35 Episode 35: Demon Avoidance and the End of the Scammer

"Now we're going to create a demon shelter potion."

The village chief, who was relieved after the tasting, returned it to me, so I decided to start producing a potion to avoid demons.

I'm already ready for the bottom, so what I'm going to do is explain and finish the work.

"Dry these herbs first. And when it dries to about this sample, it crushes until it's powdered."

Well, it's a hassle to show the work now, so take out the finished product.

"This will be the finished product, but roughly shrug it until it's about this time"

The village pharmacist is looking at the powdered herb as he nods humhumhum.

"And what matters is the amount. If you're used to it, you can make enough to cover the village and the field, but if you're going to make enough, you can make it with amateurs, so we've got this measuring cup."

I take out multiple cups with a pattern of herbal leaves.

"These cups have a groove carved inside so you can see the amount of medicine you need to make. Put powdered herbs up to this groove. The types of medicinal herbs correspond to the pictures of medicinal herbs written on the table of cups"

It can be for people who can't read the letters.

"So, when you weigh the portions, put all the herbs in this container and mix. Once mixed until even, now mix with water in there. Use this glass to measure the amount of water."

As a result, all the herbs were mixed together while conveying detailed instructions, and a potion to avoid demons was finally created.

"Is this the potion to avoid demons?

"Yeah...... but you need to wait overnight until the ingredients of the potion stabilize"

So I took out the finished product potion that I had already prepared.

"So, this is the finished product potion I put to sleep overnight. Compare it to the potion you just made.

So I fall back and make sure that it looks good to everyone. [M]

"Sure, the potion I just made feels so cloudy."

"This finished product has a deeper color."

Yeah, yeah, this is how comparing it to the finished product made me understand the fine difference.

"So, all you have to do is dilute this potion with water and put it on a fence covering your village or field"

"That's surprisingly easy."

It was an unexpectedly simple method, so everyone is eating shoulder watermarks.

In fact, it's a potion of difficulty for kids who have grown up somewhat in previous generations to learn how to make it.

"Yeah, that's all right. This time it will be diluted with water because the amount is needed, but this medicine will be more effective as the concentration is thicker. Carry the potion bottle lid again and you can use it to avoid monsters during your journey."

"That's good! Convenient for going to other villages and towns!

"Oh, it's good you don't have to go to business frightened by demons!

Yeah, yeah, more than anything to please you.

But I have trouble getting caught off guard.

"Nevertheless, it is ineffective for powerful demons, and remember to say that it is only a medicine that emits the smell that demons dislike"

"Oh, I see."

By being pushed in awe, the villagers admonish their floating mood.

Yeah, well, it doesn't work for powerful demons.

"Then shall we actually use it? Spread it around the village."

"" "YEAH!!" "

Young people in the village go wielding demonic shelter potions on fences spent by fields and livestock.

Then the effect just showed.

"Güküje!!"

Moffmoff, who was walking nearby, ran away in the opposite direction with a great scream.

Speaking of which, is Moffmoff a demon, too?

"Sounds like it's working right"

"Huh? Is that good?

"Huh? Is there a problem?

Is that all Mr. Liliera has to say? Look at me with that face.

Yeah? You know you don't like demons properly.

"Well, good."

Then, like surrounding the village, we end up sowing the demon shelter potion.

"After that, if we can see if the demons that live in the vicinity are approaching the village, we can do it."

"How do you confirm that?

"Huh?"

"Because demons don't come near you because they don't like the smell, do they? If you don't like demons and see them run away, you won't know if they're gonna come near this potion, will you?

Maybe when they say so.

"... All right, let's bring the demons"

"Huh?"

What do you mean, the village chief? and look here.

If you don't have demons, you can take them from here.

"I'm going to catch a demon for a bit as an experimental bench!

When I told him that, I left the village to look for demons.

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"There he is! Kaiserhawk!"

When I find a new prey, I throw as many stones as I want that were rolling at my feet.

Stone crushing released from flesh fortified by physical strengthening magic hits Kaiserhawk's face and falls to the ground.

"Ugh!

I caught Kaiserhawk in the air, and when I land, I tie my legs with a rope, just like any other demon.

"Is this all you need?

I look around at the wide variety of demons I've caught as an experimental bench for the demon shelter potion.

"Time to go back to the village."

I pulled the rope that led to the demons and headed back to the village.

"" "" "" "Ghhhhhhhhhhhh!!" ""

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"I brought an experimental demon. Yo!

Back under the village chiefs waiting around the village, I show them the demons that will serve as the experimental bench.

