episode_0074

I guess Morsling’s mask still bothers me, so I bring forward Peria, who was standing quietly behind me without participating in the conversation.

Peria, who I thought wasn’t really shy, was hesitant, so I squeezed her shoulder and told her not to worry, and she opened her mouth.

“Uh… I came here because I heard that the person here is the most knowledgeable in research on blood slimes. I heard that the pharmacist north of Grace knows. But are you a pharmacist? Isn’t the sign from Workshop or Chemist? Oh. It’s called Peria, the trickster.”

Morsling responds with a soft voice to Peria, who speaks a little gibberish.

“You’re a cute trickster. His name is Morsling, a pharmacist. As introduced, although I am a pharmacist, I am also qualified to open an Asylum. That’s why I have a concurrent job.”

“What is so different?”

‘Chemist? Asylum? ‘Is there a difference between a pharmacy and a hospital?’

We kept coming back and forth with unfamiliar terms, so we asked Morsling for an explanation, and he kindly explained it to us.

“Shops classified as Chemists usually request herbs from adventurers and make and handle products such as regeneration activation potions that help healing, various antidotes, and elixirs of vitality that restore depleted stamina. On the other hand, Asylum’s job is similar to that of Chemist, but the range of items it can handle is expanded. You can now deal with medicines that strengthen your mental power and make you resistant to mental magic or ghost possession, or products that temporarily increase your physical abilities significantly, although they have side effects.”

“Is it similar to the purification or strengthening magic given by priests?”

After listening to it, I realized that the products he was making seemed no different from those made by priests.

“That’s right. But adventurers can’t always form a party that includes a priest and a wizard. The things I make are items that give the same effects as holy magic without the need for divine power, and when I use these items, my share increases as there is one less person involved. So there is more demand than expected.”

‘That sure would be nice.’

After listening to his additional explanation, I was able to understand why he created a separate item that could fill that role even though it had the same effect.

It is said that there are priests who train to become paladins or priests who go on adventures to spread their doctrines, but the number of priests is not large enough for one to join a party of numerous adventurers.

Inevitably, there will be adventurer parties that just wander around without a priest capable of healing, but the personnel who can heal in such a field are always risking their lives and the adventurers who work are always willing to accompany them in some way. It’s a role.

So, in the end, for those parties who were unable to find a healer, Morsling’s medicines would be essential supplies.

Spiritual soldiers like me do not feel much need for doping potions and such because healing spells and strengthening spells do not allow magic to pass through the body, but from an adventurer’s point of view, they are definitely needed for quests such as defeating heretics or purifying evil spirits. There will be demand because there will be a need for it.

So, I understood why Morsling made such items, but I was curious as to why he was so good at blood slime, so I asked him again.

“Does what you are doing have anything to do with that slime? Are you using it as an ingredient?”

When I actually asked the question, I thought that I might have asked a question that might be a bit troublesome to answer because of various reasons, but Morsling was happy and answered without hesitation.

“It was a coincidence. Since blood slime is also a slime, it is not without demand for research or as an ingredient for medicine, but this is the first time that I have conducted such extensive research on it. As a hobby in my old age, I researched blood slime and submitted it to an academic conference, and it was recognized by the Alchemists’ Guild?”

“Ah, so you’ve been doing research since you became an authority?”

“That’s right. So, thinking that I would receive a lot of support at the right time, I decided to use my experience to submit a permit to the church and turn my workshop into Asylum. Of course, due to limited expertise and budget, it was impossible to receive patients like Asylum in the Empire. Still, the number of Asylums in the kingdom is just a handful, so I thought it would be nice to have at least one in a rural area like this, so I started business in earnest, and it was better than I expected.”

A man blessed with luck.

As soon as I heard his story, those words came to mind.

It is said that Morsling was entering a niche market that no one had explored without even realizing it, and that he was able to open his current store.

As adventurers, there are many people who try to open their own shop, but most of them end up wasting money or losing their lives along the way, but Morsling was a winner who avoided all the bad luck and achieved happiness.

Peria, who was listening to the story with me, heard about Morsling’s career and seemed to be convinced of the information, so she took a money bag out of her bag and approached him.

“Then can you tell me a little about how to catch those blood slimes? I will also provide sufficient examples.”

When Feria holds out a bag containing gold coins, Morsling takes it, takes out two gold coins, and returns them.

“This is enough. is it so. The fact that you came to see me probably means that you want to catch a newborn blood slime, not an ordinary blood slime, right?”

“Yes, you understand. How did you know?”

“Blood slime itself is nature’s corpse disposer, so it’s common, so there’s no reason for you to come all the way to me to get information on how to catch it. So there are only two reasons why you came to see me. Either they were trying to get information about their colony, or they were coming to learn how to catch newborns without damaging them. Come this way.”

Morsling leads us down a passageway going underground.

When I went down to the basement, I found a space larger than the first floor.

“Huh? Is there slime here too?”

In the middle of it, a circular lump of red liquid was rolling around.

It was quite large, so at first I thought that the slime that had been raised in the living space had escaped and was contemplating whether to take up a weapon, but Morsling stopped it.

“It’s okay. I slightly improved the blood slime and used it as a familiar. He doesn’t go anywhere and stays underground to help me with my work. Now, go and find a square box with glass on it.”

When Morsling gives a command to the blood slime, the slime stretches its body and slowly climbs up the wall and begins to take out a lantern from a high cupboard.

Seeing that, I think it would be perfect to just lie down at home and ask people to bring me various things.

