Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Creation of the miracle drug

After exploring the largest and strongest monster nest in the continent, the Forest of Death, every single day, we were finally able to find the legendary 【Hermit Peach】, an ingredient for the miracle drug 【Soma】.

With this, all ingredients for the Soma had been gathered.

The Spirit Tree leaves and dew
The heart of a high ranking dragon
Hermit Peach

If I had purified water filled with magic power to mix with this, I could complete the legendary miracle drug, Soma.

Before secluding myself in the Sanctuary workshop, I received the sacred spring water that had been purified in a purification ceremony under Undine’s influence.

Even if we fail to produce the Soma, it wouldn’t be difficult to gather the materials again, but I’d like to do this in one day for the sake of Earl Rockford and the Madam who were eagerly awaiting the medicine for Miss Emilia.

「Laeva, let’s begin.」
「Yes! I’m ready!」

Laeva and I were in the workshop. Today, my escort, Sophia, was on standby outside the workshop so we could concentrate.

「Okay Laeva, please prepare the sacred water.」
「Understood.」

We ate the Hermit Peach that we discovered in the Forest of Death while we were there, but the fruit itself which would be an ingredient for Soma had great effects.
Stamina and magic power recovery, as well as a 5% increase in all stats. However, this was only a one-time bonus, as there was no more effect even after eating it several times more after that. But even so, to people like us who already have a difficult time increasing our levels, a 5% increase was very big.

Thanks to that, my head was clear and I could only imagine succeeding with the transmutation of the Soma.

I prepared the ratios of the dragon heart, leaves and dew of the Spirit Tree, and the Hermit Peach according to the recipe.
Margrave Volton provided a recipe, but the portioning and mixing sequence were corrected by Dryas.
That was risky. Being swallowed in by literature was risky.

I used 『Pulverize』 on the dragon heart and filtered it.

Similarly, I had also used 『Pulverize』 on the leaves of the Spirit Tree and filtered it, then mixed it in with the dew.
After using 『Pulverize』 on the Hermit Peach as well as its seed, the preparations were complete.

Carefully, I measured them by weight as I mixed them together with the sacred water that contained plenty of magic power.

「Transmute!」

Once everything was mixed properly, I began the transmutation using Alchemy.
Soma couldn’t be completed by simply mixing together all the ingredients. Only after undergoing the transmutation through Alchemy could it be called the legendary miracle drug known as Soma.

The liquid that sparkled prettily was completed before my very eyes.

「Howaa! How lovely!」
「……mhmm, definitely. The Soma is done!」
「Takumi-sama, congratulations!」

「Thank you, Laeva. But we still have to portion it into vials so it doesn’t lose efficacy.」

Laeva was greatly delighted at the completion of the Soma. But we have one more job ahead of us.
I’ve learned from Dryas that, as it might be expected from something known as a legendary miracle drug, the Soma couldn’t be filled into normal vials.

First, a normal glass bottle wasn’t enough, so it was necessary to make a bottle that wouldn’t let the magic power contained within the Soma to dissipate.
Laeva and I split the work to make bottles and lids strengthened with Bestowal magic, then we would subdivide the completed Soma into them.

「Laeva will do the rest, so Takumi-sama, please apply the State Preservation enchatments.」
「Mhmm, okay, I leave the portioning to you.」

Even though we had already prepared special bottles and caps, I still applied State Preservation enchantments on the bottles that contained the completed drug.
My Item Box had that effect, so the Soma wouldn’t have deteriorated in it, but that wasn’t the case for other people. It wouldn’t be funny if the legendary miraculous drug were to just deteriorate with time and lose all its efficacy.

It felt like this was the first time in a long time that I had used a great deal of magic power.

「I-it’s done!」

I plopped onto my stool and let out a big sigh.
Whether it was because it tired me out or because I was nervous, I felt exhausted for the first time in a long while.

In the end, we prepared 100 50ml vials of Soma.

「……the legendary medicine…… we’ve made quite a lot.」
「……yeah. But isn’t it better than running out of it?」
「Aside from what will be handed over to Margrave Volton, I recommend placing the remainder within your Item Box, Takumi-sama.」
「……Ha, haha, you’re right. That way, it wouldn’t cause discord in the world.」

Only after Laeva pointed it out that I realized that we had overdone it. Legendary medicine wasn’t something that could be tagged with a price.

I should discuss how to handle the Soma with Margrave Volton.