Chapter 66
Satou here . In my father and grandfather's eras, when you're transferring job apparently it's normal for your coworkers to see you off even to the Shinkansen station's platform . It kinda sounds fake, but if that happens in this day and age, people would be under a false impression that there was a celebrity or something .
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"Oracle?"
"Un, Sete received the news straight from the mikos, he said . "
Hikaru told me that when I got back to the Solitary Island Palace's living room .
As the airship was on course to Saga Empire, we went back to the solitary island palace to heal our fatigue from Holy Land Parion .
"Sete--ah, you mean the king . So what's the oracle about?"
"Demon lord will make an appearance in Saga Empire, it said . "
Another one huh .
The oracle about demon lord I heard from the head miko at duchy capital back then was for one that would appear at the end after everything had been cleared, so this one is probably a wholly different case .
"Are there no oracles regarding Parion Holy Land?"
"Un, I tried asking them about it, they asked me back instead, 'what makes you ask that' they said . "
Fumu, did the manifestation of homonculus demon lord came as a surprise for gods as well, or maybe other gods besides god Parion wouldn't impart their oracle because it happened in Parion Main Temple's site, a bit intriguing .
As Parion Holy Land's populace seemed to have incurred the displeasure of god Parion, didn't seem like god Parion imparted an oracle to them .
"Lemme take a glance there . "
After saying that, I got to Saga Empire with Unit Arrangement, and went around updating Map info in every part of the empire .
No demon lord was caught on my Map as of now .
At the Saga Empire's old capital--the place where Parion Holy Land's miko told me to go, I found a homonculus who possessed Unique Skills .
It reeked of Canary in a Coal Mine-type of trap somewhat, therefore I simply put a marker on the homonculus without directly going to see it .
After I'm done with all the necessary checks, I make my way back to the Solitary Island Palace .
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"How was it?"
"There's no demon lord present for the time being . "
After reporting to Hikaru, I told her about the homonculus with Unique Skills .
The other girls are currently taking a bath it seems, I'll tell them later .
"Yep, I think it's a trap . The green greater demon often set up traps like that using its own Avatar . "
My instinct got it right for once .
But, for some reason, the fact that it was right made me feel uneasy instead, that maybe it was actually the opposite .
"--Ah right . Ichirou-nii, could I ask you to do one other thing . "
Hikaru made a request with an upward glance .
"Of course . What is it?"
"You see, Sete said that there's a sudden outbreak of cold in Seryuu City and the old Capital . "
The old capital--It's Oyugock's Duchy capital .
"Should I make them cold medicine?"
Hikaru shook her head .
"It's not that . Could you check up to see if it's really an ordinary cold . "
"Not an ordinary cold--you mean like influenza?"
"Un, I hope it wasn't that though . "
"Gotcha, I'll look into it . "
I arrived at Seryuu City with Unit Arrangement .
After updating Map info, I search for abnormal status on it .
There's no influenza . Despite an outbreak, only around 10% of the total population that has caught a cold .
--Hm?
Something's not right .
I search for abnormal status once again .
70% of the total population here are suffering from abnormal statuses .
They're suffering from physiological diseases unique to this world such as regretful syndrome, impatient syndrome, and rage syndrome .
As these diseases were unfamiliar to me, I looked them up and found out that these are peculiar diseases that are transmitted to people when their bodies are weak due to cold and such via certain undead like Banshee and Fury Ghosts .
Furthermore, every one of these diseases has been hidden like [Regretful Syndrome: Concealed], thus normal appraisal skill cannot be used to distinguish them, and so the locals are led to believe that the outbreak is just for an ordinary cold .
Or perhaps, there really was an outbreak of cold, and they were contracted to these diseases during that time .
These illnesses are not that serious though .
If you catch Regretful Syndrome, you'll be all fidgety and restless as you shut yourself in a room, Impatient Syndrome makes you constantly anxious and never be calm . With Rage Syndrome, you get to be irritated all the time, it makes you want to hit things around you .
Those contracted with these diseases will naturally recover fully in five to 10 days time once their condition has improved, there's no specific treatment for these .
I'm not sure whether advanced holy magic [Purification Virus] would have any effect on it, but it's customary to use mid class holy magic [Remove Disease] and water magic [Cure Disease] on those suffering from these diseases, and magic medicines like elixirs should be able to fully cure them .
