Bishoujo Ni Natta Kedo Netoge Haijin. Yattemasu

Episode 4 Alchemy

After registering as a friend with George, I left the "Bright Sword Shop Skill☆George".

　George said.

George said: "NPCs have names, but you can choose to show or hide them. I have mine hidden. This is to make it easier for players to identify opponents by name in a game where there is a lot of PvP. It's a good idea for those who have the skill to disguise their appearance. ......

This is a good thing.

　After all, in a game with so many battles between players, it seems that grudges are likely to remain between players.

　So there's also the element of identifying players by their appearance.

　It seems that if you become a friend or get into a battle, your opponent's character name will be displayed, regardless of the hidden setting.

　I quickly set my name to hidden.

　There were some other minor settings, but I skipped them because they were a pain.

　I'll do it later.

　By the way, the reason why George's lvl was 10 on the first day of service was because he was in the beta test group like Yuki and Kouya.

　At the time of the beta test, the upper limit of the level was 10, and George was the highest level at the moment. No wonder he had his own shop on the first day of service.

　It seems that George is a production man and is focusing on his decoration skills, using the materials he brings back from the dungeons to produce bright sword arts, ornaments and accessories to sell to players.

Huh, ...... faggot."

　It's a bit of a shame that my first friend in the clan-clan world of Tsukinotea is a dark-skinned faggot, but he seems like a nice guy, so I friend him anyway.

I'm a bit of a nekkid guy myself.

　I can't say anything about other people.

　A nekama is a person who is a man in real life, but plays a woman in an online game.

　I'm not sure if I'm a nekama because I'm a woman in real life, but I'm pretty sure I'm a man.

Haha ......"

If you go to the city hall or hospital, you will have a thorough examination and be judged as a woman. ......

　Well, well, ....... It's not a big deal right now.

　It's a great way to make sure you're getting the most out of your vacation.

　Anyway, George is a beta tester, so he might be able to give me some useful information if we become friends. There's a calculating part of me that thinks this is a good idea.

　I'm now in the middle of exploring Michelangelo, the first city of the Clan.

　I'm looking for materials that I can use for alchemy.

　According to George, the materials can be found in the field, outside the city, but also inside the city.

　It is now 10.20am and I am not going to go out into the field, as I will be meeting my sister at 11am.

We have not yet located the "church" where we will meet with my sister, so our plan is to look for the "church" and also look for the materials.

I walked around the area, occasionally examining the contents of crucibles and crates beside the road.

There's a lot of stuff around.

　There was often nothing in the box, but we were able to collect water from the jar and various other things from the crate.

You can find a lot of different things in the crates, such as nuts, manure, horse manure, cow manure, and weeds. Water, feces and weeds are just like their names, but I have no idea what "Mico nuts" are.

　Even if you read the description, it only says "fruit with high nutritional value".

　It looks like a normal red fruit, about 2cm in size.

We also found a small amount of moss and fungus in a corner of a sunless alleyway. I also found some hard stone rubble in a corner where the stone pavement had been torn up by an impact.

Now that we've gathered the materials, we can try our hand at smelting.

　I sit on the ground in a back alley where the sun doesn't shine and use the copper balance.

　A balance is an instrument used to measure the mass of an object by suspending the weight of the object and the weight of the object to be weighed using the principle of leverage.

　When used, the balance is materialised from the item storage.

Oh!"

　There is nothing on the upper plates on either side of the balance, and the balance is balanced.

　Now, let's start with the alchemy.

　The ability "Conversion" is described as being able to convert materials and items to higher or lower levels.

　In other words, it can make the original material into something better and vice versa.

　The ability to turn iron into gold is a perfect example of alchemy.

The first thing to do is to get the most available "water" out of the item storage.

The water was in a bottle like a wine bottle.

　I put it directly on the upper plate to the left of the balance.

I was worried that the weight of the water wouldn't tip the balance, but it didn't matter.

　Now we are ready.

　Activate the ability "Transform"!

　.............

　.......

　Neither the balance nor the 'water' will cause any change.

"Higher transformation!

　A beautiful voice will not bring change.

　Hmmm. What is wrong with me?

　I stare at the water.

　The water was in a bottle shaped like a wine bottle. The top of the bottle was corked.

　That's it!

　Can't you alchemise without opening the cork?

　With a small sound of "cupon", I open the "water".

　Then I put it on the left upper plate again and activate the ability.

"Higher transformation!

　But again, no response.

　What's going on?

　I don't suppose you've spilled water directly on this flimsy top plate, have you?

Deciding that since I had 12 bottles of water, I wouldn't mind wasting at least one, I slowly tipped the bottle and poured the water onto the balance plate.

　Then a strange thing happened.

The water flowed according to gravity and stopped its falling motion before it touched the plate.

　It changed into a sphere in the air and stayed there.

　In addition, the bottle that had been the container for the water disappeared with a white effect when the contents were empty.

Amazing ......, just fantastic."

　The balance seems to be tilted towards the left side of the plate where the water ball is floating.

"Wow ......"

The tipping of the scales \= the inference that the material was recognised as 'conversion' material.

　I'm getting excited. It's like alchemy, isn't it, to figure it out step by step in a research-like way?

Cohon.

　Now, I'm going to try to activate the ability "Conversion" again.

"Higher conversion!"

　But again, no particular change is seen.

　The water ball and the balance remain silent.

　It seems that something is still missing.

　It is possible that the material "water" can not be "converted" in the first place, but it is not too early to give up.

　You'll be able to get a lot more than that. It's also possible to learn and activate abilities.

So why is change not happening?

　One possible explanation is that there simply isn't enough of it.

　That's all I could think of, so I started to empty the bottles one after another and poured them into the sphere.

