Chapter 362: A sip of shared pain.
Not a single hand went up, which was not surprising. A myriad of reactions were seen in the eyes and on the faces of the students as they faced the very large spiders in the transparent box.
"No one..." Sigrid looked around the room. "What if I tell you that you can communicate with spiders?"
Finn’s hand was the first to be raised.
Sigrid nearly chuckled. As expected of the prankster, no doubt he was thinking of how this could be incorporated into his next prank. "The next potion I am going to teach you to brew is called the Arachnid Accord Aperitif." The words appeared on the backboard magically. "It is a potion that allows one to understand and communicate with spiders for twenty four hours."
Murmurs quickly climbed in the class. She could see many excited faces.
She clapped her hands. "Why is this questionable or a dark potion?"
Silence dominated as they waited for her to reveal the dark secret which they expected to blow them away.
Sigrid leaned against the table and she covered the sides of her mouth like she was about to whisper something. The students leaned forward, afraid that they would not hear.
She dropped her hands and said loudly, "It allows one to steal secrets. They could be secrets of the emperor, a noble. It could concern war strategies or the economy of an empire. These secrets lead to manipulation and blackmail and from there nobody knows the outcome. It falls in the morally ethical category.