On the other hand, when the party ended, Althea and Garan approached Hoffen. "Master…" she said. "I can guide you around…"
"Nono, don't waste your time on useless things," he said, dismissively shooing her away. "Go study the skill scroll I sent you."
Althea held back a chuckle. As expected from an obsessive alchemist. "Ah, yes…"
However, as his new apprentice, how could she really just let him be when he was on her turf?
"Master, what about your accommodation?" She asked. She felt guilty letting him stay with the Golds when, technically, he was her half-parent now. "I can book you in our Grand Hotel for an indefinite stay…"
"Hmn, I think I did hear a few people mention that," he said. "Go do what you want," he said, but then he paused, looking at her.
"Do you have a laboratory at home?"
She thought about it and remembered his house was practically a giant lab. Would he want something like that again?
