"He had indeed never known the hardship of being short on money."
A voice drifted into everyone's ears. They turned toward its source and saw Isobel emerging from the inner room of the shop with a Wooden Box in her arms. She nodded to them in greeting before continuing, "He always finds a way to keep himself from worrying about money."
With that, Isobel opened the Wooden Box and gave it a light wave with her wand, causing the exquisitely packaged bottles of Beauty Potion inside to arrange themselves on the shelves.
"How was that idea for the last formula?" Catherine asked eagerly.
"He said the effects were all about the same, so he didn't spend the time and effort specifically improving it," Isobel said, pouring cold water over the three of them.
"I think the idea was pretty good. Even if the effects are similar, we could improve it a little and use it to expand the product range. It would definitely make a lot of money," Valeria said regretfully. "You should persuade him. For Albert, it's only a small favor."
"I would never force Albert to do something he doesn't want to do!" Isobel sat in the empty seat beside Katrina and kindly reminded them, "Doing that will make him dislike you."
"All right, you're right." Catherine asked gloomily, "Then how can we persuade him to spare some time to help us speed up the research into Beauty Potions?"
"Albert has actually been helping all along," Katrina suddenly said. "There are currently two approaches."
"What approaches?"
Everyone turned to Katrina, who looked toward Isobel.
"Using the effects of alchemy to create a more potent Beauty Potion. The result might be similar to the Elixir of Life made with the Philosopher's Stone—you would need to use the potion regularly