“……You did something foolish.”
The words I heard as soon as I opened my eyes in a hazy state were like that.
Huu, the smoke the woman exhaled trailed like a cumulus cloud. As I blankly stared at that sight, a memory suddenly flashed through my mind.
Right, I had fainted.
It was something I had barely completed after failing multiple times. The Great Witch was in the midst of groaning in agony, and I wanted to alleviate that pain as quickly as possible somehow.
So I put it in the incense burner and lit it.
It was a foolish act.
As soon as I inhaled the smoke from burning the herbs, I had to realize that fact. It was a drug used by a Master, after all.
There was no way its potency would be weak.
It was fortunate that the effects made the body drowsy, at least. Depending on the type, drugs could drive people mad.
If I had lost my mind like that?
It wouldn’t have ended with just ’embarrassment.’ A martial artist who had reached high expert was akin to…