Having finished his thoughts on the war, Gerhard's stream of consciousness moved on to the next topic.
'Gismond wasn't a malignant creature. No, was he really not?'
That's what Aint said. He would have verified it through Lord Gardner, so it's probably certain.
Then what was he? This guy who didn't appear in the prophecy.
Why did he suddenly appear and ruin everything?
'So he wasn't enhanced by magical contamination but stuffed his body with elixirs to the limit?'
Is he crazy? Or is he just suicidally obsessed?
Judging by his behavior, that didn't seem to be the case. Then only one answer remained.
'He luckily discovered some elixirs. And out of greed, he consumed them recklessly. Luckily, he's just on the brink of bursting.'
There was no other explanation. But even these explanations didn't make sense.
'And they weren't even of the same type, he said.'
He wouldn't have discovered them all at once, and it wasn't even from Count Bamond's sponsorship.
