Chapter 183 - Episode Ten

Nelgliffe and Chloe took me to the church hall.

Inside, beds are lined up, and the followers dressed in Levi robes are busily nursing their patients.

It was not a church hall at all; it was just a sanitarium.

The patients are half unconscious and half moaning in pain.

Nelgliffe made a quick tour of the church hall and then returned to me.

“Sorry to keep you waiting. I thought it was time to check on the condition of the patients inside the church hall.”

“N, no, it’s a matter of human life…… Of course, it’s better for you to prioritize it……”

I and Nelgliffe were bowing to each other again.

It is my tendency to get carried away.

If the other person is too arrogant, I’m going to be arrogant for that.

“It looks like you’re on the edge of manpower……”

Many of the believers in charge of nursing are also exhausted.

Perhaps the aggressive nature of the followers who surrounded the carriage earlier could be due to nursing fatigue or the fact that they couldn’t afford to select their own personnel.

“Yes, I wish I had some help from Baron Lark……”

When Nelgliffe said it, a man-cheeker passing nearby concurred.

“Lark is one hell of a guy! His own people are suffering, yet he is feigning ignorance…… Really, it would be the lord’s job to send personnel to treat them! Why is it that Nelgliffe-sama is struggling and that side is determined to ignore him!”

La-, Lark did his best!

They just can’t afford it, and they don’t get every letter, so they just don’t know what’s going on inside!

I mean, it’s all because of you Levi Church!

“Stop it, Brauch. Baron Lark should have his own circumstances.”

“But sir! The villagers here are all talking about it! Baron Lark must be thinking that this is the perfect opportunity to get rid of the Pargas Village!”

Why is he being made out to be a villain everywhere!?

I want to interrupt him too, but I can’t defend Lark carelessly because I said I’m a true traveler.

Revealing it now could incite distrust, and it’s hard to move on because I can’t see the whole picture.

“Don’t say things that would unnecessarily inflame the fears of sick people! They are insecure. You can have all kinds of bad imaginations. But why do you also have to go along with that!”

Nelgliffe yelled loudly.

The whole church hall went silent as I listened up close and personal.

Brauch, the follower who was directly shouted at, standing stiff and his mouth flickering open and closed as if his body was paralyzed.

“Ne, Nelgliffe-sama…… I-I, I’m very sorry.”

Brauch said just that and withdrew.

Nelgliffe let it sit for a few seconds before his expression relaxed.

Then he lowered his eyebrows slightly and blushed.

“…… I’m sorry about that. I just got a little too excited to be in the middle of so many sick people.”

Nelgliffe says so, but that would have been the right thing to do now.

If that kind of bad imagination was spread throughout the church hall, it would be bad for the mind of the patients.

If the current intimidation has wiped it out a bit, it’s worth shouting out in the church hall.

Besides, taking advantage of …… anxiety is a common practice of a religious group in Japan.

If the guy using Nelgliffe was going for it, that would have been a huge deterrent now.

As I thought, there is a high probability that Nelgliffe is not informed of anything.

I asked Nelgliffe in a hushed voice after a bit of time when the attention of the surroundings had faded.

“…… Is there anyone completely cured?”

“There are five or so people who have recovered to the point where they are almost cured…… though they are not yet in perfect health. Abel-dono believes that the disease demon is still alive, but after his defeat in battle, he must have distanced himself. I suspect that this may have weakened its effect on them.”

Distanced himself…… huh.

Spirits can move between spaces at will as long as they have a contract with a human and wear a summoning crest.

If a spirit user among the Levi Church had a demon in their possession, it would be easy for them to come back, even if they were once away and hiding.

Perhaps…… the guy who holds authority within Levi Church in a different form than Nelgliffe is that spirit user.

However, just like Marias, they may be hiding their position among the villagers or hiding their rank to get in as the underlings.

It’s not easy to catch their tails.

If you are able to catch them, you’ll have to push them to the point where they have to take out the demon, or you’ll have to approach them from a different direction and solve the problem as quickly as possible.

“This is something that must not be divulged to people in other countries, but ………… I speak in the light of Abel-dono’s character, who, despite his youthful prowess in the art of sorcery, has behaved modestly and without conceit, and has lent his hand to us despite the fact that he knew it was a problem.”

“Oh, it feels itchy to be called that too much……”

“…………”

Chloe glanced at me in frustration, but as soon as our eyes met, her expression returned to its original blank expression.

“In fact…… the reason the five people I mentioned earlier were able to recover from their illnesses is partly due to the weakening of the demon’s influence, but…… also due to the power of an elixir passed down in the Riveras nation.”

Elixir…… As soon as I heard, that my heart involuntarily leaped inside me.

I’ve read in books that there is a strange medicine in the Riveras Nation.

“Li-, Livegrass, you say!”

I raise my voice a little.

