Episode 57 – Epidemic
On a pitch-dark night with clouds obscuring the moon, a group of mysterious people were walking towards somewhere.
A group of people who kept looking around and walking as if they were wary of someone’s pursuit continued to enter the deep mountain.
A group of people going deep into the mountains did not say anything.
They were just silently walking towards the destination they wanted to go to.
“Growl… ….”
Occasionally, monsters such as wild beasts and orcs appeared, but the person at the head of the party swung a sword and destroyed them.
Those who came so deep began to unpack the luggage they had brought with them.
The stuff I took out of the luggage bag that I put down from my back gave off a terrible smell.
But they were all wearing masks, so we couldn’t see what kind of expression they were making.
These masked men put together the items they took out of their luggage.
Then, they placed the collected items in the middle and held each other’s hands and gathered in a circle.
“לפרק, להרכיב, להפיץ, להכות, למות, הכל לפי רצונו. בחייך.”
They began to cast spells with words incomprehensible to human intellect.
“בוא, בוא, הקללה וחלוקת העולם, תחילת החורבן.”
As soon as their spell reached its peak, light began to emanate from behind the masks people were wearing.
“להטיף לכל העמים.”
And, as they sang a single sentence in chorus, the object placed in their center began to wriggle and expand.
It moved slowly and swallowed everyone around it.
And a huge flower bloomed in its place, and every time the flower swayed in the wind, the pollen began to spread around the world with the wind.
The pollen was carried by the wind to the nearest village, where people were sleeping.
Perhaps because it was a hot day, pollen entered the homes of people who slept with their windows open.
“Growl… Pooh.”
People were sleeping in various poses, and they were breathing in and out.
Pollen that came into the house through the breathing of people who were sleeping entered people’s bodies.
After a while, the complexion of the person with the pollen turned blue, and he stopped breathing.
On that day, 300 people living in a small village near the Erbus Mountains died in the middle of the night from an unknown disease.
Then, the catastrophe that occurred in this village was known by adventurers wandering around the world, but they were soon forced to remain silent by the lord.
“If you don’t inform me about this incident, I will reward you generously.”
A big festival was going to be held in the territory soon, and he didn’t want to spoil the atmosphere of the festival with the massacre of the people of the small village.
The lord gave gold coins to the adventurers and ordered them to crack down on their mouths, and soon after they swore an oath of secrecy and left the territory.
The lord dispatched soldiers and ordered the entire village to be burned, and the soldiers departed and arrived at the village.
“Everyone cover their mouths with a cloth, do not enter the house, and make a fire prevention zone so that the fire does not spread to the surroundings, and then start the fire.”
The soldiers, following the knight’s order, set fire to the village after making a fire pit around the village and pouring the firewood and oil they had brought.
The rotting corpses of the villagers burned along with the village.
The soldiers threw the firewood they had brought and threw barrels of oil so that the village could be completely burned.
After a long period of work, the village was burnt down and turned into ashes.
In case there were any remaining embers in the village that had turned to ashes, the soldiers rummaged through the ashes and even completed additional work to ensure that there were no embers left.
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“Okay! The lights are completely out, let’s go back!”
The knight made sure that the fire was completely out and led his soldiers out of the village.
However, this is not the end.
The spores of the plague remained on the clothes while they were working.
In the end, a large-scale epidemic spread to the lord’s castle, and a catastrophe occurred in which many people who enjoyed the festival died overnight.
In response, the imperial family of Bregern declared a state of emergency in the territory and dispatched the Imperial Knights in accordance with national law to conduct a fact-finding investigation.
According to the testimony of the survivors that it seemed to be an epidemic, they all wrapped themselves in cloth to protect their respiratory system and skin, and conducted an investigation at the site.
And this news was also delivered to the Royal Academy, because the lord of the domain died and his son had to take over.
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If you ask what the hottest rumors are at the Royal Academy these days, it’s definitely about an epidemic that occurred a while ago.
