[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-what-witch-this-alchemist-is-breaking-bad":3,"chapter-what-witch-this-alchemist-is-breaking-bad-what-witch-this-alchemist-is-breaking-bad-chapter-3":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","What Witch? This Alchemist is Breaking Bad!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},334598,594,"Chapter 106: The Werewolf and the Succubus","what-witch-this-alchemist-is-breaking-bad-chapter-3",3,"\u003Cp>An hour later, Leon and Rena finally walked out from the opened Hidden Chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demonic Wolf and the Doppelganger were in a state of cursed petrification; they would not die anytime soon, so Leon left them alone for the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they passed through the passage, Rena staggered slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon reached out to support her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you alright?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine. My legs are just a bit sore.” When Rena said this, her eyes fixed directly on Leon, tinged with faint resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong? Still hurts?” Leon asked cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine. It’s not as painful as I imagined————” Rena muttered softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But don’t you think it lasted too long? The door had already opened during the first round————”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry.” Leon smiled apologetically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you didn’t tell me to stop either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pervert.” Rena muttered under her breath and lifted her foot to lightly kick Leon’s calf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a moment, she suddenly recalled something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right, I need to hurry and prepare a potion!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What potion?” Leon asked instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rena hesitated slightly before replying, “It’s———— the one used for contraception.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world had not yet invented universally applicable contraceptive medicine, but among Mana-based Magical Potions, there were formulas capable of achieving such an effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most Witches and even some apothecaries within the Underworld had mastered them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were said to be quite reliable, with low side effects, though expensive to produce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, demand in the market remained high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was one of the flagship products in the Magical Potion trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Leon inherited Potter’s market, he had sold this type of product as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Witch materials Rena had inherited from her grandmother were many Magical Potion formulas, and this was one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon froze for a moment upon hearing this, still pondering what to say when Rena sensed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a complicated expression, she spoke first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leon, for now, we can’t————”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this left a bitter taste in Leon’s heart, but he knew Rena was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no doubt that he and Rena truly loved each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had happened in the Hidden Chamber, though triggered by circumstance and coincidence that pierced the final veil between them, was something they had both long understood would come eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once they reached this step, marriage naturally came to mind—along with children and a lifetime together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon was twenty-one this year; Rena was seventeen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Empire, they were both of marriageable age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their current situation did not allow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were engaged in dangerous undertakings, and far from withdrawing, they were sinking ever deeper into them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such circumstances, if they had a child, could they truly provide that child with a decent future?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At present, let alone having children—even marriage required careful consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sally was still detained in the Inquisition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melissa was still studying in the Reformatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though their case had supposedly been closed, if the two of them—who were ostensibly unrelated on the surface—were to publicly marry, it would surely arouse suspicion if discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rena had once offered him such a choice: to leave everything behind and flee together, to depend solely on one another from then on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had chosen that future back then, they truly could have married, had children, and remained together for life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Leon had personally severed that option, choosing instead this perilous path of staking everything to seize power and wealth in order to save everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Rena had chosen to accompany him down that road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reexamining his choice now, Leon understood even more clearly that the happiness once possible for ordinary people seemed very far away from them now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it was not entirely impossible to reclaim it someday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once we get through this hurdle, there will always be a way in the future,” Leon said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in this line of work, it was not impossible to wash one’s hands of it and retreat unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they had already made their choice, there was no turning back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That past choice had seemed beautiful, but in truth, it would have meant carrying the guilt of sacrificing Sally together, waiting for time to dull it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had decided to save everyone together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There could be no retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.” Rena understood Leon’s thoughts and responded softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What materials does the formula require? Are we missing anything here?” Leon adjusted his mindset and asked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine. We should have everything here.” As she spoke, Rena frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Compared to that, ever since we came out, I’ve felt like something isn’t right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re still feeling unwell?” Leon asked with concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not my body—my magic,” Rena replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ever since we came out, my Mana has been surging nonstop. It won’t calm down at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You too?” Leon asked, surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You too?” Rena looked back at him in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once someone received a Witch’s Blessing, the recipient could begin sensing the existence of Mana within their body and control it to a certain extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like a hidden energy latent within one’s consciousness—once set into motion, it flowed through the body like a warm current.