I don't think I need to worry about this, but since the sources of infection are undead, I should inform Seryuu City's authority at least .
As I'm not too thrilled at the prospect of meeting Earl Seryuu, I'll ask his daughter, Miss Ouna, to deliver a message instead .
The fact that Miss Ouna is inside the room of her fiance, Yukel-kun, Zena-san's little brother, is intriguing but as I don't think they'd do a premarital intercourse when the sun is still high in the sky, I let myself in after changing into Kuro .
"Yukel . "
"O-ouna-sama, we can't! We're still--"
At the destination of my teleportation, a scene of Miss Ouna pushing down Yukel-kun was playing before me .
So passionate--no, wait .
"Come to your sense . "
I use water magic [Cure Disease] on Miss Ouna .
She was suffering from Lusting Syndrome that originates from Succubus--the same kind of syndromes that come from undead .
"Who's there--Kuro-sama!"
"Yukel? W-what was I--"
Behind Yukel-kun who covered for her, Miss Ouna's flushed face turned pale .
I have Yukel-kun to take care of her and forcefully bring her sense back with mind magic [Calm Field] to calm her .
"Listen well--"
Once the anxiety in Miss Ouna's eyes had disappeared, I told her about the undead-borne diseases rampant in Seryuu City .
"I knew it, so it wasn't an ordinary cold . "
Ouna muttered in frustration .
Looks like she noticed how unusual infection trend of the cold was .
Normally, infections would spread out from downtown where many living there had no resistance to disease, yet this infection spread out from inside the inner wall where many wealthy people lived .
"Thank you so much, Kuro-dono . Please leave the rest to us . "
I gave an affirmation to the unusually eager Miss Ouna, and handed over 30 bottles of panaceas and elixirs each, to her, just in case .
I also dropped by Echigoya Firm's branch office, and delivered panaceas and perfumes that could stabilize mental state there .
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"Satou, how was it?"
As everyone had finished with their bath and gathered here, Hikaru called me with my alias .
"It really wasn't a normal cold . "
I told Hikaru and the girls about my experience .
Besides Seryuu City and the duchy capital, the diseases are also spreading in Muno city and Brighton city that I administer .
Symptoms are also appearing in the royal capital and the labyrinth city, though it hasn't spread yet in these cases .
Since Brighton City had some excess mana, I visited the City Core room and activated a ritual magic that seemed like it could help the citizens coping with the disease . It consumes a lot of mana relative to its effect that apparently only helps to relieve, but it's better than letting the mana overflow .
It might have been a coincidence if it only happened in Seryuu City, but when it's happening simultaneously in many places, high chance someone is acting secretly behind the scene here .
"--Hey, it's definitely that mastermind guy who's behind this . "
"Yeah, I've considered that myself, but don't you think their objective here is too haphazard compared to the vampire transformation?"
I replied with that to Arisa's retort .
"Maybe he's leading us to think 『they won't do something that has no meaning . 』"
Sounds plausible .
"Master, how about you inform them about that stuff you did in Brighton, and let other cities do it too?"
"Hold on, that may be precisely what our opponent wanted . "
Hikaru objected .
"You mean, their goal is to waste City Cores' mana?"
"Un, a tactician of Furu Empire employed a similar tactic to conquer impregnable fort cities in the era of Orc Empire . It's not completely the same, but still really quiteS similar . "
City Cores are capable of almost every feat imaginable, however, every one of these feats requires a huge amount of mana to execute .
It's very plausible that their goal is to make us waste mana, and decrease the things that could be done with City Cores .
"All right then . Let's relay these info to the king and leave all the decision making to him . "
"You sure?"
"I'm sure . I mean, it's a king's duty to mull over this stuff . "
Besides, the king and the prime minister will surely pick the optimal solution, better than me .
I also ask her to tell them that I'm open for consultation if they need a hand .
<TLN: If you're reading this novel at any other site than Sousetsuka . com you might be reading an unedited, uncorrected version of the novel . >
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"Satou-sama, the old capital of Saga Empire will come into view very soon at the airship . "
"Got it . I'll go to the airship after I'm done changing . "
I gave that reply to the brownie in pilot uniform, and went back to my room .
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