Medusa had a serious bone to pick with Xiao Yan.
After discussing the details of their cooperation with Medusa, Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yi Xian slipped away. They even remembered to close the door behind them. How considerate.
"Now, it's just the two of us?"
Medusa looked at Xiao Yan with a cold sneer.
"...Whatever you want, just say it. I can't be bothered with all this beating around the bush anymore."
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"But I still need to make something clear to you, Medusa."
Xiao Yan sat up, a trace of coldness in his eyes as well.
"I know the fundamental fault lay with me, but you weren't entirely without responsibility either. Back in the Magma World, if you hadn't tried to steal the emotion poison solution from my Storage Ring and drink it, breaking my defenses against the fallen heart flame, none of what followed would have happened."
"You...
...!"
Medusa's face alternated between livid and flushed.
She knew Xiao Yan was right, too, but at the time, she had been incapable of acting of her own free will, and Xiao Yan had been the only person beside her.
"I'm not going to argue with you about this now, Xiao Yan... Since we're discussing cooperation, let's discuss cooperation properly."
Forcing down her anger, Medusa gave a long sigh and looked at Xiao Yan again.
"I need a soul power-balancing pill. According to Sun Buxiao, you're a seventh-grade Alchemist. Is that right?"
"...Yes. Although I'm still somewhat lacking in experience, I am indeed seventh grade."
Xiao Yan folded his arms and nodded proudly.
Having reached his current level, it would have been impossible for him not to feel some pride. But the memories of those three years when he had fallen into the depths constantly spurred him