"That should be everything you need to know before our lesson tomorrow. Now get so rest and be ready. The next few days are going to be harrowing as I teach you the fundantals of alchemy and how to create a number of common potions, pills, and the like."
After saying this lisandre left Evelyn to her own devices, and with nothing else to do and having gotten back ho after a long ti away, Evelyn took lisandre's advice and got a good long rest.
The next day when she awoke, she felt very refreshed and raring to go.
Quickly she washed herself off and then went to grab so food before her first lesson in alchemy from lisandre.
"You are up early, Evelyn. You must be excited for your lesson today." lisandre said as soon as Evelyn entered the kitchen.
Though seeing as how she was here already and was practically beaming, it seed to Evelyn that lisandre was the one who was really excited.
Once the two of them had finished their breakfast which was specially cooked to increase their magical energy and stamina recovery, they returned to Evelyn's room to begin.
"Now the most important item for alchemy is almost always the cauldron. There are few things that are made without it, and it will be quite so ti before we worry about any of those." lisandre said as she quickly went over what she had told Evelyn yesterday.
She then nodded her head towards the cauldron and had Evelyn check it over to make sure that it was clean and that there were no damages to it.
lisandre had stressed the importance of doing this every ti before using the cauldron, since if even the slightest bits of remains from the last brew were in it, whatever was trying to be made this ti would fail or be of a lesser quality. Also, it was important to make sure the cauldron was not compromised, less it leak or even explode.
Of course, as Evelyn had not used this cauldron before, so it was in pristine condition with not even the slightest trace of anything inside it.
"Good, let us begin." lisandre said once Evelyn had finished checking her equipnt.
To start lisandre was going to demonstrate the entire process for creating a basic healing potion and then allow Evelyn to try.
Of course Evelyn already knew what to do as she had followed the instructions in the book that Mason left, but there was always knowledge to be glead by watching a master work.
"First, we place in the soothing lily's roots. Then add the appropriate amount of heat to the bottom of the cauldron and wait until enough liquid has seeped out. It is important that you master the timing for this step as it is important in the creation of almost every alchemical item. You need to make sure to bring out most of the magical energy and properties of the plants you are brewing with. Too short a ti and you will make an inferior product, to long and you will degrade the essence of your ingredients." lisandre explained.
She then created so fire with her magic and placed it under the cauldron.
Staring at the bright orange flas that were dancing around the caldron Evelyn could not help but be in awe by its beauty.
Soon enough the soothing lily's roots had dissolved into a bright green liquid that had a pleasant scent to it.
Next lisandre added the flowers and lowered the amount of energy her flas were producing and waited for it to dissolve in the mixture as well.
Following that she added a single vial of blood from the regen capybara all the while stirring with a long stick that she was sending her magical energy through.
A few more supplentary ingredients later and a lot of stirring, and she had finished the healing potion which was now a very dark green.
The amount she had made would easily fill up two dozen potion vials and showed how far the ingredients could go.
Scooping it out with a ladle lisandre swiftly and expertly sealed the potion into bottles and finished showing Evelyn the process.
"It is also important that you be able to discern the quality of what you have made. So, pull out a potion you have from that human's stash that you found." lisandre instructed.
Understanding what she wanted Evelyn pulled out a potion, though it was not one Mason left her but one that she had made herself when she was practicing.
The second she took it out she could see the massive difference between what she had made before, and that lisandre had made just now.
Her potion was green as well, but it was murky, and it seed that not all the ingredients had fully dissolved as they should have.
There was no doubt that while lisandre's potion was about as high quality as possible, hers was at the lowest of the low.
"I am honestly surprised that soone left this around. It is pretty much garbage. It would likely taste as foul as it looks, and it might heal a few bruises and scrapes over a ti of a few minutes. The ingredients were also preserved for longer than they should have been and lost so of their effectiveness. Plus, only the base ingredients were used not even half of what is necessary to make a quality potion was put into this. Truly why would anyone leave this thing around. The vial it is stored in is worth more than the contents." lisandre said as she grimaced at the potion Evelyn had presented.
As her work was torn into Evelyn's expression started to cloud over, and she dropped her head as she rembered how proud she was when she was able to make sothing that lisandre equated to garbage.
Once lisandre finished her rant about how horrible the quality of the potion Evelyn had presented was, she noticed that her disciple was slumped over and looked dead inside.
It was at this point that she rembered that Evelyn had a beginner's book on alchemy, and that this was probably a potion she had made herself.
"However, while this potion is not of a high quality, it is still a success. It takes ti and practice to make truly quality items, and in the beginning, everyone fails many tis during the learning process." lisandre said with an approving tone, hoping to brighten Evelyn up.
Hearing this Evelyn raised her head with a hopeful gaze, and lisandre let out a sigh of relief to see that she was bouncing back.
"I have now demonstrated how to make a healing potion and imparted my wisdom to you. Now show what you are capable of."
Nodding her head and with a renewed vigor, Evelyn got to work on creating her own batch of healing potion.
'First the roots of the soothing lily.'
After making sure the cauldron was thoroughly cleaned, she placed the first ingredient inside the cauldron and then created a whisp of her heavenly fla.
Seeing the flickering crimson fla lisandre leaned in closer and examined it intently.
Luckily, she did not interrupt Evelyn or make any comnts, so Evelyn continued and placed the fla under the cauldron.
'Wow this is much easier than before.' Evelyn thought as she adjusted the fla's output.
The last ti she had tired alchemy she was still afraid of the heavenly flas' power and was barely able to use it without it blowing up in her face from her own indecisiveness.
Now it was responding to her a lot better and in a matter of a dozen seconds she had only the liquid essence from the soothing lily's roots in the cauldron.
Next, she added the flower just like lisandre had, and adjusted her fla so that she did not degrade the flower.
'Stir, stir, stir, stir, stir.'
With a brewing stick in her beak Evelyn swiveled her head around and allowed her magical energy to flow into the brew.
Though unlike lisandre's, her brewing stick automatically absorbed her magical energy since she did not have perfect control yet and could not be expected to regulate the output on her own.
Continuing on and going step by step she did just as lisandre had, and soon enough she had completed ambient the healing potion.
Inside was a vibrant green color similar to lisandre's, and it actually seed to sparkle sowhat when it caught the light.
'Wow this was so much easier than what I did before. Not only do I better understand my fla now, but the materials and equipnt are all so much better. And lisandre's instructions were leagues above what were written in that old book.' Evelyn thought as she looked at her completed product.
It was incomparable to what she had made when she initially practiced alchemy after finding the necessary materials and instruction left to her by Mason.
Though as Evelyn was smiling and proudly thinking about how far she had co, lisandre coughed and brought Evelyn back to attention.
There was still one more step to complete, and if Evelyn dawdled too long her brew would start to degrade.
Quickly she began portioning out the liquid into potion vials until she had emptied the cauldron and filled up twenty bottles.
Then once she was done with that the calm composure that lisandre had been holding vanished, and she smiled brightly and practically skipped her way over to Evelyn.
"Truly what was that!? You fla is not like anything I have ever seen! No way that is just a normal affinity! It has a quality to it that is even more potent than my fire magic!"
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