LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 153 Memories of the Dead are Attacking Me
Once our teammate?
There were only five members of the Solaris Squad, [Silver Sword Brave] Reg, [Wind Spirit] Amelia, [Justice Hammer] Ilia, [Light Witch] Venus, [Nonexistent Potion Master] Lance....
From the formation of the squad to the end of the [King-Sealing Demon-Slaying] campaign, Solaris Squad always comprised five members.
More precisely, after the end of the [King-Sealing Demon-Slaying] campaign, Solaris Squad was reduced by one member.
The Potion Master sacrificed himself to secure their final victory, his feats unknown to others, becoming the [Nonexistent Potion Master].
Afterwards, quite a few Potion Masters wanted to join the Solaris Squad, but they were all politely refused.
It was only after losing Lance, the Potion Master, that they realized... there really was such a thing as a "team soul."
Lance's death caused their "team soul" to lose a corner.
When Lance was alive, they felt it didn't matter whether the squad had the Potion Master or not, because Lance's presence was not that pronounced.
After Lance's death, his presence somehow felt stronger.
Ilia, waking up in the morning and opening her door, would instinctively rub her sleepy eyes and say to the empty living room, "Good morning, Lance, what's for breakfast?"
When Lance was alive, he was always the one to prepare breakfast, and after they got up and washed up, they just had to sit at the dining table to enjoy a delicious meal.
In the past, Ilia's call like that would be answered by a warm hand, which would ruffle her hair and say, "Breakfast is your favorite spinach."
After the King-Sealing Demon-Slaying campaign, Ilia could no longer enjoy the spinach breakfast made by Lance.
For over a month, every morning when she got up, Ilia would instinctively call out for Lance....
The others were not doing any better either.
The Brave Reg would sometimes knock on Lance's room door.
Amelia, while drinking afternoon tea, would suddenly call out for Lance to go shopping.
She, who liked to stay in dark corners... would habitually wait for Lance to call her out to bask in the sun...
Those days were too torturous.
Though they had risen to fame and distinguished themselves, they were not as happy as they had imagined.
The medals bestowed on them by the kingdom and the temple were put away, the villa awarded to them, they did not go to live in it.
They returned to the place where they used to live.
Perhaps subconsciously, they felt that Lance was still there.
For the first while after they'd moved in, they indeed felt as if Lance was still alive.
Until Ilia's 'good morning' went unanswered time and time again.
Until Reg could no longer get Lance's door to open, unable to call out to him...
Until Amelia went shopping... and no longer had anyone to spend her money beside her...
Until she stayed in those dark corners... and no longer had anyone to call her out into the sunlight... no one to proactively wash her silver-white hair stained with dust and dirt...
Gradually, the teammates changed.
Ilia began to learn how to make spinach breakfast herself.
When she managed to make it successfully, she would turn around excitedly to call for Lance, and when she remembered Lance was no longer there... she would turn her head back quickly... so that her teammates would not see the tears in her eyes.
The Brave Reg became more silent and reserved...
Amelia no longer liked going shopping...
She would now take the initiative to step out of the dark corners and sit in the spot where Lance used to sunbathe... experiencing the drowsy comfort of being in the sunlight...
Venus put her hat back on, as memories of the dead attacked her...
"Venus? Venus?!! Are you listening to me? What's wrong with you? There are no outsiders here, why are you putting your hat back on?"
"Memories of the dead are attacking me... just give me a moment...."
"???"
Memories of the dead?
Could it be she was thinking of the deceitful Lance?
She must be thinking of Lance, but Venus could never imagine that Lance, who had been dead for a thousand years, was still alive.
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She said Lance tricked them badly, and it was true.
Lance could never have imagined that, after he sacrificed himself, how long it took them to accept his death after they won that battle.
These teammates had also underestimated Lance's place in their hearts.
They thought he was a dispensable Potion Master, but only after losing him... did they realize that Lance had silently infiltrated their lives and become someone important to them.
Soft influence subtly permeates...
When Lance said that phrase back then... he was probably describing himself.
"Alright, I'll reveal a little more about this [former teammate]."
"He's a swindler."
A swindler?
Was there a swindler among the members of their Solaris Squad?
Amelia would occasionally trick them, but she wasn't a swindler.
After giving it some serious thought, Venus realized that apart from Lance, the Solaris Squad seemingly hadn't accepted anyone else, with no one capable of taking Lance's place.
They hadn't even considered having someone else take Lance's place.
"Apart from Lance, I can't think of anyone else who I could consider a teammate. If it's about Lance.... having been a novice Grim Reaper for so many years, I would occasionally summon Lance, but never got a response. Never mind, Amelia, I'll ask nearby colleagues for help.
If the colleagues in the nearby area can't help me, I will contact you then, and you bring that mysterious teammate to assist me in clearing the undead from this area.
Let's leave it at that, I need to sleep a bit to recover my spirits."
"You, you, you... you're infuriating me, just you wait, I'll contact you again tomorrow, I don't believe you'll keep your composure when you meet my mysterious teammate tomorrow."
Amelia ended the projection call, letting Venus get some good sleep, and when dawn broke... the moment the projection connected, she would make sure the deceitful face of the swindler Lance appeared right on Venus's projection screen!!!