47 – Marginal Spirit
“It’s done!”
Water flowed out of my hand as if I had turned on a faucet.
Water creation magic that I have tried over and over again.
After thinking about my own theory and experimenting countless times, I ended up developing it.
“Aren’t I kind of amazing?”
I don’t know the details of what a feat it is to create magic on one’s own, but isn’t it still quite an incredible feat?
I poured water on the dagger until half of its magic disappeared.
I don’t have a container to fill with a lot of water, so I’m not sure about the exact amount.
“Hmm… I guess it’s about 30 liters.”
If I use all my magic power, I think it would be enough to fill a large soup pot at a cafeteria.
“Phew…Now I’m completely relieved to have to worry about water…”
‘I think it would be better if I had something like a bowl or a pot…’
It would be easier to procure water, there would be meat, the day would be chilly, and I wanted to make warm soup and eat it.
‘The stews and soups here are delicious, but sometimes I crave something like bear soup.’
Saliva flowing from the corner of the mouth.
‘I don’t need any other vegetables, just green onions are enough…’
“Ugh…”
But I didn’t know anything about pottery making techniques, I just had an appetite.
‘When I get back home, let’s rent a kitchen and cook something. Coincidentally, there was something similar to a green onion in this world…’
A vegetable called ‘leek’, which was several times larger than a green onion, existed in this world.
‘If I serve it to my family, they will eat it well…’
I found myself calling the Andersons by names like ‘home’ and ‘family’.
“Ugh, I have to go back quickly. Let’s try moving again.”
Not long after I started walking again, I discovered something.
The discovery was as happy as finding a legendary item with great options in a farming game.
The road that people travel on.
It is not a road that was created intentionally, but a road that was created naturally as people passed by.
‘If you follow this road, you’ll find a place where people live, right?’
I was excited by hope and my steps became lighter.
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“My lord! “It is said that an epidemic has broken out in Riku Village!”
An elderly man enters the Luau Margrave’s office in a huff and shouts.
“Calm down. Grandpa. Why all the fuss? Release a few guards and take control of the village. “So that not even a single rat can get out.”
The Margrave of Luau, a middle-aged woman with a body as bloated as a drum, responded strangely calmly to reports of an epidemic that was no different from a disaster.
But her elderly butler looked at her with respect and bowed his head.
“As expected, you are full of authority! You didn’t even blink! “I will issue an order immediately.”
After the butler left, Margrave Luau smiled as greedily as his chin.
It was a strange thing.
The Luau Territory is a vertex-like territory that borders both the Empire and the Kingdom among the Principality’s territories.
Infectious diseases spread in such important areas.
This is an important incident that could become the starting point of a diplomatic issue if it spreads beyond the border.
Even though something like that happened, this calm, or rather smiling, attitude.
It was as if he knew it in advance.
“If this goes well, we can get out of this horrible place and go to the system.”
Margrave Luau hated this place.
Although it is an important base, the surrounding area is all wasteland except for some land in the territory.
The only specialty product that is available is ‘leeks’, the same name as the village.
Leeks grow well only in this land and have become a specialty of the Marriott, but they are not a vegetable that is eaten very often.
Lauau As the Margrave, it was a food he disliked because of its spicy and spicy taste.
Furthermore, when I went to Jedo Island as a diplomatic envoy, I ate numerous high-quality foods and dazzling streets.
After experiencing such things, I became even more sick of this territory.
In the meantime, a secret letter was sent to him.
The content is a request to assassinate a person exiled in Riek Village, a farming village in the Marginal Territory.
Along with the secret letter came a plaque containing preserved infectious disease pathogens and several bottles of disease immunity potion.
The Margrave released the pathogen into the well of Riek Village without hesitation.
According to the secret letter, if the fatality rate is almost 100%, it is difficult to last more than 3 days.
A type that has a very high killing power but is not very contagious.
Therefore, if properly controlled, it will not spread easily.
After the residents are massacred, it would be neat to have the territory knights drink an immunity potion, bury the bodies, and then bestow the temple’s blessings on the land.
The work will be completed in about a week at the most.
