After dinner, Alice set up the Ritual of Bestowal and received her other Main Ingredient from Klein—the "Hanged Man" had finally completed the transaction. Hooray!
After getting a good night's rest to restore her energy, Alice set up the Wall of Spirituality at dawn, prepared the Potion Ingredients, took a deep breath, and began concocting the potion.
This was her first time concocting a potion.
Looking at the measuring cylinders, beakers, test tubes, and other Chemical Experiment Apparatus, Alice's nervousness was effectively eased.
After all, junior high entrance exams included chemistry experiments...
After familiarizing herself with the feel of operating those instruments, Alice officially began her first Potion Concoction.
The completed "Calamity Priest" potion was a profound black, continuously churning like black waves.
That tide seemed to possess an inexplicable allure. Alice gazed at the potion in the container in fascination, only feeling that it gave off a captivating color and scent.
Look, what an enticing potion... Hurry, get closer to it, drink it, hurry...
She lowered her head and leaned toward the potion with an intoxicated expression. Yet just as the tip of her nose was about to touch it, she suddenly stopped, her dazed expression gradually turning to terror.
Still shaken, Alice straightened up and took several steps back, staring vigilantly at the potion as though she were looking at some terrifying demon.
Yet the potion remained where it was, exuding that intoxicating aura. If she looked at it for even a little longer, she could not help wanting to get closer, closer still...
No!
Alice pinched herself hard.
The pain brought a brief moment of clarity. Alice closed her eyes and took several more steps back, as though that could block out the influence.
She... was craving the potion before her!
It was a very strange feeling,