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And Adrien did try to improve at alchemy - he still needed to do more work before he would be able to brew a healing potion, but he could see that his efforts were starting to pay off. On the second Sunday of March, he prepared the Leaping Jelly, a potion that granted the power to jump to great heights; he thought he'd done a good job - and not even the potion tester could disagree. Afterwards, during dinner, Val let Adrien know that tomorrow he'd be going to Falderdeen to restock, and asked him if he wanted to go with him - Adrien didn't have to think twice before agreeing.