…there is tell of a medicine known as a Love Potion.
In the deserted depths of the grand library, there is a single book…
Within is a passage that starts with these words.
“If you take one drink of this medicine, you will fall in love with the first thing you see.”
Research…the awakening of love…because of the princes that are interested in such things, one day, a curious experiment is done…-.
Lullus: “…done. At last, the love potion is complete.”
Sakia: “It was pretty difficult, wasn’t it…-“
Pink fumes rose from a small bottle sitting on top of the desk.
Sakia: “There’s nothing in it that would harm the human body…we shouldn’t have any problems…”
Capita: “‘Shouldn’t’…that’s still pretty vague.”
Lullus: “At this point we can’t say for sure how strong the effect will be. The research that’s been done on the heart isn’t very clear, so there’s much we don’t know.”
Haku: “…well, we’ll have to test it.”
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Capita: “Are we going…to have everyone sample it? If the effects arise, we would all be in a state to fall in love but…”
Haku: “…in particular, if there is a change, we might not realize it.”
Lullus and Sakia: “…”
Sakia: “…I didn’t think about a way to test it…”
Lullus: “Yes…that was careless.”
Haku: “…perhaps we can use this as reference?”
Sakia: ” ‘The Authoritative Guide to Heart-Pounding Love’…?”
Capita: “It seems like something written to teach about love.”
Haku: “Yes, it was written by a love crusader and famous author. The book is filled with the particulars of love between men and women with pure hearts.”
Capita: “…I see. So if we can recreate the situations written in the book and experience the same emotions, it would be proof of having fallen in love.”
Lullus and Sakia: “Yes…!”
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Lullus and Haku: “…”
Capita: “This is ‘kabedon’.* One partner comes in incredibly close to the person they desire, and it should make your heart beat so fast it’s near to bursting. This is indeed close.”
Sakia: “Yeah it is…-“
Haku: “How’s your heart beat?”
Lullus: “…there doesn’t appear to be a change.”
Sakia: “Is the potion a failure…?”
Capita: “It’s still too early to say for sure if it’s failed.”
Lullus: “Yes, we haven’t finished our testing. Now, the next scenario is…-.”
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Capita: “This one’s no good either…”
Haku: “…a failure.”
Sakia: “Maybe I did the mixture wrong…since I used medicinal herbs I don’t usually use…”
Lullus: “The book we were using as reference to make it was fairly old as well. Perhaps there’s still room for improvement.”
END