When I saw that the vegetation that could be used as ingredients for medicine have become rare, I gave a small sigh
Dangerous beasts and monsters don’t come out around here, so it was convenient as a harvesting point.
But it seems like I’ve been harvesting too much recently; compared to before, the medicinal herbs have been reduced.
Although I have some stock in the medicine room, so it’s not like I need them right now.
“Noela, what do you think I should do?”
“Don’t know.”
She gave an immediate, enthusiastic response.
If it’s been reduced, we just need to increase it, huh…
If I could do alchemy, I could do it in the blink of an eye, I bet.
But how can I increase them?
When I looked downwards as I was troubled, I saw something like a sesame seed at my toes.
[Toorigi grass seed: If raised, it will bloom yellow flowers, leaves, and stems to be used for medicine.]
Hm, hm.
Then, should I try raising it?
When I looked around the area, there were many of the same seeds lying around.
“Noela, can you collect the same thing as this?”
“Seed? Understood, Noela, gather.”
We spent an hour continuing to collect seeds, then returned to the store.
“Huh-? What has happened? Were you unable to harvest anything today?”
When we returned, Mina, who was watching the store, tilted her head in wonder.
“Yeah. It seems I’ve been harvesting a little too much recently, so the number of medicinal herbs have dwindled. And so, this time I thought I’d try cultivating them. These seeds.”
“Ah~ these … But Reiji-san, you’re commendable. Among the brutes who only care about gathering, you properly think about things like this, and you’re even going to raise them yourself.”
“Don’t praise me so much. I was originally taking things for my own convenience, after all.”
“To even be concerned about the forest, how wonderful.”
“Master, wonderful. Commendable.”
Noela stood on her tiptoes and patted my head.
I’m usually on the stroking side, so this is a little embarrassing.
“This seed, are you going to raise it as a potted plant or something? I say, there are a lot of them, ne.”
“That’s true, but I was thinking I could borrow a field from someone. If I raise them a little bit at a time, I won’t be able to catch up with the demand at all.”
“I see. If that’s the case, Alonzo-san seems to have a large field, so it might be good to consult with him.”
Mina is the same as Noela, so she’s our poster girl.
Our two types are the cute beast girl and the cutely healing Mina.
I’m also aware that the neighborhood housewives often gossip with Mina within the store.
That’s why she’s very well-learned about the circumstances in town.
“Reiji-k-un! Hey, Reiji-kun! Help me out.”
This voice is…
Fed up, I turned to look.
Just as I thought, it was Jiral-san.
Ever since then, Jiral-san has been coming here whenever something happens with his girlfriend, Feris-san.
“Another fight? This isn’t a safehouse, though.”
“Don’t say that, Reiji-kun…”
“Ah, good timing, Reiji-san. Alonzo-san is here, you know?”
“Eh? Alonzo-san? Where?”
Even when I looked at the storefront, there wasn’t anyone there.
“Reiji-san, it’s this Jiral-san.”
“Eh… Jiral-san was Alonzo-san?”
“Eh? … Yea, Jiral Alonzo. That’s me.”
The discussion went quickly.
When I explained about the medicinal herb harvesting and raising, Jiral-san readily agreed to it.
“Un, that’s fine! I’m usually being looked after by Reiji-kun, after all.”
“Is it fine for Jiral-san to decide yourself? If you don’t confirm it with the people in your house…”
“Ahahaha, you don’t have to worry. For the record, I’m the head of the Alonzo family.”
“Haa? The head?”
Jiral-san explained for me, who had no idea about the matter at all.
Jiral-san’s Alonzo family is the so-called landlord, and it seems they’re quite well off.
So that’s why he can be flirting with his girlfriend on a weekday…
Having a girlfriend, having money despite not working – -. What a textbook winner at life…
Even after coming to another world, reality is a bastard…
“H,huh…? Reiji-kun, why are you depressed?”
“No, it was just kinda…”
“? And so, we can lend one or two of the leftover fields out to you.”
“But it would be expensive, right? Landlords are people who work the peasants hard in order to suck up the profits, right?
Jiral-san also laughed at this.
“Ahaha, there are also people like that, but I won’t do something awful like that. And besides, I won’t take money from Reiji-kun. It’s fine to use it as you wish.”
“Jiral-san, you’re a little unreliable, but you’re a good person.”
“What are you saying, we’re friends, so it’s a matter of course, right?”
“…”
Friends … . It was the first time it had been said outright to me since I was born.
When I think about it, it isn’t something that’s said a lot.
I’m a bit bewildered, but just a tiny bit happy.
Clapclapclapclap–!
Mina applauds with all her might.
“Thank goodness~! Reiji-san made a friend… Reiji-san only makes medicine, tends the store, or goes to the forest, so I was worried.”
“Master, thank goodness.”
“Today’s a celebration! I will return to make delicious things, so wait for it!”