　The sphere gets bigger and bigger, and the tilt of the plate underneath it sinks even more.

　Above all, the balance itself is getting bigger and bigger.

　This can be seen at .......

The change happened when I emptied 10 bottles of "Water".

　The balance, which had been tilted, was suddenly in equilibrium.

　Obviously, until a few moments ago, the left dish, on which the water ball was floating, had sunk more than the other, but now both dishes were in equilibrium.

　The left dish contains a sphere of 'water x 10', whereas the right dish contains nothing, yet the masses of both dishes are equal.

　That, in other words!

　If you convert it, a higher version of the 'water' material appears on the right plate!

"High level conversion!

　As planned, the balance dazzles ----.

　The water ball on the left has disappeared and a cloudy water ball is floating on the plate on the right.

The water ball on the left disappeared and a muddy water ball floated on the plate on the right.

The water ball on the left disappeared, and a muddy water ball was floating on the plate on the right.

The following recipe has been recorded: Upper conversion of water x 10, failure → sewage x 5.

　A heartless log has been found.

　...... failed.

I'm not sure what to do.

　Well, now that I know how to use the balance and the principle, I think it's good.

　But this is interesting.

　I then tried out the "Transformation" ability a few times, using the materials I had on hand. Here's a summary of what I found out.

Firstly, the higher level conversions that upgrade the material.

　You place a material on the left plate and keep placing the same material until the balance is balanced.

　Different materials require different numbers of upgrades.

　The balance is balanced when three Huns are placed on the left plate.

　And the total number of any higher conversions is less than before the conversion.

It's like a higher level conversion consumes a lot of the same material to create a higher level material. ......

　On the other hand, for lower conversions, you can just put one material on the right balance.

The balance was balanced and the 'backward transformation' ability was activated.

　And the great thing about backward conversion is that it increases the conversion rate for one material.

　The result was this.

Top conversion

Fum x 3 → Fragrant Fum x 1 Success

Horse manure x 3 → Black lump x 1 〈Fail

Bovine feces x 3 → Brown lump x 1 〈Fail

Weed x 5 → Clean grass x 1 Success!

Miko nuts x 10 → Kudzu nuts x 1 〈Fail

　It turns out that the number of materials used in the conversion is less than the number of materials used in the original conversion, whether it fails or succeeds.

　The next step is the lower conversion.

[Water x 1] → [Muddy mud water x 10 Success!

Water x 1 → Muddy Sludge x 2 [Fails]

Miko no mitsui x 1 → Chiko no mitsui x 5 [Success

Hard stone x 1 → Stone x 1 0 [Success

　So the lower conversion turns out to be more than the original number of materials.

In addition, skill alchemy has been increased from Lv1 to Lv2.

　Skills can be upgraded by using them, and can also be upgraded by wiping skill points. Skill points can be obtained by increasing the character's level.

　Anyway, I can't continue smelting any more, because I've used all the materials I have for smelting. But this seems to be quite deep, so I'd like to keep trying.

　I'm especially curious to see what kind of materials the higher level transformation of 'water' will produce.

I am very concerned.

　Then I suddenly noticed a bottle on a tar in the alley.

Water!"

　Without hesitation, I take the bottle.

　To the casual observer, it looked as if a young girl, starved of water in a shady street, had taken the bottle in desperation.

　That's one 'water' for you!

　But the sentence that appeared in the log was unbelievable.

I've got 'fine water' x 1.

　This is no way.

　Read the description immediately.

The water is clearer and has a better taste than ordinary water.

No way. .......

　Quickly take out the balance and pour the 'fine water' into the right dish.

　The clarity of the water is clearly greater than that of ordinary water, and the spheres are more pliable.

　No, now is not the time to be impressed by that.

　I make sure that the balance is in equilibrium and I activate the "transformation".

"Subversion!

Then the beautiful sphere on the right side of the plate disappeared and a water ball about ten times bigger appeared on the left side.

The result: 1 x fine water → 10 x water.

　.......

　.............

　Hey.

　It's not strange that the material "fine water", which can be obtained by successfully converting "water" x 10 with alchemy, is found on the roadside?

　It's much more efficient to pick up a bottle of water from the street than to convert it to a higher level and produce 1 x fine water through alchemy. ......

　Why bother with alchemy?

"Alchemy is a rubbish skill to sell ......"

　I'm reminded of what George said to me when he gave me his alchemy kit, the Copper Balance.

　.......

　No, it's still too early to declare that alchemy is a rubbish skill.

　You can't give in to this kind of emptiness.

　With sluggish steps, I move from the back alley to the front street.

　The mercenary players on the street are walking around in high spirits, each carrying their own weapon.

　In direct contrast, my steps are heavy.

　I have 200 pesos left.

　In the item storage, there are only materials of unknown use created by alchemy.

Despite the buzz around me, my heart sank.

　As if in response to my sentimental mood, the time in Clan Clan seemed to be approaching evening, and the setting sun was turning the city a deep red.

Stick to ......

　In the event that you've got a lot of time, you'll be able to take a look at a few of the best ways to get the most out of your home.

　It's a great way to make sure you're getting the most out of your vacation.

　It was a pair of mercenary players, a man and a woman.

　They were holding hands in a friendly manner, even though they were in a game.

　The two of them are in love with each other in an otherworldly fantasy town at nightfall.

　Their footsteps are light as they walk down the slope.

"Ch."

　It was as if a pink aura could be seen only around the two of them, leaking out from their rear, or rather, their nether regions.

All I could do was shit my pants in front of the girl I love. ......

　With them, it's .......

　This is the world of the Clan Clan, where PvP is claimed to be the main focus.