Act 5: Chapter 12: Mel and Elixir

Act 5: Chapter 12: Mel and Elixir

After our application for a patent ended, we could finally start with the training for Mel.

「Let's start with the basic alchemy lesson.」

「Yes, Kanata-sensei!」

Mel replied vigorously.

「That's the spirit.」

I raised my hand to the air.

「Time-space Magic, 8th Rank; 《Dimension Pocket》.」

I thrust my hand into the magic circle and pulled out the grimoire from inside.

「Stop using high-rank magic as if it's normal...」

Rosemonde spoke with a dumbfounded face.

「Oooh! It just as I heard from Rosemonde-san, you really are an amazing person, Kanata-san!」

「Rather than amazing... It's more like this guy is on a whole nother dimension to the point that I have no idea about the logic behind his actions.」

Rosemonde heaved a sigh.

Mel cocked her head puzzledly.

「But, the grimoire looks more surreal than I thought... Can I really read this? Don't you think that it's a bit too difficult for a mere novice like me... I mea—」

Mel mumbled something on her own.

「And this one, this one, this one, I think you'll need this one too.」

I took out one grimoire after another from 《Dimension Pocket》, piling them up one after another.

Mel was stunned upon seeing the piles of grimoire.

「Oi Pomera... Is he the kind of guy that throws his weight? Though it's only for a short time, I get this feeling that he wants a noob to read all of those thick grimoires.」

「... Throwing his weight is an understatement though.」

Pomera muttered while heaving a sigh.

「Kanata-san... I-I really don't know anything about alchemy... S-Surely, many magic tool maker jobs involved with alchemy but, I don't think it's this much...」

「Don't worry. I have an item that will solve that problem.」

This time, I took out a choker with a red gem from 《Magic Pouch》

「Yuck, it's bitter... Rather, it did make me feel a bit smarter. Yeah... I feel a bit smarter indeed!」

That might be just a placebo effect though...

I mean, it was a bit too early for its' effect to take place.

「This is the first time I heard about a potion that sharpens one's ability to sense magic... That's an item that a first-rate mage will die for. I wanted such a potion too. Pomera, does that potion really have such an effect? I mean, if we can make it, it'll become the flagship product of 《Fairy's Wings》.」

「According to Kanata-san... The estimated price for one bottle of that is ten billion gold.」

「T-TENHOBH! COUGH!」

Mel choked the moment she heard the price.

The area around her mouth was soiled by green-colored liquid.

「O-Oi Kanata, is that thing really worth ten billion gold!?」

「Well... It is just a rough estimation of their price... In fact, it might be just one-tenth of that.」

「Selling one of them is enough to solve this situation! Why are you bothering to do this farce?」

「Because selling it isn't as easy as you think, if things go wrong, it might even trigger a war...」

Moreover, I knew that they would say something like 『Okay, the debt has been settled, now please leave Polorock.』 If I slapped them with a box filled with gold.

Pomera and I did have a way to gather that kind of money in no time, doing that indeed would solve the problem immediately and I could take Rosemonde to the Peach Dragon Village right away.

But, that was not a long-term solution.

Mel would felt indebted to us and to be honest, I didn't want to give that bastard Wontz more money to scam others.

If possible, I wanted to solve this case and make Mel's dream come true at the same time.

... Naturally, we could still use the first method if the push come to shove.

But, I had a trump card that might be able to assist Mel.

And that would be able to help her defeat Wontz in the frontal fight too.

「M-My apologies for vomiting this ten billion gold! I-I will lick the one that scattered on the floor!」

Mel's face paled and she had already been groveling on the floor, ready to lick the floor.

「D-Don't worry about it, I mean it! It's not like I can sell that item either!」

... Maybe I should tell Pomera to keep a secret about the estimation price of the 《Blood's God; Ether》.