57. Dipping Artist (4)
57. Damgeumju Artist (4)
Nobong Ark. When it comes to wasp wine, it refers to alcohol that is fermented by soaking wasp nests and live bees in strong alcohol. Nobong Ark is the alcohol produced by spitting out poison when bees die in alcohol. In fact, it is said that it is very dangerous alcohol because of poison or hygiene, but what can I do? There are many people who actually soak and eat.
The wasp I caught is basically non-poisonous. Then, if you make alcohol with these guys, can it really be called Nobong Ark? Wouldn’t it just be alcohol with the carcass of a bee floating around?
I am an alchemist. It is the alchemist’s job to create what he wants, even if it means making non-venomous wasps venom.
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That said, I have no intention of making poison and soaking it in alcohol. My job is to make the best drink by using the ecology of the wasp.
“Yes? I’d never heard of a wasp being used that way. I hadn’t even heard of wasps dipping alcohol in the first place.”
Upon hearing my plan, Sotia opened her eyes wide. In this world, it seems that there is no use of wasps to brew alcohol. Then it seems I need to let Sotia know that there is a method like this.
“Originally Nobong Ark. So, as waspju said, the sake is complete when the bee is soaked alive in alcohol, aged, and made to spit out poison. But the wasp on the other side is not poisonous.”
“I-I am alchemy… I’m completely new to biology, so I don’t know.”
“Yes. If so, please explain in an easy to understand way. Lateral wasps absorb nutrients from their stings, return to their nests, and share them with their mates. This is the point It means that nutrients are absorbed through saliva.”
I lightly kicked the cage where the wasp was trapped. Then the bees start to glow like crazy.
“Let these guys suck up all kinds of good things for the body, and then soak them in alcohol. You may think that you can just put things that are good for your body and make them into alcohol. However, what is surprising about the wasps is that they synthesize the energy they consume and distribute it to their fellows.”
The side wasp seems to be quite a gourmet. Worker bees are divided into several branches, one of which is from living beings. The other in flowers. On the other side, after collecting all the energy they can get from the fruit, they hand over what they have collected to the bees who are in charge of cooking.
Cooking bees absorb all the energy that worker bees gather from all kinds of sources and synthesize it within their bodies. Then, it is again distributed to the worker bees, and the worker bees burrow into the hive and distribute it to the queen bee and larvae. The important thing here is that impurities or bad nutrients are spit out separately.
In other words, if I feed the bees a lot of good things for their body and soak them in alcohol, the good things for the body will be mixed very well, and the bees in charge of cooking will spit out the bad things on their own. If you soak them in alcohol at that timing, a very pure medicine will be born.
“Then, Sotia. I decided to buy the sake for dipping in District 2. Let’s stop here for today.”
“Is it over already?”
“Yes. It was a lot of work. I need to think of food to feed the bees.”
I’ll grind everything that’s good for the body, mix it with honey, and feed it to the wasps on the side. I plan to feed it like that for three days and then drown it in a keg. First of all, I don’t have enough money to buy dipping sake, so it would be appropriate to stop here.
I can’t waste time just because I can’t make sake.
“Let’s go to the Shaiza Education Building. Because I have to meet Denas-senpai.”
*
District 3 Shiza Class Education Building.
I visited the Shaiza Education Building with Sotia. It was not difficult to find Denas Yeseul in the education building. As I was walking down the hallway, Denas’s owl flew in with a flutter.
Looking down at the place where the owl flew from the window, I found Denas Yeseul in the outdoor practice room, taking a class.
“Sotia, I will wait for Denas-senpai. What are you going to do? I have work to do and I can go back.”
“I will wait with you. My job is to protect you.”
“Yes. I get it.”
After answering that, I looked out the window. While listening to her class, Nasu’s expression slightly distorted. Are you having any troubles? While I was thinking that, three female students from Shaiza stopped in front of me.
“Merina, where do you feel bad?”
“Yes. It feels like someone you haven’t seen recently appears suddenly?”
“Yeah, I think I know what it is. It’s not easy to get in the mood like this just because of one person.”
The female students were looking at me while saying that. Shaiza Year 2 Merina. I don’t know the last name. She’s in Class B with me, and she’s a female student in Marina May’s potion making class.
As a feature, from the day of the first lecture, he cursed at me like that. To be honest, I don’t really care. Sotia next to me seems a little different. Sotia was about to walk towards Merina and her friends.
“You don’t have to worry about Sotia.”
“Kuh. But senior.”
“I am fine.”
Sotia gritting her teeth and lowering her head. She continues to gossip while pretending not to be Merina and her friends.
“Ah, it was nice when he wasn’t there. The air will be bad again.”
“That’s right. Ha… “
I ignored their words and looked out the window. Even at that moment, Merina’s vitriol toward me continues to escalate. Sotia has her head down, her fists clenched and her body trembling.
It was then.
“Woros senior!!”
Saint Eldenia runs toward me waving her arms. Merina and the others were staring blankly at Eldenia with her mouth open.
“Senior! Sotia too! You’re here to pick me up, right?”
“She was dragged into the church, but ended up coming out for a lecture.”
“Right. I was scolded for skipping the lecture on my own. Well, I came to the education building because I was told to listen to the remaining lectures.”
Eldenia said that and moved her body. At that time, I saw the first-year students of Shaiza walking out. It seems that one lecture is over. When she turned her head, Merina and the others had disappeared.
