CH 37

Cheat Magician (Hazure Hantei) Chapter 37

Apothecary in the back alley

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After having a meal, Marianne-san asked me to apply healing magic on Beatrice again.

The idiot parent evil old father strongly opposed it, but he was finally convinced on the condition that I treated her from the back.

"Kent, okay, forget everything about this morning's treatment ... and forget about this treatment as soon as you finish ... okay, okay?"

"Oh ... I understand."

Hmmm, of course I have no intention of forgetting it.

Or rather, when I recall the situation this morning, it's really awkward to meet Beatrice again.

"It's okay, I've told her about how great your treatment was, and the other day's rock ogres."

That's right, Marianne-san told her, but at that moment I must have been recognized as a pervert, and it's true that I was touching her ... it's awkward, isn't it?

While I was thinking about it, I had already come in front of her room.

"Rise ... I'm coming in."(TN: I'm using Rise as the nickname instead of Riche because even though her name is Beatriche I removed the h, and Rice is a weird nickname.)

"Yes, by all means ..."

When Marianne-san knocked on the door and called out, a surprisingly energetic voice came back.

Beatrice is reading a book while sitting up in bed.

"Rise, let's have healing magic cast on you again just in case, Kent-san, please."

"Okay ... ah, greetings ..."

"Aah ..."

When I entered the room following Marianne-san, Beatrice, who saw me, shouted a little and covered herself with a blanket.

Yeah, it's like a baby rabbit has escaped into the nest.

Even so, being peeked at from out of the blanket, it's dangerous, she's super cute.

"Hmm ... but I'm fine ..."

"Don't say that, get treated. Don't you have to go to school at the beginning of the week?"

"Uuu ... I understand ..."

Beatrice, who came out of the blanket that she was wearing in a reluctant manner, was blushing as much as her hair color, and she stared at me with teary eyes while sharpening her mouth.

Hmm, can't I take it home to my boarding house? Of course it's no good, the idiot parent wouldn't be silent.

"Well, this time it's fine from the back."

"Eh ... really?"

"At the time of treatment this morning, I couldn't help it because you were in a bad condition."

I see, she thought she had to feel embarrassed again.

Beatrice was asked to lie face down on the bed while I massaged her back to infuse healing magic.

Her condition is different from when I started treatment this morning, and I can feel the healing magic circling inside Beatrice from my hands.

At first, Beatrice was tense and stiff, but as soon as I began to cast healing magic, she seemed to relax and was asleep by the end of the treatment.

"It looks like she fell asleep ..."

"Thank you ..."

I gently covered her with a blanket so as not to wake up Beatrice, and then left the room with Marianne-san.

"I can't say for sure because I don't have much treatment experience, but I don't think it's a problem anymore."

"Thank you very much. I have to have Rise herself thank you ..."

"No, it's a pity to wake her up ..."

Even if her physical condition has improved, I don't think she has fully recovered because she's been asleep for a long time.

I mean, can I go home and take a rest?

I decided to have the reward for the nomination request transferred to my guild account, and left Klaus-san's mansion.

When I went out of the mansion, the city of Volzard in the afternoon was full of energy.

Normally, I would go home while strolling around the city, but today I feel tired both physically and mentally, and I don't feel like getting into the crowd.

I thought I'd go home by moving through the shadows, but there are so many people that it seems difficult to dive into the shadow without being seen.

So, I decided to go through the back street, which is one of the main streets.

Even though it's a back street, there are shops and people come and go, but it's still not as crowded as the main street.

Besides, if I go straight down this street, I should be in front of Amanda's inn.

As I walked down the back alley with a little drowsiness, I smelled Chinese herbs.

I looked in the direction of the smell that since yesterday afternoon, didn't leave me with a good impression, there was a store that seemed to be a small apothecary.

By the way, I don't know the drug situation in this world at all.

It seems that medicines cannot cure putrefaction, but sleeping medicine is powerful, and there are medicines for other illnesses, so-called potions.

Anyway, I'm just going home and taking a rest today, so let's take a look.

"Hello ..."

"Yes, welcome ... wait, Kent?"

"Eh ... Muell-san?"

I was surprised when I opened the door of the shop, and saw Muell-san inside.

I was surprised, but I immediatly tightened my expression and sent Muell-san a gaze.

I haven't forgotten that I was given sleeping medicine.

"Uh ... I'm sorry ... I made a mistake, tehe."

Damnit! Forgive, there's no choice but to forgive her! Tehe-pero is unfaiiiir!

"I didn't wake up until just before dawn, and it's really bitter and astringent ..."

"Sorry, sorry, so what did Kent come to buy?"

"No, I didn't come to buy anything, I don't know anything bout medicines in this world, so I wondered what they're like ..."

"I see, Kent was summoned from another world."

"Yes, so there are so many things I don't understand."

"Ummm, if that's the case, this onee-san will guide you."

This shop is said to be Muell-san's master's shop, and today they went to a friend's house.

