This time we enter basically another ordeal of Reyansh (1st page) realizing he sucks at Alchemy but hes a fast learner and is willing to try meanwhile Shura (2nd page) has a debt with someone to keep the prince safe (obviously reyansh doesnt know tht) but is also so full of jealousy and bitterness towards royalty that he calls reyansh's immortality and regeneration skills a 'shortcut', a fluke, a priviledge and a subtitute for his lack of technical skill, this makes reyansh more spiteful and wanting to work harder in the process. There has been a push and pull between them ever since Reyansh entered the troupe and Shura had been assigned to teach him alchemy. Reyansh got all the modals (his flesh regeneration) but knows jack shit on how to work around it and is super reckless about it too, And Shura, being the noble hating guy he is sees him and thought that there is no way that a prince could so much as reach his level, a young Alchemist who had come so far and has bled and worked his ass off in order to seek approval of other renowned scholars and most importantly, his family. Struggles that an exiled prince would never understand, let alone go through, all the while being ignorant that Reyansh himself, though a prince, isn't exactly well-off or has been treated well by royalty either. But he's got the spirit... that's why the drills are so intense.........legendary bitter rivalry BE UPON YE!!!!!

After each and every outing or session with each members of the troupe Reyansh retires to one corner of the Troupe's lodgings for the day and do what he does best, taking notes; mainly of any Alchemical findings worth noting or anything interesting happening in the day

1. Akram, the workaholic he is, sticks to wardmaking even during the weekends. Even when the others had gone to town bro just sticks to his carvings 2. Fang sleeps somewhere in the higher ground around the circus while the others search for him (happens way more often than one may think) 3. if he is not constantly wrecked by his many schedules, Adam would make it possible to have time for himself and fix some vibe of a rundown cafe in true adam fashion (playing the oud and fixing his strings) 4. Savita and Bulan quiet times includes them sitting in silence and doing their own thing, Savita coming up with a new design and Bulan scribbling down patterns for her new batik 5. after a huge quarrel Akram put Reyansh and Shura on cooking duty to teach them about the importance of teamwork and that alchemy is not merely an independent study where you make something together...but alas they set the communal kitchen on fire..........adam is not surprised