8 Episode 6 In the mountains




 We were rocked by the carriage for about thirty minutes, occasionally looking out the window of the carriage to see the scenery outside, but although the public road to the western territory was well maintained, it was easily ravaged by beasts, probably because it was surrounded by mountains on all sides, and every time we approached the bumpy road, we could feel a great shaking.

You can feel the tremors as you approach the bumpy road. It's going to be tight sitting there.
...... A little bit, the shakes are a little bit of ...... It's been a long time since I've been in a carriage .......

 As expected, this swaying would make me drunk no matter how good my trigonometry is. As for me, I took anti-sickness medicine before I got on the carriage, so I didn't mind the shaking.

'You'd better take some anti-sickness medicine. It can make you a little sleepy, but it should help a lot.
...... Yes, thank you.

 Mr. Lendl looks wobbly and quite uncomfortable, but for some reason I'm hesitant to rub his back or anything like that when I see him.

(It's hard to tell because of his coat's puffy shoulders, but his frame isn't ...... very taut. It's hard to tell because he's wearing a hat, but his head is also neutral or ...... that kind of constitutional structure, but it's rare).

 I can't ask him to take off his coat, as I don't want him to suspect me of being a manly man, either. But I couldn't help but notice the way she put her hands on her knees when she sat down. At first it's a subtle inward thigh, but when he realizes I'm paying attention, his knees open up a little bit - and this is like he's observing me.

 I handed him a vial of drunken pills, and Mr. Rendle turned his back to me, pulled down the collar that was hiding his mouth, and swallowed the pills in one breath.

'Hmmm. ......'
"ugh. ......

 There's something oddly s*xy about even the way my throat rumbles. It's decidedly not, I don't have that kind of taste. It's said that some aristocrats have a fondness for masculine colors, but as a commoner born, this is a culture I have no connection with.

...... I've been huffing and puffing. Was this potion made by Master Glass?
Oh, oh, ...... I made a mixture of fruit vinegar and tea extracts and stuff. It's the hackberry oil that makes my stomach feel better.
'It's amazing ...... something, it's like an ingredient for food. I can't believe you make medicine out of it.

 Since the basic idea is to make medicine out of things that people can put in their mouths, all kinds of ingredients, such as herbs and fruits, can be used as ingredients for medicine.

 In my case, as long as it's 'plant material', I can determine what effect it has on the human body if I put it in my mouth. Even if you touch it, you can tell if it's poisonous, so you won't be hit by the poison of a wildflower or mushroom.

 Even if you do get hit by a poison, you can find a plant that has the ingredients needed to detoxify it. Although it was useful in the pharmacology class, it was still not enough to be recognized as a single art due to the nature of the academy.

'How can I help you, Mr. ...... Glass?'
'No, I'm glad the sobriety drugs are working. Because for some people, it doesn't always work so well.
I am so glad that the medicine you made for me, Mr. Glass, is working. If I ever catch a cold, I'm sure Mr. Glass will be able to help me.
''There are a lot of things that go into a cold, but it's best to prevent it so that you don't get it. If it looks like it's going to be prevalent in the Order, I'll let you know in advance what preventive measures we can take.

 After talking with Mr. Lendl, I think there's a lot more I need to do than I thought. The most important thing to remember is that I'm still a newly minted genie doctor, and my skills are probably still inexperienced as a doctor.

'I heard you used fruit vinegar for sobriety ......, perhaps you used figs?'
Yeah, that's right. Well understood, Mr. Rendle. Do you like figs?
No, no, I'm familiar with the flavor. I just happened to be right.

 The figs I got from the elders were quite useful in developing a medicine. However, the plants in the academy and within my reach couldn't cure every disease.

 I had to leave the academy and look for unknown plants - that way, there would be more injuries and diseases that could be cured. I had that thought, but I was hesitant to leave the elders as they were.

 But this morning, when I greeted the elders, they told me to go. Thanks to my care, you'll live another fifteen years. He said he would be happy to come back in the meantime.

 And the two fruits that were given to me as a parting gift are wrapped in paper and in my bag. He asked me to take the other plants with me, so I brought a bottle of grasses that could be used for wounds, cooling fevers, and detoxification. There are also bulbs and seeds to be grown in the west.

'I do have some dry bread and dried meat for lunch, though. I like figs too, and this is how I bring them.
A friend of mine told me that when you take the fruit, there is less of a nutritional bias .......
'Yeah, you're right. Vegetables and fruits, plant-based products are basically good for you. Meats and grains are important, too, but other than that we tend to be deficient.

 I can diagnose which nutrients I'm deficient in when I touch an organism. The plants I need to take to make up for it will pop into my head.

 Sometimes the plants that come to mind are unknown plants that cannot be found nearby. There are some plants that have a demonic appearance, and I thought that I had made a contract with a good or bad spirit.

 --but I still haven't even gotten a clue as to the mysterious sight I saw when I made the contract and what that woman was. I think it's okay to dream about it for once.

'Then it's time to get some food: ......
'No, ...... give me a minute. There's something about ...... that smells funny.
"Huh ...... Mr. Glass, this is ......!

 The smell of something burning. Like wood burning - it's faintly coming in through the window.

 The carriage, which had been advancing out of the mountain road and onto a hillside with tall grasses, suddenly stops.

''Sir, it looks like there's something big going on up ahead....... Whoa, that's a demon....... And that's such a huge swarm.......!

 I went outside to see what was going on. Then I see black smoke rising from the farmhouse on the hill beyond.

 Something like an earth-shaking sound could be heard from further away - even the cries of a high-pitched creature. And then several fireballs flew into the cloudless blue sky, thrusting one after another into the cabin, spreading the fire.

(That was ...... near the capital, though I'd never seen one. Goblins......!)

 A dozen or so brown-skinned kobolds, each with a body the size of a human child, are attacking the ranch in droves. 

"d*mn you, you demons never learn your lesson! You will not take my sheep!

 A man jumps out of the hut and shoots an arrow at the goblins - but the goblins, as well as the goblins, flick the arrow with their iron helmets to see where they've taken it from.

''Geeeeeeeeeee!''

 The goblin at the tail end of the line was the one riding - it was a boar, one size larger than the goblin. It was kicking away at the fence and rushing forward, knocking down obstacles without breaking a sweat.

 While pushing forward with a cloud of dust, the goblin deftly guards an arrow in its bow and fires it at the man - it's no longer in a situation where it can continue to stand on the sidelines.