Episode 116 – Potion Brewing
About a week had passed since the mock battles and the plant gathering trip, and I was currently at Elf’s Tears.
“Lewin, you’re stirring a little too fast. Try slowing down a little bit.” (Grandma)
“Okay. Like this…?” (Lewin)
“Yes, yes. That speed is good.” (Grandma)
As for what I was doing here in Elf’s Tears… I was currently learning potion brewing, which was something I had been wanting to do for a long time.
Recently, I had been training in the morning with Kirty, which was followed by muscle training and practice swings until the evening. Then, I would go running at night. As a result, my lifestyle was filled with only physical training. The other day, Kirty had warned me that I was overtraining.
Because of that, it was decided that I would only be allowed to do physical training in the morning and evening. This left my afternoon hours open, so I decided to seek instruction in potion brewing at Elf’s Tears during that time.
When I told the grandma about this and asked her to teach me, she immediately agreed to it. After I agreed to cover the cost of the potion ingredients and help out with various chores at Elf’s Tears, I started receiving lessons in potion brewing during the afternoon.
“After adding in the Killer Bee Honey, start stirring immediately. Then, put the extracted Medical Herbs in.” (Grandma)
“Err… like this?!” (Lewin)
“……Uh oh, your timing was late. It’s another failure.” (Grandma)
Ahh, yet another failure, huh? Since yesterday when I had started receiving lessons in potion brewing, I had already made around 20 attempts to brew a Recovery Potion, but I had yet to succeed even once. Even though the grandma said that Recovery Potions were usually the easiest to make, brewing turned out to be a very delicate process. The grandma had to pay constant attention as she instructed me in the timing to add the ingredients among many other things, but there was still no sign of success.
“Man… I didn’t think it would be this difficult. I thought it would be like cooking, where you could just sit next to me and tell me the recipe and I would be able to make it…” (Lewin)
“Well, my potion brewing method is somewhat special. If it were a regular Recovery Potion, I think you’d be able to make it easily.” (Grandma)
“As expected, it’s because your potion brewing method is special that it’s difficult.” (Lewin)
The taste and the potency… I thought earlier that there was some kind of secret to it, but I didn’t realize that it would be this difficult to brew them myself.
“I suppose so. I could show you how to make regular potions. We could switch to those if you’d like? It’d be much easier to learn how to brew regular potions after all.” (Grandma)
“No! I want to learn your special potion brewing method. It’s true that I’m lacking in skill, so it might be a lot of work for you, but I would be very glad if you could continue to teach me, grandma.” (Lewin)
“If that’s what you want, Lewin, I have absolutely no problems with that. Then, let’s give it another try.” (Grandma)
After that I made another 3 attempts, but they all ended in failure. If I were to succeed in making a potion, the grandma said she would buy it to stock the store’s inventory, which would allow me to make up for the cost of some of the materials.
There was no way that potion brewing was going to be so easy in the end. Lamenting over the fact that it took so much time and money to brew potions, I left Elf’s Tears and returned to the rundown inn.
After arriving at the entrance of the rundown inn, I saw Kirty leaning against the wall with her arms crossed. In addition to the potion brewing lessons, there was another thing that changed in the past week. Somehow, Kirty was now teaching me in the evening as well. I didn’t really understand why, but the day after I came back from plant gathering, Kirty started showing up in the evening and, from then on, had started teaching me every evening onwards. Of course I welcomed this development, but I definitely felt a bit worried for Kirty, given her schedule and position.
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In the early morning, she would train me, then from the morning to the evening she had work. After work was over she would come to teach me, and then, early the next morning, she’d come and teach me yet again. I couldn’t get over the fact that somehow she ended up having an even harder schedule than I did. I didn’t know why she was going so far for me, but Kirty had become a person on par with the grandma in my heart. They were both people to whom I felt that I absolutely had to repay the favor in the future.
“Lewin, you’re back, huh? It looks like you’re properly restraining yourself from excessive training― that’s great.” (Kirty)
“You said that it had negative effects, so I couldn’t bring myself to continue doing that. Kirty-san… is your health alright? Because you’re always teaching me, I feel like your lifestyle has become pretty tough…” (Lewin)
“I’m doing fine. All I have to do is stand here and watch as I teach you, after all. Besides, seeing you grow every day is a lot of fun for me, Lewin.” (Kirty)
“Alright, as long as you say so… Thank you for teaching me so early in the morning and so late at night. I’ll definitely repay this favor to you one day!” (Lewin)
“If that’s the case, do your best to get stronger and beat me in a fight in the future. I hope to lose to you one day, Lewin. That’s all I want from you.” (Kirty)
“Yes! I’ll become stronger so I can defeat you some day!” I replied cheerfully with a smile. After that, our evening training session began. In order to live up to her expectations, I swung my sword more meticulously, focusing on one sword swing at a time.
