Together with Iris, I made a textbook picture book about effective treatments for bacteria, viruses and other illnesses. We didnāt use any text at all, so it wonāt be transmitted well by itself, but it was generally well-received by Iris.
āDiana-sama and the others fell asleep on the sofa.ā
Following Irisās gaze, Hati is sleeping on Dianaās arms with its chin on the arm pillow. Navi slept on Hati and was buried in Hatiās fur.
Cuteā¦.my servants are too cute!
āIf it was just Navi and Hati, Iād carry them to my roomā¦but, it will be a pity to wake them up, so Iāll just let them sleep here for today. Iāll just put a blanket over them.ā
After that, I left Iris and went to my room to sleep on my bed, but I couldnāt fall asleep while thinking about tomorrow.
From my bed, I stared at the ceiling, which was rather bright in the moonlight, I thought about a presentation I had given a long time ago to a hundred people. I was so nervous at that time that I couldnāt sleep the day before. Iām nervous because all the important people from the temple are going to be there tomorrowā¦Itās a training session where peopleās lives were at stake.
I couldnāt sleepā¦ I decided to do one more job until I got sleepy.
Navi makes a lot of things in the workshop, but Iām not satisfied without trying it myself.
I take out the medical tools that my master had given me from my inventory.
A mortar and pestle, and a stone mill, a crusher similar to a coffee grinder, newly made at Naviās workshop.
First of all, I use the mortar to grind the dried turmeric that I bought in large quantities at the Pharmacists Guild into powder.
Itās quite difficult to grind it into as fine a granule as possible.
knock Knock!
The door of my room was knocked on
āLuke-sama? May I come into your room?ā
āYeah. Sure.ā
Is she here about the noise?
When Iris entered the room, she looked at the desk and was startled.
āLuke, if youāre going to make a potion, why didnāt you tell me? Or is it some kind of secret concoction that you canāt tell me anything about?ā
āWhat? Is that what it looks like?ā
Ah ~ I see, did she think that when she saw the several kinds of plants I have out now? We made the shampoo together, but she thinks this is a secret concoction because Iām doing it in my room instead of in the living room. Apparently, she didnāt come to complain about the noise.
āTurmeric is said to be good for the stomach and liver. The others are also effective for the stomachā¦.In case youāre wondering, I majored in pharmacology, so I can tell by looking at the materials. Are you sick? ā
It seems that she made that decision by looking at the dried plants on the table, which I bought at the Pharmacists Guild.
āAh, itās not like that.ā
āButā¦.thatās coriander, isnāt it? Itās used as a detoxifying stomach medicine, and this cumin is also used as a stomach medicine and diuretic. This ginger is said to have the same effect. Red pepper and garlic are also used to promote appetite.ā
At this point, some people will know what Iām doing by looking at the ingredients.
āWell, if you can help me, Iāll teach you the recipe for this concoction.ā
āOf course Iāll help you! I am Master Lukeās disciple, and if youāre going to make medicine, be sure to call me! I was sure I heard sounds like you were using a mortar and pestle, and a stone mill. But I wasnāt sure, so I decided to come to your room and checkā¦.ā
āOkay! Donāt get angry. I want to grind all this into powder for the time being.ā
I coarsely grind it with my mortar and pestle, and then Iris grinds it into finer powder with the stone mill (crusher).
The two of us grind it into powder and put it in a jar. After doing this for about an hour, Iris muttered.
āLukeā¦is this allā¦ā
Yeah, itās hard as expected. Iām getting tired of it tooā
āHmm, by the way, my Master, the Great Sage, was doing it with magic.ā
āGreat Sage Edward? I think itās probably either [grinding] or [fine grain] magic. I wanted to learn it when I was in the pharmacy department, but I couldnāt because I didnāt have the aptitude.ā
Luke also couldnāt learn it, so it was a manual process.
āBut normally, I donāt grind so much at once, so I donāt have to worryā¦up until now, Iāve been making recovery agents by hand, so, Iām not at all troubled. ā
āThatās rightā¦.Why are you making so much of these this time? Is it related to tomorrowās seminar?ā
āItās completely separate from tomorrow.ā
Ah, now I can use my AP to learn it with [customize]!
I took out my [Status Plate] and looked at the list of available magicā¦..both skills were there.
Both skills have proficiency of up to level 10, and it seems [grinding] can make fine powder, but [fine grain] is considerably finer even in the state of level 1, and it seems that level 2 is enough to make my desired powder state, so I used points to acquire [fine grain].
