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CHAPTER 11 - MAKING INSECTICIDE FROM TOBACCO TO EASE FARMING!
In the early morning, Souta woke up and, after carrying the intoxicated others back to their homes, returned to Asugi's house. Just as he was about to open the door, it happened.
"Off I go!"
Souta swung the door open with a strong force, and his eyes met with Ayahi.
The force was too much. She seemed a little angry.
"Oh... hey."
Souta greeted with a vague smile.
On the other hand, Ayahi wore an unmistakably awkward expression. It wasn't that she disliked him, but it was the expression of someone who had been seen something they didn't want to be seen.
"G-Good morning."
With just that, Ayahi smoothly slipped past Souta's side and hurried away. Asugi emerged from inside the house a bit later.
"Oh, my, Souta-san, you're back."
"Well, uh, thanks. Sorry for coming back late."
"No, no! It's a good thing to get along well with everyone in the village!"
Asugi hastily waved her hand and put on a smile, and then continued.
"...Rather than having a bad relationship."
She looked down as if she felt sorry.
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Souta sat around the dining table with Asugi. After the drinking party, it was time for barley porridge, Kykeon. A gentle dish for the stomach, barley porridge, Kykeon.
"Our parent-child relationship isn't going so well."
As they started eating, Asugi brought up the topic.
From Souta's perspective, it was a topic he had heard countless times in his original world.
"Isn't that the case in most households? I mean, even I had arguments with my parents about things like my future dreams."
"Oh, what kind of conversation was that?"
"I wanted to become an alchemist, but my parents wanted me to become a teacher instead."
"Oh my... Well, maybe it's not so different after all."
"Seems like it."
Souta smiled and then, with a mischievous expression, asked Asugi.
"Well, before I start my teaching duties, I should help out with the tasks around this house. What can I do?"
"In that case, maybe you could help pull out the weeds in the field. I grind flour at home, so if you need anything, just call me."
Seeing Souta's expression, Asugi seemed to be relieved, and her face brightened.
—His teaching skills aren't that rusty after all.
Teaching skills. What he meant by this wasn't just instructing in studies, but the ability to influence someone's psychology through facial expressions and gestures. That's how he had been taught.
—Good as a teacher. Next, he needs to check whether his practical experimentation skills have deteriorated due to the hiatus from illnesses.
Yes, even weeds can be eradicated through chemistry.
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Thirty minutes later, Souta, who had finished preparing for the morning, was in the field.
"Oh, working early in the morning? Humans sure are diligent."
When Souta turned around at the familiar voice, he saw Nilgiri standing there with a bunch of tobacco leaves in his arms.
"You're quite the one to talk. What about you?"
"It's tobacco, tobacco. I'm using the smoke from these leaves to drive away bugs from the poppies."
"Oh... tobacco leaves. You're killing bugs with nicotine."
"Nicotine?"
"A substance in tobacco leaves that kills insects. Hey, do you really need that much tobacco?"
Holding the tobacco leaves, Nilgiri approached Souta with a friendly smile, planning to chat and take a break.
"If I tried to fumigate the whole field, this wouldn't be enough. But it's much easier than chasing away bugs one by one."
"Oh, so you're burning them to drive away bugs?"
"Exactly, bugs hate smoke. Weren't there no bugs in the town?"
"I can't exactly release smoke all over the town. Many households were using chemicals."
"No one comes all the way out here to sell convenient chemicals like that. Occasionally, traders come from the dwarves' underground mines."
Nilgiri muttered, then sighed, "Man, the city life is something," and continued.
"Hey, let's make a deal. If it works out well, you can help me weed in exchange."
"Hmm, sounds good. You're quite the character. I'll agree to the deal."
Nilgiri playfully grinned, ruffling his long hair like a mischievous child. He seemed like a completely different person from when he had aimed an arrow at Souta.
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An hour later.
Souta, who had humbly asked for permission and received approval from Asugi, was in Nilgiri's field. He had already prepared a simple insecticide using tobacco as the main ingredient.
"Tobacco is bad for human bodies, so it's bad for insects too."
"Tobacco is seriously bad for the body? Even though it's a plant from the goddess Len? It even helps keep pests away?"
"Perhaps the elf body is more resilient to the compounds found in plants, but for other races, it's toxic."
Before arriving here, Souta had used his "Poison Resistance" ability to confirm this.
In this world too, tobacco leaves are highly toxic to the human body. As Souta ingested it during the preparation, a message appeared clearly in his mind:
"Message: 'Poison Resistance' has been activated. Nullifying the effects of nicotine and the resulting death."
"Message: Due to the activation of 'Poison Resistance,' the 'Poison Resistance' skill has grown. It has been upgraded from Rank C+ to Rank B."
Furthermore, he had gained an understanding of the effects when ingested without "Poison Resistance."
"Especially for humans, it's not good. Even adults suffer and vomit, and if you give this amount to a child, they could die."
"You know a lot. Impressive for a chemistry teacher."
Of course, it wasn't just because he was a chemistry teacher.
"Yeah, well. So, it's obviously harmful to insects."
Then, Souta pointed at the watering can he had with him.
Inside it was a generous amount of brown water.
"Souta, are you seriously going to sprinkle that smelly water? Seriously? Won't it harm the radishes?"
"It's fine. This brown and smelly water in the watering can is diluted by soaking tobacco ash. The nicotine in the tobacco doesn't harm plants. It's only a small amount, safe even for humans."
"Oh, I see. It's that easy to make."
"Nicotine dissolves easily in water, making it easy to extract. But the toxic elements in a large amount of tobacco are similar to what's in this water, making storage difficult. Don't try to replicate it."
Souta used his "Poison Resistance" skill to dilute the mixture until only the message "Harmless concentration for humans" floated in his mind.
It was an application of his newly upgraded skill. It should never be copied. Using nicotine as a pesticide was prohibited in 2020.
"Got it. Then let's try it out right away."
"Don't spray it on the flowers. It's bad to kill the bugs that gather around them. They won't bear fruit properly if you do."
Souta walked around the radish flower bed, carefully spraying the tobacco water onto the parts of the leaves where bugs often clustered. The effect was remarkable. Bugs that had been hiding under the leaves or nibbling at the roots in the soil trembled and fell to the ground or crawled out.
"Wow! Amazing! It's like magic! Bugs die without even squishing them!"
"Both insects and our nervous systems are affected by acetylcholine. Nicotine in tobacco has a similar effect to acetylcholine. Even a small amount that's harmless to humans is significant for tiny insects. The excess nicotine excites the insect's nervous system. If they remain in an excited state for too long, they become uncomfortable. If the nicotine level is too high, their nerves cease to function properly, and they can't even breathe. This is why nicotine can kill insects."
"Haha! I don't really get it! But it's amazing! You're smart, Souta!"
Just as Nilgiri cheered childishly, the ground began to shake. The earth near the edge of the field swelled, and from within, something resembling a huge log shot out.
"W-What the heck is that!?"
"We-We gotta run, Souta! Call the village militia! This is different from wyverns! Let's all take it down and have a big feast tonight!"
"Hey, wait, Nilgiri! What's going on with this...!? Wait, are you saying we should eat it? Hold on, eat it?"
As Souta turned around, Nilgiri had already darted away, showing his back.
They were supposed to defeat it together; it didn't mean Souta should defeat it alone.
That was obvious.
"Hey, Nilgiri!? What's the deal with this thing!? What should I do!?"
"It's a Scale Beetle Worm! Run, you idiot human!"
The monster before Souta's eyes was a green creature, about 5 meters long, covered in scales with horns on its body.
In other words, it was a wild worm.
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