Even though it moves a little slowly, it looks round and stable, and Peria was envious of how it healed her heart.

“I think it would be really nice to have a familiar like that. It would be best if you lie down and bring me this or that item for me.”

“Are familiars expensive? If it’s not expensive, why don’t you buy one?”

I’m jealous of Peria, but now that I think about it, I’ve never seen a familiar like that.

Since I was in the military, it wasn’t like there weren’t magicians around, and although all magicians could make such a convenient familiar, not many of them had familiars.

As I was thinking to myself, “Why on earth is this happening,” Peria happened to tell me the reason why I don’t raise a familiar.

“It’s not about money that’s an issue for a familiar, but it’s really annoying to feed him. I remember that type of slime needs to be fed all the time, but as a wanderer, taking care of a familiar that eats more meals than a human being is extremely annoying.”

“I see.”

After listening to Peria’s words, I felt like I could roughly understand why wizards do not raise familiars.

These are people who often skip their meals once they start concentrating on research.

Even if such magicians try to raise a familiar, once they are stuck somewhere, they cannot turn their eyes away, so they will forget to feed the familiar and will soon starve to death.

‘Or, you could end up getting angry at your familiar for not giving you food.’

Creeping creeping-

Take out the lantern and touch the slime you brought to Morsling.

It’s not bad to have a firm yet soft feel like a gym ball.

‘Well, you shouldn’t have a pet if you don’t have a sense of responsibility.’

As for pets, even though they are slimes, they are cute, but they require a lot of work and are not something to be raised carelessly.

When I started living on my own, I thought about raising a pet, but after considering various circumstances and thinking about the things I gave up on, I realized that this is a hobby that only rich and leisurely people engage in.

As I continue to touch the slime, Peria says something.

“Ugh. Brother, did you touch that? I’m sorry for not telling you in advance, but first of all, is that all the color caused by blood? I told you that blood slimes are corpse scavengers. So stocks eat blood.”

“Hey. Why tell me that now? You suddenly felt creepy.”

After hearing Peria’s words, he was shocked and took his hand away from the slime.

‘Now that I think about it, they were the ones dismembering corpses.’

“Now you only have to do one thing.”

We took the lantern with Morsling and went up to the first floor again.

After he went up, he worked on the lantern for a while, and when he got bored, he called us, saying it was the last step.

“Now add these guys here…”

He then opened the green light on one side, took out the bugs inside, opened the lid of the lantern, put them in, and said he was done.

“ has been completed. This is a detector I used for research in the past, and it works well. If you carry this fluorescent bug lantern towards their habitat and stand there, they will flock to you. One thing to keep in mind is that when blood slimes come, they will flock in such large numbers that it looks like a red river everywhere. If you move carefully so as not to get surrounded and look closely, you will see a part in the middle that appears to be open. That’s where the transparent, newborn blood slime is. All you have to do is scoop up that part with a shovel or something. They move slowly so it should be easy.”

“How much can I give you for the detector containing that bug?”

Morsling gives it to Peria, who accepts it and takes out the gold coin bag again.

“It’s okay. It’s not a new item, it’s a used one. Since I have a connection with Lee Rim, I’ll just give it to you.”

“Uh, thank you. Pharmacist.”

“What. Trickster, please spread the word about my store. Because I like having many people visit my store. Since I live alone, it feels a bit lonely.”

“I will definitely do that.”

‘It looks like he’s not married after all.’

It seems difficult for someone studying in such a dark place to find a lover. I don’t know if I’ll ever meet someone with the same tastes.

“Oh and Lee Rim. Since you are going to a swamp where it is difficult to move, I would like to ask you a favor. If you have some time left, I would appreciate it if you could use this and let me know your review when you come back.”

After finishing talking with Peria, Morsling took something from near the shelf where he was initially standing and handed it to me.

It was a syringe-shaped object, and the inside of the syringe, which had a cap like a red ballpoint pen, was dripping with liquid.

“What is this?”

“This is a newly developed drug, and we made it in a syringe format for portability. It is an item that significantly strengthens physical abilities, and I made it so that it can be used as much as necessary even in situations where magical power does not work. So Lee Rim can also use it.”

“Really? It’s a bit strange. But why don’t you do it yourself?”

“I went there in person once before, but many of the customers who came to my store during that time said they were in vain. Since this work has improved its side effects and performance, I would like to test it again to see how useful it will be when used in swamps, but I cannot waste our customers’ time. It would be great if you could try it out and let me know when you return.”

“Sure, whatever. Are there any side effects to this?”

“If you expect it to be the same as before, when the duration ends, do you see two objects? Isn’t that what usually happens when you’re drunk anyway? Hahaha!”

‘If it’s definitely that much, well. It’s worth a try when you come back.’

For me, who cannot channel magical energy into my body, it would be welcome if I could strengthen my physical abilities even with this temporary method.

I’ll try it out and if it’s useful, I’ll buy a few and take them with me.

So we received a syringe that looked like a red ballpoint pen from Morsling and left the store.

“Then shall we leave for the swamp right away?”

“Yes. Go north and it’s a little far from the elf forest.”

“Hey, wait a minute, wouldn’t it be very dangerous if an elf appeared?”

I absolutely want to refuse to fight against elves.

“It’s okay. I also confirmed that there were no stories of seeing an elf in the swamp. The elf forest is across from there, so you won’t encounter anything. Let’s hurry up and catch the slime and finish it quickly.”

“I really wish that would happen.”

‘I have a really uneasy feeling, but I guess we won’t meet.’