Lil Trouble

Alec knew he needed to act quickly, the only reason he had agreed to help the academy with the pills in the first place was that he felt cornered by the situation, a pit he had unwittingly dug for himself.

However, upon reflection, he realized that the deal wasn’t as bad as it initially seemed, in fact, he stood to gain more than the academy from the arrangement.

Though Alec was still learning how things operated in this world, but he had quickly grasped the scarcity of resources that were easily accessible to him due to the amulet.

It made him appreciate the value of his unique position, and he couldn’t help but feel a sense of gratitude toward the Ancient Primordial Tree in his amulet space, if he could, he would have entered the space right then and kissed it for its endless blessings.

While the academy would receive only pills, Alec would walk away with the larger share of the benefits: pills, random spell cards, memory orbs, and occasional healing pills.