9 – Wandering chemist

Two days later, the letter from Leonard was quite positive.

At first, he tried to reject Altane’s proposal, but the fact that the opponent was from the Theseus family seemed to work to his advantage.

I immediately sent a letter to Jed with the time and place of the appointment Leonard had given me.

Afterwards, Jed sent food to Mene as promised, and I distributed it with Risha.

It wasn’t porridge mixed with mud that they ate every day, but it was a special food mixed with warm bread and soup, plus an energy elixir made by a magician.

If this is continuously rationed, the health of the residents will gradually improve.

“This is food sent by Zed, the eldest son of the Theseus family! There is enough quantity, so please come slowly, one by one!”

“Theseus… Obviously the empire… .”

“Thank you very much… thank you… .”

Why did I ration food in Theseus’ name?

Simple.

What would they believe in my reputation, which had already fallen to the bottom, and accept the food?

Rather, it was clear that they would throw it all away, saying that it was suspicious, so they put forward the name of Theseus.

Even if it’s not the 4th generation, there will be no one who doesn’t know Theseus, who belongs to a prestigious family.

As if my predictions were right, the faces of the residents, who until not long ago had mournful faces full of death, began to turn lively.

“Oh, it’s delicious… Black.”

“How many meals? Mother, try this.”

“My lady, one more bowl!”

“Sik, the meal is enough, so don’t push and line up slowly!”

Mene, who had been quiet until yesterday, became noisy.

I smiled at the sight of Risha running around distributing food while holding on to her tiptoes.

Why didn’t Altane do something so simple?

‘I should at least send a letter of thanks to Zed.’

“Ugh… .”

“Good work. Lisa.”

“Oh, master?”

After the rationing that lasted for tens of minutes, I approached Risha, who was pounding on her leg.

“I’m sorry. To do it alone.”

“Oh, no. Because I am the only user. This is also a maid’s job… .”

“is it.”

Risha lifts up her sweaty bangs.

It was not easy to act the same as the original because he is such a blunt Altane.

Of course, one day I will have to take off this mask.

“Lord, master?”

When I sit next to Risha, she falls down in embarrassment.

It was a courageous move for me, but was it too hasty?

“My legs hurt from standing all day.”

“ah… Then, prepare to go back… ”

“done. I still have work to do, so let’s take a break like this.”

“… … .”

Risha’s act of twisting the ends of her hair on her shoulders with her hands was childish.

“Risha.”

“Yes?”

“How old are you this year?”

“Oh, maybe… sixteen… It will be.”

“Right.”

Despite being at the age of entering middle school and studying, you are struggling here.

If I hadn’t been possessed by this body, I would have never known of the existence of a child named Risha for the rest of my life.

Read at noblemtl.com

Judging from the fact that he didn’t even appear in the game, maybe Risha… .

I shook my head.

From now on, I will erase the image of the tyrant.

Alteyn, even for the sake of the people of Mene who have suffered for me and for this frail girl who remained for me.

“… eww.”

Quite a bit of time has passed.

Perhaps tired from standing all day, Risha started to doze off.

I don’t know if today’s schedule was difficult for a young girl.

Seeing Risha start to drool, I took out an extra robe and wrapped it around her body.

Then, I picked up Risha and headed for the carriage near the village entrance.

On the way, Risha, who was burrowing into my arms, was so cute that I almost stroked her head without realizing it.

She usually acts as a flawless maid, but when she sees her defenseless appearance from time to time, she looks like a child without fail.

It’s as if I had no siblings in my previous life, so I feel like I have a younger sister.

‘Lisa and I still have a lot of work to do to protect the villagers.’

The inside of the carriage was as soft as a bed, so there would be no discomfort for Risha to sleep.

Arriving at the carriage, I laid Risha on one side, trimmed her protruding bangs, and returned to the village.

“Eat is done, and the rest is… .”

is it home

Now that the fire has been extinguished, it is time to move on to the next task.

I am a woman sitting on the central well and looking this way.

I approached the wizard who asked for Zed.

*

‘… It’s warm.’

Lisa felt her whole body warm.

Her world was dark, but strangely not scary.

The feeling of floating was so good that I wanted to stay here for the rest of my life.

The feeling was comfortable and cozy, so Risha pushed her head further towards the place where the heat was emitted.

-thud.

“Ouch!”

Risha’s world was reversed and took its shape.

“here is… ?”

He must have fallen asleep on the stone steps.

