The room was dimly lit, the only source of light flickering from the glowing Heat Crystal beneath a worn iron cauldron. Shadows danced across the stone walls as Cassian stood before it, sleeves rolled up, hair disheveled, and eyes heavy from countless failures. Dozens of cracked glass vials and charred remnants of past attempts littered the table beside him.
He exhaled slowly. One last time.
With steady hands, he laid out the ingredients on a clean cloth:
Moonflower Petals
Sunroot
Silverbark Sap
Glowberry Extract
Phoenix Ash
Fairy Thistle
Aether Dew
White Mandrake
Violet Lotus
Crimson Honey
Beside them, each tool was lined up with ritualistic care.
First, Cassian picked up the mortar and pestle, dropping in the dried FairyThistle and VioletLotus. He crushed them slowly, whispering under his breath. The floral aroma mingled with a sharper herbal edge.
Next, he placed the MoonflowerPetals and Sunroot into the infusion tray, drizzling AetherDew over them. The liquid shimmered with a pale blue light as the herbs soaked, drawing in the essence. While they infused, he poured GlowberryExtract into the alembic, heating it gently using a Fire Rune. The fumes began to condense into a glowing golden fluid—potent and volatile.
Once ready, he turned to the cauldron, measuring out precise amounts of the WhiteMandrake, the crushed thistle-lotus blend, and the infused petals and root, layering them carefully with the measuring spoons. The liquid hissed and bubbled as he added the SilverbarkSap, its silvery threads weaving through the mixture.
He stirred with a crystal rod, clockwise, then counter-clockwise—slow and methodical. The potion thickened, hues shifting from murky red to vibrant violet, then to a rich golden hue.
The final moment came.
With tongs, he carefully placed a pinch of PhoenixAsh and a drop of CrimsonHoney into the cauldron.
The liquid thickened and started to shimmer with energy. Carefully, he transferred the mixture into a pill mold, shaping it with steady hands. He used tongs to place the mold over low heat for solidification.
Minutes passed.
Then—click. The mold opened with a soft pop.
A perfectly formed healing pill, glowing gently with a warm aura, sat within.
Cassian smiled faintly, eyes reflecting the golden pill.
"…Finally."
It pulsed faintly with life.
A soft chime echoed in his mind.
[Ding!]
(You have successfully refined your first Healing Pill.)
Skill Gained: Alchemy (F Rank)
"The art of combining essence and will into medicine."
Cassian stared at the vial in disbelief, then let out a breathless chuckle. "Finally."
For the first time in weeks, his hands weren't trembling from failure—but from the rush of success.
"Haha hahahah, I did it , now I am rich hahaha" I was practically laughing like a madman now.
Now with this pill I am sure I can make a deal with the pope. I hope she isn't too greedy.
Now that I have alchemy skill let's see the success rate increased or not.
Then I started refining more pills with a new enthusiasm. To my surprise now the 100% success rate works on all low level healing pills.
So I can create them as much I want and after I raised my skill to higher level I can even refine high grade pills .
I am genius when it comes to these things.
I am going to refine whole night to make sure shock the pope and force her make a deal with me .
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Next morning..
I have refined 100 low level pills after i learned how to create them together at once. Now I can refined 10 low level pills at once. I also refined 1 mid grade and 1 high grade pills.
They took a lot of time since I was not able to refine them in one try, thanks to that I learned something new.
A burned high level pill can still heal as much as low level one, since it has those ingredients at a large amount.
But people just throw them away since they didn't look good and burned.
It took me more than 10 hours to do this. But I was satisfied with the results it should be more than enough to impress her.
Now I should get ready to first complete my duty then get a chance to see her.
I cleaned the place with purification instantly all the smell and dust vanished . It's really useful.
If only this spell was in my previous world no one would go for a maid.
After taking a bath and wearing my clothes. I went to Cafeteria to have some breakfast.
I met Luna on my soul we ate together and then went to the forest together. She is really helpful together we can earn almost tripple the amount of what we earn alone .
After learning swordmanship from me. She also kill the undead and don't waste too much mana like before.
Together we can kill 300 around undead without a problems.
Luna can also use purification as a Area of effect spell, so there is no problem in getting ambushed.
She also taught how to use Area Heal in a correct way . After that It took only half the amount of mana it used before.
Now after doing everything I have finally time to go meet her .
"Now let's go "
To be continued...