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Let’s Create Depetrification Medicine (1)
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I went to my room to look for information on how to remove the petrification in the ‘Alchemy Textbook’. Currently, I have that page open on my desk. Also, I have some other books open that are also still open that I referenced.
Yes, I was able to find what I was looking for on that page. However, it looked like a lot of work.
As I looked at the page, I tilted my head with my lips distorting into the ‘へ’ character and groaned.
The ingredients needed are as follows:
Mandrake Root → Have
Petrification Liquid Bag (internal organs of a monster) → Do not have
Water (Distilled Water) → Have
The tools needed are as follows:
Coil (made from metal wire) → Do not have
Lodestone → Do not have
The method to make it is as follows:
Put a Petrification Liquid Bag into the completed Mandrake Extract in the beaker, then insert the coil inside. The Lodestone is then placed near the coil from above (the Lodestone does not come in contact with the liquid). Then, ‘something’ that cannot be seen flows through the coil, and one pours their mana into the Lodestone to increase the amount of that ‘something’. Afterward, the Mandrake Extract reacts with the Petrification Liquid and becomes a medicine.
Incidentally, a coil is made of metal wire. If you wrap the wire into a spiral shape, that is a coil.
Also, in the country where we live, wire is very expensive. After all, it is made by a blacksmith who repeatedly heats, beats, and stretches the metal over and over again to make it. Metal wire is also used to make birdcages, however, it is an expensive good that only a few affluent people can obtain.
Also, a ‘Lodestone’ is a stone that possesses the property to attract iron that you can sometimes find in mines. It was something that I would not normally see nor use.
There were many things that I didn’t know, thus I not only referenced the ‘Alchemy Textbook’, but also overturned my family’s library while looking things up. And, well, it was a lot of work to just understand the things that I looked up. However, the biggest problem was that I was not certain whether I could make the medicine or not.
Without knowing the identity of that ‘something’ flowing inside the coil, would I be able to control my mana well?
I plopped down on the bed with flower-patterned sheets in my room. Leaf, in puppy form and who was sleeping on the bed, snuggled up to my side. It was soothing, however—
—I do not have the confidence.
For the time being, the warmth of Leaf will soothe me.
“Thanks, Leaf.”
After I slowly got up and petted Leaf, I decided to consolidate my findings in my notebook and discuss this with Father.
“Daisy, you really researched this matter properly. Well done,” Father, who was relaxing in the living room, first praised me for my efforts so far.
His big hand stroking my head was warm, and his praise was somewhat embarrassing. My heart, full of anxiety, became a little warmer.
“At any rate, there are a few items that are difficult to obtain. Oliver-san is the head of the Commerce Guild, so he may have various methods to obtain rare items. Why don’t you invite him to our house and discuss this matter with him?”
I decided to follow Father’s suggestion obediently.
Father wrote a letter to Oliver-san on that same day.
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A few days later, Oliver-san came to visit our house.
The table was set with an egg tart called ‘dariole’, which Oliver-san had brought as a present, and a cup of tea prepared by the maids.
I sat down on the sofa alongside Father, and Oliver-san sat across from us.
“Thank you very much for finding a way to make the depetrification medicine for my daughter… I truly cannot thank you enough. I believe your invitation was to discuss the items that are difficult to obtain, correct?” Oliver-san said, then turned towards me for confirmation.
“Yes, I would like to ask for your cooperation if you have any methods to obtain Petrification Liquid Bags—which are the monster internal organs, metal wire, and Lodestones.
Then, I handed Oliver-san a piece of paper with the three items jotted down.
“Well, those items may be certainly unfamiliar to you, Miss. The Lodestone and the metal wire—those I think I can get from an acquaintance of mine. The Petrification Liquid Bags depends on the timing, as those are monster internal organs, but even if there aren’t any in stock, I can request them from the Adventurer Guild. Let’s see… I will prepare these materials for you. As soon as I’ve gathered the items, I will deliver them to your house.”
Oliver-san nodded with a smile. I felt relieved to see his reliable expression.
However, there was one more thing I needed to discuss.
“I’ve figured out the materials, equipment, and the recipe needed. However, I have never made medicine using this technique before. Most likely, I will probably have to make it by trial and error. Thus…”
As I was hanging my head down and stammering, Oliver-san came up with a suggestion, “Then, let’s do this. If the medicine is completed without any issues and my daughter’s foot is healed, I will pay you three gold coins as a success reward. If unfortunately, the medicine is not completed, I will pay you five silver coins as a labor fee. How about it?”
“I get paid even if I fail?” I wondered as I tilted my head to the side in confusion.
“Miss, if you are going to do business from now on, you have to make sure you get what you are supposed to get. Even if things do not go well, Miss, you will be sparing up your precious time for my order. You should make sure to include the costs of such labor in your fee.
In this way, I learned some common sense that I should keep in mind as a merchant in my business with the natural-born businessman, Oliver-san.
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