Chapter 111 - Compounding basics and the little girl’s devoted heart. (1/2)

Hi there,

I probably won’t be able to translate much if at all during the next couple days so next chapter won’t be up for a few days.

Anyway, enjoy.

We left the items we harvested inside the storage and an announcement that we had visitors in the guild home appeared.

Yumir didn’t seem to have noticed so I checked my friend list, it seems like it was Philia-chan.

Albert seems to be logged out, could it be that she had come alone?

Our guild home is set so that friends are free to enter, so she was already inside.

I sent her a short email telling her that we were working and that she could go ahead and wait in the lounge.

When me and Yumir kept sorting the items, Philia-chan showed her face through the entrance.

Could it be that she couldn’t wait?

「Good evening, Philia-chan.」(Hind)

「Nuoh, Philia! When did you get there!?」(Yumir)

「…Good evening.」(Philia)

After giving a bow, she calmly entered the storage.

Then she just stayed silent as we placed the items from our inventories into the boxes…

「Are those, medicinal herbs?」(Philia)

「Umu. They are the first batch from our field! Oh right, Hind. Can we share some with Philia?」(Yumir)

「Of course. If you use them as is, they would only have the effect of a beginner potion, but it’s not like it hurts having them.」(Hind)

It’s not like medicinal herbs can only be used as ingredients, it’s also possible to use them as low grade restorative items.

Yumir took a bunch of medicinal herbs from the box and placed them on Philia-chan’s hand.

「…Thank you. However, I haven’t done any compounding.」(Philia)

「We’ll teach you that! Hind will, that is!」(Yumir)

「Hey.」(Hind)

「Isn’t that fine? We don’t have anything else to do today right?」(Yumir)

I mean, it’s true that since Selene-san is not here, we won’t make progress on our blacksmithing.

Riizu is not here so we can’t make progress in making healing items and Since Tobi is not here either, we don’t have enough people to do anything.

「Well, if Philia-chan is not against it, I’ll teac-」(Hind)

「Please do.」(Philia)

「She didn’t even let him finish talking!? You sure are eager, Philia!」(Yumir)

After that, we made Philia-chan wait until we had sorted out the items.

We planted several Adeniums in pots and placed them down in the hallways and the lounge.

Philia-chan looked at the plants and murmured 「So beautiful」, it seems like she has taken a liking to them.

The places we placed flowers on, looked a bit more lively…

Since this was supposed to be a residence for nobles, the rooms had splendid ornaments and the flowers matched them well.

Then, we arrived at our long awaited compounding room.

Mortar, pestle, beaker, bottle for when we finish the product and the medicinal herbs we were going to use. I finished preparing these things.

「Well, while we are at it, Yumir can also give it a try.」(Hind)

「I’ll give it a try!」(Yumir)

「Philia-chan too, are you ready?」(Hind)

When she heard my question, Philia-chan, who was holding the pestle, started nodding.

Fundamentally, to refine a HP potion, you need: medicinal herbs, nourishing plants and some other things.

In reality, these nourishing plants have many uses in TB.

「…These yellow ones are…」(Philia)

「Yeah. These nourishing plants that look like leaves of a yellow Indian Lotus. They look like the leaves of an Indian Lotus, but instead of growing in water, they grow on the ground.」(Hind)

「They are plants that don’t exist in real life?」(Philia)

「Obviously. They sprout all year round and anywhere after all.」(Hind)

Unlike the medicinal herbs, they can endure the heat of Waaha and we harvested them without any issue, they are an all purpose ingredient that can be used in compounding without much trouble.

Apart from HP potions, they are a must when it comes to MP potions and status ailment ones.

「So, we’ll start with a normal potion. You just mash the medicinal herbs and nourishing plants together and add water on top.」(Hind)

「*grinding grinding*..Uoh, it smells like grass!」(Yumir)

「…」(Philia)

Right after they grinded the medicinal herbs, their smell started to permeate the room.

However, after they grinded the nourishing plants, something weird happened.

「Oh…the smell disappeared?」(Yumir)

「It not only disappeared…there’s a sweet smell?」(Philia)

「That’s right. Furthermore, if they are sepa-」(Hind)

「So bitter! It’s not sweet!」(Yumir)

Disregarding my explanation, Yumir took a bite of the nourishing plants and had a wry expression on her face.

Silently, Philia-chan saw that and she looked a bit exasperated.

「…Hear me out until the end. Nourishing plants are bitter by themselves but they turn sweet if you mix them with medicinal herbs. If you mix detoxification ones they increase in bitterness, you should know about that right, Yumir?」(Hind)

「Umu…」(Yumir)

As a result, if you drink a HP potion, they taste good.

Though I have already said before that there’s no need to directly drink them.

「So, after you grind them sufficiently, it’s fine if you just add water directly.」(Hind)

「There’s no need to filter them?」(Yumir)

「In that regard, it’s a game. It’s simplified.」(Hind)

「I see. In that case, here we go.」(Yumir)

Once you add water, in an unusual way, the paste made from herbs disappears and only a blue liquid remains.

All that was left to do was to use a funnel to pour the liquid into the bottle.

「There, congratulations on finishing one. As you already know, HP potions are blue, MP potions are green, make sure to not mistake one for the other.」(Hind)

「Ooh…it’s easier than I thought?」(Yumir)

「Yes. But, it makes me a bit happy that I made one myself. It feels special.」(Philia)

Yup, I get what she means.