The promised reward is an imperial earldom and a mansion in the islands.
“I don’t have any grudges, but I think you should die, kekekeke…”
It was a laugh that did not feel the slightest guilt at driving a village, and even the people of his own territory, to death for the natural death of his target.
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“Father! Come to your senses, Father!”
A child, about 13 or 14 years old, whose hair is cut short and cannot be distinguished as a boy or a girl, shakes his father, who is lying on the bed.
My father was conscious when he went to sleep yesterday.
“Off…”
It was already past noon, but my father, who was boiling with a high fever, was groaning and unable to come to his senses.
“Father… Cough! Cough!”
To make matters worse, he himself is showing early symptoms of an infectious disease.
This is probably what most houses in Riku Village look like now.
I coughed and felt more thirsty than usual.
The child looks into the wooden water container placed in the corner of the house.
“Well, I have to go get some water…”
The child, holding an empty wooden water container, leaves the house.
On the way to the well, you can see people lying down and suffocating here and there.
Some people seem to be already dead, with their eyes closed without moving or making a sound.
“Huh…”
It was too cruel a sight for a child who had not yet grown out of his youth.
The child reaches the well and looks inside.
Fortunately, there was still enough water.
Some villagers speculated that the reason the epidemic spread was because of this well, but if you don’t drink this water, you will dry up and die before you die of the disease.
The child, wiping away tears with his sleeve, hangs the water bucket on the pulley and lowers the rope.
At that time,
“Ugh…”
The howl of a wild beast hits your ears and makes the hair on your entire body stand on end.
The child stops the hand that was pouring the water, her entire body stiffens, and she barely manages to lift her head and look ahead.
The thing that jumped out of the bushes near the well was a red bear.
It is a large bear with reddish-brown fur.
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The red bear was cautious and slowly approached, but the child did not even think of running away while holding on to the pulley.
It felt like even if I turned my back and ran, that bear would rush at me and tear me to pieces in an instant.
I am engaged in an irresistible fight with the bear that is trembling and approaching me.
-Wedge! Sigh!
Suddenly, something long and silver flew out and hit the bear.
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“It’s a village.”
After finding the road and walking for just a few hours, a building caught my eye in the distance.
A crude watchtower built of wood.
“It’s a village.”
I repeated it as if I was checking it again with myself.
It wasn’t as touching as eating beef after starving for several days, but I felt hope welling up in my heart.
More than anything, I was happy at the thought that I would finally be able to sleep under a roof.
If the villagers are generous, you may be able to receive warm soup and a room at the bar.
As I was heading towards the watchtower, I finally found a person.
The man was working hard to lower the pulley of the well.
‘A village girl… But is it a girl or a boy?’
It is difficult to tell the gender of the person due to the short-cut hair, loose, tattered clothes, and clothes that have not been washed properly.
‘Age… I think I’ve just reached puberty…’
Anyway, I was happy to see someone I hadn’t seen in a long time, so I tried to approach him.
But…
“Ugh…”
Suddenly, a large bear jumps out from the bushes on the other side and approaches the child.
The child had no intention of running away and was just trembling in place.
Without any further thought, I fired the ice spear at the bear.
“Cut ….”
The sad scream of an animal.
However, the ice spear that pierced even the bison could not completely pierce the bear and remained lodged in its side.
‘How tough is it…’
I quickly recast the ice spear.
But in that split second, the bear turned its head and saw me.
‘f*cked…’
The distance between me and the bear is only 10 meters.
I can shoot magic until the bear reaches me, but
At the same time, the future was depicted being torn apart by that guy’s fingernails.
If you strengthen your body, you may be able to achieve speed similar to that of a bear.
Now it is too late to cancel the spell and recast the physical enhancement.
‘f*ck!’
I closed my eyes tightly.
But the pain did not come until the ice spear was created and held in the hand.
“Huh?”
I slowly open my eyes.
“
The bear let out a dejected groan, dragged the ice spear in its stomach, and returned to the bush.
‘What, what is it? Anyway, he lived… The child…’
When I turned my gaze toward the child, I saw him sitting down in front of the well.