For fear of the spread of contagious diseases, it became essential to sanitize your hands with holy water every day and use clean magic before and after training.
In addition, it was discovered that if you covered your nose and mouth with a cloth, you would not get an infectious disease.
So, except for my private room in the dormitory, I had to wear a covering whenever I was active outside.
So Nina and I decided not to go outside for a while and to stay in a private room in the dormitory.
Now I was lying on her thighs, getting her hair done.
Even though it looked like this, it was because the hair was subtly long, so it was difficult to manage without Nina’s help.
“Boss, what do you think about the spread of the contagious disease this time?”
“You mean the plague?”
Nina, who had been doing my hair for a while, stroked my hair and asked my opinion about the epidemic. Did something happen?
“Is something going on?”
“Julia’s opinion is that this epidemic did not spread naturally, but someone deliberately spread it.”
“Intentionally?”
The Julia sister Nina is talking about is Professor Julia, who is in charge of the Royal Academy’s infirmary.
Professor Julia was recognized as the best in the world when it came to treating diseases or the human body, such as medicine, healing magic, pharmacy, and anatomy.
According to the rumors, even Dean Baldr said that he had to give Professor Julia a hand in terms of healing magic, and that there were only saints and saints who were equal to him.
“Yes. Julia’s older sister said that now she’s gone to a manor where contagious diseases have spread, but she has something special.”
“Aren’t all bottles originally unique?”
“No. This epidemic is very peculiar. It’s an infectious disease that those who handle Aura and Mana will never catch it.”
I was taken aback by Nina’s words and tried to stand up by raising her head.
“Kyaa~.”
“Ouch.”
Then I ended up hitting Nina’s chest with my head.
I felt a great tactile feeling, but hmmm, let’s calm down for now.
“I’m sorry I hit her in the chest. By the way, what does that mean? A contagious disease that won’t catch people who handle mana and auras?”
“So how did that happen… ….”
Nina gave me a detailed explanation when I asked what she was doing.
Basically, infectious diseases do not discriminate between people.
Regardless of whether it was a magician who handles mana or a martial artist who trains aura, people with resistance did not take it well, and people without it did it well.
However, all the people affected by this epidemic were unable to use mana or aura.
If common infectious diseases do not cover people, this epidemic was a disease that only the weak were affected.
As an example, martial artists above Aura users or wizards who have mastered magic above beginner level living in a territory where the plague spread could walk around freely without covering their noses and mouths with a cloth.
Thus, it was said that someone intentionally spread this plague.
“The explanation is a little weak.”
“If you listen to Julia unnie’s explanation, you will understand. Would you like to hear it?”
Nina smiled brightly and took out her crystal ball.
I put my hand on Nina’s hand that held her crystal ball and gave her strength.
“No. That’s enough. It was a summary that made perfect sense.”
“Whoops. It’s an honor to know you.”
I lived. I almost listened to Professor Julia’s direct lecture for several hours.
Professor Julia didn’t have any special lectures.
For that reason, there were cases where novice wizards who did not know much about magic went to ask Professor Julia a question, but it could be said to be a very foolish choice.
According to Nina, Professor Julia teaches very well.
And, beyond teaching well, she tries to tell you everything she knows.
In a word, she asked me to teach her how to hold a sword, and she suddenly learned how to make a sword aura.
Those who are hungry for learning will welcome it with open arms, but the problem is that cadets only want to hear what they are curious about.
In the end, Professor Julia was banned from educating the cadets in the infirmary, as some cadets collapsed from exhaustion while listening to Professor Julia’s teachings.
So, it was Professor Julia who tried to talk if she could.
So, what Nina was trying to do earlier was that she was trying to release a fearsome demon that was constantly talking.
I felt fortunate to have kept Nina from unleashing her demons.
However, after listening to Nina’s explanation, something caught me.
Anyway, I thought I should talk to the Marquis of Sebatia about this.
