sonovelo Chapter 36: Parasite (1)
Chapter 36: Parasite (1)
Chapter 36: Parasite (1)
An apprentice alchemist sat slumped on a bench. Her re
“Ah...”
Didoa lowered her head, feeling as though the last fragile foothold she had was slipping away.
For a while, she had almost felt liberated from this terrible nightmare. Yet now, the man who had allowed her to dream—if only for a moment—was about to become a part of that nightmare.
The anxiety she had briefly forgotten through her encounter with Risir resurfaced, solidifying into an inescapable reality.
I will...never escape this nightmare.
The faint light in Didoa’s emotionless eyes dimmed further, and she began to bitterly incant a certain spell under her breath.
But just then—
“Sir Meltas?”
Risir whispered something into Meltas’ ear.
“...!”
Visibly astonished, Meltas murmured a response.
“Are you certain?”
“Yes. I can swear it on my power.”
“...Very well.”
They exchanged a few more words, and suddenly, the atmosphere in the room shifted dramatically.
***“Meltas...?”
Tulan was taken aback by the sudden hostility from Master Meltas.
“Master Tulan.”
At that moment, a man she had never seen before stepped forward, holding out a bottle to her.
“Can you identify what this is?”
“Isn’t it an elixir? Oh, are you perhaps the owner of the elixir Master Meltas mentioned? I believe it’s our first time meeting. How about we introduce ourselves?”
Tulan responded with a smile, the kind that was impossible not to like.
Risir replied with a nod.
“I’m sorry, but would it be alright if I asked your assistant, Didoa, to help with consuming the elixir?”
“Excuse me?”
Tulan’s friendly expression cracked.