episode_0020

Knock knock─

Someone knocked on the door of Chairman Mureos’ office.

“Yes~ Please come in.”

Without even checking who it was, Chairman Mureos, who was inside, told them to come in.

That’s because everyone could already sense who was standing in front of the door through the magic waves.

It was Edin, who started working at the Working Academy General Store starting today.

As for Teacher Saella’s sudden vacation request earlier, why are there so many visitors today?

Chairman Mureos put down what he was doing, opened the door, and welcomed Edin as he came in.

“Ah, Chairman. Sorry for the inconvenience.”

“No. What’s going on?”

In response to Mureos’ question, Edin seemed a little hesitant and then spoke.

“That’s because I want to get permission for something.”

“Permission?”

What are you talking about?

First of all, we prepared the equipment and equipment to the best of our knowledge, but from a practical perspective, was there anything more that was needed?

But what he was seeking permission to do was completely unexpected.

“…So, you’re going to get the ingredients yourself?”

That is to say, he will personally obtain the ingredients needed for alchemy.

A question immediately appeared in Mureos’ mind.

‘Why?’

Of course, Edin properly explained the reason.

This is to save money on raw materials.

But that’s the Academy’s concern, not Edin’s.

He just tells you the ingredients you need, takes them, and makes the potion for you.

‘Are you really asking me to give all that money to myself?’

He didn’t seem like a person who was that greedy for money.

It was strange.

“Wouldn’t it be dangerous? I don’t think there’s any need to take that much of a risk.”

“……”

Edin seemed to think for a moment and then spoke to Mureos.

“Actually, it’s an excuse.”

“…?”

excuse.

I want to help the academy, and I want to help them save money.

Of course, Edin did not have such feelings at all.

But in fact, the Adventurer Academy is not suffering from financial difficulties to the extent that it needs help from him.

In the first place, as long as there is support and investment from the Adventurer’s Guild’s enormous capital, they will never face financial difficulties.

It’s just an idea to reduce unnecessary money wasted.

It is true that Edin has nothing to do but help.

In the end, those are all excuses,

Actually, there was another reason why I really wanted it.

“Actually… I really wanted to collect materials and do it with my own hands!”

Edin spoke with a blush, as if confessing an embarrassing truth.

Yes, actually, it’s all just an excuse.

It’s just… like a child’s greed.

I want to try it.

I want to test what I know for myself!

After all, he was also an alchemist.

I want to test the ideas and knowledge I have accumulated with my own hands and see the results.

People crazy about research!

Could it be that the backlash has been suppressed so far?

Now that freedom of research and experimentation is guaranteed, Edin wanted to immediately try out things that he had not been able to do properly in the past.

Just wanting to help finance the Academy was nothing more than an additional reason.

“Hehehe. Looking at your face, if I stop you, it’s going to be a big problem, right?”

“…Oh. Sorry.”

Edin regained his composure, surprised that he had shown an excited expression without realizing it.

“Good. Time for direct exploration is necessary for an alchemist. But there is a problem.”

There are two problems.

The business hours of running a general store, and the safety of Edin.

As for time, Edin has prepared a solution.

No, not exactly… Suiben created a solution.

“In that sense, I would like to hire a salesperson for my store.”

“Sales staff…?”

Hiring employees is not that difficult.

If the Adventurer Academy posted a recruitment notice, a huge number of people would flock to even simple cleaning jobs.

You can work at a huge company called Adventurer Academy, and the salary is even stronger than if you were doing the same job at any other place.

There is no reason not to support it.

Hiring a salesperson will cost less than the cost of purchasing materials, so it does not undermine the superficial reason of ‘helping with finances.’

…Well, it’s actually a cause that has become worthless.

In any case, the hiring of sales staff can be resolved within a few days.

But Edin came with a completely different solution.

“Mr. Suiben applied to become an employee at a general store.”

“…Oh, I see.”

Chairman Mureos did not seem as surprised as expected.

Because she knew it well.

Suiben Roche was originally an aspiring merchant, and until now he has not given up on his dream of becoming a merchant.

She always said that when she retired, she would open her own store and become self-employed.

“But he is a current academy teacher. Well, it’s not that compatibility is impossible… but then it would be very difficult.”

Suiben is a teacher who teaches tank positions at the academy.

