I kind of get the feeling the Archbishop is similar to the main character, in origins at least. Gives off the same vibe of "not really a true believer" playing a part to fit in and doing it a little too well.
Maybe I'm wrong but it'd be nice if he genuinely is just interested in finding...
Cid probably approves of Epsilon's slime body-lift for completely different reasons than she thinks.
"Using monster materials to enhance your fighting power and disguising yourself at the same time...sounds edgy. I'm in!"
This feels like a disaster waiting to happen.
I'm in.
Also, "I hate my parents for replacing me with a machine!"
"She died! Let's replace her with a machine!"
So Kelvin is going to end up with a pet dragon at the end of this?
Getting that vibe from all that stuff about the black dragon being unbroken as of yet.
...more propaganda pushing the short-hair agenda. She looked better before the haircut! Don't change yourself to fit someone else's definition of beauty!
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Still cute and honestly the dude probably would have dated her without getting a haircut anyway.
As a support main I feel this chapter so very much.
You can do it Stephanie! Keep a party alive against a raid boss! Bask in the dopamine rush of success! Bite your tongue as the DPS takes all the credit!
Huh. Its like one of those games where the NPCs have factions and will fight amongst themselves. MC is kiting a boss from one faction through a horde of mooks from another while the "tank" just stands there pulling aggro.
Used to be able to do this in Champions, iirc.