After distributing food to the residents, sitting on the stairs and resting, the owner came and talked for a while… …

“Ugh!”

Lisa jumped up.

It seemed that he had fallen asleep in front of his master without realizing it.

It was an absolute taboo for a servant to show a disheveled appearance in front of his master.

In addition, in the middle of the village where there are eyes to see, it had to be even less.

“Oh, no… !”

Lisa’s expression darkened in an instant.

The atmosphere has changed these days, but who is he?

The tyrant of Mene, Lian Altane.

Since I showed an unsightly appearance in front of him, I will be punished myself this time.

Thinking so, Risha shook her head randomly.

Then he realized that he was in the wagon.

“I must have fallen asleep outside… ?”

Could it be that he had sleepwalking that he did not know about?

Or did it instinctively run away from its owner?

Lisa’s expression darkened even more.

I wish I hadn’t woken up from a pleasant dream.

―Suddenly.

Something spilled from Risha, who was struggling.

“A robe?”

What covered her was a black robe.

And the pattern embedded in the end of the robe was a pattern that Risha was familiar with.

The gray wolf, the symbol of the Altane family.

“Hey, why is this here?”

This is the same robe as the one the owner was wearing.

“Seriously, I can’t believe I stole this… .”

There was no way he could steal the robust saint’s robe with his own power, but

Her already terrified head had no room for such thoughts.

Risha was immediately thinking about what to explain to her master.

“For now, I have to go back to my master… .”

If this was the case, why would she have chosen to stay, if she would have left the mansion with her sisters?

What is that warm word?

Risha got out of the wagon and ran to the village with her robe in her arms.

*

A woman wearing a hat so large that the brim covers her face.

It was clear that I was a wizard who was good at the elixir I requested from Zed.

As I approached, the woman spoke first.

“Is that Lian Altane?”

“Then he must be a wizard.”

“right. To be precise, a young pharmacist.”

“name is?”

“For now, Nadia.”

“for now… ?”

“It’s not my real name, it’s my active name. I don’t want to be known very much.”

“Jed did a good job hiring you.”

“I gave you a lot of this.”

She made a circle with her hands.

meant gold.

I can see how true Jed is to Rayna.

“I saw a little while ago that the residents of this village were not in my condition. Is that why you called me?”

I nodded quietly.

“Once I hit all the remaining elixirs into food, but it won’t have that effect. You need to take the elixir periodically.”

“Don’t let me buy it.”

“that’s… I’m happy too, but I just ran out of things I made.”

Nadia spread her hands.

“How long does it take to make an elixir?”

“Even if I can’t do it, I have to wait a month. However, as long as you eat regularly, there will be no problems with your health. Most of them are malnourished.”

“… Right.”

malnutrition.

I had experienced it in my previous life, so it didn’t sound pleasant to me.

said Nadia, snapping her boots.

“But the lord here doesn’t seem to be interested in the territory?”

“Well?”

You don’t know about Altene?

Looking into Nadia’s eyes, I really didn’t know.

Or was it because I was wearing a robe and didn’t recognize it?

“Are you a foreigner?”

“yes. It’s a wandering chemist.”

She lifted the small bag that was beside her.

It was rather fortunate that Nadia did not know who I was.

If he had known of my notoriety, he would not have helped me like this.

“what… As you said, it is true that the lord here has not been interested in the territories. Considering the fact that the village was left until this point.”

“right? Did you feel that way as soon as you saw it?”

“But lately, I heard they’ve started to take an interest again. I wonder if it might be too late.”

“I guess it wasn’t completely trash?”

“… You may not think so.”

I don’t know what Altane looked like before being possessed.

The important thing is that I am Lian Altyn now.

Everything Altane did before that was now my karma.

“Still, it is a wasteful town to disappear like this. I’m glad you’re interested now.”

“Maybe it’s a desperate attempt to live.”

“… You mean, aren’t you being too negative?”

Try to possess yourself here. Do you have a laugh

“It’s not okay to be so negative— Huh?”

Nadia groaned and looked towards the village. A woman in a tattered robe was running from there.

‘That person… .’

When he first came to Mene, he was the one who was soothing the child.

She was shouting something with an urgent face.

“Kas! Kaz! Where are you, answer me!”

A woman crying and shouting all over the village, her legs were lined with minor scars.

“missing child?”

“I’ve been there.”

Nadia and I met our eyes for a moment, then got up at the same time as if we had promised each other.