Management of a Novice Alchemist: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 8] by Mizuho Itsuki

Author:Mizuho Itsuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

After starting in such high spirits, it had been a little over two hours since we had started walking toward the back of the cave, and yet we still hadn’t reached the end of the bats.

I know it’s a deep cave, but the frostbite bats shouldn’t go too far in...and considering how much the poor footing has been slowing us down, haven’t we been going for too long already?

I apparently wasn’t the only one who felt this way, because Iris-san called out to me in a somewhat frustrated tone to ask, “Hey, Shopkeeper-dono, don’t you think this is far enough?”

“I-I guess so. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious what’s at the very back, but the bats around here should be large enough.”

Having come this far in, the bats hanging from the ceiling were all at least thirty centimeters long. The bigger ones topped forty centimeters, so their fangs’ freezing ability would be more than potent enough.

“Even we can tell at this point,” said Andre-san. “They’re definitely huge.”

“Shopkeeper-dono, if we were to hunt every last bat in here, would it be enough to settle our debt?”

“Nope. But it would reduce it a little.”

“Go figure.” Kate-san let out a long sigh. “Your life didn’t come cheap, huh, Iris?”

“D-Don’t say that...” Iris-san slumped her shoulders, but it was the truth, so she was going to have to learn to live with it.

Those potions were too expensive to give away for free.

“Well, I think you got lucky,” Andre-san chimed in. “There aren’t many people who’d loan money to a gatherer, you know? And one they’d only just met at that.”

“He’s right,” Gray-san agreed. “Normally, you wouldn’t expect someone to go as far as using an expensive potion like that to save you the way she did.”

“I’m well aware of that, you two. Ahh, I’m sorry if I sounded ungrateful, Shopkeeper-dono.”

Iris-san bowed awkwardly to me, but I shook my head.

“Don’t be sorry. That kind of potion is expensive even for an alchemist like me, so there was really no helping it.”

“Oh, I see. I thought that might be— Hmm? But then why did you have something like that in the shop?”

“It was a parting gift from Master.”

“Gah!” Iris-san put her hand over her chest. “I-I made you use such a precious thing for my benefit—”

“Don’t sweat it,” I interrupted her, shaking my head. “It was a small price to pay for your life.”

And I’m getting paid for it anyway.

“Ohh, Shopkeeper-dono, you’re radiating holy light...”

“Uh, no I’m not.”

“No, I can see it, Shopkeeper-dono! I’ll work my hardest!”

“Right... You do that. Anyway, start by hunting me some frostbite bats.”

“Okay! I’m on it!!!”

Despite her enthusiastic response, Iris-san looked up at the ceiling for awhile, then her shoulders slumped and she murmured, “Sorry, Kate. I’m useless.”

“Yeah, you don’t have any way of attacking them. I’ll do my best on your behalf, Iris.”

“I knew I could count on you!” Iris-san exclaimed, slapping her partner on the shoulder.

Kate-san let out a strained laugh. “It didn’t take you long to agree.

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