Chapter 4.1 (2/2)
I cannot really determine from his appearance and voice over the counter, but he looks like a boy as he wore trousers. I take out 10 stalks of Sahira gra.s.s and pa.s.s it over to him.
[Please make me 10 potions from these 10 stalks.]
[Understood. The commission to make 1 potion is 15 copper coins, so in total the fee is 1 silver coins and 50 copper coins.]
The store sells a potion for 30 copper coins, while a stalk of Sahira gra.s.s sells for 10 copper coins. As I thought, it was relatively cheaper to bring the Sahira gra.s.s in and make them. I pa.s.s the money over when I am satisfied with the result.
[Will you wait a little? I will make it immediately.]
The boy took the gra.s.s, cut it up and smashed it with a mortar skillfully. The process of making it from scratch was reflected in my eyes.
[Guest-san, are you seeing the process of making a potion for the first time?]
[Ahh, even though I know about the ingredients for other potions, this is the first time I’m seeing a potion made.]
[You know about ingredients? I am certainly envious. As I am a practicing apprentice, I don’t know other ways to make a potion……] (TL: The boy’s words are polite and he uses “Boku”.)
[…… Does it mean that you only sell two types of potions because you don’t know the way to make other potions?]
The boy is momentarily dumbfounded before laughing. If I have to say what kind of laughter it is, it is filled with wry bitterness.
[No, that isn’t it. It is difficult to gather materials because the monsters gather in a pack. Even though requests have been made to the adventurer’s guild, it is still difficult to get the materials.]
In other words they can’t provide the potions if the quest is not cleared. That’s quite troubling. If this quest isn’t handled it might interfere with my future activities. I should confirm once with the event window to check if there are any changes to the quest, and I should stop by the guild as well.
[Guest-san, will you please teach me about the materials to make other potions? Even though I’m just an apprentice I would like to study.]
The boy looked up with timid eyes. Cute…… S-stop that, I don’t have that kind of interest in that area.
Still, the AI in the NPC is is truly showcasing itself. The freedom to converse is high. Even with my low communication ability, I was able to talk naturally. Usually the answers are gotten from searching the internet, but when it comes to fellow people’s queries, I want to answer them seriously.
And it’s quite refres.h.i.+ng to have a setting like an enthusiastic apprentice.
有りがちな設定だがこうもリアルに好少年している奴だとついつい応援したくなる。 (TL: I have no idea what this means. If I really have to TL it, it would be “It’s a common setting where one is like a good youth in real life and people wants to help them subconsciously”?)
I’m unable to refuse him with cold words. In any case, perhaps it’s okay for me to teach the information that is available for the public. Maybe there is going to be a new event from this conversation?
……. In no way this is because of the upturned eyes from this girly-looking boy who’s overly cute.
[I got it, that’s fine with me.]
The boy broke into a wide smile and thanked me. I naturally lit up with a smile as well because of that.
[Chaos-san, thank you very much. Thank you very much!]
The boy —– Pipin —– waved me out from the item shop.
Because of his eager att.i.tude, I taught him the various names of the potions, mana potions and elixirs. Then I taught him about the materials to make them, as well as the harvest locations and monsters to him.
He especially wanted to ask about elixirs in detail. Did he want to make them?
But the truth is the wiki is the amazing one — I felt a little guilty as l left the shop.
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