Vil seems to remember his overblot, saying that the manifestation that appeared behind him took on the form of an old woman clad in long robes, and wondering if, “perhaps deep down,” he associates youth with beauty and dreads the idea of getting older: “If that’s true…it’s rather awful, isn’t it?”
Rook say that it is natural for people to fear what they haven’t been through, and when Vil does become “grimy, withered and emaciated” at the end of Book 6 he declares, “at this exact moment, I am the fairest of them all.”
Immediately afterwards, however, he reveals he was “CLEARLY posturing to keep things under control,” and begins weeping.
Rook assures him, “Even on the off chance you never regain your youth, you are without question the fairest one of all,” and Vil responds, “I know. But that’s not the point!”
Vil has a voice line of, “There is no magic that can stop the passage of time, but we CAN choose how we mature. I embrace a kind of beauty that ages becomingly.”
Vil says that the Pomefiore Housewarden is the dorm member who is the most adept at mixing poisons: “Ergo, I’m the current best. I suppose it comes from a long time spent studying potionology even before enrolling here.”
Vil says that he had been seeking to reach the pinnacle of skincare, and commercial products weren’t living up to his expectations, thus his interest in potionology.
Vil is enrolled in a “poison refining” elective class with Lilia and Cater.
Vil says that learning about various culture practices from traveling the world with his father sometimes gives him inspiration for new potions, and he’d also like to learn more, which is why he would choose Diasomnia as the dorm he would move to if he were to transfer dorms: “Diasomnia has a good number of students who are fae, or who hail from Briar Valley. I understand there are highly rare medicinal herbs in Briar Valley. Plus, it’s always possible fae have potion recipes they share amongst themselves.”
He says that he is sure that time spent in Diasomnia would be very rewarding.
Vil impresses a ghost chef with his chocolate tempering skills during a Master Chef course despite how it is his first time making the attempt, and Vil explains that temperature control is an important part of potionology as well: “A difference of even one degree can turn medicine into poison…baking and potionology have a lot in common.”
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