INTERLUDE: Witch's Coven {Love potion}

At first sight, it looked just like a large lab with experimental bottles lined up on the tables. The only thing different was the eerie atmosphere and the grotesque contents of the bottles.

Where there should have been liquids, there were small, wiggling things trapped inside, struggling to break free. Eyeballs and what seemed to be dismembered parts of human bodies floated in red solutions that bore an unsettling resemblance to blood.

The sight was revolting, yet the woman overseeing the lab on the right seemed entirely desensitized as she carefully placed a bottle on a burner. She muttered under her breath, counting down softly, only to watch as the bottle shattered in a violent explosion.

The blast was deafening, yet it had barely occurred when a shimmering bubble appeared to contain it. The woman standing in front of the detonation didn't even flinch, staring at the scene with a frown etched deeply on her face.