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Controlling Magical Beasts or activating a Blessing ability both required circulating Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the time, Mana remained in a dormant state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, both Leon and Rena felt the Mana within them surging on its own, as though it had developed its own will and grown restless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, they had assumed it was because they had only just tasted forbidden fruit and their bodies and minds had yet to settle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from the moment they left the chamber until now, the condition had not eased—on the contrary, it seemed to be intensifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They exchanged glances and both sensed that something about this state was unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon noticed the Moilai Altar not far away and the pillar of light surging up from its center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shifted his attention toward his perception of the Labyrinth, and the situation within the temple immediately surfaced in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now realized he could clearly sense what was happening inside the Hidden Chamber, and the distribution of Mana throughout the entire temple had become far clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the Labyrinth’s Mana had originated from the pillar of light rising from the Vertical Shaft Altar, then circulated around the altar in a specific pattern within the temple before slowly diffusing outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the distribution of Mana had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, the Mana surging from the pillar of light was continuously converging toward two locations—him and Rena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Labyrinth’s Mana was injecting itself into their bodies on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder the Mana within them had begun surging autonomously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?” Leon’s breathing grew rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the rush of Mana within him intensified, he felt his body growing feverish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sensation of Mana surging was not unpleasant—in fact, it felt rather good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body felt as though it had been injected with a stimulant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this be related to the ritual they had completed inside the Hidden Chamber?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that thought, a tingling sensation suddenly sprouted from his bones and spread into his muscles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body began trembling involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His joints crackled loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his astonishment, he felt his line of sight rising by nearly twenty centimeters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down instinctively, he realized it was not the ground that had risen—his body had grown taller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he heard Rena’s startled cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leon!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Rena’s astonished gaze, Leon’s body began growing at a visible rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bones lengthened, his muscles swelled into extraordinary strength, nearly tearing through his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head elongated and reshaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soft gray-blue and white fur sprouted from his skin all over his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His teeth lengthened and sharpened, transforming his face into one resembling a gray wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While staring in shock at Leon, Rena also felt her own body undergoing a kind of rebirth—though not as violently as his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What am I————” Leon began, only to find his voice had become unusually rough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His palms had grown thick and large, the backs and fingers covered in gray-blue fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His nails had turned into sharp claws, which he found he could retract at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He touched his face and confirmed that his body had taken on a beast-like appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is———— a werewolf!” Rena exclaimed as she examined him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leon, you’ve turned into a werewolf!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A werewolf—one of the common forms of magical transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that once a Witch reached a certain stage of growth, she could gain the ability to transform her body into a Magical Beast form, becoming a demonized humanoid with beastly traits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most common were beastkin such as werewolves, as well as blood kin, serpent maidens, mermaids, harpies, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Legends even spoke of powerful Witches capable of transforming into dragonkin—half Magical Beast, half enchantingly beautiful woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such images frequently appeared in folklore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some rare Magical Potions were said to allow ordinary people to temporarily transform into Magical Beasts, though Rena had never seen one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Leon had clearly undergone Magical Beast transformation on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And according to the materials she had studied, this was a power only some Great Witches who had achieved a leap in growth could possess!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now Leon had suddenly awakened such power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—not suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clearly related to the ritual just now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon finally managed to steady himself slightly from the shock of his bodily transformation and turned his gaze toward Rena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rena————”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped mid-sentence, once again falling into stunned silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?” Rena sensed something was off in his reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rena, your appearance too————” Leon raised a thick finger and pointed at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your head—and your back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though not as exaggerated as Leon’s change, Rena’s figure had also grown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had become taller, more exquisitely proportioned, her skin smoother, even her facial features subtly refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both her eyes had turned a bewitching deep violet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the greatest changes were the pair of horns that had grown from her head—identical to those of demons in artwork—and the bat-like wings that had torn through her clothes from her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shifting her attention behind her, Rena was startled to feel something extending from her tailbone, emerging beneath the hem of her skirt—a tail, which she could move at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?” Rena screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon had seen such a creature in certain works before and immediately answered, “A succubus.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rena had also taken on a Magical Beast form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her form was———— a succubus.\u003C\u002Fp>",1740,"2026-05-30T03:34:43.860Z","2026-06-01T04:30:11.612Z",1,"ranobes.top","172b365e00cf97dba8df8b9bb5c4ebc5cbc61b516d2c953ed7b875b79dbdd008","what-witch-this-alchemist-is-breaking-bad-chapter-6","what-witch-this-alchemist-is-breaking-bad-chapter-2",11,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwhat-witch-this-alchemist-is-breaking-bad-cover.webp"]