Chapter 11 - It’s not Steel, it’s dicine.
Chapter 11: It’s not Steel, it’s dicine.
The sales have been good, the ti spent developing dicine has also increased considerably, and so the store’s lineup has beco quite substantial.
My free ti has also increased, so the days I’ve spent spacing out while I man the store have also increased.
And then one day.
A single old butler ca to the store.
“Welco.”
“’Elco.”
Noela followed up after .
The old butler took off his hat and bowed.
“Would Reiji-sama be your honorable self?”
“Yes, that’s , but…?”
I wonder what he needs.
The custors at my store are the average commoner, so although it’s a bit rude to say, there aren’t many people dressed so smartly.
“I am Rein, a butler in the employ of Casty Fein Doran Vargas-sama.”
Castella Don? Eh, what did he say??
“At this occasion, the Mada of the Head of the Vargas Household – Flam-sama, would like to invite you to the mansion.”
“Haa…n? Mansion? Um, excuse , who might this Castella-san be…?”
“The Lord, Kasty Fein Doran Vargas-sama is the feudal lord who rules over this Karta and another two, three cities. Not to ntion, his peerage is a Count.”
So, he’s a Noble-sama?
I wonder why they’re calling .
And it’s the wife.
“It is Flam-sama’s wish to speak with you directly concerning her business. I would like you to accompany to the mansion quickly, but…”
Isn’t this a forced event?
… Well, I’m free so why not?
“- That’s how it is, so I’ll leave the shop to you, Noela, okay? If there’s sothing wrong then tell Mina, since I think she’s able to do sothing about most things.”
“Got it. Go.”
“Ou.”
Stroking Noela’s head, I replenished my supply of fluffy.
I boarded a carriage together with the old butler, Rein-san, and headed off to the mansion.
Clatter clatter; we arrived at the mansion after being shaken in the carriage for about five minutes.
Going inside, Rein-san guided and I walked through a hallway with a carpet runner laid out.
Rein-san knocked at a particularly magnificent door.
“Mada, I’ve brought Reiji-sama.”
“Enter.”
The door was opened, and I entered the room.
“Are you the rumored genius alchemist? Be seated there.”
“Um, I’m not one, but I think it’s probably referring to .”
I sat in the chair she pointed out.
Mada Flam is wearing noble-like and expensive-looking clothing.
Based on the way she speaks alone, she’s a slightly arrogant auntie.
She’s carrying a fan that also looks expensive with fur stuck to it, smacking it lightly on her palm.
There would be zero oddities if she ended her sentences with “-zamasu.”
stereotype of arrogant artist-types
“What kind of business do you have with ? Rein-san said you would like to receive it directly.”
“Then I shall be frank. – I wish for you to compound a secret dicine to make young again.”
dicine to restore youth…
For the ti being, I thought up of the ingredients. But I don’t think I can gather everything soon.
But Drug Discovery Skill’s terribleness is displayed again, since I can make it once I gather everything together.
“How much ti do I have for developnt…?”
“Five days – no, the dinner party is after five days, so you would have up to noon after five days, I suppose.”
Hohouh, I was sohow able to read her underlying intentions.
She wants the other nobles to flatter her when they see her appearance made youthful again at the dinner party?
“It’s impossible in five days. There are things you can and can’t make when told to in such a short amount of ti.”
When I clearly said so, her shoulders slumped a little, discouraged.
“Then once again, the Lords and Ladies will be gossiping about , saying, ‘what an aged face, what an aged face,’ …”
Wa-. Nobles are malicious.
“That’s not true! Flam-sama, aren’t you young and beautiful?!”
It’s sothing I learned from my life as a corporate slave. Praise the ladies.
It’s an ironclad rule.
Swish; the Mada used her fan to cover her mouth, saying, “I,I wonder,” and seemingly not disliking it altogether.
“But it’s no good. … Even if you think so, they don’t seem to agree.”
Of course.
This Mada is a bit pitiable.
To slander her about her face, it’s practically bullying.
She can’t do anything about it.
I want to give her so strength, but I can’t make a youth restoration dicine in five days, after all…
“Hm? Then, what should be done about an aged face…?”
“Just who has an aged face-“
She snapped right away. Her reaction is fast, na…
“Aah, sorry, I didn’t an it that way … haha…”
“Sir Alchemist, is there anything you can do? I have more than enough money.”
“As long as it’s a reasonable amount, I’ll take it when the product is completed.”
If you can rejuvenate the skin then you’ll probably appear young.
It’s a simplistic idea, but it might not be so far off the mark.
Her skin is such that even a man like can tell by seeing it.
If I can tell, that ans the noble ladies with high awareness will have even more of a discerning eye.
“I understand, I will handle this carefully. … restoring your youth is impossible, but I will try to make a product that will make the Mada appear to be young.”
“Ooh. Oooh…! I see, I see. You will fight against old age…!
“It’s not sothing so exaggerated, though.”
“The genius alchemist who goes against the rule of gods-“
“Thanks for the chuuni.”
