Chapter 193 - Episode Nineteen - Live Fogg (9)

“About fifty, quite a lot got away……”

I muttered to myself as I placed several leather bags full of Live Fogg on my lap.

I dip my fingers into the liquid in the vials and draw a magic circle on the leather bags.

This was to prevent the dead Live Fogg from deteriorating.

“It kind of makes me feel less grateful when it’s so full……”

Mea had a complicated look on her face as she continued to tie the mouth of the leather bag with a string.

“Really?”

When I returned it, Mea suddenly stopped moving her hands and looked towards the three Levi followers.

Then he made a tube with his mouth and stretched out his body towards me, frowning at me.

“…… Those people, don’t they look kind of strange?”

Kamla sat languidly on the ground, his complexion turning an earthy color.

When I called out to him to help, he didn’t seem to respond.

You can’t feel any vitality. He is a different person than he was a moment ago.

Sophia seems like her mind is not here, and her reaction is poor.

I was going to ask her to help me fill out a conservation magic circle since she seems to have some knowledge of magic, but her fingertips were trembling, so I decided to give her a break.

She mumbles something every once in a while, which is kind of scary.

“…………”

And Augen, too.

He has changed from his earlier affability to a blatantly blatant dismissiveness plastered on his face, occasionally twitching his temples.

It’s not the kind of atmosphere you can talk to casually.

“I knew it was a bad idea, Live Fogg ……?”

“B-, but no one stopped me and …… they were so happy earlier. Isn’t it something else? I could have unknowingly violated the Levi Church’s taboo without knowing it or something.”

“But after all, Mea may or may not think this is the only way to get the timing right……”

If we continue to be on the cusp, we’re going to get beaten down by stress during the trip.

We’ve gathered enough Live Vogt to treat all the villagers with room to spare, so why is this happening?

I guess we’ll have to ask them.

If there’s a misunderstanding, I’d like to clear it up quickly.

“Um, …… Kamla-san?”

“Hiiiee! Oh, no…… wha-, what?”

Kamla freaked out and shook his shoulders, then swept his eyes and asked me.

“Nothing, somehow, um, honestly, your state just seems strange…… Will catching a lot of Live Fogg by any chance a bad idea?”

“Wha-! I-, I don’t think so! Thanks to this, the disease in the Pargas village is all but over…… Right! Isn’t that right!”

“Tha-, that’s right! I’m sorry, I was a little surprised …… Re-, really, Abel-san, you’re a really amazing person!”

When Kamla said it, Sophia agreed.

She was just a little surprised, apparently.

I heard that it took dozens of people to catch one of them and they were making a big deal out of it, and they might have a lot of ideas.

“We’ve accomplished our goal and …… let’s hurry up and go home and show the people of Pargas village what got. We need to tell them quickly that it’s okay now ……”

Kamla’s face turned even paler.

“Well, that’s troubling……” “That’s right! I can’t wait to tell the people of Pargas Village about it!”

Sophia seems to be getting back on track in her own right.

Maybe it’s time for her to help me pack a bag for Live Fogg.

“Um, in this bag……”

When I stood up to explain to Sophia, I felt an uncomfortable sensation around my waist.

It was probably due to the fact that I had been in the same position for so long.

I stood up slightly taller.

“Abel-san, your body doesn’t seem to be feeling very well. As a matter of fact, Levi Church has a magic that controls the flow of water in the body to regulate the body’s condition and qi…… I’m very good at this! It feels so good, I’d love for Abel to experience it too.”

Sophia claps her hands together and lets out a smile.

“I’ve read about a magic that is close to the book, but I don’t know much about it…… I’m not a very physically strong person, so can I ask you to try it out once?”

The magic of Levi Church does not flow to the Dinrat Kingdom in much detail.

This is due to the fact that the Riveras Nation is a closed country.

There is even a theory that some people are overly afraid of it spilling out …… because they are studying the magic that was considered forbidden between countries.

If it’s a magic of a Levi follower, I’d like to experience it.

Let’s observe what kind of magic circle it is while we’re at it.

“You may feel a little strange …… but don’t worry. You’ll feel much better soon.”

Sophia readies her staff and tries to get around to my back.

That movement was blocked by Kamla. She grabbed Sophia’s wand and pulled on it.

“Wha-what are you doing, Kamla-san! Do you understand the situation!”

“She’s not gonna make it! She’s definitely going to fail! We’re you planning to die in vain!”

What’s the fuss about ……?

As I and Mea looked at the situation suspiciously, Kamla gave a drawn-out smile.

“No, the magic that regulates the flow of water is difficult to handle …… Sophia also fails sometimes. You should not do that because it could possibly cause unnecessary side effects!”

“Is, is that so……”

What a shame. I would have liked to experience it, but ……

I’ll go back to the village later, when I’m settled, and ask Sophia to give me a brief overview.

“…………”

Even as Kamla and Sophia returned to normal, only Augen remained silent.

We loaded the pile of leather bags with Live Fogg on Ortem and proceeded smoothly on our way home, and soon the sun was setting and it was midnight.

After dividing up the night’s watch by role, we decided to spend the night in a tent made from the furs of magic beasts that belonged to Augen, as usual, which was a winter-proof tent.

The sound of loud blows woke me up after I had slept soundly …… in the middle of the night.

I turned my attention to the sound of Augen with a wooden mallet in his hand, being bounced against a tree by a security Ortem.

I was well aware of the possibility that Chloe’s handlers were mixed in with the three Levi followers.

Just in case, I gave the Ortem a magical power and kept him in security mode while I slept.

“Thi-, this kind of puppet, where is this power coming from……”

Augen kept the mallet out of his hand as he pushed his knees to the ground, but kept his bloodshot eyes on me.

Finally, he let out his tail.

He was impatient to have the villagers treated in Live Fogg, and he was thinking of erasing the people in this place.

I was thinking that Augen-san might be different…… I’m disappointed.

Mea, Sophia, and Kamla wake up as well, noticing the sound.

Sophia and Kamla don’t seem upset, and quickly pick up each of the weapons they had placed nearby and hold them up.

“…… It looks like this is as far as it goes. We hurried too much, we’re in the worst situation.”

“Even in exchange for my life, I need to destroy the Live Fogg……”

I interrupted Kamla and Sophia from speaking and jabbed my index finger at Augen.

“Augen-san, it seems it was you. In fact, I …… have always suspected that…… one of you might be a spy mixed in with me. I was long aware of the fact that you had a different agenda than Nelgliffe’s faction, you know!”

For me, it was meant to be a decisive line, but I felt the place freeze up at that moment.

I sneakily turn around and lower my voice.

“Hey, mea …… what did I do wrong?”

Kamla and Sophia looked at each other for a moment, then pointed the tip of their weapons at Augen.

“Apparently, it looks like it’s up here! You hurried too much, Augen!”

“Even in exchange for my life, I wouldn’t let you destroy Live Fogg!”

As soon as I said it, the peak of the small sword in Kamla’s hand and Sophia’s staff were swung at the back of Augen’s head.

Augen, who was covered in blood from the damage from the Ortem, had no power to avoid those two blows and easily fell down on the spot.