We arrived at our destination, the forest. But since we hadn’t eaten lunch yet, I prepared our lunch. All I have to do is take out the curry and rice that I have stored in my item box, warm it up, and eat it.
“Is this the dish that the Margrave also ate?”
“It smells really good.”
“Shun-oniichan’s dishes are delicious!”
“Dishes other than curry are delicious too.”
“But curry is still the best.”
Maya-san and Sera-san looked at the curry in the pot on the magic stove with interest. Shiro, Ao, Fran, and Horn said that it is very delicious, so Maya-san and Sera-san are also looking forward to the taste of the curry.
Sue looked at us with a smile.
“Mm~, delicious!”
“I’ve never had such good food.”
And the curry was very well received by Maya-san and Sera-san as well.
Thankfully, thankfully.
After the meal, it is finally time to collect medicinal herbs.
“Leave the herb collection to me!”
Shiro, who sniffed out the smell of medicinal herbs with her nose, was quite enthusiastic.
—However, someone else had already started gathering herbs.
“Ah, Ao said she collected some herbs.”
“Oh~, so these are medicinal herbs huh.”
“Hmm, it smells strange.”
“And there are fine hairs on the underside of the leaves.”
That’s right. Ao already collected some medicinal herbs. The last time we collected medicinal herbs, Ao collected a large amount of medicinal herbs.
The beginners in collecting medicinal herbs looked at the medicinal herbs that Ao had collected.
“Ah! I wanted to be the one to pick medicinal herbs first!”
““Ahaha……””
Shiro, who was outwitted by Ao, had a rather disappointed expression on her face.
Seeing Shiro like that, Sue and I can’t help but chuckle, but I’ll take this opportunity to explain a bit.
“It depends on the type of medicinal herb, but basically, we only take the leaves. If you leave the stems and roots, the leaves will regenerate from there. Also, when you collect 10 leaves, you should tie them with a special string.”
“Pick the leaves carefully so that they can be easily disposed of, and even though this is just the entrance to the forest, there may be something that will come out, so always be on the lookout.”
““Yes!””
In addition to me, Sue also gave them a reminder.
Then from here on, we start collecting medicinal herbs in earnest.
“All right. I will tell everyone where the herbs are this time.”
Shiro, who was taken advantage of by Ao, began to teach the beginners in herb gathering where the medicinal herbs were growing. Everyone seems to be doing their best to collect medicinal herbs, so Sue and I tacitly went on guard around us.
“I could smell the herbs!”
“I think I understood.”
Fran, who is a dragon, and Maya-san, who is half beastman, seem to have good noses too. Like Shiro, they relied on the smell of medicinal herbs to collect them.
“The shape of the leaves is different from other grasses.”
“Well, we can find herbs too.”
Horn and Sera-san also collect medicinal herbs while distinguishing the shape of the leaves.
Ao teaches everyone how to collect medicinal herbs more than Shiro, but everyone seems to have no problem because they are also able to collect medicinal herbs.
“We got a lot of them.”
“The basket is already full.”
After two hours of hard work, the basket we had brought was full. Both Maya-san and Sera-san are delighted with the results of their first herb gathering.
“It’s amazing, the basket is brimming.”
“It was fun.”
Fran and Horn are also happy to be able to gather a lot of medicinal herbs.
Anyone can collect medicinal herbs if they know how to collect them.
When we arrived at the guild, Maya-san and Sera-san were surprised to see the amount of money they got from gathering herbs.
“Eh!? Can you make so much money by collecting medicinal herbs?”
“I thought it would be cheaper.”
“If you collect a large amount, the price of herbs will go up. Last time, this big brother and big sister picked a lot of herbs, but it’s been more than two weeks since then.”
As the guild staff member at the guild buying office had said, medicinal herbs are always in demand. Even if the unit price is low, if you compensate for it with volume, the transaction amount will inevitably increase.
“That was fun!”
“Yes, it was fun.”
Fran and Horn are also happy to have successfully collected their first medicinal herbs.
Thus, the rookie adventurers’ first herb collection was successfully completed.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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