Bottled Feelings (Varian x Time Travel!reader)

Chapter 9: Success or Disappointment?

A/N: Oops, I know I said I was gonna update two weeks ago but I was having trouble with the ideas but it's here finally!
I also decided to do some sort of schedule since next week I'm starting college summer classes (I'll try my best to update each friday or weekends).
If anyone have some sort of idea, you can tell me about it :) I'm really open to suggestions and I'll give credits for the idea.
(Background painting can be found in samtanart.com :) )

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Once Quirin and Varian returned to the new location of Old Corona, a little crowd awaited for them, with worried faces.

-Quirin, we’re running out of food already. What should we do?- A man asked him, waiting for Quirin to send a group to buy food from Corona.

-I need you all to collect every seed and bring them to the field.- Quirin then looked at his son, half smiling.

-But… the seeds will take months to grow! H-how- Now it was Varian’s turn to speak, as he interrupted kindly the man.

-It won’t with this new invention I made! Food, that take weeks and months to grow, will not grow in minutes.- He looked quite proud of it, gaining a few strange glances from the group of villagers.

-I can assure you that this time it will work out. Let’s go!- And with that, Quirin and Varian left to get the miraculous formula.

-Dad, I know that probably the villagers want to know how it works and to possess the invention but… trust me this time, if the seed is poured with more than 3 drops of liquid, there will be problems!- He looked at Varian, nodding and staying out while the young alchemist ran back into the house.

He went to search in his room the bottle and decided to gather a paper so he wouldn’t forget to create more of that wonderful liquid again.

-Varian, are you ready? We don’t have much time, the rest of the villagers are waiting!- He heard his father shout from outside the house, the black haired boy rushing out of his room quickly with the papers in hand.

Once Quirin and Varian arrived to the open field, they were informed that the group of villagers in charge of agriculture already planted the seeds. The chief gathered the people and chose carefully his words.

-I have come to the conclusion that, to avoid the lack of food in our new village, we would need to buy it from Corona. Although this problem had a temporal solution, it wasn’t the best but now… My son, Varian, purposed an idea that might change it all.- Quirin then looked at Varian, nodding and giving him the chance to speak.

-This uh… liquid has the potential to make food grow. With this method, the food will no longer need to grow during the next months!- Many people around them started to whisper comments about yet another failure that the boy would have.

-Friends, I have seen what his inventions have done and I can’t blame your doubts on this new creation but trust me this time and I will promise that if it does not work the way we expect then… I will be in charge to gather supplies from Corona each end of the week.- The whispers calmed down and most of them looked at Quirin, knowing that when the man promised something, he would stick to his word.

-Now, it’s not necessary to drop an entire glass of this liquid into the seed. Just one drop of the liquid and…- Varian crouched down, pouring a bit of the liquid into the seed, barely covered in earth.

Eventually, the seed had grown into a beautiful lettuce, with a bright green color. Quirin looked at the final product of the experiment, very proud of his son as both heard many gasps from the crowd.