Aka and Ao's Study on Alchemy ~First Years~/Story

## Introduction

 Ah, Takuboku-san. Did you also come to help with the research? あ、啄木さん。啄木さんも研究のお手伝いにきたの？

 You, too, huh? I came after hearing there'd be something juicy in it for me. おまえもか？　俺様はおいしい話があるって聞いて来たんだよ

\*appears\*

 What are you two doing here? お二人ともどうされたんですか？

 Oh, great timing. I heard it'd be pretty profitable to help out with the research, you know...
Let me help out with something. I'm so behind on repayments that nobody'll lend me money anymore. お、ちょうどいいとこに来たな。研究を手伝うと色々儲かるって聞いたんだけどよ
なんか手伝わせてくれ。今、返済が滞ってて誰も金貸してくれねえんだ

 We were able to come to a good stopping point on our research last year, so right now there's nothing much to do. 研究なら昨年で一区切りをつけましたから、今は特になにもないですよ

 Eh, really? I wanted to surprise everyone with my new clothes, though... えっ、そうなの？　せっかく新しい服でみんなを驚かせようと思ったのに……

 Hold the phone, I came here after hearing that if I delve into a certain book, then I'd get some nice things with higher efficiency! Isamu told me this from helping out last time, so it's gotta be true! 待て待て、俺はある本に潜書すれば以前よりも効率的で、いいものがもらえるって
聞いてきたんだよ！　前回手伝ってた勇が言ってたんだから間違いない！

 Ah I see, you're talking about the textbook. ああ、教科書のことですね

 Textbook? 教科書？

 Yes. Textbooks are a type of literature meant for mass education, and so it is a simple matter to fix its image.
That's why it's easy to gather notions that can become ingredients useful for item alchemy.
It is indeed more effective than delving in other books, and that better loot may be obtained from transforming the items. ええ。教科書は集団教育のための本という性質上、イメージが固定されやすいので
アイテム錬成の材料になる概念を集めやすいんです
確かに他の本に潜るよりも効率的で、よりよいものにアイテム化できますよ

 So it's like a sale, since you can receive items at a better efficiency! Why don't we do it! 効率的にアイテムがもらえるならお得だろ！　なんでやらないんだよ

 The research is over, so there haven't been any opportunities.
Anyway, since we were able to implement it and all, it's fine if you gather flasks for the purpose of retrieving items from now on. It's a textbook, so you can also create uniforms from transforming the items. 研究は終えてしまったので、機会がなかったんです
とはいえ、せっかく実用化できたので、これからはアイテム回収のために
フラスコを集めてきていいですよ。教科書なので、アイテム化で制服も作れます

 Really? Then I wanna go collect flasks. 本当？　じゃあ、ぼくフラスコ集めにいきたいな

 Alright! Then let's go collect a ton, get a ton of items, and make a killing! よし！　それじゃ、たくさん集めてたくさんアイテムを貰って、大儲けといくか！

## Gon, The Little Fox

 Gon's story is in this textbook, huh! この教科書には、ごんのお話が載ってるんだね

 Well, "Gon the Fox" is a staple in textbooks today, you know.
There are many, many children who learned the meaning of "atonement" together with Gon. 「ごんぎつね」は今の教科書では定番のお話だからな
ごんと一緒に「つぐない」の意味を学んだ子供は多いだろうぜ

 Hmmm... Children learning together with Gon...
Then the Gon who lives in the textbook isn't alone anymore! ふうん……ごんと一緒に子どもたちが学ぶ……
じゃあ教科書にいるごんは、もう一人ぼっちじゃないんだ

 That's because to children, the fellas who come out as characters in textbooks are friends who teach them important things. 教科書に登場する奴らは、子どもにとったら大切なことを教えてくれる友達だからな

 Fufu, is that right?
You're talking like a teacher would, I feel like. ふふ、そっか
なんだか先生みたいなことを言うんだね

 I've lent my glorious assistance as a substitute teacher before in my hometown, you know.
This much qualifies me to say I was a genuine teacher before. 俺様は、故郷で代用教員をやってたことがあるんだ
これでも一応、本当に先生だったんだぜ

 Really now? Then, you were Takuboku-sensei!
Hey Sensei, try opening the door to that classroom! そうなの？　じゃあ、啄木先生だったんだ
ねえ先生、そこの教室の扉を開けてみて

 Stop calling me that... 先生はやめろよ……

 Hey, whoa! Something fell! What the heck is this, a blackboard eraser...? って、うわ！　なんか落ちてきた！　なんだこれ、黒板消し……？

 Fufu, did it scare you? Teachers are life forms who are meant to be pranked.
Don't worry though, that's a clean eraser! ふふ、びっくりした？　先生といえばいたずらされるものだよ
綺麗な黒板消しだから安心してね！

 You got me real good...
Wait up Nankichi, you little rascal! やりやがったな……
待てコラ、南吉ー！