Walking in another world – Chapter 292 – Nahal – Part five

We aren’t going to see results right away, so I ask Olin and Nono to keep observing.

And since I don’t know if we’ll be here long enough for results to show, I talk to the alchemist guild.

“A medicine to increase the quality of soil?”

I guess hearing that all of a sudden is perplexing.

I’m not familiar with how farming is in this world, but if there’s an item that can improve it, I assume they will at least want to try it.

Of course, there’s a chance that they won’t even want to touch it if the price is too high, but this town was built with the backing of the country.

I think if an item like this exists, they should want to use it.

And apparently I’m right in that medicine to improve quality of soil doesn’t currently exist.

“Apparently farming is done on land suitable for it in the first place, and each village has their own traditional methods.”

In Japan there is fertilizer for kitchen gardens even, but here no one focuses on producing it.

Even if they did make it, they’d need to be able to send it to where it was needed.

A lot of villages are located far from towns, and generally speaking, most of them are self-sufficient. But some people also go and sell things depending on necessity, because it’s always nice to have money. Especially when they need to do stuff like put out quests to hunt monsters.

“So people wouldn’t go out of their way to buy this…”

“That is not true. In fact, there are people who want to expand the territory. I think we can use this!”

I’m surprised by the enthusiasm, considering the weak reaction at first.

“So we can sell this method?”

“We won’t actually know until we try, but… And we also need to check if it can really be done with alchemy.”

That’s true. Does it really work? Can it really be done with alchemy?

I have it with me, but this is just what I made.

“In any case, I will register Sora as the creator. We will keep it under observation, and check if others can also make it. And if it works…”

There’s a reward for coming up with a new kind of medicine, and a reward depending on how much it actually sells.

As I hear various things being explained, suddenly I think of something. I didn’t get such a detailed explanation when it was about the full potions, but… I heard Bozen go on about favorable conditions.

“Sorry, but can you check the balance on this card?”

They do, and there’s more money on it than I thought.

“…Did they perfect their full potions?”

I mumble, and the employee reacts.

“Full potions! Sora? Are you the same Sora who developed the full potions!?”

The employee asks, terribly excited.

“Probably…”

“I-I see! Please wait, I will call the guildmaster.”

When the guildmaster arrives, I tell him everything, starting from the reason why I decided to create the soil medicine.

“For the children in the home…”

The guildmaster is impressed, but it was largely for the sake of Chris and the others too, so it feels kind of wrong to be praised for it.

“Yes, this town’s food problem is getting a little severe. We need to think about the future too, so if anyone is free, we will have them try it.”

I guess being a guildmaster means his head works pretty fast.

Or I guess I should specify, guildmaster of the alchemist guild.

“I would like to see what happens…”

I assume he means the actual process of creating it, and how it changes the soil.

“Is there any place where we can test it?”

I ask, and I’m told there’s a plot in the guild where they grow medicinal herbs.

But the soil they use here is mixed with soil brought from the forest, so when I check its quality, it says it’s normal.

It’s better than the soil in the farm, but maybe there’s still room for improvement.

I ask about it, and I’m told that the medicinal herbs they pick here don’t really seem as healthy as the ones picked in forests for example.

But I’m told they’re actually noticeably better than the ones picked in grassy fields around the town.

Since I’m telling them the method anyway, all the alchemists currently not busy gather, and I explain to them how to make the soil medicine.

Maybe it’s just me, but I get the impression that all of them have bags under their eyes. The ones that are particularly bad have sunken cheeks too…

“Are the work conditions here terrible?”

I ask without even thinking, and they say that some people have been so obsessed with making full potions, that when they’re done with their regular work, they immerse themselves in those.

Many people here have the temperament you’d expect from a researcher, and when their desire to look into the unknown is stimulated, they end up forgoing sleep to keep working.

They also say that these medicinal herbs were sort of planted in a hurry too, so they could use them to practice making full potions.

“No, people really do need to rest.”

I add a condition to me explaining how to make the soil medicine, and make them promise to sleep properly.

Rest is important.

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