After remembering what The Alchemist had said, she had several options.
She could firstly actually learn it.
She could also wait for Naro Meena to come and convince him to learn it.
Or… she could search through the new recruits and find someone interested in chemistry.
Maybe she could just learn it too, after she found a way to delay Uniah Gramanos and hers so that she had time to study and absorb all that she could as there was no point in wasting the Mental Energy that she had. But as she distracted the noble, she would get her staff to learn it.