because I haven't made the product yet.
"Right, right. Tell me if there's anything I can do to help."
I bowed my head again to Mr. Elles, who said so in the Japanese "To Ko".
Having resumed grass drainage after dropping Mr. Elles off, I had gotten used to it and reached the door at short notice.
Inserting and turning the key removed from the pocket into the keyhole, the key opened with a light noise and the door opened.
"... not dirtier than I thought, huh?
Beautiful floors out there, even though I imagined it was pretty dusty.
When I entered the door, the shelves appeared to be lined up like store space, but there was some dust there as well, and as soon as I got inside, the dust didn't appear to rise.
"Speaking of which, it's an alchemist's shop, and there's an engraving for 'Cleaning'?
The method for this is' engraving '.
However, the procedure is more complicated than when using an alchemy kettle.
If it is a simple object, you can simply write the text with a special paint, but when it becomes a complex object, you have to embed multiple smelter "artifacts" in a specific location or change the shape of the object to match the engraving.
For example, in a home, the location of the room or hallway, the use of the room, and the presence or absence of windows or chimneys are also included in the engraving.
This makes it possible, in theory, to turn the city into a whole range of smelter artifacts, but other than the complexity of the procedure, the disadvantages are enormous compared to when using an alchemy kettle.
First and foremost, it's inefficient.
If you try to get the same effect, you multiply the cost required, along with the alchemist's arms.
It also requires regular maintenance and magic replenishment by alchemists, which is not the kind of technology that is very commonly used in the present situation.
Conversely, an alchemist's shop would be well worth using.
"At the master's shop, there was a core on the workshop wall..."
Core is the object on which the engraving is based, the most important part.
Nevertheless, once you make it, you will only use it later about when you inject magic, so it is normal to install it in a place where it is not moderately disturbing and where magic injection is easy to do.
In the meantime, I decide to look for the core as I open the windows in each room to get some air in.
The hallway was straight out when the door in the back right of the store space, inside the counter, was opened.
On the right side, facing out, there is a window, on the left there are four doors and a staircase that goes up to the second floor, and also one door at the penetration.
"One is... just a room. Another one, the warehouse? There's a shelf. The toilet and... the rest is in the workshop, and the rampage is in the kitchen?... Ah, here's the core"
Demonic crystal stone embedded beneath the stairs, inside the walls.
At first glance it looks like a normal stone and it doesn't have any marks, but since there is magic flowing through the whole house from there, an alchemist would know right away.
"But you're almost out."
The magic flowing out of the Demonic Crystal Stone is extremely trace, at the level that it is best served simply by maintaining the engraving.
In another year, the engraving itself would have been out of function, wouldn't it?
"... let's just pour it full"
I'm not proud of you, but I, you're confident in just the amount of magic.
Perhaps one of the reasons my master hired me is this.
I can't use up elementary alchemy alone, so much so that I sometimes magically supplied the core in my master's shop.
Touching the core and gently letting the magic flow, the engraved text emerges around the Demonic Crystal Stone.
"Yeah, I knew 'cleaning' was... that? And that includes" Crime Prevention "?
I just did an internship in school class and have never made a large engraving like home, but I can read it because I'm just learning.
Whether it was made by a well-armed alchemist or rather complex engraving, it was seen to include 'cleaning' as the main one and 'crime prevention' as a sub.
Some parts are slightly less familiar, but the landlord should not contain anything detrimental, so he pours more and more magic.
"... Uh-huh. Fine, you have the capacity."
I just poured all my magic, about half of it, once I let go of my hand.
As for me not being full of this or confident in the amount of magic I had, I'm quite shocked...
As an alchemist, it's a new America, but it's magical enough to be a little spooked by my master, isn't it?
"... well, okay. There's nothing wrong with the behavior, and if you add a blur,"
If even the function of engraving is to be restored, there is no need to force it to become full, and if you use up your magic, you lose your temper to work.
At the very least, I need to clean the room and kitchen where I sleep today.
I just got to my new house!
There were as many as eight upstairs rooms, large and small, but all rooms were empty.
All right, "Come on," Nah. Nothing.
There are only things left that cannot be moved, like a shelf provided.
Regardless of the neighborhood, it is harder to carry large pieces of furniture when it comes to other cities, so I give it to someone I know or leave it in an old house.
The little chest I kept in my room in the dorm, that's the one I've had.
