After seeing the duke’s family off, I ran back to the mines. There were a lot of adventurers along the way, so I couldn’t help but rember the grell frogs.
It’s along the way anyway, so I guess I might as well catch a few.
As I thought that, I took out my suit from my Item Box and headed for the marsh.
“There sure are a lot of people…” [Ryouma]
There’s probably over 100 people in the area, but there are people going to other marshes, so the total number of people here is even more than that.
As I thought that to myself while looking at the marsh, I noticed several people wearing the sa waders as . Looks like it’s selling quite well…
One group of adventurers caught my eye. They were a group of five and all of them were wearing the waders.
I rember them. They’re the ones who sold the bloody sli. The Wharf of Shikumu. I’m here anyway, so I might as well say hi.
I approached them, but sothing seems to have happened, as the people around an unhappy Kai were lightly tapping him at the back, telling him not to mind it.
“Good afternoon.” [Ryouma]
“Hmm? You’re that guy from before… Ryouma, right? Thanks for the other day.” [Kai]
“Don’t sweat it. I got a good sli from it, after all.” [Ryouma]
As I said that, the drunk guy from before stepped forward.
“You’re the guy who bought that sli?” [Sein]
“Yes, that’s right.” [Ryouma]
“I see. Sorry about my behavior that day. I’m Sein. I was really drunk that ti, and it seems I picked a fight with you. I don’t rember much of what happened then because I was drunk, but thanks for buying the sli and for the information.” [Sein]
Huh. He’s completely different from the way he behaved that ti. I thought he was just a drunkard, but it turns out, he’s actually a pretty serious guy.
“Please don’t mind it. That aside, did sothing happen? Kai-san doesn’t look too good.” [Ryouma]
“It’s not exactly a problem… Before that, though, let introduce you to these guys firs.” [Kai]
As Kai-san said that, he turned to the two people who carried Sein-san before.
Kai-san placed his hand on the shoulders of the guy a little shorter than him and said this.
“This one is Kei. He’s my younger brother.” [Kai]
“I’m Kei. It’s nice to et you.” [Kei]
“It’s nice to et you too.” [Ryouma]
“And this one is…” [Kai]
“Payron. Nice to et you.” [Payron]
“Nice to et you.” [Ryouma]
“And together, we five make up the party ‘the Wharf of Shikumu’. But you knew that, right?” [Kai]
“Yep.” [Ryouma]
“Actually, we used to be fishern.” [kai]
Fishern? That’s nice, but why are they talking about this all of the sudden? But then Shin-san suddenly switched places with Kai-san.
“Sorry, Kai sucks at explaining, so I’m taking over.” [Shin]
As it turns out, Shikumu is apparently a village by the bank of the biggest river of this country.
They grew up there and are quite proficient as using nets. Because of that they have an easier ti catching stuff in the marsh compared to others. The marsh is different from the sea, but they still have an easier ti compared to the other adventurers. As a result, they managed to catch a lot of grell frogs.
They’ve been making a killing doing this for the past few days. Today, they managed to catch a considerable number too, but when they left their basket of grell frogs unattended for a mont, soone had replaced it with another.
The baskets are provided by the guild, so there are a lot of adventurers with the sa basket.
“I see… So, your catch was stolen.” [Ryouma]
“I guess…” [Kai]
What’s with that halfhearted reply?
But then Kei-san showed their basket, and inside could be seen 20 grell frogs, but they were very weak.
A few of them even looked like they were about to die.
“If you just look at the numbers, there’s more after being switched, but…” [Kai] [2]
“These things were handled very poorly. Because of that the grell frogs ended up being so weak. Weak grell frogs like these don’t sell for much, and if they die, their value will go down even more. In fact, they look like they’ll die along the way back to town.” [Shin]
“They switched these sorry grell frogs for ours.” [Kei]
“We could just catch so again, but it certainly doesn’t feel good.” [Sein]
I see… Oh, right!