Episode 116 – Potion Brewing
About a week had passed since the mock battles and the plant gathering trip, and I was currently at Elf’s Tears.
“Lewin, you’re stirring a little too fast. Try slowing down a little bit.” (Grandma)
“Okay. Like this…?” (Lewin)
“Yes, yes. That speed is good.” (Grandma)
As for what I was doing here in Elf’s Tears… I was currently learning potion brewing, which was something I had been wanting to do for a long time.
Recently, I had been training in the morning with Kirty, which was followed by muscle training and practice swings until the evening. Then, I would go running at night. As a result, my lifestyle was filled with only physical training. The other day, Kirty had warned me that I was overtraining.
Because of that, it was decided that I would only be allowed to do physical training in the morning and evening. This left my afternoon hours open, so I decided to seek instruction in potion brewing at Elf’s Tears during that time.
When I told the grandma about this and asked her to teach me, she immediately agreed to it. After I agreed to cover the cost of the potion ingredients and help out with various chores at Elf’s Tears, I started receiving lessons in potion brewing during the afternoon.
“After adding in the Killer Bee Honey, start stirring immediately. Then, put the extracted Medical Herbs in.” (Grandma)
“Err… like this?!” (Lewin)
“……Uh oh, your timing was late. It’s another failure.” (Grandma)
Ahh, yet another failure, huh? Since yesterday when I had started receiving lessons in potion brewing, I had already made around 20 attempts to brew a Recovery Potion, but I had yet to succeed even once. Even though the grandma said that Recovery Potions were usually the easiest to make, brewing turned out to be a very delicate process. The grandma had to pay constant attention as she instructed me in the timing to add the ingredients among many other things, but there was still no sign of success.
“Man… I didn’t think it would be this difficult. I thought it would be like cooking, where you could just sit next to me and tell me the recipe and I would be able to make it…” (Lewin)
“Well, my potion brewing method is somewhat special. If it were a regular Recovery Potion, I think you’d be able to make it easily.” (Grandma)
“As expected, it’s because your potion brewing method is special that it’s difficult.” (Lewin)
The taste and the potency… I thought earlier that there was some kind of secret to it, but I didn’t realize that it would be this difficult to brew them myself.
“I suppose so. I could show you how to make regular potions. We could switch to those if you’d like? It’d be much easier to learn how to brew regular potions after all.” (Grandma)
“No! I want to learn your special potion brewing method. It’s true that I’m lacking in skill, so it might be a lot of work for you, but I would be very glad if you could continue to teach me, grandma.” (Lewin)
“If that’s what you want, Lewin, I have absolutely no problems with that. Then, let’s give it another try.” (Grandma)
After that I made another 3 attempts, but they all ended in failure. If I were to succeed in making a potion, the grandma said she would buy it to stock the store’s inventory, which would allow me to make up for the cost of some of the materials.
There was no way that potion brewing was going to be so easy in the end. Lamenting over the fact that it took so much time and money to brew potions, I left Elf’s Tears and returned to the rundown inn.
After arriving at the entrance of the rundown inn, I saw Kirty leaning against the wall with her arms crossed. In addition to the potion brewing lessons, there was another thing that changed in the past week. Somehow, Kirty was now teaching me in the evening as well. I didn’t really understand why, but the day after I came back from plant gathering, Kirty started showing up in the evening and, from then on, had started teaching me every evening onwards. Of course I welcomed this development, but I definitely felt a bit worried for Kirty, given her schedule and position.
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In the early morning, she would train me, then from the morning to the evening she had work. After work was over she would come to teach me, and then, early the next morning, she’d come and teach me yet again. I couldn’t get over the fact that somehow she ended up having an even harder schedule than I did. I didn’t know why she was going so far for me, but Kirty had become a person on par with the grandma in my heart. They were both people to whom I felt that I absolutely had to repay the favor in the future.
“Lewin, you’re back, huh? It looks like you’re properly restraining yourself from excessive training― that’s great.” (Kirty)
“You said that it had negative effects, so I couldn’t bring myself to continue doing that. Kirty-san… is your health alright? Because you’re always teaching me, I feel like your lifestyle has become pretty tough…” (Lewin)
“I’m doing fine. All I have to do is stand here and watch as I teach you, after all. Besides, seeing you grow every day is a lot of fun for me, Lewin.” (Kirty)
“Alright, as long as you say so… Thank you for teaching me so early in the morning and so late at night. I’ll definitely repay this favor to you one day!” (Lewin)
“If that’s the case, do your best to get stronger and beat me in a fight in the future. I hope to lose to you one day, Lewin. That’s all I want from you.” (Kirty)
“Yes! I’ll become stronger so I can defeat you some day!” I replied cheerfully with a smile. After that, our evening training session began. In order to live up to her expectations, I swung my sword more meticulously, focusing on one sword swing at a time.
