Make Dark Fantasy Great Again

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.