“How much do you think these would go for if you sold them?” [Ryouma]
“If they’ve been weakened by the ti we get to the guild, they’ll go for about 200 suits. If they die, 50 suits. They’re really weak, so this pricing should be right. We learned our lesson a few days ago, so our preliminary investigation should be perfect.” [Kai]
“And if the condition is good, about 1000 suits per grell frog, right?” [Ryouma]
“That’s right. What about it?” [Kai]
“How about selling these two for 300suits per grell frog?” [Ryouma]
[2] – I don’t know. It says they caught more than 20 before, and then after being switched, they got 20. So even if
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“I don’t mind, but are you sure?” [Shin]
“Your price is better than the guild’s, so it’s good for us, but…” [Kai]
“You’ll be losing out, you know?” [Kei]
“That would be true if I was planning to sell it to the guild, but I’m going to be using it for myself, so that won’t be a problem.” [Ryouma]
“Using it for yourself? You make dicine?” [Kai]
“Yes. I plan to use these to make an antidote, so I’d like to buy them all.” [Ryouma]
“I see. In that case, thanks for taking them off our hands at a higher price than the guild.” [Kai]
“We’ll just catch more to sell to the guild, so feel free to take them all.” [Shin]
“Thank you very much.” [Ryouma]
Like this I purchased 25 grell frogs from them for 7,500 suits.
“You sure are amazing…” [Shin]
“Ever since you took out a small gold coin to purchase our sli, I’ve always thought it was amazing how you’re able to just take out huge wads of cash like it’s nothing.” [Kai]
“It all makes sense after seeing how popular your store is, though.” [Shin]
Ah, looks like they went to my store.
“Did you use my store?” [Ryouma]
“At first, we were just planning to try it out just once, but it was cheap, quick, and the result was really great, so we decided to frequent it.” [Kai]
“And because of the marsh here, we’ve been dropping by everyday the past few days.” [Shin]
“At first we were shocked, but it seems slis can be useful, too, huh. When we tried it out for ourselves it was pretty good.” [Kei]
Looks like they beca regular custors. That’s good.
“Having to do laundry once we get ho will be a pain in the ass, maybe you could open a branch in our town? If you want I could talk to the fishing association for you and introduce you to a good spot.” [Kai]
“A lot of people are actually asking for a branch store, but I don’t have any plans of opening one just yet.” [Ryouma]
“Well, I understand it’s not so simple to open one, but if you ever feel like opening a branch at Shikumu, then please contact us. I’ll help you find a store.’ [Kai]
“We normally don’t leave town, and even if we do, at most it’s just a nearby town, so reaching us shouldn’t be a problem.” [Shin]
“You should be able to get a better place than the rchants guild can provide if you go through the fishing association.” [Kai]
It seems the fishing association is more community oriented than the rchants guild.
“Thank you. I’ll call you when that ti cos.” [Ryouma]
As I said that, I separated from them and went to the abandoned mines.
When I got to the abandoned mines, I let the slis and ril birds out to play by themselves, then I dug out a cave and built a place for to live at and a room for concocting dicine. I made furniture like shelves out of stone too. For the ti being, these should serve just fine.
“Now then… I think it’s about ti to call the bloody and cleaner slis.” [Ryouma]
I used the newly built dicine room and imdiately got to work on the grell frogs. After all, so of the grell frogs were really quite weak, so I had to work on them imdiately, I also took out the grell frogs I caught the other day from my Dinsion Ho and placed them along with the new grell frogs inside the water tank.
Grell frogs can live for up to a week if caught in good condition; hence, a normal dical practitioner would take their ti to prepare the grell frogs, but with the bloody sli, there’s no need for that.
First, I drew a Magic Formation of Separation on the floor, then I prepared enough stone vessels to contain the harvested parts. Next, I took the grell frogs out and placed them inside a cage by the corner of the dicine room.
I’ll begin with the grell frogs I purchased today.
“Bloody.” [Ryouma]
I randomly picked one from the grell frogs. It tried to run, so I killed it with a knife, then I ordered the bloody sli to enter it from the wound I made and had it drain its blood.
Now, it was ti to dissect the grell frog. I used the knowledge provided by my Pharmacy skill and dispassionately began cutting out the necessary parts of the grell frog.
Not a drop of blood was shed during the whole process. The bloody sli’s work was perfect.
Next, it was ti to remove the mucus and wastes.
I washed the harvested parts and removed the attached dirt and mucus.
If you don’t remove the mucus well, the quality will go down. Unfortunately, they’re very difficult to remove. To make things worse, too much strength will damage the internal organs and push the quality down again, so one would have to take extra care when doing this part of the process. At least, when done normally.
