Pretty casually

The following morning was interesting. Sofia brought me breakfast in bed. Apparently they moved me to the bedroom once everyone else woke up. Eggs toast and tea, I noticed it was Jaka tea, I smiled but I was mildly concerned. “We only had five spares?”

“We gave Master two. So three spares. You were trading them with gods in terms of three, so this seemed the best use of the last two. It is because of you we have them, yes?”

I smiled as I sipped it. No one ever brewed my tea before. Even when I was the head wizard, I tended to brew my own tea. Or at least my Jaka tea. I had never been surprised with it before. I felt warmth in my chest. “Yes, thank you.”

After breakfast I came out of the room and got to brewing. Taking all this gear back was going to be expensive. We would need Vivi to sell more of my brews. All my special purchases had definitely put us over budget. Oh right, I forgot to give Vivi her ring.

“Vivi, how do you feel about being seen as demi-human outside?”

“I mean, that is what I am now, yes?” she asked.

“Not sure it is safe to be seen that way though, at least not when people saw you as a human yesterday. So we should use this ring.”

“What’s it do?” she asked.

I whispered into it. “Like Vivi from a week ago.” I slipped the ring on my finger. Nothing technically happened, but everyone gasped. It was a projected illusion.

“Two Vivi’s?” Elise asked. “One half kitty, one not?”

I giggled and took off the ring before flipping it to Vivi. “You should still go with Brenda, just incase someone is strong enough to see through the illusion. I need to get some more supplies for the last brew too.”

“Hmm, can you wait til the shopping is done?” the Lady asked.

I shook my head. “I need to measure out the ideal ingredients myself.”

“Hmm, Natalia and Sofia will go with you then.”

But for now, I brewed. I brewed my pretty little head off. Even after selling these brews, we were taking home very little in spare coins after deducting our expenses. The cost of the glasswear and the unique gifts to the sisters added up fast.

While I was brewing, Brenda and the Lady went out for a bit. If I were to guess, I would place my money on meeting with the Master.

I breathed a sigh of relief as I sat down the finale bottle. A relaxation potion. I made three for the milk I owed Allissa and put them in a different spot then the ones for sale.

“Spoke with Master,” the Lady said. “He wants us to finish up tonight, we are going back home in the morning.”

Vivi and Brenda collected the cases to sell, and I took the last of our spare coins to shop for ingredients for the Lady’s divine gift.