As Adam tried manipulating the ingredients under Shepard's advice, Julius watched the process with a smile.
Gone was the time they struggled to find tier-one materials. With Shepard's backing, he didn't doubt his big brother would soon surpass Vikram, becoming a tier-five alchemist! After all, he knew better than the others how hard Adam trained his control to reach this level.
No matter what period he tried to remember, his brother strived day in and out without rest to improve. Thus, he was the best placed to say he was no genius.
Upon reaching this thought, he pondered, 'Or is he one? Not anyone can focus on a purpose for so many years.'
After pondering as he watched with glistening eyes how Adam injected mana into the legendary ingredient to localise the areas to avoid, he added, 'Maybe geniuses aren't only natural born? Can someone train to become or even surpass them?'
