As we continue arguing like that, we go back to the inn.
“Ah, all three of you, welcome back.”
Then Yumina, wearing an apron, greeted us.
A charm, like a mass of motherhood, that makes you want to have a hug and be spoiled right away, was there on her.
“Damn it! This motherhood, cause us to derail……!”
“Exactly, a useless man manufacturing machine, right……!”
“…… Well, I don’t know about that.”
“……………?”
We each lay down on the sofa or bed and started doing what we liked.
Leafa and Frey were in manga.
I think about what I’m going to take with my ten skill points.
When I was doing such a thing, it became dark outside of the window before I knew it.
“I’m getting hungry.”
“I, want to eat delicious meat today!”
“Umu! We’ve only had corns these past few days! I want to eat meat too!”
When we were so excited, Yumina came out of the kitchen.
“Fufu, I understand. Today I’m going to use my skill to cook delicious meat dishes. Please look forward to it.”
““Eh?””
At that moment, I and Leafa cried out at the same time.
It was a thoughtless remark.
It was too late, but in this situation, we want to eat delicious meat dishes outside.
Or maybe I should have said that I, Leafa, or Frey would make the delicious meat dishes.
In our remarks just now, it makes us want Yumina to cook a delicious meat dish.
It wouldn’t be strange for her to perceive that way.
Me and Leafa were flustered.
Yumina’s home cooking.
That skill of her had already reached the point of murder, to say the least.
At first, I thought she was just not used to it, but Yumina didn’t have the talent for cooking in the first place.
Every time she cooks, it gets worse for some reason.
Of course, the food she cooked wasn’t burnt like she did at the beginning, it just looked better, but it was already hopeless when it came to its taste.
Moreover, the motivation of the person himself is even worse.
“Yu, Yumina. As I thought I’m, fine with grilled corn today.”
“I, I’m good with grilled corn too, just like Katou.”
Because Leafa and I have already experienced the dreadfulness of Yumina’s home cooking, we say that the large amount of corn we received from the innkeeper is fine.
However.
“What are you saying, milord and the other! Yumina says that she’s going to go out of her way to cook a homemade food! Besides, it’s all just grilled corn these days! It’s true that grilled corn may be delicious, but if it’s grilled corn every day, you can’t put any strength into your body!”
Unfortunately, Frey hadn’t experienced it yet.
No, she may have been too lucky until now.
Frey might be worried about our bodies, but no it’s nay, what a sinful thing ignorance is.
“No, but ……”
“Yup……”
Frey seemed to have finally run out of sensibility towards us who were further hesitating.
“Mou~ fine! Yumina. If this is the case, let’s make such a delicious dish that will make them say that it’s good! I will cooperate too! It’s too late for both of you to regret it! Even if you say that you want to eat it later, I won’t let you eat it!”
“Fufu, thank you Frey. Let’s cook a delicious food together.”
When the two said so, they headed to the kitchen.
““…………””
Me and Leafa, silently saluted to Frey’s back.
I can hear the happy voices of the two from the kitchen, but in just a few minutes, Frey’s voice, which seemed to be joyful, were mixed with anxiety and fear.
“Yu, Yumina. Just because it’s a little salty, do you think that it’s a good idea to add sugar?”
“Is that right? Isn’t it possible for it to neutralize it? “
“” ………… “”
“Yu, Yumina! Don’t wash the meat with detergent! Didn’t you learn from your mother!?”
“Eh? But it’s sticky, and it has to be clean.”
“” ………… “”
“Yu, Yumina! That’s not it at all! All that is! Yu, Yuminaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!”
Frey’s scream, echoed in the kitchen.
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When the death banquet is over, Frey was lying on the floor with her eyes wide open.
As expected, of Frey.
She lived well and endured that hell.
I thought I’d stroke her on her head, but that’s not the case right now.
Yumina said that she’s going to shop for a little, and is now away from the inn.
Now was the perfect time to hold a strategy meeting.
“Just a minute, Katou! You should do something about this!”
Leafa shook my shoulders, and drew so close to me.
Then Frey grabbed my leg as if she was hitching a ride on it in a sorry state.
