Chapter 73: Back in Charge
Zarian was back in charge.
He’d felt it the moment Hannah accepted his hug and pleaded for him to take the lead like usual. Other than her acting cute and bratty, which was fairly unexpected, Zarian had felt a shift in the atmosphere from that switch in roles. He couldn’t describe what it was exactly, but he tried anyway.
Did we have … a character switch? Like in a Japanese RPG?
Zarian didn’t think deeply about it. Such thoughts were too freaky and meta for his own Fractured Mind.
Instead, he focused on the gains!
Glorious, wonderful, splendid gains!
Zarian and Hannah rushed through the rainy streets of Central Bramblevale. Para the Parasite Cloak fluttered behind them while also carrying the most important dungeon core around. Ten skeletons ran with them in a loose formation that was still battle ready, each skeleton still armed with enchanted dark swords.
That was one heck of a dungeon crawl, Zarian thought, holding in how profoundly impressed he was by Hannah. I don’t know what’s the appropriate amount of praise I should give her. She has no idea how far she’s grown.
She could do scarily powerful things that Zarian couldn’t do. She was truly a genius in her class as the Runic Engineer. Zarian felt he hit the jackpot, and all he had to do was continue nurturing this genius woman.