It is not possible to immediately select a person who can replace the position, so of course, the transfer cannot be made immediately.

Even if they let you transfer, you will still have to work two jobs until you find someone.

“He said he would take that into account. If it were to cause any disruption to either party, I decided to quit my job as a store employee immediately.”

“Oh…”

“Salary is the same as that received by regular employees. And that part stemmed entirely from my greed, so it doesn’t matter if I pay for it.”

“You don’t have to go that far. In the end, we are in the position of hiring from the academy.”

Anyway, it seems like it’s meaningless to worry about finances anymore.

As I said before, the Adventurer Academy had a lot of money, but it was never lacking.

“Then all that remains is Mr. Edin’s risk.”

Edin had already thought about that as well.

“Today, we received many questions from students at the Academy General Store. As expected, since they were Adventurer Academy students, they were all passionate and excellent.”

Lots of questions from students.

The way of dealing with orcs in the forest, a group of kobolds appearing in a mine, and a group of dire wolves in the field.

The forests, mines, and fields they inhabit.

That space is where the alchemy ingredients he wants to obtain are located.

“Do you accompany students to external classes?”

“Yes. Then, you can kill two birds with one stone because you can teach students knowledge about profitable collectibles and how to collect them while maintaining quality.”

“……”

Mureos’ eyes widened at Edin’s words.

That’s definitely a good idea.

In fact, from an adventurer’s perspective, alchemy ingredients or magic ingredients do not feel extremely important.

It’s just like an additional element that comes with making a request or killing a monster.

Therefore, many people do not take the time and effort to collect it delicately and instead just take it and sell it.

Even that, because there is a strong feeling that lower-level adventurers do it to earn pocket money, gathering materials becomes less common as higher-level adventurers get older.

At best, take off the most valuable by-products from the monsters you kill and sell them?

‘That’s why pure research magicians and alchemists who don’t become adventurers hate adventurers, calling them barbaric.’

They ignore the adventurers, saying they are barbarians who do not know how to maintain the quality of materials.

So the wizards’ guild, the alchemists’ guild, and the adventurer’s guild did not get along very well, even though they had a mutually beneficial relationship.

To be honest, I could understand being annoyed.

In order to make good potions or magic scrolls, high-quality materials are important. To obtain high-quality materials, hire a special adventurer who specializes in that field and pay them a lot of money.

Otherwise, they have no choice but to take the risk and go rescue them themselves.

Well, it’s not just to avoid being ignored by the wizard guild or the alchemist guild.

If you think about it, obtaining quality materials is ultimately helpful to adventurers.

Aside from making more money, isn’t it an ingredient used to make the potions they use?

The more high-quality products are released into the market, the more high-quality potions, magic scrolls, and enchanted items become available.

And it will be released cheaply.

As a result, the adventurers’ survivability will increase and allow them to complete more requests.

‘But the idea of teaching it never occurred to me.’

This is definitely something you can understand if you think about it a little.

It’s just that adventurers can’t help it, it takes time anyway, so it’s not efficient… I’ve been trying to ignore it for the same reason.

However, things change when Edin comes in.

You can learn right in front of your eyes how to mine materials while maintaining their quality, and you can quickly and directly experience that collecting high-quality materials will produce better quality potions and consumables.

From now on, there are excellent alchemists at the academy who can make use of enough high-quality ingredients.

Of course, in reality, he was a genius who could create amazing things even with trash materials.

In the eyes of students, it may seem that collecting quality materials yields good products.

Or you can ask them to make it look like that on purpose for class.

In reality, if you are an alchemist other than Edin, you will naturally be affected by the quality of the ingredients.

I saw with my own eyes what it was like to be human.

Aren’t they a people you don’t know unless you feel it with your own skin?

‘Anyway, if you’re skilled, unless it’s a fairly rare material, it doesn’t take that long even if you take care to collect it. If you take that into account…’

Edin proposed ‘a material collection class presented in a practical way outside.’

If students who have seen and experienced it first-hand become adventurers, more quality materials will be supplied to the market.

There will be more high-quality items, and ultimately the adventurer’s survival ability and ability to carry out requests will increase.

‘This isn’t something that requires permission… Isn’t this a matter where we have to ask you to do so…?’

The appearance of one outstanding alchemist could change the situation so much.

Mureos couldn’t help but laugh at the extraordinary situation.