“That’s right, Milord! At this rate, we will be killed by Yumina!”
“…………”
That’s an overstatement.
It’s just, I’m afraid of the reality that I couldn’t say.
Certainly, as the two of them said.
At this rate, we may be killed by Yumina, and that’s not an allegorical expression.
“…… I get it. I don’t want to die yet. I’m, going to work seriously from tomorrow on!”
“Katou!”
“Lord!”
The three of us hug each other.
“We, will do our best to survive ……!”
“I’ll cooperate too! I’ll cooperate with you, even if you’re a hawker!”
“I too am! I will spare no effort in cooperating!”
In this way, our bond has become stronger than before.
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–––– After several hours.
It’s already late at night, so I was lying on the sofa thinking about tomorrow’s work.
I wonder where would be good to work.
As I thought, is it good for me, who has a part-time job experience, to work at a restaurant?
I think it’s because of the card I received from the goddess, but I can easily understand the letters and words in this world, so I won’t have any trouble with the menu.
Perhaps there’s something useful about the menu in that world.
“…………”
Thinking about that, I suddenly took out my skill card..
It’s not that I have some regret, but I’m sure that if it was another world reincarnated person or a transferee, they’re probably using cheats to hunt for strong monsters by now.
I envy them as much.
“…………”
Well, I had no connection with it, that’s all there is to it.
I told myself so, and put the blanket over my head.
Then, it was at that time.
The voice of the login bonus, echoed in my head.
【Congratulations. Seventh day login bonus, skill “Alchemy” has been acquired】
“Tsu!?”
I jumped out of the sofa.
I hurry up and check my skill card.
Of course, I should check my possessed skill column, which should be blank.
Then, 『Alchemy』 was written there.
“Alchemy it cameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
While suppressing my voice, I noticed that I was in a guts pose.
It was at this timing, when I have given up my adventure in another world halfway.
There is no reason not to be happy.
I manage to suppress the excitement which I want to shout out, and check my skill card again.
“Alright! Alright! Alright!”
It was the most excitement I’ve ever had.
I don’t know if this is a cheat, but to be honest, I don’t care about that.
It doesn’t have to be a cheat.
Even if this is just a normal alchemy, this seemed like a treasure to me.
I am so happy, and even though I was wondering if Yumina and the others would wake up, I repeat my guts pose over and over again.
“Wi,without delay, I’d like to check it now.”
I operate the skill card with my trembling fingertips, and look at the items of the alchemy.
Various items which I might be able to create by alchemy were listed there.
However.
“Hmm. Is this because my level being still low?”
As I finished looking at most of the items, I twisted my neck and said so by myself.
That’s because most of the items are question marks, and are still gray.
If the finished item is gray in this case, the necessary materials are also gray.
Gray is, literally gray, so to speak, only the silhouette of the item is displayed.
I don’t know what I need or what I can make with it.
Well, there are some items that I can understand base from the silhouette, but perhaps alchemy has something like level and proficiency.
If that’s the case, this might be a system that reveals the details of the gray item once I raise its level.
Rather, the moment I get the grayed-out material which has unknown details that was displayed, there must also a pattern to uncover it.
Either way, I can’t stop feeling excited.
This is getting fun.
Let’s go and check the items that are not gray, and can be made at my current level.
“Well, it seems like it’s this at the beginning.”
At this level, all I could create were lower grade potions that have a healing effect.
I take a look at the ingredients needed to make a lower-grade potion.
Then.
Ryuugyoku grass × fresh water
Mythic fruit × fresh water
There seems to be these two patterns in creating a lower-grade potion.
Compared to the royal capital, the market in this town is quite small, but do they really sell these?
Let’s go to the market as soon as morning comes.
I put on the blanket and close my eyes.
But in the end, I couldn’t sleep a wink, so I had no choice but to welcome the morning.
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Early morning.
Including me, three people were heading to the market.
Frey was, at the present time, house-sitting alone at the inn.
Apparently, Frey got really sick by Yumina’s home cooking yesterday.
“So, what are the ingredients needed for a potion?”
Leafa, who was walking next to me, enquires that.