By the way, it seems that the mutt is usually aimlessly wandering around, but he chased away the old and new duo and said that if he saw the three people, he would get rid of them as an obstacle.

Yeah, Nitta, Furuta, Good Job.

Muell-san seems to be in charge of the store, but since customers don't come frequently, I decided to ask her to tell me about medicines in this world.

Before that, I'll talk about Japanese medicine in general.

Medicines are made in big factories, collecting materials from all over the world, investing huge amounts of money and manpower to develop new medicines, making it a big industry, anesthesia technology and surgery. Muell-san was surprised when I talked about all of it.

"It's so amazing that I can't imagine it at all."

"I can talk about this, but I don't understand anything technical."

"Will our world be like that in the future?"

"Hmm ... I don't think it will be exactly the same because we think that science and technology have advanced because there was no magic in our world, but it may be similar in the future."

"I see ... I see ..."

I heard from Muell-san that the drug situation in this world was similar to that of Chinese medicine.

However, when making medicines, it seems that magic is still involved, such as using water that has a healing effect made from water attribute magic, and using medicinal herbs with magical power.

"Well ... is that really something you portion and use?"

"Uh, yeah ... really ..."

"How much do you usually use of that sleeping medicine?"

"Um? Um ... what you cut in four ... and then you cut it in four again and use it?"

"Uh ... Did I ingest 16 times as much as you normally use ...?"

"Um ... tehe."

Damnit! I can't get angry, I can't get angry. Tehe-pero is unfaiiiir!

The medicine I drank yesterday is sized for transportation and is also used to put monsters to sleep.

To take it normally, you can cut it into pieces, or use one-sixteenth or one-eighth portions.

Even if it's one-sixteenth, you will not wake up until morning, and if it is one-eigth, you will not wake up even if you are hit.

However, it is too bitter and astringent, so it is difficult to abuse it.

"Hmm ... well, it was powerful, but it was painful ..."

"What? You're thinking about letting Manon ingest it and doing naughty things, right?"

"That's ridiculous, I'm not thinking about that."

"Are you really ... Kent is also a boy ..."

"No, I was wondering if it could be used to rescue my classmates."

"Ah ... well, hmm ... but if you ingest it, you'll notice it right away, and if you ingest it without noticing it, the effect will be small."

"Hmm ..."

When I rescue my classmates, I thought that if I could put the knights of Resenburg to sleep, the operation would proceed smoothly, but it seems that it will not go well.

Still, I thought that there might be some use, so I took 10 eighth-sized sleeping medicine portions, I also bought 10 eighth-sized medicine portions that were what was supposed to have been taken yesterday to help restore magical power.

"The case with the red mark here is the sleeping medicine, and the case with the blue mark here is the magic recovery medicine, so don't make a mistake."

"Yes, I'll be careful not to make a mistake like someone else."

"Muu ... Such mean words are no good!"

"Uhi, I'll pay attention."

Hyaha, I properly received it from Muell-san, so let's flee before the mutt comes back.

I was able to talk a lot with Muell-san, so I felt somewhat less tired.

"Yeah, Muell-san's smile is a silver bullet of recovery for fatigue.

Returning to the boarding house, Amanda-san is in the middle of the night's preparations, and Meline-san is busy helping out.

Meisa-chan is ... wearing a sullen face, in the middle of glaring at her notebook.

"I'm back."

"Ah, Kent, welcome back, have you finished Klaus-san's work?"

"Yes, it's done without any problems."

Apparently Donovan-san contacted them.

"Yes, that's right, I'm sorry, but can you watch over Meisa's studies?"

"That's fine, leave it to me."

"Uuu ... you're just Kent, you're just Kent ..."

Come on, Meisa-chan, show me your arithmetic homework."

"Kuu ... you're so cheeky even though you're just Kent ..."

"Fufufu, I wonder if you can say such words after solving the problem ..."

"Kii ... I was trying to solve it now."

I watched over Meisa-chan's homework until the evening business hours, and after that I decided to stay in my room until dinner time.

Before returning to my room, I tried taking a magical recovery medicine, and it certainly seemed to work, and I found that the fatigue that had been nesting in the back of my body diminished.

I thought that pharmaceutical technology was inferior to that of Japan, but I feel that this world is superior in terms of the efficacy of medicines.

Or is Muell-san's master particularly good?

[ Kent, how are you planning to use the sleeping medicine? ]

[ Yeah, I'm wondering if I can use it well during the rescue operation ... ]

Last time, when I rescued the five including Yagi, orcs appeared at the right time, and the knight ran away because he had no intention of protecting them from the beginning, but if it was a situation like fighting together, taking only five people. I think it would be difficult to rescue them.

In the actual battles in the future, my classmates should be considered as a force that must be kept, so the knights will not easily abandon them.

In that case, the problem is how to bring back only my classmates.

[ I wish I could put only the knights to sleep ... ]

[ I see ... but it's so bitter that it's difficult to ingest it without being noticed. ]

[ That's right ... I wonder if there is no choice but to get Reinhardt to chase them off ... ]

I want to avoid killing the knights if I can, considering the negotiations for returning to Japan later, so it is most convenient to have them escape like the last time.

