The next day.
I woke up in the morning, got ready, and gathered the slis.
It was the usual routine, but then… A sli caught my eye.
What is this sli?
Before was a sli I didn’t rember.
Strangely, though, it was indeed contracted with .
I used Monster Identify on it…
dicine SliSkills:
Produce dicine Lv3
Poison Resist Lv3
Disease Resist Lv5
Physical Attack Resist Lv1
Jump Lv3
Digest Lv3
Absorb Lv3
Split Lv3
Spear Mastery Lv1
dicine sli, huh. I don’t rember contracting this guy, so he must’ve evolved.
“Since it has the Spear Mastery skill, then… It must’ve been a poison sli!” [Ryouma]
When you think about it, dicine can be poison depending on how you use it. The sa holds true the other way.
“I’ve never had a sli evolve a second ti after evolving once, but it seems there really is a second evolution. But why all of the sudden? Did I clear an evolution condition sowhere?” [Ryouma]
It’s been proven that slis evolved according to what they ate, so the dicine sli’s evolution condition is… dicine?
But when did I ever feed a sli with that?
Hmm… Co to think of it, the dicine I dropped the other night was cleaned by itself. I thought for sure a cleaner sli had cleaned it, but could it be that it was this guy who cleaned it instead?
To test that hypothesis, I gathered the poison slis and poured a vial for them to drink. When I did, 5 slis approached and started drinking.
“Ohh, they’re drinking. So, I guess it really was a poison sli then.” [Ryouma]
Last ti I spilled a vial and one sli evolved, so it should stand to reason that 5 slis would need 5 vials to evolve. I’ve already given them a vial, so I guess I’ll be needing four more.
I went ahead and made so vessels while the slis were drinking, then I gave an order to the dicine sli.
“Show which dicines you can make.” [Ryouma]
As I said that, I pushed the vessel toward the dicine sli. The dicine sli then started pouring out liquids one after another.
There were all sorts of liquids from more viscous ones to smoother ones.
I used Identify on the various liquids, and this was the result.
Ointnt
Styptic
Antidote
Poison (Imdiate Effect)
Poison (Delayed Effect)
Paralyzing Agent (Instant Effect)
Paralyzing Agent (Delayed Effect)
Antibacterial dicine
“Ohh, that’s a lot… I suppose it can produce both dicine and poison… What’s with this antibacterial dicine, though?” [Ryouma]
I used a more specific Identify on it, and this ca out:
Antibacterial dicine
Produced within the body of the dicine sli. A liquid that possesses strong sterilizing effects.
Destroys all bacteria and virus when applied.
Quickly evaporates in an airtight container if not properly stored.
Harmless to humans.
This is an antiseptic solution! This is great! I was actually worried about going to territories other than the Jamil Territory because of hygiene reasons, but with this, that won’t be a problem anymore!
…Speaking of which, ti sure flies! I better get to the store.
I hurriedly gathered the slis and went to the store, but the store was already open.
I entered the employee entrance and t Carla-san.
“Good morning, Boss.” [Carla]
“Good morning, Carla-san.” [Ryouma]
“Boss, what have you been up to lately?” [Ryouma]
“Hmm? What do you an?” [Ryouma]
“You ca only after the store was already opened yesterday and today too. Did sothing happen?” [Carla]
“Oh, it’s nothing. I was just too busy with work.” [Ryouma]
“Really? Well, that’s fine then, but be sure to talk to us if you have sothing or your mind.” [Carla]
“Thank you.” [Ryouma]
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“Oh, and could you start coming around this ti?” [Carm]
Around this ti?
“Why?” [Ryouma]
“If you co before the store opens, you’ll definitely end up doing the store preparation, so the lower-positioned employees won’t have anything to do. They need to do that as part of their training, so please leave it to them. Please do get used to leaving work to your subordinates, Boss.” [Carm]
They took my job…
“Well, alright. I guess it can’t be helped…” [Ryouma]
I can understand if it’s for a reason like that, but with this, I have even less work to do… Oh, right. I need to talk to her about the windows.
“Oh yeah, Carm-san. Are Fei-san and Leelin-san free right now?” [Ryouma]
“Fei-san’s tending to the store, but Leelin-san should be in the break room right now. Do you need them for sothing?” [Carm]
“Actually, I have an idea to toughen up the store’s security and would like to talk to them about it.” [Ryouam]
“I see. In that case, please wait at the office. I’ll call them over.” [Carm]
I waited at the office just as he told , and he imdiately brought Leelin-san.
They were just in the next room, after all, so it ca as no surprise. In fact, I could’ve just called her myself. There was no need for him to get her.
