Finding Chocolate

Mel held his staff and stared blankly at the person before him. Though that fat man who looked like a pile of crap had changed, it was only that his muscles had become more defined and his body fat percentage had dropped. Now that he wore his hair short, he looked extremely fierce.

"That's right. He's the person I've been looking for."

Chocolate looked at Mel nervously. He had already carefully assessed the mage in front of him. He couldn't beat him. No matter what, he had to buy time for his boss to escape, even if it meant dying here.

This casino boss had treated him quite well, feeding and housing him, giving him money, and even specially hiring people to train him. He had to repay such kindness.

"Chocolate, do you remember me? I'm Mel!" Mel quickly stepped forward, wanting nothing more than to pull this fat man into his arms.

When he had faced that wallet incident at the academy, this fat man had charged in front of him without any regard for the danger. Back then, Mel had already considered him a true friend.

But now, all he could see in Chocolate's eyes was wariness and unfamiliarity, as though they had never met. When Mel approached, he even took two steps back.

"Do you know me?" Chocolate scratched his head.

Mel explained the whole story from beginning to end. Chocolate found it incredibly hard to believe that he had no memory at all of this former good friend.

"We were actually good friends? You're such an outstanding mage, while I'm just a gang boss."

"It's hard to explain everything clearly in a short time. That's how things used to be. You just suddenly disappeared. If it hadn't been for the clues that happened to turn up