<p>The Apothecary Diaries manga volume 8 features story by Natsu Hyuuga and art by Nekokurage. </p> <p>The truth of Maomao’s identity revealed?! </p> <p>After losing to Maomao at elephant chess and passing out from the “poison” he drank as his punishment, La Kan dreams of a long-lost past and his affair with a certain courtesan, as well as the events leading up to meeting his daughter for the very first time. </p> <p>Upon waking, he finds himself at Verdigris, where he is pressed to buy the freedom of a courtesan of his choosing and take her home as his wife! Who will he pick?! </p>