Making the Pill

There were many secure locations around Hardrock City, created with the intention of giving privacy and removing all distractions for the Alchemists who returned after completing their first competition.

Alex entered one of these places, leaving Pearl and Momo outside, where members of the staff kept constant watch.

The room he entered had rigid walls, seemingly created from brick and mortar, and yet it was also a portable room—not unlike tents, only this one couldn't be folded.

Alex had known about such houses that could be carried along in storage bags, and from what he could tell of the room he had entered, this was no different from them.

Once this was all over, someone could just come by and scoop away the place, leaving nothing behind as if there had been nothing to begin with.

He shook away his curiosity about the room he was in and quickly sat down, focusing on the pill he needed to make.