The Frontier Alchemist ~ I Can't Go Back to That Job After You Made My Budget Zero

"Now, the reward is ......," I begin.

The chiefs looked nervous.

"How about a little wood from the Kagero tree, as much as you can afford? I said.

The village head and Zahle looked puzzled.

"With something like that?　Surely there are plenty of mayflies growing nearby, but what use are they?" The chief said.

Yes, that is certainly the general perception. The only custom is to decorate the top of the door of the village chief's house, and the number of villages that have Kagero trees planted nearby has been decreasing especially recently. However, according to old documents, it seems that there was always one tree planted in every village.

"Are there many Kagero trees? That's wonderful!　In the meantime, can you show us around?　Now is also the time of year when the Kagero berries are growing."

"Okay. And if it's all right with you, Mr. Rust... We followed the chief's lead through the village.

While we were walking, villagers were gathering from everywhere.

Before we knew it, a procession led by the chief had formed.

It's a small village and there seems to be very little entertainment, so it's not surprising that people gather here. Alchemy would be a good spectacle. But then again, there are not many children.

As I think about this, I see the trees of Kagero. There is at least a small forest.

"Great. Now, can you gather some materials from the Kagero trees, whatever is left over?" I call out to the village headman.

"Well, boys, if you're with me, you're going to work. Gather branches and berries of the Kagero tree, just as the alchemist here says.

The villagers, who at first looked at each other, soon followed the chief's instructions.

The branches and berries of the Kagero tree were accumulating in front of my eyes. They are piled up in a neatly separated pile.

"That's enough," I tell them.

"Stop working! Zahle calls out to the villagers.

I grab one of the kagero nuts in the meantime and whisper to the nearby chiefs.

You know the ingredients of the magic crystal stone, don't you? Generally, we use the magic stone of a monster. But that's not the only way to make it," I take out three scrolls from my backpack.

Three scrolls spread out. That was enough to send the villagers buzzing.

"What is that?" You're an idiot, you know that? That's the Scroll. It's said that alchemists create them with all their magic .......""But I can't believe that three scrolls were created at the same time. I've never seen that before. Is it divine?

I listen to the villagers' conversation and am impressed that some of them are quite knowledgeable about alchemy. I wish I could have shown something spectacular to the villagers, who are starved for entertainment. Well, the process is fixed, so it can't be done that way.

I apologize inwardly for being so plain.

Activate the first scroll. Yes, that's the one I used before when I made the potion. My pride and joy.

I used it to make pure water then, but this time, the object is the air in front of me.

This time, the target is the air in front of me. I will activate the magical element contained in the air.

To begin with, the magic stone that can be extracted from the body of a monster is a solidification of the magic element in the atmosphere over a long period of time.

Then, it can be directly filtered out from the air without going through the monster.

A black blur appears in front of you by the action of the purification scroll. This is the magic element. And in high concentration.

The villagers are once again in an uproar. But this time, they don't seem to understand what is happening. They don't seem too surprised. Well, the purification scrolls are my specialties. I am the only one who uses it in this world.

This is the key to the refining process this time...

Oh well. I shove the Kagero nut in my hand into the black blur.

The black blur is sucked into the mayfly. The Kagero nut takes in the magical element and begins to turn black at once.

The Kagero nut can really be used as a material for various kinds of refining. This is because they are very good at absorbing magical elements.

"Grinding" I activate the second scroll.

The wind begins to swirl above the activated scroll. Immediately, it turns into a small tornado.

The villagers are once again in uproar: "Wow, it's a little wind vortex," "That's called a tornado," and "Wow, it's going around. This time it was easier to understand. The reaction was loud.

I release a Kagero nut on top of the mini-tornado.

The lizard fruit falls straight into the center of the tornado.