The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life - LN 3 Impressions

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The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life Volume 3 by Usata Nonohara, Illustrations by OX. Published by Yen On (Yen Press).

I wasn’t ready for this volume at all. We’re fairly far into the series, so spoilers ahead!

The first 2/3rds of this book are the same fair as the first two, and dive into further goings on with Sieg and Lynx’s training, and the Labyrinth Expedition. It was cute to see Sieg and Lynx really deepen their friendship despite being love rivals for Mariela. And I did wonder how Sieg would ultimately win, over Lynx, who is shown to be Mariela’s closest friend.

Well… we end up seeing how that plays out…tragically.

Spoilers

I was so shocked when Lynx ended up dying!! I was so sure that he would pull through since he's one of the main characters. He ended up dying just to save Mariela's life, and it basically changed her forever. Now she's focused on only doing everything she can to put a stop to the Labyrinth.

This was definitely an emotional volume, and I think it’s one of the series’ strengths. We also end on a bit of a humorous cliffhanger, so I’m excited to see Mariela’s reactions to seeing [redacted].