“Good morning, boss. You needed ?” [Leelin]
“Good morning, Leelin-san. It’s about the store window. Don’t you think it’d be quite easy to break those and get in?” [Ryouma]
“Indeed. All you need is a hamr or an axe and you’d easily be able to break them. We’ve taken that into consideration and are keeping an eye out for them.” [Leelin]
“Thank you as always. So, I was thinking of making those windows unbreakable.” [Ryouma]
“That would save us a lot of trouble, but… how?” [Leelin]
I took out one plank of concentrated hardening liquid from my Dinsion Ho.
When Carm saw that, the color of his eyes changed.
“Is that a glass window?” [Carm]
“Not quite.” [Ryouma]
“But this shape and transparency… Surely, it must be glass window. And even if it’s not glass window, we can use it instead of glass window! Did you make this, Boss?” [Carm]
Looks like he’s taken a liking to it.
I do intend to use it as a replacent for glass window, but I have no intention of selling it right now.
“Sorry, but I’m not planning to sell it right now. The production rate isn’t there yet…” [Ryouma]
“I see… Sorry, I got ahead of myself.” [Carm]
“It’s fine. And besides, you’re actually right in that I was thinking of using this in place of glass windows. It looks like glass, but unlike glass it’s actually quite durable.” [Ryouma]
I hit the glass with my bare fists.
When Leelin-san saw that, she narrowed her eyes.
“Boss, could I give it a try?” [Ryouma]
“Sure. I have plenty of spare, so feel free to destroy it.” [Ryouma]
I let Leelin-san have a go at it.
She hit the plank several tis, but it didn’t even crack. She used reinforcent magic after that, but a crack was the most she could muster.
“…It really is tough. If we outfit the entire first floor with this, our assailants will surely have a hard ti getting in. But at the sa ti, we won’t be able to break the glass to run away if driven into a corner. Please also take that into consideration as you plan the store security.” [Leelin]
So, there was a downside to it!
“Now that you ntion it, I should definitely co up of a way to make it easy to open from inside. I’ll need to think about it.” [Ryouma]
“Aside from that one downside, though, it’s very good for defending against intruders. If we outfit them here and there, we should be able to reduce the places that could be broken into. Well, at least that’s one way to go about it. And also, if we know what’s coming, we can deal with it much easier too.” [Leelin]
“I see. So, you’re alright with replacing the store windows with this, right?” [Ryouma]
“Yes.” [Leelin]
Like that we started upgrading the store’s wooden windows with these concentrated hardening liquid planks.
We first changed the windows at the back of the store, where there were no custors, then we worked on the side facing the nearby stores, then the side facing the road, and then lastly, the store front, the windows facing the residential district… Or at least, that’s what we were planning to do when all of the sudden we heard soone yelling from the store.
“What did you to my clothes! Does this store have a policy of tearing its custors clothes into pieces!? Well!?” [Angry Custor]
We hurriedly entered through the store entrance, and there, we saw an ill-bred man arguing with Fina-san.
Fei-san was in the process of breaking them up.
Atop the counter was a piece of clothing that was torn from the collar all the way to the bottom… But it’s impossible for this to be our fault since we don’t wash laundry here in a way that could do sothing like this. I doubt this happened while the employees were transporting it too.
Even though I know it’s just false accusation, it sure still feels bad. A proper claim would actually be better. Anyway, I have no intention of accepting false claims like this.
At tis like this, it’s important to firmly deal with the malicious claimant.
I called out to the man.
“What seems to be the problem, sir?” [Ryouma]
“Boss?” [Fei]
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Fei-san responded before the man could.
I passed the man a fleeting glance, then I looked at Fei-san to signal to him that I would be dealing with the man.
Fei-san was able to understand my signal, so he allowed to co close, though he kept alert.
“What’s your problem, brat!? Get lost!” [Angry Custor]
“That won’t do, as I’m the owner of this store. Do you have a problem with our store?” [Ryouma]
The man’s eyebrows twitched and he started arguing with .
“You better believe it! Your little store tore apart my only good suit! I want compensation!” [Angry Custor]
“Could you show that suit to ?” [Ryouma]
After receiving the suit, I examined it. I need to make it look like I’m properly listening to the claimant’s complaint, or my reputation will go down. I don’t particularly care what this thug thinks about , but the curious onlookers and the custors are important.
The torn cuff of the suit clearly shows signs of having been cut with a blade of sort. From there the tear seems to have been exacerbated through brute force. It’s certainly possible for this to happen while washing it, but the cleaner slis just eat filth. They don’t do anything that could cause a tear.
This is clearly a false claim.
It’s impossible to use this to find fault with our slis. And he clearly hasn’t done his howork. I already announced on the first day of opening that the slis are responsible for doing the laundry here, so if he wanted to find fault, he should’ve brought a lted piece of clothing instead.
