Azem Gray's vision went dark, and he nearly lost his footing.
"My god..."
He groaned, his voice filled with despair and absurdity.
"You mixed the recipes for the 'good and evil potion' and the 'love potion'... together?!"
"Between the two of us... whose head is more muddled?! It's a miracle blessed by Merlin that we weren't poisoned to death by this stuff!"
"love potion?"
Enid, who had been listening intently and nervously from the side, caught this keyword. Her ears twitched, her eyes lit up instantly, and she subconsciously craned her neck to peek at the pages of the book.
However, her gaze collided with Wednesday's meaningful, all-seeing look.
Enid immediately pulled back her neck as if she had been burned, her cheeks flushing red as she guiltily whistled an off-key tune.
Her eyes darted around, pretending to be deeply interested in the water stains on the bathroom ceiling.
Meanwhile, the two Victors were in a state of total shock, standing still as they processed a truth even more ridiculous than him splitting into two.
He had tried to manufacture a potion for splitting good and evil, but ended up brewing a pot of... this damn, monstrous potion with unknown potency and bizarre ingredients that almost made them vomit bile... it should be thrown into the garbage heap of history.
This was simply the most devastating blow to his career as a "Potions Master."
Venom lay listlessly on Victor's shoulder, muttering:
"Well... at least now I know why that stuff tasted like chocolate-flavored crap... The taste of love... is indeed hard to describe..."
Victor: "..."
"When will this damn effect end?"
The two Victors asked simultaneously in despair, their voices trembling.
"I don't know."
Venom's voice sounded even weaker, and the black viscous substance seemed to dim a bit. "The theoretical duration of a normal good and evil potion is about two days..."
"But mixed with a love potion... heaven knows what strange chemical reaction will occur... Uh... I need to sleep first... I feel like I've been trampled by a dozen rhinos in heat..."
"I'm going to sleep first..."
Venom's voice grew smaller and smaller, almost turning into an incoherent mumble.
"My two 'cubs'... you help me... look after them for two days... after the effect ends... see you... goodnight..."
"What the heck!"
The two Victors were pale with shock.
"Wait! Venom! What do you mean?! Are you going into confinement?! Leaving this mess all to me?! Venom? Venom! Damn it!"
No response.
The signature deep black belonging to Venom that covered the two Victors receded rapidly like an ebbing tide, eventually vanishing completely.
As the black faded, the soft pearl white and the violent gray-black became clear and stable, like a film developing.
Finally, Venom's consciousness vanished entirely.
It was as if a bizarre switch had been flipped.
At Azem White's neck, the pearl-white symbiote—"Serum"—moved slightly.
Its form became clearer and more stable, emitting a gentle, even somewhat timid aura.
On Azem Gray's head, the gray-black, wildly-shaped symbiote—"Riot"—suddenly became restless.
Its color darkened, its thorn-like structures twisted menacingly, and it emitted an unmasked aura of violence and impatience.
Serum and Riot had completely regained their independent consciousness.
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