Episode 60 – Tracing the Cause of the Epidemic
Meeting Professor Julia in the Benas Manor, I let go of my remorse and, at the Professor’s request, walked toward the village that was reduced to ashes. Was going
According to the results of Professor Julia’s investigation, Benas Territory was not the starting point of the epidemic.
In other words, the real place where the epidemic started was somewhere else.
‘According to my research, a week before the plague spread in Benas Manor, a village was burned and turned to ashes by order of the lord.’
Professor Julia said it was a place where a village was completely burned down and now only ashes remain.
However, Professor Julia said that even if there were only ashes remaining, I had to go there myself and go through the process of investigating, so I ended up going there.
‘Oh, and you won’t be infected with something that causes an infectious disease, so please go home safely. Even if I become an Auror user, this plague will never harm me.’
However, he told me to wear a mask because someone could get infected in the process of inhaling and exhaling.
Anyway, I simply packed my things at the temporary command post outside Benas Manor and walked towards the burned down village with only a map without anyone escorting me.
As I was walking down the street alone like this, old thoughts came flooding back to me.
Just now, when I was acknowledged that I was able to defend myself with my own strength after reaching the lower level of sword expert, my father allowed me to freely go out of the lord’s castle.
Really, I still don’t understand why I met so many monsters back then.
Monsters appeared every day when I left the lord’s castle and tried to go to another territory.
Sometimes I’ve met caravans, merchants and adventurers who have taught me how the world works.
In exchange for saving their lives, I asked them about how the world worked rather than accepting money or goods.
‘As expected, Young master is really great. If you have any questions, ask anything. I will answer everything to the best of my knowledge.’
Obviously, there were times when they were thrilled that I wasn’t getting paid and even told me things I hadn’t asked.
Thanks to that, I was able to instill a positive perception of the Maydern family among various merchants and merchants.
“Oops. When did you get here?”
As I walked while thinking about this and that, before I knew it, I was inside a burned down town.
As Professor Julia explained, this village was all reduced to ashes, not a single house left.
Only the wooden pillars that remained unburned were only evidence that a building had been built here.
I approached cautiously and touched a wooden beam left over from the fire.
I lightly put my hand on it, and the black charcoal powder left from burning flew away on the wind.
Looking at the condition, it seemed that a long time had passed since it was burned.
“Hmm?”
The moment I stepped on the ashes to investigate more closely, I heard a crackling sound.
At the same time, the feeling of something breaking under my right foot passed through the boot.
I put my foot away for a moment to see what I had crushed and crushed with my foot.
Then, the identity of the object hidden in the ashes was revealed.
“This is…… Are they human bones?”
Surprisingly, what was hidden in the ashes were human bones.
It was also surprisingly fully formed.
One hand was on the stomach and the other on the bedside, like a person sleeping.
Looking at that, I noticed something strange.
‘It is said that people who contracted this disease while awake died in pain, while those who contracted it while asleep died comfortably as if they were sleeping.’
Remembering what Professor Julia had said, I headed to the site of another house that had been burned down.
After clearing the ashes from several other houses, I learned how the people in this village had died.
Without exception, everyone in this village died in their sleep.
The body was burned and disappeared, and looking at the remains of the skeleton, it was an action that would be taken by people who are all asleep.
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In that case, as Professor Julia said, everyone here died while sleeping.
I took out the crystal ball and sent magic communication to Professor Julia.
“Professor Julia. This is Cadet Alberto. We arrived at a village that now appears to be the point of initial spread of the epidemic and conducted an investigation.”
[Oh yes, Cadet Alberto. Did you find out anything?]
“Yes. I examined the bodies of the villagers here, and they all seem to be in a comfortable position, as if they were sleeping. As if someone intentionally spread the plague at night.”
[Could you elaborate?]
At Professor Julia’s request for a detailed explanation, I held up a crystal ball and explained each of the human bones I had discovered.
As an example, I planned to bury the bones of all the people I took out from the ashes in a sunny place after this investigation.
Although he died while sleeping due to an infectious disease, it was determined by national law that even the corpses remaining on this land should be put to rest properly.
[I’ll select and send people who will collect the remains of the people who died in this village. So I want you to move to another place.]
“Where can I go?”
Professor Julia asked me to leave the village that was burnt to ashes and go somewhere else.
So I asked where to go.
If I went on my own, I could have been a nuisance to Professor Julia instead of helping her.
[Wait a minute, did you say that people seem to have died while sleeping at night?]
“Yes, it is.”
Professor Julia asked me again what I just explained.
[Wait a minute. I need to check if there is a difference between the wind blowing during the day and the wind blowing at night.]
“I know that.”
[So until I figured it out…… What?]
“I told you that I know about the difference in wind direction between day and night.”
I knew very well about the wind direction during the day and the wind direction at night, which Professor Julia is curious about.
There was a clear difference between the wind when walking on the same road during the day and when walking at night.
And the difference was that the direction the wind blows during the day and at night is opposite.
If the wind blows from the bottom of the mountain to the high mountain during the day, the wind blows from the high mountain to the bottom of the mountain at night.
In a word, the direction of the day and night winds were reversed.
Especially, this used to happen more frequently in territories along the sea or lakes.
I told Professor Julia these things step by step, and the professor nodded his head.
[Yes. Good job. If it weren’t for the martial arts department, I’d want to take her as my teaching assistant right away, but I’ll have to be content with teaching everything about me to your entourage, Nina.]
“Whoops, even though I look like this, I still have a very expensive body.”
[Yes. You know Anyway, then I’d like you to move towards the top of the mountain and check if there’s anything strange.]
“I will obey that order. Lady.”
[Haigou, if you want to seduce me, come 10 years older, kid.]
When I made fun of Professor Julia, the professor inversely teased me about my age and cut off communication.
I put the crystal ball for magic communication back into the bag and moved towards the top of the mountain.
Maybe I could have to sleep here for the day, so I packed quite a lot of things in my bag.
Homelessness is somewhat comfortable with equipment, but most of the people who sleep with only a blanket on are said to be heavy.
Well, since I have the body of a sword master, I could easily carry that much.
Anyway, I was now walking towards the top of the mountain.
According to the professor, it was clear that there was something on the top of the mountain, the direction from which the wind blows at night.
I set my sights on the top of the mountain and walked slowly.
It took a lot of time as I was moving my steps while cutting branches with a dagger and making a path.
However, I had to mark which direction I was going in order to secure my way back later.
I saw bloodstains that had dried up after a long time in my eyes, marking the road I had walked so far.
The moment I saw it, my instincts alerted me incessantly.
A warning that if you follow this road, something very dangerous exists.
Since I became a sword master, my instincts have seldom sent warnings, but right now, my instincts are frantically sending me warnings.
What the hell is there, is my instincts warning me like that?
I put my dagger in and took out the arming sword that I use best, and held it in my hand.
So, ready for battle, I slowly followed the blood trail into the mountains.