“Dear Custor, it’s troubling for us if you bring up this sort of false claim.” [Ryouma]
After examining the suit, I faced the man and said that.
“What was that!? A false claim!? This torn suit is right in front of you and not only are you not apologizing, you’re saying it’s my fault!!? Nice store you have here, you immoral rchant!!” [Angry Custor]
The man said that out loud so as to let the other custors hear it.
“Then, allow to prove it to you.” [Ryouma]
“Hah?” [Angry Custor]
The man made a confused face in response to my words, while the attention of the surrounding custors gathered to us.
“Please wait a mont. I will give a demonstration of how this store does its laundry. After seeing it, you will imdiately understand why this sort of accident can never happen.” [Ryouma]
I left the scene to Fei-san for a mont, while I went inside to get a cleaner sli.
“In order to perform the demonstration, I will be needing so laundry. Is anyone willing to volunteer his laundry? If you participate, your laundry will be washed for free.” [Ryouma]
Voices rose sporadically.
“That person over there. Thank you.” [Ryouma]
As I received a single-person-laundry-bag from a male custor, I laid out its contents over the counter.
Laid out were a blood-stained pair of pants and a shirt. It was normal clothing, but considering the man’s strong body, he is probably an adventurer.
“Please watch.” [Ryouma]
I ordered the sli to wash the clothes. It took the clothes into it as usual, and before anyone knew it, all the blood and filth were gone from the clothes.
When the crowd saw that, they cried out voices of shock.
The entire process took no more than a few dozen seconds.
“Are you satisfied, dear custor? Just as you’ve witnessed, because of the way we do laundry here, it is impossible for your clothes to be torn apart.” [Ryouma]
“N-No way…” [Angry Custor]
“If you believe this was rely a fluke, then we can repeat this until it pleases you.” [Ryouma]
After doing about 10 person’s worth of clothing, the man couldn’t say anything anymore. To put the nail into the coffin, I spoke one last ti.
“It’s simply impossible for slis to cause this sort of tear in your suit. After all, they neither have fangs nor claws. In fact, they don’t even have the strength to make this sort of tear.
This store’s slis takes the clothes into their body and eats the filth on it.
Unlike the normal thod of doing laundry, wherein one uses force to rub off the filth, our slis don’t use force. That’s why it’s impossible for anything to get torn.
I have been washing my clothes in this way for the past 3 years and have yet to experience a problem. As such, I can say with full confidence that your suit wasn’t torn because of our store.” [Ryouma]
When I said that, all the custors other than the thug were able to understand that we weren’t negligent in any way.
Good. With this our reputation won’t be affected. Now that that’s taken care of, this thug doesn’t matter anymore.
“Well then, since you’ve interfered with our business, we will be handing you over to the guards. Please behave and co with us.” [Ryouma]
“!!? Like fuck I will!” [Angry Custor]
The man sent his fist flying toward , but I twisted my body, took his arm, and sent him flying with a throw.
The onlookers would surely not appreciate getting caught up with a thug, so I made sure to throw the thug sowhere no one was around. A large dull sound resounded throughout the store as the man’s legs hit the counter and his body fell into the ground.
“GOHA!?” [Angry Custor]
The man writhed in pain as he slamd into the ground.
“This is legitimate self-defense, dear custor.” [Ryouma]
Our reputation will take a hit if I beat him up too much, but this much should be okay.
“Fei-san, please take care of him.” [Ryouma]
“As you wish, Boss.” [Fei]
Fei-san quickly took the man and brought him inside.
Next, I’ll need to call the guards… Oh.
While I was thinking that, it suddenly ca to my attention that the cleaner sli was hard at work cleaning the counter.
Apparently so mud had fallen off the man’s shoes and onto the counter when I threw him.
…Seeing the sli like that was a healing mont for .
After that the store went back to business as usual and the guards ca to take the man away. By the ti the situation had been settled, it was already afternoon. Everyone gathered at the employee area of the store to eat.
Fina-san thanked and Fei-san.
“Boss, Fei-san, thank you so much.” [Fina]
“This is part of my job. And also, I didn’t really do all that much today. It was all the boss.” [Fei]
“I am the owner, after all. I should at least deal with those sort of people when I’m around.” [Ryouma]
“Boss was so strong~” [Maria]
“But was that really alright, Boss? Washing the laundry for free?” [Leelin]
“That much won’t affect the store’s inco. It was more important to let the other custors know that the man was just slandering our store. Otherwise, if they believed we were the ones in the wrong, then less people will go to our store.” [Ryouma]
“I see. You’re right.” [Carla]
I didn’t think everyone would accept right from the start. I’m sure there are people unhappy with my business, but that’s their right. It’s impossible to deal with all those people, but it would be problematic if they made other custors hate .
