A Witch's Accidental Love (Webnovel)

Mark Kwon (4)

A love potion? Did her aunt actually manage to create one? "Let me see."

He handed her a faded piece of scrap paper. In her aunt's curly script were the directions to a simple potion. One that was apparently a love potion, according to the name that was written in the top corner.

Isaac rubbed his hands together. "Are we going to try it?"

Luna looked over the paper again and a frown fell upon her lips as she thought about it some more. The paper listed the ingredients, directions, and the immediate effect but nothing else. "I wonder how long it lasts?" Most potions wore off after time, but there were some out there that had permanent effects.

"Probably not long," Isaac said, guessing onto why she was hesitant. "I've noticed that most consumable potions don't last long, or at least the ones I've seen." He gave a shrug, "plus you have those reversal spells and potions just incase it doesn't wear off."

Isaac was probably right. Aunt Phoebe usually never created anything that would last too long, unless it was for gardening. They also had plenty of reversal potions and spells that worked for most things since Isaac tended to follow up on his curiosity quite a bit.

". . .Okay," she finally said. "I think I might try it."

Isaac looked at her expectantly.

"You want me to do it now?" she asked, noticing the look he was giving her. He gave a vigorous nod as an answer. "Fine." She clutched the potion recipe in her hands and headed down toward the kitchen with Isaac following close behind.

Luna placed the pot of water on the stove then turned the burner on. "I wonder if this will actually work."

"It's one of your aunt's potions. I'm sure it will work." Isaac sat at the kitchen table drinking a glass of lemonade.

"I know. It's just so simple. I've never brewed a potion as simple as this one. I mean, there's only three ingredients." Most of the potions that her aunt had her create in the past required multiple ingredients and had various steps. It just seemed odd to her to literally just boil water. Okay, so it just wasn't water. Once it reaches the right temperature she'll be able to add the other two ingredients. It also required two steps; boiling and cooling. It really was a simple potion, the only downside was that it was time-consuming since the potion couldn't be could magically.

Tiny bubbles formed in the water, growing until they broke through the top layer. Luna turned off the burner and removed the pot from the hot burner. Then she added a few drops of sweat that she had collected from herself earlier. Isaac came up behind her. "Is it done?"

Luna shook her head. "I still have to wait for it to reach room temperature." She looked at the pot of water. How was she supposed to get Adam to drink this?

"How are you supposed to get Adam to take this? I mean it looks like water. What are you supposed to do with that?" Isaac voiced her own concerns.

It would be easier if it was in a solid or gelatin state where she could pass it off as some sort of sweet. That's it! She'll just have to make something that requires water and no baking. She went over to the fridge and started grabbing ingredients. She wasn't very talented in cooking food but she excelled in baking.

"What are you doing?" Isaac peered over her shoulder. Watching with curiosity as she began piling butter, eggs, milk, flour, sugar, and various other cooking ingredients on the counter.

"I'm going to make some sugar cookies. Once the potion is done, I'll use some of it to make the icing. That's how I'll get Adam to take it." She couldn't put the potion in the actual cookie because she wasn't sure if reheating the potion would cause it to change properties or cancel out its magical effects.

Isaac pulled on her shirt sleeve. "Make some without the potion.

"Don't worry. There will be some for us. I'm only gonna make one potion infused frosted cookie." She chuckled. She poured the milk into a cup, then put the rest back. The actual baking couldn't begin until the cold ingredients were at room temperature which would give time for the potion to cool off as well.

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Luna pulled the cookies out of the oven and laid them on top of the stove to cool, then went over to the potion and checked the temperature. Once she was satisfied, she leaned down and blew onto the water. That was the last ingredient that the recipe called for and she had to admit that she felt a little ridiculous. Where her breath touched the water as it grazed across, a pinkish-purple light shined. It lasted only a second before it winked out.

She was a little surprised that it actually worked. Well, she wasn't sure if it actually worked or not. The only thing that light told her was that the water was now imbued with magic.

She set to making the icing. Once everything was whipped, she set a little bit to the side. Picking the dropper that she had laid out, she squeezed some of the potion into it then squeezed a few drops into the spoonful of icing that she had set aside.

Taking inspiration from the potion, she added pink coloring to it so that she would be able to tell Adam's cookie apart from the others. The pink coloring also tasted like cherry which was Adam's favorite.

Isaac walked into the kitchen and grabbed one of the white-iced cookies. "So, I'm guessing in this case that the pink one is bad. You should add his name to it. It would give it that extra feeling."

Luna cocked an eyebrow. "It sounds kinda creepy to me." She looked at the leftover potion. It might be a good idea to keep it in case the cookie idea failed. For some reason, the only thing that she could find to store it in was a water bottle that she assumed that Isaac must have dragged home.