[Xanthea] Luckily, my first lecture was an introductory session on botanical alchemy, which put me at ease since I already had some knowledge of the subject. The professor taught us about the primary plants used in potion-making and ended the lecture by telling us to prepare for a field trip, because in our next lecture we were going to locate these plants in the wilderness. Vish advised me to prepare well for the next class because the professor might give us an in-class assignment to identify, collect and prepare a report on those plants within a certain time-limit. The more plants we identify and collect, the more points we’d get because an assignment always meant points, lots of points. A part of me was already excited about the next class, while another part was unsure if I’d make

