Ah, the bureaucracy of approving accidental narcotics. It always amuses me how certain anime will, as if going on a tangent, decide that this is where the worldbuilding should be fleshed out. Nothing wrong with it, but it is starkly random for such a cookie-cutter high fantasy backdrop and made me pay more attention to how it may be eventually returned to as a plot point.
Good to know that other members of the Hero party are aware of Red's contribution, and the sage isn't cutting it as a logistical replacement.
How quickly we are swayed by moe...
This courtship is awfully forward, and both the shop keep and her calling him a wimp for shying away from the double bed was pretty amusing. It was also good to know that he is a bonafide cheapskate.
We're not out of the woods, yet. There's still plenty of opportunities for a harem to form, I'm afraid.