(delusional middle schooler)
Mada Flam seems to be deeply moved, so, teary-eyed, she sought to incite by telling the best ten of the most painful slanders she had.
I’m not going to be motivated… like this. Even if I wanted to be, I won’t be …
“Then I’m going to try to develop the dicine, so I will return to the store.”
She seems like she’ll continue talking forever, so I left the mansion behind like I was running away.
Being sent off with the carriage all the way to my shop, I took a number of the ingredients I had organized properly and imdiately shut myself up in the dicine room.
Goat milk, a fruit that looks like a pear, and then the petals of a flower that’s used for other dicines and the like all together -.
[Perfect Gel: skin moisturizer, contains skin whitening ingredients, defends against moisture loss, and makes skin soft and supple.]
“- I did it!”
Rather than a liquid, it turned out more like a cream.
I learned the location of the Lord’s mansion from Mina, I left the store, taking the finished costic with .
Walking along the path I was taught, I ca to the extrely large mansion and told the gatekeepers my business.
The old butler from before ca out and guided once again to the Mada’s room.
“How are things going, Sir Alchemist? Did you need to ask sothing?”
“No. It’s done, so I ca to deliver it.”
“Haa…? … What do you an it’s done?”
She seems like she really has no idea, so I handed her the freshly made costic, Perfect Gel.
“Please sar this on your face when you get out of the bath. Every day.”
“Th,this sort of thing on my face -!? And furthermore, every day!? …. Sir Alchemist, I suppose you don’t have any intentions to fool , ne?”
Mada Flam threw a look of distrust at .
“Then, try using it if you think I’m tricking you. If there’s no effect, I won’t take any money.”
Hm; Mada Flam opened the bottle’s lid and sniffed its scent.
Her eyebrows twitched.
“It’s a pleasant scent…”
“Because flowers and fruit are so of the ingredients.”
“However, to sar it on is …”
To test it, I sared so cream on the back of the Mada’s hand.
Thankfully, it seed to adapt to the Mada’s skin well, and her skin’s roughness was gone.
However, she’s still doubtful, and it seems that the Mada is hung up on the point that it has to be sared on her face.
“I’m not the one who has to feel frustrated or sad at the dinner party. It’s Mada, isn’t it? … If you say you won’t use it, then that’s the end of the matter.”
“Muu. … If you’re going to say that much, I shall try it out. I’m sick and tired of being made the target of ridicule.”
“Let’s show those guys who want to make a fool of the Mada!”
At my words, the Mada made a serious face and nodded her head deeply.
And so, Mada’s week of anti-aging her face began.
That said, I only heard about the situation from the old butler Rein-san’s report when he ca to the shop.
It seems that she’s following the thod I taught her to the letter, saring it on every night.
On the fifth day.
Just ehen I was wondering if Rein-san would co, a carriage stopped in front of the store, and the Mada descended.
Ah- . She might be a little different.
Rather than how her face looks, it’s how her skin looks.
Even though she looked like an auntie, with how she looks today, I could call her Onee-san.
And also, her expression is bright and sparkly.
“How is it, Sir Alchemist?”
“Isn’t it great!? You’ve worked hard.”
“Just how can I thank you –“
“It’s too early to be saying that. You’re going out after this, right? You can thank after you’ve triumphed over them.”
Mada stopped the butler who was pulling out the wallet and got on the carriage once again, heading off to wherever the banquet hall is.
My costics had so effect, and it seems to have given her so confidence, hasn’t it?
If I think about it that way, it was the correct answer to make it.
And then, several days later, paynt for the dicine and a large amount of high-class sweets ca from the Mada.
A thank you note was also attached.
When I read it, Mada Flam had written that she had had a great victory.
She had written thank you over and over again.
“Haa~. Reiji-san Reiji-san. Aren’t these very expensive, ve~ry sweet baked sweets~!? How did this happen!?”
Mina and Noela stared excitedly at the sweets boxes stacked up like a mountain.
“I helped out a noble lady a little, so these are her gifts of thanks, I guess?”
Noela violently tore open the boxes and sat down, ecstatically beginning to eat.
With a face of bliss like it was going to lt, she muttered,
“Tasty taste…”
Her tail moving left and right struck the floor noisily.
I’ll also have one.
According to the modern Japanese’s tastes, it’s not like I don’t feel it’s a bit too sweet, but it’s tasty.
“Noela-san, if you eat too much, you won’t be able to eat dinner, you know~?”
Mina also ate the sweets almost the sa way as Noela.
“Mina, I know it’s delicious but … you’ll get fat, you know?”
“-! … Why – why would you say such a thing~! Reiji-san’s a dummy, dummy! I won’t be able to eat happily, right?!”
Even as she said so, she was stuffing her cheeks, so for soone that has a separate stomach for sweets, it looks like the chain on her reasoning has been broken.
The Mada is greatly satisfied, and Noela and Mina who have been given sweets are also greatly satisfied.
It was a day where I was also greatly satisfied, surrounded by everyone’s satisfaction.
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