CH 9

Measures to Improve the Potion Quality

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I put the small, completed potion vial, and lined up the scrap papers that I took notes on up until now, on top of the sofa table and thought deeply.

So far as it goes, during the process of making the slightly sweet normal potion, I tried “slightly pickling the leaves and not immediately filtering it”, “stirring the leaves when they’re pickling” and various different methods, but I couldn’t go beyond the [Normal] quality.

Mother, who was passing by, caught me with all those notes scattered about.

“Oh my, you’re conducting the trial and error. Well done. But, if you keep accumulating those writings, the results you’ve researched are going to be scattered. Perhaps you need a notebook,” Mother said, then searched the house and gave me several unused notebooks.

I finally got my hands on a personal research notebook!

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Getting back on point, how to improve the quality of the potion. Even when I’ve resorted to various different means, the quality hasn’t changed. So that means in the first place, it might’ve been due to the ingredients being “slightly wilted” leaves? ……That’s right, the point I was concerned about in the beginning.

I went to the kitchen and tried inquiring Bob, “Hey Bob, can you cook something delicious with wilted greens?”

“Hmm, probably not. I go to the city early in the morning and buy freshly harvested vegetables. The best are the freshly grown ones in my own fields in my opinion……” he smiled and answered, lamenting that he could not create a field in the mansion.

“A field, huh?”

I returned to my room and returned to read [Introductions to Alchemy]. If I remember correctly, there should be an entry about making good soil.

Hmm, mhm. I flipped through the pages.

Here it is, [Rich Dirt].

……Let’s see, if you stir “Fertilizer”, “Nutrients”, and “Dirt” while heating them up with mana (this is called alchemic fermentation), you can create[Rich Dirt] effective for cultivating plants.

[Fertilizer] is horse manure, night soil, etc. (Ehh!)

[Nutrients] is created with alchemy. (See separate section.)

[Soil] is preferred to be soft [Humus] found in forests, etc.

Let’s check out the [Nutrients] page……

[Nutrients] is created by mixing plants, water, and mana grass.

……Isn’t it fitting for just nutrients to have a considerable amount written?

I explained the process I’ve researched up until now and discussed that I would want my own herb field eventually.

It’ll take some time before I actually need a place for a field, so it seems like Mother will discuss with Father to arrange a place in the meantime.

After that, she requested me to help the gardener Dan when he’s creating the fields.

“…… Nonetheless, you’re going to heat the fertilizer and mix it? Sounds like it’ll stink.”

Mother said as she covered her nose with her handkerchief.

……I think so too. Seems like stench is part of alchemy……