My explanation of the alchemy to Leafa and the others, has already ended at the stage of us having breakfast.
I haven’t elaborated on how I acquired the alchemy skill, but all three of them may have somehow realized that I have a mysterious power.
I didn’t mention anything in particular, and they were immediately convinced.
“E~tto, there are some that use ingredients like the Ryuugyoku grass, and others that use ingredients called the Mythic fruit. Leafa, do you know any of these?”
“Hmm. If it’s the Mythic fruit, then I can normally guess of where they sell it, but I don’t know about the Ryuugyoku grass at all.”
“I see. What about Yumina?”
“I’m the same as Leafa, if it’s the mythic fruit, then I know it. I’ve heard of the Ryuugyoku grass only by its name, but where to get it, that’s a little……”
Well, it’s an unknown land for the both of them. It can’t be helped.
We headed to the market as planned, and first of all, I decided to talk about Ryuugyoku grass.
However.
“Ryuugyoku grass? …… Ah, that herb. Don’t be stupid. That’s impossible. Aside from the old days, if you sell something like that at the market now, you’ll be immediately drag away by the Alchemy Association.”
When I asked the ojii-san in the market about the Ryuugyoku grass, the ojii-san shook his head at us with a completely unpleasant face.
“What’s the Alchemy Association?”
“You don’t know? It’s an institution that sells potion. Potions can only be sold at stores that have a permission that was granted over there. There used to be such a store in this town before. He couldn’t sell much here, so he returned to the royal capital in less than a few months. He was the only alchemist in the city who was qualified to handle Ryuugyoku grass.”
In the ojii-san’s words, I nodded, “I see.”.
In other words, the Alchemy Association is an organization that monopolizes potion sales.
Or rather, you need a qualification to handle Ryuugyoku grass huh.
Maybe it’s like a pufferfish, and there’s poison in some parts of it, and it was perhaps a material that must be handled with care.
I thanked the Ojii-san and decided to look for the next material, the mythic fruit.
Well, Leafa seems to know this one, so I immediately enquire her.
I asked Leafa what was Mythic fruit like.
Then.
“If it’s the Mythic fruit, they probably sell it at that store.”
Saying that, Leafa pointed, to a normal store like a greengrocer, which seems to handle ordinary vegetables.
Well, it’s just a fruit, so it’s not strange for it to be sold at a greengrocer, but are they really selling it at that store?
Yumina wasn’t denying it, so perhaps they’re actually selling it, but anyway, let’s go to that store.
I head towards the store to purchase the mythic fruit.
However, Yumina and Leafa freeze on the spot and did not move.
When I look at their facial expressions to see what’s going on, I found out that they were not very eager.
As expected, it needs qualification to handle the mythic fruit like with the Ryuugyoku grass, it might be such a dangerous thing.
That’s what I think.
“I, don’t like it. That vegetable.”
Leafa said that, and scratched her cheeks awkwardly.
Vegetable?
Hee, mythic fruit was a vegetable hah.
Even so, what’s the danger in it?
When I was thinking about that.
“You too, Leafa? Actually, I too am not good at that …… “
“Yu,Yumina, you’re not good at it?”
Yumina also seemed to be bad at it.
When I looked at the greengrocer again, while thinking that there was something unexpected in that place, I finally noticed, the abnormality of the store there.
“…… No one, is trying to get close to that store?”
Yes, at this time, lively shoppers should be crowded in here.
However, no one tries to approach that store.
Base on I can see, they are avoiding it.
When I headed to the shop while wondering, a customer who seems to be a housewife entered the store at the right time.
What the. I wonder if it’s just, the number of costumers entering were poor.
It was such a heartbreaking cry, as if something was asking for help.
I rush into the store.
Then, I found out what was screaming.
“He,hey! You guys should be reasonable! Yes! A Mythic fruit! That’ll be a hundred Gard! How about it, madam! Since these two are brothers, why don’t you buy another one with its brother?”
“One piece is fine.”
“I, respectfully obey.”
“…………”
I can finally understand, what Yumina and the others mean.
An orange, long, narrow object that continues to cry in front of me.