When I arrived at the southern rest area with Yudit, I found Rei and Meilin, who had been tied up by Kasumi and Sakura.
However, neither of them seems to be acting out of control, and both are calm.
“Thank you, everyone. What’s going on with the two of them?”
“Well, they’re not acting up, but …… I think it would be quicker to see it. I’ll let go of the girl over here.”
When Kasumi takes her hand away, Rei slowly walks out of the rest area with a blank expression.
She walked straight south and tried to climb the stone wall …… but she couldn’t climb it and stumbled off.
She tried to climb the stone wall and fell down again.
“Is Meilin in this condition too?”
“Yes, she is. Lady Meilin is also in this condition, and for some reason she wants to go beyond the wall.”
How did this happen? I was wondering…
“Alex. About the jewelry that Rei is wearing. Well …… There’s a curse put in it.”
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Yudit told me the most outrageous information.
“Curse!?”
“Yes. Maybe it’s a curse like …… it makes you go to a certain place after you wear it for a while. I’ve never seen Rei wearing this kind of accessory before, I wonder where she got it?”
“…… In the Ullarad City. Rena, Rei’s doll, bought this for her because she thought it would look good on her.”
“I see. Then, that store might be dangerous. She was here because the place she wore it was blocked by a wall, but I think they’re probably trying to get an unspecified number of people to go somewhere.”
The stall where we bought this sold jeweled women’s ornaments.
So everyone who bought jewelry there could be a victim.
“Kuh …… So this was the reason for the discomfort I felt when I saw this accessory. I wish I had realized this at the time. If only I had noticed it then ……”
“Uh, the restrictions imposed by the curse are small because it only requires the user to move the cursed item to a different location once it is attached. So, I think they are making the curse smaller and harder to notice. The angels are more likely to notice curses and dark magic, but if they are not, it is understandable that they are not aware of it.”
“Yudit. How can this curse be lifted?”
“It’s a very small and weak kind of curse, so I think you just have to remove the jewelry.”
As Yudit told me …… I took off the necklace that Rena chose as the accessory worn around Rei’s neck…
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“Hm? Huh? What am I doing here?”
“Rey! Oh, thank God!”
“Alex-han? You want to do it with me? It can’t be helped. Then let’s go …… Hm? No?”
Rei came to her senses, so I took off Meilin’s accessory as well and explained the situation to them.
“What!? This is my favorite kind of jewelry, but it’s cursed!? If it’s a cursed item, make it more obvious that it’s cursed!”
“It’s really scary that I don’t remember trying to climb the wall at all. And since it was me and Miss Rei, it was fine, but it will be very dangerous for others.”
Meilin is right, if it had been Sakura or Nora, they would have climbed over the wall and been attacked by the Shadow Wolves, and if it had been Ellie or Lydia, they would have used magic to break down the wall and enter through it.
That store …… was it selling this accessory without knowing it is cursed, or does it know it is cursed? Or is the owner of that store somehow putting a curse on it?
Either way, I can’t leave it alone.
“Uhh, I really liked this accessory, though …… Yudit-han, can you remove the curse from this accessory?”
“I can do a weak curse like this. I think just soaking it in holy water overnight will remove the curse.”
“I see. I’ll do it as soon as I get back. I’ll do Meilin’s as well.”
Uh, since Rei doesn’t know how to make holy water …… no, it’s Rena’s present, so this is fine.
“Rei. Can you leave Meilin’s with me for a while? I’m going to go crush the source for a bit. Of course, I’ll give it back to Meilin later.”
“I see. You’re the best, Alex-han.”
“If that’s the case, please do use it.”
I took the brooch that Rena gave to Meilin, talks to Tsuki via Meilin, and then Mami will come to pick us up …… Ah, I guess it’s not possible tonight.
Kuh …… It can’t be helped. Tomorrow morning, I will head to the city of Ullarad and visit that store.