Chapter 474 - Volume 3
The fire was dancing. The occasional cracking sounds from the charcoal burning had also dimmed down, as did its flame.
Between the light and the shadows, Romaine sat by the fire, her face red from the heat.
For a while now, she had been excitedly watching as the sparks float up to the ceiling along with the hot air, the sparkling beads dancing up and down as if in excitement.
It had been an hour since the collapse of the tunnels, and it took the Wizards at least half of that time to make an air channel, allowing her to lit a fire. She sat beside the fire and pierced the Moss with metal skewers. Who knows why she brought such utensils, from flints to a sewing kit. But Brendel knew from the beginning that the tiny leather bag could contain high volumes of stuff, including those that allowed her to sizzle the Moss to such a tasty looking degree.
The skewered moss was used to make the Witches’ clairvoyance potion(+2 perception for 10 minutes). It had the appearance of a grey moss, but Romaine insisted that it was mushroom.
And if the young lady said it was, then it would never be anything else besides mushrooms.
Ciel could not tell his Lord’s fiance that she was burning off two pieces of gold coins and could only act like he did not see a thing. Or else he would be forced to have some of those. I don’t think I have a physical constitution that can resist poison better than my Lord. So thank you very much but I will reject your offer.
Romaine was still dizzy from the experience. She held up her head and nodded.
The girl saw the sight before here and could not help but sigh. Her only descendant left was such an unreliable kid. It may be a disaster to give her the inheritance. But even so, she had made the choice and was unwilling to stay here any longer, fearful that Romaine will come up with something that might choke her to death once more.
She retracted her finger and vanished from the cavern.