“Still, you should say beforehand when you’re going to deal with the situation. I was sweating buckets.” [Fina]
“We didn’t know you were that strong too…” [Jane]
Oh, yeah. I look 11 on the outside… I keep forgetting that from ti to ti.
I didn’t have the opportunity to show my strength to the workers until now too.
“Sorry, I forgot to ntion it.” [Ryouma]
Report, communicate, consult! These three are important!
Although we had to take care of this incident, we were able to safely replace the store windows of the store.
So ti before evening, I dropped by Serge-san’s store. I wanted to buy so vials from him. And there’s also the dicine sli.
“Welco, Ryouma-sam.” [Serge]
“Good afternoon, Serge-san. I ca today to buy sothing for myself.” [Ryouma]
“I see. What will you be needing?” [Serge]
“I’d like to buy a large number of vials for dicine.” [Ryouma]
“Vials for dicine? In large number?” [Serge]
“Yes. I learned how to make dicine from my grandmother, so since I have ti now, I figured why not use the ti to make so dicine. It’s not unusual for to be exposed to danger as an adventurer, after all. So, in preparation for that.” [Ryouma]
“I see… But if you wish to procure a large number of vials, then it would be best for you to register at the rchants guild as a pharmacy, then the guild will sell to you the vials wholesale, allowing you to get them much cheaper.” [Serge]
Now that he ntions it…
In the end, I took Serge-san’s advice and didn’t buy from his store.
I also had more ti now, enough to spare to make dicine, so I took so more cloths from him to turn into waterproof cloths.
When I got to the rchants guild, I was brought to the reception office again.
“What’s do you need? More people?” [Grisiera]
“No, I ca for sothing else this ti.” [Ryouma]
I told her what I ca for.
“I see. So you ca here to buy so vials, did you? So, how good are your dicines?” [Grisiera]
I took out a vial from my Item Box and handed it to her.
The guild master used Identify on it, and then she grinned.
“Not bad. This more than passes as a product. If you can make this, then you can definitely open a pharmacy.” [Grisiera]
“I don’t have such plans for now, though.” [Ryouma]
“I suppose… since you’ll have more than enough if you just open a branch store. But you should still consider it as a backup plan in case sothing unexpected happens. And you could also sell them on the side to help with your branch store’s capital. Or if you want, I could buy them from you.” [Grisiera]
“Is that alright?” [Ryouma]
“I’m expecting a lot from you, after all. Besides, I was also an expert in dicine before I beca the guild master. The quality of your dicine is good, so if I use my connections, I should be able to sell as many of them as I want.” [Grisiera]
So, the guild master was an expert on dicine… I didn’t know that.
“Thank you very much. At that ti, I’ll rely on you.” [Ryouma]
I thanked the guild master. I took the opportunity to also purchase all the tools needed to make dicine like the pot and the funnel. I also bought so food along the way to the gate before going back to the mines.
The sun still hadn’t set, so I ran back ho instead of using magic.
I passed so adventurers along the way. They seed to be coming ho from hunting grell frogs.
As I thought that while running, the sll from the marsh wafted to my nose.
I dealt with the stench by wetting a towel with deodorizing liquid and putting it over my mouth.
Hmm… Can’t I sell this deodorizing liquid?
Deodorizing goods were a thing back in my previous life, so…
I should talk with Carm-san and the others about it.
That night.
I had supper a little earlier than usual, then I spent the ti investigating the dicine sli. Unfortunately, I lost track of the ti and ended up sleeping late.
Thanks to my investigations, though, I was able to confirm that the poison slis I gave antidotes to all beca dicine slis. It seems my hypothesis was correct. In that case, the other slis must also have other evolutionary paths… Slis sure run deep.
I was feeling fairly satisfied after seeing the slis evolve, so I took out the goblet I got from Tekun and drank by myself. But then an unexpected problem arose.
“I got it out of good will, so I’m not complaining, but… Isn’t this thing too thirsty for mana?” [Ryouma]
Wine appeared in the goblet when I let mana course into it just as Tekun had told , but I had to consu 30,000 points of mana just to fill the goblet once.
I checked it with my status board, so that figure is definitely correct.
Even with my mana pool at full, I can only fill this goblet 6 tis… Actually, isn’t 6 cups too much when I’m just drinking by myself? How many would a person normally drink when alone?
Hmm… Maybe it’s just because I’m creating wine out of nothing that the mana consumption is so high. But regardless, I think I can manage if I just watch the amount of wine.
I’ve only drank with others for the sake of socializing, so I don’t actually know how much I’m supposed to drink when I’m by myself, but for the anti, I decided to just drink two cups.
I went to bed after drinking the goblet’s winne.
Today’s wine was delicious, but it’s too bad I didn’t have any snacks again. I’ll make sure to prepare so next ti.
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