āAs I recall, this is how you surround the plants with wind magic barrierā¦[fine grain]!ā
āOh! Luke, youāre done!ā
āThis magic called [fine grain] is like a compound magic that cuts at high speed with wind blades.ā
āI learned that both [grinding] and [fine grain] are high-speed cutting magic that uses either wind blades or physical blades with earth attributes.ā
I thought it was amazing magic, butā¦when I actually used it, it was just a miller.
A major mail order site sells one for about 15,000 yen if it can produce the powdery texture I want. It was the kind of magic you can easily get from a certain mail-order site that sends you a cardboard box about five times the size of whatās insideā¦
Unlike with shampoo, I donāt need to extract only the ingredients I want, so when I get the ideal powder state, I put it in a jar, label it, and store it in my inventory to keep it dry.
āYou wonāt be teaching me the formula after all?ā
Iris asked a question when the plants on the rough desk were gone.
āIāll just grind it into powder today and weāll continue when we go to the dukeās house. Iām making this for Lara-chan, you know.ā
āIs this a medicine for Lara? Is there something wrong with Lara?ā
From Irisās point of view, Iām sure sheās wondering about this, but the day after tomorrow the school will be closed for the weekend, so weāll be heading to the Dukeās house tomorrow evening. Itās no fun to say what itās about right now.
āThereās nothing wrong with Lara. Iāll teach you properly then cause weāll be doing this concoction many times in the future.ā
āIs that true? Itās a promise. Please teach me properly.ā
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When I woke up in the morning, the servants who were supposed to be sleeping on the sofa were sleeping in my bed.
āGood morning, Master!ā
āGood morning Dianaā¦youāre looking good this morningā¦but, why are you naked and sticking to me again?ā
āThis mistress is a dragon and I donāt really like to wear clothes. I think itās okay to be naked while you sleepā¦ā
Iām not going to force you to do that, but if you donātā¦ā¦Iām going to have trouble keeping my eyes off the subtle bulges. Another reason is that her humanized appearance is that of a beautiful girl.
āŖ āŖ Good morning, Master. The saddle you requested for DianaĀ the other day has been completed ā«
āThis mistress doesnāt like saddles eitherā¦.ā
āŖ āŖ Donāt be so selfish. What will you do if master falls? ā«
āWellā¦.I donāt want any more accidents like that again.ā
āDianaā¦.Thank you for that time. Iām alive today because you risked your life to save mine.ā
If Diana hadnāt sacrificed herself and thrown me into the sky before the crash, my life would have ended in tens of seconds after reincarnation.
āThis mistress now has more wisdom than that timeā¦.so, I wonāt listen to such reckless orders anymore.ā
At that time, she was a 5-year-old Drake, but now Diana has the knowledge of an ancient dragonā¦
āWell, I would like to take Iris and Emilia to the Dukeās house if possible, but is that okay?ā
Iām sure Diana didnāt want to carry anyone other than me on her back.
āIris and Natalie are fine, but I donāt want to carry anyone elseā¦.ā
āNatalieā¦.but why are those two good and the others bad?ā
āŖāŖ I wonder, what a dumb dragonā¦she seems to love them because they make delicious food. ā«
āAah! You read the voice of this mistressā heart! But, why did you tell on me!?ā
Iāve only had a few meals with herā¦but, I feel like I somehow understood what she was doing in the temporary dwarven village. I guess she was being fed.
āDiana, if you put everyone on board, Iāll give you a really delicious meat dish using the cows we hunted the other day, how about it?ā
āHow delicious is it? I donāt want it to be just a little delicious.ā
āŖāŖ Donāt worry, it will be better than anything youāve ever eaten.ā«
āReally! Iām looking forward to it!ā
āBy the way, how much do you usually eat Diana? Youāre eating as much as everyone else right now. Is that enough?ā
āThatās not enoughā¦.this mistress will starve and die.ā
āŖ āŖ When you become a servant, you donāt need to eat. The same is true for Hati and Diana. In the dragon state, itās less than a bite, so she wonāt feel like sheās eating anything, but during humanization, she can taste it, and itās just a luxury, so the current amount is sufficient.>>
āDiana, donāt lie to meā¦.you just want to eat more. If you lie, I wonāt give you any cooked meals. Iāll just give you raw meat like I did when you were a drake?ā
āNo! Raw meat is delicious, but the cooked meat is exceptional! I want to eat the same as everyone else! Iām sorry for lying to you.ā
āYeah, itās good to apologize obediently. Iāll feed you the same meals as everyone else. Letās get dressed.ā
She gave us the consent to put everyone on her back. Surprisingly, Diana, who has the darkness attribute, was able to make weight disappear using gravity magic, so it doesnāt matter how many people ride on her back.
After taking a walk and the usual muscle training, we boarded the royal carriage that came to pick us up after breakfast and headed for the seminar.