Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Volume 3: Maybe I Can Help Someone Close to Me, Even if Just a Bit, With a thousand Yen?
Chapter 17. Can supplements help?
Thanks to Judo-san accompanying me for the explosion experiment and giving me advice, things have become a lot easier.
Since I discovered that salt and pepper were effective at blinding monsters, I started taking on easy jobs like gathering medicinal herbs for the guild, and since I could handle any weaker monsters that appeared, I was able to earn a living on a daily basis.
I identify herbs by sight after seeing them in the guild, which makes it fairly easy. Apparently, many novice adventurers are not very good at distinguishing between plants, but since I used to enjoy gardening, I’m pretty good at recognizing plants. Once you get used to them, you can tell what kind of flower a bud is even from the young leaves.
The herb requested this time has distinctive jagged leaves, white hairs on the underside, and a unique smell, so it’s very easy to identify.
I check each plant carefully, collecting only the ones in good condition. While I’m at it, I also gather other herbs. For those that wilt easily, I wrap the cut ends in moistened tissue and store them in a green freshness-preserving bag I’ve bought at the 100-yen shop.
Swish, swish
Suddenly, the nearby bushes rustle, so I quietly observe. I catch a glimpse of rabbit ears with horns — a horned rabbit.
The horned hare was startled, making a squealing noise as it ran off blindly, only to get its horns lodged in a nearby tree and getting stuck there.
In this state, if I left it alone it would just be hunted by other animals, so I swiftly aim for its carotid artery with a blade similar to a hatchet I use for gathering, and I kill it. Then I pull out the horns lodged in the tree.
It must have been stuck in pretty tightly because I had to use some force to pull the horns out, and my hand hurts. I really don’t have much strength.
Growing up in the countryside, I had experience watching chickens being slaughtered at home, so I think I have some level of resilience.
Still, it feels like the fact that I can slaughter a life like this, and even dismember it so easily, is all thanks to the adaptation Skill.
It feels like I’ve been buffed not just physically but mentally as well, to a certain extent, to help me cope with life here without any problems.
Today is a good day, I not only got my hands on medicinal herbs but also a horned hare.
After smoothly delivering my items at the guild, I took a rest in the storage, I’ve gotten pretty used to gathering requests.
Not only gathering, but since Old man Jill has also been sending out requests, I’ve also been receiving cleaning requests from time to time
Japanese detergents are incredibly effective, making everything sparkle, and I’ve received good reviews for that!
With this, I feel I can somehow get by, even if just a little.
I still sleep in the storage, but I’ve added more fur to the bedding, so it feels nice and comfortable. It’s cheaper than staying at an inn, it’s also safer, and I can set the temperature as I like.
So now that I can afford a little more, I want to buy that thing with the $1,000 repeat.
—Yes, vitamin supplements!
From what I’ve heard, I think Judo-san’s younger sister might have a deficiency of vitamin B, probably related to beriberi.
She’s an extremely picky eater, with a diet that is heavily weighted towards carbs, and I have a feeling she might have a weak heart or legs that cause her to struggle with walking.
Beriberi is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B, and scurvy is caused by vitamin C. I don’t remember all the details, but many illnesses are related to vitamin deficiencies.
I also heard that if you don’t process corn properly, it can cause some disease—what was it again? Pentagon? No, Pectin? I think it started with P. It was also a deficiency of some vitamin-related nutrient.
Anyway, it’s all about vitamins. I was really into supplements for a while, so I’ve bought multivitamins, B-vitamin mixes, and vitamin C supplements before. I got so hooked that I imported a lot of foreign supplements, so I have plenty to choose from.
If I go with a multivitamin, one of them will probably work out. Even if I guess wrong about what she needs, it shouldn’t cause much harm.
But choosing which supplement to buy is a bit tricky.
I’ve tried everything, from intensely concentrated ones to cheap, large-quantity packs with less active ingredients.
If she’s suffering from nutritional deficiency like I once have, the one with a higher dose might be too strong.
Should we wait and see what happens with the cheap ones that come in large quantities and see how it goes? Or, wait, if she’s deficient, would it be better to push in as much as possible?
Looking at my purchase history:
The cheaper ones are one tablet per day, costing 703 yen for 130 tablets.
The stronger ones are two tablets per day, costing 1,441 yen for 120 tablets.
I’m torn—which one is better?
Maybe start with one strong tablet a day, and if she can handle it, increase it to two tablets?
For now, I’ll buy two weeks’ worth for 337 yen.
Also, since her stomach is weak, it won’t be able to absorb what it needs to, so it might be a good idea to have some kind of intestinal regulator pills too.
What about probiotics, or, oh, how about Ebi◯x or Wak◯to?
I imagine they’re rich in nutrients since they contain brewer’s yeast.
But taking ten pills at once is a bit too much.
Even just the foreign multivitamins are big pills and hard to swallow.
For stomach regulator, a sweet, tasty bifidobacteria-based supplement might be better.
Oh! Looking at this, it looks like I can also treat the medicine prescribed by the doctor as something I’ve bought before too.
Perhaps it was too much hassle to determine where the medicine cost began, but I think it ignores dispensing fees and the like and calculates only 30% of the drug price, ignoring the rest.
That means prescription meds are surprisingly cheap!
A two-week supply of hospital-prescribed stomach medicine costs only 72 yen—so cheap.
Being able to buy medicine is a relief.
I don’t know if hay fever is common here, but I’d be in trouble without allergy meds.
I think I’ll go with the stomach medicine I usually take.
Sometimes it doesn’t work, so I’ll just have to see how it goes and if it doesn’t, I can try a different one.
Also, it would be ideal if she would get proper nutrition from meals, but she has a poor appetite, and is quite picky about what she eats.
What about Cal◯rie Mate?
It’s like biscuits, so if she likes carbs, it should be fine. It’s basically like candy, so maybe I can use it as a reward for taking medicine.
I’ve been stockpiling Cal◯rie Mate with the remaining balance from my thousand-yen repeat.
I also considered jelly-type nutritional supplements, but they seem a bit too strange.
There are other options I’m considering, but for now, I think trying vitamins first is safest.
Alright! That should be enough.
I’ll bundle up some vitamins, stomach medicine, and Cal◯rie Mate, and give it all to Jude-san.