It's just a little luxury stuff I got from a master acquaintance, and it was my favorite, but I just couldn't carry it, so I left it.
It's pathetic when it's disposed of, so I hope someone freshman uses it.
... Oh, maybe he also happened to be a newlywed in this village?
Sometimes when I get married and build a new home, I get it all like this, and I just order the missing stuff.
Because we're newlyweds, and it's hard financially to get it all together, all at once, in a new way.
"The kitchen with a little peek was empty too..."
There was no table or chair.
The only exception is the alchemist.
Only there seems to be no hands on it, rather it looks like I didn't take one with me when I moved.
The more I clean up a bit, the more I'm likely to be able to work tomorrow.
"Well, thanks to you, it's easy to clean, I wonder..."
This engraving makes cleaning the house exceptionally easier, but unfortunately it also has weaknesses.
One is the exterior - that it is difficult to work on the exterior walls, windows, roofs, etc., of the house.
It only cleans up a little bit, so when it comes to the part that always hits the rainstorm, you can't chase it.
When I keep the furniture, the dust and dirt piled up there doesn't get cleaner.
In other words, this house, which has very little furniture at the moment, is likely to be almost clean in a few days.
"But there's no place to sleep, no place to eat..."
I just have to buy beds and tables, but if it's a village of this size, it's not in stock, is it?
I guess I'll just have to sleep on a blanket for a while...... it's better than Nojuku because of the roof and walls.
And do you want to eat out or sit on the floor?
It's a village with gatherers, so don't worry about the dining room.
For one thing, I decided to take the sunniest room on the south side as my own room, put my stuff down and go down to the ground floor again.
My biggest concern is the workshop...... I'm going to definitely lose track of time when I get in now, so tears and patience. Check the kitchen.
"It's not dirty... but there's no stove..."
As a heat source, it is common in common households to use firewood and charcoal.
Instead of that being installed, this house looked like an alchemist's house, with a magically powered stove installed...
All that remains is a foundation with removed traces.
"Can you make it for me too? Surely the master said, 'It's not that hard,' is it? I wish it was on three volumes..."
I have seen the stove of the smelter Artifact because it was also sold in the master's shop.
I just want to think about making my own because it's a bit expensive to buy...... hold off for now.
Cook in the backyard if you have to?
Or buy a mobile type stove......
"As that door leads to the backyard, the other... Ah! Bath! Yay, that's the alchemist!
When creating the smelter Artifact and the smelter Potion, there are some things that need to be cleaned up, so the alchemist's workshop often comes with a bath.
Of course, it was in my master's shop, so I have been allowed to use it again and again.
It was in school, too, but you only let me in sometimes.
Well, even the aristocrats aren't such things to put in, so I guess I can't help it, but I'm so happy with this because I totally like it since I used it once.
I use a lot of water and firewood, so normally it would be very costly, but at my master's place I had solved this with the smelter Artifact.
Naturally I go for it too.
Otherwise, I won't be able to get in every day.
"Wow, something is so motivating! At the end of the day, it's the backyard!
When I regained my temper, I opened the door leading to the backyard.
- Beyond the door was a native forest. Are you exaggerating until...
For once, this is supposed to be a herbal field, but the impression I see is it's just a snag.
The forest is imminent to the rear of the house, and the fence surrounding the house to an extent that I'm sorry, is likely to integrate with the forest in a few moments, due to the fact that a significant part of it is rotten and damaged.
The only thing I can feel safe about is that the well is just outside the door, and the part where the stone is laid is about no grass growing?
"The well's fine, isn't it?
There is a clear lid to prevent debris from entering, but there are no fishing bottles, so water cannot be drawn.
The smelter Artifact is also pinky, so there are things like this that simply make the original material sturdy.
Well, it's usually cheaper to rebuild than to ask an alchemist, so it's not commonly used, but the alchemist himself can use it quite conveniently.
The master had also made his favorite dishes into the smelter Artifact so that they could be removed but not broken and stain-resistant.
"Inside...... some water is decent. I need to get a fishing bottle."
All right, did you get a rough idea?
Beds, tables, and chairs are the first pieces of furniture you need.
Kitchen supplies are dishes and cookware, and in some cases portable stoves.
As other groceries, futons and fishing bottles.
This is what I can think of right now.
Where to buy...... ok, let's rely on Mr. Elles soon.
The Novice Alchemist’s Store
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