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"You guys have no idea how surprised I was. I don't know what Elizabeth looked like when she was young, but she must have looked a lot like this child. Her hair color is different, though... but that's it."

"They do not look alike at all..." Carius, who was listening to Atias, murmured. At that, Xenon chuckled.

"Obviously Elizabeth looked a little different from when she was young and when she had grown up. Her eyes, her expression, and manners changed over time. She was very mischievous when she was young."

"I was a few years older than her... I also remember my sister's childhood."

"You were close to Elizabeth as an adult, so you probably remember her more after she grew up."

"..."

At Xenon's words, Carius fell into deep thought. His childhood memories were sometimes erroneous.

It was difficult for Carius to fully accept the fact that the girl and his dead sister looked alike.

Even after Xenon and Atias returned to their work, Carius sat there and pondered. After a while, he got up and headed out.

He was in front of Elizabeth's room where Lelia was currently staying.

***

Lelia was relaxing alone in her room after her grandfather left. The maids said they would be back in a bit. There was nothing much to do, so she decided to unpack first. Her most cherished treasure, a rabbit doll, was placed on the bed. She carefully put her watch inside the music box that she had received from her grandfather. She also put the physical strength recovery tonic, that she had taken out of her inventory, on the table.

Her heart was filled with pride. She wondered if she could stay safe and happy here...

'Every cloud has a silver lining...'

Lelia enjoyed a moment of happiness before touching the jewel on her necklace and looking at the 'Alchemy Lottery' screen.

As if pleased, the alchemy tool said in a speech bubble.

[System: Let's proceed with optimization for the new environment.]

[Optimization in progress! A new recipe will be added according to the environment.٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ]

[T/N: The emote is so cute!]

Perhaps a new recipe was added every time the location was changed and she moved to a new one.

[I don't know what the principle is...]

In the original game, dragons traveled around the world looking for materials. The system seemed to be applied as a part of reality.

Lelia looked at the list of additional recipes.

[If there are too many recipes, I'll never be able to make another Philosopher's Stone...]

A Philosopher's Stone could only be made by unlocking and completing all recipes.

[It definitely does grant wishes...]

If the hero's sacred watch was not obtained, there was another way to break the magic of the Golden Words by using the Philosopher's Stone.

It was hard to guess which would be easier.

But now that she has half of the sacred watch, wouldn't it be easier to find the rest of the watch?

Lelia looked through the list with a hum...

The new list was full of magical drugs with unknown purposes.

Earthworm Infectious Disease treatment, Turnip Fertilizer, Conciliation potions, Lantern of Truth and Lies, and more. There were all sorts of things on the list.