402 Learning Alchemy!
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It has already been two weeks since we saw Katarina go off in her own. By that time, I had told her to take good care of herself while I gave her a big Wolf Monster Undead to carry her around the world. Since then, every week, she had sent me a magical message through the device I gave to her, a small crystal ball attached to a necklace she had as my parting gift.
“Just yesterday I got inside a port city named Belle, where it is not so cold anymore! Me and Darky are going to go off to another continent now. I’ve lived my entire life in Midgard, but I really want to see what other places all are about. Thanks to your help, I don’t even look like an Undead to other people, so this is like my first time being treated like a normal person as well… Thanks a lot for everything you’ve done for me, Maria! I guess I can already forgive you for killing me back then. I’ll come see you one day, maybe!”
That was the whole message. Katarina was on her own by now. She was always kind of a lone wolf. And I guess she still held a grudge against me because I killed her. I guess it was only natural, but it seems that now that she was set free, she realized I didn’t really meant to cage her nor slave her with me the rest of her existence. I don’t know which continent she is going to, but I hope she has a lot of fun, and is careful there.
After I sent her a message back telling her to take care, and a lot of other things, I quickly looked in front of me. There was a boiling cauldron with many species of herbs and other ingredients that had suddenly begun glowing brightly with magical essence. The ingredients placed inside had been dissolving for several hours now, and through the injection of Mana directly into the cauldron, they mixed together into a special substance with magical properties, what most people call “potions”.
I had already prepared a potion some time ago to heal the disease that the poor Rabbit-kin were suffering, but now that such an event ended, I had not done any of such things until just four days ago, when Emeraldine finally found enough time, now that the children and others that were learning magic had mastered enough of the principles of magic to study it by themselves, to be able to teach me Alchemy properly.
“Ah, I think it might be ready, well done, Maria! This is the second potion you’ve made without mistakes.” Emeraldine congratulated me, her bright lustrous hair waving around. Being praised by her was the best.
“I wouldn’t had been able to do it without you, Emeraldine.” I said with all honesty.
Emeraldine was an amazingly talented farmer, alchemist, and magician. I was truly gifted to have her at my side, even more, to be loved by someone so incredible such as her.
Ding!
[You learned the [Alchemy: Lv1] Skill]
[You acquired the [Clandestine Brewer: Lv1] Title Skill]
Hey! I got two Skills once more! After four days of practicing alchemy, that’s all I needed?! I guess I am slightly more talented with it than with reading books and comprehending magic.
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[Alchemy: Lv1]
A Skill only learned by those who have learned the ways of an alchemist and had mixed various ingredients together to form new types of products and beverages a few times. This Skill grants the ability to easily use [Synthesis] on items you’re mixing through Alchemy (only inside a Magic Cauldron) through the usage of Mana. Alongside increasing the effectiveness of [Synthesis] by +20% with each Level, the quality of created products is increased by +50% (with an additionally +10% with each Level) and ideas about new recipes can be created more easily by the user.
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[Clandestine Brewer: Lv1]
A Title given to someone that has (most of the time illegally) brewed many potions of strange origins which might or might not be effective or useful to anybody. Although the path towards a true Alchemist is far away, this Title enhances the chances of a successful creation of an item through alchemy by +30% (with an additional +10% with each Title Skill Level) and adds a 10% (with an additional +5% with each Title Skill Level) chance for the item created to be one Rank Higher in Quality.
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Oooh?! Although the second one is just trying to put me down, they’re both amazing! With this, my Alchemy will become even more effective. Maybe I can finally become a protagonist of an Atelier game myself? It wouldn’t be bad to just go around the world collecting herbs and other materials to produce items out of this Magic Cauldron we bought back in the fiefdom thanks to Julia’s help and her connections.
Magic Cauldrons are essential for high level Alchemy, and they’re specifically made using magical materials that are capable of extracting the essence and magical power of materials alongiside absorbing and channeling the mana created by the alchemist infused into the Cauldron. In a normal one, it would have a way lower chance for a successful Synthesis. But with a Magic Cauldron, this small chance become rather big!
After it was done, I looked into the liquid we had created, which had gained a slightly red color.
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[Beginner’s Health Potion (D Rank)]
A special Potion with an easy to make recipe specially made for Beginner Alchemists. It includes a variety of easy to find Herbs, such as Bitter Weed, Fragrance Flower, and Yellow Rose, alongside the oily extracts of their flowers and stems usually mixed with other ingredients to combine things together.
Recovers: 5000 HP and increases HP Recovery by x3 for 3 Hours after consumption.
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“Ah, the Potion ended looking pretty good!” Emeraldine said.
“I can see it through my Analysis ability, it says it restores 5000 HP.” I said rather confidently and happily.
“F-Five thousand HP?!” Emeraldine asked with a shocked expression in her face.
“Yeah, and it is merely D Rank! I got over 40k HP though, but this can certainly improve over time… Though, can a ghost drink potions?” I wondered.
“D-Rank and it restores so much HP?!” Asked Emeraldine once more.
I guess she was quite shocked.
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