Chapter 87
Thread Harvesting
After arriving at the hermitage where Master lived, I spent five days taking alchemy lessons and making my own pills and potions, which I needed to replenish my powers, and my health had recovered to nearly 90%, probably because Master’s medicine was very effective, and I also got a good sleep after a long time.
“It’s about time, then, unsociable disciple Aria, get ready to go out.”
“Where?”
I asked her, “Where?” but she simply told me “get ready”. Before I could ask her what we were preparing for, she started teaching me how to make medicines to relieve my fatigue and to strengthen my body, but I didn’t know exactly why.
“It’s been almost two years since you left here. Isn’t it about time you ran out of string?”
“How did you know?”
I asked her as I shuddered for a bit, but kept my expression blank.
“I knew that with the size of the spider Aria hunted, you would have enough for a few years. But you’ve been in some reckless battles anyway, haven’t you?”
“…”
Master seemed to know that I would be reckless, but as I expected, I would be scolded for fighting orcs, including Orc General, so I decided not to talk about it.
The giant spider threads I had hunted were made from fresh materials, but they were only intermediate grade when it came to spider threads. There were few humans and monsters that could cut threads of that level, but there were also a good number of higher-ranked humans and monsters that could cut it easily.