The Celebration Banquet and the Beginning of an Affair (2)

Tirsi Armashnas is an alchemist.

And just as medicine has many specialties—orthopedics, plastic surgery, dentistry, veterinary medicine, even figs—alchemy has many branches, too.

They range from alchemists specializing in metal refining and processing to bio-alchemists (tentative), who conduct biological research.

So what’s the most popular and profitable branch of alchemy?!

‘Potion alchemy.’

Water knows the answer, and potions make money.

It’s difficult to learn how to make a proper potion imbued with magic, but once you master it, the profits are high and reliable.

Maybe that’s why it takes so much investment, and why there are so many old fogeys and toxic seniority rules. You could think of it as the civil service of the alchemy world.

“So where exactly is the Alchemy School building?”

I was so fucking lost that I wandered around until the words slipped out...