The followers around me look at me in disgust and I cover my mouth in a hurry.

When I turn my head back to the front, I see that Chloe is also staring at me with a blank expression.

She’s angry, she’s a little angry.

“I, I’ll explain it to you later, so don’t worry about it……”

After saying that to me, Nelgliffe laughs deceptively, waving his hand lightly around.

I, I’m sorry, I’m really sorry……

I’m not allowed to casually say this to people from other countries, but I caused a great deal of embarrassment.

Livegrass is considered to be one of the world’s three major elixirs.

The first is called Amrita, an elixir that is believed to give eternal life to those who drink it.

It is made by concentrating drops of the magical tree Arbelute, which is located in the center of the High Elf’s Floating Continent, the Celestial Land of Alfheim, but it is estimated that it would take 1,000 years to make just one cup of Amrita.

The second is called ether, an elixir that is said to give unlimited magical powers to those who drink it.

The second is called ether, which is said to have been made from parts of the body of the god Kudor, or Levi, the water god of water, which was left in the hands of the god Kudor, but its substance is unknown.

The third is Livegrass.

An elixir that is said to ward off all curses and diseases.

It is said that Silfheim, the sky god who was cursed by Kudor, visited Levi and had him smelt Livegrass in order to break the curse.

It is said that after the curse was lifted, the sky god Silfheim challenged the god Kudor, who was weakened by his battle with the other gods, to a rematch, and was safely thrown into the sky to become the moon din.

…… Just because there are many books and legends suggesting that the moon din was in the sky before the god Kudor went on a rampage, I’m sure it was added by the Kudor Church on their own.

“Uh, um…… did you use that Livegrass for their treatment?”

“Yes. However, it’s a very diluted one, and …… not as grandiose as people in other countries would say. I know It’s an expensive panacea, but to know that it’s name is left as myth…… Well, I suppose it’s partly because its creator was Levi-sama.”

Oh, ohhhhh…… such an amazing drug was already in their hand.

But as you can see from the number of people in the room, the amount is not enough, or there is a big difference in the effectiveness of……

“It’s just that …… there isn’t much, you know, in the quantity. The raw materials are fast, and as an added bonus, they are rare…… We can’t just give it to a small number of sick people, so we use it for the purpose of delaying the disease rather than curing it completely. However, there is already a rumor among the sick that it is an excellent medicine…… There is a bit of a scramble, or rather a cursory fight, going on in the atmosphere. I think there are many sick people and their families who are upset about this, so I hope you will keep that in mind ahead of time.”

Whoa……

I think it was the Levi Church who leaked it.

If there wasn’t enough medicine to distribute, the odds of survival would be much better if they converted to Levi Church and bowed to their own people.

The villagers will be at odds with each other and will not be able to join hands with each other.

“By the way, what is the raw material for the Livegrass? I don’t know how fast your feet are, but I thought that the fact that you were able to get there in time to procure it was surprisingly close to you. I’ve been an adventurer in the city for a while, so I thought I could help collect raw materials as well……”

It is a legendary elixir.

I can’t miss this opportunity.

Besides, as long as we have enough Livegrass, we should be able to heal anyone no matter how close the demon gets to us.

As long as the villagers are safe, I can handle the rest, even if it’s just me, if it’s just Levi Church.

You can do whatever you want, such as evacuating the villagers once and then consulting with Nelgliffe about the incident Marias caused, or subduing it by force.

“And I, for one, know a thing or two about conservation wards. It’s not that I’m too dependent on that…… I want to look at it, use it, or keep it on hand at all times, but…… well……”

As I was flusteredly trying to convince him, Chloe was staring at me with her eyes so wide.

Her pupils are a bit wide.

She’s angry, definitely angry, angrier than before.

That’s when I was about to give up, I knew it was a bad idea.

“Oh, my God! Abel-dono can do everything! …… In fact, the main ingredient of Livegrass is a small species of deformed fog that lives on the side of the mountain range that borders the Riveras Nation and Dinrat Kingdom, on the Riveras side of the mountain range. In our country, we call it Live Fogg…… and its appearance indicates that it was a gift from Levi-dono……”

“Hoh, a small species deformity……”

I turned away from Chloe completely and looked desperately at Nelgliffe’s face.

“All the followers frantically searched for one of them on the move and found it, but it got away…… The only thing we brought with us this time was an old, deteriorating potion. If we could catch that missing piece, we could save a fifth of the villagers.”

I see…we just need to catch five Live Fogg.

However, if that’s the case, I’m a little afraid of being harassed by the guys in Levi Church who are using Nelgliffe……

“The only thing is that there are many dangerous magical beasts and demons in that area, so please be careful. If you’re headed there, I’ll have three of my trusted subordinates go with you. They know everything from directions to where they missed the Live Fogg.”

…… Oh, I think I can manage.