Chapter 721: Lisa's Been Working
“Mama’s going now, ok? If my little one is lonely, you can just call any of the servants to call Mama back, ok?”
“Yes, Mommy… Don’t worry, I’m not little anymore.”
“Ara, ara~ You’ll always be Mama’s little one~ Ufufufu~”
Mother pulled me into a crushing hug which ended up shoving my face in between her bosoms and suffocating me for a good few seconds.
She finally let me go after a while and planted a kiss on my forehead.
“Ufufufu~ Know that Mama loves you very, very, much, my little one~ Mama will miss you so much~”
“Mnnggh… I’ll miss you too, Mommy.”
She let out a gasp and pulled me into another hug again while squealing, “Ahhhh!! I’m not leaving anymore! Mary, cancel the trip with Justinia! I’m staying right here with my little one!!”
Mary shook her head, “I’m afraid that’s not possible, Madam. The King is waiting for you now.”
“Ara, ara~ She can wait for a little while more in that case~”
I managed to pry myself free from Mother’s embrace to look up at her, “You can’t do that, Mommy… But it’s ok, you can still come back and visit during your trip right, Mommy?”
“Ufufufu~ My little one is right as always~ Alright then, Mama will be going now, take care of yourself, ok? If you need anything, just ask any of the servants~ Mama will miss you lots~”
She gave me another peck on the cheek and the forehead before finally taking a step back from me.
Mary then summoned a portal and Mother blew me several kisses before stepping through it, disappearing inside it with Mary.
The portal closed up and silence settled over the front of the mansion where I had come to see Mother off for her long trip away with the King.
Well… Looks like I’m officially home ‘alone’ now… Which I honestly don’t think it would differ much from my daily life aside from the absence of all the cuddles and hugs Mother would always give me whenever I see her at home.
I doubt anything else would change inside the mansion itself anyway.
Turning back to face Katsuki who had been standing behind me the entire time, I asked, “What’s the plan for today?”
It’s Finaday today which meant I have no classes and I would normally do self study in school on this day of the week. I’m only home right now because I had to see Mother off but that also meant the other girls were in school right now.
Tiara was also back at the palace to see off Justinia and would return later so the only one with me right now was Katsuki.
Well… Maybe Emilia too but I’m not sure where she was at the moment.
She bowed, “Mistress, you had plans on looking for a Dragon Fortune potion for Lisa.”
I let out a gasp.
Oh right!! I was supposed to ask Mother about it before she left! Ahhh! I completely forgot! Should I ask Katsuki to call Mother back? Nggh… No, that won’t be necessary… I’ll just write a note and send it to Mother I guess… Or maybe just ask Mother when she comes back to visit.
“If Mistress would like, you could check our alchemy room to see if we have any stored there?” Katsuki suggested.
Oh yeah~ Who knows, maybe I’ll find some interesting stuff over there?
I asked Katsuki to bring me there and she turned to lead me to the back of the mansion and down through a hatch that led to a basement of sorts. Then it was a short walk through a brightly lit corridor before we stopped at a reinforced door that she easily opened up and allowed me to step inside.
Inside was a similar setup to my alchemy class with Lisa except on a bigger scale and with a lot more equipment as well.
This wasn’t my first time here since I have come here with Lisa before to watch her work as well.
Now… If I remember correctly… The potions that are made here would usually be stored in a room at the back.
I started walking towards the place in question until I passed by a row of cauldrons that were bubbling with liquids of various colours in them.
Odd… Normally if someone was making use of the cauldrons to make something, they wouldn’t leave it unattended like this…
“Who is using this?” I asked, gesturing to the row of cauldrons.
“I believe Lisa is making use of them, Mistress. She said that she’s using them to do some experiments on making new potions.”
I guess this must be some of the trials she was doing to create the Dragon’s Fortune potion.
I went over to the cauldrons to give them a look, just to see if any of them looked like they were close to being completed.
Looking at it from here, I could see all of them had different colours and all of them seemed to be left to boil on a fire pit which I guess was part of the experiment.
I leaned over one that had a greenish liquid inside it and gave it a whiff.
Huh… It smells kind of like a lemon fizz…
I was tempted to try it but I already knew it didn’t have any taste so I didn’t.
Katsuki seemed to be worried that I would because she quickly took a step forward and cautioned me, “Mistress… I do not recommend tasting it.”
“Because it would give me an upset stomach, I know. Lisa already told me about it, ehehe~” I giggled.
“I see. In that case, forgive me for saying something unnecessary, Mistress.”
I was about to tell her that it was fine when I noticed a cabinet beside the line of cauldrons that wasn’t there the last time I came here.
“What’s inside that?” I asked.
Katsuki looked at what I was pointing at and a frown graced her lips, “I admit I do not know, Mistress… This was not here the last time I was here.”
I went over to it and pulled open the door, only to see the entire cabinet’s shelves filled with rows upon rows of potion bottles of various colours. All of them had labels and each shelf had a notebook left there that seemed to detail what potions were placed on each level of the cabinet.
I instantly realised that this was Lisa’s personal cabinet where she stored all the potions she had made so far while experimenting.
Taking a step back from it, I estimated that there were at least a few hundred bottles in the cabinet itself.
Didn’t she only started experimenting on this last week? How hard has she been working to make this many in such a short time?!
I mean… It’s not that I think Lisa fools around all the time but… I’m trying to figure out when she would even have the time to make this many potions?
Stepping forward again, I picked up a few of the potions on the bottom shelf to give it a look, narrowing my eyes to see what was written on the label.
All of them detailed what materials she used to make the potion and even recorded the exact amount she used as well as the binding agents and even amount of mana she used.
Wow… She really is dedicated… I guess I can see how she could be a renowned alchemist if she really wanted to.
There’s no way I could even make this many potions in a month, much less a week. I guess she must really want to be the first one to create the Dragon’s Fortune potion.
I placed the bottles I had taken back on the shelves before I noticed that there was a particular shelf of potions at the very top that looked different from the rest of the bottles.
Curiosity got the better of me and I went to grab a chair to use it as a stepping stool to get to that shelf.
When I pulled out the first potion to read the label however…
‘X grade potent aphrodisiac. Wanna use this with Aster~’
…
What…
I placed that one back and took out a few more to look at their labels as well.
‘XXX grade potent aphrodisiac. Very, very potent. Only use when planning a sex marathon with Aster~’
‘Extremely potent aphrodisiac! Do not use undiluted!!’
‘Sensitivity enhancement. Use when I want to cum my brains out with Aster~’
‘Extreme sensitivity enhancement. Use on idiots I wanna cuck~’
‘Prototype temporary penis growth potion. Perhaps one of the other girls wanna fuck too? May also give Aster a second cock. Worth trying.’
…
I slowly placed the bottles back on the shelf, stepped down from the chair, closed the cabinet and pretended I did not see anything weird inside it.
Err… What was I doing again? Oh right! I was here to see if we had any Dragon’s Fortune in our potion stash! Silly me! How could I forget?
Now where was the potion stash again? Oh yes, right over there! Let’s go Katsuki!
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