“Do it.” [Ryouma]
I ordered the cleaner slis to clean the mucus and filth from the grell frog parts.
The cleaner slis took the stone vessels into themselves and started removing the mucus.
After a few seconds the harvested parts were sparkling clean.
I examined the cleaned goods, and as expected, they were cleaned perfectly without a single injury.
What ca next was my job.
I used the Magic Formation of Separation to separate the water content from the harvest parts, causing them to quickly dry.
Normally, one would have to use wind or fire magic to dry the harvested parts, which as a result of the heat and ti would cause the dicinal effect of the part to decline, but with this thod, everything can be done quickly with no change in quality owing from heat or spoilage.
After all was done, I checked all the parts with Identify, and they were indeed processed perfectly. They were all at the highest quality. With this I’ve confird what order to do things and the effectiveness of the slis.
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I repeated the sa process for the rest of the grell frogs, and in the end, 6 out of 25 of those I purchased today got the highest quality mark from Identify. The remaining 19 were all praised as high quality too, so they weren’t bad by any ans.
The reason the quality went down was because the grell frogs were caught too crudely. The blood flow of the grell frogs worsened right as soon as I hurt them.
Also, I used the leftover grell frog hide and at as feed for the ril birds. I knew the ril birds loved grell frog at, so I brought it to them, and as expected, they had a great ti. I hear ril birds eat piratically eat anything, though, from at to fish to fruits to vegetables to grain… Anything.
They’re omnivorous, but I suppose at would be the main part of their diet? I should check with the tars guild.
Before I knew it, it was already dark outside.
Just to be safe, I gathered the slis and the ril birds in the tunnel to ensure their safety. The slis have gotten stronger, but the night is still dangerous, so I also blocked the entrance with so stones, making sure to just leave enough opening for the air to enter.
“Now then… It’s been a while since I last spent the night like this…” [Ryouma]
Reminds of the ti when I first got to this world…
At the ti, I read the letter from Gayn and the others, then I looked for a place to stay at and found the cliff where I built my house.
That was how I learned my earth magic – by digging out a cave.
At first, my Break Rock could just barely make a crack, but sohow soway I was able to dig out a hole big enough for my body to fit in, then I blocked the entrance with a stone wall I made. My residence back then was that simple.
After that I gradually worked on the cave. I also gradually got used to the forest and started training and hunting in the night.
“…I’m not really in the mood right now, though, so… I guess I might as well just use the ingredients I prepared and make so dicine.”
As I entered the dicine concocting room aimlessly, I took out the ingredients I got and preserved from the Forest of Gana, and stored them in the shelves.
I’d like to create a wooden shelf specifically for the dicinal herbs, but I’ll make that so other ti.
The dicine I can make right now with the ingredients at hand is an… antidote. I have just enough to make an antidote that uses the liver of the grell frog.
The necessary ingredients are grell frog liver, a poisonous plant called ‘Kasuri’, a fruit of Kunashi that can be used as antidote after weakening its poison, a flower of jusho that has a strong nourishing effect, and an ufuru herb that has a diuresis effect.
After that I made a pot with earth magic, two spatulas to stir it, and a mortal and pestle. Next ti I’ll just buy the tools I need. I’ve gotten by so far by making my own tools with earth magic, but it would probably be best to just buy my tools.
As I thought that, I filled the pot with water via water magic, then I put in the cut kasuri herb and kunashi fruit, then I heated the water with the electric spell, Microwave [1], as I stirred the pot.
I don’t always use this thod because sotis the ingredients are weak to heat, but the kasuri herb and the kunashi fruit are strong against heat.
As the two ingredients boiled, the color gradually dissolved, and the liquid within the pot turned violet.
Seeing that, I stopped heating the pot and let the pot cool by itself, while I crushed the dried grell frog liver.
“Should be about ti…” [Ryouma]
When the pot was at a good temperature, I threw the crushed liver in and started stirring again.
When the liquid got even cooler, I added the joshu flower and ufuru herb as I ground them into tinier parts with my hands, then I stirred the pot again until they sank.
After that I left the pot to let it simr and allow the dicinal contents to perate.
