Posher's Yearning story

Haven't seen Master for the past few days.

Did something happen...?

I guess I should go out and look... *Sigh* What a handful they are...

Hoo... Another failure.

Hmm... This is pretty tricky.

If I prioritize flavor, the effectiveness drops... If I prioritize effectiveness, the flavor suffers...

Quiet. Just give this potion a taste already.

Oh? Now, who was it that came into my lab and shattered my potion bottles last time...?

I believe they agreed to help me with developing potions for an entire week?

Making excuses is a sin!

You claim it wasn't you who broke them, but you were caught red-handed at the scene, holding a broken bottle, right?!

Nailed at the scene, and you still have the nerve to talk back?

Ugh. Master... I came looking for you after you vanished for four days, thinking something bad had happened... And now, you're telling me you caused trouble and got yourself locked up here as some test subject?

Ugh. Get away from me, Master. What do you think you're doing right now?

And?

Ugh... Did you try explaining this to her?

Oh, well... I guess there's nothing we can do then.

Why are you standing there, grumbling to yourself?

Here, this time we have a health potion, flavored with sweet potato and tomato!!

Unnecessary?

Great power must always come with a price.

Don't you know that, Master?

How do you expect to bear the consequences if the power you gained easily came without even a single minor side effect?

She has a point. The law of causality is not to be trifled with, indeed...

Isn't making up for three days of no sleep with one day of full sleep a pretty trivial thing?

But witches sometimes have to stay awake for three days straight to finish their theses.

That shows how much you know. Work only really comes together once the deadline's breathing down your neck.

Take the Sprite Queen, for instance. You've seen how she puts off writing her diaries until it's time for inspection. That's when she knocks them out.

Like I said, flawlessly incorporating those flavors and side effects is all part of my dream!

That's why this potion appeared as a sample next to me, right? At least that's how you explained it, right?

My wish is to create a potion that contains a perfect combo of flavor, side effects, and effectiveness, so please cooperate.

There are still three days left in your slave contract. Hehe.

Hmm. Next time, huh? Hey, Master, are you sure you weren't actually set up by Shaydi and Posher?