Read The Frontier Alchemist ~ I Can’t Go Back to That Job After You Made My Budget Zero

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　I told Sherlur of the Kagero Agency that I had to leave for King's Landing earlier than planned, and left him in charge, leaving me alone on the back of Hippopo.

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　It had been a long time since I had traveled alone.

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　Taura appeared just as I was getting ready to leave and wanted to follow me, although she had not said so, but I told her softly that I would go alone this time and refused.

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　Even though I had only Karin's intuition, I was hesitant to take Taura with me since Zwei's involvement was suspected.

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　Taura, however, had something curious to say.

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　She said that the power of the oracle might have been lost.

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　He does not know for sure, but it seems that while he was kidnapped by Zwei, his abilities were taken away or blocked.

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　Unfortunately, my "transcription" scroll shows Taura only in perfect health.

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　However, there is also Sister Lese. It seems to me that the power of the was definitely not good for Zwei.

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Zwei said "we", didn't he? Does that mean there are multiple, similar beings ......?"

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"Bumo?"

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　I muttered to myself as I recalled my conversation with Zwei, and Hippopo asked, "Are you okay? He just called out to me.

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　I pat him on the back and tell him it's nothing.

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　We had left Ptaresk and Hippopo was heading straight for the royal capital on a roadless road. Strangely enough, we hadn't encountered any monsters yet.

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　Thanks to this, the trip is going better than ever, but on the other hand, I haven't gotten any materials for monsters.

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"Oh, I remember that I overdid it when I asked Eve to reactivate the monster-dodging magic circle in the capital city of Ptaresk, and it's affecting the monster ecosystem. The Unknown was consuming magic elements on a large scale. Maybe that's why."

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　Looking around the area, one can indeed see the effects here and there.

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　With an alchemist's eyes, the concentration of magical elements has decreased in a fairly wide range of areas. Of course, the exact values cannot be determined without the use of measuring instruments, but it seems that the land has been drained of magical elements to the extent that it was lightly drained of them.

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"It seems that the amount of demonium has decreased to the extent that it would be enough to cultivate grains. If this much magical elements are removed here, it should be enough to create a large granary. ......"

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　With the new possibilities of the Admiralty at my side, I drive the Hippopotamus.

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　Finally, the royal city comes into view.

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