Chapter 194

"I see. Is this Melissa a good person?"

"She's a colleague who worked with me at the Ashar Training Center from the very start. I can vouch for her — she's an excellent trainer."

"I see……"

Durna nodded. Her quarters were filled with the soft bubbling of simmering medicine, the smell of herbs, and towering stacks of books and crystal reagent bottles.

"So from now on, this Melissa will be helping with Luira's training?"

"Yes, that's right. And Luira has been taking to her well, too."

"I see……"

Durna fell silent for a moment, then straightened her posture. Then she bowed deeply to me and spoke.

"Thank you so much, for everything, Litia. If it weren't for you, I'd still be suffering in silence, with no idea what to do about Luira."

"It was simply what I was supposed to do. So please don't say that — if anything, I'm…