ECHOES FROM THE ALCHEMIST'S METROPOLIS

The city of Alembic hummed with a pulse all its own. Every corner, stories clung to the air like smoke. Magicians in their lab coats, their faces etched with both passion, whispered of forgotten formulas. The aroma of herbs hung heavy, a constant reminder that in Alembic, the line between reality was as thin as the thinnest veil. Rumor had it th