[ Kent-sama, would you like to show off a mock battle between this me and Basten? ]

[ Eh? What do you mean ...? ]

[ If this us go on a rampage while knocking down the trees in the forest, the knights may feel it's dangerous and withdraw. ]

[ I see ... But then, wouldn't my classmates run away? ]

[ That's right, but if they come to the forest like last time, wouldn't the knights ride horses and your classmates would move on foot? ]

[ Ah ... yes, I see ... ]

Certainly, if Reinhardt and Basten rampage, ordinary knights will not be able to compete, and if their safety is a priority, they may be more likely to escape.

[ If the knights still don't escape, the only way to realize that we're working to rescue them is to attack your classmates to the point of them not dying. ]

[ Yeah, that's right ... As a scenario, while Reinhardt and the others were fighting, if you met the people who came to the actual battle, and the brunt of the battle headed there ... ]

In any case, unless the next actual battle is held, there is no way to do it at present.

[ It's impossible to serve it to all the knights, but I wonder if it's possible to give Camilla a drink and do some damage ... ]

[ I hope I can, but the bitterness is a problem anyway. ]

[ That's right ... ]

Whether it's cooking or drinking, it hsouldn't be difficult to mix medicines with shadow movement.

However, if you notice it in the taste, you will not drink the required amount.

[ Kent, what are you going to do if you put Camilla to sleep? ]

[ Hmm ... that's also a problem ... If you do something poorly, it's possible that they will notice someone is trying to harm them, and our existence may be revealed. ]

[ Are you going to violate her in her sleep? ]

[ No ... No, it would kill our chances of going back to Japan if I do something that antagonizes her. ]

[ With the qualities of Kent-sama, it's not difficult to have Camilla give in to you. ]

[ No, no, impossible, or rather in my case I can't do something like that, I have to grow up more ... ah! ]

Suddenly a good idea came up.

[ What happened, Kent-sama. ]

[ Mufufufu ... maybe I came up with a good thing ... yeah, this is ... ]

[ What kind of strategy is it? ]

[ Yeah, if I can come up with a way to put Camilla to sleep ... the rest is a secret. ]

[ Hou, it sounds interesting. ]

[ Yeah, it might be a bit interesting ... ]

When I was talking to Reinhardt, I heard the sound of running up the stairs.

"Kent! Dinner's ready!"

"Thank you, Meisa-chan ... what's wrong?"

Meisa looks suspicious while holding the door of my room open.

"Kent, the room is pitch black again ..."

"Ah ... I can use darkness attribute magic, so I can see even in the dark, so it's okay."

I've already talked about the fact that I can use magic, so there's no need to hide it.

"Yeah! No way, really?"

"Yeah, it's true."

"Well ... but isn't it really pitch black in here if you close the door?"

"Maybe, but to me it looks normal."

"Suspicious ..."

Then Meisa came into my room and closed the door completely.

"I'll believe you if you can catch me right away after counting a dozen."

"Okay, then count, one, two, three ..."

As I begin to count slowly, Meisa crawls on all fours and crawls into the back of the room.

I can see it clearly, but Meisa-chan seems to be barely able to see, and she's groping around terrified.

"... Eight, nine, ten, I'll go grab you."

Meisa-chan is shrinking in the corner of the room she went into ... With her panties in full view.

"That's right ... you're holding your knees and curling up, I can see your panties."

"Lie ... Oh, you said that to make me speak so that you could know where I was!"

"No, I can really see you."

"Lie, I can't believe it!"

Meisa, who stood up, was about to fall on the chair, trying to reach the door.

"Wow, it's dangerous, Meisa-chan, you can't see, right?"

"Lie, you can really see ..."

In my arms, which caught her in a hurry, Meisa was surprised with her eyes wide open.

"Meisa! Kent! What are you doing, if you don't come down soon, you won't be able to eat!"

"Let's go, Meisa-chan."

When I open the door, Meisa squints dazzlingly.

"Muu ... you're so cheeky even though you're just Kent ..."

"Ha ha ha, it seems so, with being that brilliant, the arithmetic problems should be solved with no issues."

"Kii ... Cheeky, cheeky, you're just Kent, you're just Kent ..."

"You guys, I'm really going to get rid of the food!"

"Yes, we're going now, let's go ..."

"Bleeh ..."

Sticking out her tongue at me, Meisa ran down the stairs.

"Mom! Kent is plotting in a pitch-black room!"

"Hey! What are you talking about, Meisa-chan!"

I hurriedly chased Meisa and ran down the stairs.

"Kent is okay without food, right?"

"Hey! If you say such a thing, I'll give you some hand-crafted arithmetic exercises!"

"No ... I hate arithmetic!"

"You guys! Don't fight!"

"Yes!"

Amanda-san gave a sermon to me because of Meisa-chan, and she laughed at me.

It's a little kid who really takes care of me, so let's forgive her with 50 arithmetic problems.