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

"Is it over?" A murmur from one of the soldiers of the territorial army echoed in the quiet air.

This is followed by cheers and murmurs of excitement among the soldiers.

"Look at the number of those alchemical beasts, that's a master rank alchemist" "A big hippopotamus! The way they are sitting, it's cute.""It's more like dragons, dragons.""Oh, that's the dragon breath, isn't it? That's the one they talk about in the stories."

With such murmurs in the background, I hasten to repatriate the Hippopo Brothers.

The Hippopo Brothers are sucked into the magic circle all at once.

In fact, a part of the magic circle had begun to make noise.

Unaware of this, the soldiers again cheer for the returning Hippopo Brothers.

I hastily finish the scrolling.

─ ─ I'm glad to see that my new scroll of combined magic, based on my recent research, has been activated properly, even though it made its debut in the battle. Thanks to the abundance of monster materials in the frontier and the budget that Karin gave me, I was able to make progress in my research. However, the stability of the magic circle needs to be improved. Long time deployment is still impossible.

I return to the group, feeling relieved inside.

The cheers have somehow turned into a series of calls of my name with admiration.

I was indeed embarrassed.

When I stop in front of everyone, the calling of my name stops. I could feel their eyes on me. I, in turn, observe the soldiers who are staring at me, and Ary.

They all seem to be uninjured. But is it possible that they are expecting me to say something? I don't know what to do: ......

"Commander, we have successfully defeated the monster."

I take the form of a report to the commander of the territorial army, while in the posture of a bow.

"What! Defeat, well done! You did a great job, Master Rust. Now, all troops, back to your posts! Let's get to work!"

The commander of the territorial army was suddenly asked to speak by me, but he was indeed the commander of an army. He understood my intention of implicitly handing over the achievement from the form of reporting, and summarized it neatly.

─ ─ This should save the face of the army. As we will be working together from now on, this kind of thing is important.

"Then I will go to clean up the mess. I will be responsible for closing up that big hole.

and decided to take charge of the cleanup of the hole created by the trampling of the giant Hippopo Brother.

"Thank you, Master Rust."

The commander then heads off to take command of the troops.

Ary approaches in his place.

He is staring at me through a pair of glasses, and his gaze is somewhat stern.

"You've gone too far, Master Rust.

Oh, I see... you know. I wonder what possible future Ary saw with his evil eye.

"Still, it didn't cause any damage, so ......" I reply, twirling my finger to indicate the implied conjunctive magic circle.

"By chance, right? You know what I mean, don't you?"

Unfortunately, Ary's pursuing hand does not seem to be loosened by such a thing.

"I'm sorry, I was worried about you."

One deep breath. Let the words come out on the exhale. I bow my head and honestly apologize for worrying you.

Then Sailorque comes down at just the right moment. Somehow, he lands right on my head.

"Oops! Sailuke!

He manages to maintain his position. I staggered but did not fall. Sailuke reluctantly moves to my shoulder.

"......" Ary's mouth let out an unintentional laugh. This softens the atmosphere.

I was relieved to see Ary and turned my attention to Sailuke who moved to my shoulder next.

I spotted a blinking triangle floating a short distance away on the upper right side of Sailuke's body.