Chapter 152: Troubled

Darkness's insatiable request was naturally fulfilled, the result being that she, with excessive energy that day, returned home and lay in bed at night completely unable to sleep.

"Master, the young lady seems to have a bit of a problem."

In the Darkness Family Manor, Ignisi was just preparing to rest when the butler came running to inform him of this news.

"Lalatina, my daughter, what is the matter with you?"

Ignisi, wearing sleepwear, ran out and found his daughter in the courtyard and asked.

"It is Father. I am practicing sword, what is it?"

In the courtyard, Darkness held a great sword, swinging it at the air.

"No, it is the middle of the night?!"

Ignisi raised his head to look at the moon and said.

"Oh, I will try to keep the noise down."

Darkness stopped the breathing sounds from swinging the sword, but did not stop the motion of swinging the sword.

"This isn't a matter of whether the noise is small or not, you've toiled outside all day, don't you sleep?"

"Toil? No no no, today I am not tired at all, but full of energy, my whole body seems to have inexhaustible strength."

"Are you sick, do you want to see a doctor?"

"I am not sick, Father, it's just..."

Darkness found it somewhat difficult to speak of, the matter of the boy filling her with life energy, so she could only say: "My swordsmanship is too terrible, I don't want to burden my companions adventuring together, so I must work hard to train my swordsmanship."

"Uh, Lalatina, working hard is good, but you still must pay attention to rest."

Ignisi could only persuade with this one sentence, and his discipline of his daughter was never strict; regarding his daughter's decision to bitterly practice swordsmanship in the middle of the night so as not to burden her companions, he did not refute it, but chose to respect the other party's decision.

However, when over consecutive days he discovered his daughter practiced sword all night at home, and during the daytime didn't sleep at all before going out to work as an adventurer, Ignisi felt something was off; he requested the best doctor to come examine his daughter.

"Father, I am not sick."

"Lalatina, you must see a doctor, this condition of not sleeping day or night absolutely has a problem; if you don't see a doctor, then as your father, I can only place you under house arrest."

This world has some strange curses and illnesses; concern for his daughter made Ignisi speak harshly to his daughter for the first time.

Benefiting from her old father's concern, Darkness had to see a doctor, but the result of the examination was: "Master Ignisi, Miss Lalatina's body is very healthy; the only abnormality to speak of is probably that her Qi and Blood are overly flourishing."

The old doctor gave his judgment, then asked Darkness: "Miss Lalatina, have you recently eaten any supplements, for example high-grade magic beast meat or dragon blood potion or the like?"

"N-no."

Darkness panicked and waved her hands in reply.

Old Doctor: "..."

This obvious lying posture, does he think he's blind? "In any case, supplements are good, but excess is as bad as deficiency; everything should still be in moderation."

The old doctor ultimately only admonished this one sentence.

"Wuu~"

Darkness covered her face; she indeed was somewhat addicted to the taste of being filled with life energy by Broly, but having it said by someone else made her feel like she was an improper young lady? Clearly the way she was injected with life energy was very proper, she didn't even take off her clothes.

"Lalatina!"

After the old doctor left, Ignisi prepared to speak.

"Father, I will pay attention from now on."

But Darkness left as if fleeing directly.

"Sigh, have I been too indulgent with that child?"

【You're only realizing this now, Master?】

"Perhaps, I should make her understand to restrain her desires." Ignisi sighed.

"The situation is like this, because my energy is too flourishing, it worried my family, they even requested a doctor to come examine me."

"So, what exactly are you troubled by, unable to sleep, just ask Broly for a little less life energy every day and wouldn't that be fine?"

Aqua doesn't quite understand what Darkness is troubled by.

"But, the feeling of being filled with life energy, is really very comfortable."

Darkness simply cannot do it, that's why she is somewhat troubled.

"Miss Darkness, you must restrain your own desires; if this continues, I'm even a bit worried you'll fall into becoming a slave to life energy."

Wiz poured her a cup of black tea; she also somewhat wanted to retort at this knight girl, clearly a living person yet more deeply immersed than her, a lich, in the feeling of her body being filled with life energy.

"Ah, slave?"

Hearing this, Darkness's face revealed a look of longing.

"This guy is a pervert; you tell her she'll become a slave, and it instead makes her feel more excited."

Aqua retorted from the side.

"Ah?"

Wiz opened her mouth wide.

"Then, how about extracting the surplus life energy?"

Thinking it over, she proposed another good suggestion.

"No, I want to go home carrying the feeling of being filled; if it's extracted, I will definitely feel empty."

Darkness decisively refused Wiz's proposal.

"The way you put it, you've already completely become a slave to life energy, hey~"

Wiz is somewhat worried about Darkness's condition; being intoxicated in the taste of being filled with life energy is not a good thing.

For example, there are some humans who, because they are immersed in the pleasure brought by the process of a vampire sucking blood, intentionally let vampires suck their blood, ultimately leading to death, or the occurrence of being turned into a vampire's servant.

Of course, Darkness's situation is not too similar to a vampire sucking blood; she belongs to the side being given life energy.

But if she becomes too immersed in the life energy Broly provides, what will happen when, someday, Broly can no longer provide life energy?

Perhaps, driven by her craving for life energy, Darkness would choose to transform herself into an undead creature, then learn the Life Drain Skill, and it wouldn't be surprising if she ended up attacking humans.

Hmm, although this inference is a bit absurd, this world isn't without precedent for such a thing.

Or rather, those Liches who once underwent self-transformation would all face similar trials.

And most of those who fail the trials become genuine monsters that take pleasure in draining life.

"Sigh, how can I return home fulfilled, yet not be unable to rest normally because my energy is too flourishing?"

Darkness was troubled.

"Your behavior of wanting both won't work; you know, you can't have your cake and eat it too."

Aqua started lecturing her.

"Just vent your excess energy, right? As long as you vent your energy on things you like, you'll be able to return home fulfilled."

Broly walked out from the storage room and gave his advice, and in his hand he held a bottle of Green Potion — this was precisely the fruit of his days always staying in the Magic Tool Shop.

(Chapter End)