“What should I do until then?” [Ryouma]
When I left the room, I noticed the ril birds.
I took out my guitar from Item Box and played two national ani ending songs. I played because I saw the moon shining through the ventilation hole.
When I finished playing…
“…” [Ril birds]
An incomprehensible sound resounded throughout the cave.
“Woah!? My ear hurts… Can you guys tone it down for a bit? Ouch…” [Ryouma]
The source of the sound was none other than the ril birds.
They were making those beautiful chirps they made when I contracted them, but it was hard to make out the sound because we were inside a tunnel, making the sound really loud.
I ended up receiving a lot of damage, but the ril birds seed fine. What kind of ears do these guys have?
The slis didn’t have ears, so they were also fine.
After that the ril birds quietened down, and after hearing their chirps, I ate supper, and then went back to the dicine concocting room.
Extracting the dicinal effects of the joshu flower and the ufuru herb doesn’t take much ti, so it should be about done.
When I used Identify on the contents of the pot…
Incomplete Antidote (High Quality)
An antidote that uses grell frog liver.Disintegrates poisonous content and activates one’s tabolism to expel poison from the body. It works on a large variety of poison, but it is especially effective on paralyzing agents. One should drink plenty of water when taking this antidote for best results.
“Alright. It’s been a success so far. Next is…” [Ryouma]
I took out a large cloth from my Item Box, then I had the cleaner sli clean it.
This cloth belongs to one of the bandits I killed in the forest. The spaces in between its fibers is really small, so it’s perfect for straining the dicinal content from the herbs.
I covered an empty pot with the cloth, then I fixed it in place with the sticky sli’s thread. After that I slowly poured the contents of the pot through the cloth. Like that the dicine flowed into the empty pot as the cloth filtered it.
After transferring all the liquid, I removed the cloth and wrung out the dicine to the last drop.
I stirred the completed dicine with the spatula, then I used Identify on it. When I did, the ‘incomplete’ part vanished from the na of the product and the quality turned into highest quality from high quality. Well, it’s complete now, so that’s only a given.
…Now then, it’s good and all that I managed to make the dicine, but what am I supposed to do with this?
“Maybe I should’ve turned it into a pill instead to preserve it, but there weren’t enough ingredients.” [Ryouma]
Now that I think about it, I have the poison resist skill, so a weak poison wouldn’t work against anyway, so there’s not a lot of uses of this antidote for .
I should have one at hand just to be safe, but I definitely won’t need an entire pot’s worth. If I transfer that entire pot into vials, I would have about 20.
For the anti, I used earth magic to create a funnel and a dipper, prepared a lot of vials, then filled them with the dicine one at a ti.
After filling up 20 vials, I stored 19 inside my Item Box. As I fiddled with the remaining vial on hand, I left the dicine concocting room and went to the living space.
“What to do… Should I sell it at Serge-san’s, or maybe I should give it to Jeff-san and the others?” [Ryouma]
While I was thinking that, I accidentally dropped the vial.
“Acha~…” [Ryouma]
Because I kept fiddling with the vial, the cover got loose, so when it fell, all the contents ca pouring out.
“Sohow I’m just not in the mood today…” [Ryomua]
Maybe it’s because of that thing age regression thing that Kufo was talking about? For so reason, I can’t change my mood very well. Who would’ve thought at this age… Ah, but I’m actually 11, ain’t I? Still… that’s only on the outside. ntally speaking, I’m already 40, so it’s really hard to believe that I would actually be sad at this age…
In my previous life, a lot of my coworkers retired either because the work was tough or because they fainted from overwork. So I thought I’d gotten used to it already.
Of course, I’m not actually sad enough to cry, but when I’m not busying myself, I can’t help but beco sad.
I pondered for about 10 seconds, and then, I made up my mind.
“…Let’s just sleep.” [Ryouma]
Rather than try to drag myself around like this, it’s better to just sleep. As I thought that, I looked for the fallen vial to clean the spill, but for so reason, only the vial was left and the dicine was already gone.
“Huh? Where did the dicine go?” [Ryouma]
There were several slis loitering around the room, and there were cleaner slis among them, so maybe they’d cleaned it already? Huh. Well, that saves the trouble, so that’s nice.
As I thought that, I went to bed.
[1] – Used to be range, I believe.
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