Chapter 18: Aunt Nina Returns (2/2)

It wasn’t like Eren didn’t know about potioneering Aunt Nina had taught him the basics Plus, in his past life, Eren had taken various courses related to potion- while he was in the academy

Part of the reason why Eren didn’t excel in battles after getting out of the acadenored battle oriented courses But due to an incident, he had to drop the idea ofaunt Nina because of the sa the latter would criticise hi about the incident

Eren had taken a liking to potioneering, thanks to aunt Nina She was a huge influence on hi was also natural And he had good talent in the skill to make a career out of it

But the ‘incident’ closed the doors of Eren becoood In his past life, Eren had been caught between a rock and a hard place because of this situation He couldn’t ood at and was forced to do the job he sucked most at and had no real experience in Even his status as a LA academy pass-out couldn’t rescue him up froest impact on Eren’s life, both financially and e dejected and unsuccessful Things only went downhill for him from that point

In this life, Eren will make sure to fry the balls of the perpetrators that caused that incident before he let the sa happen to him He’ll fry their balls even if they were to act differently in this ti him those mental scars that have acco back to the present Eren had his breakfast and then wore an apron just like aunt Nina He secured his hands with gloves before starting to help her

Nina observed that Eren’s skills had is without her instructions now And his ti was near perfect as well Nina was i potioneer

Eren had told her that he too would take courses related to potioneering after enrolling into the acade at Eren’s perforht decision She too will be able to help him a lot if he becomes a potion master

Eren decided to further his cause while aunt Nina was paying so much attention to him He had already impressed her with the skills he had shown so far Of course, he could take things up a notch with potion , but that would be too hard to believe for aunt Nina He had shown her just enough to is in check

Noas ti else! Eren purposely went to aunt Nina’s desk and acted as if he was looking for an ingredient he couldn’t find on his own

Aunt Nina didn’t object Potion redients used to make a particular potion was fixed but the quantities of the ingredients weren’t It et unstable on its oithout any external interference A potioneer had to adjust the quantities of the ingredients accordingly ent that norinal recipe

A standardized recipe of a potion was based on ideal environredient to be of certain value, shape, size, and temperature It also assumed a fixed environment with no ambient room temperature andcouldn’t meet every parameter set by the standardized recipe That’s why a potion would get stabilized Introducing a stabilizing agent would turn the effectiveness of the potion down a notch That’s why potioneers were tasked with adjusting the quality, quantity, drop-rate, time of introduction, and many such minute aspects of the process in real-ti was a science that bordered the realm of art A successful potioneer would develop their individual ways ofpotions that would be different from standardized practices

These inal recipe found after a lot of R&D will be their assets in the field They won’t share it with anybody other than their disciples and family members

Of course, the modified recipes only worked under certain conditions that’s why they weren’t ideal for everybody But if they suited the ingredients you get supplied with, one could avoid wasting years spent in doing R&D

That’s why the potioneers were et released outside their inner circle Just like aunt Nina, they would avoid hiring any domestic or lab help And would take in contract-bound disciples instead that can help the their secrets stay as secrets

That’s the reason it wasn’t an odd sight when a potioneer getting into their zone would run across their labs always looking for sons of being destabilized Nina too would occasionally go to Eren’s table to take soredients froot back to his table even after taking the ingredients off of hers She felt puzzled and turned around only to see a redients in his hand but apparently, he had stopped caring about the with absolute interest Therefore he didn’t realize that aunt Nina had turned around

That’s right Eren was looking at her butt!

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Author’s Note: hello This chapter gives a detailed introduction to this world’s potion- the storyline or see it as some info dump But I felt it was necessary to do that now because Eren’s plans and his career will revolve around the subject

Plus, the chapter has also served as an explanation behind why Nina preferred not having house help I’ll try to compress such explanations to a concise level OR make them multi-purpose explanations as I did here, to keep the flow of the storyline maintained

Rest assured, the ‘incident’ that happened with Eren will be revealed once the novel enters the academy arc ?