17 - The Secret of Alchemy

The old man was reading a book at the big desk in the library.

“Old Man, I’ve finished my business.”

“Oh, Yuki, you’re early.”

Then he shut the book he was holding and took out various tools on the desk.

“Now, Yuki, let’s do this.”

“….Is that a book and a pen?”

The last thing the old man took out was a nondescript book and pen.

Book Quality:? Rarity:? Durability:?

Note: ?

Pen Quality:? Rarity:? Durability:?

Note: ?

—-I take back what I said before, it’s just a plain book and pen.

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“The book’s pages are added by magic, and the pen writes with magic and needs no ink.”

I got a pretty good one.

“Now, Yuki, you must watch carefully.”

He placed a flat dish of water, an octahedron of crystals and a round stone on a cloth with various patterns on it.

I decided to take a closer look.

Slime Core Quality:A Rarity:2 Durability:C

Note: A beautiful smile core that probably contains magical power.

Magic Stone Quality:A Rarity:2 Durability:C

Note: A magical stone that probably contains magical power.

Magic Water Quality:A Rarity:2 Durability:F

Note: Water with magic power dissolved in it.

Cloth Quality:? Rarity:? Durability:?

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Note: ?

I know about most materials except the cloth.

Slime is probably a higher type of petite slime.

The Magic Stone contains a large amount of magic power.

The Magic Water is also a water that contains magic power.

“Now, Yuki, I am going to show you the secrets of alchemy. It is a realm that you will eventually reach.”

Just as he had done with the book, the old man said in a serious voice.

“Take a good look. Birth of Life.”

When the Old Man chanted this, magic power overflowed from him and the magic stone, and it glowed with a flash.

When everything cleared——

——There was a slime.

“How is it? Do you understand?”

I nodded my head.

“You can also do this.”

The Old Man said and took out the rabbit’s materials.

Fur, meat, bones, claws, teeth, the rabbit’s magic stone and a plate of blood.

He placed the dismembered rabbit on the cloth, and finally placed the magic stone, which contained a large amount of magic power.

“Birth of Life.”

Light flooded the room, and when it subsided, a rabbit appeared.

The old man also took out a piece of soil and placed a magic stone on it

“Imagination: Create Golem”

Light flickered, and there was a small golem!

“What do you think? Yuki.”

—It’s funny, isn’t it.

I nodded to him who had a childlike smile.

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I’ve been working on my alchemy level with the cloth that he gave me.

Incidentally, Uluru is playing with three slimes, a rabbit, and a golem, plus six bunny rabbits, for a total of ten.

The three animals were given to me by my grandfather, along with their clothes.

They have been tamed and registered in the book.

I decided to use the book he gave me for writing alchemy recipes. I guess he was planning to do the same.

The Old Man smiled and went away again.

I used alchemical transformations until my magic ran out, and I think I saw some kind of law.

Big Cockroach Shell x10 = Greater Cockroach Shell

Greater Cockroach Shell = Big Cockroach Shell x5

Big Bat Fangs x10 = Greater Bat Fang

Greater Bat Fang = Big Bat Fangs x5

Petite Lesser Slime Core x10 = Petite Slime Core

Petite Slime Core x10 = Slime Core

Slime Core x10 = Big Slime Core

Big Slime Core = Slime Core x5

Scavenger Slime Core = Slime Core x5

Slime Core = Petite Slime Core x5

Petite Slime Core = Lesser Petite Slime Core x5

Apparently, what can be created by conversion depends on the quality of the material.

For example, a complete petite slime core and be converted into five lesser petite slime cores.

A half-empty one would produce one, a quarter-one could not be converted, and two half-empty ones would produce 3.

I spent the time until my magic was restored reading various books.

According to an old book, the giant cockroach we killed this morning was a mother cockroach, or maybe a queen cockroach given the circumstances.

If you only look at the size, there is a line that says Giant Cockroach, but there are no eggs…. Nothing.

According to literature, this kind of overflow of giant insect-based demons occurred frequently.

That one was by the Queen Cockroach, which appears when a city of humans or sub humans has developed to a certain level.

To be more specific, it would probably occur when a sewer system is built and then not managed properly.

This means that defeating the Queen Cockroach is not the root solution to the problem.

The best thing to do would be to report the situation to the government and ask them to dispatch soldiers on a regular basis, but it hasn’t been that long since that disaster, and there is a shortage of soldiers everywhere.

The reason why there were so many NPCs lined up in Alan’s restaurant was because of the food situation in this country.

According to literature, Malevitos have a higher combat power than ordinary people from the start.

This means that those who don’t make a living from fighting have a hard time even hunting rabbits.

In such a situation, Alan’s restaurant, which set its prices based on the real world, sold like hotcakes.

On the first and second days, only a few NPCs came, and today, players started buying from the morning, but from tomorrow on, I’m sure NPCs will come in droves.

Thus, the black flesh became the blood and flesh of the people of this country……. Is this terrorism?

At any rate, most of the country’s military power is being devoted to slowing down the progress of the magical world that has been spreading since the disaster.

The rest of the year, they expanded the farmland to improve the serious food situation, sent soldiers to protect the farmers from demons, and increased patrols to curb the increase in crime caused by the people’s anxiety.

And, well, they can’t afford it.

In such a situation, God’s invitation for Malevitos was truly a blessing in disguise.

“Hey, you.”

However, I think this game is well designed, just like the amount of books in this collection, just like the ecology of the creatures, and just like the human mind.

When the wind blows, it carries the scent, and when a blade is thrust into the skin, blood flows.

Is this really a feat that can be accomplished by human hands?

“Oi, can you hear me?”

Is this really a game……..?

“Can’t you hear me? ……Ei!”

“Fumiyu, huh?”

When I looked up from my book after being poked on the cheek, there was a beautiful blonde haired, blue eyed girl.

The light shining through the windows illuminates her, and her long hair reflects the light.

She was about 12 years old. Her intelligent face, which did not match her youthful appearance, seemed to indicate the dire situation in this country.

“Oh, there’s a shelf of picture books over there.”

“Who! Are! You! Are you a little girl!? I’m 15 years old. I’m an adult.”

“Yeah, you’re a little girl.”

“You’re too young to be so cocky……No…..I’m sorry, I didn’t know you wanted to act like one…..”

The girl who poked and pulled at my cheek was busy getting angry and lowering her eyebrows sadly.

I mean, this is the girl I passed by yesterday, right?

“You seem to have misunderstood something, but——”

“No, you don’t have to tell everyone, if the wise man has you here, I can trust you too. How about it, would you like to be my maid?”

“No, um—–”

“Don’t worry, being a maid is just a pretext. In the first place, I can take care of myself, you just need to be by my side.”

“A—-”

“I’ll tell the wise man, I’ll pay you out of my allowance, and I’ll prepare a room for you, so—-”

“What are you doing nya?”

As I was struggling to speak to the girl who was trying so hard to appeal to me, Reinya came from the back of the library.

“Ah, Rein—–”

“Oh, the wise cat, just what I needed, can you tell the wise man for me that I’ll take care of this naughty little girl and he needn’t worry.”

“Nya? What are you really saying nya?”

“I’ll leave you to it, because right now I want this girl to know that I’m happy to have her…..Come on, let’s go. Ah, I didn’t tell you my name, did I?”

The girl pulled my hand and tried to take me somewhere.

She looks at me with her blue eyes—–

“My name is Estia. The second daughter of the Revelion Royal Family. Can you tell me your name?”

—-She seems to be royalty.