leader"!"

I heard that voice at the very moment I was about to fly to Merte.

Looking down from the saddle of Klaus Soras, you can see Miroslav rushing in a hurry.

It is not like Miroslav who cares about his appearance, his hair is rough, and his clothes are dirty. Apparently he jumped out of his bed and went straight to me.

I didn't even come to say hello. With that in mind, I went down from the saddle.

"Well, sorry, in a hurry ..."

Now, Miroslav breathes on his shoulder. If you look closely, you have a large tool bag in your hand.

Did the item you asked for—an antidote mixed with my blood—was ready?

When asked, Miroslav nodded.

"I've confirmed that it's more effective and harmless to the human body. It's far from complete, but at least more useful than the" union "antidote."

"Is this confirmed in this short time?"

It's been less than a day since I ordered Miroslav to improve the antidote. It seems that we have just completed a minimum safety check based on the current dialogue, but it is still early.

A poisoned patient is indispensable to see if an antidote works.

Normally, such experiments are conducted little by little with small animals such as rats, and human tasting is the last and last thing-

"I myself confirmed with poison. I'm sure."

A red-haired sorcerer who does something ridiculous.

Apparently, it was not due to the fatigue of dawn that he slept like a dead, but because of human experiments using himself.

I look involuntarily.

"... No one has said that."

"The situation is the situation. Isn't it easy to start with a mousetrap?"

Kuma Miroslav laughs mischievously and mischievously. After listening to the words now, the area under my eyes is very painful.

Perhaps you noticed my gaze, Miroslav told me to shake my head a little and not to worry.

And the words "Than that" are repeated.

There is no doubt that the blood of the lord "." Will have a great effect on the human body. Depending on how it is used, it will be a powerful trump card against the death poison heard from Luna. However, it will not be easy to give it to others easily Be careful, your blood is too powerful. "

"Too powerful? What is it?"

"Let's think it's a powerful medicine. If you use it for a sick person who is weak, it can hurt you. That's a fatal level."

"... mu. Is that so?"

"That's right. And there is a risk of activating the sickness that nests in patients. It is said that the blood of the dragon will heal all illnesses, but if it is actually convenient to kill only the sickness, I don't know. I hope you don't forget this. "

"all right"

To Miroslav, who warned me with a serious expression, I nodded to me.

According to Miroslav, it is likely that if you mix it with a good antidote or healing agent, you will be able to specialize only the effect, but if you make such fine adjustments it will be too late in a day or two.

In this case, Miroslav took the procedure of adjustment and confirmed his safety with his body.

Miroslav's hand is the result of such a death.

I gratefully received it and became a Ryugami person again.

League leader, "Please be careful. I look forward to your safe return."

Miroslav hanging deeply.

It was a polite Miroslav to me, and it was a scene where I could not forbid the discomfort as ever.

Well, I'm living under one roof for almost half a month, and now I'm not fooling around, but it will take a while before this discomfort disappears completely.

With that in mind, I finally issued an extra order to Miroslav.

"That's also. Human experiments are already prohibited.

"Ah ... yes, I know!"

Miroslav smiles happily, wondering what he was doing here. The heartless ending was also playing.

I ordered Crow Solas to ascend so as to escape that line of sight.

By the way, regarding my departure for Merte, I have been notified to Ishka's main organization after the report of death poison.

So when I saw Klaus Solas heading south, I wasn't worried that the Dragon Knight had fled Ishka!

Some inhabitants who don't know the details will be misunderstood, but they will not be a big problem.

Some Ishka administrations showed reluctance to leave Ishka at this time, but they brought their helpers to defend the city: Lars, Iria, and Priest Sarah. I was convinced by that.

Having left Ishka, I was able to arrive at Merte much earlier than I had planned without any trouble.

The time savings is the result of Krau Soras's hard work. Maybe it's a meal for Priest Sarah. I like the old boar dish very much.

The state of the village as seen from the sky is the same as the other day. It's unlikely that you've been attacked by a demon, or you've fought with other villages in the oak profit distribution I gave you.

However, I was worried that the number of villagers walking out was small. Somehow, you can feel the same atmosphere as when you visited before.

I dropped the Claus Solas in front of the village, feeling vague.

I realized that the anxiety was not a matter of concern when I heard the sounds of familiar children from a distance.

Chibigaki No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 reunited-Ain, Zwei and Dora were crying with their faces crumpled.

At first, I quickly concluded that something had happened to Priest Sarah, and my whole body was all hair.

What passed through my mind was the remnant face of a person poisoned by death.

But fortunately, Priest Sarah was not poisoned.

—Ilia, the daughter of Priest Sarah, was affected by the poison.

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There is a phantom beast called aquatic horse.

This phantom beast, known as Kelpie, is, as the name suggests, a horse and appears on the water.

Fins Waterweed mane, fish tail, and countless on trunk and quadruped. He says he can run on the river surface, like the ground, swim in the water, like a fish, and once diving in the water, he can work for hours without breathing.

The kelpies also had the ability to transform and could turn into normal horses.

The reason why he has such ability is to deceive humans and put them on his back. The aquatic horse's back is sticky, and once it gets on it, it cannot be descended on its own.

Prey The aquatic horse on the back, standing out of the way of a normal horse, goes underwater and drowns its prey. After that, they take their whole body over time.

Human-eating monsters In other words, the genie beast kelpie was a monster classified as:

Liver It seems that you don't eat just one theory, but if that were the case, it wouldn't provide any comfort to the eater.

Such kelpies, like the phantom beasts, do not appear in front of humans.

Once every ten years, whether witness information flows by wind rumors. Speaking of the appearance rate, it is about that.

The appearance of such a rare monster on Merte at this time is probably due to the anomaly of Titis.

The children first discovered Kelpie.

On that day, Ain and others picked up nuts in the forest at the outskirts of the village, and noticed the foal slowly approaching.

Wild horses are timid and cautious, and rarely appear in secluded areas. Furthermore, it is impossible to approach humans.

But even the oldest Ain is ten or so. It would have been terrible to notice unnaturalness.

Ain and the others tried to bring their horses home. Horses make farming easier and they can sell more expensively-he didn't do that, but he simply wanted to get him to praise Sarah.

Later, Ein and Zwei were forcibly transported to the Kale River by the kelpies that showed their nature. Surviving alone, Dora fled back to the village, crying, and appealed to Iria and Lars, who had just visited the church.

To be precise, Dora was so crying that she couldn't explain it.But after seeing Dora, they realized that something was wrong. I rushed. It's an intuition for those who have been eating for years.

The Ilias then ran down the Kelpie's footsteps and ran to the Kale River, rescuing the Ains who were about to sink into the water, and exterminating Kelpie.

The end of this was a torment, but from this day on, Ilia's condition deteriorates rapidly.

It can be temporarily relieved with antidote or the recovery magic of the priest Sarah, but the condition will soon recur.

Kelpies have the power of cursing, and may curse those who have slain themselves. The priest who knew it also tried the magic of decursing, but this also had no effect.

Meanwhile, some villagers begin to complain of the same symptoms as Iria. In each case, they were all bathed in the water of the Kale River for some reason.

That was when I arrived at the village.