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173 The True Throne

Formerly a scout in Bellman’s unit, Mello Brandy was the one who originally held the .

But she was no longer just a scout.

Now she was a rising-star apothecary, trained in the scholar’s city far to the west.

To revive an infant who had died due to their mistake—and to save Bellman and the rest of her party who had perished during a dungeon raid—she gave up a great part of her remaining lifespan and departed westward.

Back when she left the hidden village, I had sent her off with a parting gift: a venomous fang from the undying dragon Vritra.

「Head for the student town in the west. If you can refine this poison into medicine, you might be able to reclaim the lifespan you gave up.」

That’s what I told her—but I hadn’t held out much hope.

We didn’t even know how much lifespan she