The other party was unwilling to have too much communication with her.
Doro thought that under normal circumstances, how should she communicate with this woman, probably directly telling her: "Since you know that someone as great as me has taken the trouble to find you, it's not something you can refuse."
Wouldn't that seem domineering?
But Doro wouldn't do that.
"There's not a single Alchemist in this city now, can you tell me why?"
"I told you, I don't want to get involved with people as significant as you."
Doro pointed to the sky: "You may not know the reason they left, but I do, and since you understand Alchemy, then you should also know the Star Tear, something even children know."
Star Tear?
The woman was stunned for a moment, of course, she knew this name, in this world, no one wouldn't be aware of this romantic name.
"That thing is now hovering above this city. It could crash down at any moment, and as for the culprit, since everyone from the Alchemist Association has evacuated, I think without me saying it, you should know who is behind this."
Doro saw the confusion in the woman's eyes.
"You don't have to believe me, but you should also know that I have no reason to come all this way just to deceive you. You don't have any particular reason to scheme against me, so, tell me, what do you know?"
Then she saw the woman laughing.
Laughing hysterically.
"Haha~ hahahaha~~~ hahahahaha~~~"
After laughing for a long time, she finally looked at Doro: "So that's it! This city is going to be destroyed?"
"I'm trying to find a way to stop it. So, I need some information."
The woman was silent for a while before she finally said: "I learned Alchemy from a guest..."
Speaking of the guest, her expression changed: "…okay, my lover. At this point, it's meaningless to hide it. I know people like me talking about lovers must seem ridiculous to people like you, but I genuinely thought he loved me — otherwise, why would he teach me Alchemy? But men are always like this, they enjoy forcing good women to become prostitutes and then persuade them to leave prostitution — both of these happened in my past."
She seemed to have a complicated past, and Doro just listened in silence.
"When I became his lover, I thought I would never return to this mining area. After he saw my talent in Alchemy, he taught me a lot about it — I moved out to live with him and started taking Alchemy jobs… We envisioned our future together, imagining a happy life. But half a year ago, something happened, something that figured like you should know."
"The Demon King took away a left hand from this city, and almost all the noble masters died suddenly — the city was very chaotic at the time… he disappeared." The woman breathed heavily, "I thought he was dead, after all, it was really chaotic then, and someone as simple and naive as him might encounter an accident. After searching for a while, I moved back here, initially wanting to take some Alchemy jobs to survive."
She seemed to be recalling something: "But it was terrible, a large number of cheap Alchemy Items flooded into this city, repairing? Like I said, just running here is enough to make many give up, after all, the impression this place left has always been chaotic... Moreover, I'm not a skilled Alchemist, nor do I have a formal license. I could only go back to my old ways."
"That's all I know, if it's of value to you…"
Doro nodded: "That's enough."
The woman looked at Doro: "Can you prevent this from happening?"
Doro looked unexpectedly at the woman.
"I kind of knew — something bad would probably happen in this city, but I used to think it wouldn't get worse anyway…" she paused, "I probably don't have the right to say this, but knowing he might still be alive gives me hope to live on."
Seeing the surprise in Doro's eyes, she seemed a bit embarrassed: "I know women like me probably have no right to seek so-called love in your eyes, but people need something to hold onto. He might resent me for returning to that kind of life, and think I've let him down, and perhaps I'll never see him again, but perhaps I'll use this as a goal to strive through my life."
So that's how it is, Doro seemed to understand something.
"May I ask a superficial question, after the Demon King was overthrown, how has your life been?"
"From not being able to survive to being able to survive… I don't know if it's good or bad, sometimes living isn't necessarily a good thing. Without a spiritual anchor, maybe."
Doro took out three silver coins from his pocket and handed them to the woman.
The woman gave him a surprised look, then accepted them.
He didn't give more.
The woman believed, this man truly wants to stop this so-called Star Tear, but who is he?
He must be a great figure.
…
In fact, just as Mohe said, Adeline's plan for Butuo City was not a thing of one or two days, even though at that time Adeline had not yet met Mohe, regarding the matter on Kenku Island, Mohe said she was almost killed by Adeline, but fortunately, through various tactics, she managed to escape… but that was most likely a lie.
After all, she had left something that could allow Adeline to find her; during that time, the two most likely reached some agreements.
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