Management of a Novice Alchemist: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 11] by Mizuho Itsuki

Author:Mizuho Itsuki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, slice of life, fantasy world, friendship, book loving, female protagonist, alchemy, cute girls, coming of age, shopkeeper, rural life, apothecary
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

Having fled from the salamander, the group came to a stop in a side path off the passageway that led up to the surface.

It went without saying that, from a safety perspective, it was best to get out of there as soon as possible. But in a cave where they might die of heat exposure if they removed their equipment, and given that they were also carrying heavy packs with them to boot, they didn’t have the inhuman stamina that kind of endurance running would demand.

“Whewwwww. I-I’m exhausted...”

Iris slumped down against the wall, wiping the sweat that was dripping from her chin.

Heat-resistant equipment was generally intended to protect against intense heat like the kind produced by flames. It was designed to keep the inside of the suit at a comfortable temperature so that the wearer could work normally even in high temperatures, but that wouldn’t stop them from sweating under heavy exertion.

Iris pulled her waterskin out of her pack and gulped down the contents to make up for lost hydration, then, after catching her breath, she turned her eyes angrily toward Nordrad.

“I have a lot I want to say right now, but...Nord, why did you do that?”

“By ‘that,’ do you mean reviving the salamander?”

Unlike Iris, Nordrad had pulled out his notebook instead of water, and he looked up from writing in it to respond to her question.

“Yes. You knew that would happen, right?”

“It’s certainly true that I had predicted it might come back to life, yes.”

“Then why? You knew it was dangerous, didn’t you?”

“Because that was the theme of my research? If I hesitated just because it was dangerous, I’d be a failure as a researcher, don’t you think?”

If he had wanted to avoid danger, then he wouldn’t have become a monster researcher in the first place. Iris and Kate were at a loss for any counterargument to that.

They were here to guard him precisely because his work was dangerous, so they weren’t really in a position to complain about the danger. That said, there was room for argument over whether the target of their protection should be doing things that put himself in danger.

“Murgh,” Iris groaned, “I’m not wholly convinced, but...”

“For my part, I want to ask whether that experiment was even necessary,” said Kate.

“It will certainly be of use, or at least I think so, you know? For instance, when there’s a need for materials from that monster. While it’s comparatively easy to acquire materials in this country because we have the Gelba Rohha Foothills Forest, that doesn’t mean that every material you might need is available at all times.”

“Well, sure, that makes sense,” Iris acknowledged. “But if it’s not available in the country, we can import it from elsewhere, right?”

“That’s risky. For the country, I mean. Obviously, what I just did is beyond dangerous, and it’s not something that should normally be done. But there was meaning in doing it.”

While the Laprocian Kingdom, where Iris and the others lived, was not currently at war with another nation, that didn’t mean there was no need to prepare for such a conflict.

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