NOVEL NEXT Chapter 145 Are you still alive? Didn't you sacrifice yourself to save us?_2
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Then they decided to travel light, entrusting Lance with some of the non-essential items they carried.
As a Potion Master, all Lance needed to do was prepare sufficient Extraordinary Elixirs for them, and although he could join the battlefield, his combat prowess was ultimately no match for theirs.
He probably understood this, which is why he usually only took some items of little value when they divided the spoils.
They gave all their money to Lance for safekeeping as well.
Lance said the money was a loan to them, and if they all survived the final battle, he would return their valuables intact.
If they lost their lives, he would place these valuables in their tombs as relics...
What none of them anticipated, however, was that in the last battle, when they were on the verge of defeat, Lance, who should never have been on the battlefield, suddenly appeared.
He laid down the treasured items they had entrusted him with, one by one on the ground, sacrificing himself to save them, to defeat the powerful Demon King...
Right before their eyes... Lance sacrificed himself.
This gave them immense power for a short time, which ultimately led to their victory over the formidable Demon King....
After the [Conquest and Demon Slaying] campaign ended, they were rewarded with both fame and fortune, but the one who chose to sacrifice himself, Lance... received a title: [The Nonexistent Potion Master].
Only the members of their squad knew how dazzling and brilliant [The Nonexistent Potion Master] was when he boasted of his existence in front of them.
That year... The Potion Master who sacrificed himself in front of them caused her to shed precious tears for a long time.
Speaking of which, Lance's memorial day is coming up in a few days.
She doesn't know if the other members of the team remember Lance's memorial day, but she has always remembered it.
If she doesn't get a reasonable explanation, in a few days, she will pay tribute to Lance in front of this viscount Lord.
"Suddenly I remember... the time you chose to sacrifice yourself... it was also in winter... Your memorial day is near."
"???"
Lance felt like his luck had been particularly bad lately. The world was so vast, yet one of his former comrades managed to run into him in a corner of the world and recognize him instantly...
Amelia, a member of the [Sunlit] heroes' squad, dreamed of someday becoming an Evil Dragon Elf Knight.
She was an elf who only wanted to sign a Dragon Knight contract with the Evil Dragon and was quirky and foolish with money when he knew her. Going out with her meant that as long as one was shameless enough, she would pay for all the fun and games.
While serving as the Potion Master in the [Sunlit] heroes' squad, he enjoyed being Amelia's shadow, freeloaded meals and drinks with her.
When he was broke, all he had to do was sigh in front of Amelia, and like a silly roe deer, she would come to him, asking what was wrong...
When he said it was nothing, Amelia would persist, and when he hesitated and mentioned he had no money for herbs, Amelia would lend him the money to buy them.
Of course, this had something to do with the [persona] he used back then.
He had joined the [Sunlit] heroes' squad with the reputation of being [simple and honest], not slick and smooth-talking.
Over time, the squad members grew to trust him, thinking this honest and poor Potion Master was too genuine, not fearing he would default on loans.
Sometimes he proposed to repay debts with elixirs, and the squad members would gladly agree.
It was only recently that he thought of a hero who had successfully vanquished the Demon King, but how long had it been?
A member of the hero squad from back then had appeared in Saint Blue, catching him, the Potion Master who had always been inconspicuous.
Truly, some things can't withstand being jinxed.
Acting... It seems I can't keep it up any longer.
Amelia is not as easily deceived as before, having grown wiser over more than a thousand years.
From Amelia, Lance saw what the future Dragon Whelps would look like, the ones a thousand years later wouldn't be any less wise than Amelia.
The Dragon Whelp had eaten the Fruit of Wisdom after all.
"Amelia, you might really have mistaken me for someone else."
"You called out my name, and you still say I've got the wrong person?"
The flawless face of Elf Amelia flushed with a touch of red, showing her excitement.
He truly was Lance.
The man before her was the Potion Master Lance who had chosen to sacrifice himself in front of them all those years ago.
It was too surreal; she hadn't imagined she would encounter the [simple and honest] Potion Master from those days, a thousand years later!
When she thought of the words simple and honest, a shade of indignation colored Amelia's deep blue eyes. She had been deceived!
Back then, all of them had been fooled by this simple and honest Potion Master who blushed so easily!
"Ah, it seems my guess was right, you have become wiser, much smarter than a thousand years ago. If it had been you from a thousand years ago, upon hearing me speak, you would have bowed and apologized, taking forever to realize what was happening."
Lance raised his hand, smiling as he brushed the snowflakes from Amelia's hair.
"Long time no see, Amelia."
"Long time no see, liar Lance!"
Amelia stepped forward and hugged Lance.
Lance's body stiffened for a moment before he patted Amelia's back a few times and pushed her away.
A reunion after a long separation, Amelia, this child, expressed her excitement with that hug.
Considering I freeloaded off you a thousand years ago, I won't give you a judo throw...
"You've grown up, you can't just hug me whenever you want, this time only, there won't be a next time."