The next morning, we left for the valley with the village hunterâs guidance.
ăMr. Lieutenant Colonel may already return to the capital, your role of the guide has endedâŠă(Kaoru)
ăAfter going this far do you think I can return just like this?
His Majesty will get angry if I donât properly see it to the end!ă(Lt. Col)
ăOh, thatâs true thoughâŠă(Kaoru)
Thatâs why we, Mr. Lt. Col and Mr. Guide Hunter went into the forest with a total of eight people.
Well, somehow, this path has been trampled (clear) steadily, maybe the villagers often use this way.
We still have some distance to the valley, but I will install it from around here.
Yeah, I thought about it last night, the glasses shaped target detector.
The lens on the left eye side is a PPI scope (Plan Position Indicator scope), and the lens on the right eye side shows the position of the target within the field of view with arrows or light spots.
Oh, no, I will correct it.
It is ăa potion container of a glasses-shaped target detectoră
There is a potion in the part to be fixed to the face properly.
And even if Iâm wearing this, I can still see the front side properly.
No, with all the information display, I canât see the surrounding that well.
Because it is a thing to use for searching, I named it ăSearcheră
It canât display the opponentâs combat strength, so I choose a different name (Scouter)
After what I have done yesterday, everyone will not be surprised anymore.
Even this hunter only saw this for the first watch. He wasnât surprised either after seeing yesterdayâs ăpotion that comes out indefinitely from the bagă and its effect.
And, of course, the goal of this detector is set to search for ăpathogen of this diseaseă
Even though thereâs nothing show on the detection now, I donât need to hurry.
After reaching the said valley, I can expand the range around it.
Right now, Itâs enough if I donât overlook important things when going through this forest.
⊠When Iâm thinking so, something happens, what is this?
The PPI scope of the left eye shows a lot of light spots.
And because of the close range, I can see clearly that their light spots are moving.
Itâs too fast for the movement speed of bacteria.
If they are flying with the wind, the direction of movement and the speed of movement are strange.
And, the light spots are large.
This is the infected animals!
This is bad.
If the infection spreads through animals, I donât know when anyone, other than those in this village and the kingdom who took medicine, will be infected.
Then, based on the infected people, they spread again in some townâŠ
Also, prey hunted by hunters of this village and neighboring villages are sold to merchants.
The merchant brought and sold not only to the Capital but also to the village, town here and there.
And people might eat without heating long just enough to kill the bacteria completelyâŠ
Anyway, letâs head to the valley.
After a while, I arrived in the valley.
A beautiful stream of water is flowing.
Perhaps, itâs the water field of animals around here.
Therefore, hunters are also hunting around here.
And because of the water field, the spotlight of the detector has increased considerably.
However, there is no such thing as an eye-catching animal⊠small animals like mice?
Okay, expanding the range âŠ, Whatâs this!
In the proximity range, it seemed to be a movement with no regularity, but when the range was increased, the whole picture was clearly understood.
Small movements disappeared, overall movement, overall flow, clearly appearing on the PPI scope.
The density of the light spot which becomes thinner as one moves away from it.
The shape spreading radially.
What is this other than the source of the cause?
The Scouter Searcher is too convenient!
ăI will go to places where seems to be the source.
I donât know what it is, so everyone, be careful!
Roland keep an eye on Riette-chan, the others please tread with maximum caution!ă(Kaoru)
Riette-chan and the Royalty are the ones I must protect.
Bell and Emil are already hunters, they will be able to protect themselves.
Because the hunter is also a pro, he will not do something careless to become the hunted.
Well, I guess thereâs not much danger.
Until now, the people in the village have not seen any risks other than sick infection.
But weâd better be careful.
No-one can say for sure that the animal which is affected by the disease wonât become ferocious.
Carefully.
And when we are approaching the center of the light spot, the direction with the highest densityâŠ
ăWhat is this?ă(Kaoru)
Somehow, there was something that I couldnât understand.