"" "" Guh, guh... ""

"It's more like a sinner who's been pulled around the city in disguise than an experimental bench."

Everyone in the village nods to Mr. Liliera's words.

"Wow, how can you drag this many things?

"It's not just the numbers, there's some fucked-up ones, too.... Is this the strength of A-rank adventurers?

"Well, then it's only natural that you won't be rewarded enough."

Why are you all so surprised that you've come all this way?

"Come on, let's just try that!

"" "No blood, no tears!?" "

Ha ha, what are you talking about -?

I brought you here to experiment with potions, didn't I?

First, I throw the little demons into a fence with a demon shelter potion.

"Kung Kung...... BUGUE!?"

Batan and the demons go down making noises.

"Sounds like it works for a small demon. Then let's try a medium demon next time."

Most throw in bears and horse-sized demons.

"Gbhhhhhhh!?"

Dotha, the demon falls down with a screaming sound all the time like an extinct demon.

"Then let's give the big demon a try at the end. That."

Finally, he throws in a large demon, starting with Kaiserhawk.

"Ghhhhhhhh!!"

It's just a big one, don't faint quickly, the demons wander around more and more.

And when I thought I'd gone away from the village in a flirtatious and desperate shape, I suddenly ran to the other side with all my might.

"Apparently, the smell of potion fades from that area."

Well, if you sprinkle the medicine regularly in the future, the range of effects of the medicine will be even wider.

"What do you say? We got away with a big demon, but this would do us good enough to avoid demons, wouldn't it?

…………

I turned around and told him that, but the villagers didn't react well.

"Uh, were you disappointed that maybe it didn't work well?

"" "" The other way around!! ""

The ever silent villagers scream with a hammer.

"I say avoid demons, so much more like this, I thought you were so silly that you didn't like the smell that you wouldn't come close, but you're fainting as much as you want! It's working so well that it's not any more! What doesn't work for a strong demon! You're screaming and running away as much as you want -!!"

To the cry of the village chief, everyone in the village snorts ununung.

"Yeah, I am. If you just let a weak demon eat you at close range, you'll faint because you smell so tight. See, animals have a really good nose compared to humans, don't they? The demons are the same. It's just that if you're a big opponent, you can't stun them because of the smell, but you can only expect to have the effect of running away normally."

"I mean, when a big demon is the target, Mr. Rex, you were right to say 'ineffective'"

"Lord Liliera, that means..."

"It works too well for a normal demon."

"" "" Wow... ""

Huh? What is that sighing and frightening voice?

"Hey, Mr. Rex."

And Mr. Liliera stares at me with a serious face.

"What is it, Mr. Liliera?

"I need to talk to you about something in the demon shelter potion."

"Yes?"

"It's that potion, can't you sell it to another village?

"In other villages?

"Yeah, with that potion, other villages would need to hire adventurers to protect themselves from demons, too. I think selling it for less than hiring adventurers will help a lot of people."

"But it doesn't work on strong demons, and it doesn't work on demons that are panicking and running wild, does it?

"I don't mind. Something too useful for a village without a human being to fight!

I see, it could indeed be.

Even if it only works on weak demons, will the village be less burdensome than having demons exorcised frequently?

At worst, it would help the villagers escape.

And as for Mr. Liliera, it's the same incident that caused me to abandon my hometown, so I guess I can't let it go.

"Isn't that good?

"Huh! Thank you, Mr. Rex!

Liliera smiles and says thank you.

"Then I'll have the medicine made in this village."

"Wow, in our village!?"

The village chief consolidates himself in surprise.

"Well, I taught the village chiefs how to make drugs. It's too much work for me to make it alone, and I was wondering if it would be better to teach someone else how to make it from scratch."

"Wah, because you can entrust us with such a big cause!?"

Big business? I just thought it would be nice if someone could make it.

"I don't mind selling demon shelter potions to everyone in the village."

This potion would be just right for the village's extra income because even children and the elderly can make it.

"Shit, I understand! Then let me take only the salaries of the villagers!

Hmm? Is that some weird rhetoric?

Oh, there was something I had to tell you more than that.

"Yes, I don't want to stand out, so please don't tell me who taught you how to make this potion."

Yeah, well, I'm sorry it's weird to stand out.

"Okay! We will never break our mouths when we are tortured!

What that iron determination!? Because you don't have to feel that way.

"All of you! You heard me! A new job! You got a great job. Ooh!

"" "" "Whoa!

For some reason, the villagers are so excited. What the hell is going on?

"When it comes to village work, it's about field work and hunting. That's all I'm thankful for."

"Is that what it is?

I'm just exaggerating into a demon shelter potion.

"It's like that."

