41 Alchemy

The professor walked into the other room and came back with two small crates one filled with a mushroom and flower heads and the other large flasks of water and empty smaller flask and vials.

"So Aloe is a key material for two potions, an Elixir of Soothing and a potion of fire resistance, also a minor component for a healing potions..... So if you would all grab a dried Blood of Ellen, and a fresh Araksu." Professor Courtney explain pulling out a dried red mushrooms with white spots and a flower with purple petals showing the class.

"Now if you turn to page 8 you will see instructions of a minor healing a potion...." she instructed us waiting for us to turn to the page, "Blood of Ellen is a necessary ingredient for healing potions fresh ones at the peak of maturity will give a more potent healing effect, this miraculous fungus can grow in all climates and season so they are always in abundance..... Then minor healing potions need one other supplementary ingredient, in this case we will use Araksu or Aloe. Now just follow the instruction and make your very first minor healing potions." she smiled at us and began watching the class closely.

Looking down into the book, 'minor healing potions - one Blood of Ellen, one herb or spoon of minor healing properties, a preserving agent. Firstly grind all components into a fine powder then add a preserving agent with distilled water to make it drinkable.

Following the instructions I placed the mushroom info the pestle and mortar and began grinding the mushroom into a fine dust, then added the Aloe balm and began mixing, slowly the mixture began to turn red and viscous, picking up a flask of water and an empty smaller round bottom flask, I combined the water and the red mixture into the small flask and began stirring it in circles till they both combined to form a red drinkable water.

"Well done!!! Miss..... sorry I forgot your name..." Professor Courtney said looking at me and my success.

"Ohhh sorry I wasn't present on the first lesson.... its Emilia Patel.... Professor Courtney." I replied to her.

"Ohhhh it's okay Paul already explained why.... well it's very nice to meet you Emilia Patel, well done on making your first potion." She smiled.

The whole class began to start whispering to each other looking at me. Calista looking extremely furious, glaring at me as if she was trying to shoot lasers with her eyes.

".... guys... why does it feel like everyone is talking about me....." I asked quietly.

"Because Paul is an S-ranked student.... and everyone gossips….." Daisy replied.

"Yeah remember you was the talk of the school because you was seen leaving Paul's room early in the morning the other day??....and now he's covering for you when you missed a lesson....." Jay whispered back.

"Don't worry about senseless gossip...." Grace replied.

"Yeah!!!" Helen agreed with grace.

"Remember children because the Aloe balm is already infused with preservative, you don't need the goal of citric juice unless you used fresh Aloe." Professor Courtney said to the class noticing several students failing.

"Jay .... If there's no reaction sometimes applying some heat would help in making most potion...." she said to him noticing the lack of reaction.

"Okay thanks Professor Coutney." Jay replied and reached for a small box amongst the apparatus pulling out some kindling. Pulling out his wand and holding the tip in contact with the kindling, he whispered something quickly lighting the kindling on fire. Holding the flask over the fire and gently stirring it in a circle. Slowly the red powder dissolved into the water producing a vibrant red potion similar to mine.

"You did it!!!" I said in excitement.

"Yeah...." he replied looking uninterested.

"You don't want to learn potion making?..." I asked.

"It's useful... but not something I'm interested in" he answered.

"Ohhh...." I said looking at the other to see their progress.

Helen easily creating several batches of potions with ease getting most out of the ingredients, whereas Daisy was a little slower reading the book carefully. Professor Courtney slowly walking around the class helping students who were struggling. Calista looking extremely furious that she failed multiple attempts.

Grace was engrossed in the potion book, allowing Helen to make the healing potions for her. Curiously peeking over at what Grace was so interested in, it looked as if she had the book open on a different page, 'Caecus' and then turning to another page.... 'Aegrus'

Turning to the contents page of my own book, scanning down each Category eventually finding them under poisons.... Remembering their page number and flicking to them, 'Caecus - Used to cause momentary blindness in the drinker until the poison passes, normally lasts between 12-24 hours..... Ingredients - The flowering bud of a member in the Mayweed Family, add water and boil slowly over night. The concentrated remains can be applied on weapons and arrows and will dissolve quickly in water, leaving a small dark shimmer on the surface.'.... Flipping a couple more pages over I came to the next potion. 'Aegrus - Used to cause Nausea and Sickness, the drinker will feel extremely levels of nausea followed with offset volatile vomiting, normally lasts between 30minutes - 1 hour – Boil the Root of a Eldlas plant for 2 days, and allow to evaporate into a dense green liquid, one drop is enough for a standard person.'

"What you looking at?.." Daisy asked beside me, causing me to quickly slam the book shut hoping she didn't notice what I was reading.

"Ummm nothing much.... was just looking at random stuff..." I replied casually opening the book and flicking through the pages. 'I wonder why Grace is so interested in learning about poisons.....'

The number of plants and herbs needed for all different potions are crazy.... "There's alot of herbs....." I said to my group.

"Yup..... There's probably million if you include other planes of existence." Helen added.

"By the way what do you mean by planes of existence... ??" I asked her in return

"So..... This isn't the only plane in the Cosmos... there are also other "There are infinite number of 'planes' that had their own inhabitants and climates...." Helen explained.

"Ohhh..... What are examples of other planes?.." I asked trying to understand.

"So as mentioned before... there is the Planes of Hell.... so from the scriptures I've read..... Demons and Devils have an eternal conflict there for who reigns over it... then there's the opposite.... the Heavens... the home where the Pantheon and their loyal followers of Angels and Celestial beings reside." Helen carried on telling.

"But after 'The departure' the Pantheon no longer resides there..." Grace added.

"So the God's just left?..." I asked.

"Yeah.... Kinda all the scriptures and ancient text we've read.... never mentioned a reason... just that they left after a great battle against an unnamed evil....." Grace explained.

"Ohh I see...." I nodded filled with intrigue listening intently.

"There's also... the Elemental planes..... Vast chaotic worlds filled with elementals, Planes of endless lava ash and fire... eternal winters... screaming winds....." Helen carried on explaining.

"Is it possible to visit these planes?..." I asked Helen.

"Hmmm.... depends.... some are easy some are hard, some are impossible." She answered.

"Ohhh... I see.... there's so much I have to learn...." I replied to them.

"Don't worry it will take time... There's much to learn..." She smiled.

"Wow I must be living under a rock.... I only studied about Ayena..." Daisy confessed.

"Ohh the lesser god of healing, compassion and peace?.." Helen replied in excitement.

"Yeah! You know about her?.." Daisy asked in return.

"Yeah!... It's been known that she takes good care of her followers even on occasions talk to them!" Helen replied

"I haven't heard from her in a while sadly.... but I know she's looking after me one way or another...."Daisy replied.

"Lesser God?..." I whispered to Jay slyly.

"Ayena is a God... but there aren't many followers like major religions... so she's classified as a lesser god..." Jay answered quietly.

"Ohh I see..." I whispered nodding with the conversation.

"Anything cool with you?.." I asked quietly to him trying not to interrupt the others conversation.

"No.. nothing...." He relied pulling his sleeve down lower.

The bell sound rang in my head notifying us that it was the end of the lesson and the end of today's lessons. "Children if you could please place the potions in the crate so we can store them for use." Professor Courtney shouted out to the class as everyone erupted in conversation and began packing up their books and bags.