Profits are rising from the sale of sugar from sugar beets.
It has been going up up and away.
That would have been enough for our daily lives but—
—that zenigeba god’s rate is just a rip-off.
With only sugar, we wouldn’t be able to afford seasonings let alone alcohol.
After all, the rate is….one gold coin should be 10000 yen in this world but if it is converted to buy Japanese products, it is only equivalent to 1 yen.
In other words, 10000 yen’s worth here in this world is 1 yen. 1 million yen is worth 100 yen. That’s the real problem.
「I understand. I’ll do something about it, Cornelia.」
「Okay. I’m not telling you to not hunt…I only ask you to refrain.」
After seeing Cornelia off, I now have something to worry about. I can only ask myself “What should I do…”.
「Tatsuya-san? What’s the matter? Why are you fiddling with your smartphone? You usually take a nap at this time, right?」
Mayu, who was doing accounting, asked me, who was lying on the sofa, after my break from my farm work.
「Some stuff happened.」
「Ah, is it about money shortage?」
「I’ve been thinking about it—how about I do some alchemy?」
「Hnn? Alchemy? On earth….alchemy has been denied by science so it shouldn’t work in this world too, right? It may have been useful as a cornerstone of the development of chemistry but, can you actually make gold using it?」
Then, I showed Mayu the search screen on my phone.
When Mayu looked at my screen, she was a little bit confused at first but….she smiled when she saw through my intentions.
「Right….that’s definitely alchemy.」
「I know right?」
And so, I headed to Katia, the dwarf who’s in charge of building our house.