“Yes . It is the raw ingredient for the ink used by Magic Journalist . Did Ririana-san bid you to buy some?”
“Yeah, Rurina told me that she would be able to manage the party system if she had a Magic Journalist note created and when I requested Ririana to make that note —”
At this point, I was no longer surprised at how Carol knew that Ririana was a Herbalist .
If she had an hour, it wouldn’t be surprising if she knew all their names, jobs, interest and favorite food .
… Perhaps if Carol traveled with me, I might have found information on Miri a long time ago?
That’s a shame .
” … Haru, what’s wrong?”
Haru, who was walking beside me, stopped and was staring at the side alley .
I looked to see if there was anybody but there was nobody there .
“No, I just smelled something nostalgic . ”
“A nostalgic scent? Now that I think about it, Haru was born in the Southern Continent, right?”
The Demon Lord castle was in a country further east from here in the Southern Continent . In a place called Kyupilas Hill, where there was now a large Cathedral built in its place .
“You might be smelling a scent that is unique to the Southern Continent . ”
“— Yes … maybe you are right . ”
Haru replied as if to convince herself before she nodded with a smile in the end .
She still looked expressionless from the side but I could tell . The corner of her mouth was angled up by a few millimetres . Well, her tail was not wagging that much so she was probably not happy because she was convinced but she was showing a smile to me instead .
“This way!”
I unconsciously frowned when I saw the shop that Carol led us to .
After all, there was a large net-like object hanging at the storefront .
It was similar to those used to make dried fish in a port town — the objects inside were .
Black, dried, curled up and unmistakably —
” … What are those? Are these by any chance —”
“Haru, don’t say a word more!”
“— Sea cucumber?”
“Like I said, don’t say … eh? sea cucumber?”
Sea cucumber as in those sea cucumber found in the sea?
Well, it’s true that I have never seen dried sea cucumbers . In the world of herbal medicine, it is known as a ingredient for nourishing tonics .
I guess she’s right, there’s no way a storefront would —
“These are probably feces from Sugyu that only ate managrass . Since they are used for medicine . ”
“I knew it! Or rather, do people actually drink feces? And aren’t managrass toxic?”
I ate it once when I fought Milemia in the past but it tasted quite bad . (TL: I don’t recall this)
Even if they are Sugyu, I pity them for having to eat something like that .
“Sugyu love managrass . That grass is toxic to humans but they are not to Sugyu . Not only that, Sugyu are not able to absorb the magical power recovery properties of managrass so that aspect remains in their feces . Because of that, it can recover ten-times greater amount of magical power compared to eating managrass directly and drying the feces kills the toxic ingredients so it becomes non-toxic . ”
” … Even if I’m told it recovers ten-times as much and is non-toxic … ”
I definitely still don’t want to eat feces . If I had to eat feces, I rather eat ten times the amount of managrass and apply detoxification magic on myself .
“It doesn’t smell . ”
“It has been through deodorizing treatment to the point that even Haru-san can’t smell anything . Of course, nobody eats it directly like that but they seem to be used as an ingredient for medicinal liquors . ”
“It’s okay . Carol can make mana potions anyway . ”
“Carol still doesn’t have any recipes as a Herbalist though?”