Master Of None

Remey finished her stretching and looked at the potions. ”The first attempt at a small batch was a complete failure. But Trish made sure that it was. She wanted me to be able to tell the difference between a failing potion and a successful potion.” Walker grew confused as he heard this because it sounded like it was a huge waste of materials. 

”Wouldn’t you be able to see from the final result? Wasn’t that just throwing away the herbs?” Remey looked to expect this answer from him. 

”It was a waste to a degree, but I learned a lesson. With some potions, I can use my ability to feel the mana within the herbs to tell if they are properly infusing their properties. Since we all leveled up I am able to feel it a lot better too. I actually think I unlocked a skill…” Remey was searching through all the system notifications she had received. 

”Here it is, I got a quest to learn the night vision potion when Trish said that she would teach me the proper way. The reward was the skill Alchemical sense. It lets me feel the natural mana within the herbs at a higher rate and also gives me a better chance of predicting how they would interact with other herbs.” Remey was incredibly proud of this and wore it all over her face. 

”That actually sounds pretty cool. I would love a skill like that for tracking. If I have a skill that helped me guess where a minster or animal had gone it would be so much easier.” Gil was already jealous and he had only heard the basics of the skill and not even how Remey was using it fully. 

”I agree, that sounds very useful. I bet that you will have way fewer failures in the future.” Walker couldn’t help but show how impressed he was. This skill sounded like it was perfect for any alchemist or alchemy type system. The user with the skill would exceed the expectations of anyone who bought their potions or brought herbs to ask for an order. 

”That’s not even the half of it. I can use the skill to start mixing and adjusting my own potion formulas. I am going to have potions that I have created and can market as Remey’s potions. That old man won’t know what hit him when I get back.” Remey could only dream before hof having her very own formulas. Now she would have more than that by just looking at the things she had already learned with all the new elven hers she had at her fingertips. 

”Oh, by the way. I have three bags of various seeds, herbs, and dried herbs over there in the other room. I asked Trish for some things and before I knew it she had filled three bags with way too many things.” Remey looked too happy saying this even though she was slightly complaining.

”Walker, just listening to all the things that Remey has makes me think we will need more help on the growing end of things. My mother can grow most things and with the help of the old master alchemist a lot of herbs too. But we have too many herbs to keep up with let alone have the skills for. We should think about hiring an herbalist when we get back. We have the space in the mansion to house and employ one.” 

Gil spoke with a brilliant idea. Walker had worried that they would not be able to keep up with all the new herbs that they were getting and hiring an herbalist would be perfect. 

”That is great! Herbalists can make basic teas and drinks that will fit in to daily diets better. Your mother can cook with them while Gil’s will have help with the garden. We could even have the herbalist open a small stall selling some of the herb blends from the garden since the odds are pretty high that we won’t need them all. I will be able to teach them about the elven herbs too.’ Remey was most excited by the tea blends since she and Su would often sit and enjoy tea by the fire after their training when they were home at the mansion. 

”Then it’s settled. When we return after our long journey we will post an ad at the adventurers guild that we are hiring an herbalist. We should probably look for one that has traveled though. It will work better if they understand how the climates and such will affect the herbs they are growing.” This was the only requirement Walker felt stood out the most. 

The three sat with the idea of the herbalist joining their staff and realized just how involved their mansion was becoming. They had furnished it after meeting the carpenters after an unfortunate event. Gil’s mother worked hard to rebuild the garden. And they had all put their strength in to cleaning a polishing the inside and outside. They had quickly come in to ownership of a mansion that was soon to surpass any nobles’ mansion. 

There was a clatter at the door of the tree house making everyone including Midnight and Onyx jump to attention. ”Open the door. Leader, I know you should be back by now!” The voice was Su’s and Walker did not hesitate for a moment to open the door and reveal the pile of cloth that had become Su. 

”Su was eaten by a fabric monster! Everyone get ready for battle!” Remey and Gil started up their open skit while Su dropped the pile of fabrics on the table. 

”If there really was a fabric monster we all know that Lisa would have tamed it by now.” Su shook her head at their jokes but Walker couldn’t help but imagine that his sister Lisa would indeed be the one to find a fabric monster and tame it if it truly did exist. ”I have found us formal clothing for the meetings.”