As soon as the bottle was opened, a rich vani scent wafted through the air. Paul closed his eyes halfway, taking in the fragrance. After a moment, he gently put the cap back on, a rare smile of satisfaction ying on his lips.


    In this world, aside from Rea, no one else could craft such a potion.


    Paul''s grip on the bottle tightened a bit. As long as she was still around, all the hard work his ancestors put into discovering this life-changing elixir wouldn''t be for nothing.


    Soon, Paul snapped out of his thoughts and pulled out his phone to check his calendar.


    He nned to head back to his family''s ce in a couple of days. As for Rea... Paul sighed softly. He figured it could wait until after he delivered the medicine.


    Meanwhile, at school.


    After wrapping up her morning exam, Mirabe headed straight to the study room to get some reading done.


    Lisa popped back to her dorm for a bit and overheard the girls next door buzzing about a hot topic. Curious, she quickly logged onto the school forum.


    She soon stumbled upon a thread in the biology department section discussing a joint experimental project between theputer science department and the Technology Institute, which had already racked up hundreds ofments.


    Lisa, always one to be in the know, especially about her own department, skimmed through some of the chatter before switching to Messenger to find out where Mirabe was.


    Before long, she was on her way to the study room too.


    The ce wasn''t too packed, making it easy for Lisa to spot Mirabe tucked away in the far corner. She slipped in through the back door.


    "Mira," Lisa called softly as she settled beside her.


    Mirabe looked up slowly, unfazed by Lisa''s sudden appearance, "Hmm?"


    Lisa gave her a quick rundown of the hot topic from the forum, then showed her phone, asking, "Did you really join Mr. Zane''s research team?"


    Mirabe remained calm, unsurprised that the project was now public knowledge. She nodded, "Just filling in the numbers."


    Lisa chuckled, "I''d love a dozen of those ''filler'' spots."


    Mirabe raised an eyebrow, "You came all the way here just for this?"


    "Not exactly. I just wanted to say ourputer science department is probably going to take off."


    Lisa rested her chin in her hands, continuing, "I mean, it''s a team-up with the Technology Institute. Even the other popr majors haven''t had such a chance in years. Our department is going to be the talk of the town!"


    Transforming from the least popr to the hottest major only needed one opportunity.


    "That''s great,” Mirabe nodded, turning her attention back to the book on the table.


    Seeing Mirabe so chill, Lisa''s own excitement simmered down. She cleared her throat andid her head on the table, going back to browsing her phone.


    Just then, two more people walked into the study room.


    It was Meg and Taylor.


    Meg, with a couple of books in her arms, scanned the room. She was about to suggest they sit in an empty spot in the third row when her eyesnded on Mirabe at the back. The smile on her face froze like a deer in headlights.


    But it was only for a second before she snapped back to reality, turning to Taylor. She was about to suggest they find another study room when she noticed Taylor''s gaze was already fixed on Mirabe, and he spoke up.


    "Hey, isn''t that Mirabe? Why don''t we sit over there?"