“You are having a hard time. Today, I plan to stay in Nishia’s workshop.”
“Um, that’s right.”
After answering that, Eldenia waved her hand at her first year students. Then we see Nishia, who finds us and jumps in. Nishia, as usual, has her pink hair tied back and wears a white gown. The only difference is that she is wearing her glasses.
“Senpai, why did you come here?”
“Nishia, you have a lot of trouble today. She is none other than scouting Denas-senpai.”
“Well, that’s what you said last time.”
“So, what are those glasses by the way?”
Nishia smiled brightly at my question, and lifted her glasses to show one of her eyes.
“Glasses that look intelligent.”
“…… “
“Looks clever, doesn’t it?”
“… Okay. If you’re good, that’s good. Oh, by the way, Nishia is in big trouble.”
“Yes?”
I told the wasp on the side that the bee we were keeping was attacked.
“Oh, wasps… When I go back, I will have to punish you!”
“Don’t worry. Because they’ve already captured it.”
“Oh! After all, Warros senior. How are you, saintess?”
As if El Denia was shocked, she grabbed my collar and shook it.
“Catching wasps… I wanted to see you too.”
“…… “
“What, how did you catch it?”
“I made and caught an alchemy item—”
“Gp… “
Eldenia looks at me and Sotia alternately with her resentful eyes. Sotia avoids Eldenia’s gaze, perhaps feeling burdened by her gaze.
I explained in detail how to catch the wasp. By the time the explanation is over, the break is over. Nishia and Eldenia left for a lecture. After I let them go and look out the window, Sotia looks at me and says.
“Senior. The senior is a great person.”
“Why is this all of a sudden?”
“Senpai has excellent intellectual abilities. She is also impeccable as a person. Besides, I’ve been thinking about it since the undead incident, and you’re even brave.”
“Why are you ashamed?”
Sotia doesn’t seem to be joking. Because she is wearing her impression. She says only that far, and she continues her words with clenched teeth.
“I am. I’m upset. It was so hard to see someone like you being ignored by others.”
“…… “
“I’m so upset too. How heartbroken would she be if Nishia, who had known him longer than me, heard it?”
Sotia puts her head down, and she pulls on my collar. It must be because I was insulted by Merina and the others.
“I am really upset. That just happened, maybe because of last year’s influence. I’m still upset, but not being able to say a word to those seniors made me even more upset.”
“There is no need to be upset about that. I stopped you in the first place.”
“But… ha… “
As if Sotia was really upset, she let out a sigh. Since Sotia doesn’t show her original story or reality like this, she was able to fully understand how serious she was.
I am Sotia’s senior. And she is also Nisia and Eldenia’s senior. They follow me well and trust me. I really don’t pay much attention to the noise around me, but the juniors following me will be different.
“I’m sorry. You made me feel uncomfortable.”
“Seo, senior? It’s not your fault, sir.”
“No, it’s my fault. Hey Sotia.”
At my call, Sotia nods her head.
“Honestly, even if others ignored me, I didn’t care too much. Because I know I’m better than them.”
“…… “
“However, if my precious juniors feel uncomfortable, the story will change.”
My words make Sotia widen her eyes.
“Sotia, do you want me to hold onto the Shiza class?”
“… Yes, I don’t want to see someone who is at the level of my senior, ignored by anyone.”
“… You think so. I get it. Then I promise you one thing.”
“What?”
I looked at Sotia and nodded her head.
“Like just now, if there are people ignoring me, I will persistently look for opportunities and take them down with my skills. And within this year, I will take the second-year seat in the second year of Shaiza. So that no one ignores me.”
“…… “
Considering that there is an extra point system, it would not be easy for me to enter the senior line, as I would die for every event held at the academy. However, since I said I could do it, I will have to do it.
“And next year… “
Shaiza’s 2nd year senior is the cheat character Eva Eliseria. Now, even if I use all of Shai Ja’s knowledge, she won’t be able to surpass Eva and rise to her top spot. But I have to carry on the name of someone greater than Eva.
At the end of the third year, the greenhouse was revealed, and Shaiza decided to officially carry on her name. To do that, you have to be stronger than anyone else, and you have to be better than anyone else.
You must make every effort to reveal your name and create an elixir. Well, if I fail, I will lose my precious junior Nishia. If I carry on the name Shiza next year, my senior year is going to be really tough.
There will be contact from all over to take advantage of me, and those who try to bring me down to take possession of Shaiza’s property will appear. In such a situation, I would have to be proud of the name Shaiza, protect Shaiza’s property from threats, and finally create an elixir.
Eva Elisseria is a very tall wall. Thats a student. No, even until the moment I graduate, Eva will be the strongest and the best student. Even if she enters Shiza as player-controlled Rin Ren, until Eva graduates, no matter how many points she raises, she will not be able to take away her position as the head of the class.
Eva is the representative of Shai Ja, and she was a wall that could never be crossed by the system. Isn’t it funny? The fact that the person named Shaiza was scared of such a thing and set the goal for second place.
I am the successor of Shaiza, and I am the one who will inherit the name of the great sage, Shaiza. So, you have to do the impossible.
“Next year. That is, until I was in the 4th grade. I will definitely take the senior position of Shaiza. It is a promise.”
To proudly carry on the name of a better person than anyone else. So that my juniors can see me as a better person than anyone else. I know it will be a tough road, but I made a promise to my juniors.
And I am a person who does not know how to break promises.