Chapter 8: Potion Making is an Alchemist’s Work Too? Part 1
At Bobon-san’s ce, after having had difficulty leveling up cksmith and making the short sword, I reced the head of the spear I always use to magic steel.
「Vanga-san, since you are a hunter, you have potions in case of an emergency, correct? Pardon me, but would it be alright to show it to me?」
「Yep, there’s nothing but basic grade potions at my house though.」
「That is more than enough.」
I decided to try my hands on potion production, and somehow use therge quantities of medicinal nts in my item box. And there it hit me, “If I use Appraisal on a genuine article, I could figure out the recipe, right?”. And so, since Vanga-san might have some, I intruded at his house.
<strong>Basic Heal Potion</strong>
<em>Quality: Normal Grade</em>
<em>Hirukuku Grass + Water ( 2 : 8 ) </em>
<em>Heal Potion produced by Pharmacist</em>
<em>Un,</em> it looks like I’ll manage somehow.
「Thank you very much.」
「Sure. If you make potions, sell me some.」
「Yes, please wait without expectations.」
Upon returning home, I sat in front of the work bench and just when I was about to make potions, I realized I forgot something important.
「………… I don’t have bottles to pour the potions into.」
Eventually, I ended up going to the river near the vige to collect sand.
The river is approximately a 30 minute walk from the vige; I went to collect sand there, alone; In order to guarantee arge amount of ss bottles for the future, I steadily shovelled sand into the Item Box.
「I wonder if it would be better to make this without a furnace.」
As an experiment, I tried extracting, heating, and shaping the silica sand.
My magic power whittled away, but it doesn’t seem impossible.
Eventually returning to my house, I relied on my magic power to make all the ss bottles. In doing so, I know my magic power would increase, therefore I chose to make it with magic as training.
I continued to make ss bottles even as I ate lunch from Martha-san, and was able to make 500 potion bottles.
The day after, I heard from Vanga-san that there was a cork-like wood that could serve as a bottle cap, so I took the opportunity of joining him for his hunt.
In the forest, walking behind Vanga-san who erased his presence, I too endeavored to erase my presence while simultaneously searching for enemies.
<strong>〈The 「Stealth」 Skill has been obtained〉 </strong>
<strong>〈The 「Presence Detection」 Skill has leveled up〉〉 </strong>
<strong>〈The 「Enemy Search」 Skill has leveled up〉</strong>
「Shh, it’s a de Deer. Takumi, after I shoot an arrow, you strike.」
「Understood.」
What Vanga-san spotted was arge deer monster with sharp edged tool-like horn. Since it was just eating the bait, it hasn’t noticed us yet.
<em>Shu</em>
I leaped out with spear in hand before checking where the arrow Vanga-san shot went. Not deviating from where he aimed, the arrow Vanga-san fired pierced the de Deer’s neck, the creature then flinched, and I charged, pushing out my spear.
「<em>Guh</em>!」
The spear I thrust with all my might pierced the throat of the de Deer, and therge body of the de Deer fell to the ground.
「Ooh, it’s been a while since thest big game, Takumi. This being the case, the meat will be shared throughout the vige. Takumi, sorry but could you store this?」
「I understand.」
Draining the blood will be done after we return to the vige, so I stored the de Dear into the Item Box.
「Look, there’s a Kork Tree just over there.」
Vanga-san pointed at a tree said to be cork-like, a Kork Tree.
I was able to peel enough Kork Tree Bark to ensure the portions for potion bottle caps.
「We caught big game today so I n on going back already, Takumi what about you?」
「My errand is finished, so let’s go back.」
Luckily it didn’t take much time from when we entered the forest to hunting the big game, so I decided to go back to the vige early today.
「Well then Takumi, I’ll deliver the meat to you afterwards.」
「Alright, thank you very much for today.」
We brought the de Deer to Vanga-san’s house, and parted ways.
I immediately matched the size of the potion bottle’s opening, and made the caps from the cork-like Kork Bark peeled from a Kork Tree. I’ll shape it partly by hand, then I’ll continue it with magic afterwards to make 500 caps for potion bottles.
「<em>Haa</em>, I don’t want to do this. <em>Fuu</em>, …… three, two, OUCH! 『Heal』」
I stabbed my own finger with a knife, and after that, I repeatedly cast the Light attribute magic, Heal, on it.
I am not particrly an M. This is necessity for improving the Light attribute magic skills.
There is a purifying magic among the Light attribute magic called 「Purification」. Though it was originally to purify undead type monsters, there are actually other uses for this magic. The purifying magic 「Purification」 is even able to clean impurities. For instance, if I use purification on my body, it would be cleaner than taking a bath; Even if I am covered in the blood of a monster I fought, Purification is able to remove the impurities.
Given that the people suited to Light attribute magic are few and valuable, there’s no one that would use it to clean such impurities.
And I need a purification spell to purify the potion bottles and caps before the heal potion is poured into them.
<strong>〈The 「Light Attribute Magic」 Skill has leveled up〉</strong>
<strong>〈The 「Light Attribute Magic」 Skill has leveled up〉</strong>
The Light Attribute Magic skill became level 3. The groundwork for making the Heal potions has finally beenpleted.<strong>Status</strong>
<strong>Name:</strong> Takumi Iruma
<strong>Race:</strong> Human
<strong>Age:</strong> 15 years old
<strong>Job:</strong> Alchemist Lv 42, cksmith Lv 40
(Carpenter Lv 7, Warrior Lv 7, Mage Lv 26)
<strong>Level:</strong> 4
<strong>Condition:</strong> Healthy
<strong>Vitality:</strong> 180
<strong>Magic Power:</strong> 220
<strong>Strength:</strong> 72
<strong>Agility:</strong> 45
<strong>Stamina:</strong> 80
<strong>Dexterity:</strong> 77
<strong>Intelligence:</strong> 85
<strong>Unique Skills:</strong>
Appraisal EX
Item Box EX (Concealed)
<strong>Passive Skills:</strong>
Superhuman Strength Lv 2
<strong>Active Skills:</strong>
Spear Handling Lv 3
Axe Technique Lv 2
Enemy Search Lv 2
Presence Detection Lv 2
Stealth Lv 1
Magic Perception Lv 2
Magic Power Maniption Lv 5
Light Attribute Magic Lv 3
Fire Attribute Magic Lv 4
Water Attribute Magic Lv 1
Wind Attribute Magic Lv 1
Earth Attribute Magic Lv 5
Time-Space Attribute Magic Lv 1
Alchemy Lv 5
Smithing Lv 5
Woodworking Lv 4
Carpentry Lv 3
Foraging Lv 2
Logging Lv 2
Dismantling Lv 1
Mining Lv 3
Metalworking Lv 2
Divine Protection of Goddess Norn (Concealed)
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