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Thus, when we caught the con man and saved the village, we came to the king's capital again.

I was quite ashamed to be dropped off at the village residents' outing when I left.

When we returned to Wang Capital, the first thing we did was hand those threesomes over to the guards.

He was caught in the current state of fraud, and he was a vicious criminal who had been fraudulent for years, so the crime slave fall would not be spared.

And the salary they get for working is paid to the victim's house as compensation, apparently.

For that reason, Mr. Liliera and his village will be paid compensation from the troika in the future.

Although the amount was insignificant, modern law said that compensation could continue until the damage was double.

And there will be other victims, so when will they pay their compensation in full?

By the way, he's not going to be released for paying compensation.

Once again, from the day of full repayment, the guard who proceeded told me that he would only work for a prison term commensurate with his guilt.

"Now I can report to my dead fathers with my chest up."

I groan so with a slightly crying face, like Mr. Liliera weakened.

"Liliera is already doing everything she can to make a report."

"Really?

"Yes, I am."

"... well. Phew."

Good, you laughed at me.

I didn't want you to look sad because you fought for the people in the corner village.

"Still, the prize money for the bad guys is a shame."

And Liliera was grinning bitterly when she saw the reward she received for capturing the threesome.

That amount, 10 pieces of gold.

It's a small amount from the reward we got to this point.

"You've made so many people unhappy, you look like this."

Anything, if you're not someone like a big bandit whose name and face are sold and who did a lot of bad, they don't pay criminals higher.

And this time the threesome was small in number, and the amount of fraud wasn't a lot of money, so he was treated like a trinket.

"I'm not convinced that Liliera and the others are dealing with small things, even though they've had terrible eyes."

"Right. But I think so, too. Don't you think it would be more humiliating to treat them to the point of being scorned for being petty scumbags than they can be proud of themselves as big villains? Besides, only the compensation is a surprise to the big bad guys."

Niyali and Mr. Liliera smile.

"That suits them. And we don't care about him any more! From now on, we're only going to live forward!

Take a stand next to me with the lightness with which Mr. Liliera steps.

"You told me. He said I'd done all I could to make a report. That's why I'm not going to lie to you anymore."

Just give it a rest. You also seem to be putting up with it, but still I didn't see any grief in Mr. Liliera's eyes.

"Thank you and keep it up."

"... welcome"

"Well, the next big deal is Mr. Rex. My problem is I can't stay here till hours."

"Huh? What do you mean?

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"Is that an account?

It was about a week after we caught the threesome.

My contact asked me if I could give them the number of my Alliance account to send me money. [M]

"Yes, the village chief of Honzio asked me to pay for the sale of the goods entrusted to him. For the first time, the guild was deposited directly, but Mr. Rex is an adventurer and doesn't know when to go to another town, so he advised me to transfer it to the guild account from next time."

Mayor of the village of Honzio? Who's that?

It's about the village that caught the crook.

Mr. Liliera will softly ear you.

"Huh? Oh, well."

"But why would the village chief pay me for the sale of the goods?

I have no idea.

"Hey, come here."

And Mr. Liliera took me to the wall of the guild.

"That's it, selling demon shelter potions."

"Huh? But I'm gonna make that in the village, so it's gonna be a sale for the villagers, right?

"The village chiefs said it too, didn't they? They said they'd only get their own paycheck. I mean, all the other sales are on Mr. Rex's side."

"Oh, yeah!? Why!?"

Why is that happening? I just taught you how to avoid demons!?

"Well, that's because Mr. Rex commissioned the production and sale of potions to that village."

"Yeah? What's that!?"

"That's what the people in that village decided. Mr. Rex gave me a job."

I didn't even think about it!

It was simply a good feeling that the potion I taught would be the village's income -!?

"And just now, it looks like you'll be earning regularly in the future. Wow, that's not a lot of money!

I'm not making a fortune! Even if they say so.

"Right? Like I said, Mr. Rex would have been a lot harder, wouldn't he?

Was this what you were saying during this time...

"I heard at a familiar store that the demon shelter potion order looks pretty awesome, it keeps running out of stock even in Wang Du and looks like it's waiting to arrive. Looks like someone's looking for a potion from abroad, and I don't know how many sales they're gonna make."

Wow, why is everyone so desperate to buy it when it's just a demon shelter potion!?

"Sounds like something like that, so let's just share your account!

"Wait a minute, don't pull -"

"It's not a good thing you get paid to help people! There you go."

In this way, my guild account received regular sales of demon shelter potions.

"Cuckoo!"

For the record, Moffmoff didn't get close to me for a while because I made a demon shelter potion.