Upon seeing the alchemical cauldron Kariel produced, Loran was immediately stunned.
Although she hadn’t studied identification magic, she had seen this thing in the game guides.
This was the core equipment of the alchemical school, named the [Revival Furnace].
Its primary functions were to accelerate the brewing speed of potions and reduce the difficulty of potion-making.
The surrounding vines were also special living enchantments that could increase potion yield.
In the game, you had to first build a good relationship with Kariel, raising her favorability to two stars.
Then, you had to spend ten thousand gold coins to buy it.
Its true value was probably over thirty thousand gold coins.
And it’s just given away like this?
Kariel enthusiastically introduced the [Revival Furnace] potion cauldron.
This medium-quality potion cauldron was no different from scrap iron to her.
But for Loran, who was only at the apprentice level, it was absolutely the perfect equipment.
She hadn’t expected that the little one she took a liking to actually had talent in potion-making.
Now, she really had to invest in her.
Moreover, she absolutely couldn’t let Loran slip away from her grasp.
As for the cooperation with the Fifth Prince?
Hmph, if she weren’t severely injured right now, she wouldn’t even glance at such a minor character.
While Kariel was pondering, Loran had already swiftly taken the [Revival Furnace] and then shoved the remaining three bottles of milk into Kariel’s arms.
‘Deal, deal!
I can save a bottle of milk for you every day from now on~’
Loran, shedding her previous hesitation, said happily.
A mere sense of shame was nothing in the face of a sugar mommy’s monetary offensive.
Besides, the milk production already exceeded the demand for potions.
Even with an unlimited supply of other materials, her energy and mana couldn’t sustain it.
Looking at it this way, it was better to sell the extra to Kariel, which could further strengthen her relationship with the sugar mommy.
Kariel took the milk, looked at Loran’s changed expression, and couldn’t help but smile.
Then, with a wave of her hand, a spatial rift appeared out of thin air, and she placed the milk inside.
Loran’s eyes turned green with envy again.
Spatial artifacts!
Spatial artifacts in this world were extremely expensive.
Small ones could only be barely crafted by intermediate mages, while large-space ones required advanced mages.
Kariel’s was clearly the very high-end kind.
Naturally, Kariel noticed Loran’s envious gaze and teased.
‘What’s wrong?
Want this too?’
Loran nodded subconsciously.
This was a spatial artifact!
The must-have cool-guy tool for protagonists in novels, like storage rings, wristbands of fleeting moments, and such.
How could she not covet it?
Kariel let out a light laugh.
‘It’s possible, as long as you can afford the price~’
‘Huh?
It can really be bought?’
‘From me, yes.
The price is very high, but little Loran just happens to be able to afford it.’
Loran widened her eyes.
How come she didn’t know she was so rich?
Kariel lifted Loran’s chin.
‘The price is you yourself.
So, how about it?
Want to sell yourself to your big sister?’
Loran’s little face darkened.
So this flirty succubus was teasing people again.
…
Twenty minutes later.
Loran prepared to bathe.
After repeatedly refusing Kariel’s invitation to bathe together, she walked alone into the church’s bathroom.
The church’s bathroom was actually quite large, resembling a hot spring hotel at a scenic spot.
After washing up, Loran comfortably soaked in a small pool.
She adapted to the transformation very quickly and had already gotten used to her female body.
The only concerning thing was her increasingly large front armor.
It seemed that every time she ‘produced,’ the factory’s scale and capacity would grow further.
And there were also the side effects brought by the [Mark of Desire].
But she had no solution for it either, so she could only take things one step at a time.
While inwardly reaffirming her belief that she was a righteous, upright, and good man.
‘Phew…
finally done.
What a hassle.’
Loran picked up the fresh potion ingredients, placed them in a basket nearby, and washed off the sweat that had seeped out on her body again.
Afterward, she dried herself and put on a thin bathrobe.
As soon as she stepped out of the bathroom door, she saw Kariel standing in front of it.
Staring at her with a pair of bloodshot pink eyes.
‘Good grief!
You scared me!
Why are you standing right at the door?
It’s creepy.’
‘It’s all because of you.
You actually refused to bathe with your big sister.
It hurts my feelings so much.’
‘We’re both girls, after all.’
Loran wouldn’t take the bait.
She placed the dirty clothes on the storage rack and instructed:
‘Remember to put the dirty clothes here later.
I’ll wash them tomorrow.’
Then, with the comfort after bathing, she leisurely went upstairs.
…
What she didn’t know was that Kariel, as a Succubus Witch, had senses far beyond ordinary people.
The reason her eyes were red was because she heard strange, suppressed, and soul-stirring gasps from inside the bathroom.
This made her tail twitch restlessly.
However, her control over desire was very high.
She quickly calmed down and walked into the bathroom.
After washing up, Kariel comfortably lay down in the same small pool and sighed.
‘Mmm~ Although the place is a bit small and simple, soaking in it is still quite comfortable.’
‘Oh?
There’s milk here too.
Little Loran really knows how to enjoy herself~ No wonder I smelled a milky scent on her earlier.’
Kariel took a bottle of milk, pulled out the wooden stopper, and drank it.
Probably because it had been left in the bathroom for a while, it was somewhat warm, but it still had a unique flavor, like milk fresh from the ‘oven’ at a dairy farm.
…
Meanwhile, Loran sat at the workbench.
Taking advantage of Kariel’s bath time, she checked the system.
Each level of the alchemy skill came with many potion recipes for players to unlock.
She tried to find a method within them to deal with mana contamination.
Under her careful inspection, a special potion belonging to [Milk Alchemy] entered her field of view.
That was the [adept-grade stabilizer], a special system potion that hadn’t yet appeared in this world.
[adept-grade stabilizer: By inertizing mana reactions, reduces elemental conflict, increases the success rate of alchemy, forging, and enchanting processes by 5%.]
In the game, this was a very useless potion.
After all, a 5% success rate increase was almost meaningless for a single-player adult game.
Maybe if it were in ‘Dungeons & Dumbasses,’ the big shots might give it a second glance.
Of course, what attracted Loran wasn’t the success rate increase effect either.
It was the phrases ‘inertizing mana’ and ‘reduces elemental conflict’ in the description.
What was mana contamination?
It was when a living being came into contact with chaotic elemental power, polluting its own mana circulation, causing abnormalities in the body.
So, if the chaotic elemental power was inertized, its activity reduced…
Could it allow an ordinary person’s mana circulation to be reestablished?
Loran thought it was worth a try.