Three to four meters in diameter, something chubby⊠what is this?
Somehow, space, itself, is twisting and twisting like a sinuousâŠ
And from that point, something disgusting leaks out, occasionally the appearance of small animals like rats appear.
ăThis is it!ă(Kaoru)
I cried so, but I have no idea what this is.
I donât think we can slash it with the sword, and I feel that it will be serious if we touch it.
Yes, this one, ăYou must not touch it, absolutelyă
ăKaoru, what is it? Something distortedâŠă(Francette)
Ah.
Heard the words of Francette, I got the idea of the identity of this.
But Iâm not the person in charge.
Itâs not something we can do as human beings.
Then, what should I do?
Yes, I should call the person in charge.
ăPotion in that crystal sphere container, come out!ă(Kaoru)
And one crystal ball that appears in my palm.
ăPlease work, an emergency calling device!ă(Kaoru)
The next moment, the quartz ball released dazzling light, and immediately after that, a light ball appeared above the sky.
The sphere of light gradually changed its shape and finally became a beautiful girl.
Yes, it is the descent of the goddess Celestine.
ăWhere is the distortion?ă(Celes)
And, the same as 4 years ago, the speech of Celes.
ăEh (are), Kaoru-chan?
Geez, then itâs not distortion. Whatâs wrong?ă(Celes)
ăThereă(Kaoru)
ăEh?ă(Celes)
Celes is blind.
Perhaps, Celes think that I just called her for something else.
Um, with the quartz crystal for the emergency.
However.
ăThere. Over there, I think it is the ădistortionă that Celes is monitoringâŠă(Kaoru)
ăEh? Eeeeh? EEEEEEEEEEHHHH! Itâs true, distortion, itâs the distortion!ă(Celes)
Celes raises astonishment scream.
And more surprised, everyone standing dumbfounded with their mouth open.
No, not for Francett and Rolando. Four years ago, they have witnessed it, Celes descendedâŠ
ăGet away! Get further away from here!ă(Celes)
Everyone does not respond at all to the scream of impatient Celes.
ăRun away!
If you donât want your body to fall apart and die, follow me!ă(Kaoru)
Once is enough. I donât want to die again with ădistortionănor anyone to die like me.
I picked up Riette-chan and ran away in a hurry, finally, everyone also returned to their mind and ran away together.
In any case, the goddess and the angel are in a panic, I guess they have noticed that something wrong.
⊠However, Celes.
Do you have to do so in a hurry?
I think that it has been quite a long time since you deal with theădistortionă,
but wasnât it okay to wait for only a couple of minutes?
Yes, until we are far enoughâŠ
No, itâs understandable even if I say it.
ăBecause it is Ceresă
Yes, ăBecause it is Ceresă
Damn it!!
Roland, overtaking me and picking Riette-chan from my arms.
Truly a royal family, he reacts fast even when such chaos, he deserves respect.
⊠I left Riette-chan to Roland and I ran away quickly.
No, I donât mind it!
Rather than the two of us get hurt or die together, itâs better if I can at least save Riette-chan.
Emil is pulling the hand of Bell,⊠they stay perfectly behind me.
Perhaps, they try to protect my body from danger by using their bodies as a shield.
They could easily go over me⊠For real, these big idiots areâŠ
And the back of the two is protected by Francette.
Oh, enough already, idiot!
Mr. Lt. Col and the hunter?
They are far away!
Apparently, they donât want to engage in the heavenly troubles.
Yes, that is normal!
Well, the lack of exercise, this is my limitâŠ
Oh, my feet are tangled!
I fell down on the ground.
And then.
Uaaoh!
Two shocks on the back.
Did you fell on me, Bell and Emil?
No, itâs not!
In order to protect me, they covered me using their body as a shield!
This, this stupid couple!
ăHere it comes!ă(Francette)
It comes!
Together with the voice of the Francette, the shock comes again.