Chapter 64: I’ll try that next time
Arlette was dressed as sexily as ever and Caius felt a bit strange. It just didn’t sit quite right with him that this was how they were meeting again for the first time since what happened— what they did yesterday.
He was sure Arlette was thinking the same but her expression showed no sign of it. It even lacked the playfulness she had had all through that first Alchemy class as she looked from Caius to Kaya, to Eloise, and back to Caius again with her eyes difficult to read.
"Afternoon, Professor," Caius greeted.
Had it been any other Professor, Caius was sure they would have asked why he and the ladies with him were late and he might have tried to find an excuse. But Arlette didn’t ask that. She could tell what it was that had kept Caius just by looking at the company he came in with and she had no interest in hearing him lie to her face.
So she asked something different.
"We were just discussing the homework I gave last class. Maybe you three will be able to help me.
What are the properties of Angelwood, Mandrake root, and Grande-Blac?"
This was actually one assignment Caius had cared enough to do. It hadn’t been a fluke that he enjoyed the first Alchemy class. He knew how useful it could be and, although attending class and learning it was far more in-depth than the original story could ever get into, he was still interested enough.
"Angelwood possesses Healing properties. Mandrake root helps to cure petrification and Grande-Blac acts as a purifier in the Alchemical process by siphoning and getting rid of impurities." He explained.
"Very good," Arlette said and for a moment, it looked like that would be the end only for her to fire out another question that Caius answered, and then another and another to the point where Caius actually wondered if she wanted him to slip up and embarrass himself.
Worse yet, it almost happened once but Kaya was there and swooped in to his rescue.