Chapter 19 – Sieg: The Price of Stupidity

“Sorry, Sieg. Are you hungry?”   Absorbed in making a potion, Mariela had forgotten about lunch. As was often Mariela’s case, it was something few others would be able to forget.   “It’s okay. I don’t need to eat three meals, or rather I don’t eat a lot.”   Sieg said several other sad things.   Mariela thought, You don’t …

Chapter 18 – Delivery of Goods

Mariela arrived back at the Yagu’s Bridge Inn before Sieg. The baggage containing the materials they had gathered was in the room, and Mariela was waiting for Sieg to return. As Mariela was waiting at the cafeteria counter, a woman that worked at the inn approached her.   “Hey, you’re a pharmacist, right? Do you sell medicine?”   The woman …

Chapter 17 – Potion Bottles

After finishing breakfast, Mariela started working immediately. (TLer note: Potion Bottles refers to chapter 15)   She began collecting the stones in the surrounding in order to build a small furnace. At the top, there was a small platform to put materials and heat them from below.   She built the furnace thick enough to contain the heat, filled the …

Chapter 16 – Magic Circle

Dawn had just broke when they headed to the northern sector of the town, the border between the commercial zone and where farmers and the livestock-industry people lived. Near the northern gates, there was a Yagu shop where one could rent Yagus. There were many cases where a livestock farmer would rent out their Yagus as a side business.   …

Chapter 15 – First Time Toast

The finalized magic contract became effective after signing it with blooded ink, Captain Dick and Vice-Captain Marlowe who represented the Black Iron Transport Corps initiated the contract as well. It has been decided that the potion delivery would occur at this room in two days.   As Mariela and Sieg prepared to head towards the first-floor dining room, Captain Dick …

Chapter 14 – A Free Body

“It’s a success~!! Applaud me!”   “Oh….?”   Sieg had keenly watched Mariela train. Though perplexed due to her abrupt demand, he still clapped.   Tired. Mariela couldn’t believe that she was already so tired from making a single set of potions. As usual, alternatives were switched in for unavailable materials, so the potion was more difficult than usual.   …

Chapter 13 – Specialized Advanced Potion

Ulrike was waiting at Yagu’s Bridge Inn.   “Big brother Lynx, are you trying to avoid cleaning the carriage?” “I’m not shirking my responsibilities. It’s about time for lunch.” “Do you think I want to deal with your smelly breath after we eat?”   Lynx tried to postpone cleaning the armored carriage, but his attempts were in vain. He was …

Chapter 12 – Gark’s Herbal Store

Travelling to the Northeast section back streets, they searched for herbal shops.   Because adventurers entering the labyrinth needed medicinal herbs, there were many shops selling medicinal herbs in the labyrinth city. There was everything from large-scale businesses to specialty shops.   Each floor of the labyrinth varied greatly. One floor could be a snowy mountain, the next a desert, …

Chapter 11 – Haircut

Kii~ Mariela woke up to the sound of a closing door. In the direction of the noise, an unfamiliar man was half-naked while holding a jug. Because Sieg was half-naked and wearing only a waist cloth, almost all of his body was visible. (Is this one of those suspicious people you hear about in stories?) No, it’s Sieg, Siegmund “Good …

Chapter 10 – A Warm Meal

Mariela entered the room with the bag that she had just bought and a tray of risotto. Sieg nervously woke up at the sound of the opening door. He hustled to get up, his one deep-blue pupil’s gaze wandering the room. Mariela was a little confused by his disarray as she called out to Siegmund. His blue eye focused on …