After going through and confirming all the ores and tals stored in 《Mithril’s Cane》, I was struck with the bitter reality that I wouldn’t be able to find the 《Adamant Ore》 that I was looking for here.
Pora, Philia, and I decided to leave 《Mithril’s Cane》 after seeing Gannet’s complexion, who seemingly had overdone it by giving us a tour.
Since we felt strangely ntally tired on top of having walked around Manarak all day, we decided to have a al while taking a break.
We entered a bar which caught our eyes.
「A bar, huh…」
Pora muttered quietly.
I raised my guard the mont I heard her remark. I absolutely must prevent her from drinking liquor.
「I… am a lightweight drinker, Pora… I think it’s for the best if you don’t drink too.」
「U-Uhm… w-was Pora really that bad the last ti she got drunk?」
Pora asked with an anxious voice.
I replied with a wry smile on my face, looking at the horizon upon recalling those monts.
「That reaction hurt Pora the most….」
「I think… it’s for the best for you to not know the answer.」
「P-Pora… is that bad when she is drunk? No, since Kanata-san said that it’s better to not know the answer, Pora thinks it’s for the best if she doesn’t ask further… And, uhm, sorry for the inconvenience that ti…」
Pora hung her head down.
I couldn’t help but recalling Pora figure as she said 『Kanata-sha~n』 while rubbing her cheek on the desk back then when she drunk.
… Let’s not tell Pora about that sorry figure from back then.
「Well… since we failed to find the ore, does that an you’re going to give up on finding it?」
I nodded to Pora.
「Yeah, I noticed sothing after my search. It seems the best item we can buy in this city is a C-rank item. Item with grading above those are either privately owned by other adventurers or sothing that I have to find by myself…」
I pressed the palm of my hand against my forehead.
I should’ve treated 《God’s Blood; Ether》 more carefully.
Maybe my greatest mistake here was mistaking the value of items in this world.
「Ah… as expected, you had no idea huh…」
Pora spoke while looking toward the faraway sky.
「Sorry, Pora should’ve put more effort into telling Kanata-san about these matters… I an, Pora should’ve known that Kanata-san must be misunderstanding sothing with item rankings after seeing Kanata-san’s confidence…」
… Yup, my common sense about items and levels are screwed up after all.
I guess it might be better if I stop using common sense from 《Cocytus》 on the surface. Sothing that’s regarded as trash there might actually be more expensive than a country on the surface.
Maybe I’ll have to go around again after scrapping my misunderstandings.
「But, what should I do now if I can’t get 《Adamant Ore》… I want to raise Pora’s level a bit more after we have more ether, but… this problem might delay my training plan.」
「… Uhm, Pora gets the feeling that Pora’s already high level isn’t actually up to Kanata-san’s standard…」
Pora tried to convey sothing to .
「Kanata, do you need sothing?」
Philia who sat beside asked that question.
「Yeah, I’m looking for a certain ore but… it seems to be far rarer than my expectations. I’m afraid that I can’t get my hand on that ore in this place.」
Philia swallowed the food in her mouth at once, and then tapped on her chest with a confident face.
「Then, Philia will give it to Kanata! Kanata! Tell Philia the na of the ore that you want to find?」
「Give it… to ?」
「C’mon, tell quickly!」
Philia urged , who was still confused by her remark, to say the na of the ore that I needed.
「It’s called 《Adamant Ore》, it’s an extrely tough, violet colored ore…」
「Understood! Leave it to Philia!」
Philia clapped her hands together with an 「Ey!」, and then opened them.
And then, an ore that released violet light appeared from between the gap of her hands.
Its appearance did resemble the 《Adamant Ore》 that I’m familiar with.
「E-eh… EEH!?」
I shouted out loud due to the shock, forgetting the fact that we were still inside a bar.
「Philia is so amazing, right? Praise Philia! Praise Philia!」
Pora, who sat beside Philia who puffed her chest proudly, was looking at the latter with a dumbfounded look on her face.
「K-Kanata-san, this… c-can you tell what is this all about?」
「… Originally, Philia’s body is like a lump of 《Dream Sand》.」
《Dream Sand》 was the ultimate catalyst for alchemy. It could be used as a catalyst for anything.
In addition, it also has the power to grant wishes of the human heart.
So far, I knew that she was in full control of that power and could use it to create a progenitor dragon, copy my power, and even created several copies of .
But… I never expected that it could also be used to create any kind of ore.
It was way too convenient.
「May I ask you to lower your voice, my dear guests.」
The waitress of the bar ca to warn who shouted in a loud voice.
「… Ah, my apologies.」
Even though I was apologizing, my head was already filled with plans over what to do with 《Dream Sand》.
After finishing our al, we decided to check the 《Adamant Ore》 created by Philia in our room.
Inside the room, we prepared a lot of pots which we brought from the tool shop. Every single pot had fragnts of Philia’s 《Adamant Ore》 to make it easier for to analyze it.
「Well? How’s the result? Is Philia useful to Kanata?」
Philia ca to ask with an excited look on her face.
「… Yup, I can’t use this ore after all.」
「I-Is it… no good?」
Philia staggered back upon hearing my remark.
Pora propped her body in hurry.
「W-Why you can’t use it? You say that Philia-chan has the power to create so many things…」
「It seems that power cos with a lot of limitations, definitely not an omnipotent power. It seems that the ore created by Philia is… a degraded copy of the real thing. In addition, the ore created with her power would turn back into 《Dream Sand》 once it’s broken down to a certain size, as if it’s trying to fuse back with Philia-chan…」
On top of that, since it is literally Philia’s copy, anything made with her power couldn’t be turned into a drug.
It seems that 《Akashic Record》 regarded the ore created by Philia as 《Dream Sand》 instead of an ore.
「But, with this 《Dream Sand》, we might be able to create 《Adamant Ore》.」
「Really? Does that an Philia can help Kanata!?」
Philia’s gloomy expression shone again upon hearing my last remark.
Though I’ve yet to try it… It should be possible to create 《Adamant Ore》 using lesser ranked ore and utilizing the 《Dream Sand》as a catalyst.
《Dream Sand》 was originally the ultimate catalyst in alchemy after all.
Even if it was already out of Philia’s control, depending on how it was used, it could greatly alter the property of materials.
Even if I failed to create 《Adamant Ore》, as long as I could create an ore with similar property, it could be used to create 《God’s Blood; Ether.》
I finally found the solution to my problem.
Our biggest concern right now was the fact that we… lack of money to do alchemy.
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