Questions Unanswered

"By the way, young man, how did you come up with the recipe? Did you have any information that helped you in finding that pill?" the Royal alchemist asked. 

"No, senior. As I had said earlier, I really did stumble upon the pill. I was trying to make pills using the knowledge of ingredients I previously had and how they interacted with each other," Alex said. 

"I had a lot of time in my hands, so I tried every single combination I could find before I made one that didn't threaten to blow up my cauldron. That one ended up being the pill and I made a recipe from there."

"I tried to improve the recipe a bit, but the most I could do was a few tries to improve the process to no avail. I was throwing rocks in the dark and hoping to hit something."

"Hmm," the Royal Alchemist said. "What's the best harmony you made?" he asked. 

"Um, I believe it was around 28%," Alex said.