Chapter 350: Darphy’s Darkness

Chapter 350: Darphy’s Darkness

Inside the carriage traversing along the road in the forest leading to the national border, everyone was comforting the dispirited Sophia.

「Still, I wonder why Sophia’s brother ended up having that attitude?」

「Yeah. Even if it is said that Elves were unsociable, Dante-san and Freesia-san weren’t that extreme.」

「That person looked at Lulu, Laeva-san, and Marnie-san with bad eyes.」

Sophia’s expression darkened as Akane and Lulu-chan spoke of their discontent towards Darphy-dono.

「The Darphy I remember was the little kid always clinging to my back. These 50 years...... I suppose it was impossible for that child to remember me.」

Sophia muttered, dejected. Given how she didn’t meet Darphy-dono when we visited last time, it was even more than 50 years since.

It was great that she met that tiny younger brother who had become an adult, but that younger brother directed hostility towards his sister. We could tell it was an unbearable feeling.

「It is a fact that there were still plenty of bigoted individuals that believe in Elven supremacy among the Chivalric Order and vested nobles in the Royal Capital even now. Darphy must have also been tainted by that......」

According to Sophia, the knights of common origins were still better, but a certain number of individuals among the group of knights who were sons of nobles that were like that.

She said that they wouldn’t accept her, a prisoner of war that was sold to a slave company in the human nation by an enemy nation.

「Sophia wasn’t responsible for being taken prisoner after being betrayed by her comrades though.」

「To Darphy, it must not matter who was responsible. To that boy, the only facts were that I had become the prisoner of war of the enemy nation and then sold to a slave company......」

Neither Dante-san nor Freesia-san knew that Darphy thought badly of Sophia. Even though he must have hated seeing his parents worry over Sophia and reminisce for over 50 years, he could not stop them.

Hmm, I wonder why that was. I hope Sophia wouldn’t beat herself over how ridiculous Darphy was being too much.

「Now, let’s leave Darphy-dono to Dante-san and Freesia-san.」

And Darphy’s torment continued as he entered the Chivalric Order in the Royal Capital when he became an adult.

Many of the knights in the Order had fought alongside his sister. They evaluated his sister highly, that she was a beautiful prodigy of a knight. And each time, Darphy would be compared.

Darphy worked harder than others in order to succeed his family. However, those around him compared him to his sister, patting him on the shoulder and telling him to do even better.

The contemptuous evaluation as a disgrace to the Elves, and the praiseworthy evaluation as a beautiful prodigy of a knight. The inferiority complex that he did not want to accept. Darphy’s emotions regarding inheritance of the territory they gained thanks to his sister were always unstable.

It did not take long for Darphy to incline toward the Elf Supremacy faction that denies his sister.

(Shit! What the hell was that!? Why was she that strong!?)

It was like all the effort he’s exerted thus far had been a joke.

Though it was entirely due to his persecution complex, Darphy could no longer make the correct judgments calmly.

(I’ll wreck you up. Getting married to a Human? You think I’ll let you pile on more shame on top of everything?)

Darkness fell upon Darphy’s bitter eyes.

Darphy wanted to destroy everything, including the territory they gained because of his sister and his position as the successor of that territory. He wanted to destroy it all.

Hoever, Darphy did not realize.

That Sophia is loved by the Spirits......

That is, that any disturbance would very likely end in failure......

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Thank you everyone for sticking around for Volume 7 of Greatest Alchemist! As always I take a 2 update break and I’ll be back on the 3rd update [Approx. June 13-14]. So I’ll see you all then, I have a trip to go to for a bit. I really appreciate everyone sticking with the story!