Shadowmancer lay on the bed, gasping for breath. I sat down gently beside her and asked, my voice low.
“…How long has it been like this?”
“S-Since this morning… My stomach… it just kept getting more and more sensitive, until…”
“I see. So that was the reason.”
A painful knot tightened in my chest as I looked at her, so clearly suffering. The cause, I suspected, was me. Some of my stellar mana must have mixed with the life force I infused into
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