The Strongest Assassin Reincarnates in Another World

Aiden hearing the tone of her voice wasn't sure anymore if the potion had succeeded.

He slowly approached and moved his head right over the cauldron, wondering what was happening for her to make such a face.

Her face seemed to be a mix of confidence and anxiousness. However, Aiden wasn't able to determine which of them was more dominant.

He moved his head over and Aiden was somewhat confused as he couldn't determine anything from what he was currently seeing. Aiden had no knowledge of potions, well he had a little but he wasn't able to understand if the effect of the potion was in this mix.

"What? Did it work?" Aiden said as he kept staring at the mixture.

This time, Anna showed a big smile on her face which gave a lot of confidence to Aiden. It seemed that it was going in the right direction.

There were good chances that it was a good one, he would finally be able to assassinate the director and leave this place. He had missed out on some things like teleportation and other spells which could have been extremely useful, however, that didn't matter since he could come back to this world at any time.

"There's only one way to find out," she uttered, her tone containing a lot of confidence.

Aiden had noticed that she seemed very happy with the results, however, he didn't get his hopes up since the exact same scene had happened yesterday and the day before that.

"Then, what are we waiting for?" Aiden asked, wondering if it would be the one.

Hearing Aiden say that, she took a small vial and filled it to the brim with the mixture that was inside the cauldron.

It was bright blue, the exact color of mana which confused Aiden somewhat since the previous potions had been a dark color, so he knew that there was something that had clearly changed in the recipe.

Aiden wasn't sure what it was since he hadn't really paid attention to the ingredients, he wasn't the expert in that field, after all.

He would only bother buying the ingredients, he wasn't the one making the potion. He only cared about its effect, as long as it worked, Aiden would be a happy man.

"Here, drink it," she said handing it to Evelynn who was surprised to be asked to do something.

Usually, it was Aiden who was testing the content, but it seemed that she was asking Evelynn for some reason.

"Me?" Evelynn said pointing at herself, confused as to why she was asked to do something now.

"Yeah, don't worry, there's no reason just try it," Anna said with a smile on her face.

'Well, there is a small risk that's why I'm giving it to you,' Anna thought, laughing in her mind.

That potion that she had just made had a little chance of completely removing the access of someone's mana… forever.

It wouldn't be temporary, it would be for someone's whole life. So, Anna decided to sacrifice the less talented one between the two of them. There was also a chance that it would only be temporary.

"Thanks," Evelynn said as she grabbed the vial, still doubting the reasons why she was the one trying the potion.

Aiden was also finding it weird, however, he didn't comment on it as he had some trust in Anna in that department. He knew that there must be a reason why she was doing such a thing right now.

Evelynn observed the potion for a few seconds before drinking it. She knew that she didn't have any other choice. If she refused to drink, they might have agreed for someone else to drink it. However, she knew that Aiden had taken the risk over and over again, so it made sense for her to be trying out the potion.

Both Aiden and Evelynn knew that there were a lot of risks involved in trying potions that way since even Anna had warned them about the dangers. But, Anna had also said that it would take much longer to find the recipe for the potion if they needed people to test it every day.

Without further ado, she started drinking the potion, and the vial was now completely empty without the slightest amount of blue liquid inside it.

Aiden and Anna were looking at her with eyes filled with hope, wondering if the potion worked.

"So?" Anna said with a lot of impatience.

She needed to know if it had worked. Had she really managed to create a potion in under a week?

Had she done something impossible?

'Did I really do it?' Anna thought.

She knew that she had told Aiden that she would be able to do it, however, that was simply a bluff there were a lot of chances that she wouldn't have been able to do it at all. However, there were many things that had helped her.

First off, both Aiden and Evelynn going to gather all the ingredients that she needed was a big help. There was also the fact that Aiden and Evelynn were open to testing the potions which made this whole process much faster.

"I can't feel anything…" Evelynn said slowly, pronouncing each and every single word.

"We did it! No, I did it!" Anna shouted out of pure joy.

She had done it, she had done the impossible… she had created a new potion from the ground up.

'Now, the only problem is knowing the duration of that potion,' Anna thought as she knew that there were chances that its effects would stay forever. 𝒇𝓻𝒆𝒆𝔀𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝒆𝒍.𝓬𝓸𝓶

"Start the chronometer," Anna shouted at Aiden who pressed on the little device in his hands.

Seconds started to go up and Evelynn was starting to get stressed. Just how long would she be without access to any mana?

She wasn't like Aiden, she wasn't able to fight close-range… she needed her mana. Her life literally depended on it.

It had been ten minutes and there were still no changes.